Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Dechapol Puavaranukroh (Thai: เดชาพล พัววรานุเคราะห์; born 20 May 1997) is a Thai badminton player.[2] He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Kittinupong Kedren.[3] Puavaranukroh claimed doubles titles at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games by winning the gold medal in the men's doubles with Kedren and in the mixed doubles with Sapsiree Taerattanachai.[4] Together with Taerattanachai, he won the silver and gold medals at the BWF World Championships in 2019[5] and 2021 respectively, became the first Thai pair who won the world title.[6][7] The duo made a clean sweep of all three 2020 Asian leg titles in Thailand,[8][9] and all 2021 Bali leg titles and climbed to world number 1 in BWF ranking.[10] Puavaranukroh and Taerattanachai made history as the first ever Thai players to win a title in the year-end Finals tournaments[11] and rank first in the world ranking.[1]

Puavaranukroh at the 2022 German Open
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Personal information
Nickname(s)Bass
CountryThailand
Born (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997
Chonburi, Thailand
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
HandednessRight
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking21 (MD with Kittinupong Kedren 20 July 2017)
1 (XD with Sapsiree Taerattanachai 7 December 2021)[1]
Current ranking1 (XD with Sapsiree Taerattanachai) (15 March 2022)
BWF profile

Career

Puavaranukroh and his partner, Taerattanachai, reached their first ever finals at the Superseries event in 2017 Singapore Open.[12]

Puavaranukroh and his partner, Taerattanachai, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[13]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Sapsiree Taerattanachai Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
8–21, 12–21 Silver [5]
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain
Sapsiree Taerattanachai Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
21–13, 21–14 Gold [14]

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Sapsiree Taerattanachai Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong
18–21, 11–21 Silver
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Sapsiree Taerattanachai Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping
21–23, 10–21 Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Axiata Arena,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kittinupong Kedren Ong Yew Sin
Teo Ee Yi
21–19, 20–22, 21–17 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Axiata Arena,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sapsiree Taerattanachai Goh Soon Huat
Shevon Jemie Lai
21–15, 22–20 Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia
Kittinupong Kedren Masahide Nakata
Katsuki Tamate
21–16, 21–18 Gold

Asian Youth Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Sport Institute Gymnasium,
Nanjing, China
Puttita Supajirakul Minoru Koga
Akane Yamaguchi
19–21, 21–9, 17–21 Silver

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[15] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[16]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Thailand Masters Super 300 Puttita Supajirakul Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
15–21, 21–14, 16–21 Runner-up
2018 Denmark Open Super 750 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2019 Thailand Masters Super 300 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Tan Kian Meng
Lai Pei Jing
21–14, 21–6 Winner
2019 Korea Open Super 500 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
21–14, 21–13 Winner
2019 Macau Open Super 300 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Wang Chi-lin
Cheng Chi-ya
21–11, 21–8 Winner
2020 All England Open Super 1000 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Praveen Jordan
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
15–21, 21–17, 8–21 Runner-up
2020 (I) Thailand Open Super 1000 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Praveen Jordan
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
21–3, 20–22, 21–18 Winner
2020 (II) Thailand Open Super 1000 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung
21–16, 22–20 Winner
2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Sapsiree Taerattanachai Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung
21–18, 8–21, 21–8 Winner
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
18–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2021 Hylo Open Super 500 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Praveen Jordan
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
22–20, 21–14 Winner
2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet
21–11, 21–12 Winner
2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
21–12, 21–13 Winner
2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Sapsiree Taerattanachai Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
21–19, 21–11 Winner
2022 German Open Super 300 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Ou Xuanyi
Huang Yaqiong
21–11, 21–9 Winner

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[17] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[18] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Singapore Open Sapsiree Taerattanachai Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong
21–19, 16–21, 11–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Syed Modi International Sapsiree Taerattanachai Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
25–23, 9–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2016 Korea Masters Sapsiree Taerattanachai Ko Sung-hyun
Kim Ha-na
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2017 Thailand Masters Sapsiree Taerattanachai Zhang Nan
Li Yinhui
11–21, 22–20, 13–21 Runner-up
2017 Swiss Open Sapsiree Taerattanachai Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
21–18, 21–15 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Smiling Fish International Kittinupong Kedren Watchara Buranakuea
Trawut Potieng
21–12, 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2016 Polish Open Kittinupong Kedren Hardianto
Kenas Adi Haryanto
5–21, 21–18, 15–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

  • Junior level
Events201220132014
Asian Junior Championships A QF QF
World Junior Championships QF QF B
  • Senior level
Team events201620172018201920202021
Southeast Asian Games NH B NH A NH
Asia Team Championships RR NH QF NH A NH
Asia Mixed Team Championships NH B NH A NH
Asian Games NH R16 NH
Thomas Cup RR NH RR NH QF NH
Sudirman Cup NH B NH B NH QF

Junior level

  • Boys' singles
Events2013
Asian Youth Games 2R
  • Boys' doubles
Events201220132014
Asian Junior Championships A QF 3R
World Junior Championships 1R 3R G
  • Mixed doubles
Events201220132014
Asian Junior Championships A QF 3R
Asian Youth Games NH S NH
World Junior Championships 3R QF QF
Men's doubles
Events20152016201720182019
Southeast Asian Games A NH G NH A
Asian Championships A 1R QF 1R 1R
Asian Games NH 1R NH
World Championships 2R NH DNQ 1R DNQ
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBWF World TourBest
20122013201420152016201720182019
Thailand Masters NH 2R SF 1R 1R SF ('17)
Swiss Open A 2R 1R A 2R ('16)
German Open A 1R A 1R 1R 1R ('16, '18, '19)
All England Open A 1R 1R 1R A 1R ('16, '17, '18)
Malaysia Masters A 2R A QF 2R QF ('18)
New Zealand Open NH A 2R A 2R A 2R ('15, '18)
India Open A 2R A 1R A 2R ('15)
Malaysia Open A 1R QF 1R 1R QF ('17)
Singapore Open A 2R 1R A 1R 2R ('16)
Korea Masters A 2R A 2R ('16)
Thailand Open Q1 2R NH QF 1R 2R A QF ('15)
Canada Open A 1R A 1R ('15)
Korea Open A 1R A 1R QF A QF ('18)
Chinese Taipei Open A 1R A 1R ('13)
Vietnam Open Q1 2R 1R A 2R ('13)
China Open A 1R A 1R ('17)
Japan Open A 2R 1R 1R A 2R ('15)
Syed Modi International A NH A QF 1R A QF ('15)
Denmark Open A 2R 1R A 2R ('16)
French Open A Q1 2R 1R A 2R ('16)
Bitburger Open A QF A QF ('15)
Macau Open A 1R A 1R ('14)
Fuzhou China Open A 2R 1R A 1R A 2R ('15)
Hong Kong Open A 1R 1R 1R A 1R ('16, '17, '18)
Indonesia Masters A 1R A NH A 2R 2R ('19)
Indonesia Open A QF A QF ('17)
Mexico City Grand Prix NH SF NA SF ('15)
U.S. Open Grand Prix NH QF QF NA QF ('14, '15)
Year-end Ranking 247 121 116 31 29 24 38 75 21
Tournament20122013201420152016201720182019Best
Mixed doubles
Events2016201720182019202020212022
Southeast Asian Games NH G NH A NH NH
Asian Championships 2R S QF B NH A
Asian Games NH QF NH
World Championships NH DNQ 3R S NH G
Olympic Games DNQ NH QF NH
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBWF World TourBest
20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
India Open A 1R A w/d NH A 1R ('17)
Syed Modi International A NH A F A NH A F ('16)
German Open A QF A QF QF NH W W ('22)
All England Open A 2R 1R 2R QF F A SF F ('20)
Swiss Open A QF W A NH A W ('17)
Korea Open A w/d SF W NH A W ('19)
Korea Masters A F A w/d NH A F ('16)
Thailand Open Q1 A NH A SF SF QF SF W NH Q W ('20 I, '20 II)
W
Indonesia Masters A NH A 2R 2R W Q W ('21)
Indonesia Open A 1R 2R 1R NH W W ('21)
Malaysia Open A QF QF QF SF NH SF ('19)
Malaysia Masters A 2R F 2R NH F ('19)
Singapore Open A 1R F SF W NH W ('19)
Chinese Taipei Open A 2R A NH 2R ('13)
Japan Open A QF w/d 1R QF NH QF ('16, '19)
Denmark Open A 2R 1R F 1R A F F ('18, '21)
French Open A 2R QF SF QF NH SF SF ('18, '21)
Hylo Open A W W ('21)
Macau Open A W NH W ('19)
Hong Kong Open A 1R 1R SF QF NH SF ('18)
Australian Open A QF A NH QF ('17)
New Zealand Open NH A SF A NH SF ('18)
China Open A 2R QF SF NH SF ('19)
Fuzhou China Open A 1R A QF QF NH QF ('18, '19)
Superseries /
World Tour Finals
DNQ SF SF W W W ('21, '22)
Mexico City Grand Prix NH 2R NA 2R ('15)
Thailand Masters NH QF F F F w/d NH F ('17, '18, '19)
U.S. Open Grand Prix NH A 2R NA 2R ('15)
Year-end Ranking 620 167 665 148 11 10 5 4 3 1 1
Tournament20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022Best

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