Sapsiree Taerattanachai

Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thai: ทรัพย์สิรี แต้รัตนชัย; RTGS: Sapsiri Tae-rattanachai; born 18 April 1992) is a Thai badminton player. She claimed titles in the mixed doubles with Dechapol Puavaranukroh at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and at the 2021 World Championships.[3][4] Taerattanachai and Puavaranukroh made history as the first ever Thai pair to win the year-end Finals tournaments, the World Championships title and rank first in the world ranking.

Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Personal information
Nickname(s)Popor
CountryThailand
Born18 April 1992 (1992-04-18) (age 30)
Udon Thani, Thailand
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Women's singles & doubles[1]
Highest ranking14 (WS 12 September 2013)
9 (WD with Puttita Supajirakul 16 February 2017)
1 (XD with Dechapol Puavaranukroh 7 December 2021)[2]
Current ranking17 (WD with Puttita Supajirakul)
1 (XD with Dechapol Puavaranukroh) (15 March 2022)
BWF profile

Taerattanachai competed at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Asian Games; and at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2009, she was a semi-finalist in girls' doubles at the World Junior Championships, and the following year, she was runner-up at the Asian Junior Championships.[5] She won gold at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. In 2014, Sapsiree became the first player ever to become a Grand Prix Gold finalist in all three disciplines.[6] She won the women's doubles title at the 2012 India Open Grand Prix Gold, then the women's singles title at the 2013 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold, then was runner-up at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold. With her mixed doubles victory at the 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, she did one better and became the first player to win Grand Prix Gold titles in all three disciplines.[7]

Taerattanachai and Puavaranukroh won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships,[8] and a gold medal at the 2021 World Championships.[4] The duo made a clean sweep of all three 2020 Asian Leg titles in Thailand,[9][10] and all 2021 Bali leg titles and climbed to world number 1 in BWF ranking on 7 December 2021.[2][11]

Personal life

She graduated from Chulalongkorn University.[12] Sapsiree is nicknamed "Popor". Her knee injury during the 2017 SEA Games Final was a minor speed bump to her long successful career. She has a made a very strong comeback in 2019 by producing extremely good results.

Career

Taerattanachai and her partner, Puavaranukroh, 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
Dechapol Puavaranukroh Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
8–21, 12–21 Silver [8]
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain
Dechapol Puavaranukroh 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
Dechapol Puavaranukroh Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong
18–21, 11–21 Silver
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Dechapol Puavaranukroh Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping
21–23, 10–21 Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium,
Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Puttita Supajirakul Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii
7–21, 11–21 Bronze
2017 Axiata Arena,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Puttita Supajirakul Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
16–21, 8–7 retired Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium,
Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Maneepong Jongjit Muhammad Rijal
Debby Susanto
18–21, 19–21 Silver
2015 Singapore Indoor Stadium,
Singapore
Sudket Prapakamol Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
13–21, 21–8, 14–21 Bronze
2017 Axiata Arena,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dechapol Puavaranukroh Goh Soon Huat
Shevon Jemie Lai
21–15, 22–20 Gold

Youth Olympic Games

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2010 Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore Deng Xuan 21–14, 21–17 Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia
Rodjana Chuthabunditkul Tang Jinhua
Xia Huan
7–21, 15–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2010 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Suo Di 13–21, 11–21 Silver

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Rodjana Chuthabunditkul Luo Ying
Luo Yu
16–21, 10–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (12 titles, 5 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]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Thailand Masters Super 300 Puttita Supajirakul Li Wenmei
Zheng Yu
15–21, 21–15, 21–10 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Denmark Open Super 750 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2019 Thailand Masters Super 300 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Tan Kian Meng
Lai Pei Jing
21–14, 21–6 Winner
2019 Korea Open Super 500 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
21–14, 21–13 Winner
2019 Macau Open Super 300 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Wang Chi-lin
Cheng Chi-ya
21–11, 21–8 Winner
2020 All England Open Super 1000 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Praveen Jordan
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
15–21, 21–17, 8–21 Runner-up
2020 (I) Thailand Open Super 1000 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Praveen Jordan
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
21–3, 20–22, 21–18 Winner
2020 (II) Thailand Open Super 1000 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung
21–16, 22–20 Winner
2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Dechapol Puavaranukroh Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung
21–18, 8–21, 21–8 Winner
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
18–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2021 Hylo Open Super 500 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Praveen Jordan
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
22–20, 21–14 Winner
2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet
21–11, 21–12 Winner
2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
21–12, 21–13 Winner
2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Dechapol Puavaranukroh Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
21–19, 21–11 Winner
2022 German Open Super 300 Dechapol Puavaranukroh 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 Dechapol Puavaranukroh 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 (4 titles, 9 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.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 U.S. Open Yuka Kusunose 21–12, 21–13 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 India Grand Prix Gold Savitree Amitrapai Komala Dewi
Jenna Gozali
21–12, 21–6 Winner
2013 Australian Open Savitree Amitrapai Vita Marissa
Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella
19–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2014 U.S. Open Puttita Supajirakul Shendy Puspa Irawati
Vita Marissa
15–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2015 Mexico City Grand Prix Puttita Supajirakul Shizuka Matsuo
Mami Naito
17–21, 21–16, 10–21 Runner-up
2016 German Open Puttita Supajirakul Huang Yaqiong
Tang Jinhua
14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2016 Thailand Open Puttita Supajirakul Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
21–12, 21–17 Winner
2017 Thailand Masters Puttita Supajirakul Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
16–21, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 U.S. Open Maneepong Jongjit Muhammad Rijal
Vita Marissa
16–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016 Syed Modi International Dechapol Puavaranukroh Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
25–23, 9–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2016 Korea Masters Dechapol Puavaranukroh Ko Sung-hyun
Kim Ha-na
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2017 Thailand Masters Dechapol Puavaranukroh Zhang Nan
Li Yinhui
11–21, 22–20, 13–21 Runner-up
2017 Swiss Open Dechapol Puavaranukroh Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
21–18, 21–15 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2009 Malaysia International Ratchanok Intanon 21–11, 19–21, 22–20 Winner
2011 Vietnam International Tee Jing Yi 19–21, 15–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Smiling Fish International Porntip Buranaprasertsuk P. C. Thulasi
N. Sikki Reddy
21–19, 21–17 Winner
2015 USA International Puttita Supajirakul Heather Olver
Lauren Smith
21–18, 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016 Polish Open Puttita Supajirakul Chow Mei Kuan
Lee Meng Yean
21–7, 21–17 Winner
  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
Events2007200820092010
Asian Junior Championships A QF B B
World Junior Championships 7th 5th B 8th
  • Senior level
Team events20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Southeast Asian Games B NH G NH G NH G NH A NH NH
Asia Team Championships NH B NH QF NH A NH A
Asia Mixed Team Championships NH B NH A NH
Asian Games NH S NH QF NH B NH
Uber Cup NH A NH B NH QF NH QF NH S NH B NH
Sudirman Cup A NH A NH B NH RR NH B NH B NH QF NH

Junior level

  • Girls' singles
Events2007200820092010
Asian Junior Championships A 3R 3R S
World Junior Championships 2R 2R 4R 4R
Youth Olympic Games NH G
  • Girls' doubles
Events200720082009
Asian Junior Championships A B
World Junior Championships 2R QF B
  • Mixed doubles
Events20072008
Asian Junior Championships A 3R
Women's singles
Events201120122013
Asia Championships QF 1R 2R
World Championships DNQ NH 2R
TournamentWorld Grand PrixBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBest
20062007200820092010201120122013
India Open NA A 1R 1R 1R ('12, '13)
Syed Modi International NA A QF SF NH SF ('12)
German Open A 2R A 2R ('12)
All England Open A 1R 1R 1R ('12, '13)
Swiss Open A 1R A 1R ('12)
Korea Open A Q1 1R 1R ('13)
Korea Masters NA QF A QF ('10)
Thailand Open Q1 A Q3 A NH Q2 QF QF QF ('12, '13)
Indonesia Masters NA A 1R A 1R ('11)
Indonesia Open A 1R 1R 1R ('12, '13)
Malaysia Open A Q1 A Q1 ('12)
Malaysia Masters NH A SF SF ('13)
Singapore Open A QF QF ('13)
Chinese Taipei Open A QF QF ('13)
Canada Open A NA NA A 1R A 2R 2R ('13)
U.S. Open A 1R A W W ('13)
Vietnam Open A 2R SF A SF ('12)
Japan Open A 1R 2R A 2R ('12)
Denmark Open A 1R 2R A 2R ('12)
French Open NA A 1R 2R A 2R ('12)
Bitburger Open A 2R A 2R ('11)
Macau Open A Q1 A 1R A 1R ('11)
Hong Kong Open A 1R A 1R ('12)
Australian Open A NA A QF QF ('13)
China Open A 1R 2R A 2R ('12)
China Masters A SF 2R SF ('12)
Year-end Ranking 64 177 35 22 22 14
Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013Best
Women's doubles
Team events20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Southeast Asian Games 2R NH B NH QF NH S NH A NH
Asia Championships A 2R A 1R QF QF 1R A 2R NH
Asian Games NH 2R NH DNQ NH
World Championships DNQ NH DNQ 2R 2R NH DNQ A 2R NH 3R
Olympic Games NH DNQ NH RR NH DNQ NH
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBWF World TourBest
20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
India Open A w/d A 1R A QF A w/d NH QF ('17)
Syed Modi International NA A 1R W NH A SF QF A NH W ('12)
German Open A 1R A 1R 1R F A 2R NH F ('16)
All England Open A Q1 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 2R 1R A 2R ('16, '19)
Swiss Open A Q2 A 2R QF QF A NH A QF ('16, '17)
Korea Open A Q1 1R 1R 1R A w/d A 2R NH 2R ('19)
Korea Masters NA A 1R A NH 1R ('16)
Thailand Open Q1 1R NH A 1R QF NH 1R W w/d A 1R 2R NH W ('16)
1R
Indonesia Masters NA A NH A 1R QF SF SF ('21)
Indonesia Open A 1R A 1R 2R A QF A 2R NH 2R QF ('17)
Malaysia Open A Q2 A 1R 1R 1R A 2R NH 2R ('19)
Malaysia Masters NH 1R A 2R A 2R A 2R 1R A 2R 2R NH 2R ('11, '13, '15, '19, '20)
Singapore Open A 2R A 2R 1R QF A 1R NH QF ('17)
Chinese Taipei Open A 2R A NH 2R ('13)
U.S. Open A F A NH F ('14)
Japan Open A 1R A 1R 1R QF A 1R NH QF ('16)
Denmark Open A 2R QF A 1R A SF A QF A QF SF ('16)
French Open A 1R 1R A 2R 1R 2R A 1R NH 1R 2R ('14, '16)
Hylo Open A SF A SF A QF A QF SF ('11, '13)
Macau Open A 1R A 2R A NH 2R ('13)
Hong Kong Open A 1R 2R 2R A 2R A QF 2R NH QF ('18)
Australian Open NA A F 1R 2R 2R 1R A NH F ('13)
China Open A 2R A 2R A 2R NH 2R ('12, '14, '19)
Fuzhou China Open A QF 2R A 2R A 2R 2R NH QF ('12)
Mexico City Grand Prix NA F NA F ('15)
Thailand Masters NH QF F A W 2R NH W ('19)
U.S. Open Grand Prix NH A SF NA NH SF ('15)
Year-end Ranking 111 73 22 54 26 21 10 16 87 18 20 18 9
Tournament20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021Best
Mixed doubles
Team events2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Southeast Asian Games S NH B NH G NH A NH NH
Asia Championships A 1R A 2R S QF B NH A
Asian Games NH 2R NH QF NH
World Championships DNQ 3R DNQ NH DNQ 3R S NH G
Olympic Games NH DNQ NH QF NH
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBWF World TourBest
200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
India Open A 2R A 1R A w/d NH A 2R ('14)
Syed Modi International NA A NH A F A NH A F ('16)
German Open A SF A QF A QF QF NH W W ('22)
All England Open A 2R A 2R 1R 2R QF F A SF F ('20)
Swiss Open A w/d QF W A NH A W ('17)
Korea Open A QF A w/d SF W NH A W ('19)
Korea Masters NA A F A w/d NH A F ('16)
Thailand Open 1R A NH A NH SF SF QF SF W NH Q W ('20 I, '20 II)
W
Indonesia Masters NA A NH A 2R 2R W Q W ('21)
Indonesia Open A 2R 1R A 1R 2R 1R NH W W ('21)
Malaysia Open A QF QF QF SF NH SF ('19)
Malaysia Masters NH A F 2R NH F ('19)
Singapore Open A 2R A 1R F SF W NH W ('19)
Canada Open NA A SF A NH SF ('13)
U.S. Open A QF F A NH F ('14)
Japan Open A 1R A QF w/d 1R QF NH QF ('16, '19)
Denmark Open A QF A 2R A F A F F ('18, '21)
French Open A 1R 1R A 2R A SF QF NH SF SF ('18, '21)
Hylo Open A SF A W W ('21)
Macau Open A 1R A W NH W ('19)
Hong Kong Open A 1R 1R A 1R A SF QF NH SF ('18)
Australian Open NA A 1R A QF A NH QF ('17)
New Zealand Open NA NH NA NH A SF A NH SF ('18)
China Open A 1R A 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 ('20, '21)
Mexico City Grand Prix NA 2R NA 2R ('15)
Thailand Masters NH QF F A F w/d NH F ('17, '19)
U.S. Open Grand Prix NH A 2R NA NH 2R ('15)
Year-end Ranking 58 15 148 11 10 5 4 3 1 1
Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022Best

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