Sapsiree Taerattanachai

Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Popor
Country	Thailand
Born	18 April 1992 (1992-04-18) (age 32) Udon Thani, Thailand
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles[2]
Highest ranking	14 (WS 12 September 2013) 9 (WD with Puttita Supajirakul 16 February 2017) 1 (XD with Dechapol Puavaranukroh 7 December 2021)[1]
Current ranking	7 (XD with Dechapol Puavaranukroh 13 August 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Thailand World Championships 2021 Huelva Mixed doubles 2019 Basel Mixed doubles 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team 2019 Nanning Mixed team Uber Cup 2018 Bangkok Women's team 2012 Wuhan Women's team 2020 Aarhus Women's team Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Women's team 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team 2022 Hangzhou Women's team Asian Championships 2017 Wuhan Mixed doubles 2019 Wuhan Mixed doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Women's team SEA Games 2011 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team 2015 Singapore Women's team 2017 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 2013 Naypyidaw Mixed doubles 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 2009 Vientiane Women's team 2013 Naypyidaw Women's doubles 2015 Singapore Mixed doubles Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore Girls' singles World Junior Championships 2009 Alor Setar Girls' doubles 2009 Alor Setar Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2010 Kuala Lumpur Girls' singles 2009 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles 2009 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

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 SEA Games and at the 2021 World Championships.^[3][4] Sapsiree and Dechapol 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 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]

Sapsiree and Dechapol 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.^[1][11]

Personal life

Her family is considered to be wealthy. Her parents owns a gold shop in Udon Thani city.^[12] For the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, her brother bought a large LED billboard in front of their house to live her matches live so that Udon Thani people could cheer her on, along with free water and parking.^[13]

She graduated from Chulalongkorn University.^[14] 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.

In addition, she is also close friends with famous actress Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul.^[15]

Career

Sapsiree and her mixed doubles partner Dechapol reached their first ever final at a Superseries event in 2017 Singapore Open.^[16]

Sapsiree and Dechapol competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.^[17]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Puttita Supajirakul	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	16–21, 21–19, 23–25	Bronze	[18]

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	[19]

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

SEA 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 (17 titles, 11 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[20] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[21]

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
2022	Thailand Open	Super 500	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	12–21, 21–18, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2022	Singapore Open	Super 500	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2022	Japan Open	Super 750	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	16–21, 23–21, 21–18	Winner
2022	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	19–21, 21–18, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping	16–21, 21–13, 21–18	Winner
2023	Thailand Open	Super 500	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Kim Won-ho Jeong Na-eun	21–11, 19–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2023	Japan Open	Super 750	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	21–17, 16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2024	India Open	Super 750	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2024	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Chen Tang Jie Toh Ee Wei	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2024	Thailand Open	Super 500	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Guo Xinwa Chen Fanghui	21–12, 12–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[22] 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.^[23] 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

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External links

• Sapsiree Taerattanachai at BWFBadminton.com
• Sapsiree Taerattanachai at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Sapsiree Taerattanachai at Olympedia (archive)
• Sapsiree Taerattanachai at Olympics.com