Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Character Introduction
Sapsiree Taerattanachai, born April 18, 1992, in Udon Thani, Thailand, is a Thai badminton player specializing in women’s doubles and mixed doubles. She and her partner, Dechapol Puavaranukroh, achieved the world number one ranking and won the 2021 World Badminton Championships mixed doubles title.
Sapsiree began playing badminton at the age of 9.
In 2010, at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, she won the gold medal in women’s singles by defeating China’s Deng Xuan 2-0. Later that year, she also won a silver medal in the women’s team event at the Guangzhou Asian Games.
In July 2013, Sapsiree reached the women’s singles final at the US Gold Grand Prix, where she won her first Grand Prix title by defeating Japan’s Natsuki Matsui 2-0, reaching a career-high world ranking of 14. She also reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the Canadian Grand Prix with her partner Maneepong Jongjit.
After 2014, Sapsiree began focusing more on women’s doubles and mixed doubles. In 2016 and 2017, she, alongside Puttita Supajirakul, won several Gold Grand Prix titles, including in Poland, Thailand, and Switzerland.
In March 2017, she caused an upset by defeating the world number one mixed doubles pair, Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen, 2-1 in the Swiss Open semifinals, and then won the final against an Indonesian pair.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she and Dechapol competed in mixed doubles. They won their group matches against Canadian and French pairs but lost to the British pair and were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
In December 2021, Sapsiree, ranked world number one in mixed doubles, and Dechapol Puavaranukroh won the World Badminton Championships mixed doubles final, defeating the Japanese pair Watanabe Yudai and Higashino Arisa 2-0, making them the first Thai pair to win a mixed doubles world championship.
World Ranking – Mixed Doubles 7, Week 32, 2024
Olympic Points – Mixed Doubles 6, 81512 points
Finals Ranking – Mixed Doubles 3, 59680 points
Equipment Used
ARCSABER 11 Metallic Red; ARCSABER 11 PRO; AC-102C; ARCSABER 11; AEROBITE; ASTROX 88S PRO; BG-65Ti; ASTROX 88S Beige/Red; AEROBITE BOOST; ARCSABER Z-Slash
Major Achievements
- 2024 Indonesia Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2024 Thailand Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2024 France Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2024 Thailand Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2024 India Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2023 Japan Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Korea Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2023 Thailand Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Malaysia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2023 Malaysia Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2022 BWF Finals Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 Japan Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2022 BWF World Championships Women’s Doubles Bronze Medal
- 2022 Singapore Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2022 Malaysia Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 Thailand Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 All England Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2022 Germany Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 BWF World Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 BWF Year-End Finals Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 Indonesia Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 Indonesia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Semifinals
- 2021 Germany Halle Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 Denmark Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2020 BWF Year-End Finals Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 TOYOTA Thailand Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2021 YONEX Thailand Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2020 All England Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 BWF Year-End Finals Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2019 Macau Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2019 Korea Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2019 China Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2019 BWF World Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 Thailand Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2019 Sudirman Cup Third Place Member
- 2019 Asian Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal
- 2019 Singapore Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2019 Malaysia Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2019 Malaysia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 Thailand Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Thailand Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 BWF World Tour Finals Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2018 Hong Kong Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2018 France Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2018 Denmark Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Korea Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2018 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2018 Singapore Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2018 Uber Cup Women’s Team Runner-up
- 2018 New Zealand Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2017 Southeast Asian Games Badminton Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2017 Southeast Asian Games Badminton Women’s Doubles Silver Medal
- 2017 Southeast Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Gold Medal
- 2017 Thailand Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2017 Thailand Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2017 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Third Place
- 2017 Asian Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2017 Singapore Badminton Super Series Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2017 Switzerland Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Champion
- 2017 Asian Badminton Championships Mixed Team Third Place
- 2017 Thailand Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2017 Thailand Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2016 Korea Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2016 Denmark Super Series Premier Women’s Doubles Semifinals
- 2016 Thailand Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 Thailand Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2016 Poland Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2016 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2016 India Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2015 Mexico City Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2015 US Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Semifinals
- 2015 US Badminton International Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2015 US Badminton International Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2015 Southeast Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Gold Medal
- 2015 India Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Semifinals
- 2014 US Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2014 US Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2014 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2013 Canada Badminton Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Semifinals
- 2013 US Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Singles Champion
- 2013 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Third Place
- 2013 Malaysia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Singles Semifinals
- 2013 Australia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2012 Uber Cup Women’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2012 Vietnam Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Singles Semifinals
- 2012 India Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Singles Semifinals
- 2012 India Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2012 China Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Semifinals
- 2012 Vietnam Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Singles Semifinals
- 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Silver Medal
- 2010 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Runner-up
- 2010 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Mixed Team Semifinals
- 2010 Youth Olympic Games Women’s Singles Champion
- 2011 Bitburg Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Semifinals
- 2009 World Youth Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Bronze Medal