Somparn Champisri Explained

Somparn Champisri
Birth Date:18 January 1943
Plays:Left-handed
Singlesrecord:2-4 (Davis Cup)
Doublesrecord:1-3 (Davis Cup)
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Somparn Champisri (Thai: สมภาร จำปีศรี, born 18 January 1943) is a Thai former tennis player active in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] [2]

Career

Champisri, a team silver medalist at the 1966 Asian Games, also won numerous Southeast Asian Games medals for Thailand. He is the only Thai man to win three Southeast Asian Games singles gold medals (1965, 1971 & 1973).[3] In 1966 he won the singles title at the Malayan Championships held in Ipoh, Malaysia.

A left-handed player, Champisri competed for the Thailand Davis Cup team from 1976 to 1978.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: ชะญาณิษฐ์ ธีร์สุดาบัณฑิต . สมภาร จำปีศรี ยอดนักเทนนิส ตำนานแชมป์ประเทศไทย10 สมัย . 1 October 2021 . Siamsport . 2 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150828081253/https://www.siamsport.co.th/Column/150302_107.html . 28 August 2015 . th.
  2. News: Miranda . J . Thai champ beaten in 90-min thriller . . 21 December 1965 . 23.
  3. News: 20 ngày đến SEA Games 24 - 2007: Bá chủ làng quần vợt nam SEAP Games . thethao.sggp.org.vn . 15 November 2007 . Vietnamese.
  4. Web site: Key Statistics . daviscup.com.