Tamarine Tanasugarn (born May 24, 1977, Los Angeles,
California, U.S.) is a professional female tennis
player from Thailand. She turned professional in
1994, and has been in the top twenty in both singles
and doubles.
Her highest WTA ranking has been World Number 19, a
ranking she achieved on May 13, 2002. Tanasugarn has
won one singles title. She was briefly a doubles
partner with Maria Sharapova, with whom she won two
titles in 2003. She won a total of five doubles
titles. Her highest doubles ranking was World Number
15 which she achieved on September 13, 2004. With
Liezel Huber, Tanasugarn reached the 2004 U.S. Open
doubles quarterfinals.
In her career, Tanasugarn has defeated former number
ones Amélie Mauresmo and Jennifer Capriati.
Tanasugarn has also beat Mary Pierce. All of these
women were Grand Slam champions.
She is also a regular competitor for the Thailand
Fed Cup team, helping the team join the World Group
II in 2005 and 2006.
