Smashing Stats: Thailand Open 2025

Let’s dive into some standout facts from TOYOTA Thailand Open 2025, the 37th edition of the Super 500 tournament.

  • Just three nations – China, Indonesia and Korea – have produced titlists in all five disciplines.
  • China remain the sole country to complete a sweep, doing so in 1999 and 2008.
  • Only hosts Thailand have seeds in all five categories this time.
  • They, however, have never produced winners in men’s doubles, in which Kittinupong Kedren/Dechapol Puavaranukroh are seeded fifth.
  • Puavaranukroh, mixed doubles champion with Sapsiree Taerattanachai in 2021, can be the first shuttler to succeed in a second department after his old partner.
  • Taerattanachai had in 2016 won the women’s doubles with Puttita Supajirakul before her triumphs with Puavaranukroh half a decade later.
  • Puavaranukroh, also seeded sixth in mixed doubles with Supissara Paewsampran, can emulate Lee Yong Dae – the most recent player to win separate disciplines at the same edition (2006).
  • Among returning ex-champions, Ratchanok Intanon has gone the longest without winning – it’s been eight years since the seventh seed took her second title in 2017.
  • Her younger compatriot Kunlavut Vitidsarn is the only top seed with previous success (2023).
  • Indonesia, known for their men’s doubles dominance, have not secured victory in the category since 2017 (Berry Angriawan/Hardianto). Top seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, runners-up in 2022, are strong contenders.
  • Despite recent setbacks, they are still the most successful in the category with 12 crowns, three more than Korea. Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (seeded fourth) also carry their hopes.
  • Their longest wait, however, is in women’s singles, where Putri Kusuma Wardani is the No.6 The dry spell dates back to Susi Susanti’s last of four wins in 1994.
  • China have claimed at least one event at the last three Thailand Opens.
  • All of them came in doubles; Chen Yu Fei is their last singles star to ace her event (2019).

Standout Stat: A successful title defence for fourth seed Supanida Katethong will make her the first local singles player to win back-to-back editions.

Katethong and her coach Kim Ji-Hyun in tears after the title was clinched last year.

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