Thai Pair Reaches Hua Hin Doubles Final
Thai doubles pair Thanapet Chanta and Phawich Sonlakthrup advanced to the final of the ITF M15 Hua Hin tournament after defeating the second-seeded Japanese team in straight sets. They will face a Taiwanese duo for the title. In singles, Chanta fell in the quarterfinals to a Hong Kong qualifier, while the top seeds progressed in the draw.
The ITF World Tennis Tour M15 Hua Hin tournament, "Kel-Comp & CCU Industry 4.0 ITF World Tennis Tour 2026 (1)," with a total prize purse of $15,000 (approximately 503,100 baht), was held at the Arena Hua Hin Sport Club in Prachuap Khiri Khan province on November 13, 2026.
In the men's doubles semifinals, "Owen" Thanapet Chanta and "Mangpor" Phawich Sonlakthrup, two young Thai players seeded fourth, showed sharp form to defeat the second-seeded Japanese pair of Daisuke Sumizawa and Leo Vithoori in straight sets, 6-4 and 6-3.
The Thai pair will face the third-seeded Taiwanese duo of Huang Tsung-hao and Lu Chen-yu in the final. The Taiwanese team advanced after defeating the Thai pair of Kritin Koaykul and Jirat Navasirisomboon 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). Koaykul and Navasirisomboon finished as semifinalists, splitting $324 (approx. 10,866 baht) and earning 4 ATP ranking points each.
In men's singles, Thanapet Chanta, ranked 679th in the world and seeded fourth, saw his run end in the quarterfinals. He lost 6-0, 0-6, 4-6 to Hong Kong's Sue Fu-hong, ranked 441st, who came through qualifying and was in strong form. Chanta earned $438 (approx. 14,690 baht) and 2 ranking points for his quarterfinal finish, while Sue advanced to face top seed Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan in the semifinals.
Other quarterfinal results: Denis Yevseyev (1, Kazakhstan) def. Fons van Sambeek (Netherlands) 6-2, 6-2; Ergi Kirkin (2, Turkey) def. Chuan Guan-zu (6, Chinese Taipei) 6-0, 6-4; Shin San-hui (3, South Korea) def. Oscar Brown (UK) 6-3, 6-4.
