Thai Players Kongthap and Pen Qualify for Hua Hin M15 Main Draw
Thai tennis players Kongthap Kongka and Pen Jarusorn both won their final qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the ITF M15 tournament in Hua Hin. Kongthap staged a comeback victory over Britain's Max Benaym, while Pen defeated Thai-German player Hendrik Tada Grohbrecher in straight sets. The tournament offers $15,000 in prize money at the Arena Hua Hin Sport Club.
The Men's World Tennis Tour M15 Hua Hin tournament, the "Cal-Comp & CCU Industry 4.0 ITF World Tennis Tour 2026 (1)", offered a total prize purse of $15,000 (approximately 503,100 baht) at the Arena Hua Hin Sport Club in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province on November 9, 2026. It was the final day of qualifying for men's singles. "CJ" Kongthap Kongka, a young Thai player and the 12th qualifying seed, turned the match around after losing the first set to Max Benaym of Great Britain, the 7th qualifying seed, eventually winning 2-1 sets (3-6, 7-5, and a 10-6 super tiebreak) in over two hours. Kongthap advances straight to the main draw, where he will face Jules Del Cuyper of France in the first round.
Pen Jarusorn, a rising Thai star and the 9th qualifying seed, also reached the main draw after defeating fellow Thai Hendrik Tada Grohbrecher, a Thai-German player and the 5th qualifying seed, 6-4, 6-4 in nearly two hours. In the main draw first round, Pen will meet Adrian Arcon of Australia.
Other qualifying final results (numbers in parentheses indicate qualifying seed): Kantinan Suwanwattana-Opha lost to Wong Chak Fu (3, Hong Kong) 2-6, 1-6; Peerapach Sukjai (16) lost to Ren Nakamura (2, Japan) 3-6, 1-6; Tham Phanrath lost to Chen Guan-Zhou (1, Chinese Taipei) 0-6, 1-6; Nazar Olinikov (4, Croatia) defeated Richaadev Rajasekar Raman (10, India) 6-3, 6-1; Varaj Kohil (6, India) defeated Vit Horek (11, Czech Republic) 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 super tiebreak; Fu Hong-Lin (Chinese Taipei) defeated Aditya Kothari (8, India) 6-2, 6-1.
