Boonsak Ponsana


Boonsak Ponsana is a male badminton player from Thailand. His younger sister Salakjit Ponsana is also part of the Thailand badminton team. He got a Bachelor of Laws from Sri Patum.

Career

Ponsana competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was defeated in the Round of 64. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was defeating Chris Dednam of South Africa and Lee Hyun-il of South Korea in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Ponsana defeated Ronald Susilo of Singapore 15-10, 15-1. He advanced to the semifinals, in which he lost to Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia 15-9, 15-2. Playing in the bronze medal match, he again lost to an Indonesian, this time Soni Dwi Kuncoro by a score of 15-11, 17-16 for a fourth-place finish. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he reached the second round of the men's singles, where he lost 2 – 0 to Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro.
In 2007, he won the gold medals at the Summer Universiade in the men's singles and mixed team event. He also won some international tournament in 2004 Thailand Open, 2007 Singapore Open, and in 2008 India Open. He competed in 2009 Superseries Finals but he did not qualify for the semi-finals. He played for Thailand in 2009 SEA Games in Laos, helping to win a bronze medal for Thailand in men's team. In 2012, he repeated his successful run at the Singapore Open Super Series beating Wang Zhengming of China in a thrilling two set match. Prior to his participation in the 2012 Singapore Open, injury had caused him to skip some tournaments in 2011, and his earlier 2012 results had not been especially good, although he did qualify for the Olympics again. In 2013, Boonsak has changed his speciality to men's doubles and he is now teaming with Songphon Anugritayawon.

Achievements

World Cup

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2005Olympic Park, Yiyang, China Lin Dan14–21, 11–21 Silver

Asian Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2010Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India Lin Dan20–22, 10–21 Bronze
2006Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Lee Chong Wei12–21, 16–21 Silver

Southeast Asian Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2007Wongchawalitkul University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Kendrick Lee15–21, 20–22 Bronze
2001Malawati Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia Roslin Hashim14–17, 3–15 Silver

Summer Universiade

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2007Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand Chen Hong17–21, 21–15, 21–17 Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013Singapore Open Tommy Sugiarto22–20, 5–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2012Japan Open Lee Chong Wei18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2012Singapore Open Wang Zhengming21–18, 21–19 Winner
2010Singapore Open Sony Dwi Kuncoro16–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2010Malaysia Open Lee Chong Wei13–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2009China Masters Lin Dan17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2009Singapore Open Bao Chunlai19–21, 21–16, 15–21 Runner-up
2007Singapore Open Chen Yu21–17, 21–14 Winner

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013Thailand Open Srikanth Kidambi16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2009Thailand Open Nguyen Tien Minh16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2008Thailand Open Lin Dan21–17, 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2008India Open Chetan Anand21–16, 21–12 Winner
2007Thailand Open Chen Hong14–21, 21–11, 21–23 Runner-up
2005Indonesia Open Lee Hyun-il10–15, 3–15 Runner-up
2004Thailand Open Ng Wei15–3, 15–3 Winner
2003Hong Kong Open Lin Dan4–15, 15–9, 8–15 Runner-up
2003Thailand Open Ronald Susilo10–15, 15–7, 10–15 Runner-up
2001Thailand Open Yong Hock Kin8–7, 7–5, 6–8, 1–7, 1–7 Runner-up
2001Hong Kong Open Shon Seung-mo2–7, 7–4, 7–8, 8–7, 3–7 Runner-up

IBF International

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2003Smiling Fish Satellite Thirayu Laohathaimongkol15–7, 15–0 Winner
1999Myanmar International Anuphap Theeraratsakul15–3, 15–6 Winner

Record against selected opponents

Includes results from all competitions 2001–present against Super Series finalists, World Championship semifinalists, Olympic quarterfinalists, and all Olympic opponents.