Boonsak Ponsana

Boonsak Ponsana
Boonsak Ponsana
	Boonsak Ponsana in 2013.
Personal information
Birth name	Boonsak Ponsana
Country	Thailand
Born	22 February 1982 (age 42); Bangkok, Thailand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	4 (November, 2010)
Current ranking	31 (1 November 2016 )
Medal record
Representing Thailand
Men's Badminton
Southeast Asian Games
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
BWF Super Series
Badminton Asia Championships
	BWF profile

Boonsak Ponsana (Thai: บุญศักดิ์ พลสนะ; RTGS: Bunsak Phonsana; born 22 February 1982 in Bangkok) is a male badminton player from Thailand.

His younger sister Salakjit Ponsana is also part of the Thailand badminton team.^[2] He got a Bachelor of Laws from Sri Patum.

Career

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Ponsana was defeated in the Round of 64.

Ponsana played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Chris Dednam of South Africa and Lee Hyun-il of Korea in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Ponsana defeated Ronald Susilo of Singapore 15-10, 15-1. Ponsana 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.

In 2004 he also won the THAILAND OPEN.

In 2007 he won the AVIVA OPEN SINGAPORE SUPER SERIES 2007, and in 2008 he won the Indian Open Grand Prix. Boonsak Ponsana competed in Super Series Final 2009 but he did not qualify for the semi-finals. 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.^[3] 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 Zhengming Wang of China^[4] 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.^[3]

In 2013, Boonsak has changed his speciality to men's doubles and he is now teaming with Songphon Anugritayawon.

Career achievements

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2013	Singapore Open	Tommy Sugiarto	22–20, 5–21, 17-21
Winner	2012	Singapore Open	Wang Zhengming	21–18, 21–19
Runner-up	2010	Singapore Open	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	16–21, 16–21
Runner-up	2009	Singapore Open	Bao Chunlai	19–21, 21–16, 15-21
Winner	2007	Singapore Open	Chen Yu	21–17, 21–14

World Championships

Super Series Masters Finals

Super Series Premier

Super Series

Grand Prix Gold

Grand Prix

International Challenge

International Series

Future Series

BWF Team Events

Key

BWF World Championships
BWF Super Series Masters Finals
BWF Super Series Premier
BWF Super Series
BWF Grand Prix Gold
BWF Grand Prix
BWF International Challenge
BWF International Series
BWF Future Series
BWF Team Events

Record against selected opponents

Includes results from all competitions 2001–present against Super Series finalists, World Championship semifinalists, Olympic quarterfinalists, and all Olympic opponents.^[5]