The Longest Name In Tennis History

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By Scoop Malinowski

Would you believe there is an ATP player with nineteen letters in his name?

Well there is and his name is Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL.

The 22 year old Thai, currently ranked 480, has some decent results this year, including a 57 26 loss to former top 60 Australian Marinko Matosevic and a 57 46 loss to Noah Rubin in October at the Tralagon Challenger round of 16.

Those are decent results that suggest Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL could be on the verge of becoming a top 100 player if he can refine and bolster his game a few notches. With a coach like Cecil Mamiit, a Filipino American who competed in Grand Slams, Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL could soon be on our television sets.

Can you imagine John McEnroe and Brad Gilbert trying to call a TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL vs Victor Estrella Burgos match?

Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL obviously has a long road ahead of him to become an ATP top 100 player but whether he makes it or not, it’s highly likely that he will hold and will always hold the distinction of having the longest name in tennis or maybe even sports history.

 

[Horsa]

Wow! I bet you can't say that when you've had 1 too many alcoholic beverages.

 

[mrzz]

He is not alone, @scoop, take a look at this post.

 

[scoop]

Scoop Malinowski writes:

mrzz, Wachiramanowong is only fifteen letter, falling four short of nineteen

 

[mrzz]

Oh, sure, but he is one hell of a sidekick..

 

[Horsa]

Oh, sure, but he is one hell of a sidekick..

In that case you don't want to be his doubles partner as it'll hurt. Lol. (Pun on the word sidekick in case no one noticed).

 

[scoop]

Scoop Malinowski writes:

Catherine, if there's a Sri Lankan with a 20-letter name you win a prize signed copy of Facing Sampras

 

[scoop]

Scoop Malinowski writes:

20 letters... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantenaina_Ramalalaharivololona

 

[Fiero425]

...and I thought Juan Martin del Potro was too long!

 

[scoop]

Scoop Malinowski writes:

Catherine. I don't think anyone was going to find this player's name but then again we can't underestimate any tennis prose poster because there are some smart ones out there

 

[scoop]

Scoop Malinowski writes:

Or Wi Tron would make things a lot easier for everyone