Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Dechapol Puavaranukroh (Thai: เดชาพล พัววรานุเคราะห์; born 20 May 1997) is a Thai badminton player.^[2] He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Kittinupong Kedren.^[3] Dechapol claimed doubles titles at the 2017 SEA Games by winning the gold medal in the men's doubles with Kedren and in the mixed doubles with Sapsiree Taerattanachai.^[4] Together with Sapsiree, he won the silver and gold medals at the BWF World Championships in 2019^[5] and 2021 respectively, became the first Thai pair who won the world title.^[6][7] The duo made a clean sweep of all three 2020 Asian leg titles in Thailand^[8][9] and all 2021 Bali leg titles, thus climbing to world number 1 in the BWF ranking.^[10] Dechapol and Sapsiree made history as the first ever Thai players to win a title in the year-end Finals tournaments^[11] and rank first in the world ranking.^[1]

Puavaranukroh at the 2017 SEA Games

Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Puavaranukroh at the 2022 German Open
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Bass
Country	Thailand
Born	(1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 28) Chonburi, Thailand
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking	12 (MD with Kittinupong Kedren, 8 July 2025) 1 (XD with Sapsiree Taerattanachai, 7 December 2021)[1]
Current ranking	13 (MD with Kittinupong Kedren) 3 (XD with Supissara Paewsampran) (22 July 2025)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Thailand World Championships 2021 Huelva Mixed doubles 2019 Basel Mixed doubles Sudirman Cup 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team 2019 Nanning Mixed team Asian Championships 2017 Wuhan Mixed doubles 2019 Wuhan Mixed doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team SEA Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 2017 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team World Junior Championships 2014 Alor Setar Boys' doubles 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team Asian Youth Games 2013 Nanjing Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

Dechapol and his partner, Sapsiree, reached their first ever final at a Superseries event in 2017 Singapore Open.^[12] Dechapol and his partner, Sapsiree, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.^[13]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	8–21, 12–21	Silver	[5]
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	21–13, 21–14	Gold	[14]

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong	18–21, 11–21	Silver
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	21–23, 10–21	Bronze

SEA Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kittinupong Kedren	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	21–19, 20–22, 21–17	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	21–15, 22–20	Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia	Kittinupong Kedren	Masahide Nakata Katsuki Tamate	21–16, 21–18	Gold

Asian Youth Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Sport Institute Gymnasium, Nanjing, China	Puttita Supajirakul	Minoru Koga Akane Yamaguchi	19–21, 21–9, 17–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (22 titles, 14 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[15] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[16]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2025	Swiss Open	Super 300	Kittinupong Kedren	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Daniel Marthin	21–15, 18–21, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Puttita Supajirakul	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	15–21, 21–14, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Denmark Open	Super 750	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Singapore Open	Super 500	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Tan Kian Meng Lai Pei Jing	21–14, 21–6	Winner
2019	Korea Open	Super 500	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2019	Macau Open	Super 300	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Wang Chi-lin Cheng Chi-ya	21–11, 21–8	Winner
2020	All England Open	Super 1000	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti	15–21, 21–17, 8–21	Runner-up
2020 (I)	Thailand Open	Super 1000	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti	21–3, 20–22, 21–18	Winner
2020 (II)	Thailand Open	Super 1000	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	21–16, 22–20	Winner
2020	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	21–18, 8–21, 21–8	Winner
2021	Denmark Open	Super 1000	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	18–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2021	Hylo Open	Super 500	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti	22–20, 21–14	Winner
2021	Indonesia Masters	Super 750	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet	21–11, 21–12	Winner
2021	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2021	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	21–19, 21–11	Winner
2022	German Open	Super 300	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Ou Xuanyi Huang Yaqiong	21–11, 21–9	Winner
2022	Thailand Open	Super 500	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	12–21, 21–18, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2022	Singapore Open	Super 500	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2022	Japan Open	Super 750	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	16–21, 23–21, 21–18	Winner
2022	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	19–21, 21–18, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping	16–21, 21–13, 21–18	Winner
2023	Thailand Open	Super 500	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Kim Won-ho Jeong Na-eun	21–11, 19–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2023	Japan Open	Super 750	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	21–17, 16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2024	India Open	Super 750	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2024	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Chen Tang Jie Toh Ee Wei	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2024	Thailand Open	Super 500	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Guo Xinwa Chen Fanghui	21–12, 12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2024	Japan Masters	Super 500	Supissara Paewsampran	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	21–16, 10–21, 21–17	Winner
2024	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Supissara Paewsampran	Dhruv Kapila Tanisha Crasto	18–21, 21–14, 21–8	Winner
2025	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Supissara Paewsampran	Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping	21–13, 19–21, 21–18	Winner
2025	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Supissara Paewsampran	Dejan Ferdinansyah Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	19–21, 21–17, 21–13	Winner
2025	Singapore Open	Super 750	Supissara Paewsampran	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet	21–16, 21–9	Winner
2025	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Supissara Paewsampran	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2025	Japan Open	Super 750	Supissara Paewsampran	Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin	19–21, 21–16, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[17] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[18] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Singapore Open	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong	21–19, 16–21, 11–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Syed Modi International	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto	25–23, 9–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2016	Korea Masters	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Thailand Masters	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Zhang Nan Li Yinhui	11–21, 22–20, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	Swiss Open	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto	21–18, 21–15	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Smiling Fish International	Kittinupong Kedren	Watchara Buranakuea Trawut Potieng	21–12, 18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	Polish Open	Kittinupong Kedren	Hardianto Kenas Adi Haryanto	5–21, 21–18, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament