Pitchamon Opatniputh (Thai: พิชฌามลณ์ โอภาสนิพัทธ์, sometimes written as Opatniput; born 4 January 2007) is a Thai badminton player. She started playing badminton at the age of five and was trained by her father at the Thai Smile Badminton Club. She won the girls' singles title at the 2023 World Junior Championships.

Career

2018–2019

Pitchamon won two junior titles in 2018 at the Jakarta Junior and the Korea Junior. In 2019, she won the Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix.

2022

In January, Pitchamon won her first international title as a senior at the Swedish Open after defeating Pornpicha Choeikeewong in the finals. In May, she was selected as a backup for the Thailand women's team at the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup and won a bronze medal. She was also selected for the following 2021 SEA Games and won gold.

In June, Pitchamon won her second international title at the Denmark Masters by defeating Sung Shuo-yun of Chinese Taipei in three tight games.

2023

In October, Pitchamon won the World Junior Championships by defeating Chiara Marvella Handoyo in the final in straight games.

2026

In the beginning of the 2026 season, Pitchamon reached the finals in the Indonesia and Orléans Masters, losing to Chen Yufei and Nozomi Okuhara respectively.

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2023The Podium, Spokane, United StatesIndonesia Chiara Marvella Handoyo21–11, 21–9Gold

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

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

Women's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2023Malaysia Super 100Super 100South Korea Kim Joo-eun21–12, 24–22Winner
2025Taipei OpenSuper 300Japan Tomoka Miyazaki12–21, 22–20, 14–21Runner-up
2025Baoji China MastersSuper 100China Zheng Xinyan21–16, 18–21, 21–7Winner
2026Indonesia MastersSuper 500China Chen Yufei21–23, 13–21Runner-up
2026Orléans MastersSuper 300Japan Nozomi Okuhara15–21, 15–21Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2022Swedish OpenThailand Pornpicha Choeikeewong16–21, 21–9, 21–16Winner
2022Denmark MastersChinese Taipei Sung Shuo-yun21–16, 15–21, 21–16Winner
2022Bahrain InternationalIndonesia Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo21–17, 21–16Winner
2025Vietnam InternationalJapan Manami Suizu11–21, 9–21Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles)

Girls' singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2018Jakarta Junior InternationalIndonesia Tasya Farahnailah14–21, 21–18, 21–15Winner
2018Korea Junior InternationalJapan Monami Okamoto21–19, 21–13Winner
2019Jaya Raya Junior Grand PrixIndonesia Mutiara Ayu Puspitasari21–13, 21–19Winner

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

External links

  • at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)