Pitchamon Opatniputh (, 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 Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2023 The Podium, Spokane, United States Chiara Marvella Handoyo 21–11, 21–9 Gold
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 Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2023 Malaysia Super 100 Super 100 Kim Joo-eun 21–12, 24–22 Winner 2025 Taipei Open Super 300 Tomoka Miyazaki 12–21, 22–20, 14–21 Runner-up 2025 Baoji China Masters Super 100 Zheng Xinyan 21–16, 18–21, 21–7 Winner 2026 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Chen Yufei 21–23, 13–21 Runner-up 2026 Orléans Masters Super 300 Nozomi Okuhara 15–21, 15–21 Runner-up
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2022 Swedish Open Pornpicha Choeikeewong 16–21, 21–9, 21–16 Winner 2022 Denmark Masters Sung Shuo-yun 21–16, 15–21, 21–16 Winner 2022 Bahrain International Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo 21–17, 21–16 Winner 2025 Vietnam International Manami Suizu 11–21, 9–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
BWF Junior International (3 titles) Girls' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2018 Jakarta Junior International Tasya Farahnailah 14–21, 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2018 Korea Junior International Monami Okamoto 21–19, 21–13 Winner 2019 Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix Mutiara Ayu Puspitasari 21–13, 21–19 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament
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