Maneepong Jongjit

Maneepong Jongjit
Maneepong Jongjit
	Maneepong Jongjit at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country	Thailand
Born	21 March 1991 (age 30); Phuket, Thailand
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	7 (MD 10 January 2013); 12 (XD 23 October 2014)
Current ranking	43 (MD 17 March 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Thailand
Sudirman Cup
Asian Games
Asia Championships
Southeast Asian Games
Summer Universiade
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Maneepong Jongjit (Thai: มณีพงศ์ จงจิตร, RTGS: Maniphong Chongchit; born 21 March 1991) is a badminton player from Thailand. He studies at Ratna Bundit University.^[1]

Jongjit and Nipitphon Phuangphuapet as runner-up at the 2014 U.S. Open

Career[]

Maneepong Jongjit began to attract attention when he competed as a junior with Bodin Issara in men's doubles. Together they made the transition to doubles as senior competitors. Their top result came at the 2012 India Open where they defeated Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seong in the final.^[2] Maneepong Jongjit and Bodin Issara competed together at the London 2012 Olympics, where they lost in the quarter final.^[3]

After Maneepong and Bodin split up in January 2013, Maneepong continued competing in men's doubles with a new partner, Nipitphon Puangpuapech. The pair reached the final of the 2013 Canada Open Grand Prix, facing Maneepong's former partner Bodin Issara and Bodin's new partner Pakkawat Vilailak. Maneepong and Nipitphon were awarded the victory as their opponents were disqualified after a brawl broke out between the former partners.^[3] Maneepong and Nipitphon won the 2014 U.S. Open, defeating Denmark's Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen.^[4]

After returning from suspension in October 2013, Jongjit resumed his partnerships in men's doubles with Puangpuapech and in mixed doubles with Sapsiree Taerattanachai. He continued to compete internationally until late 2014. He was entered in several tournaments in 2015, reforming his partnership with Bodin Issara but withdrew each time due to an injury to his shoulder, which finally led to him announcing his retirement in November 2015.^[5]

Achievements[]

Asian Championships[]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea	Nipitphon Puangpuapech	Shin Baek-cheol Yoo Yeon-seong	17–21, 20–22	Bronze

Southeast Asian Games[]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines	Bodin Isara	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	21–18, 15–21, 16–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyidaw, Myanmar	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Muhammad Rijal Debby Susanto	18–21, 19–21	Silver

Summer Universiade[]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Gymnasium of SZIIT, Shenzhen, China	Bodin Issara	Lee Sheng-mu Fang Chieh-min	21–10, 21–16	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Gymnasium of SZIIT, Shenzhen, China	Savitree Amitrapai	Shin Baek-choel Eom Hye-won	18–21, 21–17, 19–21	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships[]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia	Rodjana Chuthabunditkul	Angga Pratama Della Destiara Haris	21–19, 14–21, 21–17	Gold

Asian Junior Championships[]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Rodjana Chuthabunditkul	Liu Peixuan Xia Huan	18–21, 13–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour[]

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[7]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Bodin Isara	Kim Gi-jung Lee Yong-dae	13–21, 17–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries[]

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	French Open	Bodin Issara	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	24–22, 17–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2012	India Open	Bodin Issara	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	21–17, 14–21, 21–14	Winner

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix[]

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	U.S. Open	Nipitphon Puangpuapech	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–17, 15–21, 21–18	Winner
2013	Canada Open	Nipitphon Puangpuapech	Bodin Issara Pakkawat Vilailak	21–12, Disqualified	Winner
2012	Vietnam Open	Bodin Issara	Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto Afiat Yuris Wirawan	19–21, 21–16, 21–11	Winner
2011	Bitburger Open	Bodin Issara	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	21–14, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	U.S. Open	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Muhammad Rijal Vita Marissa	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series[]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Spanish International	Bodin Issara	Frederik Colberg Joachim Fischer Nielsen	23–21, 19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Vietnam International	Nanthakarn Yordphaisong	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2017	Tata Open India International	Nanthakarn Yordphaisong	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	21–6, 21–9	Winner
2010		Bodin Isara	Tsai Chia-hsin	21–18, 21–19	Winner
2009	Malaysia International	Bodin Isara	Lim Khim Wah Chan Peng Soon	20–22, 26–28	Runner-up
2009	Smiling Fish International	Bodin Isara	Songphon Anugritayawon	21–12, 21–12	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Smiling Fish International	Rodjana Chuthabunditkul	Patiphat Chalardchalaem Savitree Amitrapai	19–21, 20–22	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Controversy[]

On 21 July 2013, Jongjit and his former partner, Bodin Issara had a brawl during the change of ends of the men's doubles finals at the 2013 Canadian Open Grand Prix. Jongjit, who was partnered with Nipitphon Puangpuapech, met Issara and his new partner, Pakkawat Vilailak in the finals. The former partners who had unresolved issues with each other prior to the match started abusing each other vocally during the first game. This led Issara to begin chasing down Jongit across the arena. As an act of self-defense while running away from Issara, Jongit swung his badminton racquet to the side of Issara's head causing his right ear to bleed and require stitches. Issara eventually caught up with Jongit, who fell to the floor on the adjacent court, and began hitting, punching and kicking him. The two were eventually broken up by Issara's partner and their coach. As a result, both players received a sanction from the Badminton World Federation and from the Badminton Association of Thailand. Issara, the more physically abusive one among the two, was banned for 2 years from participating in any international tournaments. Jongjit, who provoked Issara during the match, was banned for 3 months. In addition, Issara and Vilailak received a black card during the event meaning disqualification from the tournament and the tournament victory was awarded to Jongjit and Puangpuapech.^[8]^[9]