He was born in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Starting as a professional in 1998 he stayed in the lower parts of ATP top 100 for some years, until in 2002 he managed to get into the top 30 after winning against Andre Agassi in Wimbledon.
A few years ago, Paradorn Srichaphan was a tennis player who was ranked in the 100's of the ATP Championship Race. Many of Thai people did not even know who is he. Who is Paradorn Srichaphan? Also as not many of Thai people were being interested to Tennis. They did not pay much attention to him and his tennis career. Early the year of 2002, his year has begun. His ranking has ran right up from the 100's to the 30's of the ATP Championship Race, which was due to his current performance. It has been an outstanding year of his career in 2002.