Jutatip Kuntatong (; born 23 December 1997), nicknamed Yok, is a Thai teqball player and former sepak takraw player. She is a five-time world champion, having won the women's singles titles in 2024 and 2025 and three consecutive women's doubles titles with Suphawadi Wongkhamchan from 2023 to 2025.
Kuntatong became the first Asian women's singles world champion when she won the title at the 2024 Teqball World Championships. She successfully defended both her singles and women's doubles world titles in 2025. She later won two gold medals at the 2025 SEA Games, the women's doubles title at the 2026 Asian Beach Games, and the women's doubles gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games.
As of September 2026, the International Teqball Federation (FITEQ) ranked Kuntatong world No. 1 in both women's singles and women's doubles.
Early life and sepak takraw career Kuntatong began playing sepak takraw at the age of 12, following her father, who was also an athlete. Her involvement in the sport provided opportunities in both competition and education, and she later completed a bachelor's degree at the Chonburi campus of the Thailand National Sports University.
Despite training in sepak takraw for several years, Kuntatong did not represent Thailand at senior international level. She later said that she had reached a national training camp but was not selected for the final team. When teqball was introduced in Thailand, she was encouraged by a teacher to try the new sport and began training in it in 2020. Kuntatong has said that her previous sepak takraw training gave her technical skills that could be adapted to teqball, particularly aerial kicking and attacking techniques.
She made her first appearance at the Teqball World Championships in Nuremberg, Germany, in 2022, reaching the quarterfinals of the women's singles competition.
Teqball career
2023: international breakthrough Kuntatong began achieving international success in 2023. In March, she partnered Suphawadi Wongkhamchan to win the women's doubles title at the Dubai Asian Teqball Tour. The tournament marked one of Thailand's first international teqball titles. Kuntatong and Wongkhamchan subsequently won women's doubles tournaments in Qingdao and Ko Samui and entered the 2023 World Championships unbeaten as a pair that season.
At the 2023 Teqball World Championships in Bangkok, Kuntatong reached her first world championship women's singles final. She lost to Brazil's Rafaella Fontes in straight sets, 8–12, 10–12, earning the silver medal.
The following day, Kuntatong and Wongkhamchan won the women's doubles world title, defeating Hungary's Petra Péchy and Nóra Vicsek 12–8, 12–6 in the final. The victory was Thailand's first world championship gold medal in teqball and the first by an Asian team in the women's doubles event.
2024–2025: singles world titles During 2024, Kuntatong developed into one of the leading women's singles players on the international circuit. In May she won both the women's singles and women's doubles titles at the Madrid Teqball World Series. She defeated Hungary's Anna Izsák 12–6, 12–9 in the singles final.
At the 2024 Teqball World Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, Kuntatong again faced Fontes in the women's singles final. After losing the opening set, she won the next two to take the match 10–12, 12–10, 12–9 and become the first Asian athlete to win the women's singles world championship.
Kuntatong and Wongkhamchan also successfully defended their women's doubles world title, defeating Hungary's Krisztina Ács and Péchy 12–9, 12–9. Kuntatong therefore finished the championships with two gold medals and three career world titles. Following the championships, she rose to No. 1 in the FITEQ women's singles world ranking.
In April 2025, Kuntatong won the women's singles title at the Jinan Teqball World Series, defeating Wongkhamchan in an all-Thai final.
At the 2025 Teqball World Championships in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania, she successfully defended the women's singles title, defeating Romania's Kinga Barabási in three sets. Kuntatong and Wongkhamchan then defeated Péchy and Vicsek in the women's doubles final to win their third consecutive world title as a pair. The two victories increased Kuntatong's career total to five world championship gold medals.
Later in December, she competed at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand, where teqball was contested as a medal sport. Kuntatong won the women's singles gold medal and partnered Wongkhamchan to win the women's doubles event.
2026: Asian Beach Games and Asian Games Kuntatong was selected as one of Thailand's flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the 2026 Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China. At the Games, she partnered Areeya Homdee in women's doubles. The Thai pair defeated North Korea's Sol Gyong Cha and Hyo Gyong Kim in straight sets in the final as Thailand won all three teqball events on the programme.
Teqball made its debut as a medal sport at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan. Kuntatong entered the Games as the reigning women's singles and doubles world champion and world No. 1 in both disciplines. Thailand entered Kuntatong in the women's doubles event alongside Wongkhamchan.
The pair completed the group stage unbeaten before reaching the final of the women's doubles. They defeated Myanmar's Hsu Mon Aung and Phyu Phyu Than 12–6, 12–3 to win the gold medal.
Playing style Kuntatong's playing style incorporates techniques developed during her sepak takraw background. Her attacking game includes aerial kicks and bicycle-kick-style returns, techniques that have also become characteristic of Thailand's approach to teqball. At 1.51 m tall, she has relied on mobility, timing and technical control rather than physical reach.
Kuntatong has described tactical preparation as an important part of her game. She studies video of opponents to identify recurring patterns and weaknesses, and has said that maintaining concentration and limiting unforced errors are particularly important in matches decided over short sets.
Awards and recognition In February 2026, Kuntatong received an Outstanding Athlete award at Thailand's National Sports Day awards for her performances in 2025. In June, the Sports Writers Association of Thailand named her the country's Amateur Female Athlete of the Year for 2025.
Major results Year Competition Location Event Partner Medal 2023 World Championships Bangkok, Thailand Women's singles — Silver Women's doubles Suphawadi Wongkhamchan Gold 2024 World Championships Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Women's singles — Gold Women's doubles Suphawadi Wongkhamchan Gold 2025 World Championships Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania Women's singles — Gold Women's doubles Suphawadi Wongkhamchan Gold SEA Games Chonburi, Thailand Women's singles — Gold Women's doubles Suphawadi Wongkhamchan Gold 2026 Asian Beach Games Sanya, China Women's doubles Areeya Homdee Gold 2026 Asian Games Nagoya, Japan Women's doubles Suphawadi Wongkhamchan Gold
References
External links Jutatip Kuntatong at FITEQ