In April, Srichaphan recorded his first ATP win at the Salem Open defeating Petr Luxa in straight sets.

The next week at the Japan Open, he recorded another win against Vincenzo Santopadre in straight sets but once again lost in the second to 5th seed Nicolas Kiefer who would become the eventual champion.

The next week, he made his first semifinal at the Heineken Open Singapore defeating 3rd seed Magnus Norman en route.

He had played in every single grand slam in the year 2000 but was only able to win one match at the Australian Open against 14th seed and former semifinalist Karol Kučera in straight sets.

He lost in the third round to wildcard and former Olympic bronze medalist Arnaud Di Pasquale in straight sets.

One week later at the TD Waterhouse Cup, Srichaphan won his first career title defeating 7th seed Juan Ignacio Chela in the final in three sets.

He then won his second title one week later at the Stockholm Open defeating 6th seed Marcelo Ríos in the final in four sets.

Srichaphan began the year by winning the Chennai Open without losing a set defeating Karol Kučera in the final.

At Wimbledon, after a long streak of early exits, Srichaphan went into the tournament as the 12th seed and made the fourth round where he was beaten by Andy Roddick in four sets.

He made the finals of the RCA Championships but lost to top seed Andy Roddick in straight sets.

One month later, he defended his title at the TD Waterhouse Cup as the top seed without losing a set defeating James Blake in the final.

Srichaphan began the year with a third consecutive final appearance at the Chennai Open where he failed to defend his title against top seed and world No.

Srichaphan won his fifth and last title at the Nottingham Open where he went into the tournament as the top seed defeating qualifier and former world No.

He failed to defend his title at the TD Waterhouse Cup after he lost to Luis Horna in the semifinals in three sets.

Srichaphan began the year with a fourth consecutive final appearance at the Chennai Open where he once again lost to top seed Carlos Moyá in three sets.

Some other good results during the year included a quarterfinal at the 2005 Rotterdam Open where he defeated 2nd seed and world No.

5 Guillermo Coria en route, a semifinal at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic where he lost to top seed, world No.

He also failed to defend his title at the Nottingham Open after losing in the quarterfinals to 4th seed and eventual champion Richard Gasquet in three sets.

Srichaphan began the year with his finals streak ending at the Chennai Open when he lost in the quarterfinals to Kristof Vliegen in straight sets.

9 and eventual champion Marcos Baghdatis in three sets, the Thailand Open where he lost to top seed and world No.

Srichaphan once again began the year at the Chennai Open where he defeated qualifier Simone Bolelli in the first round in straight sets for the last match win of his career.

At the Miami Masters, Srichaphan sustained a wrist injury in his first round match against Luis Horna and was forced to retire late in the first set.

Srichaphan once again began practicing to make a strong return to the tour, but in June 2010, he was involved in a motorcycle accident that broke both his hands and severely injured his knee.

In addition, he was a triple gold medalist at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games winning in singles, doubles (once again partnering his brother, Narathorn) and the team event.

There, they surprisingly won the group stage to qualify for the finals where they lost to South Africa's team of Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira.

At each match, he performs the wai, the traditional Thai greeting, clasping his hands together and bowing to the four corners of the stadium.

He adopted the Buddhist name Mahaviro, meaning "great and brave", wore saffron robes and shaved his head.

[6] Srichaphan married Miss Universe 2005, Natalie Glebova of Canada in his home of Bangkok, Thailand, on 29 November 2007.

[7] In June 2010, Srichaphan officially announced his retirement from the ATP tour but will coach Thailand's Davis Cup team.

In February 2011, Srichaphan and his wife, Natalie, announced their separation after three years of marriage stating the reason to be "work commitments had kept them apart.