Jenifer Widjaja

Jenifer Widjaja (born 7 December 1986) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

Jenifer Widjaja
Country (sports) Brazil
Born (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986
Sao Paulo, Brazil
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$78,622
Singles
Career record157-96
Career titles0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 186 (8 October 2007)
Doubles
Career record64-64
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (6 November 2006)

Biography

Widjaja, a right-handed player, is originally from São Roque near the city of São Paulo and is of Indonesian descent.[1]

Coached by her father Tony, she was only 14 when she began competing in local ITF circuit tournaments.[2] In 2004, she had her breakthrough year when she won three $10,000 events in the space of a month, at Guayaquil, La Paz and Asuncion. Her biggest tournament win was a $25,000 tournament in San Luis Potosi in 2006.[3]

She featured in a WTA Tour main draw for the first time at the 2007 Copa Colsanitas (Bogota), in the women's doubles with Larissa Carvalho. They were defeated in the first round by Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci. Straight after that event, she travelled to Acapulco and made the main singles draw of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel WTA tournament, as a lucky loser from qualifying, where she was beaten again in the opening round, by sixth seed Gisela Dulko.[4] She played in the singles qualifying draws for the 2007 French Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open Grand Slam events, as well as competing for Brazil at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Despite ending 2007 at a career best of No. 186 in the world, she decided to retire from professional tennis. Over the next few years she instead attended college in the United States and played collegiate tennis for the Pacific Tigers in Stockton, California.[1]

She represented Brazil in a total of ten Fed Cup ties for a 6/4 overall record, with all six wins coming in singles.

ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5–5)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 24 August 2003 La Paz, Bolivia Clay Letícia Sobral 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 8 September 2003 Santiago, Chile Clay María José Argeri 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 27 October 2003 Ciudad Obregón, Mexico Clay Kildine Chevalier 0–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 22 August 2004 Guayaquil, Ecuador Hard Soledad Esperón 6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 29 August 2004 La Paz, Bolivia Clay Andrea Koch Benvenuto 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Winner 3. 5 September 2004 Asuncion, Paraguay Clay Larissa Carvalho 5–7, 7–6(3), 6–3
Winner 4. 20 March 2005 Morelia, Mexico Hard Frederica Piedade 1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 4 September 2005 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Clay Natalia Garbellotto 7–6(1), 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 15 November 2005 Puebla, Mexico Clay Romina Oprandi 1–6, 1–6
Winner 5. 3 October 2006 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Hard Larissa Carvalho 6–2, 7–5

Doubles (2–6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 11 October 2004 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Larissa Carvalho Kildine Chevalier
Olga Vymetálková		 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 24 October 2004 Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Larissa Carvalho Letícia Sobral
María José Argeri		 6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Winner 1. 13 November 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Carla Tiene Francesca Lubiani
Valentina Sassi		 7–6(5), 6–3
Runner-up 3. 22 November 2005 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Hard Olga Brózda Francesca Lubiani
Valentina Sassi		 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 4 April 2006 Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Carla Tiene María José Argeri
Letícia Sobral		 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 5. 11 June 2006 Móstoles, Spain Hard Carla Tiene Joana Cortez
María José Martínez Sánchez		 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 16 July 2006 Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Carla Tiene María José Argeri
Letícia Sobral		 3–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 21 October 2006 Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Hard Carla Tiene Jorgelina Cravero
Frederica Piedade		 5–7, 6–4, 6–4

References
  1. "Jenifer Widjaja". pacifictigers.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. "Folha de S.Paulo - Tênis: Convidada brilha em Campos do Jordão". Universo Online (in Portuguese). 17 July 2001. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - $25,000 San Luis Potosi - 02 October - 08 October 2006". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  4. "Tênis: Número 1 do Brasil, Jenifer Widjaja cai na estréia em Acapulco". Grupo Globo (in Portuguese). 27 February 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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