Angelique Widjaja

Angelique Widjaja (; born 12 December 1984) is an Indonesian former professional tennis player. She won the junior championships at Wimbledon in 2001, defeating Dinara Safina, and the 2002 junior French Open defeating Ashley Harkleroad. She reached a peak of No. 55 in the WTA singles rankings in March 2003, and a peak of No. 15 in the doubles rankings in February 2004.

Career Widjaja started playing tennis at the age of four. She first began playing at ITF juniors events in 1998 at the age of 13. Her first professional event was an event in Jakarta in April 1999, when she was 14 years old.

She enjoyed considerable success as a junior player. In 2001, she won the singles competition of the junior championships at Wimbledon, defeating Dinara Safina 6–4, 0–6, 7–5. In doing so, she became the first Indonesian to win any title at Wimbledon. In 2002, she won the doubles competition of the Australian Open Junior Championships, partnered by Gisela Dulko. That year, she also won the singles competition of the junior championships at the French Open. She reached a peak junior rank of No. 2. Also, she obtained an invite from "Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association" to play The Hong Kong Ladies Challenge in January 2002.

The first WTA Tour tournament she won was the 2001 Wismilak International in Bali, a Tier III event, which she entered at the age of 16 on a wildcard. She was the youngest Indonesian ever to win a WTA singles title. Her WTA singles ranking prior to this tournament was No. 579, and as such was the lowest-ranked player ever to win a WTA singles title.

2002 was her most successful year in Grand Slam tournament singles competition, reaching the second round at three consecutive majors. At the French Open, she defeated Jill Craybas in the first round. She was beaten by Evie Dominikovic in the second round. At Wimbledon, she beat 15th seed Anna Smashnova in the first round, before losing to Meilen Tu in round two. At the US Open, she beat Anna Kournikova in the first round, and was eliminated in the next by Stéphanie Foretz.

Widjaja represented Indonesia at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, collecting a silver medal in the women's doubles with partner Wynne Prakusya, and also the gold medal in the team event.

In November 2002, she won a second tour tournament, the Tier V event at Pattaya.

She continued to perform well on the WTA Tour through 2003. After her third-round exit from the Tier I tournament at Indian Wells in 2003, she reached her career's highest rank: No. 55. She remained in the top 100 for the remainder of 2003.

From 2003 to 2004, Widjaja enjoyed considerable success in doubles competition, primarily partnered by María Vento-Kabchi. The pair reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2003, and the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2004. They also won a Tier III event at Bali in 2003, and reached the final of one Tier I event, the 2003 Canada Masters. Following the 2004 Australian Open, Widjaja reached No. 15 in the WTA doubles rankings. This was her peak doubles rank.

Through 2004, Widjaja appeared in the mixed-doubles competition of all four majors. Her best result came at the French Open, where she and partner Lucas Arnold Ker beat Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova to reach the quarterfinals. There, they lost to the French pair Tatiana Golovin and Richard Gasquet.

Widjaja played at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens. She defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn in the first round of the singles competition, but was beaten by Karolina Šprem in the second round. She also took part in the doubles competition, partnered by Wynne Prakusya, and they were eliminated in the first round.

Through 2005, Widjaja took a hiatus from professional tennis due to various injuries. Following her return in 2006, she did not replicate her previous success, and did not take part in any singles competitions in WTA or ITF events after that year, but did remain active in doubles competition.

In 2007, she was part of the Indonesian women's team that won the silver medal at the SEA Games in Thailand.

In 2008, at the age of 23, Widjaja and partner Liza Andriyani won the doubles competition of an ITF tournament in Jakarta. This would be Widjaja's last tournament, as shortly afterwards she announced that she was quitting the professional tour, saying she was burnt out by the injuries and travel requirements.

During her professional career, Widjaja had recorded wins over several prominent players including Dinara Safina, Jelena Janković, Alicia Molik, Anna Smashnova, Anna Kournikova and Tamarine Tanasugarn. She was mainly coached by Meiske H. Wiguna and Deddy Tedjamukti.

Beside the pro tour, she was part of the Indonesia Fed Cup team in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.

Awards Achievement Award 2001 – the Asian Tennis Federation The Best Women Athlete of Indonesia 2001 – RCTI

WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) Legend Tier I (0) Tier II (0) Tier III (1) Tier IV & V (1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0) Result No. Date Tournament Surface OpponentScoreWin 1. 30 September 2001 Wismilak International, Indonesia Hard Joannette Kruger 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)Win 2. 10 November 2002 PTT Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Cho Yoon-jeong 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend Tier I (1) Tier II (0) Tier III (4) Tier IV & V (1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (1–1) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin 1. 29 April 2002 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Tathiana Garbin Elena Bovina Henrieta Nagyová 7–5, 3–6, 6–4Loss 1. 10 February 2003 Qatar Ladies Open Hard María Vento-Kabchi Wynne Prakusya Janet Lee 1–6, 3–6Loss 2. 19 May 2003 Madrid Open, Spain Clay Rita Grande Liezel Huber Jill Craybas 4–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss 3. 11 August 2003 Rogers Cup, Canada Hard María Vento-Kabchi Martina Navratilova Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 1–6, 1–6Win 2. 8 September 2003 Wismilak International, Indonesia Hard María Vento-Kabchi Nicole Pratt Émilie Loit 7–5, 6–2Loss 4. 3 November 2003 PTT Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Wynne Prakusya Sun Tiantian Li Ting 4–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Legend $75,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–1) Result No. Date Tournament Surface OpponentScoreLoss 1. 12 August 2001ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Hsieh Su-wei 6–7(4–7), 2–6Win 2. 7 April 2002 Dubai Challenge, United Arab Emirates Hard Shinobu Asagoe 7–6(7–4), 6–2

Doubles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups) Legend $75,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (6–1)Clay (0–1) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin 1. 5 November 2000 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Liza Andriyani Kim Jin-hee Chae Kyung-yee 2–4, 5–3, 4–2, 0–4, 4–0Win 2. 12 November 2000 ITF Bandung, Indonesia Hard Liza Andriyani Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 4–1, 4–2, 4–0Win 3. 12 March 2001 ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan Hard Dea Sumantri Kim Jin-hee Chae Kyung-yee 6–3, 6–2Win 4. 13 August 2001 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Romana Tedjakusuma Kim Jin-hee Chae Kyung-yee 4–6, 6–3, 7–5Loss 1. 1 April 2002 Dubai Challenge, United Arab Emirates Hard Bahia Mouhtassine Seda Noorlander Kirstin Freye 2–6, 4–6Win 5. 7 November 2006 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Romana Tedjakusuma Kim Hea-mi Keiko Taguchi w/oLoss 2. 12 November 2007 ITF Pune, India Clay Wynne Prakusya Zhang Ling Varatchaya Wongteanchai 6–1, 5–7, [5–10]Win 6. 4 August 2008 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Liza Andriyani Kim Jin-hee Chen Yi 6–3, 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreWin 2001 Wimbledon Grass Dinara Safina 6–4, 0–6, 7–5Win 2002 French Open Clay Ashley Harkleroad 3–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (title) Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 2002 Australian Open Hard Gisela Dulko Svetlana Kuznetsova Matea Mezak 6–2, 5–7, 6–4

ITF Junior Circuit finals Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendCategory GA Category G1 Category G2 Category G3Category G4 Category G5 Finals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (1–1)Grass (3–0)

Doubles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendCategory GA Category G1 Category G2 Category G3Category G4 Category G5 Finals by surfaceHard (10–4)Grass (2–0)Carpet (0–1) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin 1. November 1998 Indonesia International Hard Nuraeni Batubara Nicole Rencken Natasha van der Merwe w/oWin 2. November 1998 Malaysia International Hard Nuraeni Batubara Samantha Stosur Tiffany Welford 6–3, 6–0Win 3. March 1999 Indonesia International Hard Nuraeni Batubara Kaori Aoyama Kumiko Iijima 7–5, 6–2Loss 1. March 1999 Singapore International Hard Samantha Stosur Caroline Tidemand Helena Ejeson 6–4, 1–6, 6–7Win 4. March 2000 Indonesia International Hard Dea Sumantri Kumiko Iijima Tomoko Yonemura 7–5, 6–4Loss 2. March 2000 Malaysia International Hard Dea Sumantri Maki Arai Masayo Hosokawa 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 2–6Win 5. March 2000 Singapore International Hard Dea Sumantri Nicole Kriz Tracey O'Connor 7–5, 3–6, 6–0Loss 3. April 2000 Thailand Open Hard Chuang Chia-jung Nicole Kriz Dorottya Magas 3–6, 3–6Win 6. April 2000 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Dea Sumantri Elena Baltacha Jane O'Donoghue 6–1, 3–6, 6–3Loss 4. April 2000 Japan Open Carpet Dea Sumantri Maki Arai Kumiko Ijima 0–6, 1–6Loss 5. January 2001 Australian Hardcourt Hard Dea Sumantri Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 0–6Win 7. April 2001 Thailand Open Hard Chuang Chia-jung Nicole Kriz Dorottya Magas 6–2, 6–1Win 8. April 2001 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Hsieh Su-wei Jung Yoo-mi Lim Sae-mi 6–2, 6–3Win 9. April 2001 Japan Open Grass Hsieh Su-wei Chan Chin-wei Chang Hsin-chieh 6–4, 6–3Win 10. June 2001 LTA International, UK Grass Melissa Torres-Sandoval Christina Horiatopoulos Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–3, 3–6, 6–3Win 11. September 2001 Canadian Open Hard Neyssa Etienne Chuang Chia-jung Shuai Peng 6–4, 6–1Win 12. January 2002 Australian Open Hard Gisela Dulko Svetlana Kuznetsova Matea Mezak 6–2, 5–7, 6–4

National representation

Multi-sport event (Individual) Widjaja made her debut in multi-sport events at the 2001 SEA Games, she won a mixed doubles gold medal and a women's doubles silver medal.

Doubles: 2 (2 silver medals)

Mixed doubles: 1 (gold medal) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreGold September 2001 SEA Games, Kuala Lumpur Hard Bonit Wiryawan Suwandi Yayuk Basuki w/o

Performance timelines

Singles

1 Includes ITF tournaments. 2 The sum of wins/losses by year records from the WTA website does not add up to the career record presented on the same website.

Doubles

1 Includes ITF tournaments. 2 The sum of wins/losses by year records from the WTA website does not add up to the career record presented on the same website.

Mixed doubles