Jenifer Widjaja

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

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

Coached by her father Tony, she was only 14 when she began competing in local ITF Women's Circuit tournaments. In 2004, she had her breakthrough year when she won three $10k events in the space of a month, at Guayaquil, La Paz and Asunción. Her biggest tournament win was a $25k tournament in San Luis Potosi in 2006.

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, she travelled to Acapulco and made the singles main draw of the Abierto Mexicano, as a lucky loser from qualifying, where she was beaten again in the opening round, by sixth seed Gisela Dulko. She played in the singles qualifying draws for the 2007 French Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open major 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.

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

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