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Lita Liem-Sugiarto

b. 1946

Indonesian tennis player

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Born 1946. Lita Liem-Sugiarto is an Indonesian tennis player.

Lita Liem Sugiarto (born 27 February 1946), sometimes known by her maiden name Lita Liem, a former Indonesian professional tennis player. She played at Grand Slam events between 1968 and 1975, in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

In women's doubles, she and partner Lany Kaligis reached two Grand Slam quarterfinals: the Australian Open in 1970 and Wimbledon in 1971. As such, she and Kaligis were among the first Indonesians to reach the later rounds of a Grand Slam competition. Kaligis was the only partner that Sugiarto ever played with in Grand Slam doubles competition.

In singles, her best results were her third round exits from the Australian Championships in 1968, the Australian Open in 1970, Wimbledon in 1972 and the French Open in 1974.

At the 1966 Asian Games at Bangkok, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles, the gold medal in the women's doubles with Lany Kaligis, and the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with Sutarjo Sugiarto. She won the gold medal in the women's singles at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.

She was part of Indonesia's Fed Cup team in 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981.

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Singles (10–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Otty Oey 6–1, 6–0Win 2. Surabaya, Indonesia Grass Mien Suhadi 6–2, 6–4Loss 3. Semarang, Indonesia Hard Mien Suhadi 6–4, 4–6, 7–9Win 4. Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Mien Suhadi 6–1, 6–1Win 5. Colombo, Sri Lanka Clay Cheri Chihyana 6–0, 6–0Win 6. Colombo, Sri Lanka Clay Dechu Appaiah 6–1, 6–1Win 7. Ostend, Belgium Clay Monique Bedoret 6–3, 6–4Win 8. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Lany Kaligis 6–2, 4–6, 7–5Win 9. Penang, Malaysia Hard Loanita Rachman 6–4, 6–2Loss 10. Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass Evonne Goolagong 2–6, 1–6Win 11. Hong Kong Carpet Cecelie Fleming 6–3, 6–1Loss 12. 29 October 1972 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Lany Kaligis 5–7, 7–5, 5–7Loss 13. 21 April 1974 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Lany Kaligis 5–7, 6–3, 3–6Loss 14. 22 September 1974 Colombo, Sri Lanka Hard Lany Kaligis 5–7, 6–1, 1–6Loss 15. 21 April 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Lany Kaligis 2–6, 4–6Win 16. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Suthasini Sirikaya 6–0, 6–3

Doubles (16–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. Surabaya, Indonesia Grass Jooce Suwarimbo Vonny Djoa Mien Suhadi 2–6, 6–4, 1–6Loss 2. Manila, Philippines Hard Mien Suhadi Desideria Ampon Patricia Yngayo 3–6, 4–6Win 3. Semarang, Indonesia Hard Mien Suhadi Otty Oey Lany Kaligis 6–2, 6–2Win 4. Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Mien Suhadi Lany Kaligis Vonny Djoa 6–1, 6–3Win 5. Colombo, Sri Lanka Hard Mien Suhadi Sriya Gooneratne Sashikala Murthy 6–4, 7–5Win 6. Ipoh, Malaysia Hard Mien Suhadi Somsri Klumsombut Phanow Sudsawadsi 7–5, 6–2Win 7. Colombo, Sri Lanka Clay Lany Kaligis Dechu Appaiah Sriya Gooneratne 6–2, 6–3Win 8. Ostend, Belgium Clay Lany Kaligis Monique Bedoret Michele Kahn 6–4, 1–6, 6–2Win 9. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Lany Kaligis Mien Suhadi Yolanda Soemarno 6–2, 6–0Win 10. Penang, Malaysia Hard Lany Kaligis Loanita Rachman Mien Suhadi 6–3, 6–2Win 11. Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Lany Kaligis Trudy Groenman Betty StΓΆve 6–4, 4–6, 6–4Loss 12. Singapore, Singapore Hard Mien Suhadi Lee Duk-hee Chang Ching-ling 2–6, 3–6Loss 13. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Lany Kaligis Cecelie Fleming Lee Duk-hee 4–6, 6–2, 5–7Win 14. Hong Kong Carpet Lany Kaligis Cecelie Fleming Chang Ching-ling 6–2, 6–1Loss 15. Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Lany Kaligis MichΓ¨le Gurdal Betty StΓΆve 4–6, 0–6Win 16. Singapore, Singapore Hard Lany Kaligis Hideko Goto Kimiyo Hatanaka 6–2, 6–1Loss 17. 13 May 1973 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Lany Kaligis Christina Sandberg Mimmi Wikstedt 6–7, 6–7Win 18. 21 April 1974 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Lany Kaligis Lois Raymond Gwen Stirton 6–2, 5–7, 9–7Win 19. 30 June 1974 Heerlen, Netherlands Clay Lany Kaligis Carmen Perea Silvia Blume 6–3, 6–4Win 20. 22 September 1974 Colombo, Sri Lanka Hard Lany Kaligis Susan Das Nirupama Mankad 7–5, 1–6, 6–1Win 21. 21 April 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Lany Kaligis Lois Raymond Gwen Stirton 6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win 22. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Loanita Rachman Chalada Wattana Suthasini Sirikaya 6–4, 3–6, 6–1

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Indonesian tennis player

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Lita Liem-Sugiarto was born on 27 February 1946 in Dutch East Indies.

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Lita Liem-Sugiarto is a tennis player.

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Lita Liem-Sugiarto is Indonesian.

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