Yayuk Basuki

Yayuk Basuki (born 30 November 1970) is an Indonesian former professional tennis player who is now a politician. She was the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached No. 19 in singles in the WTA rankings in October 1997. She retired from playing singles in 2000, but remained an active doubles player on the circuit until 2013.

She sat in the Indonesian House of Representatives between 2014 and 2019. In January 2018, she was elected Chair of the Indonesian Olympian Association (IOA) for a four-year term. She unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 2019.

Sporting career She began playing tennis at the age of seven and turned professional in 1990. In 1991, she became the first Indonesian player to win a major professional tennis event when she captured the singles titles at Pattaya. She won six WTA Tour singles titles during her career (all of them in Asia). Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at Wimbledon in 1997, where she reached the quarterfinals by defeating Ai Sugiyama, Inés Gorrochategui, Naoko Kijimuta and Patricia Hy-Boulais before losing to Jana Novotná.

During her career, she has recorded wins over Amélie Mauresmo, Mary Joe Fernández, Lindsay Davenport, Gabriela Sabatini, Magdalena Maleeva, Anke Huber, Iva Majoli, Anna Kournikova, Zina Garrison, and Mary Pierce. She also became only the second Indonesian woman to win the Asian Games singles gold medal, after Lita Liem Sugiarto in 1974, when she defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn in Bangkok at the 1998 games. She was the first player to be beaten by Lindsay Davenport in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the US Open in 1992.

She represented Indonesia at the Summer Olympic Games in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000. 1992 in Barcelona, she defeated Mercedes Paz and Mary Pierce to reach the third round of the singles competition, where she was beaten by Jennifer Capriati.

She is also a successful doubles player, often pairing with Nana Miyagi and later Caroline Vis, and reached the top 10 (No. 9 on 6 July 1998). She won nine tour doubles titles, the most significant of which was the Canadian Open in 1997 and qualified for the season-ending WTA Championships as one of the best eight teams of the year three times, 1996–98. Her best result in doubles competition at a Grand Slam event was in the 1993 US Open, where she and partner Nana Miyagi reached the semifinals.

In the mixed doubles, Basuki reached the quarterfinals at the French Open in 1995 with Kenny Thorne as her partner. In 1997, she reached the same stage at Wimbledon, this time paired with Tom Nijssen.

Her career-high world rankings were world No. 19 in singles and No. 9 in doubles.

Basuki is now a coach, tennis commentator for TV and print media and a consultant to the sports minister. She also was a WTA Tour mentor to rising Indonesian star Angelique Widjaja.

Basuki retired from the professional circuit in 2004, but in March 2008 she made a return to the ITF Circuit playing exclusively in doubles, and has since won six more ITF titles. She won the $10k event at Bangkok in June with Indonesian-born Australian Tiffany Welford. In August, she won the Hechingen, Germany with compatriot Romana Tedjakusuma and yet another $25k title, this time in Augusta, Georgia, in October, again with Tedjakusuma. In the first tournament she played in 2009, the $25k Balikpapan event in Indonesia, she and Tedjakusuma won the doubles competition. In May 2009, she won consecutive $25k events in Goyang and then Gimhae, both in the Korean Republic, and again, both with Tedjakusuma.

Basuki played in the doubles at the 2010 Australian Open, partnering Kimiko Date-Krumm, losing in the first round to Sania Mirza and Virginia Ruano Pascual.

In 2011, Basuki played in three WTA and five ITF tournaments. She successfully represented Indonesia in the Fed Cup, winning four matches with partner Jessy Rompies to see Indonesia back into the Asia/Oceania Group I. Her most recent appearance in a WTA Tour event was in September 2011 at the Guangzhou International Open, in which she and partner Lu Jingjing reached the quarterfinals.

As of December 2012, her most recent appearance in a professional tournament was in the $25k event in Phuket in March 2012. She and partner Kao Shao-yuan reached the quarterfinals of the doubles competition. In 2013, she retired from the tour to pursue a career as a politician.

Political career In the 2014 Indonesian parliamentary election, she stood for a seat in the DPR with the National Mandate Party (PAN) from Central Java I electoral district. She was elected and sat on Commission X focusing on education, sports, and history. In the 2019 election, Basuki again ran as a legislative candidate in the same electoral district. However, the party did not win enough votes and therefore she lost her seat in the parliament.

Awards WTA Sportsmanship Award, 1996 and 1998 Female Rookie of the Year 1991, TENNIS Magazine Indonesian Athlete of the Year 1991 Nominated as Most Impressive Newcomer 1991, WTA Tour Special Award from President Soeharto of Indonesia for outstanding contribution to sports, 1991

Personal life She married her coach and mixed-doubles partner Hary Suharyadi, with whom she won gold at the 1990 Asian Games, on 31 January 1994. On 23 September 1999, she gave birth to her first child. She returned to playing on the tour the following year.

WTA career finals Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0) Tier I (3) Tier II (4) Tier III (5) Tier IV & V (13)

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (5 titles) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 6 August 1989 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Suzanna Wibowo 7–6(5), 1–6, 6–4Win 2. 24 September 1989 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Tang Min 6–3, 6–3Win 3. 21 January 1990 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Judith Warringa 6–2, 6–4Win 4. 12 August 1990 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Suzanna Wibowo 5–7, 6–4, 6–3Win 5. 10 February 1991 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Misumi Miyauchi 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 36 (25 titles, 11 runner–ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 6 July 1986 ITF Brindisi, Italy Clay Suzanna Wibowo Li Xinyi Zhong Ni 6–4, 4–6, 6–2Win 2. 27 October 1986 ITF Saga, Japan Grass Suzanna Wibowo Marianne van der Torre Themis Zambrzycki 6–2, 6–3Win 3. 10 November 1986 ITF Matsuyama, Japan Hard Suzanna Wibowo Belinda Cordwell Wendy Wood 0–6, 6–4, 6–2Win 4. 24 November 1986 ITF Kyoto, Japan Hard Suzanna Wibowo Kazuko Ito Junko Kimura 6–3, 6–3Win 5. 12 July 1987 ITF Paliano, Italy Clay Suzanna Wibowo Laura Lapi Barbara Romanò 6–4, 2–6, 6–0Win 6. 19 July 1987 ITF Subiaco, Italy Clay Suzanna Wibowo Ilonka Leyten Brigette Pardoel 7–5, 7–5Win 7. 25 October 1987 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Suzanna Wibowo Alison Scott Stephanie Savides 6–2, 4–6, 6–0Win 8. 1 November 1987 ITF Matsuyama, Japan Hard Suzanna Wibowo Jennifer Fuchs Jill Smoller 6–4, 3–6, 6–1Loss 1. 12 June 1988 ITF Modena, Italy Clay Ei Iida Eugenia Maniokova Viktoria Milvidskaia 3–6, 6–4, 0–6Loss 2. 19 June 1988 ITF Salerno, Italy Clay Anne Aallonen Eugenia Maniokova Viktoria Milvidskaia 6–1, 5–7, 4–6Loss 3. 26 June 1988 ITF Arezzo, Italy Clay Titia Wilmink Eugenia Maniokova Viktoria Milvidskaia 6–0, 5–7, 1–6Loss 4. 3 July 1988 ITF Brindisi, Italy Clay Ei Iida Frédérique Martin Virginie Paquet 7–5, 2–6, 2–6Win 9. 16 October 1988 ITF Chiba, Japan Hard Ei Iida Naoko Sato Maya Kidowaki 6–2, 7–6Win 10. 11 June 1989 ITF Milan, Italy Clay Suzanna Wibowo Claudine Toleafoa Ruth Seeman 5–7, 6–4, 6–2Win 11. 6 August 1989 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Suzanna Wibowo Patricia Budiono Lukky Tedjamukti 4–6, 6–0, 6–3Win 12. 12 November 1989 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Suzanna Wibowo Justine Hodder Kelli-Ann Johnston 6–3, 6–4Win 13. 21 January 1990 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Suzanna Wibowo Alexandra Niepel Caroline Billingham w/oLoss 5. 15 April 1990 ITF Bari, Italy Clay Suzanna Wibowo Agnese Blumberga Barbara Rittner 4–6, 6–4, 2–6Loss 6. 10 June 1990 ITF Mantua, Italy Clay Suzanna Wibowo Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová 3–6, 5–7Win 14. 12 August 1990 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Suzanna Wibowo Irawati Moerid Justi Kuswara 7–5, 6–3Win 15. 28 October 1990 ITF Nagasaki, Japan Hard Suzanna Wibowo Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Kunce 6–2, 7–6(8)Win 16. 4 November 1990 ITF Saga, Japan Grass Suzanna Wibowo Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Kunce 6–3, 6–2Win 17. 18 November 1990 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Suzanna Wibowo Ingelise Driehuis Louise Pleming 7–6, 6–1Win 18. 20 February 2000 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Irawati Iskandar Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook 7–5, 7–5Win 19. 27 February 2000 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Wynne Prakusya Irawati Iskandar Wukirasih Sawondari 6–4, 6–2Win 20. 31 May 2008 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Tiffany Welford Elina Gasanova Lavinia Tananta 2–6, 7–6(7), [10–4]Win 21. 10 August 2008 ITF Hechingen, Germany Clay Romana Tedjakusuma Carmen Klaschka Darija Jurak 2–6, 6–2, [10–6]Loss 7. 19 October 2008 ITF Lawrenceville, United States Hard Romana Tedjakusuma Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson 6–3, 4–6, [10–12]Win 22. 25 October 2008 ITF Augusta, United States Hard Romana Tedjakusuma Mailen Auroux Roxane Vaisemberg 6–3, 4–6, [10–5]Win 23. 4 May 2009 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard Romana Tedjakusuma Zhang Ling Emily Webley-Smith 6–3, 6–3Win 24. 31 May 2009 ITF Goyang, South Korea Hard Romana Tedjakusuma Sun Shengnan Lu Jingjing 6–7(5), 6–3, [10–8]Win 25. 2 June 2009 ITF Gimhae, South Korea Hard Romana Tedjakusuma Liang Chen Sun Shengnan 7–5, 6–1Loss 8. 28 September 2009 ITF Hamanako, Japan Carpet Hwang I-hsuan Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz 6–4, 6–7, [5–10]Loss 9. 2 November 2009 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard (i) Riza Zalameda Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 3–6, 6–3, [7–10]Loss 10. 2 April 2010 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Riza Zalameda Alexandra Dulgheru Tamarine Tanasugarn 2–6, 0–6Loss 11. 5 June 2010 ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Jessy Rompies Tatia Mikadze Sofia Shapatava 3–6, 3–6

National representation Multi-sport event (Individual) Basuki made her debut in multi-sport event at the 1985 SEA Games, she won the women's singles bronze medal.

Singles: 5 (3 gold medals, 2 bronze medals)

Doubles: 6 (5 gold medals, 1 silver medal)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreGold October 1986 Asian Games, Seoul Hard Suzanna Anggarkusuma Lee Jeong-soon Kim Il-soonGold September 1987 SEA Games, Jakarta Hard Suzanna Anggarkusuma Dyan Castillejo Nina Castillejo Silver August 1989 SEA Games, Kuala Lumpur Hard Suzanna Anggarkusuma Waya Walalangi Lukky Tedjamukti Gold November 1990 Asian Games, Beijing Hard Suzanna Wibowo Lee Jeong-myung Kim Il-soonGold December 1995 SEA Games, Chiang Mai Hard Romana Tedjakusuma Tamarine Tanasugarn Suvimol Duangchan Gold September 2001 SEA Games, Kuala Lumpur Hard Wynne Prakusya Romana Tedjakusuma Angelique Widjaja 6–2, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 gold medals, 1 silver medal)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreGold November 1990 Asian Games, Beijing Hard Hary Suharyadi Yoo Jin-sun Kim Il-soonGold December 1995 SEA Games, Chiang Mai Hard Sulistyo Wibowo Bonit Wiryawan Romana Tedjakusuma Silver September 2001 SEA Games, Kuala Lumpur Hard Suwandi Bonit Wiryawan Angelique Widjaja 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.

Grand Slam mixed doubles

Career earnings as of 12 April 2009 does not include mixed-doubles earnings (which are included in the career total)