Angelique Widjaja

Angelique Widjaja (Chinese: 黄依林; pinyin: Huang Yīlín; born 12 December 1984) is a retired Indonesian professional tennis player. She won the junior championships at Wimbledon in 2001, defeating Dinara Safina. 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. She retired in 2008.

In this Chinese Indonesian name, the family name is Widjaja.
Angelique Widjaja
黄依林
Country (sports) Indonesia
ResidenceBandung, Indonesia
Born (1984-12-12) 12 December 1984
Bandung, Indonesia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$533,037
Singles
Career record118–86
Career titles2 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 55 (31 March 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2003, 2004)
French Open2R (2002)
Wimbledon2R (2002, 2003)
US Open2R (2002)
Doubles
Career record103–69
Career titles2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 15 (2 February 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2004)
French Open3R (2002)
WimbledonQF (2003, 2004)
US OpenQF (2003)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2004)
French OpenQF (2004)
Wimbledon1R (2004)
US Open1R (2004)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Indonesia
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Doubles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2001 Kuala Lumpur Team
Silver medal – second place 2001 Kuala Lumpur Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Team

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 so doing, 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.[1][2] She was the youngest Indonesian ever to win a WTA singles title. Her WTA singles rank prior to the 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 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 round 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 WTA tournament, the Tier V event at Pattaya.

She continued to perform well in 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 WTA Tour 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 Southeast Asian 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.[3]

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.

Also, 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 career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV & V (1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 30 September 2001 Wismilak International, Indonesia Hard South Africa Joannette Kruger 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–0 10 November 2002 PTT Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard South Korea Cho Yoon-jeong 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (1)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (5)
Tier IV & V (0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 29 April 2002 Croatian Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Italy Tathiana Garbin Russia Elena Bovina
Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová		 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 1–1 10 February 2003 Qatar Total Open, Qatar Hard Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi Indonesia Wynne Prakusya
Chinese Taipei Janet Lee		 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 19 May 2003 Madrid Open, Spain Clay Italy Rita Grande South Africa Liezel Huber
United States Jill Craybas		 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 1–3 11 August 2003 Canada Masters, Canada Hard Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi United States Martina Navratilova
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova		 6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 8 September 2003 Wismilak International, Indonesia Hard Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi Australia Nicole Pratt
France Émilie Loit		 7–5, 6–2
Loss 2–4 3 November 2003 PTT Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Indonesia Wynne Prakusya China Sun Tiantian
China Li Ting		 4–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2001 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 10,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2002 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates 75,000 Hard Japan Shinobu Asagoe 7–6(7–4), 6–2

Doubles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2000 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 10,000 Hard Indonesia Liza Andriyani South Korea Kim Jin-hee
South Korea Chae Kyung-yee		 2–4, 5–3, 4–2, 0–4, 4–0
Win 2–0 Nov 2000 ITF Bandung, Indonesia 10,000 Hard Indonesia Liza Andriyani India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram		 4–1, 4–2, 4–0
Win 3–0 Mar 2001 ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan 10,000 Hard Indonesia Dea Sumantri South Korea Kim Jin-hee
South Korea Chae Kyung-yee		 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–0 Aug 2001 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 10,000 Hard Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma South Korea Kim Jin-hee
South Korea Chae Kyung-yee		 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 4–1 Apr 2002 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates 75,000 Hard Morocco Bahia Mouhtassine Netherlands Seda Noorlander
Germany Kirstin Freye		 2–6, 4–6
Win 5–1 Nov 2006 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 25,000 Hard Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma South Korea Kim Hea-mi
Japan Keiko Taguchi		 w/o
Loss 5–2 Nov 2007 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Clay Indonesia Wynne Prakusya Hong Kong Zhang Ling
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai		 6–1, 5–7, [5–10]
Win 6–2 Aug 2008 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 10,000 Hard Indonesia Liza Andriyani South Korea Kim Jin-hee
Chinese Taipei Chen Yi		 6–3, 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score Ref
Win 2001 Wimbledon Grass Russia Dinara Safina 6–4, 0–6, 7–5 [4]
Win 2002 French Open Clay United States Ashley Harkleroad 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 [5]

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

ITF Junior finals

Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (3–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2000 Indonesia International Junior G3 Hard Indonesia Dea Sumantri 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Apr 2000 ITF Manila, Philippines G2 Hard Australia Nicole Kriz 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Mar 2001 Singapore International Junior G2 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win 4–0 Apr 2001 Thailand Open Junior Championships G2 Hard Chinese Taipei Chia-jung Chuang 6–1, 6–3
Loss 4–1 Apr 2001 ITF Manila, Philippines G2 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 6–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win 5–1 Apr 2001 Japan Open Junior G1 Grass Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Loss 5–2 Jun 2001 Astrid Bowl, Belgium G1 Clay United States Ashley Harkleroad 0–6, 1–6
Win 6–2 Jun 2001 LTA International Junior, Great Britain G2 Grass Australia Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–1
Win 7–2 Jul 2001 Wimbledon Junior GA Grass Russia Dinara Safina 6–4, 0–6, 7–5
Win 8–2 Jun 2002 French Open Junior GA Clay United States Ashley Harkleroad 3–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 17 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
Legend
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 0–1 Sep 2001 Indonesia International Junior G3 Hard Indonesia Nuraeni Batubara South Africa Nicole Rencken
South Africa Natasha Van Der Merwe		 w/o
Win 0–1 Sep 2001 Malaysia International Junior G3 Hard Indonesia Nuraeni Batubara Australia Samantha Stosur
Australia Tiffany Welford		 6–3, 6–0
Win 0–1 Sep 2001 Indonesia International Junior G3 Hard Indonesia Nuraeni Batubara Japan Kaori Aoyama
Japan Kumiko Iijima		 7–5, 6–2
Win 0–1 Sep 2001 Indonesia International Junior G3 Hard Indonesia Dea Sumantri Japan Kumiko Iijima
Japan Tomoko Yonemura		 7–5, 6–4
Win 0–1 Sep 2001 Malaysia International Junior G3 Hard Indonesia Dea Sumantri Japan Maki Arai
Japan Masayo Hosokawa		 7–5, 6–4
Win 0–1 Sep 2001 ITF Manila, Philippines G1 Hard Indonesia Dea Sumantri United Kingdom Elena Baltacha
United Kingdom Jane O'Donoghue		 2–6, 3–6
Win 0–1 Sep 2001 Thailand Open Junior Championships G1 Hard Chinese Taipei Chia-jung Chuang Australia Nicole Kriz
Hungary Dorottya Magas		 2–6, 3–6
Win 0–1 Sep 2001 LTA International Junior G1 Hard Mexico Melissa Torres-Sandoval Australia Christina Horiatopoulos
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands		 2–6, 3–6
Win 0–1 Sep 2001 Canadian Open Junior G1 Hard Haiti Neyssa Etienne Chinese Taipei Chia-jung Chuang
China Shuai Peng		 2–6, 3–6
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National representation

Multi-sport event

Widjaja made her debut representing Indonesia in multi-sport event at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games, she won the Mixed doubles gold medal.

Doubles: 2 (2 silver medals)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver Sep 2001 Southeast Asian Games, Kuala Lumpur Hard Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma Indonesia Wynne Prakusya
Indonesia Yayuk Basuki		 2–6, 1–6
Silver Oct 2002 Asian Games, Busan Hard Indonesia Wynne Prakusya South Korea Kim Mi-ok
South Korea Choi Young-ja		 6–7, 6–1, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (gold medal)
Result    Date    Tournament Surface Partners Opponents Score
Gold Sep 2001 Southeast Asian Games, Kuala Lumpur Hard Indonesia Bonit Wiryawan Indonesia Suwandi
Indonesia Yayuk Basuki		 w/o

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles
Tournament19992000200120022003200420052006Career W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A LQ 1R 1R A A 0–2
French Open A A A 2R 1R LQ A A 1–2
Wimbledon A A A 2R 2R 1R A A 2–3
US Open A A A 2R 1R 1R A A 1–3
Grand Slam W–L 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–4 0–3 0–0 0–0 4–10
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 2R Not Held 1–1
Career statistics
Tournaments won1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Overall W–L1 2–2 10–6 16–7 27–14 18–25 18–13 0–0 27–18 118–852
Win % 50% 62% 70% 66% 42% 58% N/A 60% 58%
Year-end ranking Unknown 709 148 69 95 135 N/A 228 N/A
  • 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
Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008Career W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R QF A A A A 3–2
French Open A A A 3R 2R 1R A A A A 3–3
Wimbledon A A A 1R QF QF A A A A 6–3
US Open A A A 1R QF 1R A A A A 3–3
Grand Slam W–L – – – 2–3 7–4 6–4 – – – – 15–11
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held A 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments won1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 8
Overall W–L1 1–2 10–3 10–4 13–12 36–23 9–12 0–0 17–11 3–2 4–0 105–69 2
Win % 33% 70% 71% 52% 61% 43% N/A 61% 60% 100% 60%
Year-end ranking – 607 290 82 18 73 – 102 – – N/A
  • 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
Tournament2004Career W–L
Australian Open 2R 1–1
French Open QF 2–1
Wimbledon 1R 0–1
US Open 2R 0–1
Win–loss 3–4 3–4

References
  1. "Widjaja victorious in Bali". BBC Sport. 30 September 2001.
  2. Kamesh Srinivasan (8 October 2001). "Indian stars introspect after Indonesian's triumph". The Hindu.
  3. Emond, Bruce (23 September 2008). "Angelique Widjaja". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  4. "Girls' Singles Finals". Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. "French Open Champions". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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