Yayuk Basuki

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Yayuk Basuki (born November 30, 1970, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia) is a former professional tennis player from Indonesia. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia at #19 in the Women's Tennis Association.

[edit] 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 quarter-finals.

During her career, she has recorded wins over Martina Hingis, Amelie Mauresmo, Mary Joe Fernandez, Lindsay Davenport, Gabriela Sabatini, Magdalena Maleeva, Anke Huber, Iva Majoli, Anna Kournikova, Zina Garrison, and Mary Pierce. Her probably greatest triumph was over Iva Majoli when the Croatian was the French Open champion. 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, at the tail end of her career.

She is also a successful doubles player, often pairing with Nana Miyagi and later Caroline Vis, and reached the top 10 (No. 9 on July 6, 1998). She won nine tour doubles titles, the most significant of which was the Canadian Open in 1997 and qualified for the season-ending Championships as one of the best eight teams of the year three times, 1996-98.

In January 1994, she married Hary Suharyadi, who was also her coach. In September 1999, she gave birth to her first child, Yary Nara Sebrio Suharyadi. She returned to playing on the tour the following year. She retired from the professional tour in 2004.

Her career-high world rankings were World No. 19 in singles and World No. 9 in doubles. Her career prize money totalled US$1,645,049.

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.

[edit] Awards

  • WTA Sportsmanship Award in 1996 and 1998
  • 1991 TENNIS Magazine/Rolex Female Rookie of the Year
  • 1991 Indonesian Athlete of the Year (voted on by media and public)
  • Nominated for 1991 WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer Award
  • Special award from President Soeharto of Indonesia in 1991 for outstanding contribution to sports.

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