Jenifer Widjaja

Jenifer Widjaja
Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	7 December 1986 (age 37); Sao Paulo, Brazil
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$78,622
Singles
Career record	157-96
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 186 (8 October 2007)
Doubles
Career record	64-64
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 179 (6 November 2006)

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

Biography

Widjaja, a right-handed player, is originally from São Roque near the city of São Paulo and is of Indonesian descent.^[1]

Coached by her father Tony, she was only 14 when she began competing in local ITF circuit tournaments.^[2] In 2004, she had her breakthrough year when she won three $10,000 events in the space of a month, at Guayaquil, La Paz and Asuncion. Her biggest tournament win was a $25,000 tournament in San Luis Potosi in 2006.^[3]

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 event, she travelled to Acapulco and made the main singles draw of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel WTA tournament, as a lucky loser from qualifying, where she was beaten again in the opening round, by sixth seed Gisela Dulko.^[4] She played in the singles qualifying draws for the 2007 French Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open Grand Slam 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.^[1]

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)

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

Doubles (2–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 October 2004	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Larissa Carvalho	Kildine Chevalier Olga Vymetálková	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 October 2004	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Larissa Carvalho	Letícia Sobral María José Argeri	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	13 November 2005	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Carla Tiene	Francesca Lubiani Valentina Sassi	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	22 November 2005	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Olga Brózda	Francesca Lubiani Valentina Sassi	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	4 April 2006	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Carla Tiene	María José Argeri Letícia Sobral	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	11 June 2006	Móstoles, Spain	Hard	Carla Tiene	Joana Cortez María José Martínez Sánchez	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	16 July 2006	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Carla Tiene	María José Argeri Letícia Sobral	3–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	21 October 2006	Ciudad Victoria, Mexico	Hard	Carla Tiene	Jorgelina Cravero Frederica Piedade	5–7, 6–4, 6–4