TENNIS PLAYERS from Indonesia

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indonesian Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Indonesian Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Yayuk Basuki (1970 - )

With an HPI of 33.85, Yayuk Basuki is the most famous Indonesian Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.

Yayuk Basuki (born 30 November 1970) is an Indonesian former professional tennis player who is now a politician. She is 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.

2. Angelique Widjaja (1984 - )

With an HPI of 24.46, Angelique Widjaja is the 2nd most famous Indonesian Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

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, and the 2002 junior French Open defeating Ashley Harkelroad. 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.