Atet Wijono

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Atet Wijono
Country (sports) Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Born (1951-03-11) 11 March 1951 (age 73)
Cirebon, Java
Indonesia
Singles
Career titles0
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (1971)
US Open 1R (1970)
Doubles
Career titles1

Atet Wijono (born 11 March 1951) is a former tennis player from Indonesia. [1]

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Career

Wijono appeared in two Grand Slam tournaments during his career, the 1970 US Open, where he was beaten in the first round by Pancho Segura and the 1971 French Open, where he also lost in the opening round, to François Jauffret. [2] [3]

From 1969 to 1982, Wijono was a regular fixture in the Indonesia Davis Cup team. [4] He twice beat Indian Anand Amritraj and also had a win over Australian John Cooper. [4] His overall Davis Cup record is 13/25, with eight singles wins and five doubles victories. [4]

He was a singles gold medalist at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, defeating Japan's Shigeyuki Nishio in the gold medal playoff. The Indonesian is also a Southeast Asian Games gold medalist. [5]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 1971 Senigallia, ItalyClay Flag of Indonesia.svg Gondo Widjojo Flag of Italy.svg Ezio Di Matteo
Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Zugarelli
7–5, 3–6, 7–5

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References

  1. ITF Pro Circuit profile
  2. ATP World Tour profile
  3. TennisArchives profile
  4. 1 2 3 Davis Cup profile
  5. The Straits Times , "Wijono, Widjojo in fourth round", 14 April 1978, Pg 29