Jennifer Saret

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Jennifer Saret
Country (sports)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Residence Metro Manila, Philippines
Born (1974-12-12) 12 December 1974 (age 50)
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 639 (24 August 1992)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 454 (11 November 1991)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Manila Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Singapore Mixed Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Singapore Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1989 Kuala Lumpur Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1991 Manila Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1991 Manila Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Singapore Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Chang Mai Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Chang Mai Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Jakarta Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Kuala Lumpur Team

Jennifer Saret (born 12 December 1974) is a Filipino former tennis player.

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Tennis career

Saret featured in a total of 24 ties for the Philippines Fed Cup team and was a regular medalist for her country at the Southeast Asian Games, debuting in the regional competition as a 14 year old in 1989. [1] Locally, she made her mark by winning four successive PCA Open championships from 1989 to 1992. She was a junior doubles semi-finalist at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships. [2]

From 1992 to 1996 she took up a sports scholarship to attend Brigham Young University (BYU) in the United States, where she played varsity tennis. She was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 1995. [3]

Her Fed Cup career was put on hold while she was at BYU but she returned to the national team in 1997 and made her last appearance in 2001. She retired from Fed Cup tennis with a Philippines record 26 wins, 15 of which came in singles. [4]

ITF finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss7 October 1991 Matsuyama, JapanHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yi Jing-Qian Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Paulette Moreno
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jenny Byrne
6–1, 4–6, 4–6

References

  1. "Coach's Corner: Jennifer Saret". The Guidon . 24 March 2009.
  2. "ITF Tennis - Juniors - The Junior Championships, Wimbledon - 29 June - 07 July 1991". itftennis.com.
  3. "Cougars Sweep Up The Aztecs To Capture WAC Championship". Deseret News . 1 May 1994.
  4. "Key Statistics". fedcup.com.