JAKARTA - Janice Tjen made a new history by sweeping the title at the 118 Open 2025. The Indonesian tennis player also set another record at the WTA Tour.
On Sunday, November 2, 2025, at SDAT Tennis Stadium, India, Janice Tjen became the first Indonesian player to win a WTA Tour single title in 23 years after Angelique Widjaja in 2002 - his second and last title at the WTA Tour at Pattaya City.
In the title fight match at the WTA 250 tournament, the 23-year-old won 6-4 and 6-3 over Kimberly Borrell from Australia in two hours.
The fourth game with 13 counts helped push Janice Tjen to take the lead over Borrell. but he just took control of the game three games later.
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Borrell, who also competed in the WTA Tour final for the second time, equalized to 3-3 before Janice Tjen performed brilliantly.
He won seven of the next eight games to secure a 6-3 and 4-0 lead. But Borrell - who came back from 0-5 in the third set and saved five match points against Joanna Garland from China Taipei in the semifinals - was not easy to beat.
The Australian won three games in a row and got a break point for the fourth game, with a score of 4-4 - before Janice Tjen confirmed his victory.
"I think I played better in every round. Today, I can play my best tennis game."
"He was very persistent. We saw from the first round that he could bounce back at any time. He's a very experienced player."
"So, it's never easy to fight a player like Kim (Kimberly Borrell). I'm happy to be able to win today," said Tjen after the match on the WTA website, reported on Monday, November 3, 2025.
Tjen, who last month reached its first WTA Tour single final in Sao Paulo, has now surpassed Angelique Widjaja in other statistics.
Being out of the world's 500th place last year, Tjen's win at the Chennai Open 2025 will see him ranked 53rd in the world on Monday, November 3, 2025, surpassing Angelique Widjaja's best record in 55th place.
The record made him the second highest Indonesian player in history after former world 19th ranked player Yayuk Basuki.
Five wins at the 2012 Open 2025 pushed his single record this season to an astonishing 77-15 - an achievement that also saw him reach the final at every ITF World Tennis Tour level (wining six).
Janice Tjen completed her journey at the 118 Open 2025 after previously winning the women's doubles final with her compatriot, Aldila Sutjiadi.
Janice Tjen/Aldila Sutjiadi, who became the second seed, defeated the first seed Storm Hunter/Monica Nyulescu in the final with a score of 7-5 and 6-4.
The clean sweep made Janice Tjen the third player of the season to win singles and doubles titles in the same event, after Jasmine Paolini (Roma) and Maya Joint (Rabat).
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