Joining The Athlete's Agency Containing Carlos Alcaraz, Janice Tjen Target Reaches The World's Top 20

Janice Tjen is targeting to break into the world's top 20 (Instagram/@janicetjen).

JAKARTA - Tennis Indonesia, Janice Tjen has officially joined IMG Tennis, an international sports agency that also houses a number of elite world athletes, including Carlos Alcaraz.

Janice stated that the presence of the IMG will act as a representation agent, especially in the development of commercial cooperation.

"My agent as my representative. They will help in finding sponsorship in the future," said Janice as quoted by Antara.

Janice emphasized that the IMG does not have intervention in technical decisions or the preparation of competition calendars.

"IMG will not interfere with my tennis business. They are just my representation agents," said the 23-year-old tennis player.

Janice ensures that she continues to work closely with personal coach, Chris Bint. Regarding the decision to play in singles, doubles, or both, she said it would be decided with the coach.

"I discussed more with the coach because in single I also ran volleyball and it helped my development. Playing doubles I also enjoyed, especially with Kak Aldila (Sutjiadi)," said Janice.

The tennis player who is currently ranked 53rd in the world also opens up opportunities to reunite with Aldila Sutjiadi in doubles.

However, according to him, it also depends on the acceptance list and the ranking of the two of them.

Regarding the tournament plan for the start of the season, Janice said that her party was still finalizing a schedule with the team.

"It's very likely that it will start from Auckland, New Zealand, but it's still a discussion between Brisbane or Auckland," said Janice.

Janice joined IMG Tennis after making history by winning the WTA 250-250-2121 Open 2025 single title in India earlier this month.

The victory ended the fasting of the WTA Indonesia title. The last Indonesian tennis player to win the women's singles title was Angelique Widjaja, who won his second and last title at the WTA Tour at Pattaya City in 2002.

In the event, Janice also won a double title with Indonesian tennis player Aldila Sutjiadi. Thanks to the double title in India, Janice's doubles ranking also shot up 18 levels to 85th in the world.

Speaking of rankings, Janice Tjen is targeting to break into the world's top 20 rankings in the 2026 competition season after recording a number of achievements at this year's WTA Tour.

"Hopefully next year it can be top 20 or top 30, and of course we can play the full WTA calendar," said the Jakarta-born tennis player.

Janice assessed that she has the ability to compete at the WTA level even though there are still many aspects of the game that need to be improved.

He admits that his collaboration with the current coach, Chris Bint, has only been going on for less than a year so the process of increasing is still ongoing.

"I believe I can compete with top players even though there are still many things to develop. In the future, it can definitely be even better."

"Proud to be part of Indonesia's tennis history. Didn't expect to do it. Hopefully with this achievement more Indonesian players can follow in my footsteps and appear at a higher level," said Janice.

Janice also targets to approach or exceed the best ranking of Indonesian tennis players of all time, Yayuk Basuki, who has reached the 19th position in the world.

"You have to be confident, yes. My private target is to be the best. However, with exposure now, opponents can also access videos and styles of play, so it's definitely not easy. Hopefully it can be achieved," said Janice.

Janice has also been the first Indonesian representative in the main draw of the US Open since Angelique Widjaja in 2004. He felt the tournament was an unforgettable sweet moment.

He admitted that he was tense when he appeared at one of the major US Open stadiums against Emma Raducanu.

"There is tension because his opponent has a lot of fans, but I still enjoy playing on big fields like that," said Janice.

Regarding the pressure while competing, Janice emphasized the importance of maintaining consistency and trust in the training process.

"Still believe in the work that has been done. Even though you are tired or have not won, you are still consistent because hard work will surely produce results," said Janice again.