Janice Tjen Now Ranks 36th in the World

Janice Tjen continues to rise in the world rankings (Instagram/@janicetjen).

JAKARTA - Indonesian women's tennis player Janice Tjen has jumped 10 places to take 36th place in the world after she reached the last 16 at the 2026 Dubai Championship.

Janice, who is currently 23 years old, played her sixth tournament on the calendar this year at the Dubai Championship last week. Her trip there was the best result she had ever gotten in a WTA 500-plus tournament.

The Jakarta-born tennis player defeated Dayana Yastremska in the first round and then beat Leylah Fernandez in the second round. Unfortunately, he failed to stop the second-seeded American, Amanda Anisimova, in the 16th round.

The achievement in Dubai made Janice get a huge additional point and sped up. His current position makes him closer to the achievements of Indonesian tennis legend, Yayuk Basuki, who reached the 19th position in the world as the highest position.

Janice overall has experienced a very rapid position increase in the past year. Previously at the beginning of last year, the tennis player who had studied in the United States was still outside the world's top 400 and was still competing in the ITF calendar.

He then managed to play his first Grand Slam at the 2025 US Open after struggling from the qualifying round. At the end of 2025, he closed his journey by climbing to the highest podium of the WTA 250 Chennai Open tournament in India.

Then earlier this year, he began regularly taking part in the WTA Tour calendar. His journey began at the ASB Classic, Hobart International, Australian Open Grand Slam, Abu Dhabi Open, Qatar Open, and Dubai Championship.

Janice then appeared in the Merida Open 2026 which took place in Mexico. There, Janice is ranked as the sixth seed and will face Camila Osorio of Colombia in the first round.