Profile Of Janice Tjen, Indonesia's History Producer At US Open 2025

Janice Tjen's brilliant performance continued, going through the first round of the US Open 2025 (Instagram/@janicetjen).

JAKARTA The work of Indonesian tennis player, Janice Tjen, at the US Open 2025 succeeded in making history. He started the journey from the qualifying round and was already in the second round of the last Grand Slam tournament in the annual tour calendar.

Janice stepped into the second half after stopping Veronika Kudermetova, a tennis player who has been ranked ninth in the world, with scores 6-4, 4-6, and 6-4 at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, United States, on Monday, August 25, 2025.

"I'm quite happy with what I played today, being able to execute what my coach and I have planned," Janice said in a press statement after the match.

The 2022 Asian Games bronze medalist managed to enter the main round of the tournament after winning three matches in the qualifying round.

The main round ticket made Janice register as Indonesia's first tennis player from the singles sector to successfully do so since Angelique Widjaja at the US Open 2004 or 21 years ago.

In addition, the result that Janice got in the first round was the first victory for Indonesian representatives in the main round of the Grand Slam tournament in the last 22 years since Angelique at Wimbledon 2003.

This result continues Janice Tjen's positive record in the past year and a half. He was then awaited by England's number one tennis player, Emma Raducanu.

Raducanu, who once won the US Open 2021, managed to reach the second round of the tournament after repatriating Japan's representative, Ena Shibahara. This is his first win in the event since winning the title.

Profile Of Janice Tjen

Janice Tjen was a tennis player born in Jakarta on May 6, 2002. The 23-year-old tennis player has been playing tennis since childhood and then plunged into the professional world in 2018.

In a career journey before reaching the point now, Janice had won gold and silver medals at the ASEAN School Games. Janice won the gold medal in the women's singles and silver she got when playing doubles with Nur Rosida Mega Hadiati.

Janice has also defended Indonesia at the 2022 Asian Games. At that time, she managed to bring home the women's doubles bronze medal with Aldila Sutjiadi, a player who was very close to her and helped her career journey.

In addition, Janice Tjen has also appeared in the Fed Cup three times and has won two of four women's doubles matches. She is also full of experience in the ITF Women's World Tennis tournament.

Janice started her academic and tennis trips at the University of Oregon. On campus, she recorded achievements as Pac-12 Freshman of the Year 2021 and All-American in the women's singles category in the same year.

He then decided to move to Pepperdine University in 2023 to continue his education and career development. There, he won the 2022 ITA National Fall Doubles Championships and became the runner-up of NCAA Doubles 2024.

She was also repeatedly selected as All-American in both the women's singles and doubles sectors. This note makes him one of the most consistent players in NCAA.

Janice kemudian tercatat memainkan total 113 pertandingan resmi di level profesional dan berhasil menang dalam 100 pertandingan. Catatan tersebut dia mendapatkan dalam sepanjang waktu 15 bulan setelah puluasi dari university.

During that period, Janice won 13 ITF tournament titles. As a result, she was ranked quickly from the 578th position in the world at the end of 2024 to 147th in August 2025.

Before breaking into the US Open 2025, Janice went through a long preparation by taking on a United States tour, which she was runner-up at ITF W75 totaling and ITF W100 Landisville in early August 2025.