Yayuk Basuki

Yayuk Basuki (born 30 November 1970) is an Indonesian former professional tennis player who is now a politician. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached No. 19 in singles in the WTA rankings in October 1997. She retired from playing singles in 2000, but remained an active doubles player until retiring in 2013.

Yayuk Basuki

Full name	Nany Rahayu Basuki
Country (sports)	Indonesia
Born	30 November 1970 Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,665,152
Singles
Career record	238–171
Career titles	6 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 19 (6 October 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1998)
French Open	3R (1996)
Wimbledon	QF (1997)
US Open	2R (1991, 1997)
Doubles
Career record	378–206
Career titles	9 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 9 (6 July 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1996, 1999)
French Open	QF (1997)
Wimbledon	QF (1996)
US Open	SF (1993)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
French Open	QF (1995)
Wimbledon	QF (1997)
US Open	2R (1997)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	62–28
Political party	PAN
Medal record Asian Games 1986 Seoul Women's Doubles 1990 Beijing Mixed Doubles 1990 Beijing Women's Doubles 1998 Bangkok Women's Singles 1994 Hiroshima Women's Singles

She sat in the Indonesian House of Representatives between 2014 and 2019. On January 2018, she was elected Chair of the Indonesian Olympian Association (IOA) for a four-year term. She unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 2019.

Sporting career

She began playing tennis at the age of seven and turned professional in 1990. In 1991, she became the first Indonesian player to win a major professional tennis event when she captured the singles titles at Pattaya. She won six WTA Tour singles titles during her career (all of them in Asia). Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at Wimbledon in 1997, where she reached the quarter-finals by defeating Ai Sugiyama, Inés Gorrochategui, Naoko Kijimuta and Patricia Hy-Boulais before losing to Jana Novotná.

During her career, she has recorded wins over Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Mary Joe Fernández, Lindsay Davenport, Gabriela Sabatini, Magdalena Maleeva, Anke Huber, Iva Majoli, Anna Kournikova, Zina Garrison, and Mary Pierce. Probably her greatest triumph was over Iva Majoli when the Croatian was the French Open champion. She also became only the second Indonesian woman to win the Asian Games singles gold medal, after Lita Liem Sugiarto in 1974, when she defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn in Bangkok at the 1998 games. She was the first player to be beaten by Lindsay Davenport in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the US Open in 1992.[1]

She represented Indonesia at the Summer Olympic Games in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she defeated Mercedes Paz and Mary Pierce to reach the third round of the singles competition, where she was beaten by Jennifer Capriati.

She is also a successful doubles player, often pairing with Nana Miyagi and later Caroline Vis, and reached the top 10 (No. 9 on 6 July 1998). She won nine tour doubles titles, the most significant of which was the Canadian Open in 1997 and qualified for the season-ending Championships as one of the best eight teams of the year three times, 1996–98. Her best result in doubles competition at a Grand Slam event was in the 1993 US Open, where she and partner Nana Miyagi reached the semifinals.

In the mixed doubles, Basuki reached the quarterfinals at the French Open in 1995 with Kenny Thorne as her partner. In 1997, she reached the same stage at Wimbledon, this time paired with Tom Nijssen.

Her career-high world rankings were world No. 19 in singles and No. 9 in doubles.

Basuki is now a coach, tennis commentator for TV and print media and a consultant to the sports minister. She also was a WTA Tour mentor to rising Indonesian star Angelique Widjaja.

Basuki retired from the professional circuit in 2004, but in March 2008 she made a return to the ITF tour playing exclusively in doubles, and has since won six more ITF titles. She won the $10k event at Bangkok in Thailand, in June with Indonesian-born Australian Tiffany Welford. In August, she won the Hechingen, Germany with compatriot Romana Tedjakusuma and yet another $25k title, this time in Augusta, Georgia, USA, in October, again with Tedjakusuma. In the first tournament she played in 2009, the $25k Balikpapan event in Indonesia, she and Tedjakusuma won the doubles competition. In May 2009, she won consecutive $25k events in Goyang and then Gimhae, both in the Korean Republic, and again, both with Tedjakusuma.

Basuki played in the doubles at the 2010 Australian Open, partnering Kimiko Date-Krumm, losing in the first round to Sania Mirza and Virginia Ruano Pascual.

In 2011, Basuki played in three WTA tournaments and five ITF tournaments. She successfully represented Indonesia in the Fed Cup, winning four matches with partner Jessy Rompies to see Indonesia back into the Asia/Oceania Group I. Her most recent appearance in a WTA Tour event was in September 2011 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open, in which she and partner Lu Jingjing reached the quarterfinals.

As of December 2012, her most recent appearance in a professional tournament was in the $25k event in Phuket in March 2012. She and partner Kao Shao-yuan reached the quarterfinals of the doubles competition. In 2013, she retired from professional tennis to pursue a career as a politician.

Political career

In the 2014 Indonesian parliamentary election, she stood for a seat in the DPR with the National Mandate Party (PAN) from Central Java I electoral district. She was elected and sat on Commission X focusing on education, sports, and history. In the 2019 election, Basuki again ran as a legislative candidate in the same electoral district. However, the party did not win enough votes and therefore she lost her seat in the parliament.[2]

Awards

• WTA Sportsmanship Award in 1996 and 1998
• 1991 TENNIS Magazine/Rolex Female Rookie of the Year
• 1991 Indonesian Athlete of the Year
• Nominated for 1991 WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer Award
• Special award from President Soeharto of Indonesia in 1991 for outstanding contribution to sports

Personal life

She married her coach and mixed doubles partner Suharyadi, with whom she won gold at the 1990 Asian Games, on 31 January 1994. On 23 September 1999, she gave birth to her first child, Yary Nara Sebrio Suharyadi. She returned to playing on the tour the following year

WTA career finals

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tier I (3)
Tier II (4)
Tier III (5)
Tier IV & V (13)

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	Apr 1991	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Naoko Sawamatsu	6–2, 6–2
Winner	2.	Apr 1992	Malaysia Open, Kuala Lumpur	Hard	Andrea Strnadová	6–3, 6–0
Winner	3.	Apr 1993	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Marianne Werdel	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	May 1993	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Ann Grossman	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	Feb 1994	China Open, Beijing	Hard (i)	Kyōko Nagatsuka	6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	May 1994	Indonesia Open, Jakarta	Hard	Florencia Labat	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	Apr 1996	Indonesia Open, Jakarta	Hard	Linda Wild	w/o
Runner-up	2.	Jun 1997	Aegon Classic, Birmingham	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	6–2, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	Nov 1991	Brentwood, United States	Hard (i)	Caroline Vis	Sandy Collins Elna Reinach	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	Sep 1992	Tokyo (Nichirei), Japan	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Mary Joe Fernández Robin White	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	Oct 1993	Sapporo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Nana Miyagi	Yone Kamio Naoko Kijimuta	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	Oct 1993	Taiwan Open, Taipei	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Jo-Anne Faull Kristine Kunce	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	Apr 1994	Japan Open, Osaka	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Mami Donoshiro Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	Apr 1994	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	3.	Nov 1994	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Romana Tedjakusuma	Kyōko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama	w/o
Winner	4.	Jan 1996	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Kyōko Nagatsuka	Kerry-Anne Guse Park Sung-hee	7–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	May 1996	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Nicole Bradtke	Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer Tami Whitlinger-Jones	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	Aug 1997	Manhattan Beach, United States	Hard	Caroline Vis	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Helena Suková	7–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	Aug 1997	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Caroline Vis	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	Sep 1997	Sparkassen Cup, Leipzig	Carpet (i)	Helena Suková	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	Nov 1997	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Caroline Vis	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	3–5 def.
Runner-up	7.	May 1998	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Caroline Vis	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	Aug 1998	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Caroline Vis	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	3–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	Nov 2000	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Caroline Vis	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	Feb 2001	Dubai, U.A.E.	Hard	Caroline Vis	Åsa Carlsson Karina Habšudová	6–0, 4–6, 6–2

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	6 August 1989	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	7–6^(7–5), 1–6, 6–4
Winner	2.	24 September 1989	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Tang Min	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	21 January 1990	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Judith Warringa	6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	12 August 1990	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	10 February 1991	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Misumi Miyauchi	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (25–11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	6 July 1986	Brindisi, Italy	Clay	Suzanna Wibowo	Li Xinyi Zhong Ni	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	2.	27 October 1986	Saga, Japan	Grass	Suzanna Wibowo	Marianne van der Torre Themis Zambrzycki	6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	10 November 1986	Matsuyama, Japan	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Belinda Cordwell Wendy Wood	0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	24 November 1986	Kyoto, Japan	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Kazuko Ito Junko Kimura	6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	12 July 1987	Paliano, Italy	Clay	Suzanna Wibowo	Laura Lapi Barbara Romanò	6–4, 2–6, 6–0
Winner	6.	19 July 1987	Subiaco, Italy	Clay	Suzanna Wibowo	Ilonka Leyten Brigette Pardoel	7–5, 7–5
Winner	7.	25 October 1987	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Alison Scott Stephanie Savides	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
Winner	8.	1 November 1987	Matsuyama, Japan	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Jennifer Fuchs Jill Smoller	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	12 June 1988	Modena, Italy	Clay	Ei Iida	Eugenia Maniokova Viktoria Milvidskaia	3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	19 June 1988	Salerno, Italy	Clay	Anne Aallonen	Eugenia Maniokova Viktoria Milvidskaia	6–1, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	26 June 1988	Arezzo, Italy	Clay	Titia Wilmink	Eugenia Maniokova Viktoria Milvidskaia	6–0, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	3 July 1988	Brindisi, Italy	Clay	Ei Iida	Frederique Martin Virginie Paquet	7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	16 October 1988	Chiba, Japan	Hard	Ei Iida	Naoko Sato Maya Kidowaki	6–2, 7–6
Winner	10.	11 June 1989	Milan, Italy	Clay	Suzanna Wibowo	Claudine Toleafoa Ruth Seeman	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	11.	6 August 1989	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Patricia Budiono Lukky Tedjamukti	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
Winner	12.	12 November 1989	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Justine Hodder Kelli-Ann Johnston	6–3, 6–4
Winner	13.	21 January 1990	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Alexandra Niepel Caroline Billingham	w/o
Runner-up	5.	15 April 1990	Bari, Italy	Clay	Suzanna Wibowo	Agnese Blumberga Barbara Rittner	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	10 June 1990	Mantua, Italy	Clay	Suzanna Wibowo	Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová	3–6, 5–7
Winner	14.	12 August 1990	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Irawati Moerid Justi Kuswara	7–5, 6–3
Winner	15.	28 October 1990	Nagasaki, Japan	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Kunce	6–2, 7–6^(10–8)
Winner	16.	4 November 1990	Saga, Japan	Grass	Suzanna Wibowo	Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Kunce	6–3, 6–2
Winner	17.	18 November 1990	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Ingelise Driehuis Louise Pleming	7–6, 6–1
Winner	18.	20 February 2000	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Irawati Iskandar	Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook	7–5, 7–5
Winner	19.	27 February 2000	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Wynne Prakusya	Irawati Iskandar Wukirasih Sawondari	6–4, 6–2
Winner	20.	31 May 2008	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Tiffany Welford	Elina Gasanova Lavinia Tananta	2–6, 7–6^(9–7) [10–4]
Winner	21.	10 August 2008	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Romana Tedjakusuma	Carmen Klaschka Darija Jurak	2–6, 6–2 [10–6]
Runner-up	7.	19 October 2008	Lawrenceville, United States	Hard	Romana Tedjakusuma	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–3, 4–6 [10–12]
Winner	22.	25 October 2008	Augusta, United States	Hard	Romana Tedjakusuma	Mailen Auroux Roxane Vaisemberg	6–3, 4–6 [10–5]
Winner	23.	4 May 2009	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Romana Tedjakusuma	Zhang Ling Emily Webley-Smith	6–3, 6–3
Winner	24.	31 May 2009	Goyang, South Korea	Hard	Romana Tedjakusuma	Sun Shengnan Lu Jingjing	6–7^(5–7), 6–3 [10–8]
Winner	25.	2 June 2009	Gimhae, South Korea	Hard	Romana Tedjakusuma	Liang Chen Sun Shengnan	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	28 September 2009	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Hwang I-hsuan	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz	6–4, 6–7, 5–10
Runner-up	9.	2 November 2009	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard (i)	Riza Zalameda	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	3–6, 6–3, 7–10
Runner-up	10.	2 April 2010	Monzón, Spain	Hard	Riza Zalameda	Alexandra Dulgheru Tamarine Tanasugarn	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	11.	5 June 2010	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Tatia Mikadze Sofia Shapatava	3–6, 3–6

National representation

Singles: 1 (1 win)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–4, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Career W/L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	4R	1R	A	9–8
French Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	1R	A	2R	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	A	A	4–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	LQ	3R	4R	4R	4R	4R	1R	QF	3R	A	3R	23–10
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	2–8
Grand Slam W/L	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–3	5–3	4–4	4–3	5–4	2–4	7–4	5–4	0–1	2–1	38–33
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held		1R	Not Held			3R	Not Held			1R	Not Held			A	2–3
Career statistics
Tournaments Won^1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A
Overall W/L^1	2–3	5–6	21–13	17–5	18–12	27–12	18–16	21–16	23–14	20–12	22–18	30–22	11–16	0–1	3–5	243–184^2
Win %	40%	45%	62%	77%	60%	69%	53%	57%	62%	62%	55%	58%	41%	0%	37%	57%
Year-end ranking	Unknown	488	284	377	266	35	48	43	29	24	26	21	56	Unknown	264	N/A

• ¹ Includes ITF tournaments.
• ² The sum of wins/losses by year records from the WTA website does not add up to the career record presented on the same website.

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career W/L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	QF	2R	3R	QF	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	12–12
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	1R	3R	QF	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	8–6
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	3R	1R	QF	3R	3R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	13–9
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	SF	2R	1R	3R	QF	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	15–9
Grand Slam W/L	–	–	–	–	–	4–4	3–3	8–4	3–3	0–4	10–4	9–4	7–4	3–1	0–1	1–3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0–1	–	48–36
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	Not Held			1R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			1–3
Career statistics
Tournaments Won^1	4	4	1	3	5	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	34
Overall W/L^1	14–0	19–2	17–8	13–4	28–6	19–14	17–16	24–18	20–13	12–11	34–16	38–23	24–26	3–1	15–7	10–8	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	22–11	25–7	14–13	12–8	381–214 ^2
Win %	100%	90%	68%	76%	82%	58%	52%	57%	61%	52%	68%	62%	48%	75%	68%	56%	N/A	0%	50%	N/A	N/A	N/A	67%	78%	52%	60%	64%
Year-end ranking	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	284	173	46	56	41	38	53	20	15	19	Unknown	139	90	–	–	Unknown	–	–	–	287	191	160	352	N/A

• ¹ Includes ITF tournaments.
• ² The sum of wins/losses by year records from the WTA website does not add up to the career record presented on the same website.

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Career W/L
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1–4
French Open	A	QF	2R	2R	2R	A	A	6–4
Wimbledon	3R	1R	1R	QF	1R	A	A	5–5
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	1–5
Win-Loss	2–2	3–3	1–3	5–4	1–4	0–1	1–1	13–18

Career earnings

Year	Earnings (US$)	Money list rank
1986	$2,950
1987	$3,775
1988	$7,772
1989	$6,600
1990	$12,429
1991	$92,631	55
1992	$111,748	50
1993	$168,118	38
1994	$141,290 #
1995	$137,235
1996	$254,784	28
1997	$385,824	19
1998	Unknown	31
1999	$15,134 #
2000	$43,509 #
2001	$30,710
2003	$437
2004	$50	2293
2008	$3,248	852
Career*	$1,648,297	118

* As of 12 April 2009.

# Does not include mixed doubles earnings (which are included in the career total)

References

1. Palos Verdes Teen-Ager to Play Sanchex Vicario : U.S. Open: Lindsay Davenport will take on the fifth-seeded player in a second round match. – Los Angeles Times
2. Septianto, Bayu. "Di Balik Nasib Sial PAN yang Tak Dapat Jatah Kursi DPR RI di Jateng". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 14 November 2020.

External links

• Yayuk Basuki at the Women's Tennis Association
• Yayuk Basuki at the International Tennis Federation
• Yayuk Basuki at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Basuki gets to say goodbye – Article on CNN/SI.com