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Atet Wijono

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Country (sports)
  
Indonesia

Role
  
Tennis player

Name
  
Atet Wijono

US Open
  
1R (1970)

French Open
  
1R (1971)


Born
  
11 March 1951 (age 73) Cirebon, Java Indonesia (
1951-03-11
)

Atet Wijono (born 11 March 1951) is a former tennis player from Indonesia.

Career

Wijono appeared in two Grand Slam tournaments during his career, the 1970 US Open, where he was beaten in the first round by Pancho Segura and the 1971 French Open, where he also lost in the opening round, to François Jauffret.

From 1969 to 1982, Wijono was a regular fixture in the Indonesia Davis Cup team. He twice beat Indian Anand Amritraj and also had a win over Australian John Cooper. His overall Davis Cup record is 13/25, with eight singles wins and five doubles victories.

He was a singles gold medalist at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, defeating Japan's Shigeyuki Nishio in the gold medal playoff. The Indonesian is also a Southeast Asian Games gold medalist.

References

Atet Wijono Wikipedia