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The 2008 Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters was a tennis tournament held at the Hotel Sultan in
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
from 10 December to 14 December 2008. It was the inaugural Garuda Indonesia Tennis Masters.
The tournament was restricted to Indonesian entrants. The total prize purse was 500 million rupiah (roughly $40,000US), with 100 million rupiah for the winners of the singles competition.
The singles competitions each had eight entrants. The men's doubles competition had eight teams, and the women's doubles competition had four teams.
The
Indonesian Tennis Association
The Indonesian Tennis Association is the governing body of tennis in Indonesia. It is known in Indonesian as PELTI (Persatuan Lawn Tennis Indonesia).
Founded on 26 December 1935, PELTI's roles include promotion of the game, providing funding for p ...
(PELTI) used the Masters to rank Indonesian players, for
Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...
and
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...
selection.
Results
Men's singles
Christopher Rungkat
Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (born 14 January 1990) is an Indonesian tennis player. In 2008, he won the final stage of French Open 2008 Boys' Doubles Juniors category with Finnish tennis player Henri Kontinen.(11 June 2008French Open glory for ...
defeated
Nesa Arta
Ketut-Nesa Arta (born 16 February 1982), known as Nesa Arta, is an Indonesian former professional tennis player.
Arta, a native of Jakarta, competed at satellite/Futures level in tournaments around Asia and was a Davis Cup doubles player for I ...
6-2 6-0
Men's doubles
Christopher Rungkat
Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (born 14 January 1990) is an Indonesian tennis player. In 2008, he won the final stage of French Open 2008 Boys' Doubles Juniors category with Finnish tennis player Henri Kontinen.(11 June 2008French Open glory for ...
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Andrian Raturandang
Andrian Raturandang (born 29 July 1976) is an Indonesian former professional tennis player. He was a gold medalist for Indonesia at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games.
Raturandang reached a career high singles ranking of 484 while competing on the pr ...
defeated
Nesa Arta
Ketut-Nesa Arta (born 16 February 1982), known as Nesa Arta, is an Indonesian former professional tennis player.
Arta, a native of Jakarta, competed at satellite/Futures level in tournaments around Asia and was a Davis Cup doubles player for I ...
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Hendri Susilo Pramono
Hendri Susilo Pramono (born 5 July 1979) is an Indonesian former professional tennis player.
Born in Surakarta, Pramono reached a career high singles ranking of 657 while competing on the professional tour and was ranked as high as 399 in double ...
6-4 7-5
Women's singles
Lavinia Tananta
Lavinia Tananta (born 3 November 1987) is an Indonesian former tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in May 2003, aged 15, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta.
In December 2008, Tananta won the women's singles in the inaugural Gar ...
defeated
Ayu-Fani Damayanti
Ayu Fani Damayanti (born 29 November 1988) is a former Indonesian tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in 2003, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta.
Her greatest success came in doubles competitions, especially with Septi ...
6-4 7-5
Women's doubles
Ayu-Fani Damayanti
Ayu Fani Damayanti (born 29 November 1988) is a former Indonesian tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in 2003, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta.
Her greatest success came in doubles competitions, especially with Septi ...
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Liza Andriyani
Liza Andriyani (born 12 February 1979) is an Indonesian former tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in May 1993, aged 14, at the Indonesia Open, a then-Tier IV WTA Tour event.
In 1995 and 1996, she appeared in several Grand Slam ...
defeated
Grace Sari Ysidora
Grace Sari Ysidora (born 11 May 1993) is an Indonesian former tennis player.
She made her debut as a professional in 2008, aged 15, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta. In that year, she reached the final of the women's doubles of the inaugural 2 ...
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Septi Mende
Septi Mende (born 21 September 1986) is a former Indonesian professional tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in October 2000, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta.
In 2002 and 2003, she played in the Australian Open Junior C ...