Alexander Elbert Sie (born 6 September 1987), known as Elbert Sie, is an Indonesian former professional

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player. After retiring he became a national representative in the sport of

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Biography

Sporting career

Born in Bandung, Sie had a best junior world ranking of 63 and appeared in the boys' singles main draw at Wimbledon, before competing professionally at

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level from 2006 to 2013. Sie reached a career high singles world ranking on the professional tour of 687 and won three Futures doubles titles. At ATP Challenger Level, he made one attempt to qualify, in Bangkok in 2012. Unfortunately, in the first qualifying round, Sie had to retire against Hsin-Han Lee whilst leading 6-2 0-1. As a result, he has never lost a completed set at this level. A regular Indonesian representative in regional multi-sport events, Sie won two gold medals at the

2011 Southeast Asian Games The 2011 Southeast Asian Games, ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 2011) officially known as the 26th Southeast Asian Games, or the 26th SEA Games, and commonly known as Jakarta-Palembang 2011, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held from ...

, in the men's doubles and team events. He also claimed two gold medals at the

2013 Islamic Solidarity Games The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games was an international sporting event held in Palembang, Indonesia from 22 September to 1 October 2013. The 2009 event, originally scheduled to take place in Iran, and later re-scheduled for April 2010, was cancelle ...

and in 2014 made his Asian Games debut in Incheon. Sie featured in a total of 18 Davis Cup rubbers for Indonesia between 2006 and 2014, across 12 ties. He registered wins in four singles and three doubles rubbers. By the time of the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 Augus ...

he had made the switch to soft tennis and replicated the feat of another Davis Cup player Edi Kusdaryanto by winning a silver medal in the singles event.

Personal life

Sie married Indonesian actress Stevani Nepa in December 2018.

Titles

Doubles: (3)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sie, Elbert 1987 births Living people Indonesian male tennis players Sportspeople from Bandung Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Soft tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in soft tennis Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in tennis Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Indonesia Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games medalists in tennis SEA Games medalists in soft tennis SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia 21st-century Indonesian people