Alexander Elbert Sie (born 6 September 1987), known as Elbert Sie, is an Indonesian former professional
tennis
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player. After retiring he became a national representative in the sport of
soft tennis
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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
ITF Futures
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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
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, in the men's doubles and team events. He also claimed two gold medals at the
2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
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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
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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)
See also
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List of Indonesia Davis Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis
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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