Lita Liem Sugiarto (born 27 February 1946), sometimes known by her maiden name Lita Liem, a former

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

n professional tennis player. She played at

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events between 1968 and 1975, in women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. In women's doubles, she and partner Lany Kaligis reached two Grand Slam quarterfinals: the Australian Open in 1970 and

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in 1971. As such, she and Kaligis were among the first Indonesians to reach the later rounds of a Grand Slam competition. Kaligis was the only partner that Sugiarto ever played with in Grand Slam doubles competition. In singles, her best results were her third round exits from the Australian Championships in 1968, the Australian Open in 1970, Wimbledon in 1972 and the French Open in 1974. At the

1966 Asian Games The 1966 Asian Games (), also known as the V Asiad, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 9 to 20 December 1966, in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 142 events in 16 sports were contested by athletes during the games. Taiwan and Isr ...

at Bangkok, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles, the gold medal in the women's doubles with Lany Kaligis, and the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with Sutarjo Sugiarto. She won the gold medal in the women's singles at the

1974 Asian Games The 7th Asian Games ( fa, بازی‌های آسیایی ۱۹۷۴) were held from 1 to 16 September 1974 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran. The Aryamehr Sports Complex was built for the Games. The Asian Games were hosted in the Middle East for th ...

in Tehran. She was part of Indonesia's

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team in 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981.

ITF finals

Singles (10–6)

Doubles (16–6)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

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