Sandy Gumulya (born 2 April 1986) is an Indonesian former
tennis
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player and the older sister of
Beatrice Gumulya
Beatrice Gumulya (born 1 January 1991) is an Indonesian tennis player.
Career
She is the younger sister of Sandy Gumulya and made her debut as a professional in 2005, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta.
She enjoyed some success in Grand ...
, also a professional tennis player.
Career
Sandy made her debut as a professional in July 2000, aged 14, at an
ITF tournament in
Jakarta
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. In March 2009, she was the highest ranked Indonesian in the
WTA rankings
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(singles).
In 2002 and 2003, she played in the
Australian Open
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junior championships. In 2003, she and her partner
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 ...
reached the quarterfinals of the junior doubles competition at the Australian Open.
She was part of
Indonesia Fed Cup team
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History
Indonesia competed in ...
in 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2009.
Gumulya represented Indonesia at the
2006 Asian Games
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at
Doha
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. She won her first-round match, and was then defeated by
Li Na
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She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand Sl ...
in the second round.
At the
2007 Southeast Asian Games
The 2007 Southeast Asian Games ( th, กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a South ...
, Gumulya won the gold medal in the women's single competitions, and also won the silver medal in the women's doubles competition with
Romana Tedjakusuma
Romana Tedjakusuma (born 24 July 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Indonesia.
She made her debut in professional competition in January 1990, aged 13, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta.
In 1993 and 1994, she played in a number ...
as partner. Gumulya also enjoyed success at the
2009 Southeast Asian Games
)
, Nations participating = 11
, Athletes participating = 3100
, Events = 372 in 25 sports
, Opening ceremony = 9 December 2009
, Closing ceremony = 18 December 2009
, Officially opened by = Choummaly Sayason ...
, winning bronze in the women's doubles and a silver in the women's team event.
In March 2009, Gumulya retired during the second set of the quarterfinal of the ASB Pro tournament at Hamilton, New Zealand, due to a knee injury. The injury forced her to withdraw from the third and final tournament of the ASB Pro Circuit, that at Wellington.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (11–6)
Doubles (3–8)
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Indonesian female tennis players
1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Jakarta
Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in tennis
Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games medalists in tennis
Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games
Competitors at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games
Universiade bronze medalists for Indonesia
Asian Games competitors for Indonesia
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
21st-century Indonesian women