Sulistyo Wibowo (born 17 February 1969) is an Indonesian former professional

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player.

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Born in

Tegal Tegal is a city in the northwest part of Central Java of Indonesia. It is situated on the north coast (or ''pesisir'') of Central Java, about from Semarang, the capital of the province. It had a population of 239,599 at the 2010 Census and 276 ...

, Wibowo is the brother of Fed Cup player

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. Wibowo featured in 11

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. He represented Indonesia with success at the

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, where he won two gold medals in doubles and another two in the team event. His best performance at the

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was a doubles quarter-final appearance at the 1998 event in Bangkok. While competing on the professional tour, Wibowo made two

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doubles quarter-finals, both at the Indonesia Open, including the 1995 tournament when he partnered

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in three sets.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wibowo, Sulistyo 1969 births Living people Indonesian male tennis players Sportspeople from Central Java People from Tegal Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade bronze medalists for Indonesia Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade SEA Games medalists in tennis SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Competitors at the 1995 SEA Games Competitors at the 1997 SEA Games Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Indonesia

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