Janice Tjen

Janice Tjen was born on 6 May 2002 in Jakarta, Indonesia. She turned pro as a teenager, then took the American college route — Oregon, then Pepperdine — before committing fully to the WTA tour after 2024.

The ranking climb was steep. A year before her top-40 debut she was still outside the top 300; by February 2026 she reached No. 36, becoming the first Indonesian woman in the top 40 since Yayuk Basuki in the late 1990s. Along the way she collected top-30 scalps and Slam main-draw wins, including at the US Open and Australian Open.

At Wimbledon 2026 she became the first Indonesian woman in the singles main draw since Angelique Widjaja in 2004, and she opened with a straight-sets win over seeded Leylah Fernandez. She also plays Billie Jean King Cup for Indonesia. For Southeast Asian tennis, she and Alexandra Eala together show that the region can put more than one name into Slam second weeks.

College tennis rarely produces this kind of late surge into the top 40. Tjen’s rise suggests the American campus path can still feed the WTA if the player keeps improving after eligibility ends — and it gives Jakarta a star who did not have to grow up only on the ITF grind. The test now is whether No. 36 was a ceiling week or a new baseline.