Country (sports) | Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Paraná, Argentina | 8 September 1988|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||
Prize money | $155,059 | |||||||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 153–115 | |||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 7 ITF | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 132 (9 February 2009) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q3 (2009) | |||||||||||||||||
French Open | Q3 (2008) | |||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 (2007–2008) | |||||||||||||||||
US Open | Q1 (2007, 2008, 2009) | |||||||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 153–82 | |||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 15 ITF | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 96 (19 May 2008) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2008) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Betina Jozami (born 8 September 1988) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. In her career, she won seven singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Jozami participated at the 2007 Pan American Games where she won the gold medal with Jorgelina Cravero in doubles and the bronze medal in singles. She also represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Betina has a degree on Business Administration.
Career
[edit]Betina started playing tennis when she was eight years in Paraná, her hometown, at the Urquiza Tennis Club with her coach Alejandro Rudi. She comes from a sports family of Lebanese descent.
She represented her country in several occasions, the South American Tournament in 2000, the Orange Bowl in 2003, and the Junior Davis Cup in 2004.
Betina obtained the gold medal in doubles with Jorgelina Cravero, and the bronze medal in singles at the 2007 Pan American Games.
In 2008, Betina managed to access the second round of doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Gisela Dulko. Betina also represented her country in Fed Cup competition (win/loss record 2–4).
In addition to her sports career, Betina is business administrator graduated in the University of San Martín.
She represented the University of San Martin and the Argentine National Team of Tennis at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China where she met her current husband Emerson Burla. Two years later, they represented their country at the 2013 Universiade in Kazan, Russia.
Between 2015 and 2017, she lived and worked as a consultant in Mexico City. During this period, Betina held a tennis exhibition with Andy Roddick, Melisa Torres and James Blake.
Currently, she works at Weymouth Club as a High Performance Coach and as a freelance in the field of eCommerce. Since 2018, Betina has resided in Boston, Massachusetts.
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 27 July 2003 | ITF Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela | Hard | Zuzana Černá | 0–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 12 September 2004 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | María José Argeri | 4–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 3. | 28 May 2006 | ITF Monterrey, Mexico | Hard | Mariana Duque | 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 4 June 2006 | ITF León, Mexico | Hard | Agustina Lepore | 6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 5. | 23 July 2006 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Hard | María José Argeri | 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 6. | 17 September 2006 | ITF Tampico, Mexico | Hard | Daniela Múñoz Gallegos | 6–3, 6–0 |
Winner | 7. | 24 September 2006 | ITF Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | Estefanía Craciún | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 1 October 2006 | ITF Juárez, Mexico | Clay | Estefanía Craciún | 6–1, 0–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 9. | 6 April 2008 | ITF Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | Polona Hercog | 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 10. | 5 October 2008 | ITF Juárez, Mexico | Clay | Jorgelina Cravero | 2–2 ret. |
Doubles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runner-ups)
[edit]Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner–up | 20 July 2003 | ITF Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela | Hard | Virginia Donda | Soledad Esperón Flavia Mignola |
4–6, 4–6 |
Runner–up | 3 May 2004 | ITF Mérida, Mexico | Hard | Andrea Benítez | Erika Clarke Anne Mall |
5–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 5 September 2004 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | Clay | Verónica Spiegel | Bruna Colósio Ana Lucía Migliarini de León |
7–5, 6–4 |
Runner–up | 15 November 2005 | ITF Puebla, Mexico | Hard | Verónica Spiegel | Ivana Abramović Maria Abramović |
6–4, 4–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 12 February 2006 | ITF Mérida, Mexico | Hard | Agustina Lepore | Erika Clarke Daniela Múñoz Gallegos |
6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 28 May 2006 | ITF Monterrey, Mexico | Hard | Agustina Lepore | Valérie Tétreault Lorena Villalobos Cruz |
4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 11 June 2006 | Jalapa, Mexico | Hard | Daniela Múñoz Gallegos | María Irigoyen Flavia Mignola |
7–6(8), 3–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 16 July 2006 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | Andrea Koch Benvenuto | María Irigoyen Flavia Mignola |
4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 17 September 2006 | Tampico, Mexico | Hard | Daniela Múñoz Gallegos | Erika Clarke Courtney Nagle |
w/o |
Winner | 24 September 2006 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | Daniela Múñoz Gallegos | Alexandra Dulgheru Valeria Pulido |
7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 1 October 2006 | Ciudad Juárez, Mexico | Clay | Estefanía Craciún | Erika Clarke Courtney Nagle |
6–1, 6–1 |
Runner–up | 15 May 2007 | Palm Beach Gardens, United States | Clay | Estefanía Craciún | Monique Adamczak Aleke Tsoubanos |
5–7, 6–2, 3–6 |
Winner | 10 June 2007 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Jorgelina Cravero | Nina Bratchikova Neuza Silva |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 5 August 2007 | Washington, United States | Hard | Jorgelina Cravero | Julie Ditty Natalie Grandin |
1–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Runner–up | 8 October 2007 | San Francisco, United States | Hard | Jorgelina Cravero | Angela Haynes Raquel Kops-Jones |
6–3, 4–6, [7–10] |
Runner–up | 15 October 2007 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Hard | Estefanía Craciún | Debbrich Feys Chanelle Scheepers |
1–6, 4–6 |
Runner–up | 14 January 2008 | Surprise, United States | Hard | Maria Fernanda Alves | Carly Gullickson Shenay Perry |
4–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 27 January 2008 | Waikoloa Village, United States | Hard | Maria Fernanda Alves | Angela Haynes Mashona Washington |
7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 5 April 2008 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | Jorgelina Cravero | Stefania Chieppa Darya Kustova |
4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Runner–up | 7 April 2008 | Biarritz, France | Clay | Jorgelina Cravero | Martina Müller Christina Wheeler |
6–7, 6–3, [8–10] |
Runner–up | 15 September 2008 | Albuquerque, United States | Clay | Jorgelina Cravero | Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 29 September 2008 | Ciudad Juárez, Mexico | Clay | Jorgelina Cravero | Soledad Esperón Florencia Molinero |
6–0, 7–6(8) |
Winner | 29 September 2008 | Cali, Colombia | Clay | Arantxa Parra Santonja | Frederica Piedade Anastasiya Yakimova |
6–3, 6–1 |
Runner–up | 14 September 2009 | Napoli, Italy | Clay | María Irigoyen | Nina Bratchikova Oksana Kalashnikova |
6–7, 6–2, [8–10] |
Runner–up | 28 September 2009 | ITF Granada, Spain | Hard | Valeria Savinykh | Nina Bratchikova Arina Rodionova |
1–6, 6–3, [5–10] |
Winner | 6 June 2011 | ITF Rosario, Argentina | Clay | Jorgelina Cravero | Florencia Di Biasi Vanesa Furlanetto |
6–2, 7–6(7) |
Runner–up | 13 June 2011 | ITF Santa Fe, Argentina | Clay | Agustina Lepore | Florencia Di Biasi Vanesa Furlanetto |
6–3, 4–6, 4–10 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- 1988 births
- Living people
- Argentine female tennis players
- Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
- Olympic tennis players for Argentina
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Argentine people of Lebanese descent
- Sportspeople from Paraná, Entre Ríos
- Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Argentine women