Mohammad Yustedjo Tarik (born 30 August 1953), known as Yustedjo Tarik or Tedjo, is an Indonesian former professional tennis player. He was the SEA Games and Asian Games champion.
Early life and career
Tedjo grew up in an environment steeped in sports. His father, Muhammad Yusuf Tarik, was a former national athlete in the 1930s, and it was through him that Tedjo was first introduced to tennis. Although as a child Tedjo preferred flying kites and cockfighting, slowly but surely, his love for tennis grew deeper.
Tedjo began his tennis career in earnest after winning a junior tennis championship in Malang in 1971. This achievement earned him a spot on the national team under the guidance of Sugiarto, a renowned tennis coach in Indonesia. For five years, Tedjo underwent intensive training that shaped him into one of the best tennis players in Asia.
Tedjo’s golden era began in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won two gold medals at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok and two gold medals at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi. These achievements not only put Indonesia on the map in Asian sports but also cemented Tedjo’s status as one of the greatest tennis players of his era. Not only that, but Tedjo also played a key role in leading the Indonesian tennis team to the round of 16 in the 1982 Davis Cup a rare achievement for Indonesian tennis.
Tedjo made his debut for the Indonesia Davis Cup team in 1973. During his Davis Cup career, which spanned 14-years, he had wins in 13 singles rubbers, one of which was over India's Anand Amritraj in 1981. Tedjo was a member of the Indonesia team that won the Eastern Zone in 1982 and the following year made appearances in the World Group, including against a Sweden side featuring Mats Wilander.
After retiring from professional tennis, Tedjo has remained active in the tennis. He has won several veterans’ tournaments.
ITF Masters Tour finals Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendCategory World ChampionshipsCategory MT1000Category MT700 (1–3)Category MT400 (1–1)Category MT200 (0–1)Category MT100 (4–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (3–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierAgeSurfaceOpponentScoreRef Win 1–0 ITF Seniors Circuit Beijing, China G5/MT100 55+ Hard Didiek Edhie 4–6, 4–2 ret. Win 2–0 Indonesia International Seniors Championships G5/MT100 60+ Hard Didiek Edhie 1–0 ret. Win 3–0 Esslingen Seniors Open, Germany G5/MT100 65+ Clay Peter Kleinschmidt 6–0, 6–0 Win 4–0 Hannover Seniors Open, Germany G5/MT100 65+ Clay Anton Klima 6–1, 6–1Loss 4–1 Victorian Seniors Grasscourt Championships, Australia G2/MT700 65+ Grass Wayne Cowley 4–6, 4–6Loss 4–2 International Tennis Point Open, Turkey G4/MT200 65+ Clay Hadiman 4–6, 6–7(3) Win 5–2 Intern. Ottersweierer Senioren-Pfingstturnier, Germany G2/MT700 65+ Clay Rainer Friemel 5–7, 6–3, 6–4Loss 5–3 Indonesia Open G2/MT700 65+ Hard Hadiman 3–6, 2–6Loss 5–4 Victorian Seniors Championships, Australia G2/MT700 65+ Clay Hadiman 1–6, 2–6 Win 6–4 MT400 Okinawa, Japan MT400 70+ Carpet Ryuichi Iwamoto 6–2, 6–1Loss 6–5 MT400 Hakodate, Japan MT400 70+ Carpet Dennis Maddern 0–6, 2–6
Doubles: (6 titles, ) LegendCategory World ChampionshipsCategory MT1000Category MT700 ()Category MT400 ()Category MT200 ()Category MT100 ()Finals by surfaceHard ()Clay ()Grass ()Carpet ()
See also List of Indonesia Davis Cup team representatives
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