Janice Tjen Named To ITF ‘Class Of 2025’

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WASHINGTON, December 13, 2025 (by Michael Dickens)

Looking back on the 2025 season, time and again, Indonesia’s Janice Tjen proved herself as one of the biggest break-out stars of women’s tennis. Her future is bright.

The 23-year-old native of Jakarta won six ITF World Tennis Tour titles in May and June – including five in a row, all on hard courts – and recorded 27 consecutive wins on the circuit, the longest women’s singles winning streak on the ITF World Tennis Tour this year and tied for fourth-longest since 2015.

Tjen has been named as the final player in the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) Class of 2025, a group of five stars of the future as selected by an expert panel.

Joining Tjen in the ITF Class of 2025 are four other players, who each enjoyed outstanding seasons on the ITF World Tennis Tour: Canada’s Victoria Mboko, Gilles Arnaud Bailly of Belgium, Lillie Tagger of Austria and Luka Mikrut of Croatia.

Tjen, who played collegiate tennis in the United States and graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. with a degree in sociology, began her run of five consecutive ITF World Tennis Tour titles last May by winning the W35 Andong crown in South Korea, then continued with the W15 Maanshan title in China, followed by the W35 Luzou title in China, then the W50 Taizhou crown in China and, finally, the W35 Taipei title in Taiwan.

Four of Tjen’s title runs – Andong, Maanshan, Luzou and Taizhou – were achieved without dropping a set, recording 20 consecutive main draw match wins and 40 consecutive main draw set wins, before her set streak ended at 42, after dropping the first set in the second round of her title run at W35 Taipei.

Tjen recorded the longest women’s singles winning streak on the ITF World Tennis Tour this season – 27 consecutive wins across her five title runs plus reaching the quarterfinals at the W100 Evansville event in Evansville, Indiana (USA). It all happened after enjoying a stellar 2024 campaign following her college graduation.

“The ITF World Tennis Tour has helped me progress by providing lots of different competitive opportunities and levels of tournaments as well as a variety of players to play against all across the world,” Tjen said in a statement. “It’s helped me to develop my game with the high volume of matches and challenges throughout 2025.”

Then, on the WTA Tour, in just her second main draw appearance at an individual WTA Tour-level event, Tjen finished runner-up at the WTA 250 event in Sau Paulo, Brazil in September. Soon after, in just her fourth career main draw appearance, Tjen lifted the trophy at the WTA 250 tournament in Chennai, India in November.

By winning the title at Chennai, Tjen became the first Indonesian player to a win a tour-level singles – man or woman – since 2002. She also won the doubles title at Chennai alongside fellow Indonesian Aldila Sutjadi, becoming the third player to win the singles and doubles titles at the same event on the WTA Tour in 2025.

Tjen also won a WTA 125 title at Jinan, China in October.

At the Grand Slams, Tjen made a name for herself, too. She successfully qualified for the main draw at a Grand Slam on her first attempt at the US Open in August. It was her first appearance at an individual event above ITF World Tennis Tour-level, having previously made one WTA Tour-level appearance representing Indonesia in Billie Jean King Cup competition in 2020.

By qualifying for the main draw at the US Open, Tjen became the first Indonesian player to compete in the singles main draw at a Grand Slam since 2004. By defeating No. 24 seed Veronika Kudermetova in the first round, Tjen became the first Indonesian player to win a Grand Slam singles main draw match since 2003 Angelique Widjaja at Wimbledon.

Performing across all levels in 2025, Tjen compiled a 77-15 singles win-loss record. She reached 12 finals and won eight titles. She’s reached at least one final at every level of professional women’s tennis from W15 level on the ITF World Tennis Tour through to the WTA 250 level: one W15 final (one title); 5 W35 finals (4 titles); one W50 final (one title); one W75 final, one W100 final, one WTA 125 final (one title), and two WTA 250 finals (one title).

By the end of the year, Tjen had achieved a world ranking of No. 53 in the WTA Rankings, which is pretty remarkable considering she started the year ranked 578th.

Tjen’s coach, Chris Bint, oversaw her success through the 2025 season.

“Janice and I have spent a lot of time throughout this year understanding her game style and identity on court as well as who she wants to be known for as a person,” Bint said in a statement.

“Janice has done a great job of focussing on her strengths and what she does best across all different levels of tournaments. This season her level of professionalism has increased week in week out and is always highly coachable. We’re looking forward to the challenge ahead in 2026.”

By any measure, Tjen seems to be enjoying her time on the tennis court. She respects the challenges that come with each match in every tournament she competes in and has maintained a sense of discipline. Above all else, she believes in herself.

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