Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing - new star of Indonesia

Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing, born in Jakarta on May 11, 1993. She is a Batak native from North Sumatra. Batak people are known for being a close-knit family, strong will, open and outspoken. Grace has been coached by Meiske H Wiguna - a lady who coached Angie Widjaja from the beginning till Angie turned 13 yo.

Despite of her residency in Bandung, the government of North Sumatra has adopted her to play for her homeland's province. North Sumatra government has agreed to co-sponsor for her local and overseas tours.

In the national junior ranking, Grace is currently at # 9.
For the national 16 yo ranking, she is now # 5.
Her current ITF ranking is 849.

Grace just began her ITF debut last June in Jakarta's Thamrin Cup grade 4.

THAMRIN CUP INT'L 2006 - JUNE 20-25 - JAKARTA

SINGLES:

1ST ROUND: WC-YSIDORA Grace Sari INA d. KOWASE Maho JPN 75 76(3)
2ND ROUND: WC-YSIDORA Grace Sari INA lost to (1) BUDIHARTO Lutfiana Aris INA 06 26

DOUBLES: not entered

Then she played her 2nd tourney at her hometown at Pangdam Siliwangi Cup grade 4.

SINGLES

Pangdam Siliwangi Cup - International Junior Championships Indonesia
G4 27 Jun 2006 to 02 Jul 2006 Entry : WC Hard (O)
32 W Angelina JOGASURIA (INA) 6-2 6-1
16 W Khunpak ISSARA (THA) 6-1 7-6(4)
QF W Anna TAJIMA (JPN) 6-3 6-4
SF W Misaki DOI (JPN) 2-6 6-3 6-3
FR L Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI (THA) 6-1 7-6(5) 4-6

DOUBLES

Pangdam Siliwangi Cup - International Junior Championships Indonesia
G4 27 Jun 2006 to 02 Jul 2006 Entry : Hard (O)
partnering Noel SCOTT (USA) also 13 yo
16 W TEDJOPRAYITNO (INA) / TEDJOPRAYITNO (INA) 6-1 6-1
QF L ISSARA (THA) / MULSAP (THA) 6-4 2-6 2-6

Last August, she was the anchor for Indonesian 14 yo team at World Junior Team Championships in Prostejov, Czech Republic.

This week of August 28th/2006, Grace entered her 1st ever ITF tourney out of Indonesia. And indeed, she made a great result by winning ITF Brunei Grade 4!

Singles:
R 32 Grace Sari Ysidora (INA/854) d Maribelle Sigfried (GER) 61 62
R 16 d (3) Jessica Marie Agra (PHI/506) 63 62
QF d (8) Magdalena Osterle (AUT/842) 75 67(5) 61
SF d (6) Isabella Reibmayer (AUT/681) 75 64
F d (5) Marina Sato (JPN/670) 61 60

Doubles:
R16 Meng Lin Lee/Hui Chi Huang (TPE/TPE) d Grace Sari Ysidora/Trivena Monika Putri (INA/INA) 75 63

With her 1st title, Grace's rank will jump from 849 to around 520-530s!;)

Up next, she is entering ITF Sarawak grade 3 and ITF Kuala Lumpur grade 4!

Keep rocking, Grace!!!:bounce:

Taken from local Tabloid Tennis:)

Taken from local Tabloid Tennis;)

Thanks for the introduction. All the best Grace! :yeah:

She looks so small between the two officials!:eek:

Taken from local Tabloid Tennis - when she had practice on clay court at Senayan Tennis Complex, Jakarta right before she left for Prostejov last August, 2006;)

Her new ranking as at September 4th, 2006 - ITF 522 (ITF 849):cool:

Congrats, Grace! Keep climbing up!;)

I hope she actually develops becaus eit seems like we always here of these talented young players and then their development seems to stall...like Damayanti for example...

The only problem with Ayu is that she doesn't have the money to travel. Plus, she's injury prone.

Grace is only 13. Pretty impressive result so far for her. We'd see how it goes for her. Definately a bright future.