Yayuk Basuki

Yayuk Basuki earns my deep respect on a single fact: she reached world No. 19 in WTA singles, the highest ranking any Indonesian has ever achieved. Coming from a country without a strong tennis tradition, breaking into the global top twenty in 1997 must have been a lonely, relentless climb. What impresses me even more is her second act. Rather than fading after retirement, she became a sports commentator and then a politician, channelling the discipline of elite sport into public life. I am always moved by people who summit one field and then redirect that drive toward serving others. She reads to me as a woman of real backbone.

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Name (English)

Yayuk Basuki

Name (Japanese)

ヤユク・バスキ

Reading

やゆく・ばすき

Born

November 30, 1970 (age 55)

Origin

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Height

164 cm

Occupation

tennis player / sports commentator / politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dog

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayuk%20Basuki
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%A6%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464583

Tags

• Yogyakarta
• tennis player
• sports commentator
• politician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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