Betina Jozami

Betina Jozami (born 8 September 1988) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She won seven singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Betina Jozami
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1988-09-08) 8 September 1988
Paraná, Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$155,059
Singles
Career record153–115 (57.1%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 132 (9 February 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2009)
French OpenQ3 (2008)
WimbledonQ1 (2007–2008)
US OpenQ1 (2007, 2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record153–82 (65.1%)
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 96 (19 May 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2008)

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

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 the Fed Cup (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 resides in Boston, Massachusetts.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
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 Estefania Craciún 6–3, 6–4
Winner 8. 1 October 2006 ITF Juárez, Mexico Clay Estefania 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)

Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
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 Colosio
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(10–8), 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 Estefania Craciún Erika Clarke
Courtney Nagle
6–1, 6–1
Runner–up 15 May 2007 Palm Beach Gardens, United States Clay Estefania 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 Estefania 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(10–8)
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(9–7)
Runner–up 13 June 2011 ITF Santa Fe, Argentina Clay Agustina Lepore Florencia Di Biasi
Vanesa Furlanetto
6–3, 4–6, 4–6

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