Betina Jozami

Betina Jozami (born 8 September 1988) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She won seven singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. 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 represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Betina also has a degree on Business Administration.

Betina Jozami

Country (sports)	Argentina
Born	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 Paraná, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$155,059
Singles
Career record	153–115
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 132 (9 February 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2009)
French Open	Q3 (2008)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2007–2008)
US Open	Q1 (2007–2008–2009)
Doubles
Career record	153–82
Career titles	0 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 96 (19 May 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2008)
Medal record Tennis Representing  Argentina Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Doubles 2007 Rio de Janeiro Singles

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.[1]

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.

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 (7–3)

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 (15–12)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	20 July 2003	Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Hard	Virginia Donda	Soledad Esperón Flavia Mignola	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	3 May 2004	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Andrea Benítez	Erika Clarke Anne Mall	5–7, 5–7
Winner	5 September 2004	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Verónica Spiegel	Bruna Colosio Ana Lucía Migliarini de León	7–5, 6–4
Runner–up	15 November 2005	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Verónica Spiegel	Ivana Abramović Maria Abramović	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	12 February 2006	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Agustina Lepore	Erika Clarke Daniela Múñoz Gallegos	6–1, 6–2
Winner	28 May 2006	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	Granada, Spain	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	Nina Bratchikova Arina Rodionova	1–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Winner	6 June 2011	Rosario, Argentina	Clay	Jorgelina Cravero	Florencia Di Biasi Vanesa Furlanetto	6–2, 7–6^(9–7)
Runner–up	13 June 2011	Santa Fe, Argentina	Clay	Agustina Lepore	Florencia Di Biasi Vanesa Furlanetto	6–3, 4–6, 4–6

References

1. "Anexo:Árabe-argentinos", Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre (in Spanish), 17 November 2019, retrieved 12 May 2020

External links

• Betina Jozami at the Women's Tennis Association
• Betina Jozami at the International Tennis Federation