Betina Jozami

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Betina Jozami


country = ARG
residence =
datebirth = birth date and age|1988|09|08
placebirth =
height =
weight =
turnedpro =
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careerprizemoney = $70,423
singlesrecord = 114–75
singlestitles = 0 WTA, 6 ITF
highestsinglesranking = No. 180 (February 25, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult = -
FrenchOpenresult = -
Wimbledonresult = -
USOpenresult = -
doublesrecord = 101–50
doublestitles = 0 WTA, 11 ITF
highestdoublesranking = No. 125 (February 4, 2008)
updated = February 25, 2008

Betina Jozami (born September 18, 1988 in Paraná) is a professional tennis player from Argentina. The Argentine hasn't won a Women's Tennis Association tennis title, but has won five singles titles and eleven doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation. Born to Beto and Andrea Jozami, the Argentine has two siblings. Jozami won the 2007 Pan American Games doubles gold medal with Jorgelina Cravero, and also earned the bronze medal in singles.

Career

In 2003, Jozami played her first ITF tennis event in July, where she reached the finals.

2004 saw Jozami reach the finals of two ITF doubles tournaments, reaching the final in the first event of the year before winning a doubles final in Asunción.

In 2006, Jozami won the first ITF doubles tournament that she entered. She won the Monterrey singles and doubles events, along with winning the Jalapa doubles event in Mexico. In addition, she won the Leon, Mexico singles title with a victory over Agustina Lepore in the final. Then, after losing in the dn|Valencia doubles semifinals, she won four straight doubles titles in Caracas, Tampico, Guadalajara, and Ciudad Juarez, winning the singles titles in Tampico, Guadalajara and Ciudad Juarez, and lost her 17-match doubles winning streak in the quarterfinals of the San Luis Potosi event. She won the singles title in the finals Tampico singles title along with a 6–3, 6–0 victory over Daniela Munoz Gallegos, and won the singles title of Ciudad Juarez over Estafania Craciun, the same person she defeated to win the Guadalajara title, 6–1, 0–6, 6–2.

In singles in 2007, Jozami qualified to reach various ITF singles semifinals. Jozami would go on to lose a close three-set battle to Alina Jidkova in Wimbledon's qualifying draw, falling 6–3, 6–7 (6), 14-12 in the first round. She lost in the first round of the 2007 U.S. Open qualifying to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6–2, 6–2.

In doubles, Jozami made the semifinals of the first three ITF tournaments that she played in in 2007, reaching two further semifinals in Charlottesville, Virginia and Indian Harbour Beach, Florida in the United States before reaching the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida finals with Estafania Craciun. She won a title in Madrid with compatriot Jorgelina Cravero, and won her second ITF title of the year, again with Cravero, in Washington, D.C. in the United States in August. She reached the finals in San Francisco, California, and in San Luis Potosi in Mexico, before finishing her year with an appearance in a 2007 WTA Tour event. Jozami teamed with Maria Fernanda Alves in the Quebec City doubles event, where they beat top seeds Meilen Tu and Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals before falling to Christina Fusano and Raquel Kops-Jones in the semifinals, a good end to Jozami's 2007 tennis season.

Jozami won the Waikoloa Village, Hawaii doubles title in the United States in 2008, teaming with Maria Fernanda Alves to win the final over Angela Haynes and Mashona Washington.

At the 2008 Copa Colsanitas, she defeated top seed Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, before reaching the quarterfinals after a walkover win over Mariya Koryttseva. In the quarterfinals, she defeated ninth seed Martina Müller 6–3, 6–1, to set up a semifinal clash with Nuria Llagostera Vives.

WTA and ITF Titles

ingles Winner (6)

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Doubles Winner (11)

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No.
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents in the final
Score
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1.
September 5, 2004
flagicon|PAR Asunción, Paraguay
ITF
Clay
flagicon|ARG Veronica Spiegel
flagicon|BRA Bruna Colosio
flagicon|URU Ana Lucia Migliarini De Leon
7–5, 6–4
- bgcolor="f0f8ff"
2.
February 12, 2006
flagicon|MEX Merida-Yucatan, Mexico
ITF
Hard
flagicon|ARG Agustina Lepore
flagicon|MEX Erika Clarke
flagicon|MEX Daniela Munoz Gallegos
6–1, 6–2
- bgcolor="f0f8ff"
3.
May 28, 2006
flagicon|MEX Monterrey, Mexico
ITF
Hard
flagicon|ARG Agustina Lepore
flagicon|CAN Valerie Tetreault
flagicon|MEX Lorena Villalobos Cruz
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
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4.
June 11, 2006
flagicon|MEX Jalapa, Mexico
Hard
ITF
flagicon|MEX Daniela Munoz Gallegos
flagicon|ARG Maria Irigoyen
flagicon|ARG Flavia Mingola
7–6 (8), 3–6, 6–1
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5.
July 16, 2006
flagicon|VEN Caracas, Venezuela
Hard
ITF
flagicon|CHI Karina Andrea Koch Benvenuto
flagicon|ARG Maria Irigoyen
flagicon|ARG Flavia Mingola
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
- bgcolor="f0f8ff"
6.
September 17, 2006
flagicon|MEX Tampico, Mexico
Hard
ITF
flagicon|MEX Daniela Munoz Gallegos
flagicon|MEX Erika Clarke
flagicon|USA Courtney Nagle
N / A
- bgcolor="f0f8ff"
7.
September 24, 2006
flagicon|MEX Guadalajara, Mexico
Clay
ITF
flagicon|MEX Daniela Munoz Gallegos
flagicon|ROU Alexandra Dulgheru
flagicon|MEX Valeria Pulido Velasco
7–5, 6–4
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8.
October 1, 2006
flagicon|MEX Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Clay
ITF
flagicon|URU Estefania Craciun
flagicon|MEX Erika Clarke
flagicon|USA Courtney Nagle
6–1, 6–1
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9.
June 10, 2007
flagicon|ESP Madrid, Spain
ITF
Clay
flagicon|ARG Jorgelina Cravero
flagicon|RUS Nina Bratchikova
flagicon|POR Neuza Silva
6–4, 6–4
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10.
August 5, 2007
flagicon|USA Washington, D.C., United States
Hard
ITF
flagicon|ARG Jorgelina Cravero
flagicon|USA Julie Ditty
flagicon|RSA Natalie Grandin
1–6, 6–1, 6–2
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11.
January 27, 2008
flagicon|USA Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, United States
Hard
ITF
flagicon|BRA Maria Fernanda Alves
flagicon|USA Angela Haynes
flagicon|USA Mashona Washington
7–5, 6–4
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12.
April 5, 2008
flagicon|Italy Civitavecchia
Clay
ITF
flagicon|Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
flagicon|Italy Stefania Chieppa
flagicon|Belarus Darya Kustova
4-6, 6-3, 10-6

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