Jennifer Saret (born 12 December 1974) is a Filipino former tennis player.

Jennifer Saret
Country (sports) Philippines
ResidenceMetro Manila, Philippines
Born (1974-12-12) 12 December 1974 (age 51)
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 639 (24 August 1992)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 454 (11 November 1991)
Medal record

Tennis career

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Saret featured in a total of 24 ties for the Philippines Fed Cup team and was a regular medalist for her country at the Southeast Asian Games, debuting in the regional competition as a 14 year old in 1989.[1] Locally, she made her mark by winning four successive PCA Open championships from 1989 to 1992.[2][3] She was a junior doubles semi-finalist at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships.[4]

From 1992 to 1996 she took up a sports scholarship to attend Brigham Young University (BYU) in the United States, where she played varsity tennis. She was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 1995.[5]

Her Fed Cup career was put on hold while she was at BYU but she returned to the national team in 1997 and made her last appearance in 2001. She retired from Fed Cup tennis with a Philippines record 26 wins, 15 of which came in singles.[6]

ITF finals

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Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 7 October 1991 Matsuyama, Japan Hard China Yi Jing-Qian Hong Kong Paulette Moreno
Australia Jenny Byrne
6–1, 4–6, 4–6

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