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

Betina Jozami
Betina at Albuquerque, 2008
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 36)
Paraná, Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$155,059
Singles
Career record153–115
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
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 96 (19 May 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2008)
Medal record
Tennis
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Singles

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

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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 Fed Cup competition (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 has resided in Boston, Massachusetts.

ITF Circuit finals

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

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

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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   Estefanía Craciún 6–3, 6–4
Winner 8. 1 October 2006 ITF Juárez, Mexico Clay   Estefanía 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)

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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 Colósio
  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(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   Estefanía Craciún   Erika Clarke
  Courtney Nagle
6–1, 6–1
Runner–up 15 May 2007 Palm Beach Gardens, United States Clay   Estefanía 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   Estefanía 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(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(7)
Runner–up 13 June 2011 ITF Santa Fe, Argentina Clay   Agustina Lepore   Florencia Di Biasi
  Vanesa Furlanetto
6–3, 4–6, 4–10

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