Betina Jozami


Betina Jozami is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina. She has won seven singles titles and fifteen doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation Tour. 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.

Career

Betina started playing tennis when she was 8 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.
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

Singles: 10 (7–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1.27 July 2003Puerto Ordaz, VenezuelaHard Zuzana Černá0–6, 0–6
Runner-up2.12 September 2004Santiago, ChileClay María José Argeri4–6, 5–7
Winner3.28 May 2006Monterrey, MexicoHard Mariana Duque6–3, 6–3
Winner4.4 June 2006León, MexicoHard Agustina Lepore6–3, 6–1
Runner-up5.23 July 2006Campos do Jordão, BrazilHard María José Argeri6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Winner6.17 September 2006Tampico, MexicoHard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos6–3, 6–0
Winner7.24 September 2006Guadalajara, MexicoClay Estefania Craciún6–3, 6–4
Winner8.1 October 2006Ciudad Juárez, MexicoClay Estefania Craciún6–1, 0–6, 6–2
Winner9.6 April 2008Civitavecchia, ItalyClay Polona Hercog6–2, 6–2
Winner10.5 October 2008Ciudad Juárez, MexicoClay Jorgelina Cravero2–2 ret.

Doubles: 27 (15–12)

OutcomeDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore
Runner–up20 July 2003Puerto Ordaz, VenezuelaHard Virginia Donda Soledad Esperón
Flavia Mignola		4–6, 4–6
Runner–up3 May 2004Mérida, MexicoHard Andrea Benítez Erika Clarke
Anne Mall		5–7, 5–7
Winner5 September 2004Asunción, ParaguayClay Verónica Spiegel Bruna Colosio
Ana Lucía Migliarini de León		7–5, 6–4
Runner–up15 November 2005Puebla, MexicoHard Verónica Spiegel Ivana Abramović
Maria Abramović		6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Winner12 February 2006Mérida, MexicoHard Agustina Lepore Erika Clarke
Daniela Múñoz Gallegos		6–1, 6–2
Winner28 May 2006Monterrey, MexicoHard Agustina Lepore Valérie Tétreault
Lorena Villalobos Cruz		4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner11 June 2006Jalapa, MexicoHard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos María Irigoyen
Flavia Mignola		7–6, 3–6, 6–1
Winner16 July 2006Caracas, VenezuelaHard Andrea Koch Benvenuto María Irigoyen
Flavia Mignola		4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner17 September 2006Tampico, MexicoHard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Erika Clarke
Courtney Nagle		WO
Winner24 September 2006Guadalajara, MexicoClay Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Alexandra Dulgheru
Valeria Pulido		7–5, 6–4
Winner1 October 2006Ciudad Juárez, MexicoClay Estefania Craciún Erika Clarke
Courtney Nagle		6–1, 6–1
Runner–up15 May 2007Palm Beach Gardens, United StatesClay Estefania Craciún Monique Adamczak
Aleke Tsoubanos		5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Winner10 June 2007Madrid, SpainClay Jorgelina Cravero Nina Bratchikova
Neuza Silva		6–4, 6–4
Winner5 August 2007Washington, United StatesHard Jorgelina Cravero Julie Ditty
Natalie Grandin		1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner–up8 October 2007San Francisco, United StatesHard Jorgelina Cravero Angela Haynes
Raquel Kops-Jones		6–3, 4–6,
Runner–up15 October 2007San Luis Potosí, MexicoHard Estefania Craciún Debbrich Feys
Chanelle Scheepers		1–6, 4–6
Runner–up14 January 2008Surprise, United StatesHard Maria Fernanda Alves Carly Gullickson
Shenay Perry		4–6, 5–7
Winner27 January 2008Waikoloa Village, United StatesHard Maria Fernanda Alves Angela Haynes
Mashona Washington		7–5, 6–4
Winner5 April 2008Civitavecchia, ItalyClay Jorgelina Cravero Stefania Chieppa
Darya Kustova		4–6, 6–3,
Runner–up7 April 2008Biarritz, FranceClay Jorgelina Cravero Martina Müller
Christina Wheeler		6–7, 6–3,
Runner–up15 September 2008Albuquerque, United StatesClay Jorgelina Cravero Julie Ditty
Carly Gullickson		3–6, 4–6
Winner29 September 2008Juarez, MexicoClay Jorgelina Cravero Soledad Esperón
Florencia Molinero		6–0, 7–6
Winner29 September 2008Cali, ColombiaClay Arantxa Parra Santonja Frederica Piedade
Anastasiya Yakimova		6–3, 6–1
Runner–up14 September 2009Napoli, ItalyClay María Irigoyen Nina Bratchikova
Oksana Kalashnikova		6–7, 6–2,
Runner–up28 September 2009Granada, SpainHard Valeria Savinykh Nina Bratchikova
Arina Rodionova		1–6, 6–3,
Winner6 June 2011Rosario, ArgentinaClay Jorgelina Cravero Florencia Di Biasi
Vanesa Furlanetto		6–2, 7–6
Runner–up13 June 2011Santa Fe, ArgentinaClay Agustina Lepore Florencia Di Biasi
Vanesa Furlanetto		6–3, 4–6, 4–6