Chennai Open: Janice Tjen makes final after beating Robin Montgomery
The Indonesian will face Magda Linette in the WTA 250 singles final at the SDAT Stadium.
Janice Tjen reached the Chennai Open final with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Robin Montgomery. She will play Magda Linette for the title.
Key takeaways
- Janice Tjen beat Robin Montgomery 6-3, 6-4 in the Chennai Open semifinal
- Magda Linette beat Anastasia Zakharova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the final
- Tjen has won nine straight matches at the SDAT Stadium in Nungambakkam
- The 2026 Chennai Open is the third edition and the last before moving to Manila
Janice Tjen reached the WTA 250 Chennai Open singles final after a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Robin Montgomery at the SDAT Stadium in Nungambakkam on Saturday. The win extended Tjen’s streak to nine straight victories at the venue. The top-seeded Indonesian, ranked world No.
75, blitzed to a 5-1 lead in the opener against left-handed Montgomery, ranked world No. 151. Montgomery converted her fifth break chance to stop the bleeding, but Tjen eventually bagged the first set.
In the second set, Montgomery earned a break point at 40-30 in the fifth game, but Tjen saved it with a superb forehand lob. Montgomery had one more chance, but her forehand found the net in response to a 136km/h second serve from Tjen.
Tjen escaped and immediately got the decisive break in the next game. Serving for the match, Tjen won a 13-shot rally on match point with a forehand down the line.
Context
The 2026 Chennai Open is a professional women’s tennis tournament and the third edition of the event. It is part of the 2026 WTA Tour in the 250 category and is played on outdoor hardcourts.
It is the last edition of the tournament as it is slated to be relocated to Manila in 2027. Tjen clinched her maiden Tour-level title at Chennai. She is Indonesia’s highest-ranked woman in singles since May 2025, and her career-high singles ranking is world No.
35, the second highest achieved by an Indonesian woman after Yayuk Basuki. This is the first time that I’ve played in this kind of outside environment.
It’s definitely not easy for me and I’m pretty sure it’s also not easy for anybody else as well because we’re so used to playing in a quiet environment. So,I was just trying to be focussed there.
We were told by the supervisor that there will be fireworks going on during the match and knowing that in advance definitely helped. I was trying to just tune it out as much as possible.
It’s definitely not easy because you don’t know when it’s going to happen. It is constantly happening but it’s at random times.
What happens next
Tjen will face Magda Linette in the singles final. Linette beat Anastasia Zakharova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in her semifinal after losing the first set. The match lasted one hour and 55 minutes and was Linette’s third three-setter this week.
Linette finished as runner-up in the inaugural edition in 2022 but did not play here last season. She is a former world No. 19 and a 2023 Australian Open semifinalist. Zakharova is ranked world No. 107.
Semifinal results at the 2026 Chennai Open
Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|
Janice Tjen | Robin Montgomery | 6-3, 6-4 |
Magda Linette | Anastasia Zakharova | 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 |
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