"1979 US Open (tennis) The 1979 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 99th edition of the US Open and the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. The tournament was held from August 28 to September 9, 1979. John McEnroe and Tracy Austin won the singles titles. John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis 7–5, 6–3, 6–3 Tracy Austin defeated Chris Evert 6–4, 6–3 John McEnroe / Peter Fleming defeated Bob Lutz / Stan Smith 6–2,"
"Kathleen Horvath Erica Kathleen ""Kathy"" Horvath (born August 25, 1965) is a retired American professional tennis player. She was the youngest player to play in the US Open in 1979 at 14y5d—this record still stands. Horvath was the youngest player to win the U.S. National 16 and under in 1979. She also is the only player to ever win all four age groups in the U.S. Girls Clay Courts in all consecutive years. Horvath played on the WTA Tour from 1981 to 1989, winning six singles titles and reaching a career high rank of No. 10 in 1984. She reached"
"Amanda Anisimova Amanda Anisimova ( ; born August 31, 2001) is an American tennis player. She is the youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and achieved a career high ranking of No. 92 in the world in October 2018. She was the 2017 Junior US Open champion, and has reached one final on the WTA Tour at the 2018 Japan Women's Open. With her father Konstantin as her longtime coach and her older sister also an accomplished player, Anisimova began playing tennis at a very young age. Born in New Jersey, her family"
"through the end of 2011. During this time she was a professional golfer but not a member of any golf tour. Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year. Amateur Professional Lexi Thompson Alexis Noel ""Lexi"" Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She turned professional in June 2010 at age 15. On September 18, 2011, Thompson set a then new record as the youngest-ever winner of an"
"CiCi Bellis Catherine Cartan ""CiCi"" Bellis (born April 8, 1999) is an American professional tennis player. In early 2018, she was the second youngest player ranked in the Top 100 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and has a career-high ranking of No. 35 in the world, which she achieved in August 2017. Bellis is known for winning a match at the 2014 US Open as a 15 year old against a Top 20 opponent, making her the youngest match winner at the US Open since 1996. Bellis's biggest professional title came at the Hawaii Tennis Open in 2016, a"
"into the $25K event at Osprey, where she won her first professional match. She has a WTA ranking of 874th. Cori Gauff Cori ""Coco"" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American junior tennis player. She is the youngest ever finalist in the girls' singles event at the US Open. In October 2018 she signed her first multi-year sponsorship contract with New Balance. Gauff started playing tennis at 7. She grew up in Atlanta, but moved to Florida to have better opportunities to train in tennis. Her father Corey played basketball at Georgia State University and her mother Candi was"
"also cracked the top 100 for the first time. ""Current through the 2018 Japan Women's Open."" Anisimova's match record against certain players who have been ranked in the top 20, with those who have been no. 1 in boldface. ""Main draw results only. Correct to 17 August 2018."" Amanda Anisimova Amanda Anisimova ( ; born August 31, 2001) is an American tennis player. She is the youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and achieved a career high ranking of No. 92 in the world in October 2018. She was the 2017 Junior US"
"This tournament was the Grand Slam debut of CiCi Bellis, who became the youngest player to win a match at the US Open since 1996 (and the youngest American to do so since 1986) when she defeated the twelfth seed Dominika Cibulková in the first round at the age of 15. All three top seeds (Williams, Simona Halep and Petra Kvitová) were in contention for the World No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Williams retained the top position after Halep and Kvitová both lost in the third round. 2014 US Open – Women's Singles Serena Williams was"
"the 1984 Olympics when tennis was reintroduced as a demonstration sport and was the 1st seed. She was coached by Harry Hopman and Nick Bollettieri. After her tennis career ,she got her BS and MBA at the Wharton School of Business and then worked on Wall Street until 2003. Kathleen Horvath Erica Kathleen ""Kathy"" Horvath (born August 25, 1965) is a retired American professional tennis player. She was the youngest player to play in the US Open in 1979 at 14y5d—this record still stands. Horvath was the youngest player to win the U.S. National 16 and under in 1979. She"
"Lexi Thompson Alexis Noel ""Lexi"" Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She turned professional in June 2010 at age 15. On September 18, 2011, Thompson set a then new record as the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA tournament, at age 16 years, seven months, and eight days, when she won the Navistar LPGA Classic. Three months later she became the second-youngest winner of a Ladies European Tour event, capturing the Dubai Ladies"
"This was the final Grand Slam appearance for former World No.2 and 2012 Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwańska, she lost in the first round to Tatjana Maria. 2018 US Open – Women's Singles Sloane Stephens was the defending champion, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Anastasija Sevastova, in a rematch of the previous year's quarterfinals. Naomi Osaka won her first Grand Slam title, defeating Serena Williams in the final, 6–2, 6–4. At the age of 20, Osaka became the first Japanese person to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest US Open champion since Maria Sharapova in 2006."
"Tracy Austin Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. She won three Grand Slam titles, including the women's singles titles at the 1979 and 1981 US Opens, and the mixed doubles title at the Wimbledon Championships in 1980. Additionally, she won the WTA Tour Championships in 1980 and the year-ending Toyota Championships in 1981, both in singles. A series of injuries and a serious automobile accident cut short her career. Since 1979, she has been the youngest US Open female singles champion in history, and she is the youngest"
"year came to a close. On August 12, 2018, Osuigwe won the USTA girls 18s tennis championship which earned her a wild-card entry into the main draw of the US Open. Osuigwe made her WTA main draw debut at the 2018 Miami Open, losing to her fellow wild card and junior rival Claire Liu. Whitney Osuigwe Whitney Osuigwe ( ; born 17 April 2002) is an American tennis player. She is the reigning ITF Junior World Champion and a former No. 1 junior in the world. Osuigwe also won the 2017 French Open to become the first American to win"
"2018 US Open – Women's Singles Sloane Stephens was the defending champion, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Anastasija Sevastova, in a rematch of the previous year's quarterfinals. Naomi Osaka won her first Grand Slam title, defeating Serena Williams in the final, 6–2, 6–4. At the age of 20, Osaka became the first Japanese person to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest US Open champion since Maria Sharapova in 2006. In virtue of her victory, Osaka also made the top 10 for the first time, debuting at No. 7. Simona Halep's first-round loss to Kaia Kanepi"
"Kayla Day Kayla Day (born September 28, 1999) is an American professional tennis player. In 2016, she won the Junior US Open and the USTA Girls' 18s national championship. Day started playing tennis when she was 7 years old. Her mother is from the Czech Republic. Day has been No. 1 in the Girls' 12s, 14s, 16s, and 18s US national rankings. In 2016, she climbed to No. 1 in the ITF junior rankings by winning the Junior US Open, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon, and reaching the final at the Orange Bowl the previous year. She also won the"
"Cori Gauff Cori ""Coco"" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American junior tennis player. She is the youngest ever finalist in the girls' singles event at the US Open. In October 2018 she signed her first multi-year sponsorship contract with New Balance. Gauff started playing tennis at 7. She grew up in Atlanta, but moved to Florida to have better opportunities to train in tennis. Her father Corey played basketball at Georgia State University and her mother Candi was a track and field athlete at Florida State University. Gauff made her ITF debut in May 2018 as a qualifier"
"the tennis team. Karie attended Indiana University on a tennis scholarship but died in 2010 from melanoma. Kristen Schlukebir Kristen Schlukebir (born June 28, 1990 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) was the number one ranked junior in the United States between the ages of 15-18. At 15, she won the USTA 18 & Under National Hardcourts in both singles and doubles granting her a wildcard into the main draw of the US Open. Kristen turned professional at age 18 and played on the Women's Tennis Association tour for over two years, reaching a career high in singles of No. 161. Kristen had"
"in the Open Era to reach the final of the US Open. 1997 US Open – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew due to injury. World No. 1 Martina Hingis won the title, defeating unseeded Venus Williams in the final, 6–0, 6–4. By reaching the final, she became the seventh woman, after Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles, to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a calendar year. She also became the youngest woman to reach all Grand Slam finals, and the youngest woman to win three"
"requiring players under the age of ten compete on miniature courts with lightweight green-dot balls is ""wrong for the very talented kids."" Sharapova, Monica Seles and the Williams sisters, he noted, were very competitive with standard courts and equipment from age 7. Robert Lansdorp Robert Lansdorp (born 1938, Semarang, Indonesia) is a professional tennis coach. He first rose to international fame in 1979 when his student Tracy Austin became the youngest US Open Women's Singles champion in history at age 16. He has gone on to coach other tennis pros including number one ranked Pete Sampras, Lindsay Davenport, and Maria"
"reached the fourth round of the 1996 US Open at age 15. Bellis was also the youngest American to win a match at the US Open since Mary Joe Fernández in 1986. She was unable to win her next match, losing in three set loss to 20 year old Zarina Diyas in the second round. A month after the US Open, Bellis won her first two professional titles in singles in back-to-back weeks, both in South Carolina at the ITF $25K level. In 2015, Bellis received a wildcard into the main draw of the Miami Open, her first WTA Premier"
"since Venus Williams in 2006. Along the way, she defeated three seeded players including No. 12 Petra Kvitová. With this run, she also rose to a career-high ranking inside the top 60. Rogers started out the year with a stunning upset, 6–3, 6–1, over world No. 4 Simona Halep in the first round of the Australian Open. Shelby Rogers Shelby Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American tennis player. She won the girls junior national championship at 17. Her best result as a professional came at the 2016 French Open where she reached the quarterfinals. Rogers followed her sister,"
"CoCo Vandeweghe Colleen ""CoCo"" Vandeweghe ( ) (born December 6, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. A former Junior US Open champion at the age of 16, she has also won two WTA titles, both at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships in Den Bosch. In 2017, she reached two Grand Slam semifinals and the final of the WTA Elite Trophy to move up to a career-high ranking of No. 9. In addition to her two Grand Slam semifinals in 2017 at the Australian Open and the US Open, Vandeweghe has twice reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, in 2015 and"
"the junior players of the world. She is the daughter of Søren Tauson, a brother of former tennis player Michael Tauson. Clara Tauson Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002 in Gentofte, Greater Copenhagen) is a Danish tennis player playing for KB Tennis (Copenhagen Tennis) and Denmark's Fed Cup team. In 2016, at age 13, she became the youngest woman to win the Danish championship, beating the record set by a 14-year-old Caroline Wozniacki. She is the reigning European Youth Olympic Festival champion from 2017. She has won four single tournaments on the ITF Junior Circuit and - since her debut"
"Whitney Osuigwe Whitney Osuigwe ( ; born 17 April 2002) is an American tennis player. She is the reigning ITF Junior World Champion and a former No. 1 junior in the world. Osuigwe also won the 2017 French Open to become the first American to win the girls' singles event in 28 years. Osuigwe has been playing tennis at the IMG Academy since age 6, where her father Desmond has been a teaching pro at the academy since 1997 and acts as her primary coach. Desmond is from Lagos in Nigeria and played professional tennis events at the ITF Futures"
"U.S. Women's Open, he caddied for another of their daughters, Nelly, who was 14 years old at the time and the youngest player in the tournament. His 17 year old son, Sebastian, is also a tennis player and is the top-ranked junior in the world while representing the United States. Sebastian won the junior boys Australian Open title in 2018. Petr Korda Petr Korda (born 23 January 1968) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 2 singles ranking on February 2, 1998 and won the 1998 Australian Open. He"
"ranked world No. 87. In 1996, Hingis became the youngest Grand Slam champion of all time, when she teamed with Helena Suková at Wimbledon to win the women's doubles title at age 15 years and 9 months. She also won her first professional singles title that year at Filderstadt, Germany. She reached the singles quarterfinals of the 1996 Australian Open and the singles semifinals of the 1996 US Open. Following her win at Filderstadt, Hingis defeated the reigning Australian Open champion and co-top ranked (with Steffi Graf) Monica Seles in the final in Oakland, but lost to Graf in the"
"the winner of the Ginn Open in 2008 was awarded the Kelly Jo Dowd trophy in her honor. Dakoda Dowd Dakoda Flowie Dowd (born April 3, 1993), also known as ""Koda"", is an American amateur golfer. On April 27, 2006, 24 days after her 13th birthday, she became the youngest player to compete in an LPGA tournament. This record was broken a year later when 12-year-old Alexis Thompson qualified for and played in the 2007 U.S. Women's Open. Dowd, who lives in Palm Harbor, Florida, has won more than 185 junior trophies. In 2006, she was ranked number one among"
"1997 US Open – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew due to injury. World No. 1 Martina Hingis won the title, defeating unseeded Venus Williams in the final, 6–0, 6–4. By reaching the final, she became the seventh woman, after Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles, to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a calendar year. She also became the youngest woman to reach all Grand Slam finals, and the youngest woman to win three Grand Slams in a calendar year. Williams became the first unseeded player"
"Alexa Glatch Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls 14s and Girls 18s divisions and the Orange Bowl in the Girls 16s division in 2004. She achieved a world junior ranking of no. 5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US Open finals in both singles and doubles. She lost the singles final to junior, and future senior, World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka. She represented the United States in numerous international competitions"
"lost to former world number one and eventual champion Victoria Azarenka in straight sets. Samantha Crawford Samantha Crawford (born February 18, 1995) is an American tennis player. Crawford has won one singles and five doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On July 11, 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 98. On July 13, 2015, she peaked at world number 216 in the doubles rankings. As a junior, Atlanta-born Crawford won the girls' singles title at the 2012 US Open, defeating Anett Kontaveit in the final. Crawford received a wildcard into the 2012 US"
"is the youngest player to win the U.S. Women's Open and the second player, after Annika Sorenstam, to win the Women's PGA Championship three years in a row. Park is only the seventh player to win four different majors during her career and capture a career Grand Slam. In 2016, she won the first Olympic gold medal since 1900 in the women's individual tournament. Park has endorsement deals with KB Financial Group, Srixon, Panasonic, Lynx, Jeju Samdasoo & Mercedes-Benz. Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. Two years later, at age 12, she"
"Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick (born María José Fernández; August 19, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in both singles and doubles. Fernández was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and three Olympic medals: two golds and one bronze. Mary Joe Fernández first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won four straight Orange Bowl junior titles. In 1985, aged 14 years and eight days, she became the youngest player to win"
"Dakoda Dowd Dakoda Flowie Dowd (born April 3, 1993), also known as ""Koda"", is an American amateur golfer. On April 27, 2006, 24 days after her 13th birthday, she became the youngest player to compete in an LPGA tournament. This record was broken a year later when 12-year-old Alexis Thompson qualified for and played in the 2007 U.S. Women's Open. Dowd, who lives in Palm Harbor, Florida, has won more than 185 junior trophies. In 2006, she was ranked number one among United States sixth graders. As of June 2008, ""Golfweek"" ranked her 231st among all junior U.S. girls golfers."