Tracy Ann Austin was born December 12, 1962 in Palo Verdes, California . American tennis player, was the first racket of the world. Before receiving serious injuries that impeded her career, she won the US Open in singles in 1979 and 1981, and Wimbledon in mixed singles in 1980. Her older sister Pam and older brother Jeff were professional tennis players, as were the Doug brothers and John Austin. The wife of Scott Holt and the mother of three sons.
| Tracy Austin | |
|---|---|
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| Player gender | |
| Date of Birth | December 12, 1962 (56 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Palo Verdes, California , USA |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Place of residence | Rolling Hills, California , USA |
| Growth | 165 cm |
| Weight | 54 kg |
| Carier start | October 23, 1978 |
| Retirement | July 1994 |
| Working hand | right |
| Backhand | two-handed |
| Prize, $ | 2,092,380 |
| Singles | |
| V / p matches | 335-90 |
| Titles | thirty |
| Highest position | 1 ( 1980 ) |
| Grand Slam Tournaments | |
| Australia | quarter final ( 1981 ) |
| France | quarter final ( 1982 , 1983 ) |
| Wimbledon | semifinal ( 1979 , 1980 ) |
| USA | victory ( 1979 , 1981 ) |
| Doubles | |
| V / p matches | 13-16 |
| Titles | four |
Career
Tracy Austin started playing at the California Jack Jack Kreimera Tennis Club at the age of two. Her first coach was Vic Braden . Playing among juniors, Austin won 21 titles. In 1977, she became the youngest girl to win a professional tennis tournament, winning first place in a tournament in Portland, Oregon , when she was only 14 years old and 28 days old. A year later, she made her debut at Wimbledon, where she lost to Chris Evert in the third round. Two months later, at the US Open, she reached the quarterfinals, in which she lost to Betty Stov. Austin became the youngest US Championship winner in 1979 when she was 16 years old and 9 months old. In the finals, she played with Evert, who went to her fifth title in a row at this tournament. Austin won the match with a score of 6-4, 6-3. A little earlier, she broke off a win-win streak of 125 Evert matches on the ground, defeating her in three sets in the final of the Italian Championship . Austin reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1979 (lost to Martina Navratilova ) and in 1980 (lost to Avon Gulagong). In 1981, she again won the US Championship, where she beat Navratilova 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) in the tense final.
In 1980, she won Wimbledon in the mixed category with her brother John. In the same year, she became the first racket of the world among women, having removed Evert and Navratilova from the podium, and also won two sponsorship tournaments: in March - The Avon Championships, where she defeated Navratilova, and in January 1981 - The Colgate Series Championships, defeating Andrea Dzheger .
Austin repeated her success at The Toyota Series Championships in December 1981, defeating Navratilova and Evert on the road to victory. In the semifinals, she beat Evert with a score of 6-1, 6-2, and this victory was her last victory over her main rival.
After a short period of dizzying victories, Austin began to pursue injuries that did not allow her to play at the same level. Her last victory took place at a tournament in San Diego in 1982. At the end of the 1982 season at The Toyota Series Championships, she beat the third racket of the world, Andrea Jaeger, but was unable to repeat the success a year ago, losing to Evert with a score of 6-0, 6-0 in less than 50 minutes. In 1983, after she turned 21, she was no longer among the leaders of world tennis. She returned in 1988 and played seven doubles tournaments, and in 1989 - one doubles tournament and two singles. After a traffic accident in 1989, she again had to take a break. In 1993 and 1994, she began to play again, but this did not bring her success. In 1992, she became the youngest tennis player admitted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame . After retiring, she often worked as a commentator on NBC and the USA Network. She also worked for the Seven Network in 2006 and for the Australian Open in 2007. Austin comments on some Wimbledon broadcasts on the BBC .
Links
- Tracy Austin at the International Tennis Hall of Fame website