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Tracy Austin

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Tracy Austin is an American former professional tennis player who won the US Open as a teenager in the late 1970s, becoming one of the youngest Grand Slam champions in the sport's history. Injuries cut her top-level career short, and she later became a respected television tennis commentator.

Facts
Birth Year
1962 1
Birth Date
1962-12-12 1
Nationality
American 1
Career Highlight
She remains the youngest women singles champion in US Open history, winning the title in 1979 at age 16. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Mixed or Doubles 1
Connections

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Tennis, Sports
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1. Wikipedia, Tracy Austin
Wikipedia
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Austin lead, opening sentence (birth clause)
    Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Austin lead, opening sentence (birth year)
    Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Austin lead, opening sentence (nationality)
    Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Austin lead, second paragraph (career-highlight sentence)
    Austin remains the youngest US Open women's singles champion (aged 16) and the youngest inductee into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (aged 29).
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Austin won 30 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including two major titles at the 1979 and 1981 US Opens, and five doubles titles, including the mixed doubles title at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, partnering her brother John.
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