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.
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Career HighlightShe remains the youngest women singles champion in US Open history, winning the title in 1979 at age 16. 1 Classification
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Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player.
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Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player.
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Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player.
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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).
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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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