Tracy Austin

Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born 12 December 1962, in Palos Verdes, Californie) is an umwhile Warld No. 1 profeesional tennis player frae the Unitit States who wan the women's singles title at the US Open in 1979 an 1981 an the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980. Syne 1979, she haes held the record as youngest iver US Open female singles champion an is the youngest inductee o aw time in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Career
1979 tae 1980
Austin defeatit 35-year-auld Billie Jean King in the quairterfinals o Wimbledon in 1979 6–4, 6–7, 6–2 afore luisin tae Martina Navratilova in straicht sets in the semifeenals. Austin then became the youngest ever US Open champion, agit 16 years an 9 month. In the feenal, she faced Chris Evert who wis biddin tae win the title for the fift consecutive year: Austin won the match 6–4, 6–3. Earlier that year, Austin haed endit Evert's 125-match winnin streak on clay bi beatin her in three sets in a semifeenal o the Italian Open.

Austin lost in the semifeenals o baith Grand Slam tournaments she played in 1980. Evonne Goolagong Cawley, seedit fowert an the eventual champion, defeatit Austin 6–3, 0–6, 6–4 at Wimbledon. As the tap seed an defendin champion at the US Open, Austin wis expectit tae extend her five-match winnin streak against third-rankit Evert. Austin racit tae a 4–0 lead in the first set afore Evert wan 16 o the feenal 20 gemmes tae tak the match 4–6, 6–1, 6–1. Evert went on tae beat Hana Mandlíková in the feenal, sicweys securin for hersel the year-endin Warld No. 1 rankin. Austin wis rankit the Warld No. 1 singles player at times durin 1980/81, pairtly acause she captured the twa sponsors' tour-endin events, defeatin Navrátilová tae win the Avon Championships in Mairch an Andrea Jaeger tae captur the Colgate Series Championships in Januar 1981. In 1980, Austin wan the Wimbledon mixed doubles title wi her brither John, becomin the first brither an sister team iver tae win a Grand Slam title thegither.

1981 tae 1987
Durin the first fower month o 1981, Austin played anerlie twa events acause o chronic injuries. On grass, she wan the tournament in Eastbourne, Unitit Kinrick athoot luisin a set afore Pam Shriver beat her in a Wimbledon quairterfinal 7–5, 6–4. Austin then wan 26 consecutive matches an fower consecutive tournaments. She defeatit Shriver in the final o the tournament in San Diego an, three weeks later, she beat baith Navrátilová an Evert in straicht sets tae win the Canadian Open in Toronto. As the third-seedit player at the US Open, Austin defeatit fowert-seedit Navrátilová in the feenal 1–6, 7–6(4), 7–6(1). Navrátilová, housomeivver, endit Austin's winnin streak in the feenal o the U.S. Indoor Championships. In Europe durin the hairst, Austin lost tae Sue Barker in the quairterfeenals o the tournament in Brighton, Unitit Kinrick but recovered the follaein week tae defeat Navrátilová in the final o the tournament in Stuttgart, Wast Germany. At the feenal Grand Slam tournament o the year, Austin wis seedit seicont but lost tae saxt-seedit Shriver in the Australian Open quairterfeenals 7–5, 7–6. The 1981 year-endin Toyota Series Championships featurt twa matches against Evert an ane against Navrátilová. Evert wan her roond robin match wi Austin 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, afore Austin demolished Evert in a baseline slugfest in thair semifeenal 6–1, 6–2.  Austin then wan the tournament wi a three-set defeat o Navrátilová.

Austin wis the first opponent o Steffi Graf when the German made her professional debut at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart in 1982. Austin defeatit the 13-year-auld Graf 6–4, 6–0.

Back injuries an recurrin sciatica then began tae impair Austin's effectiveness an sidelined her for lang stretches. King, seedit twalt, upset third-seedit Austin in the 1982 Wimbledon quairterfeenals 3–6, 6–4, 6–2. Several weeks later, housomeivver, Austin wan her 30t an feenal tap-level singles title in San Diego. Austin's last guid showin at a major event wis at the 1982 saison-endin Toyota Series Championships whare she defeatit Jaeger, the Warld No. 3, in straucht sets tae reach the semifeenals. Housomeivver, she wis unable tae repeat the previous year's victory ower Evert, who defeatit Austin 6–0, 6–0 in less nor 50 minutes. Bi 1983, afore her 21st birthday, Austin wis virtually finished as a tap ten player.

1988 tae 1994
Austin began her first comeback on the tour in 1988, when she played in seiven doubles tournaments, an in 1989, when she played in ane doubles an twa singles tournaments. This comeback wis endit bi a near-fatal motor vehicle accident on 3 August 1989. She attempted a seicont comeback in 1993 an 1994 but wis no pairticularly successfu, an she retired frae profeesional tennis in Julie 1994. In 1994, at the Evert Cup in Indian Wells, Californie Austin, in the middle o her comeback, played Graf, who wis Warld No. 1 at the time. This pruivit tae be a lopsidit encoonter, wi Graf beatin Austin 6–0, 6–0.

In 1992, Austin became the youngest person tae be inducted intae the International Tennis Hall of Fame, at the age o 29.

Family life an wirk as a tennis commentator
Tracy's aulder sister, Pam, an her aulder bruther, Jeff, wur profeesional tennis players an aw, as war brithers Doug an John. She is the sister-in-law o fitness author Denise Austin. She is marriet tae Scott Holt an is the mither o three sons, Sean, Brandon, an Dylan.

As a bairn, Tracy livit next door tae Air Force Colonel Keith Lindell who wis responsible for the trainin o the oreeginal seiven Project Mercury astronauts.

Syne reteerin as a player, Austin haes wirkit as a commentator for NBC an the USA Network for the French Open an the US Open. She wirkit for the Seven Network, who broadcast the Australian Open an uisually pairticipates in the BBC's Wimbledon coverage. She began wirkin for Tennis Channel in 2010 an jynt thair US Open team. Austin haes wirkit for Canadian telly for thair coverage o the Rogers Cup syne 2004.

Major feenals
Grand Slam feenals
Singles: 2 (2 titles, 0 runner-ups)
OotcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the finalWinner  1979  US Open  Haurd  20px Chris Evert  6–4, 6–3Winner  1981  US Open Haurd  20px Martina Navratilova  1–6, 7–6(4), 7–6(1)

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
OotcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePairtnerOpponents in the finalScore in the finalWinner  1980  Wimbledon  Grass  20px John Austin  20px Dianne Fromholtz20px Mark Edmondson  4–6, 7–6(6), 6–3Runner-up  1981  Wimbledon  Grass 20px John Austin  20px Betty Stöve20px Frew McMillan  4–6, 7–6(2), 6–3

Year-End Championships feenals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
OotcomeYearLocationSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the finalRunner-up  1979  New York Ceety  Carpet (i)  20px Martina Navratilova 6–3, 3–6, 6–2Winner  1980  New York Ceety  Carpet (i)  20px Martina Navratilova  6–2, 2–6, 6–2

Toyota Championships feenals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
OotcomeYearLocationSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the finalWinner  1981  East Rutherford  Carpet (i)  20px Martina Navratilova  2–6, 6–4, 6–2

Titles (35)
Singles (30)
Legend Grand Slams (2) WTA Championships (1)Titles bi Surface Haurd (12) Clay (3) Grass (2) Carpet (13)
No.DateLocationSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final 1. 3 Januar 1977 Portland, USA Haurd (i) 20px Stacy Margolin 6–7, 6–3, 4–1 ret. 2. 23 October 1978 Filderstadt, Wast Germany Carpet (i) 20px Betty Stöve 6–3, 6–3 3. 2 November 1978 Tokyo, Japan (Gunze Warld Tennis)  Haurd (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–1 4. 1 Januar 1979 Washington, D.C., USA Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–2 5. 9 Aprile 1979 Hilton Heid Island, USA Clay 20px Kerry Reid 7–6, 7–6 6. 7 Mey 1979 Roum, Italy Clay 20px Sylvia Hanika 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 7. 30 Julie 1979 San Diego, USA  Haurd 20px Martina Navrátilová 6–4, 6–2 8. 27 August 1979 US Open, New York Ceety Haurd 20px Chris Evert 6–4, 6–3 9. 5 November 1979 Filderstadt, Wast Germany Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–0 10. 10 December 1979 Tokyo, Japan (Emeron Cup) Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–1 11. 7 Januar 1980 Cincinnati, USA Carpet (i) 20px Chris Evert 6–2, 6–1 12. 28 Januar 1980 Seattle, USA Carpet (i) 20px Virginia Wade 6–2, 7–6 13. 10 Mairch 1980 Boston, USA  Haurd (i) 20px Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–1 14. 17 Mairch 1980 Avon Championships, New York Ceety Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navrátilová 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 15. 29 Mairch 1980 Carlsbad, USA Haurd (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 7–5, 6–2 16. 7 Aprile 1980 Hilton Heid Island, USA Clay 20px Regina Maršíková 3–6, 6–1, 6–0 17. 16 Juin 1980 Eastbourne, UK  Grass 20px Wendy Turnbull 7–6, 6–2 18. 27 Julie 1980 San Diego, USA Haurd 20px Wendy Turnbull 6–1, 6–3 19. 29 September 1980 Minneapolis, USA Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 20. 3 November 1980 Filderstadt, Wast Germany Carpet (i) 20px Sherry Acker 6–2, 7–5 21. 15 December 1980 Tucson, USA Carpet (i) 20px Peanut Louie Harper 6–2, 6–0 22. 5 Januar 1981 Washington, D.C., USA Carpet (i) 20px Andrea Jaeger 6–2, 6–2 23. 15 Juin 1981 Eastbourne, UK Grass 20px Andrea Jaeger 6–3, 6–4 24. 27 Julie 1981 San Diego, USA Haurd 20px Pam Shriver 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 25. 17 August 1981 Toronto, Canadae Haurd 20px Chris Evert 6–1, 6–4 26. 31 August 1981 US Open, New York Ceety Haurd 20px Martina Navratilova 1–6, 7–6(4), 7–6(1) 27. 21 September 1981 Atlanta, USA  Haurd  20px Mary Lou Piatek 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 28. 26 October 1981 Filderstadt, Wast Germany Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 29. 14 December 1981 East Rutherford, USA Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 30. 26 Julie 1982 San Diego, USA Haurd 20px Kathy Rinaldi 7–6, 6–3

Doubles (5)

1978: Phoenix (wi Betty Stöve)
1978: Filderstadt (wi Betty Stöve)
1979: Hollywood (wi Betty Stöve)

1979: Mahwah (wi Betty Stöve)
1980: San Diego (wi Ann Kiyomura)

Runner-ups (17)
Singles (15)
Legend Grand Slams (0) WTA Championships (1)Runner-ups bi Surface Haurd (6) Clay (2) Grass (0) Carpet (7)
No.DateLocationSurfaceOpponent in the feenalScore in the feenal 1. 6 Mairch 1978 Dallas, USA Carpet (i) 20px Evonne Goolagong Cawley 4–6, 6–0, 6–2 2. 2 October 1978 Phoenix, USA Haurd (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–4, 6–2 3. 29 Januar 1979 Chicago, USA  Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navrátilová 6–3, 6–4 4. 29 Mairch 1979 Avon Championships, New York Ceety Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navratilov 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 5. 15 Mey 1979 Tokyo, Japan (Gunze Warld Tennis) Haurd (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–1 6. 20 August 1979 Mahwah, USA Haurd 20px Chris Evert 6–7(2), 6–4, 6–1 7. 2 Januar 1980 Washington, DC, USA  Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–1 8. 4 Februar 1980 Los Angeles, USA Haurd (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–0 9. 28 Aprile 1980 Orlando, USA Clay 20px Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–4 10. 10 November 1980 Tampa, USA Haurd 20px Andrea Jaeger walkover 11. 17 November 1980 Tokyo, Japan (Lion's Cup) Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–4, 6–3 12. 28 September 1981 Minneapolis, USA Carpet (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–0, 6–2 13. 18 October 1982 Filderstadt, Germany  Haurd (i) 20px Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–3 14. 6 December 1982 Richmond, USA Carpet (i) 20px Wendy Turnbull 6–7(3), 6–2, 6–4 15. 4 Aprile 1983 Hilton Heid Island, USA Clay 20px Martina Navratilova 5–7, 6–1, 6–0

Doubles (2)
1978: Tokyo (Gunze Warld Tennis) (wi Kathy May Fritz)
1979: Oakland (wi Betty Stöve)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
 Tournament  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984–1993  1994   Career SR Australian Open A / A A A AQF A A A2R0 / 2 French Open A A A A AQFQF A1R0 / 3 Wimbledon3R4RSFSFQFQF A A A0 / 6 US OpenQFQFWSFWQFAAA2 / 6SR0 / 20 / 21 / 20 / 21 / 30 / 30 / 10 / 00 / 2 2 / 17Career StatisticsYear end Rankin12632249

A = did no pairticipate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio o the number o Grand Slam singles tournaments wan tae the number o those tournaments played.

Note: The Australian Open wis held twice in 1977, in Januar an December.

See an aw
Leet o female tennis players
Leet o Grand Slam Weemen's Singles champions
 Performance timelines for aw female tennis players who reached at least ane Grand Slam feenal

References

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