Donald Oliver Young Jr. (born July 23, 1989) is a professional American player.
Young has the highest career-world ATP ranking no. 38. Young reached the fourth round of the US Open 2011, which marked his first appearance in the fourth major round. Young also reached the fourth round of the US Open 2015.
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Young began playing tennis at the age of three with mother, Illona, ​​and father, Donald Sr., both of whom were teaching tennis professionals. His parents run the Fulton Southern Tennis Center in College Park, Georgia.
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Careers
junior and early career
In 2001, he came second in Jesse Levine at Clay Court 14 Nationals USA in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He rose 5-love in the third set of finals. Young has lost the first set, won the second, and won 5-0 and served for the match at 40-15. Levine scored 23 consecutive points to beat Young 7-5.
In 2003, Young won the 16-Under Orange Bowl title (defeating Thron), becoming the first American to win an age division title since Jim Courier in 1986.
He became professional in 2004; he plays ATP Tour, Futures, and Challenger events. Due to a slow start, its handlers are often criticized for pushing it too quickly during the early stages. In 2004, Young reached the 18-under final Orange Bowl (L. for Neilly). He won the titles of Easter Bowl 14 and 18 in 2003 and 2004 and was named Davis Cup practice partner for the quarterfinal match against Spain in 2007.
Young is, in 2005, ranked No. 1 junior player. 1 in the world. Young was the youngest man to win the Grand Slam tournament, winning the Australian Junior Open Championship in 2005. Young also won the US Open Open Championship with Alex Clayton.
In 2005, he became the world's youngest at the end of the year. 1 in the junior rankings of 16 years, 5 months (one month younger than Richard Gasquet in 2002). Young won the Australian Open junior title at the age of 15 to become the youngest and first African-American man to be ranked first in the world. He was also the first American to win an Australian junior title and finish No. 1 since Andy Roddick in 2000. He advanced to the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the quarterfinals at the US Open in 2005. In the doubles, Young won the US Open junior title (with Clayton) and reached the final at the Australian Open (with Thiemo de Bakker). In 2007, he won the Wimbledon junior title and was the first American to win since Scott Humphries in 1994. 1, Young won the US Kalamazoo Young Championships in 2006, after Jesse Levine succumbed to the finals due to food poisoning.
2007: Breaking down top 100
In January 2007, he reached the final of the Futures tournament at the ITF Male Circuit, and won the title of Futures in April. In July 2007, Young won the Wimbledon Junior title, beating top seed Vladimir Ignatic in the final. No American won the championship again until Noah Rubin in 2014. Shortly thereafter, Young won the Challenger tournament, and his rank rose sharply to no. 221.
Her rank rose sharply, from no. 92 to no. 7 on the ITF Junior circuit (as of July 13, 2007) after he won the Wimbledon Junior Championship. He chose to play only a few Grand Slam tournaments in 2007 and concentrate on playing professional tournaments. On August 19, 2007, Young won his first single-level ATP Tour match. In the first half of New Haven, he defeated fellow American Amer Delic in three sets. In the next round, he lost three tight setster for Nikolay Davydenko of Russia. Young then receives the wild card to the main draw of the US Open. On August 27, 2007, Young beat Australian Chris Guccione in the first round. This is his first career victory in a Grand Slam match. On August 30th Young won his second round match by default. It was against a well-liked opponent Richard Gasquet of France, who fell ill during the tournament and formally resigned after morning practice. Young fell in the third round for unseeded Feliciano LÃÆ'³pez of Spain in four sets.
Young brought momentum into the fall, making it to the finals of four Challenger tournaments and posting a overall fall record of 21-7 at the Challenger circuit. This is enough to lift it to the top 100 on the ATP rank. He lost the JSM Challenger final in Champaign, Illinois, at the University of Illinois to Jesse Levine. His talent was recognized by the Professional Tennis Association in December 2007, while Young is one of the 11 honored at the Century Club 2007
2008: Breaking down the top 75
At the Australian Open, Young lost the first half for Michael Berrer in four sets. There was a much higher expectation for Young as he made it to the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament in Memphis. Young defeated Sam Warburg and Alejandro Falla in the first and second rounds, respectively, before losing in a difficult three-set match for Jonas BjÃÆ'¶rkman. In Indian Wells, Young managed to reach the third round. He beat Bobby Reynolds in the first round. Then in the second half, he took the 32nd seed, Feliciano LÃÆ'³pez in three sets. He lost to last champion Rafael Nadal in the third round. He lost in the first round of the French Open, then lost in a close four-set match in the first round at Wimbledon against Jesse Levine. At the Canadian Open, Young won two early games to qualify for the tournament, before dropping his first-round match to Gilles Simon. At Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, he defeated former world no. 2 Tommy Haas (ranked No. 40 at the time). In the first round of the US Open, Young lost to James Blake in the five-set thriller. He came back from the break to win the fourth set. Although the last set was tied 4-4, with the help of two reverse key calls on the challenge in the last two games, Blake won. Young won the Sacramento Challenger tournament on October 13, 2008.
2009
Young lost to Alejandro Falla in qualifying for Wimbledon. Young receives a wildcard to the 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. He played against Lleyton Hewitt who won the game. In the qualifying competition for the 2009 US Open, he won his first match against Marco Crugnola. In the second, he defeated Guillermo Olaso, and he won the third round match against LukÃÆ'¡? Rosol to get away. In the first round of the main draw, he was defeated by Tommy Robredo. He failed to qualify for the Thailand Open. However, he accepted Lucky Loser's place and got a first-round bye. He lost in the second round to Andreas Beck. Young failed to qualify for the China Open. Young lost to Ilija Bozoljac in the first round of the Tiburon (CA) Challenger on 12 October.
Young plays Louk Sorensen in the first round of Calabasas Challenger and wins. He then defeated Taylor Dent and won the third round match against Luka Gregorc. He then defeated Michael Yani and Michael Russell to win the Calabasas Challenger. Young won his first three games in the Charlottesville (VA) Challenger against Vincent Spadea, Kevin Anderson, and Dominic Inglot. Young lost to Kevin Kim in the semi-finals. Young beat Jesse Levine in the first round Challenger Knoxville (TN) and Alex Kuznetsov in the second round. Young lost to Grega? Emlja in the quarterfinals.
Young was beaten by Jack Sock in the first round of a wild-card draw for the Australian Open. He then lost to Ryan Harrison in the second half.
2010
Young beat Christophe Rochus in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open and was beaten in the second by Lleyton Hewitt. Young beat Team Smyczek in the first round of the Honolulu Challenger. Young then beat Grigor Dimitrov and Robert Kendrick. He lost to Michael Russell in the semi-final when he retired. Young failed to qualify for Memphis, Delray Beach, Indian Wells, and Miami.
Young received a wild card to the main draw of the US Men's Championship, but lost to Kevin Anderson in the first round. Young received a wild card to the Baton Rouge Challenger and defeated Tatsuma Ito in the first round but lost to Go Soeda in the second round. Young lost to Carsten Ball in the first round of Challenger Tallahassee. Young beat Greg Ouellette in the 1st Round of the Savannah Challenger. Young then beat Ryler DeHeart and C? T? Lin GÃÆ'Â ¢ rd. He lost to Ryan Sweeting in the semi-finals. Young lost to Joseph Sirianni in the first round of the Sarasota Challenger. Young beat Robert Kendrick in the LA Tennis Open final to win the Challenger. Young beat Leonardo Tavares in the first round of Ojai Challenger. Young then beat Dayne Kelly and Luka Gregorc. He lost to Bobby Reynolds in the semi-finals.
Young failed to qualify for Wimbledon. Young beat Ryan Harrison in the first round of Winnetka Challenger, and then he beat Simon Stadler and Lester Cook. Young lost to Team Smyczek in the semi-finals. Young beat Greg Jones in the first round of the Aptos Challenger. He then defeated Artem Sitek, Ilija Bozoljac, and Somdev Devvarman. Young lost to Marinko Matosevic in the final. In the first round of the Atlanta ATP Tournament, Young defeated Dudi Sela, but then lost to Kevin Anderson. Young failed to qualify for Legg Mason. He lost to Ernests Gulbis in the first round in Cincinnati. Young beat StÃÆ'Â © phane Robert in the first round in New Haven, before losing to Juan Ignacio Chela in three sets. Young lost to Gilles Simon in the first round of the US Open 2010. Young and partner Robert Kendrick won the doubles championship at Virginia National Bank Challenger in November.
2011: 40 Top
Young lost to Marin? Ili? in the first round of the Australian Open 2011. At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open Masters 2011 event at Indian Wells, he defeated his highest ranking opponent to date, Andy Murray (# 4), winning in straight sets. In April, Young won the Tallahassee Tennis Challenger. He advanced to the second round of 2011 Aegon International and the 2011 Aegon Championship. Young made it to his first ATP semifinals in August at the Washington, D.C. ATP 500. In US Open, Young beat LukÃÆ'¡? Lacko in the first half, and in the second round world no. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka in the first five set victories, in 4 hours and 21 minutes. He advanced to the third round at the Grand Slam for the first time in his career by beating Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets. Young was beaten in the fourth round by Andy Murray in a rain-delayed match.
In early October, Young won over world no. 14 Gaa Monfils behind three setters, before losing to Andy Murray in his first ATP final at PTT Thailand Open.
2012
Young went 17 games without a win over 2012 before beating Leonardo Mayer in the 2012 Winston-Salem Open. He competed in men's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the US Open, he was beaten by top seed Roger Federer in the first round.
2013
Young failed to qualify for the Australian Open 2013 and for Wimbledon. He qualified for the US Open and won his first round match against Martin Kli? An. Young won back-to-back ATP challenger challenges in Napa Valley and Sacramento during late September and early October.
2014
Young received a wildcard into the 2014 Australian Open. He finally made it to the third round and thus reached the 79th after the tournament. Young represents the United States in the Davis Cup first round match against England. He played one rubber and lost to Andy Murray on set straight on clay in Petco Park. Young managed to reach the French Open third round, eventually losing five sets to Guillermo GarcÃÆ'a-LÃÆ'³pez. Young managed to reach the Citi Open semi-final losing to Canada's top-ranked Milos Raonic.
Delray 2015 Beach Final
Young reached the final at Delray Beach Open, his first ATP singles final since 2011, but lost in straight sets to Ivo Karlovi. In March 2015 Young played Andy Murray in a Davis Cup game and lost four sets, and lost to Murray again in March in Miami. At the US Open 2015, Young became a fan of American fans on his way to match his performance in 2011 by reaching the last 16. He recorded a dramatic victory of his first three opponents, winning in the third round through a thrilling five-set win over 22-ranked Viktor Troicki. He then lost to fifth seed Stan Wawrinka in four sets, failing to advance to the quarter-finals, which will mark his best performance at Grand Slam. Before his last game in the tournament, some of Young's shoes were reported missing from his locker inside the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
2016-18: French Open double runner-up
At the 2017 French Open, Young partnered with Santiago Gonzalez who produced the finals. That year he also recorded 100 single career victories. In 2018 the Australian Open, he is the first round opponent for the former no. 1 Novak Djokovic, despite his hard fight he lost in straight sets.
Tools
Young uses Tecnifibre T-FIGHT 315 16x19 as his racket. She is sponsored by Boast for clothes and K-Swiss for footwear.
Final significant
Grand Slam final
Double: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP career round
Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Double: 2 (2 runner-up)
ATP Challenger Tour title
Singles: 8
Doubles: 3
Time schedule performance
Singles
Currently through 2018 Miami Open.
Doubles
Win more than 10 players
References
External links
- Donald Young in the Professional Tennis Association
- Donald Young at the International Tennis Federation
- Donald Young's Obedient Promise: What Happens to Ex Phenom?
- Recent recent match results
- Young world ranking history
- Interview biofile profile with Donald Young
- Donald Young New York Times article
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