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Tracy Austin is an American former tennis player and sports journalist. Born in 1962 on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, she competed as a right-handed athlete representing the United States. Her professional career spanned from 1978 to 1994, during which she achieved a singles record of 335–90 and a doubles record of 13–16. She earned $2,092,380 in prize money and was a member of the United States Billie Jean King Cup team.
Austin has received the Associated Press Athlete of the Year award and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She resides in Rolling Hills and has three children. Her siblings are Jeff Austin and John Austin. In addition to her athletic career, she is an author with two works, including *Beyond center court* and *I know absolutely nothing about tennis*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1962
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Beyond center court
- I know absolutely nothing about tennis
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Key facts
- Country sports
- United States
- Residence
- Rolling Hills, California , U.S.
- Born
- ( 1962-12-12 ) December 12, 1962 (age 63) , Palos Verdes Peninsula , California, U.S.
- Height
- 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
- Turned pro
- October 23, 1978 (age 15)
- Retired
- July 1994 (age 31)
- Plays
- Right-handed , (two-handed backhand)
- Coach
- Pancho Segura , Robert Lansdorp , Vic Braden
- Prize money
- $ 2,092,380
- Int tennis hof
- 1992 ( member page )
- Career record
- 335–90
- Highest ranking
- No. 1 (April 7, 1980)
- Australian open
- QF ( 1981 )
- French open
- QF ( 1982 , 1983 )
- Wimbledon
- SF ( 1979 , 1980 )
- Us open
- W ( 1979 , 1981 )
- Tour finals
- W ( 1980 )
- Fed cup
- W ( 1978 , 1979 , 1980 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tracy
- Family name
- Austin
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Palos Verdes Peninsula
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1978 Federation Cup
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- United States Billie Jean King Cup team
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 54
- Image
- Austin 2009 US Open 02.jpg
- Height
- 165
- Number of children
- 3
- Residence
- Rolling Hills
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- Commons category
- Tracy Austin
- date of birth
- 1962-12-12
- handedness
- right-handedness
- singles record
- 335–90
- doubles record
- 13–16
- prize money
- 2092380
- ranking
- 41
- end of work period
- 1994-07-00
- start of work period
- 1978-10-23
- name in native language
- Tracy Austin
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Encyclopedic overview
Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. 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. She won the 1980 WTA Tour Championships and the year-ending 1981 Toyota Championships, both in singles.
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). A series of injuries and a serious automobile accident in 1989 cut short her professional career.
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