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Donald Oliver Young, Jr. (born July 23, 1989) is a professional tennis player from the United States. While acting as a ball boy at the age of 10, Young had the opportunity to play with tennis legend John McEnroe. McEnroe later said that Young "has hands like another lefty I know very well."[1] Young has also paired up in a mixed doubles match with Melanie Oudin. Young has a career-high ATP ranking of 73. As of November 30, 2009, he has an ATP rank of 195.[2]
[edit] CareerIn 2001 he came in second to Jesse Levine in the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals, at the Jimmy Evert Tennis Center in Fort Lauderdale. He was up 5-love in the third set of the final.[3][4] Young had lost the first set, won the second, and was winning 5-0 and serving for match point at 40-15. They were already bringing in the table for the trophy presentation, when Levine ran off an astonishing 23 consecutive points, to defeat Young 7-5 in the third.[5] He won the 2006 U.S. Junior National Championship, as the World No. 1 Junior, as Jesse Levine forfeited in the finals due to food poisoning. He turned professional in 2004, but has mostly won matches in Futures and Challenger events, lower level pro tennis tournaments. He currently has a career ATP singles record of 8-26, all 8 victories coming in the last 12 months. Due to the slow start, his handlers were often criticized for pushing him too fast during the early stages.[6] Young was, for a period of time in 2005, ranked the # 1 junior player in the world. Young was the youngest male to win a Grand Slam Event winning the Australian Open Junior Championships in 2005. A record he held until the Australian Open in 2008, when Bernard Tomic won the event 2 months younger than Young. Young also won the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Championship with Alex Clayton. [edit] 2007In January 2007 he reached the finals of a Futures tournament on the ITF Men's Circuit, as well as winning a Futures title in April. This was his biggest success in the professional ranks. In July 2007, Young won the Junior Wimbledon title, beating number 1 seed Vladimir Ignatic 7–5, 6–1 in the final. Shortly thereafter, Young won a Challenger tournament and his ranking rose sharply to 221. His rank rose sharply, from 92 to 7th on the Junior ITF circuit (as of July 13, 2007), after he won the Junior Wimbledon Championships. He opted to play only some of the grand slam tournaments in 2007, and concentrate on playing professional tournaments. On August 19, 2007, Young won his first-ever ATP Tour level singles match. In the first round of New Haven he beat fellow American Amer Delic in three sets: 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the following round, he lost a tight three-setter to Russian Nikolay Davydenko 2–6, 6–4, 5–7. Young then received a wild card into the main US Open draw. On August 27, 2007, Young defeated Australian Chris Guccione 6–7(2), 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 in the first round. This was his first career victory in a grand slam match. On August 30, Young won his second round match by default. It was against heavily favored opponent Richard Gasquet of France, who had fallen ill during the procession of the tournament and officially withdrew after morning practice. On September 1, Young fell in the third round to unseeded Feliciano López of Spain in 4 sets, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 7-5. Young carried the momentum into the fall, making it to the finals of 4 challenger tournaments and posting an overall fall record of 21-7 on the challenger circuit.[7] This was enough to hoist him into the top 100 on the ATP rankings. He lost in the finals of the $50,000 JSM Challenger in Champaign, Illinois, at the University of Illinois, to Jesse Levine, 7–6 (4), 7–6 (4). His talents were recognized by the Association of Tennis Professionals in December, 2007, as for Young was one of 11 honored in the 2007 Century Club[8] [edit] 2008In the Australian Open, Young lost in the 1st round to Michael Berrer in 4 sets. There were much higher hopes 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 tough 3 set match to Jonas Bjorkman. In Indian Wells, Young made it to the third round. He defeated Bobby Reynolds. Then in the second round, he took out the 32 seed, Feliciano López in three sets. He lost to the 2007 Indian Wells champion Rafael Nadal in the third round. He lost in the first round of the French Open, then continued to lose a close four set match in the first round of the Wimbledon against fellow American Jesse Levine. At a "Super-9" Masters Series event, the Canadian Open. Young won two preliminary matches to qualify for the tournament before dropping his first round match to Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-3. At the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, he defeated well-known player Tommy Haas (ranked ATP 40 at the time) 6-2, 6-4. In the first round of the US Open, Young lost to James Blake in a 5-set thriller. He came back from down a break to win the fourth set. Although the final set was tied 4-4, with the help of two key calls overturned on challenges in the last two games, Blake won 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Young won the Sacramento Challenger tournament on October 13, 2008. [edit] 2009Donald lost to Alejandro Falla in qualifying for Wimbledon. Falla would win a spot into the draw. Donald received a Wildcard to play in the 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington D.C. He played against Lleyton Hewitt who won the match 7-5, 6-2. Donald got into the Qualifiers for the 2009 US Open. His first match was against Marco Crugnoli whom he beat 7-6, 6-4. In the second round of Qualifiers he played Guillermo Olaso and beat him 7-5, 6-2. He won his 3rd round match against Lukas Rosol 6-3, 6-4 to Qualify for the 2009 US Open. Tommy Robredo beat Donald in the first round 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 3-6. Donald got into the Qualifiers draw for the Thailand Open. In the first round he beat Nathan Thompson 6-1,6-2. 2nd Round he defeated Tasuku Iwami 6-4,6-3. Final Round of Qualifiers he lost to Florian Mayer 6-2, 6-4. Donald got into the tournament with a Lucky Loser spot and had a First Round bye. He lost in the Second Round to Andreas Beck 1-6, 7-6(3), 4-6.[9] Donald got a spot in the Qualifiers draw for the China Open. In the First Round he defeated Feliciano Lopez 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3.[10] He played Lukasz Kubot in the last Round of Qualifiers in which he lost 2-6, 3-6. Donald lost to Ilija Bozoljac 4-6, 6-7 in the first round of the Tiburon (CA) Challenger on October 12th. Donald played Louk Sorensen in the 1st round of the Calabasas Challenger. Young won 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Young defeated Taylor Dent 6-3, 6-2. Young won his 3rd Round match against Luka Gregorc 6-3, 6-1. Young defeated Michael Yani 6-3, 6-1. Young defeated Michael Russell 7-6(4), 6-1 to win the Calabasas Challenger. Donald won his 1st round match at the Charlottesville (VA) Challenger. Young defeated Vincent Spadea 6-4, 5-7, 6-0. Young defeated Kevin Anderson 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(1). Young played Dominic Inglot in the 3rd round in which he won 6-4, 6-3. Young lost to Kevin Kim 2-6, 5-7 in the Semis. Young defeated Jesse Levine 6-3, 6-4, in the 1st Round of the Knoxville (TN) Challenger. Young defeated Alex Kuznetsov 7-6(5), 6-2 in the 2nd Round. Young lost to Grega Zemlja 4-6, 3-6 in the Quarterfinals. Young will play Jack Sock in the 1st Round of the Wild Card Draw for the Australian Open on December 5th.[11] [edit] 2010[edit] Playing StyleYoung is an aggressive baseliner who is strong off both wings. His above-average footspeed allows him to cover the court well, and his good hands allow him to come forward to the net when he chooses. His lefty forehand and two-handed backhand both show above-average power. Once considered a weakness, Young's first serve has shown more pop in the last few years, although he still struggles with consistency. [edit] EquipmentYoung uses Head's Microgel Radical Midplus racquet. He is sponsored by Head and Nike. [edit] Singles titles (3)
[edit] Doubles Titles(2)
[edit] PersonalHe began playing tennis at age three with mother, Illona, and father, Donald, Sr. who are both tennis teaching professionals[12]. His parents run the South Fulton Tennis Center in College Park, Georgia. In 2005, he became the youngest year-end World No. 1 in junior rankings at 16 years, 5 months (one month younger than Richard Gasquet in '02). Young won the Australian Open junior title at age 15 to become youngest-ever and first African-American boy to be ranked No. 1 in the world. He is also the first American to win the Australian junior title and finish No. 1 since Andy Roddick in 2000. He advanced to the semifinals at Wimbledon and quarter finals at US Open in '05. In doubles, Young won the US Open title (w/Clayton) and reached final at Australian Open (w/De Bakker). In 2007, he won the Wimbledon junior title, and was the first American to win since Scott Humphries in 1994. In 2004, Young reached the Orange Bowl 18-under final (l. to Neilly) and in 2003 won the Orange Bowl 16-under title (d. Thron), becoming the first American to win that age division title since Jim Courier in 1986. He won the Easter Bowl 14s and 18s titles in 2003-04 and was named as Davis Cup practice partner for QF tie vs. Spain in 2007. [13] [edit] References
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