Donald Young (tennis)

Donald Young (tennis)
Donald Young

2009 US Open
Country  United States
Residence Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Born July 23, 1989 (1989-07-23) (age 22)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 2004
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money $1,028,158
Singles
Career record 32–58
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 39 (14 November 2011)
Current ranking No. 39 (14 November 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2R (2010)
French Open 1R (2008)
Wimbledon 1R (2008, 2011)
US Open 4R (2011)
Doubles
Career record 4–20
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 203 (November 12, 2007)
Last updated on: March 21, 2011.

Donald Oliver Young Jr. (born July 23, 1989) in Chicago, Illinois, is an American professional tennis player.

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 World No. 43, achieved after reaching the round of 16 at the 2011 US Open for the first time at a major. [2] Donald has also won 13 majors.

Contents

Career

Junior and early career

In 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 the match 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]

In 2003, Young won the Orange Bowl 16-under title (defeating Thron), becoming the first American to win that age division title since Jim Courier in 1986.

He turned professional in 2004, but has mostly matches in Futures and Challenger events. Due to the slow start, his handlers were often criticized for pushing him too fast during the early stages.[6]

In 2004, Young reached the Orange Bowl 18-under final (l. to Neilly). He won the Easter Bowl 14s and 18s titles in 2003–04 and was named as Davis Cup practice partner for the quarterfinal tie against Spain in 2007.[2]

Young was, for a period of time in 2005, ranked the no. 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.

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 2002). Young won the Australian Open junior title at age 15 to become youngest-ever and first African-American man 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 quarterfinals at the US Open in 2005. In doubles, Young won the junior US Open title (with Clayton) and reached the final at Australian Open (with De Bakker). In 2007, he won the Wimbledon junior title and was the first American to win since Scott Humphries in 1994.

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.

2007

In 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, 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, 7–6.

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]

2008

In the Australian Open, Young lost in the 1st round to Michael Berrer in four 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 three-set match to Jonas Björkman.

In Indian Wells, Young made it to the third round. He defeated Bobby Reynolds in the first round. 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 at Wimbledon against fellow-American Jesse Levine.

At the Canadian Open, a Masters Series event, Young won two preliminary matches to qualify for the tournament, before dropping his first-round match to Gilles Simon 1–6, 3–6.

At the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, he defeated former world no. 2 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 five-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.

2009

Donald 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 Crugnola 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 third-round match against Lukáš 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, 4–6.[9]

Donald got a spot in the Qualifiers draw for the China Open. In the First Round he defeated Feliciano López 7–6, 3–6, 6–3.[10] He played Łukasz 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 12.

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. 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, 6–2 in the 2nd Round. Young lost to Grega Žemlja 4–6, 3–6 in the Quarterfinals.

Young defeated Jack Sock in the 1st Round of the Wild Card Draw for the Australian Open, he then lost to Ryan Harrison in the 2nd Round.[11]

2010

Donald defeated Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–4, 6–4 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the Chennai Open. Young lost to Louk Sorensen 6–7, 6–7 in Round 2 of Qualifiers. Young defeated Marc López 7–5, 6–0 in the 1st Round of the Australian Open Qualifiers. 2nd Round he defeated Björn Phau 7–5, 6–3. In the last round of Qualifiers he defeated Takao Suzuki 7–6, 7–6. Young defeated Christophe Rochus in Round 1 of the 2010 Australian Open 1–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4. Young was defeated in Round 2, 6–7, 4–6, 1–6 by Lleyton Hewitt.

Donald defeated Tim Smyczek 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, in the 1st Round of the Honolulu Challenger. Young then defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6–4, 7–6. He defeated Robert Kendrick in the Quarterfinals 7–6, 6–4. He lost to Michael Russell in the semis as he retired at 6–7, 0–3.

Young defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for Memphis 7–6, 7–6. Young lost to Kevin Anderson in the last round of Qualifiers 4–6, 7–6, 3–6.

Young lost to Izak van der Merwe in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the Delray Beach 6–2, 3–6, 3–6.

Young defeated Luka Gregorc 7–5, 6–4 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the BNP Paribas Open. He then lost to Marinko Matosevic 4–6, 6–4, 6–7.

Young defeated Robby Ginepri 6–2, 6–3 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the Sony Ericcson Open. Young lost to Xavier Malisse in the final Round of Qualifiers 1–6, 2–6. His game "looked like doo doo", according to noted tennis commentator Bud Collins.

Young got a Wild Card into the Main Draw of the U.S. Men's Clay Championship. Young lost to Kevin Anderson in the 1st Round 5–7, 3–6.

Young got a Wild Card into the Baton Rouge Challenger. Young defeated Tatsuma Ito 6–3.6–4 in the 1st Round. Young lost to Go Soeda in the 2nd round 5–7, 4–6.

Young lost to Carsten Ball in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger 6–4, 1–6, 4–6.

Donald defeated Greg Ouellette 6–1, 6–2 in the 1st Round of the Savannah Challenger. Young then defeated Ryler DeHeart 6–2, 6–3. Young then defeated Cătălin Gârd 6–1, 6–2 in the Quarterfinals. He lost to Ryan Sweeting 4–6, 1–6.

Young lost to Joseph Sirianni 4–6, 4–6 in the 1st Round of the Sarasota Challenger.

Young defeated Daniel Kosakowski 6–1, 6–1 and then defeated Bobby Reynolds 6–2, 6–4. He then beat Tim Smyczek 6–1, 6–7, 6–2 in the LA Tennis Open. Young defeated Lester Cook 3–6, 6–1, 6–1. He defeated Robert Kendrick in the Final 6–4, 6–4 to win the $50000 Challenger.

Donald defeated Leonardo Tavares 6–3, 6–2 in the 1st Round of the Ojai Challenger. Young then defeated Dayne Kelly 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 in Round 2. He defeated Luka Gregorc 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 in Round 3. He lost to Bobby Reynolds 3–6, 2–6 in the Semifinals.

Young lost to Guillermo Alcaide 4–6, 1–6 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for Wimbledon.

Young defeated Ryan Harrison 6–3, 6–2 in the 1st Round of the Winnetka Challenger. Young defeated Simon Stadler in Round 2 with a score of 6–3, 7–5. Young then beat Lester Cook 7–6, 6–1. Young lost to Tim Smyczek in the Semifinals 4–6, 2–6.

Donald defeated Greg Jones 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 in Round 1 of the Aptos Challenger. He then defeated Artem Aitek 1–6, 6–4, 6–4. Young defeated Ilija Bozoljac in the Quarterfinals 6–3, 6–4. Young defeated Somdev Devvarman 6–2, 3–6, 6–4. Young lost to Marinko Matosevic 4–6, 2–6 in the Final.

In the 1st Round of the Atlanta ATP Tournament, Young defeated Dudi Sela 7–5, 6–0. Donald then lost to Kevin Anderson 5–7, 3–6.

Young defeated Michael Shabaz 6–4, 6–2 in the 1st Round of Qualifying for the Legg Mason. He then lost to Grega Zemlja 2–6, 4–6.

Young lost to Ernests Gulbis 6–7, 4–6 in Round 1 of Cincinnati.

Young defeated Stephane Robert in Round 1 of New Haven before losing to Juan Ignacio Chela in 3 sets.

Young lost to Gilles Simon 1–6, 4–6, 2–6 in Round 1 of the 2010 US Open.

Young and partner Robert Kendrick won the doubles championship at the Virginia National bank challenger on November 7 by a score of 7–6, 7–6.

2011

Young lost to Marin Cilic in the first round of 2011 Australian Open after winning three qualifying matches against Dieter Kindlmann, Alberto Brizzi, and Izak van der Merwe.

At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells, he defeated his highest-ranked opponent to-date, Andy Murray, winning in straight sets 7–6, 6–3.

In April, Young won the Tallahassee Tennis Challenger.

He advanced to the second round of the 2011 AEGON International and the 2011 AEGON Championships.

Young made it to his first ATP semifinal in August at the Washington DC ATP 500.

In the US Open, Young defeated Lukas Lacko in the first round in 3 sets, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. In the second round he defeated world No. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka in 5 sets 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6 in his first 5 set victory in 4 hours and 21 minutes. He then advanced to the Round of 16 in a Grand Slam for the first time in his career by defeating Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets 7–5, 6–4, 6–3. Young was defeated in the 4th round being eliminated by Andy Murray 2–6, 3–6, 3–6 in a rain delayed match.

At the start of October, Young triumphed over 14th world-ranked Gael Monfils in a come-from-behind three-setter, before losing 2–6, 0–6 to Andy Murray in his first ATP final, The BTT Thailand Open.

According to current (11/04/11) rankings, young Donald is 38th in the world, his highest placement.

Equipment

Young uses the Prince EXO3 Tour 100 16x18 as his racquet. He is sponsored by and Nike for clothing and shoes.

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. October 2, 2011 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) United Kingdom Andy Murray 2–6, 0–6

Singles titles (5)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
Challengers (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. July 16, 2007 United States Aptos Hard United States Bobby Reynolds 7–5, 6–3
2. October 6, 2008 United States Sacramento Hard United States Robert Kendrick 6–4, 6–1
3. October 25, 2009 United States Calabasas Hard United States Michael Russell 7–6(7–4), 6–1
4. May 30, 2010 United States Carson Hard United States Robert Kendrick 6–4, 6–4
5. April 16, 2011 United States Tallahassee Hard United States Wayne Odesnik 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles titles (2)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the Final Score
2. May 7, 2007 United States Tunica, United States Clay United States Paul Goldstein Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
1. February 12, 2007 United States Joplin, United States Hard United States Patrick Briaud United States Goran Dragicevic
United States Mirko Pehar
6–4, 6–4

Early life

Young began playing tennis at age three with mother, Illona, and father, Donald, Sr., who are both tennis teaching professionals.[2] His parents run the South Fulton Tennis Center in College Park, Georgia.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO SF-B F NMS

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-Off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Qualifying matches and Walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses. This table is current through the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters.

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25
French Open 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0
Wimbledon 1R Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0
US Open 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 4R 0 / 7 4–7 36.36
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 1–2 3–3 0 / 13 5–13 27.78
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters 1R 1R 3R Q1 Q2 3R 0 / 4 4–4 50
Miami Masters 1R 1R Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0
Canada Masters 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0
Cincinnati Masters 1R Q1 1R Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50
Paris 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0
Win–Loss 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 3–4 0 / 12 5–12 29.41
Career Statistics
Tournaments Played 7 3 3 20 4 6 17 60
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 60 0–1 0.00
Hardcourt Win–Loss 0–6 0–3 2–3 6–14 0–4 3–5 16–13 0 / 48 27–48 36
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 3–4 0 / 7 4–7 36.36
Clay Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 16.67
Overall Win–Loss 0–7 0–3 2–3 8–20 0–4 3–6 19–17 0 / 59 32–60 34.78
Win % 0% 0% 40% 29% 0% 50% 53% 34.78%
Year End Ranking 553 494 100 138 194 127 39 $1,049,458

References

  1. ^ Advantage: Big Talent – Who's Next – Newsweek – MSNBC.com
  2. ^ a b c http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Yo/D/Donald-O-Young.aspx
  3. ^ "Taxing schedule helps raise Levine's ranking". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. November 21, 2007. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/tennis/sfl-flsplevine21sbnov21,0,5293882.story. Retrieved November 25, 2007. 
  4. ^ Bricker, Charles, "Wimbledon – A zillion notes from the hallowed grounds of the All England Club," South Florida Sun-Sentinel , 6/20/08, accessed 6/24/09
  5. ^ Garber, Greg (August 20, 2008). "Determined Levine steadfast in making a name for himself". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/usopen08/columns/story?columnist=garber_greg&id=3543214. Retrieved June 24, 2009. 
  6. ^ Opinion: IMG, Put Double-Bageled Young Back in Oven
  7. ^ http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/playeractivity.asp?query=Singles&year=2007&player=Y124&selTournament=0&prevtrnnum=0
  8. ^ Association of Tennis Professionals (December 5, 2007). "11 Players Break into 2007 Century Club". Association of Tennis Professionals. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071208050904/http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2007news/centuryclub_2007.asp. Retrieved December 6, 2007. 
  9. ^ http://www.thailandopen.org/upload/draws_pdf/singles_PDF.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/747/qs.pdf
  11. ^ http://www.usta.com/sitecore/content/USTA/Global/Pro_Tennis/Grand_Slams/Australian_Open/News/2010/USTA_Australian_Open_Wild_Card_playoffs_schedule_and_results.aspx

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