Donald Young (tennis)
Young at the 2009 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 United States |
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| Residence | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Born |
July 23, 1989 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $3,290,194 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 97–153 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 38 (27 February 2012) |
| Current ranking | No. 74 (30 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2014) |
| French Open | 3R (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2016) |
| US Open | 4R (2011, 2015) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 30–52 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 100 (28 September 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 175 (31 October 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2017) |
| French Open | 2R (2015) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2014) |
| US Open | 3R (2015) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| US Open | SF (2014) |
| Last updated on: 31 October 2016. | |
Donald Oliver Young Jr. (born July 23, 1989) is an American professional tennis player.
Young has a career-high ATP ranking of world no. 38. Young reached the fourth round of the 2011 US Open, which marked his first appearance in the fourth round of a major. Young also reached the fourth round of the 2015 US Open.
In 2001 he came in second to Jesse Levine in the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was up 5-love in the third set of the final. Young had lost the first set, won the second, and was winning 5–0 and serving for the match at 40–15. Levine scored 23 consecutive points to defeat Young 7–5.
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; he played ATP Tour, Futures and Challenger events. Due to the slow start, his handlers were often criticized for pushing him too fast during the early stages. In 2004, Young reached the Orange Bowl 18-under final (l. to Neilly). He won the Easter Bowl 14s and 18s titles in 2003 and 2004 and was named as Davis Cup practice partner for the quarterfinal tie against Spain in 2007.
Young was, 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. 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 ever 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 was 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 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. As No. 1, Young won the Kalamazoo U.S. Junior Championships in 2006, after Jesse Levine forfeited in the finals due to food poisoning.
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