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'''Jennifer Marie Capriati''' (born ], ]) is an ] professional ] player, currently living in ], ]. '''Jennifer Marie Capriati''' (b. ] ], in ], ]) is a former World No. 1 woman ] player from the ]. During her career, she has won three ] singles titles (2 ], 1 ]), as well as the women's singles Gold Medal at the ] ].



==Tennis Career== ==Tennis Career==
The 5' 8½" Capriati plays right-handed, with a two-handed backhand.


Capriati was introduced to tennis while she still a toddler by her father, Stefano Capriati, an ] former boxer turned tennis coach, who has continued to coach her in her later professional career. In ], when Jennifer's burgeoning tennis talent became obvious, her family moved to ], where the ten-year-old player was enrolled in an intense training programme run by Jimmy Evert, the father of ].
Born in ], ], Capriati was taught to play tennis at a very young age by her father, Stephano Capriati, who continues as her coach. As a youth she was coached by Jimmy Evert, father and coach of ]. Turning pro on ], ] at age 13, in her WTA Tour debut at ], she became the youngest-ever player to reach a pro final, aged 13 years, 11 months. She defeated 4 seeded players on the way including world number 10 ]. In her third Tour event, she reached the final of ], upsetting world no. 5 ] and losing to ]. On ], ] she debuted on WTA rankings at no. 25. Later that year, she became the youngest ever semifinalist at ] aged 14 years, 2 months losing to ]. This led her into the WTA top 20. At ] that year, she became the youngest woman ever to be seeded. She was seeded 12th. She won her first title at ], defeating ] in the final and becoming the fourth-youngest player ever to win a title. This led to her entering the WTA top 10 becoming the youngest ever to be ranked in the top 10 of the world at 14 years, 235 days. In the same year, she stretched World No. 1 ] to 3 sets and finished the season ranked no. 8 in the world.


In ], Capriati served notice to the tennis world by becoming the youngest player to win the French Open junior singles title at the age of 13 years and 2 months. (The record stood until ], when it was broken by ] who won the title as a 12-year-old). Capriati went on to win the junior singles title at the 1989 ], and the junior doubles titles at both the US Open and ] (partnering Meredith McGrath).
In ], she reached her second consecutive Grand Slam semifinal aged 15 years, 95 days becoming the youngest-ever semifinalist at Wimbledon defeating defending champion Martina Navratilova in the quarterfinal, forcing her earliest exit in 14 years. She defeated world No. 1 ] that year as well as defending champion ] at the ]. In ], she reached 3 Grand Slam quarterfinals. She won the singles gold medal at the ], defeating world no. 1 ] in gold medal match.


Capriati turned professional at the beginning of March ], four weeks before her 14th birthday. In her debut tournament on the tour, at ], she defeated four seeded players on her way to becoming the youngest-ever player to reach a tour final, where she lost 6-4, 7-5 to ]. Three months later, she became the youngest-ever semi-finalist at the French Open (aged 14 years and 2 months), where she lost to the eventual champion ]. Capriati went on to reach the fourth round at both Wimbledon and the US Open that year, and won her first top-level singles title that October at ]. She finished her first year on the tour ranked the World No. 8.
⚫ After some disappointing losses in ], Capriati took a break from the tour to concentrate on her ] studies, and later ran into personal and legal troubles. Nabbed for ] in December 1993, Capriati was also arrested for ] possession in May 1994. She returned to the tennis tour in November of that year, but played in only one match, which she lost, and again went on sabbatical, this time for fifteen months. She fell out of the top 10 in January ] and did not play on the WTA tour in 1995.


] saw Capriati reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the US Open. She became Wimbledon's youngest-ever semi-finalist after defeating the defending-champion ] in the quarter-finals, forcing Navratilova's earliest Wimbeldon exit for 14 years. She won two singles titles that year, as well as her first (and only) tour doubles title (in ] partnering Monica Seles).
Returning to the tour in 1996, Capriati again had several false starts, finally winning the singles title in ] on September 25, 2000. In 2001 she began an earnest comeback, winning both the ] and the ], and she successfully defended her Australian Open title the following year.


The biggest moment of Capriati's early-career came in 1992, when she won the women's singles Gold Medal at the Olympic Games in ]. In the final, she defeated ] (who was the Gold Medalist four years earlier in ]) in three sets 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Capriati lost in her first match defending the Australian Open title in 2003. However, she won the singles title in ] on August 18 of that year finishing the year in the WTA top 10 for the sixth time. She won 42 out of 60 matches winning nearly 2 million US dollars in prize money.


But despite her Olympic triumph, it became clear to observers that Capriati was struggling to cope with the pressures of playing at the top by the end of 1992. The enjoyment of playing the game which she excuded when she first joined the tour seemed to have drained away, and her results started to suffer.
] she has 14 career singles wins, and also one in doubles with ] in the 1991 ]. She has garnered almost $8 million in career prize money, and was ranked #1 in the world for brief periods in 2001 and 2002.


⚫ After some disappointing losses in ], Capriati took a break from the tour to concentrate on her ] studies. She soon ran into personal and legal troubles. She was involved in a ] incident in December 1993, and in May ] she was arrested for ] possession. In November 1994, a return to the tour lasted just one match, which she lost. After that, she went on a sabbatical of 15 months and did not play on the tour for the whole of ].
In January ], she withdrew from the Australian Open due to a back injury. In August, she was forced to withdraw from the US Olympic tennis team with a ] injury and was replaced by ]. In ], at the ], she failed once again to get past the semifinals of the singles event.


Returning to the tour in ], Capriati again had several false starts. In May ], she finally won her first tournament for six years at ].


In ], 11 years after she had first taken the tour by storm as a young prodigy, Capriati finally made her Grand Slam breakthough. She reached the final of the Australian Open against the then-World No. 1 player Martina Hingis, and won in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. She followed this up by capturing the French Open title five months later, beating Kim Clijsters in a dramatic final 1-6, 6-4, 12-10. In October 2001, Capriati reached the World No. 1 ranking.

Capriati won her third Grand Slam title in ], when she sucessfully defended her Australian Open crown. In the final against Hingis, Capriati was 4-6, 0-4 down at one point, but battled back to win 4-6, 7-6, 6-2.

During her career, Capriati has won 14 professional singles titles and 1 in doubles title.


⚫ ==Singles titles (14)==


==Titles (15)==
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⚫ ===Singles (14)===
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===Performance Timeline=== ==Performance Timeline==

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===Doubles (1)===


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Jennifer Capriati

Jennifer Marie Capriati (b. March 29 1976, in Long Island, New York) is a former World No. 1 woman tennis player from the United States. During her career, she has won three Grand Slam singles titles (2 Australian Open, 1 French Open), as well as the women's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.


Tennis Career

Capriati was introduced to tennis while she still a toddler by her father, Stefano Capriati, an Italian-American former boxer turned tennis coach, who has continued to coach her in her later professional career. In 1986, when Jennifer's burgeoning tennis talent became obvious, her family moved to Florida, where the ten-year-old player was enrolled in an intense training programme run by Jimmy Evert, the father of Chris Evert.

In 1989, Capriati served notice to the tennis world by becoming the youngest player to win the French Open junior singles title at the age of 13 years and 2 months. (The record stood until 1993, when it was broken by Martina Hingis who won the title as a 12-year-old). Capriati went on to win the junior singles title at the 1989 US Open, and the junior doubles titles at both the US Open and Wimbledon (partnering Meredith McGrath).

Capriati turned professional at the beginning of March 1990, four weeks before her 14th birthday. In her debut tournament on the tour, at Boca Raton, Florida, she defeated four seeded players on her way to becoming the youngest-ever player to reach a tour final, where she lost 6-4, 7-5 to Gabriela Sabatini. Three months later, she became the youngest-ever semi-finalist at the French Open (aged 14 years and 2 months), where she lost to the eventual champion Monica Seles. Capriati went on to reach the fourth round at both Wimbledon and the US Open that year, and won her first top-level singles title that October at San Juan, Puerto Rico. She finished her first year on the tour ranked the World No. 8.

1991 saw Capriati reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the US Open. She became Wimbledon's youngest-ever semi-finalist after defeating the defending-champion Martina Navratilova in the quarter-finals, forcing Navratilova's earliest Wimbeldon exit for 14 years. She won two singles titles that year, as well as her first (and only) tour doubles title (in Rome partnering Monica Seles).

The biggest moment of Capriati's early-career came in 1992, when she won the women's singles Gold Medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. In the final, she defeated Steffi Graf (who was the Gold Medalist four years earlier in Seoul) in three sets 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

But despite her Olympic triumph, it became clear to observers that Capriati was struggling to cope with the pressures of playing at the top by the end of 1992. The enjoyment of playing the game which she excuded when she first joined the tour seemed to have drained away, and her results started to suffer.

After some disappointing losses in 1993, Capriati took a break from the tour to concentrate on her high school studies. She soon ran into personal and legal troubles. She was involved in a shoplifting incident in December 1993, and in May 1994 she was arrested for marijuana possession. In November 1994, a return to the tour lasted just one match, which she lost. After that, she went on a sabbatical of 15 months and did not play on the tour for the whole of 1995.

Returning to the tour in 1996, Capriati again had several false starts. In May 1999, she finally won her first tournament for six years at Strasbourg.

In 2001, 11 years after she had first taken the tour by storm as a young prodigy, Capriati finally made her Grand Slam breakthough. She reached the final of the Australian Open against the then-World No. 1 player Martina Hingis, and won in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. She followed this up by capturing the French Open title five months later, beating Kim Clijsters in a dramatic final 1-6, 6-4, 12-10. In October 2001, Capriati reached the World No. 1 ranking.

Capriati won her third Grand Slam title in 2002, when she sucessfully defended her Australian Open crown. In the final against Hingis, Capriati was 4-6, 0-4 down at one point, but battled back to win 4-6, 7-6, 6-2.

During her career, Capriati has won 14 professional singles titles and 1 in doubles title.


Singles titles (14)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (3)
WTA Championships (0)
Olympic Gold (1)
Tier I Event (2)
WTA Tour (8)


No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. Oct 22, 1990 San Juan, Puerto Rico Hard Zina Garrison (USA) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
2. Jul 29, 1991 San Diego , USA Hard Monica Seles (USA) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6
3. Aug 5, 1991 Toronto, Canada Hard Katerina Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-2, 6-3
4. Jul 27, 1992 Olympic Games (Barcelona, Spain) Clay Steffi Graf (Germany) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Aug 24, 1992 San Diego, USA Hard Conchita Martinez (Spain) 6-3, 6-2
6. Jan 11, 1993 Sydney, Australia Hard Anke Huber (Germany) 6-1, 6-4
7. May 17, 1999 Strasbourg, France Clay Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) 6-1, 6-3
8. Nov 1, 1999 Quebec, Canada Hard Chanda Rubin (USA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
9. Sep 25, 2000 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Hard Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
10. Jan 15, 2001 Australian Open, Australia Hard Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 6-4, 6-3
11. Apr 16, 2001 Charleston, USA Clay Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
12. May 28, 2001 Roland Garros, France Clay Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 1-6, 6-4, 12-10
13. Jan 14, 2002 Australian Open, Australia Hard Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 4-6, 7-6, 6-2
14. Aug 18, 2003 New Haven, USA Hard Lindsay Davenport (USA) 6-2, 4-0 (retired)

Performance Timeline

Tournament 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
Australian Open - - 1r W W SF 2r - 1r - - - QF QF - -
French Open SF 4r SF W 1r 4r - - 1r - - QF QF 4r SF
Wimbledon QF QF QF SF 4r 2r 2r - - - - QF QF SF 4r
US Open SF SF QF SF 4r 4r 1r 1r 1r 1r 1r 1r 3r SF 4r
WTA Tour Championships - SF SF QF 4r - - - - - - - QF QF 4r


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