Jennifer Capriati
The former world number one women’s tennis player from United States, Jennifer Capriati, won three Grand Slam single titles and a gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1992. She became the youngest player to twin the French Open Junior singles title at the age of 13 and continued on the same position till 1993 where her record was broken by Martina Hingis. She was entitled with the youngest –ever semifinalist at the French Open at 14 yrs 2 moths. She was also the youngest-ever semifinalist in 1991 after defeating Martina Navratilova. After a break, she turned up back in 1996 as the Worlds No.1 ranking but after wining her first tournament in six years, 1999. Finally capturing the Australian Open title in 2001 she followed up capturing the French Open title five months later defeating Kim Clijester.
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