Tracy Austin
Tracy Austin
Tracy Ann Austin Holtis an American former World No. 1 retired professional tennis player. She won three Grand Slam titles, winning the women's singles title at the US Open in 1979 and 1981, and the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980. Additionally, she won the WTA Tour Championships in 1980 and the 1981 year end Toyota Championships, both in singles, before a series of injuries cut her career short. Since 1979, she has held the record as youngest ever...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth12 December 1962
CityPalos Verdes, CA
CountryUnited States of America
We all need to show a debt of gratitude toward Billie.
I knew I needed to take balls out of the air if I could put them away. I wanted to end the points a little sooner and be more aggressive.
I realized that this was a professional tour stop - the event was called the Avon Futures, a satellite tour of the Virginia Slims.
If I was a 13-year-old and someone like Billie Jean King came to a camp and told me the ups and downs of turning pro that would have been pretty helpful, ... My participation and aim as a past champion is letting them ask questions.
Doesn't matter how good you are. You know, you don't even have to have played tennis at all. And, you can come out here and be able to hit the shots and run around and burn those calories.
It's about being with friends and raising money, ... To me, that's most important.
I was 5 when I began semiprivate lessons.
About three days. Shortest colleague ever. There was too much food around, right? Couldn't stop eating.
It's been brutal this summer, and maybe this will be a real catalyst for the WTA to look at.
It seems like she's really enjoying herself. She's able to smile out there. She's really fit. And she has that big, first-strike ability to get ahead early.
It's not a coincidence there are this many injuries. If the WTA and (CEO) Larry Scott don't take this as a big warning that something needs to be done, then they have got a problem.
I started tennis around age 2.
Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me stories of France, Japan.
My brother Jeff is now my agent at Advantage International in Washington, D.C.