Jennifer Capriati

Jennifer Capriati

Capriati at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Jennifer Maria Capriati
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Wesley Chapel, Florida, U.S.
Born	(1976-03-29) March 29, 1976 (age 48) New York City, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Turned pro	March 1990
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 10,206,639
Int. Tennis HoF	2012 (member page)
Singles
Career record	430–176
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 1 (October 15, 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (2001, 2002)
French Open	W (2001)
Wimbledon	SF (1991, 2001)
US Open	SF (1991, 2001, 2003, 2004)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2002, 2003)
Olympic Games	W (1992)
Doubles
Career record	66–50
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 28 (March 2, 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2000)
French Open	3R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon	3R (1991, 2000)
US Open	QF (2001)
Medal record Women's tennis Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Singles

Jennifer Maria Capriati^[2] (born March 29, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 17 weeks. Capriati won 14 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including three majors at the 2001 Australian Open, 2001 French Open, and 2002 Australian Open, and an Olympic gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.^[3]

Capriati set a number of youngest-ever records. She made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 13 years, 11 months, reaching the final of the Boca Raton tournament. She reached the semifinals of the 1990 French Open on her debut and later became the youngest-ever player to reach the top 10, at age 14 years, 235 days, in October of that year. Following a first-round loss at the 1993 US Open, she took a 14-month break from professional tennis. Her personal struggles during this time (including arrests for shoplifting and possession of marijuana) were well documented by the press.

In 1998, Capriati won her first major-level singles match in five years at Wimbledon. During the next two years, she slowly returned to championship form, winning her first title in six years in Strasbourg in 1999 and regaining a top-20 ranking. At the 2001 Australian Open, the reinvigorated Capriati became the lowest seed ever to win the championship when she defeated Martina Hingis in straight sets for her first Grand Slam championship. She also won the French Open that year, claiming the WTA No. 1 ranking in October. After successfully defending her Australian Open title in 2002, she became a top-10 mainstay until injuries derailed her career in 2004. Capriati was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014.^[4]