Donald Oliver Young Jr. (born July 23, 1989) is an American professional
tennis
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player. Young had a career-high
ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 27 February 2012 and doubles ranking of No. 43 achieved on 14 August 2017. As a junior he was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2005. His best singles performance in the Grand Slams was reaching the fourth round of the
2011 US Open,
as well as the
2015 US Open. In doubles he reached the final of the
2017 French Open partnering
Santiago González.
Early life
Young began playing tennis at age three with mother, Illona, and father, Donald Sr., who are both tennis teaching professionals.
Career
Junior and early career
In 2001 he came in second to
Jesse Levine in the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals in
Fort Lauderdale
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, 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
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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
Alex Clayton (born 23 November 1987) is an American tennis player.
Clayton has a career high ATP singles ranking of 796 achieved on 10 July 2006. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 759 achieved on 27 November 2006.
Clayton won th ...
.
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
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...
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
Andrew Stephen Roddick (born 30 August 1982) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is a major champion, having won the 2003 US Open. Roddick reached four other major finals ( Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and the US Ope ...
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
Scott Humphries (born May 26, 1976 in Greeley, Colorado), is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.
Humphries reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 260, achieved on 9 September 1996. He also reached a career-h ...
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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as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disea ...
.
2007: Breaking top 100
In January 2007, he reached the finals of a Futures tournament on the
ITF Men's Circuit, as well as winning a Futures title in April. In July 2007, Young won the
Junior Wimbledon title, beating top seed
Vladimir Ignatik in the final. No American won the championship again until
Noah Rubin in 2014. Shortly thereafter, Young won a Challenger tournament, and his ranking rose sharply to no. 221.
His rank rose sharply, from no. 92 to no. 7 on the Junior ITF circuit (as of July 13, 2007) after he won the Junior Wimbledon Championships. He opted to play only some of the Grand Slam tournaments in 2007 and concentrate on playing professional tournaments. On August 19, 2007, Young won his first ATP Tour level singles match. In the first round of
New Haven
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, he beat fellow American
Amer Delic
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in three sets. In the following round, he lost a tight three-setter to Russian
Nikolay Davydenko. Young then received a wild card into the main
US Open draw. On August 27, 2007, Young defeated Australian
Chris Guccione in the first round. This was his first career victory in a Grand Slam match. On August 30, Young won his second-round match by default. It was against heavily favored opponent
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...
of France, who had fallen ill during the tournament and officially withdrew after morning practice. Young fell in the third round to unseeded
Feliciano López of Spain in four sets.
Young carried the momentum into the fall, making it to the finals of four Challenger tournaments and posting an overall fall record of 21–7 on the Challenger circuit. This was enough to hoist him into the top 100 on the ATP rankings. He lost in the finals of the JSM Challenger in
Champaign, Illinois
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, at the
University of Illinois
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to
Jesse Levine. His talents were recognized by the
Association of Tennis Professionals
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in December 2007, as for Young was one of 11 honored in the ''2007 Century Club''
2008: Breaking top 75
In the Australian Open, Young lost in the first round to
Michael Berrer in four sets. There were much higher hopes for Young as he made it to the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament in Memphis. Young defeated
Sam Warburg and
Alejandro Falla in the first and second rounds, respectively, before losing in a tough three-set match to
Jonas Björkman. At Indian Wells, Young made it to the third round. He defeated
Bobby Reynolds
Robert Thomas "Bobby" Reynolds (born July 17, 1982) is an American retired professional tennis player who resides in Auburn, Alabama. He was named head men's tennis coach at Auburn University in June 2016.
Professional career
Reynolds, a nati ...
in the first round. Then in the second round, he took out 32nd seed,
Feliciano López in three sets. He lost to eventual champion
Rafael Nadal
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in the third round. He lost in the first round of the French Open, then lost a close four-set match in the first round at Wimbledon against
Jesse Levine. At the Canadian Open, Young won two preliminary matches to qualify for the tournament, before dropping his first-round match to
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour.
...
. At the
Countrywide Classic
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in Los Angeles, he defeated former world no. 2
Tommy Haas (ranked no. 40 at the time). In the first round of the US Open, Young lost to
James Blake in a five-set thriller. He came back from down a break to win the fourth set. Although the final set was tied 4–4, with the help of two key calls overturned on challenges in the last two games, Blake won. Young won the Sacramento Challenger tournament on October 13, 2008.
2009
Young lost to
Alejandro Falla in qualifying for Wimbledon. Young received a wildcard into
2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. He played against
Lleyton Hewitt who won the match. In the qualifying competition for the
2009 US Open, he won his first match against
Marco Crugnola
Marco Crugnola (; born 24 May 1983) is an Italian professional tennis player.
Challenger finals
Singles: 2 (0-2)
Doubles: 12 (6-6)
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. In the second, he beat
Guillermo Olaso
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, and he won his third-round match against
Lukáš Rosol to qualify. In the first round of the main draw, he was beaten by
Tommy Robredo
Tomás Robredo Garcés, known as Tommy Robredo (, ; born 1 May 1982), is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the Hamburg Masters ea ...
. He failed to qualify for the
Thailand Open. However, he received a lucky loser spot and had a first-round bye. He lost in the second round to
Andreas Beck. Young failed to qualify for the China Open. Young lost to
Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Бозољац, ; born 2 August 1985) is a former Serbian professional tennis player and coach.
On 29 January 2007, Bozoljac reached his best singles ranking of world No. 101. On 22 February 2016, he peaked at ...
in the first round of the Tiburon (CA) Challenger on October 12.
Young played
Louk Sorensen
Louk Sorensen (born 7 January 1985) is an Irish former professional tennis player.
Sorensen was the first player representing Ireland to win a Grand Slam event main draw match in the Open Era. His father, Sean, was the first Irishman to play a ...
in the first round of the Calabasas Challenger and won. He then defeated
Taylor Dent and won his third-round match against
Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc (born 14 February 1984) is a retired Slovenian tennis player. Gregorc reached his highest singles ranking of World No. 172 in August 2009. He lives in the United States, in the city of Boca Raton, Florida.
Career
Juniors
Gregorc's ...
. He then defeated
Michael Yani and
Michael Russell to win the Calabasas Challenger. Young won his first three matches at the Charlottesville (VA) Challenger against
Vincent Spadea,
Kevin Anderson, and
Dominic Inglot. Young lost to
Kevin Kim
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Career
He entered the top 100 in 2004, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 63 in March 2005.
In 1993, Kim won the USTA National Boys' 16 Indoor Doubles Champi ...
in the semifinals. Young defeated
Jesse Levine in the first round of the Knoxville (TN) Challenger and
Alex Kuznetsov in the second round. Young lost to
Grega Žemlja in the quarterfinals.
Young defeated
Jack Sock in the first round of the wild-card draw for the Australian Open. He then lost to
Ryan Harrison in the second round.
2010
Young defeated
Christophe Rochus
Christophe Rochus (born 15 December 1978) is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.
Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus. He reached the semi-finals of the Hamburg Masters in 2005 and was runner-up in two ATP tournam ...
in the first round of the
2010 Australian Open
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In the singles competi ...
and was defeated in the second by
Lleyton Hewitt. Young defeated
Tim Smyczek
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in the first round of the Honolulu Challenger. Young then defeated
Grigor Dimitrov and
Robert Kendrick. He lost to
Michael Russell in the semifinals as he retired. Young failed to qualify in
Memphis,
Delray Beach
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,
Indian Wells, and
Miami
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.
Young received a wild card into the main draw of the
U.S. Men's Clay Championship, but lost to
Kevin Anderson in the first round. Young received a wild card into the Baton Rouge Challenger and defeated
Tatsuma Ito
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in the first roundm but lost to
Go Soeda
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in the second round. Young lost to
Carsten Ball
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Tennis career
Carsten Ball was born in Newport Beac ...
in the first round of the Tallahassee Challenger. Young defeated
Greg Ouellette
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in the 1st Round of the Savannah Challenger. Young then defeated
Ryler DeHeart
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Profe ...
and
Cătălin Gârd. He lost to
Ryan Sweeting
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Personal life
Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas. He has been living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and registered as an American to the ATP.
In September 2 ...
in the semifinals. Young lost to
Joseph Sirianni
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in the first round of the Sarasota Challenger. Young defeated
Robert Kendrick in the final of LA Tennis Open to win the Challenger. Young defeated
Leonardo Tavares in the first round of the Ojai Challenger. Young then defeated
Dayne Kelly
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and
Luka Gregorc
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Career
Juniors
Gregorc's ...
. He lost to
Bobby Reynolds
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Professional career
Reynolds, a nati ...
in the semifinals.
Young failed to qualify for Wimbledon. Young defeated
Ryan Harrison in the first round of the Winnetka Challenger, and then he defeated
Simon Stadler
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and
Lester Cook. Young lost to
Tim Smyczek
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in the semifinals. Young defeated
Greg Jones in the first round of the Aptos Challenger. He then defeated
Artem Sitak,
Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Бозољац, ; born 2 August 1985) is a former Serbian professional tennis player and coach.
On 29 January 2007, Bozoljac reached his best singles ranking of world No. 101. On 22 February 2016, he peaked at ...
, and
Somdev Devvarman. Young lost to
Marinko Matosevic in the final. In the first round of the Atlanta ATP Tournament, Young defeated
Dudi Sela, but then lost to
Kevin Anderson. Young failed to qualify for the Legg Mason. He lost to
Ernests Gulbis in the first round in Cincinnati. Young defeated
Stéphane Robert in the first round in New Haven, before losing to
Juan Ignacio Chela in three sets. Young lost to
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour.
...
in the first round of the
US Open. Young and partner
Robert Kendrick won the doubles championship at the Virginia National Bank Challenger in November.
2011: US Open fourth round, Top 40
Young lost to
Marin Čilić in the first round of the
2011 Australian Open
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. At the
2011 BNP Paribas Open Masters 1000 event in
Indian Wells, he defeated his highest-ranked opponent to-date,
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray ...
(#4), winning in straight sets. In April, Young won the
Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
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. He advanced to the second round of the
2011 Aegon International
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and the
2011 Aegon Championships
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. Young made it to his first ATP semifinal in August at the Washington, D.C. ATP 500 event.
At the
2014 US Open, Young defeated
Lukáš Lacko in the first round, and in the second round world no. 14
Stanislas Wawrinka in his first five-set victory, in 4 hours and 21 minutes. He advanced to the third round in a
Grand Slam for the first time in his career by defeating
Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets. Young was defeated in the fourth round by
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray ...
in a rain-delayed match.
At the start of October, Young triumphed over world no. 14
Gaël Monfils
Gaël Sébastien Monfils (; born 1 September 1986) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in November 2016. His career hig ...
in a come-from-behind three-setter, before losing to
Andy Murray
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in his first ATP final at the PTT Thailand Open.
He finished the year ranked in the top 40 at World No. 39, the highest year-end ranking in his career.
2012: Loss of form, Olympics debut
Young went 17 matches without a victory during 2012 before defeating
Leonardo Mayer at the 2012
Winston-Salem Open
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.
He competed in the men's singles at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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.
At the
US Open, he was defeated by top seed
Roger Federer in the first round.
2013: Challenger tour success
Young failed to qualify for the 2013 Australian Open and for Wimbledon. He did qualify for the US Open and won his first-round match against
Martin Kližan. Young won back-to-back ATP challenger tournaments at Napa Valley and Sacramento during late September and early October.
2014: Two major third rounds
Young received a wildcard into the
2014 Australian Open. He eventually made it to the third round and thus reached a ranking of No. 79 after the tournament.
Young represented the United States in a first round
Davis Cup
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tie against Great Britain. He played one rubber and lost to
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray ...
in straight sets on clay inside
Petco Park
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The ballpark is located bet ...
.
Young made it to the third round of the
French Open
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, eventually losing in five sets to
Guillermo García-López. Young made it to the semifinals of the
Citi Open
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losing to the top ranked Canadian
Milos Raonic
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.
2015: Fourth round of a major
Young reached the final in the
Delray Beach Open, his first ATP singles final since 2011, but lost in straight sets to
Ivo Karlović. In March 2015 Young played
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray ...
in a Davis Cup tie and lost in four sets, as well as losing to Murray again later in March in Miami.
At the
2015 US Open, Young became a darling of the American fans en route to matching his 2011 performance by reaching the round of 16. He notched dramatic come-from-behind victories against his first three opponents, triumphing in the third round via a thrilling five-set victory over 22nd-ranked
Viktor Troicki
Viktor Troicki ( sr-Cyrl, Виктор Троицки, ; born 10 February 1986) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup, and his second and third ATP singles titles at the 2015 ...
. He then lost to fifth-seeded
Stan Wawrinka
Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014. His career highligh ...
in four sets, thus failing to advance to the quarterfinal stage, which would have marked a new career-best performance at a Grand Slam major. Prior to his final match of the tournament, some of Young's shoes reportedly went missing from his locker inside the
Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
2016–18: Early success, FO doubles final
2016 was an average year for Young with his best performance coming at the
Hall of Fame Open with a semifinal appearance.
In early 2017, Young saw major success. Semifinal appearances at the
Delray Beach Open and the
Memphis Open
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In 2019, ...
were followed up by 4th round appearances at
Indian Wells and the
Miami Open. These results pushed his ranking to No. 42.
At the 2017 French Open, Young partnered with
Santiago Gonzalez resulting in a run to the finals. He also registered 100 career singles victories in 2017.
At the
2018 Australian Open, he was the first round opponent for former world no. 1
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. ...
, despite fighting hard he was defeated in straight sets. The
2018 US Open was his last grand slam to date. He lost in the first round to eventual finalist
Juan Martín del Potro
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in straight sets.
2019–22: Dip in form and rankings
In 2019, Young only registered 2 matches on the ATP tour which both came in as losses. Throughout 2019–2022, his ranking would plummet all the way down to No. 646. He entered the
2021 Delray Beach Open
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qualifications as No. 327, his lowest ranking since his early teenage years at No. 335 on 4 June 2007. Ranked No. 646, he entered the qualifications also at the
2022 Atlanta Open as a wildcard where he defeated 8th seed
J. J. Wolf
Jeffrey John "J. J." Wolf (born December 21, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 56 on 17 October 2022. Wolf played collegiately at Ohio State University.
Early years
Wolf ...
before losing in the second round to
Dominik Koepfer
Dominik Koepfer (born 29 April 1994) is a German professional tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 50 on 10 May 2021, and a doubles ranking of No. 92 on 14 February 2022.
He played college tennis at Tula ...
.
World TeamTennis
Young has played four seasons of
World TeamTennis
World TeamTennis (WTT) is a mixed-gender professional tennis league played with a team format in the United States, which was founded in 1973.
The league's season normally takes place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA take ...
, making his debut in 2016 with the
Philadelphia Freedoms
The Philadelphia Freedoms is a tennis team currently competing in World TeamTennis.
Overview
The team traces its origins to WTT's inaugural season, in 1974. The original team starred tennis legend and social pioneer Billie Jean King, who h ...
, and playing another two seasons for the Freedoms in 2017 and 2019. It was announced he will be joining the
Philadelphia Freedoms
The Philadelphia Freedoms is a tennis team currently competing in World TeamTennis.
Overview
The team traces its origins to WTT's inaugural season, in 1974. The original team starred tennis legend and social pioneer Billie Jean King, who h ...
during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.
He paired up with
Fabrice Martin in men's doubles for the majority of the season, helping the Freedoms earn a No. 1 seed headed into the WTT Playoffs. The Freedoms would ultimately fall to the
New York Empire, who continued on to win the Championship, in the semifinals.
Equipment
He uses Dunlop now. He is sponsored by Boast for clothing and
K-Swiss for footwear.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 18 (9–9)
Doubles: 15 (6-9)
Performance timelines
Singles
''Current through the
2021 Delray Beach Open
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.
Doubles
Record against top 10 players
Young's match record against players who have been ranked No. 10 or higher, with those who have been ranked No. 1 in boldface.
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Kevin Anderson 5–6
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Tommy Haas 2–0
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Daniil Medvedev 2–0
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Alexander Zverev
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 2, and was continuously ranked in the top 10 from July 2017 to N ...
2–0
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Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP ...
2–1
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James Blake 2–2
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Lucas Pouille
Lucas Pouille (, born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10, achieved on 19 March 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 11 April 2016. ...
2–2
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Stan Wawrinka
Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014. His career highligh ...
2–3
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Grigor Dimitrov 2–5
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Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His most notable achievement was reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, causing consecutive upsets by defeating top seed and six-time champi ...
1–0
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Pablo Carreño Busta 1–0
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Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler (; born 25 April 1976) is a German former professional tennis player. Schüttler was the runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. He won an Olympic silver medal in doubles ...
1–0
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Arnaud Clément 1–1
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Juan Mónaco 1–1
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Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his bes ...
1–1
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Marcos Baghdatis 1–2
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Jürgen Melzer 1–2
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Gaël Monfils
Gaël Sébastien Monfils (; born 1 September 1986) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in November 2016. His career hig ...
1–2
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John Isner 1–4
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Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray ...
1–5
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Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour.
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1–5
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Kei Nishikori 1–7
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Jonas Björkman 0–1
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Nikolay Davydenko 0–1
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Juan Martín del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro () (born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine inactive professional tennis player. Del Potro's biggest achievement is a major title: the 2009 US Open, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and the five-time defen ...
0–1
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Roger Federer 0–1
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Tim Henman 0–1
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Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 10 ...
0–1
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Dominic Thiem 0–1
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Mikhail Youzhny 0–1
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Roberto Bautista Agut 0–2
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David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain, Ferrer has won tournaments at all levels on the ATP Tour (ATP 250, ATP 500, Masters 1000) except at a major, ...
0–2
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David Goffin 0–2
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Ernests Gulbis 0–2
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Lleyton Hewitt 0–2
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Hubert Hurkacz
Hubert Hurkacz (; born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021, making him the hig ...
0–2
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Tommy Robredo
Tomás Robredo Garcés, known as Tommy Robredo (, ; born 1 May 1982), is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the Hamburg Masters ea ...
0–2
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Marin Čilić 0–3
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Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. ...
0–3
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Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked world No. 1 for 209 weeks, and has finish ...
0–3
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Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic (; sr, Милош Раонић, Miloš Raonić, ; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian inactive professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...
0–3
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Jack Sock 0–4
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Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player.
His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009.
His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...
0–4
Wins over top 10 players
References
External links
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1989 births
African-American male tennis players
American male tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Living people
Tennis players from Atlanta
Tennis players from Chicago
Tennis people from Georgia (U.S. state)
Tennis people from Illinois
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Wimbledon junior champions
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players of the United States
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American people