GIRLS AMONG WOMEN…

Written by: on 29th August 2011
US Open 2011
GIRLS AMONG WOMEN…

A fan rests on the grass outside Arthur Ashe Stadium on the first day of the 2011 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA 29 August 2011. The US Open runs through 11 September 2011. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO  |

(Courtesy of USTA)

Lauren Davis of Gates Mils, Ohio, who makes her US Open main draw debut today, earned a wild card into the main draw of the women’s singles as the USTA Girls’ 18s national champion. In the Open Era, the reigning USTA Girls’ 18s champions have a 25-40 record in the US Open. Chris Evert had the best performance of any reigning USTA Girls’ 18s champion, reaching the semifinals in 1971 before losing to eventual champion and No. 1 seed Billie Jean King, 6-3 6-2. Two-time USTA National 18s champion Tracy Austin reached the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1977 and 1978.

USTA Girls’ Junior Champions in the US Open (during the Open Era)

Year USTA Singles Champion (seed) Round reached (player lost to w/ seeding)

2011      Lauren Davis plays today against Angelique Kerber

2010      Shelby Rogers first round (l. to Shuai Peng)

2009      Christina McHale second round (l. to No. 29 Maria Sharapova)

2008      Gail Brodsky first round (l. to No. 13 Agnes Szavay)

2007       Ashley Weinhold first round (l. to No. 6 Anna Chakvetadze)

2006      Lauren Albanese                        second round (l. to No. 6 Svetlana Kuznetsova)

2005      Mary Gambale first round (l. to Dally Randriantefy)

2004      Jessica Kirkland first round (l. to Dally Randriantefy)

2003       Theresa Logar first round (l. to Q-Maria Kirilenko)

2002      Alexandra Podkolzina first round (l. to Anca Barna)

2001      Amber Liu first round (l. to Eleni Daniilidou)

2000      Kristen Schlukebir first round (l. to Ruxandra Dragomir)

1999      Laura Granville first round (l. to Fabiola Zuluaga)

1998      Laura Granville second round (l. to Kim Po)

1997      Jacqueline Trail second round (l. to Paola Suarez)

1996      Lilia Osterloh second round (l. to Elena Likhovtseva)

1995      Aubrie Rippner first round (l. to WC-Keri Phebus)

1994      Meilen Tu first round (l. to Silvia Farina)

1993      Janet Lee first round (l. to Tami Whitlinger)

1992      Maria Vento first round (l. to No. 16 Mary Pierce)

1991      Lindsay Davenport first round (l. to Debbie Graham)

1990      Lisa Raymond first round (l. to Q-Karin Kschwendt)

1989      Jennifer Capriati DID NOT PLAY*

1988      Laxmi Poruri second round (l. to No. 14 Katerina Maleeva)

1987      Ann Grossman first round (l. to Raffaella Reggi)

1986      Tami Whitlinger first round (l. to Helen Kelesi)

1985      Stephanie Rehe first round (l. to Terry Phelps)

1984      Melissa Gurney third round (l. to Petra Delhees Jauch)

1983      Caroline Kuhlman first round (l. to Louise Allen)

1982      Leigh Ann Eldredge first round (l. to Barbara Hallquist)

1981      Lisa Bonder first round (l. to Jo Anne Russell)

1980      Kate Gompert first round (l. to No. 11 Kathy Jordan)

1979      Andrea Jaeger first round (l. to Karen Susman)

1978      Tracy Austin (No. 5 seed) QUARTERFINALS (l. to No. 2 Chris Evert)

1977      Tracy Austin QUARTERFINALS (l. to No. 5 Betty Stove)

1976      Lynn Epstein first round (l. to Jo Anne Russell)

1975      Beth Norton third round (l. to No. 2 Virginia Wade)

1974      Rayni Fox first round (l. to Martina Navratilova)

1973      Carrie Fleming DID NOT PLAY

1972

Ann Kiyomura DID NOT PLAY

1971      Chris Evert SEMIFINALS (l. to No. 1 Billie Jean King)

1970      Sharon Walsh third round (l. to No. 5 Virginia Wade)

1969      Sharon Walsh first round (l. to Joyce Williams)

1968      Kristy Pigeon (No. 8 seed) second round (l. to Maryna Godwin)

* Capriati won the 1989 USTA Girls’ 18s singles title at the age of 13. She was not eligible to compete in the US Open main draw (or any other professional event) that year. Capriati competed in the 1989 US Open Junior Championships, winning both the girls’ singles and doubles titles.








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