Janet Young (tennis)

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Janet Young
Full nameJanet Anne Young
(married name Langford)
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1951-10-22) 22 October 1951 (age 72)
Melbourne, Australia
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1970, 1974)
French Open2R (1973)
Wimbledon4R (1973)
US Open2R (1969, 1973, 1974)
Doubles
Career titles3 WTA
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1973, 1974, 1977)
French Open2R (1969, 1973)
WimbledonSF (1973)
US OpenSF (1973)

Janet Anne Young (born 22 October 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography

Professional tennis

Young competed on the WTA Tour in the 1970s and won a total of three doubles titles, all of which came partnering

Evonne Goolagong
. The pair were finalists in eight tournaments across the 1973 season and semi-finalists at the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open.

As a singles player, Young won the Queensland Open and South Australian Championships in 1973, both non-tour events. At the 1973 Wimbledon Championships, she won through to the fourth round, where she faced Chris Evert. She took Evert to a third set, which she lost 6–8, having led 4–0.[1]

Young was a doubles player in Australia's winning

Federation Cup teams in 1973 and 1974.[2]
Teaming with Evonne Goolagong, they remained unbeaten and only dropped one set across both campaigns.

In addition to her performances with Goolagong, Young also reached Grand Slam doubles semi-finals with Lesley Hunt (at the 1974 Australian Open) and Kym Ruddell (at the 1977 Australian Open).[3]

Later career

Young has a doctorate in sports psychology and works as a senior lecturer in the College of Sport & Exercise Science at Melbourne's Victoria University.[4] She served on the board of Tennis Australia from 2008 to 2016.[5]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (3–5)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 1973 Fort Lauderdale, U.S.
Evonne Goolagong
 France Gail Sherriff Chanfreau
United Kingdom Virginia Wade 		6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Mar 1973 Dallas, U.S. Australia Evonne Goolagong France Gail Sherriff Chanfreau
United Kingdom Virginia Wade 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Mar 1973
Boston
, U.S. 		Australia Evonne Goolagong Soviet Union Marina Kroschina
Soviet Union Olga Morozova 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 1973 St. Petersburg, U.S. Australia Evonne Goolagong United States Chris Evert
United States Jeanne Evert 		2–6, 6–7
Loss 1–4 May 1973 Bournemouth, Great Britain Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Patricia Coleman
Australia Wendy Turnbull 		5–7, 5–7
Win 2–4 Jul 1973
Düsseldorf
, West Germany 		Australia Evonne Goolagong West Germany Helga Masthoff
West Germany Heide Orth 		Shared
Loss 2–5 Aug 1973
Cincinnati
, U.S. 		Australia Evonne Goolagong South Africa Ilana Kloss
South Africa Pat Walkden 		6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win 3–5 Sep 1973 Charlotte, U.S. Australia Evonne Goolagong South Africa Ilana Kloss
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova 		6–2, 6–0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Players banned". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 July 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 6 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Janet Young – Player Profiles". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Results Archive - Janet Young". Australian Open Tennis Championships. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  4. Victoria University
    . Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Tennis crisis over $200 million Seven deal". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

External links

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