Jennifer Capriati

Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Capriati at Wimbledon in 2004
Nickname:	Jenny baby
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	March 29, 1976
Size:	170 cm
1st professional season:	1990
Resignation:	2004
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 10,206,639
singles
Career record:	430: 176
Career title:	14th
Highest ranking:	1 (October 15, 2001)
Weeks as No. 1:	17th
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	66:50
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	28 (March 2 1992)
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jennifer Marie Capriati (born March 29, 1976 on Long Island , New York ) is a former American tennis player .

Career

Capriati was trained by her father Stefano Capriati at an early age. In her youth she was coached by Jimmy Evert (father of tennis player Chris Evert ). On March 5, 1990, at the age of 13, she took part in a WTA tournament in Boca Raton for the first time . A short time later, she was the youngest player to ever reach a final in professional tennis. At the Hilton Head tournament , she beat Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario, who was then number five in the world, and only failed in the final against Martina Navrátilová . At this point, Capriati was 13 years and 11 months old. On April 9, 1990 she appeared for the first time as number 25 in the WTA world rankings .

She won her first title in Puerto Rico when she defeated Zina Garrison in the final. Capriati was the fourth youngest player to win a title. This led her to the top ten of the WTA rankings for the first time. The year 1990 ended as number 8 in the world. In 1991 she reached the semifinals at Wimbledon and at the US Open . A highlight of her career followed in 1992 when she defeated Steffi Graf at the Olympic Games in Barcelona and won the gold medal.

Several lows followed. She was caught shoplifting in December 1993 and jailed in Miami in 1994 for possession of marijuana . She only returned to the tour in 1996, and only won the first tournament after her return in 1999. In 2001 she won her first Grand Slam title in Melbourne and Paris . That same year, she was also named Sportswoman of the Year by the Associated Press . In 2002 Capriati was able to repeat their triumph in Australia. In the same year she was named World Sportswoman of the Year . In her career, she earned more than 10 million US dollars in prize money.

Above all in her favorite tournament, the US Open, Capriati lost several times in a dramatic way. In the only Grand Slam tournament in which a tie-break is played in the decisive set , she lost four times in the semi-finals, three times in the tie-break of the third set - in 1991 against Monica Seles , in 2003 against Justine Henin and in 2004 against Jelena Dementjewa .

From November 2004 Capriati played no more tournaments due to persistent back problems. She played her last professional match in Philadelphia , where she was eliminated in the quarterfinals with 0: 6 and 1: 6 against Vera Swonaryova .

In 2012 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

In 2013, an ex-boyfriend charged her with assault and stalking. A negotiation did not take place, Capriati accepted 30 hours of social service and anti-aggression counseling .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 28, 1990	Dorado	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Zina Garrison	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2
2.	4th August 1991	San Diego	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Monica Seles	4: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 2
3.	August 11, 1991	Toronto	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Katerina Maleewa	6: 2, 6: 3
4th	August 1992	Barcelona	Olympic games	sand	Steffi Graf	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
5.	August 30, 1992	San Diego	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Conchita Martínez	6: 3, 6: 2
6th	17th January 1993	Sydney	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Anke Huber	6: 1, 6: 4
7th	May 22, 1999	Strasbourg	WTA Tier III	sand	Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 1, 6: 3
8th.	November 7, 1999	Quebec	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Chanda Ruby	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
9.	October 1, 2000	Luxembourg	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Magdalena Maleewa	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
10.	January 27, 2001	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Martina Hingis	6: 4, 6: 3
11.	April 22, 2001	Charleston	WTA Tier I	sand	Martina Hingis	6: 0, 4: 6, 6: 4
12.	June 9, 2001	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Kim Clijsters	1: 6, 6: 4, 12:10
13.	January 26, 2002	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Martina Hingis	4: 6, 7: 6 7 , 6: 2
14th	August 23, 2003	New Haven	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Lindsay Davenport	6: 2, 4: 0 task

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1	May 12, 1991	Rome	WTA Tier I	sand	Monica Seles	Nicole Provis Elna Reinach	7: 5, 6: 2

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Career
Australian Open	-	-	VF	VF	-	-	-	1	-	2	HF	S.	S.	1	-	-	S.
French Open	HF	AF	VF	VF	-	-	1	-	-	AF	1	S.	HF	AF	HF	-	S.
Wimbledon	AF	HF	VF	VF	-	-	-	-	2	2	AF	HF	VF	VF	VF	-	HF
US Open	AF	HF	3	1	-	-	1	1	1	AF	AF	HF	VF	HF	HF	-	HF

Web links

Commons : Jennifer Capriati  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Jennifer Capriati (English)
• ITF Profile of Jennifer Capriati (English)
• Fed Cup Statistics for Jennifer Capriati (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jennifer Capriati won't face charges. ESPN , accessed October 25, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Assault: charges against ex-tennis star Capriati. Spiegel online , accessed March 22, 2013 .