Donald Oliver Young Jr. is a professional tennis player from the United States. Young reached a career-high ATP singles rating of World No. 38 on February 27, 2012, and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 43 on August 14, 2017.
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Donald Young was the best junior tennis player in the world in 2005. At the age of 16, the quick-footed lefty became the youngest player in history to be ranked No. 1 in the world, as well as the first African American to do it.
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Young broke into the top 100 on the men’s tour for the first time in 2007, at the age of 18 years and 5 months. Young had a 17-match, six-month losing streak. He finished the year 5-24, his record collapsing to No. 190 after his highest ranking, No. 38, in 2012
Young felt abandoned by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), which overlooked him while distributing wild cards for the US Open in 2020.
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