Donald Young

2007 IN REVIEW

The youngest player to finish in Top 100 (at 18 years, 5 months) put together solid Challenger results (34-14 mark) with one title and four other finals...Made second-biggest ranking jump into Top 100, climbing 386 positions from previous year...Also made breakthrough on ATP circuit by winning his first match and advanced to a Grand Slam-best 3rd RD at US Open...Began season in his first tournament ranked No. 491 at U.S. Futures #1 in Tampa, reaching final (l. to Lammer)...In addition, a QF in three other Futures events in first three months...In April, advanced to QF at Valencia (Calif.) Challenger (l. to Kim) and followed with title at U.S. Futures #8 in Arkansas (d. Nishikori)...Returned to Challenger level in next three months with QF in Tunica (Miss.) , SF in Carson (Calif.) and first career title in Aptos (d. Reynolds)...Played first ATP tournament of year in Indianapolis (l. to Lee) and posted his first career ATP win over Delic in New Haven (l. to No. 4 Davydenko in three sets)...Made his third appearance at US Open and reached 3rd RD with win over Guccione, walkover vs. Gasquet (illness) before losing to Lopez in four sets...Afterwards, climbed from No. 223 to No. 170 on Sept. 10, his first appearance in Top 200...Following US Open, put together a 21-7 mark highlighted by finals in Tulsa (l. to Witten), Calabasas (l. to Kendrick), Louisville (l. to Bachinger), and Champaign (l. to Levine)...Also QF in Sacramento (l. to Stadler) and Nashville (l. to Kendrick)...In doubles, won titles in Joplin (w/Briaud) and Tunica (w/Goldstein) and reached final in Vancouver (w/Kuznetsov)...Also won two of three Futures finals...Earned a career-high $114,467.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2005 -- Advanced to his first QF at U.S. Futures #9 and finished year as No. 1 junior in the world, winning Australian Open title...2006 -- Best pro result was SF at U.S. Futures #3 and QF in two other Futures events...In Challenger play, advanced to QF in Louisville...2007--The youngest player to finish in Top 100 (at 18 years, 5 months) put together solid Challenger results (34-14 mark) with one title and four other finals...Made second-biggest ranking jump into Top 100, climbing 386 positions from previous year...Also made breakthrough on ATP circuit by winning his first match and advanced to a Grand Slam-best 3rd RD at US Open...Began season in his first tournament ranked No. 491 at U.S. Futures #1 in Tampa, reaching final (l. to Lammer)...In addition, a QF in three other Futures events in first three months...In April, advanced to QF at Valencia (Calif.) Challenger (l. to Kim) and followed with title at U.S. Futures #8 in Arkansas (d. Nishikori)...Returned to Challenger level in next three months with QF in Tunica (Miss.) , SF in Carson (Calif.) and first career title in Aptos (d. Reynolds)...Played first ATP tournament of year in Indianapolis (l. to Lee) and posted his first ATP win over Delic in New Haven (l. to No. 4 Davydenko in three sets)...Made his third appearance at US Open and reached 3rd RD with win over Guccione, walkover vs. Gasquet (illness) before losing to Lopez in four sets...Afterwards, climbed from No. 223 to No. 170 on Sept. 10, his first appearance in Top 200...Following US Open, put together a 21-7 mark highlighted by finals in Tulsa (l. to Witten), Calabasas (l. to Kendrick), Louisville (l. to Bachinger), and Champaign (l. to Levine)...Also QF in Sacramento (l. to Stadler) and Nashville (l. to Kendrick)...In doubles, won titles in Joplin (w/Briaud) and Tunica (w/Goldstein) and reached final in Vancouver (w/Kuznetsov)...Also won two of three Futures finals.

PERSONAL

Began playing tennis at age three with mother, Illona, and father, Donald, Sr. who are both tennis teaching professionals...Parents run the South Fulton Tennis Center in College Park, Georgia, outside of Atlanta after Donald Sr. took over operations in fall of 2003...Writes right-handed...Trains on occasion at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. with Nick Bollettieri...Favorite athletes are Michael Jordan, Pete Sampras and Tiger Woods ...Enjoys playing table tennis and board games like Monopoly....Only sports figure in Newsweek Magazine's "Who's Next?" feature on Dec. 27, 2004...In 2005, became youngest year-end World No. 1 in junior rankings at 16 years, 5 months (one month younger than Richard Gasquet in '02)...Won Australian Open junior title at age 15 to become youngest-ever and first African-American boy to be ranked No. 1 in the world...Also first American to win Australian junior title and finish No. 1 since Andy Roddick in 2000...Advanced to SF at Wimbledon and QF at US Open in '05...In doubles, won US Open title (w/Clayton) and reached final at Australian Open (w/De Bakker)....In 2007, captured Wimbledon junior title, first American to win since Scott Humphries in 1994...In 2004, reached Orange Bowl 18-under final (l. to Neilly) and in 2003 won Orange Bowl 16-under title (d. Thron), becoming first American to win that age division title since Jim Courier in 1986...Won Easter Bowl 14s and 18s titles in 2003-04...Named as Davis Cup practice partner for QF tie vs. Spain in 2007...Coached by parents.