Donald Young (tennis player)
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Donald Oliver Young Jr. (born July 23, 1989) in Chicago, Illinois, is an American
professional tennis
player.
While acting as a ball boy
at the age of 10, Young had the opportunity to play with tennis legend John McEnroe
. McEnroe later said that Young "has hands like another lefty I know very well." Young has also paired up in a mixed doubles match with Melanie Oudin
.
Young has a career-high ATP
ranking of World No. 43, achieved after reaching the round of 16 at the 2011 US Open for the first time at a major.
Donald has also won 13 majors.
in the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals, at the Jimmy Evert
Tennis Center in Fort Lauderdale. He was up 5-love in the third set of the final. Young had lost the first set, won the second, and was winning 5–0 and serving for the match at 40–15. They were already bringing in the table for the trophy presentation, when Levine ran off an astonishing 23 consecutive points, to defeat Young 7–5 in the third.
In 2003, Young won the Orange Bowl 16-under title (defeating Thron), becoming the first American to win that age division title since Jim Courier
in 1986.
He turned professional in 2004, but has mostly matches in Futures and Challenger
events. Due to the slow start, his handlers were often criticized for pushing him too fast during the early stages.
In 2004, Young reached the Orange Bowl 18-under final (l. to Neilly). He won the Easter Bowl 14s and 18s titles in 2003–04 and was named as Davis Cup practice partner for the quarterfinal tie against Spain in 2007.
Young was, for a period of time in 2005, ranked the no. 1 junior player in the world. Young was the youngest male to win a Grand Slam event, winning the Australian Open Junior Championships in 2005. A record he held until the Australian Open in 2008, when Bernard Tomic
won the event 2 months younger than Young. Young also won the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Championship with Alex Clayton.
In 2005, he became the youngest year-end world no. 1 in junior rankings at 16 years, 5 months (one month younger than Richard Gasquet
in 2002). Young won the Australian Open junior title at age 15 to become youngest-ever and first African-American man to be ranked no. 1 in the world. He is also the first American to win the Australian junior title and finish no. 1 since Andy Roddick
in 2000. He advanced to the semifinals at Wimbledon and quarterfinals at the US Open in 2005. In doubles, Young won the junior US Open title (with Clayton) and reached the final at Australian Open (with De Bakker). In 2007, he won the Wimbledon junior title and was the first American to win since Scott Humphries
in 1994.
He won the 2006 U.S. Junior National Championship, as the world no. 1 junior, as Jesse Levine forfeited in the finals due to food poisoning.
, as well as winning a Futures title in April. This was his biggest success in the professional ranks.
In July 2007, Young won the Junior Wimbledon title, beating number 1 seed Vladimir Ignatic
7–5, 6–1 in the final. Shortly thereafter, Young won a Challenger tournament and his ranking rose sharply to 221.
His rank rose sharply, from 92 to 7th on the Junior ITF circuit (as of July 13, 2007), after he won the Junior Wimbledon Championships. He opted to play only some of the grand slam tournaments in 2007, and concentrate on playing professional tournaments.
On August 19, 2007, Young won his first-ever ATP Tour level singles match. In the first round of New Haven he beat fellow American Amer Delic
in three sets: 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the following round, he lost a tight three-setter to Russian Nikolay Davydenko
2–6, 6–4, 5–7.
Young then received a wild card into the main US Open draw. On August 27, 2007, Young defeated Australian Chris Guccione
6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 in the first round. This was his first career victory in a grand slam match. On August 30, Young won his second round match by default. It was against heavily favored opponent Richard Gasquet
of France, who had fallen ill during the procession of the tournament and officially withdrew after morning practice. On September 1, Young fell in the third round to unseeded Feliciano López
of Spain in 4 sets, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6, 7–5.
Young carried the momentum into the fall, making it to the finals of 4 challenger tournaments and posting an overall fall record of 21–7 on the challenger circuit. This was enough to hoist him into the top 100 on the ATP rankings. He lost in the finals of the $50,000 JSM Challenger in Champaign, Illinois
, at the University of Illinois, to Jesse Levine, 7–6, 7–6.
His talents were recognized by the Association of Tennis Professionals
in December, 2007, as for Young was one of 11 honored in the 2007 Century Club
in four sets. There were much higher hopes for Young as he made it to the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament in Memphis. Young defeated Sam Warburg
and Alejandro Falla
in the first and second rounds respectively, before losing in a tough three-set match to Jonas Björkman
.
In Indian Wells, Young made it to the third round. He defeated Bobby Reynolds
in the first round. Then in the second round, he took out the 32 seed, Feliciano López
in three sets. He lost to the 2007 Indian Wells champion Rafael Nadal
in the third round. He lost in the first round of the French Open, then continued to lose a close four-set match in the first round at Wimbledon against fellow-American Jesse Levine
.
At the Canadian Open, a Masters Series event, Young won two preliminary matches to qualify for the tournament, before dropping his first-round match to Gilles Simon
1–6, 3–6.
At the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, he defeated former world no. 2 Tommy Haas
(ranked ATP 40 at the time) 6–2, 6–4.
In the first round of the US Open, Young lost to James Blake
in a five-set thriller. He came back from down a break to win the fourth set. Although the final set was tied 4–4, with the help of two key calls overturned on challenges in the last two games, Blake won 6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4.
Young won the Sacramento Challenger tournament on October 13, 2008.
in qualifying for Wimbledon. Falla would win a spot into the draw.
Donald received a Wildcard to play in the 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
in Washington, D.C. He played against Lleyton Hewitt
who won the match 7–5, 6–2.
Donald got into the Qualifiers for the 2009 US Open
. His first match was against Marco Crugnola
whom he beat 7–6, 6–4. In the second round of Qualifiers he played Guillermo Olaso
and beat him 7–5, 6–2. He won his third-round match against Lukáš Rosol
6–3, 6–4 to Qualify for the 2009 US Open
. Tommy Robredo
beat Donald in the first round 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 3–6.
Donald got into the Qualifiers draw for the Thailand Open. In the first round he beat Nathan Thompson 6–1,6–2. 2nd Round he defeated Tasuku Iwami 6–4,6–3. Final Round of Qualifiers he lost to Florian Mayer
6–2, 6–4. Donald got into the tournament with a Lucky Loser spot and had a First Round bye. He lost in the Second Round to Andreas Beck
1–6, 7–6, 4–6.
Donald got a spot in the Qualifiers draw for the China Open. In the First Round he defeated Feliciano López
7–6, 3–6, 6–3. He played Łukasz Kubot in the last Round of Qualifiers in which he lost 2–6, 3–6.
Donald lost to Ilija Bozoljac
4–6, 6–7 in the first round of the Tiburon (CA) Challenger on October 12.
Donald played Louk Sorensen
in the 1st round of the Calabasas Challenger. Young won 4–6, 6–2, 6–2. Young defeated Taylor Dent
6–3, 6–2. Young won his 3rd Round match against Luka Gregorc
6–3, 6–1. Young defeated Michael Yani
6–3, 6–1. Young defeated Michael Russell
7–6(4), 6–1 to win the Calabasas Challenger.
Donald won his 1st round match at the Charlottesville (VA) Challenger. Young defeated Vincent Spadea 6–4, 5–7, 6–0. Young defeated Kevin Anderson
6–3, 3–6, 7–6. Young played Dominic Inglot
in the 3rd round in which he won 6–4, 6–3. Young lost to Kevin Kim
2–6, 5–7 in the Semis.
Young defeated Jesse Levine
6–3, 6–4, in the 1st Round of the Knoxville (TN) Challenger. Young defeated Alex Kuznetsov
7–6, 6–2 in the 2nd Round. Young lost to Grega Žemlja
4–6, 3–6 in the Quarterfinals.
Young defeated Jack Sock
in the 1st Round of the Wild Card Draw for the Australian Open, he then lost to Ryan Harrison in the 2nd Round.
6–4, 6–4 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the Chennai Open. Young lost to Louk Sorensen
6–7, 6–7 in Round 2 of Qualifiers.
Young defeated Marc López
7–5, 6–0 in the 1st Round of the Australian Open Qualifiers. 2nd Round he defeated Björn Phau
7–5, 6–3. In the last round of Qualifiers he defeated Takao Suzuki
7–6, 7–6. Young defeated Christophe Rochus
in Round 1 of the 2010 Australian Open
1–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4. Young was defeated in Round 2, 6–7, 4–6, 1–6 by Lleyton Hewitt
.
Donald defeated Tim Smyczek
6–2, 4–6, 6–2, in the 1st Round of the Honolulu Challenger. Young then defeated Grigor Dimitrov
6–4, 7–6. He defeated Robert Kendrick
in the Quarterfinals 7–6, 6–4. He lost to Michael Russell in the semis as he retired at 6–7, 0–3.
Young defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for Memphis
7–6, 7–6. Young lost to Kevin Anderson
in the last round of Qualifiers 4–6, 7–6, 3–6.
Young lost to Izak van der Merwe
in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the Delray Beach
6–2, 3–6, 3–6.
Young defeated Luka Gregorc
7–5, 6–4 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the BNP Paribas Open
. He then lost to Marinko Matosevic
4–6, 6–4, 6–7.
Young defeated Robby Ginepri
6–2, 6–3 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the Sony Ericcson Open
. Young lost to Xavier Malisse
in the final Round of Qualifiers 1–6, 2–6. His game "looked like doo doo", according to noted tennis commentator Bud Collins
.
Young got a Wild Card into the Main Draw of the U.S. Men's Clay Championship
. Young lost to Kevin Anderson
in the 1st Round 5–7, 3–6.
Young got a Wild Card into the Baton Rouge Challenger. Young defeated Tatsuma Ito
6–3.6–4 in the 1st Round. Young lost to Go Soeda
in the 2nd round 5–7, 4–6.
Young lost to Carsten Ball
in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger 6–4, 1–6, 4–6.
Donald defeated Greg Ouellette 6–1, 6–2 in the 1st Round of the Savannah Challenger. Young then defeated Ryler DeHeart
6–2, 6–3. Young then defeated Cătălin Gârd
6–1, 6–2 in the Quarterfinals. He lost to Ryan Sweeting 4–6, 1–6.
Young lost to Joseph Sirianni
4–6, 4–6 in the 1st Round of the Sarasota Challenger.
Young defeated Daniel Kosakowski 6–1, 6–1 and then defeated Bobby Reynolds 6–2, 6–4. He then beat Tim Smyczek 6–1, 6–7, 6–2 in the LA Tennis Open. Young defeated Lester Cook 3–6, 6–1, 6–1. He defeated Robert Kendrick in the Final 6–4, 6–4 to win the $50000 Challenger.
Donald defeated Leonardo Tavares
6–3, 6–2 in the 1st Round of the Ojai Challenger. Young then defeated Dayne Kelly 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 in Round 2. He defeated Luka Gregorc 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 in Round 3. He lost to Bobby Reynolds 3–6, 2–6 in the Semifinals.
Young lost to Guillermo Alcaide
4–6, 1–6 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for Wimbledon.
Young defeated Ryan Harrison 6–3, 6–2 in the 1st Round of the Winnetka Challenger. Young defeated Simon Stadler
in Round 2 with a score of 6–3, 7–5. Young then beat Lester Cook 7–6, 6–1. Young lost to Tim Smyczek in the Semifinals 4–6, 2–6.
Donald defeated Greg Jones 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 in Round 1 of the Aptos Challenger. He then defeated Artem Aitek 1–6, 6–4, 6–4. Young defeated Ilija Bozoljac in the Quarterfinals 6–3, 6–4. Young defeated Somdev Devvarman 6–2, 3–6, 6–4. Young lost to Marinko Matosevic 4–6, 2–6 in the Final.
In the 1st Round of the Atlanta ATP Tournament, Young defeated Dudi Sela
7–5, 6–0. Donald then lost to Kevin Anderson 5–7, 3–6.
Young defeated Michael Shabaz 6–4, 6–2 in the 1st Round of Qualifying for the Legg Mason. He then lost to Grega Zemlja 2–6, 4–6.
Young lost to Ernests Gulbis
6–7, 4–6 in Round 1 of Cincinnati.
Young defeated Stephane Robert
in Round 1 of New Haven before losing to Juan Ignacio Chela
in 3 sets.
Young lost to Gilles Simon
1–6, 4–6, 2–6 in Round 1 of the 2010 US Open.
Young and partner Robert Kendrick
won the doubles championship at the Virginia National bank challenger on November 7 by a score of 7–6, 7–6.
in the first round of 2011 Australian Open
after winning three qualifying matches against Dieter Kindlmann
, Alberto Brizzi
, and Izak van der Merwe
.
At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open
Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells
, he defeated his highest-ranked opponent to-date, Andy Murray, winning in straight sets 7–6, 6–3.
In April, Young won the Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
.
He advanced to the second round of the 2011 AEGON International
and the 2011 AEGON Championships
.
Young made it to his first ATP semifinal in August at the Washington DC ATP 500.
In the US Open, Young defeated Lukas Lacko
in the first round in 3 sets, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. In the second round he defeated world No. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka
in 5 sets 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6 in his first 5 set victory in 4 hours and 21 minutes. He then advanced to the Round of 16 in a Grand Slam
for the first time in his career by defeating Juan Ignacio Chela
in straight sets 7–5, 6–4, 6–3. Young was defeated in the 4th round being eliminated by Andy Murray 2–6, 3–6, 3–6 in a rain delayed match.
At the start of October, Young triumphed over 14th world-ranked Gael Monfils in a come-from-behind three-setter, before losing 2–6, 0–6 to Andy Murray in his first ATP final, The BTT Thailand Open.
According to current (11/04/11) rankings, young Donald is 38th in the world, his highest placement.
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s are neither official match wins nor losses. This table is current through the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters
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professional tennis
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player.
While acting as a ball boy
Ball Boy
Ball Boy is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano and also the name of the main character. It first appeared in issue 1735, dated 18 October 1975. It features a five-a-side football team that includes:* Ball Boy - the captain of the team, Ball Boy bears resemblances to The Dandy's Owen Goal...
at the age of 10, Young had the opportunity to play with tennis legend John McEnroe
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...
. McEnroe later said that Young "has hands like another lefty I know very well." Young has also paired up in a mixed doubles match with Melanie Oudin
Melanie Oudin
Melanie Oudin is an American tennis player and former World Junior No. 2. Her career high rank is World No. 31, which she achieved on April 19, 2010...
.
Young has a career-high ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
ranking of World No. 43, achieved after reaching the round of 16 at the 2011 US Open for the first time at a major.
Donald has also won 13 majors.
Junior and early career
In 2001 he came in second to Jesse LevineJesse Levine
Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....
in the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals, at the Jimmy Evert
Jimmy Evert
James "Jimmy" Evert is a tennis coach and former tennis player from the United States. He is the father of Chris Evert, who was one of the world's top women tennis players in the 1970s and 1980s....
Tennis Center in Fort Lauderdale. He was up 5-love in the third set of the final. Young had lost the first set, won the second, and was winning 5–0 and serving for the match at 40–15. They were already bringing in the table for the trophy presentation, when Levine ran off an astonishing 23 consecutive points, to defeat Young 7–5 in the third.
In 2003, Young won the Orange Bowl 16-under title (defeating Thron), becoming the first American to win that age division title since Jim Courier
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...
in 1986.
He turned professional in 2004, but has mostly matches in Futures and Challenger
ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments...
events. Due to the slow start, his handlers were often criticized for pushing him too fast during the early stages.
In 2004, Young reached the Orange Bowl 18-under final (l. to Neilly). He won the Easter Bowl 14s and 18s titles in 2003–04 and was named as Davis Cup practice partner for the quarterfinal tie against Spain in 2007.
Young was, for a period of time in 2005, ranked the no. 1 junior player in the world. Young was the youngest male to win a Grand Slam event, winning the Australian Open Junior Championships in 2005. A record he held until the Australian Open in 2008, when Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic is an Australian professional tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Tomic is ranked the World No. 41, making him the highest ranked Australian male tennis player and the youngest player in the top 100...
won the event 2 months younger than Young. Young also won the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Championship with Alex Clayton.
In 2005, he became the youngest year-end world no. 1 in junior rankings at 16 years, 5 months (one month younger than Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
in 2002). Young won the Australian Open junior title at age 15 to become youngest-ever and first African-American man to be ranked no. 1 in the world. He is also the first American to win the Australian junior title and finish no. 1 since Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
in 2000. He advanced to the semifinals at Wimbledon and quarterfinals at the US Open in 2005. In doubles, Young won the junior US Open title (with Clayton) and reached the final at Australian Open (with De Bakker). In 2007, he won the Wimbledon junior title and was the first American to win since Scott Humphries
Scott Humphries
Scott Humphries , is a professional tennis player from the United States.Humphries achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 29 in 2000...
in 1994.
He won the 2006 U.S. Junior National Championship, as the world no. 1 junior, as Jesse Levine forfeited in the finals due to food poisoning.
2007
In January 2007 he reached the finals of a Futures tournament on the ITF Men's CircuitITF Men's Circuit
The ITF Men's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. The ITF Men's Circuit represents the lowest rung of the men's professional tennis ladder...
, as well as winning a Futures title in April. This was his biggest success in the professional ranks.
In July 2007, Young won the Junior Wimbledon title, beating number 1 seed Vladimir Ignatic
Vladimir Ignatic
Uladzimir Ignatik is a Belarusian tennis player, who is currently ranked 201st in the world , and is the top ranked Belarussian tennis player in singles.- Junior career :...
7–5, 6–1 in the final. Shortly thereafter, Young won a Challenger tournament and his ranking rose sharply to 221.
His rank rose sharply, from 92 to 7th on the Junior ITF circuit (as of July 13, 2007), after he won the Junior Wimbledon Championships. He opted to play only some of the grand slam tournaments in 2007, and concentrate on playing professional tournaments.
On August 19, 2007, Young won his first-ever ATP Tour level singles match. In the first round of New Haven he beat fellow American Amer Delic
Amer Delic
Amer Delić is a Bosnian tennis player. Representing the United States as a tour player until 2009, he now represents the country of his birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is a member of its Davis Cup team....
in three sets: 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the following round, he lost a tight three-setter to Russian Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
2–6, 6–4, 5–7.
Young then received a wild card into the main US Open draw. On August 27, 2007, Young defeated Australian Chris Guccione
Chris Guccione
Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....
6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 in the first round. This was his first career victory in a grand slam match. On August 30, Young won his second round match by default. It was against heavily favored opponent Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
of France, who had fallen ill during the procession of the tournament and officially withdrew after morning practice. On September 1, Young fell in the third round to unseeded Feliciano López
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Diaz-Guerra is a Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Toledo and now lives in the Spanish capital Madrid....
of Spain in 4 sets, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6, 7–5.
Young carried the momentum into the fall, making it to the finals of 4 challenger tournaments and posting an overall fall record of 21–7 on the challenger circuit. This was enough to hoist him into the top 100 on the ATP rankings. He lost in the finals of the $50,000 JSM Challenger in Champaign, Illinois
Champaign, Illinois
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, at the University of Illinois, to Jesse Levine, 7–6, 7–6.
His talents were recognized by the Association of Tennis Professionals
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
in December, 2007, as for Young was one of 11 honored in the 2007 Century Club
2008
In the Australian Open, Young lost in the 1st round to Michael BerrerMichael Berrer
Michael Berrer is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career high in singles with No. 42 on May 2010 and his high in doubles in March 2009 with No...
in four sets. There were much higher hopes for Young as he made it to the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament in Memphis. Young defeated Sam Warburg
Sam Warburg
Sam Warburg is a retired American male tennis player.- College career :Warburg was a 4-time All -American for Stanford University, and won the NCAA Doubles Championship in 2004. He also won the 2004 & 2005 PAC-10 Singles titles...
and Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramirez is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb and measures 6'1" . At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in...
in the first and second rounds respectively, before losing in a tough three-set match to Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....
.
In Indian Wells, Young made it to the third round. He defeated Bobby Reynolds
Bobby Reynolds
----Robert "Bobby" Thomas Reynolds in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American professional tennis player who resides in Acworth, Georgia.-Professional career:...
in the first round. Then in the second round, he took out the 32 seed, Feliciano López
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Diaz-Guerra is a Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Toledo and now lives in the Spanish capital Madrid....
in three sets. He lost to the 2007 Indian Wells champion Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
in the third round. He lost in the first round of the French Open, then continued to lose a close four-set match in the first round at Wimbledon against fellow-American Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....
.
At the Canadian Open, a Masters Series event, Young won two preliminary matches to qualify for the tournament, before dropping his first-round match to Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...
1–6, 3–6.
At the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, he defeated former world no. 2 Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high ranking of world no...
(ranked ATP 40 at the time) 6–2, 6–4.
In the first round of the US Open, Young lost to James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
in a five-set thriller. He came back from down a break to win the fourth set. Although the final set was tied 4–4, with the help of two key calls overturned on challenges in the last two games, Blake won 6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4.
Young won the Sacramento Challenger tournament on October 13, 2008.
2009
Donald lost to Alejandro FallaAlejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramirez is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb and measures 6'1" . At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in...
in qualifying for Wimbledon. Falla would win a spot into the draw.
Donald received a Wildcard to play in the 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
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in Washington, D.C. He played against Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...
who won the match 7–5, 6–2.
Donald got into the Qualifiers for the 2009 US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
. His first match was against Marco Crugnola
Marco Crugnola
Marco Crugnola is an Italian professional tennis player.-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 12 :-External links:...
whom he beat 7–6, 6–4. In the second round of Qualifiers he played Guillermo Olaso
Guillermo Olaso
Guillermo Olaso De la Rica is a Spanish professional tennis player.-Singles: 1 :-Doubles: 4 :-Futures:-External links:...
and beat him 7–5, 6–2. He won his third-round match against Lukáš Rosol
Lukáš Rosol
Lukáš Rosol is a Czech professional tennis player. Rosol competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. Rosol was coached by former Czech player, 1999 US Open quarterfinalist Ctislav Doseděl.-Singles: 19 :-Doubles: 34 :-External links:...
6–3, 6–4 to Qualify for the 2009 US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
. Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
beat Donald in the first round 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 3–6.
Donald got into the Qualifiers draw for the Thailand Open. In the first round he beat Nathan Thompson 6–1,6–2. 2nd Round he defeated Tasuku Iwami 6–4,6–3. Final Round of Qualifiers he lost to Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....
6–2, 6–4. Donald got into the tournament with a Lucky Loser spot and had a First Round bye. He lost in the Second Round to Andreas Beck
Andreas Beck (tennis)
Andreas Beck is a professional male tennis player of Germany. His career high rank was #33, achieved on November 2, 2009.- 2008 :...
1–6, 7–6, 4–6.
Donald got a spot in the Qualifiers draw for the China Open. In the First Round he defeated Feliciano López
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Diaz-Guerra is a Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Toledo and now lives in the Spanish capital Madrid....
7–6, 3–6, 6–3. He played Łukasz Kubot in the last Round of Qualifiers in which he lost 2–6, 3–6.
Donald lost to Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac or Ilia Bozoljac is a professional male tennis player from Serbia....
4–6, 6–7 in the first round of the Tiburon (CA) Challenger on October 12.
Donald played Louk Sorensen
Louk Sorensen
Louk Sorensen is a professional tennis player from Ireland.Sorensen is the first player representing Ireland to win a Grand Slam event main draw match in the Open Era. His father, Sean, was the first Irishman to play a Grand Slam main draw match in the Open Era, going out in the first round of...
in the 1st round of the Calabasas Challenger. Young won 4–6, 6–2, 6–2. Young defeated Taylor Dent
Taylor Dent
Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...
6–3, 6–2. Young won his 3rd Round match against Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc is a tennis player from Slovenia. Gregorc reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 172 on August 3, 2009, and highest doubles ranking on September 12, 2005, reaching World Number 557...
6–3, 6–1. Young defeated Michael Yani
Michael Yani
Michael Yani is a Singaporean-American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003.Yani is 6 ft 1 in and 75 kg . He resides in Durham, North Carolina. His high singles ranking to date is World No. 143, which he reached March 1, 2010.Yani qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and 2009...
6–3, 6–1. Young defeated Michael Russell
Michael Russell (tennis)
Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...
7–6(4), 6–1 to win the Calabasas Challenger.
Donald won his 1st round match at the Charlottesville (VA) Challenger. Young defeated Vincent Spadea 6–4, 5–7, 6–0. Young defeated Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...
6–3, 3–6, 7–6. Young played Dominic Inglot
Dominic Inglot
Dominic Inglot is a British professional Tennis player specializing in doubles. He learnt to play tennis at St Benedict's School and at the University of Virginia.- 2010 :...
in the 3rd round in which he won 6–4, 6–3. Young lost to Kevin Kim
Kevin Kim
- External links :* *...
2–6, 5–7 in the Semis.
Young defeated Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....
6–3, 6–4, in the 1st Round of the Knoxville (TN) Challenger. Young defeated Alex Kuznetsov
Alex Kuznetsov
----Alex Kuznetsov is an American tennis player, accomplished in junior tennis. He moved from Ukraine to the US when he was 3 years old...
7–6, 6–2 in the 2nd Round. Young lost to Grega Žemlja
Grega Žemlja
Grega Žemlja is a tennis player from Slovenia.Žemlja reached his highest world ranking #111 in singles and #252 in doubles. He lives in Kranj, Slovenia...
4–6, 3–6 in the Quarterfinals.
Young defeated Jack Sock
Jack Sock
Jack Sock is an American tennis player. The men's junior US Open champion in 2010, he is best known for winning the 2011 US Open mixed doubles title with fellow American Melanie Oudin.-Junior Career:...
in the 1st Round of the Wild Card Draw for the Australian Open, he then lost to Ryan Harrison in the 2nd Round.
2010
Donald defeated Aisam-ul-Haq QureshiAisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top 10 doubles player, his highest Singles Race ranking is 103rd and is the former Asian No. 3...
6–4, 6–4 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the Chennai Open. Young lost to Louk Sorensen
Louk Sorensen
Louk Sorensen is a professional tennis player from Ireland.Sorensen is the first player representing Ireland to win a Grand Slam event main draw match in the Open Era. His father, Sean, was the first Irishman to play a Grand Slam main draw match in the Open Era, going out in the first round of...
6–7, 6–7 in Round 2 of Qualifiers.
Young defeated Marc López
Marc López
Marc López i Tarrés is a professional male tennis player from Spain, who started playing tennis at the age of 8 years old and became professional in 1999...
7–5, 6–0 in the 1st Round of the Australian Open Qualifiers. 2nd Round he defeated Björn Phau
Bjorn Phau
Björn Phau is a German tennis player and the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father. He reached a singles ranking of 59 in the world on 19 June 2006. He defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis...
7–5, 6–3. In the last round of Qualifiers he defeated Takao Suzuki
Takao Suzuki
----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....
7–6, 7–6. Young defeated Christophe Rochus
Christophe Rochus
Christophe Rochus is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus, also a tennis player who has been slightly more successful than Christophe. He reached the singles finals of two ATP tournaments: Valencia and Rotterdam but lost them both...
in Round 1 of the 2010 Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
1–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4. Young was defeated in Round 2, 6–7, 4–6, 1–6 by Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...
.
Donald defeated Tim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek is an American professional tennis player. Tim Smyczek Qualified into his first ATP main draw tournament in SAP Open – San Jose by winning eight qualifying matches before losing to Mardy Fish in the first round...Stayed in Fish's house for a year...Plays the violin...Wants to be a...
6–2, 4–6, 6–2, in the 1st Round of the Honolulu Challenger. Young then defeated Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov is a tennis player from Bulgaria. He achieved a career high ranking of World No. 52 on August 22, 2011. Dimitrov also enjoyed a very successful junior career, in which he held the World No...
6–4, 7–6. He defeated Robert Kendrick
Robert Kendrick
Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport...
in the Quarterfinals 7–6, 6–4. He lost to Michael Russell in the semis as he retired at 6–7, 0–3.
Young defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for Memphis
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup
The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup are tennis tournaments held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships is a men's ATP Tour event that has been held since 1976. In previous years it has been known as the U.S. Indoor Championships, the...
7–6, 7–6. Young lost to Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...
in the last round of Qualifiers 4–6, 7–6, 3–6.
Young lost to Izak van der Merwe
Izak van der Merwe
- Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer...
in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the Delray Beach
2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
The 2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
6–2, 3–6, 3–6.
Young defeated Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc is a tennis player from Slovenia. Gregorc reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 172 on August 3, 2009, and highest doubles ranking on September 12, 2005, reaching World Number 557...
7–5, 6–4 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the BNP Paribas Open
2010 BNP Paribas Open
The 2010 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 36th edition of the event, known this year as the BNP Paribas Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on...
. He then lost to Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic is a professional Croatian-Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 144, which he reached on October 25, 2010. His career high ranking in doubles was No. 541, set on September 28, 2009.-Tennis career and background:Matosevic was born in Jajce, SR Bosnia...
4–6, 6–4, 6–7.
Young defeated Robby Ginepri
Robby Ginepri
Robert Louis Ginepri is an American professional tennis player.-Early life:Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry....
6–2, 6–3 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for the Sony Ericcson Open
2010 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2010 Sony Ericsson Open , was a tennis tournament for men and women held from March 22 to April 4, 2010. It was the 26th edition of the Miami Masters event and is played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, located near Miami...
. Young lost to Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
in the final Round of Qualifiers 1–6, 2–6. His game "looked like doo doo", according to noted tennis commentator Bud Collins
Bud Collins
-External links:*** 2001 interview with Collins*...
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Young got a Wild Card into the Main Draw of the U.S. Men's Clay Championship
2010 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The 2010 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 42nd edition of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, and was an ATP World Tour 250 event...
. Young lost to Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...
in the 1st Round 5–7, 3–6.
Young got a Wild Card into the Baton Rouge Challenger. Young defeated Tatsuma Ito
Tatsuma Ito
is a Japanese professional tennis player.-Singles: 4 :-Doubles: 1 :-External links:*...
6–3.6–4 in the 1st Round. Young lost to Go Soeda
Go Soeda
Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...
in the 2nd round 5–7, 4–6.
Young lost to Carsten Ball
Carsten Ball
Carsten Thomas Ball is a professional Australian tennis player. Although born and based in the U.S., Carsten has continued to compete as an Australian player.-Tennis career:...
in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger 6–4, 1–6, 4–6.
Donald defeated Greg Ouellette 6–1, 6–2 in the 1st Round of the Savannah Challenger. Young then defeated Ryler DeHeart
Ryler DeHeart
Ryler DeHeart is an American professional tennis player. He reached his singles career high ranking of 174 on May 3, 2010. He is coached by Brad Dancer.-Professional career:...
6–2, 6–3. Young then defeated Cătălin Gârd
Cătălin Gârd
Cătălin-Ionuţ Gârd is a Romanian tennis player. On February 18, 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 224 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 528 achieved on April 20, 2009.-External links:...
6–1, 6–2 in the Quarterfinals. He lost to Ryan Sweeting 4–6, 1–6.
Young lost to Joseph Sirianni
Joseph Sirianni
Joseph Sirianni is an Australian tennis player from Melbourne, Victoria. Sirianni was born to father Joseph and mother Ida. Sirianni turned professional in 1996 and he plays right-handed. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of World Number 138 on 20 October 2008...
4–6, 4–6 in the 1st Round of the Sarasota Challenger.
Young defeated Daniel Kosakowski 6–1, 6–1 and then defeated Bobby Reynolds 6–2, 6–4. He then beat Tim Smyczek 6–1, 6–7, 6–2 in the LA Tennis Open. Young defeated Lester Cook 3–6, 6–1, 6–1. He defeated Robert Kendrick in the Final 6–4, 6–4 to win the $50000 Challenger.
Donald defeated Leonardo Tavares
Leonardo Tavares
Leonardo Tavares is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Tour. On August 2010, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking of no. 186....
6–3, 6–2 in the 1st Round of the Ojai Challenger. Young then defeated Dayne Kelly 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 in Round 2. He defeated Luka Gregorc 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 in Round 3. He lost to Bobby Reynolds 3–6, 2–6 in the Semifinals.
Young lost to Guillermo Alcaide
Guillermo Alcaide
Guillermo Alcaide Justel is a Spanish professional tennis player.-Titles :-External links:...
4–6, 1–6 in the 1st Round of Qualifiers for Wimbledon.
Young defeated Ryan Harrison 6–3, 6–2 in the 1st Round of the Winnetka Challenger. Young defeated Simon Stadler
Simon Stadler
Simon Stadler is a left-handed, German tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #140 in February 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of #144 in October 2011.- Juniors career :...
in Round 2 with a score of 6–3, 7–5. Young then beat Lester Cook 7–6, 6–1. Young lost to Tim Smyczek in the Semifinals 4–6, 2–6.
Donald defeated Greg Jones 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 in Round 1 of the Aptos Challenger. He then defeated Artem Aitek 1–6, 6–4, 6–4. Young defeated Ilija Bozoljac in the Quarterfinals 6–3, 6–4. Young defeated Somdev Devvarman 6–2, 3–6, 6–4. Young lost to Marinko Matosevic 4–6, 2–6 in the Final.
In the 1st Round of the Atlanta ATP Tournament, Young defeated Dudi Sela
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela is an Israeli professional tennis player.Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Amir Weintraub.As a 17-year-old junior, he won the 2003 French Open boys' doubles championship with his doubles...
7–5, 6–0. Donald then lost to Kevin Anderson 5–7, 3–6.
Young defeated Michael Shabaz 6–4, 6–2 in the 1st Round of Qualifying for the Legg Mason. He then lost to Grega Zemlja 2–6, 4–6.
Young lost to Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010 won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final...
6–7, 4–6 in Round 1 of Cincinnati.
Young defeated Stephane Robert
Stéphane Robert
Stéphane Robert is a professional French professional tennis player.He reached his first ATP-level final at the 2010 SA Tennis Open, falling to Feliciano López 5–7, 1–6....
in Round 1 of New Haven before losing to Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...
in 3 sets.
Young lost to Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...
1–6, 4–6, 2–6 in Round 1 of the 2010 US Open.
Young and partner Robert Kendrick
Robert Kendrick
Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport...
won the doubles championship at the Virginia National bank challenger on November 7 by a score of 7–6, 7–6.
2011
Young lost to Marin CilicMarin Cilic
Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...
in the first round of 2011 Australian Open
2011 Australian Open
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held...
after winning three qualifying matches against Dieter Kindlmann
Dieter Kindlmann
Dieter Kindlmann is a professional German tennis player. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 26, 2004, when he became World number 130...
, Alberto Brizzi
Alberto Brizzi
Alberto Brizzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-External links:*...
, and Izak van der Merwe
Izak van der Merwe
- Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer...
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At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open
2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles
The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011...
Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells
Indian Wells
Indian Wells may refer to:*Indian Wells, Arizona, community within the Navajo Nation*Indian Wells, California, city in Riverside County**Indian Wells Masters, tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California...
, he defeated his highest-ranked opponent to-date, Andy Murray, winning in straight sets 7–6, 6–3.
In April, Young won the Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
The Tallahassee Tennis Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Forestmeadows Tennis Complex in Tallahasee, Florida, USA, since...
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He advanced to the second round of the 2011 AEGON International
2011 AEGON International
The 2011 AEGON International was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 36th edition of the event for the women and the 3rd edition for the men. It was classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour and as an ATP World Tour 250 series...
and the 2011 AEGON Championships
2011 AEGON Championships
The 2011 AEGON Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 108th edition of the AEGON Championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, in the club's 125th year...
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Young made it to his first ATP semifinal in August at the Washington DC ATP 500.
In the US Open, Young defeated Lukas Lacko
Lukáš Lacko
Lukáš Lacko is a professional Slovak tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 60, which he reached on February 22, 2010. His career high doubles ranking was 213 on November 30, 2009.- Tennis career :...
in the first round in 3 sets, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. In the second round he defeated world No. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...
in 5 sets 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6 in his first 5 set victory in 4 hours and 21 minutes. He then advanced to the Round of 16 in a Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
for the first time in his career by defeating Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...
in straight sets 7–5, 6–4, 6–3. Young was defeated in the 4th round being eliminated by Andy Murray 2–6, 3–6, 3–6 in a rain delayed match.
At the start of October, Young triumphed over 14th world-ranked Gael Monfils in a come-from-behind three-setter, before losing 2–6, 0–6 to Andy Murray in his first ATP final, The BTT Thailand Open.
According to current (11/04/11) rankings, young Donald is 38th in the world, his highest placement.
Equipment
Young uses the Prince EXO3 Tour 100 16x18 as his racquet. He is sponsored by and NikeNike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
for clothing and shoes.
Singles: 1 (0–1)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | October 2, 2011 |  Bangkok, Thailand |
Hard (i) |  Andy Murray |
2–6, 0–6 |
Singles titles (5)
| Legend (Singles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 (0) |
| Challengers (5) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | July 16, 2007 |  AptosComerica Bank Challenger The Comerica Bank Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos, California, USA, since 1988.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:**... |
Hard | Bobby Reynolds Bobby Reynolds ----Robert "Bobby" Thomas Reynolds in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American professional tennis player who resides in Acworth, Georgia.-Professional career:... |
7–5, 6–3 |
| 2. | October 6, 2008 | Sacramento Swanston Challenger The Natomas Men's Professional Tennis Tournament is a tennis tournament held in Sacramento, California, USA since 2005. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**... |
Hard | Robert Kendrick Robert Kendrick Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport... |
6–4, 6–1 |
| 3. | October 25, 2009 | Calabasas Mercedes Benz of Calabasas The Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Calabasas, California, USA since 2001. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard courts. Former French Open champion Michael Chang won the event in 2002.... |
Hard | Michael Russell Michael Russell (tennis) Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times... |
7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
| 4. | May 30, 2010 | Carson |
Hard | Robert Kendrick Robert Kendrick Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport... |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 5. | April 16, 2011 | Tallahassee Tallahassee Tennis Challenger The Tallahassee Tennis Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Forestmeadows Tennis Complex in Tallahasee, Florida, USA, since... |
Hard | Wayne Odesnik Wayne Odesnik Wayne Odesnik is a professional left-handed American tennis player, with a two-handed backhand.His career-high in singles was # 77, as of April 13, 2009... |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Doubles titles (2)
| Legend (Doubles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the Final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | May 7, 2007 | Tunica, United States |
Clay | Paul Goldstein |
 Pablo CuevasPablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open Men's Doubles title with Luis Horna....  Horacio Zeballos |
4–6, 6–1, [10–4] |
| 1. | February 12, 2007 | Joplin, United States |
Hard | Patrick Briaud |
Goran Dragicevic Mirko Pehar |
6–4, 6–4 |
Early life
Young began playing tennis at age three with mother, Illona, and father, Donald, Sr., who are both tennis teaching professionals. His parents run the South Fulton Tennis Center in College Park, Georgia.Singles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Qualifying matches and WalkoverWalkover
In British English, a walkover or W.O. is the awarding of a victory to a contestant because there are no other contestants, or because the other contestants have been disqualified or have forfeited. The term can apply in sport, but can also apply to elections...
s are neither official match wins nor losses. This table is current through the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters
2011 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2011 BNP Paribas Masters was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
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| Tournament | |2005 | |2006 | |2007 2007 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-January:... | |2008 2008 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:This... | |2009 2009 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | |2010 2010 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | |2011 2011 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | |2012 2012 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2012 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | |SR | |W–L | |Win % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grand Slam Tournaments Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and... |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
1R | 2R 2010 Australian Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but retired due to a right knee injury trailing 3–6, 6–7, 0–3 in the quarterfinals against Andy Murray.Roger Federer met Andy Murray in the final of this event... |
1R 2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament by defeating Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. It was Djokovic's 2nd title at the Australian Open, with this title bearing many resemblances to his title in 2008. Djokovic... |
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| Wimbledon | 1R | Q1 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying -Seeds:# Sergiy Stakhovsky # Simon Greul # Flavio Cipolla # Roko Karanušić # Rui Machado # Thiago Alves ... |
Q1 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying -Seeds:# Taylor Dent # Björn Phau # Somdev Devvarman # Thiago Alves # Iván Navarro # Grega Žemlja # Donald Young ... |
1R 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title. Upon reaching the final, he gained the World No.1 ranking as a result. This marks the first time that neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal is ranked No... |
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| US Open | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R 2010 US Open – Men's Singles Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, after undergoing a wrist operation in May and only starting to practice again in August... |
4R 2011 US Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was defeated in the final by Novak Djokovic with a score of 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1. Djokovic claimed his first US Open title, his third Grand Slam of the year, and his fourth Grand Slam overall.-Seeds:... |
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| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America and Asia... |
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| Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... |
1R | 1R | 3R | Q1 | Q2 | 3R 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011... |
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| Miami Masters Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
1R | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | 1R 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost to Pablo Cuevas in the second round.Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 in the final for the second week in a row after also beating him in the Indian Wells final the previous week... |
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| Canada Masters Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
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| Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
1R | Q1 | 1R 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles Roger Federer became the first player since Andre Agassi in 1996 to have successfully defended the title. He defeated Mardy Fish in the final 6–7, 7–6, 6–4. It was his 4th win at the event also winning in 2005, 2007, and 2009... |
Q1 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's Singles Qualifying This article shows the Qualifying Draw for the 2011 Western & Southern Open. -Seeds:# Radek Štěpánek # Pablo Andújar # Kei Nishikori # Jarkko Nieminen ... |
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| Shanghai Masters Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's... |
Not Masters Series | 2R 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion and successfully defended his title by beating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Rafael Nadal # Andy Murray ... |
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| Paris | 1R 2011 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles Robin Söderling was the defending champion, but could not participate due to mononucleosis.Roger Federer won the title, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–1, 7–6 in the final.-Seeds:All seeds received a bye into the second round.... |
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| Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 60 | 0–1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardcourt Win–Loss | 0–6 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 6–14 | 0–4 | 3–5 | 16–13 | 0 / 48 | 27–48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grass Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clay Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–7 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 8–20 | 0–4 | 3–6 | 19–17 | 0 / 59 | 32–60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year End Ranking | 553 | 494 | 100 | 138 | 194 | 127 | 39 | $1,049,458 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External links
- John McEnroe's Pet Project, Sinking Into Oblivion
- Donald Young's Broken Promise: What Happened to the Former Phenom?
- One-time prodigy Donald Young commits career suicide via Twitter
- Young Recent Match Results
- Young World Ranking History
- biofile profile interview with Donald Young
- New York Times Donald Young Article