Tracy Austin (1979-80)
                                         

Cup History: Tracy followed Evert with back-to-back titles in 1979 and 1980. When she won the coveted trophy in 1979, she became the youngest Family Circle Cup champion at 16 years, 4 months, a record that still stands today.

Career Overview: Won first title at Avon Futures of Portland at 14 yrs in 1977. Won first major title at 1979 Rome, defeating Chris Evert 64 26 76 in SF to end Evert's record 125-match clay court win streak. led career head-to-head against Evert 9-8; In 1979 to became youngest player to win US Open at age 16 years, nine months. Became youngest No. 1-ranked player in the Open Era (at the time) at 17 years, 3 months and 26 days, on April 7, 1980.  Won 1981 US Open, defeating Martina Navratilova 7-6 in the third set, the first US Open title decided by a tie-break.