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Men:
Youngest Singles Champion - Pete Sampras (1990), aged 19 years, 0 months, 28 days.
Youngest Doubles Champion - Vincent Richards (1918), aged 15 years, 4 months and 26 days.
Youngest Doubles Champion (Open Era) - Lleyton Hewitt (2000) 19 years, 6 months, 13 days
Youngest Player - Tommy Ho (1988) was the youngest player to play at the age of 15 years, 2 months, and 14 days when he lost in straight sets to Johan Kriek in the first round
Youngest Player to Win a Match - Vincent Richards (1918), was the youngest ever to win a
singles match, at the age of 15 years, 5 months, and 8 days. After winning his first round by
default, Richards defeated Frank T. Anderson in the following round. Michael Chang is the
youngest male to win a match in the Open era. In 1987, at the age of 15 years, 6 months, and 10
days, he defeated Paul McNamee on the opening day of the tournament
Oldest Champion - Bill Larned was 38 years, 8 months, and 3 days when he won the last of his seven singles titles in 1911. Since the end of the Challenge Round (which was 1911), Bill Tilden in 1929 had been the oldest titlist at 36 years, 7 months, 4 days
Oldest Singles Champion (Open Era) - Ken Rosewall (1970) 35 years, 10 months, 11 days
Oldest First-time Champion - Vic Seixas was 31 years, 7 days when he won the 1954 final. Wilmer Allison was 30 years, 9 months in 1935
Oldest Doubles Champion - Bob Hewitt (1977) 37 years, 243 days
The age of 19 is the youngest for men's singles champions and five of them have been that
age when they won-Sampras in 1990, Richard Sears in 1881 (by eight months), Campbell in
1890 (by six months), B
Among the males, others (besides Richards, Chang, and Ho) to play in the national singles
before their 16th birthdays include Oliver S. Campbell in 1886, Francis X. Shields in 1926,
Sidney B. Wood, Jr., in 1927, Billy Martin in 1972.
Women:
Youngest Singles Champion - Tracy Austin (1979) was 16 years, 8 months, and 28 days
Youngest Player - Kathy Horvath (1979) was five days past her 14th birthday when she lost a first-round match to Dianne Fromholtz (7-6, 6-2) after playing through the qualifier
Youngest Player to Win a Match - Mary Joe Fernandez was 14 years and 8 days when she defeated Sara Gomer on August 27, 1985
Youngest Doubles Champion (All Time) - Martina Hingis (1998) 17 years, 11 months, 13 days. Serena Williams (1999) 17 years, 11 months, 16 days. May Sutton (1904) 17 years, 11 months, 14 days
Oldest Champion - Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, born in 1884, was 42 when she won the 1926 singles championship. The oldest champion of the Open era was Margaret Court, who won the last of her five U.S. titles in 1973 at the age of 31 years, 1 month and 23 days
Oldest Doubles Champion - Hazel Wightman (1928) 41 years, 257 days
Besides Austin, Maureen Connolly and Martina Hingis also won the women's singles title
before their 17th birthdays. Connolly won the 1951 U.S. title at the age of 16 years, 11
months, 19 days. Hingis won the 1997 US Open at the age of 16 years, 11 months, 8 days.
In addition to Austin and Horvath, others under 15 in their first women's singles were
Sarah Palfrey in 1927; Jeannie Evert, younger sister of Chris, in 1972; Andrea Jaeger in 1979;
Kathy Rinaldi in 1981; Mary Joe Fernandez in 1985; and Jennifer Capriati in 1990.
Mixed Doubles:
Youngest Woman To Win Mixed Doubles Title (All Time) - Serena Williams (1998) 16 years, 11 months, 14 days. Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere (1984) 17 years, 7 months. Betty Nutthall (1929) 18 years, 102 days
Youngest Man To Win Mixed Doubles Title: (All Time) - Vincent Richards (1919) 16 years, 3 months
Oldest Woman To Win Mixed Doubles Title (All Time) - Martina Navratilova (2006), 49 years, 10 months, 9 days
Oldest Man To Win Mixed Doubles Title (All-Time) - Bob Hewitt (1979) 39 years, 8 months
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