Sunday, August 24, 2008

A look back at junior U.S. Open winners

Here are the players who won the junior event at the U.S. Open during the last two decades:

2007 Kristina Kucova
2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2005 Victoria Azarenka
2004 Michaella Krajicek
2003 Kirsten Flipkens
2002 Maria Kirilenko
2001 Marion Bartoli
2000 Maria Emilia Salerni
1999 Lina Krasnoroutskaia
1998 Jelena Dokic
1997 Cara Black
1996 Mirjana Lucic
1995 Tara Snyder
1994 Meilen Tu
1993 Maria Francesca Bentivoglio
1992 Lindsay Davenport
1991 Karina Habsudova
1990 Magdalena Maleeva
1989 Jennifer Capriati
1988 Carrie Cunningham

Azarenka, Black, Davenport, and Maleeva were all seeded number 1. Only Davenport went on to win the U.S. Open as a tour player.

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