Janet Anne Young (born 22 October 1951) is a former professional

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player from Australia.

Biography

Professional tennis

Young competed on the WTA Tour in the 1970s and won a total of three doubles titles, all of which came partnering

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. The pair were finalists in eight tournaments across the 1973 season and semi-finalists at the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open. As a singles player, Young won the

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and South Australian Championships in 1973, both non-tour events. At the

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, she won through to the fourth round, where she faced

Chris Evert Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954) is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful players of all time, she was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 2 ...

. She took Evert to a third set, which she lost 6–8, having led 4–0. Young was a doubles player in Australia's winning Federation Cup teams in 1973 and 1974. Teaming with Evonne Goolagong, they remained unbeaten and only dropped one set across both campaigns. In addition to her performances with Goolagong, Young also reached Grand Slam doubles semi-finals with Lesley Hunt (at the

1974 Australian Open The 1974 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium, Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 26 December 1973 to 1 January 1974. It was the 62nd edition of the Austr ...

) and Kym Ruddell (at the

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Later career

Young has a doctorate in sports psychology and works as a senior lecturer in the College of Sport & Exercise Science at Melbourne's Victoria University. She served on the board of

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from 2008 to 2016.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (3–5)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Janet 1951 births Living people Australian female tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Tennis players from Melbourne Australian women academics Academic staff of the Victoria University, Melbourne FISU World University Games silver medalists for Australia FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Australia Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade Sportswomen from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian sportswomen