Jennifer Maria Capriati was born on March 29,1976 and is an American former world No 1 tennis player.
105 Facts About Jennifer Capriati
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Jennifer Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 13 years, 11 months, reaching the final of the hard-court tournament in Boca Raton, Florida.
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In 1998, Jennifer Capriati won her first Grand Slam singles match in five years at Wimbledon.
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At the 2001 Australian Open, the reinvigorated Jennifer Capriati became the lowest seed ever to win the championship when she defeated Martina Hingis in straight sets for her first Grand Slam championship.
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Jennifer Capriati won 14 professional singles tournaments during her career, along with one women's doubles championship.
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Jennifer Capriati won the Junior Orange Bowl in both the 12- and the 14-year categories, and is one of only nine tennis players to win the Junior Orange Bowl Championship twice in its 70-year history, which list includes Andy Murray, Jimmy Connors, Monica Seles, and Yishai Oliel.
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Jennifer Capriati made her professional debut as a 13-year-old, reaching the finals of two of her first three pro events, losing to Gabriela Sabatini and Martina Navratilova in the Boca Raton and Hilton Head tournaments respectively, earning her first two wins over top-10 players.
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Jennifer Capriati made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open.
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Jennifer Capriati went all the way to the semifinals, losing to eventual champion Monica Seles.
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Jennifer Capriati then reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, losing to Steffi Graf.
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Later in the year Jennifer Capriati won her first career title in Puerto Rico, defeating Zina Garrison.
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Jennifer Capriati finished her first season as a professional at world No 8.
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Jennifer Capriati was the youngest player to reach a tour final, the youngest player to reach the semifinals at the French Open, the youngest seed ever at Wimbledon, and the youngest player to qualify for the season-ending championships.
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Jennifer Capriati was the fourth-youngest player to win a WTA title.
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Jennifer Capriati was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year for 1990.
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Jennifer Capriati won two singles titles during the summer hard court circuit, defeating world No 1, Monica Seles, in a third set tie-breaker in final of San Diego, and Katerina Maleeva in straight sets in the final of Toronto.
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Jennifer Capriati reached two Grand Slam semifinals, at Wimbledon and the US Open.
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At Wimbledon, the 15-year-old Jennifer Capriati stunned nine-time champion Martina Navratilova, defeating her in the quarterfinals in straight sets.
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Jennifer Capriati became the youngest person to ever reach the semifinal round of the tournament, losing to Sabatini.
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At the US Open, Jennifer Capriati defeated Sabatini in the quarters but lost in the semis to eventual champion Seles in a third-set tiebreak after serving for the match twice.
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Jennifer Capriati won the only doubles title of her career at the Italian Open, partnering with Seles.
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Jennifer Capriati defeated second-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the semifinals and came from a set down to defeat top-seeded Steffi Graf in the gold-medal match.
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Jennifer Capriati next defended her title in San Diego, defeating Conchita Martinez in the final, the only time that Jennifer Capriati won back-to-back singles titles during her career.
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Jennifer Capriati reached the quarter-finals at the Australian Open, at the French Open, and at Wimbledon, and then she lost in the third round at the US Open.
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In Miami, Jennifer Capriati ended Monica Seles's streak of 21 consecutive finals by defeating her in the quarterfinals.
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Jennifer Capriati finished the year ranked in the top 10 for the third straight year, at No 7.
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Jennifer Capriati became the youngest player to surpass $1 million in prize money.
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Also in 1992, a Sega Genesis video game titled Jennifer Capriati Tennis was released by Renovation Products.
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At her first tournament, Jennifer Capriati defeated third-ranked Sabatini in the semifinals before defeating Anke Huber in the final.
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Jennifer Capriati reached the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, losing to Steffi Graf.
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At the US Open, the seventh-seeded Jennifer Capriati lost her opening match to former top 15-player Leila Meskhi, her first loss in the first round of any pro tournament.
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Jennifer Capriati only played one match in 1994, losing in the first round of Philadelphia to Anke Huber.
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Jennifer Capriati, unranked, played her first match in 15 months in Essen, where she reached the quarterfinals, losing to Jana Novotna in three sets.
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Jennifer Capriati reached her first final in more than three years at Chicago, defeating Monica Seles en route, before losing again to Novotna in three sets.
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Jennifer Capriati reached the quarters in the fall at the Zurich Open, defeating Sabatini in the opening round in what was the last singles match of Sabatini's career.
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Jennifer Capriati competed in her first Grand Slam tournaments since 1993 at the French Open and the US Open, losing in the first round of both.
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Jennifer Capriati was named the WTA Comeback Player of the Year for 1996.
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In January 1997, Jennifer Capriati reached the final in Sydney for the second time in her career, defeating world No 9, Lindsay Davenport, en route to her only top-10 win of the year, losing to Martina Hingis in the final.
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Jennifer Capriati only reached the quarterfinals at one other tournament, Oklahoma City, where she lost to Davenport.
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Jennifer Capriati finished the year at No 66, having played in just three tournaments.
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Jennifer Capriati accepted a wildcard entry into the clay-court tournament in Hamburg, Germany, where she reached the quarterfinals, but then lost to Martina Hingis.
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Jennifer Capriati won her first title in six years at Strasbourg, defeating ninth ranked Nathalie Tauziat in a quarterfinal for her first win over a top-10 player in two years.
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Jennifer Capriati won her second title of the year at Quebec City, defeating American Chanda Rubin in the final.
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Jennifer Capriati reached the round of 16 at both Roland Garros and US Open.
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At the 2000 Australian Open, Jennifer Capriati reached her first Grand Slam semifinal in nine years before losing to eventual champion Lindsay Davenport in straight sets.
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At the Miami Masters, Jennifer Capriati defeated world No 6, Serena Williams, for her first win over a player ranked in the top six in four years en route to a quarterfinal finish.
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Jennifer Capriati had a strong fall season, winning her ninth career title at Luxembourg, defeating Magdalena Maleeva.
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Jennifer Capriati finished runner up in Quebec City to Chanda Rubin and was a semifinalist in Zurich.
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Jennifer Capriati's year-end ranking was 14, her highest in seven years.
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Jennifer Capriati was a member of the United States Fed Cup team, winning a singles and doubles rubber in the US' victory over Spain in the final.
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Jennifer Capriati rallied from a set and a break down to defeat Monica Seles to reach the semis for the second consecutive year, beating world No 2 Davenport.
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Jennifer Capriati was the lowest seed to ever win the title, and the first player since Tracy Austin in 1979 to defeat the top two ranked players in straight sets at a major.
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Jennifer Capriati then reached the finals of the Cellular Cup in Oklahoma City, losing to Seles.
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Jennifer Capriati then embarked on a remarkably successful clay court campaign.
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Jennifer Capriati won her second title of the year at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, defeating Hingis in three sets in the final.
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Jennifer Capriati then lost in the final of Berlin to Amelie Mauresmo, in three sets.
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Jennifer Capriati was only the fifth woman in history to win the Australian Open and the French Open consecutively.
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Jennifer Capriati rebounded at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, making it to the final before losing to Serena Williams after saving match point in the second set.
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Jennifer Capriati then lost in the semifinals of the US Open to Venus Williams.
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Jennifer Capriati lost her opening match at the WTA Tour Championships to Maleeva.
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Jennifer Capriati would have finished the year ranked No 1 if she had reached the semifinals.
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Jennifer Capriati was named the ITF World Champion, WTA Player of the Year, and Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for 2001.
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Jennifer Capriati defeated the sixth-seeded Amelie Mauresmo and the fourth-seeded Kim Clijsters en route to her second consecutive final there, where she faced Martina Hingis.
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Jennifer Capriati prepared for her French Open title defense by participating in events in Charleston, Berlin, and Rome, losing in the semifinals of all three.
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Jennifer Capriati surrendered her No 1 ranking to Venus Williams as a result of this loss.
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Jennifer Capriati lost to Mauresmo in the finals of the Canadian Open, and in the quarterfinals of the US Open after having served for the match.
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Jennifer Capriati won only one match in the three European indoor events she played.
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Jennifer Capriati rebounded at the year-ending championships, reaching the semifinals for the first time, losing to Serena Williams.
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Jennifer Capriati was the first Australian Open title-holder to lose in the first round.
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Jennifer Capriati withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open to further recover from her surgery.
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Jennifer Capriati rebounded by reaching at least semifinals of the next five tournaments she played.
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Jennifer Capriati lost to Lindsay Davenport in the semifinals of the Indian Wells tournament.
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Jennifer Capriati then reached the final of the Miami Open for the third consecutive year before losing to world No 1, Serena Williams.
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Jennifer Capriati lost in the round of 16 of the French Open to unseeded Nadia Petrova.
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Jennifer Capriati reached the quarters of Wimbledon for the sixth time, losing to Serena Williams in three sets, her eighth consecutive loss to her compatriot.
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Jennifer Capriati then reached her second final of 2003 in Stanford, losing to Kim Clijsters in three sets.
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Jennifer Capriati won her first title of 2003 in New Haven after Davenport retired in the final while trailing.
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Jennifer Capriati served for the match twice and was two points away from victory eleven times, but Henin prevailed in a three-hour marathon, despite of Henin's serve being visibly affected by muscle cramps in her left leg throughout much of the last half hour of the match.
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Jennifer Capriati did not play again until the WTA Tour Championships when she lost in the semifinal to Justine Henin again, now the world No 1.
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Jennifer Capriati's back continued to be an issue, forcing her out of Indian Wells and Miami.
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Jennifer Capriati's ranking dropped to No 10 as a result of her injuries.
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Jennifer Capriati produced her best results of the year during the European clay-court season.
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Jennifer Capriati reached the semis of Berlin, defeating world No 5 Myskina in the quarterfinals for her first top-5 win of the season, before losing to Mauresmo in the semifinals.
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At the Italian Open, Jennifer Capriati defeated top seed Serena Williams in the quarterfinals, her first win over the American since Wimbledon 2001.
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Jennifer Capriati moved on to the final, where she lost to Mauresmo in a three-hour struggle.
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At Wimbledon, Jennifer Capriati reached the quarters for the fourth straight year, where she lost to Serena Williams in 45 minutes, the most lopsided result of their 17-match rivalry.
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Jennifer Capriati then lost to fifth seed Elena Dementieva in the last four in yet another, her third, tight US Open semifinal tiebreak, replicating the result in the tournament from the year before.
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Jennifer Capriati had reached the semifinals of the US Open four times in her career, losing to a different opponent each time.
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Jennifer Capriati failed to qualify for the season-ending championships for the first time since 1999 and finished the year World No 10.
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Jennifer Capriati was one of the first power players to emerge on the women's circuit in the early-to-mid-1990s, along with Monica Seles, Lindsay Davenport, and Mary Pierce.
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Jennifer Capriati was quick around the court, able to play defense as well as offense.
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Jennifer Capriati's first serve was powerful but offset by a wandering ball-toss which often was thrown too far right, and her second serve was considered to be the most vulnerable part of her game.
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However, Jennifer Capriati was known to counter her inconsistent serve with her exceptional return of serve.
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Jennifer Capriati used a Prince Precision Retro 27 Midplus racket.
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Jennifer Capriati was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012 at the age of just 36, and is generally considered one of the best tennis players of her generation and one of the best Grand Slam performers of her time frequently getting to the latter stages.
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Jennifer Capriati was awarded with the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year in 2001 and Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year in 2002.
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At the start of the next episode which aired on June 30,2009, came the sudden announcement that Jennifer Capriati had re-aggravated a previous injury during the first episode's events, and that as a result she and her partner were eliminated from the competition.
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Jennifer Capriati appeared in an Oil of Olay commercial in the early 1990s.
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Jennifer Capriati appeared in an American Express commercial during the US Open.
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Jennifer Capriati was born in New York City, the daughter of Denise and Stefano Jennifer Capriati.
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In 1993, at the age of 17, Jennifer Capriati was charged with shoplifting a $15 ring from a mall kiosk, which she has described as accidental.
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Jennifer Capriati was arrested on May 16,1994, and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession.
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In 1994, Jennifer Capriati admitted that she had contemplated suicide because of tennis burnout and issues over her appearance and relationships.
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In 2013, Jennifer Capriati was charged with battery and stalking after reportedly following and striking former boyfriend Ivan Brennan on Valentine's Day.
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In 2014, the state attorney's office in Palm Beach County, Florida, announced that Jennifer Capriati had completed 30 hours of community service and four hours of anger management counseling in connection with the incident.