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Jun 5th, 2009, 09:02 AM
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Junior Champs' Senior Achievements (After 2013 Australian Open) - So much progress!
I did the men's one as well .
These are the women who won Junior Grand Slam or ITF Junior World Champion since 1997.
Reached #1 or won Grand Slams:
Justine Henin (Belgium)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 1997
Highest Ranking: #1
Best Senior GS Result: Winner
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
Junior GS Titles: -
2001 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #2
Best Senior GS Result: Winner
Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2001
Highest Ranking: #1
Best Senior GS Result: F
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2005 and US Open 2005
2005 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #1
Best Senior GS Result: Winner
Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2006
Highest Ranking: #1
Best Senior GS Result: F
Reached Top 5 but not world #1 nor won a grand slam:
Nadia Petrova (Russia)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 1998
Highest Ranking: #3
Best Senior GS Result: SF
Jelena Dokić (Serbia/Australia)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 1998
1998 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #4
Best Senior GS Result: SF
Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2005 and French Open 2006
Highest Ranking: #2
Best Senior GS Result: F
Reached Top 10 but not Top 5:
Marion Bartoli (France)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 2001
Highest Ranking: #7
Best Senior GS Result: F
Reached Top 20 but not Top 10:
Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 1998
Highest Ranking: #20
Best Senior GS Result: 4R
Virginie Razzano (France)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 1999 & French Open 2000
Highest Ranking: #16
Best Senior GS Result: 4R
Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbekistan)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 1999
Highest Ranking: #16
Best Senior GS Result: 3R
Kaia Kanepi (Estonia)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 2001
Highest Ranking: #16
Best Senior GS Result: QF
Maria Kirilenko (Russia)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 2002
Highest Ranking: #12
Best Senior GS Result: QF
Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Germany)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 2003
Highest Ranking: #14
Best Senior GS Result: QF
Shahar Peer (Israel)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2004
Highest Ranking: #11
Best Senior GS Result: QF
Agnes Szavay (Hungary)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 2005
Highest Ranking: #13
Best Senior GS Result: QF
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2006, US Open 2006, Australian Open 2007
2006 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #13
Best Senior GS Result: QF
Alize Cornet (France)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 2007
Highest Ranking: #11
Best Senior GS Result: 4R
Reached Top 50 but not Top 20:
Mirjana Lučić (Croatia)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 1996 & Australian Open 1997
Highest Ranking: #32
Best Senior GS Result: SF
Cara Black (Zimbabwe)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 1997 & US Open 1997
1997 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #31
Best Senior GS Result: 4R
Jelena Kostanić Tošić (Croatia)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 1998
Highest Ranking: #32
Best Senior GS Result: 3R
Lourdes Domínguez Lino (Spain)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 1999
Highest Ranking: #40
Best Senior GS Result: 3R
Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Russia)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 1999
1999 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #25
Best Senior GS Result: QF
Aniko Kapros (Hungary)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2000
Highest Ranking: #44
Best Senior GS Result: 4R
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (Czech Republic)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2002 and Australian Open 2003
2002 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #39
Best Senior GS Result: 3R
Vera Dushevina (Russia)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2002
Highest Ranking: #31
Best Senior GS Result: 4R
Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2003 and US Open 2003
2003 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #32
Best Senior GS Result: 4R
Sesil Karatantcheva (Bulgaria/Kazakhstan)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 2004
Highest Ranking: #35
Best Senior GS Result: QF
Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2004
Highest Ranking: #29
Best Senior GS Result: QF
Michaëlla Krajicek (Netherlands)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 2004
2004 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #30
Best Senior GS Result: QF
Urszula Radwańska (Poland)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2007
2007 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #29
Best Senior GS Result: 2R
Simona Halep (Romania)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 2008
Highest Ranking: #37
Best Senior GS Result: 3R
Laura Robson (Great Britain)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2008
Highest Ranking: #43
Best Senior GS Result: 4R
Ksenia Pervak (Russia/Kazakhstan)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2009
Highest Ranking: #37
Best Senior GS Result: 4R
Heather Watson (Great Britain)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 2009
Highest Ranking: #40
Best Senior GS Result: 3R
Reached Top 100 but not Top 50:
María Emilia Salerni (Argentina)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2000 and US Open 2000
2000 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #65
Best Senior GS Result: 2R
Angelique Widjaja (Indonesia)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2001 and French Open 2002
Highest Ranking: #55
Best Senior GS Result: 2R
Arantxa Rus (Netherlands)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2008
Highest Ranking: #61
Best Senior GS Result: 4R
Coco Vandeweghe (USA)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 2008
Highest Ranking: #69
Best Senior GS Result: 2R
Kristina Mladenovic (France)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 2009
2009 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #76
Best Senior GS Result: 3R
Kristyna Plíšková (Czech Republic)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2010
Highest Ranking: #86
Best Senior GS Result: 2R
Annika Beck (Germany)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 2012
Highest Ranking: #68
Best Senior GS Result: 2R
Haven't reached Top 100:
Kristína Kučová (Slovakia)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 2007
Highest Ranking: #103
Best Senior GS Result: 2R
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Thailand)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2009
2008 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #149
Best Senior GS Result: 1R
Karolína Plíšková (Czech Republic)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2010
Highest Ranking: #107
Best Senior GS Result: 1R
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 2010
Highest Ranking: #112
Best Senior GS Result: 1R
Daria Gavrilova (Russia)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 2010
2010 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #162
Best Senior GS Result: 2R
Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2011
Highest Ranking: #175
Best Senior GS Result: 1R
Grace Min (USA)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 2011
Highest Ranking: #169
Best Senior GS Result: N/A
Irina Khromacheva (Russia)
Junior GS Titles: -
2011 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #165
Best Senior GS Result: N/A
Eugenie Bouchard (Canada)
Junior GS Titles: Wimbledon 2012
Highest Ranking: #137
Best Senior GS Result: N/A
Haven't reached Top 200:
An-Sophie Mestach (Belgium)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2011
Highest Ranking: #360
Best Senior GS Result: N/A
Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
Junior GS Titles: French Open 2011
Highest Ranking: #260
Best Senior GS Result: N/A
Taylor Townsend (USA)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2012
2012 ITF Junior World Champion
Highest Ranking: #420
Best Senior GS Result: N/A
Samantha Crawford (USA)
Junior GS Titles: US Open 2012
Highest Ranking: #271
Best Senior GS Result: 1R
Ana Konjuh (Croatia)
Junior GS Titles: Australian Open 2013
Highest Ranking: #869
Best Senior GS Result: N/A
Last edited by Julian. : Jan 29th, 2013 at 02:47 AM.
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Jun 5th, 2009, 09:52 AM
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Marvelous
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
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Jun 5th, 2009, 09:53 AM
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
Interesting, hopefully Laura ends up being a top 10 success
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Jun 5th, 2009, 09:56 AM
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
I guess another "disappointing" one on paper would be Rossana de los Rios.
#1 Junior in 1991, Roland Garros Champion, Wimbledon Finalist- and only highest ranking of #51 in 2001.
Obviously, had she not got married and had a baby in between she would have come much further in tennis.
But as she says, she doesn't regret a thing. What can be more important than family? 
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Jun 5th, 2009, 09:57 AM
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
Dokic won the US Open Girls and was RU at the French.
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Jun 5th, 2009, 10:22 AM
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Keep calm and be gay.
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
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Originally Posted by Juju Nostalgique
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I agree. Injuries practically destroyed her senior career. 
She isn't even competing right now.
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Jun 5th, 2009, 10:39 AM
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
Amelie is missing on that list.She won Wimbledon and RG
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Jun 5th, 2009, 10:41 AM
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Keep calm and be gay.
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
I only listed those winners since 2000. I know Mauresmo and Dokic won juniors. Amelie would be in the same class as Sveta and Jelena. Dokic with Vika, Caro, Aga.
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Jun 5th, 2009, 10:48 AM
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Powaqa
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
Aga, Ágnes, Alizé, Vika are all still very young. So they have not underachieved, they still have many more years.
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Jun 5th, 2009, 10:51 AM
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
Widjaja isn´t disappointing, she had a bad luck
Flipkens is biggest disappointing for me, but this girl had health problems too i think
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Jun 5th, 2009, 10:53 AM
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Powaqa
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
Also I don't like how you say 'Can't even reach top 50' You say it like it's an easy thing to do  To even be a top 100 player is a phenomenal achievment.
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Jun 5th, 2009, 10:56 AM
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ciarán
Also I don't like how you say 'Can't even reach top 50' You say it like it's an easy thing to do  To even be a top 100 player is a phenomenal achievment.
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Top100? To even obtain a WTA ranking these days takes a pretty outstanding tennis player.
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Jun 5th, 2009, 11:00 AM
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Powaqa
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
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Originally Posted by iPatty
Top100? To even obtain a WTA ranking these days takes a pretty outstanding tennis player.
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That is why I used the word phenomenal.
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Jun 5th, 2009, 11:01 AM
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Keep calm and be gay.
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ciarán
Also I don't like how you say 'Can't even reach top 50' You say it like it's an easy thing to do  To even be a top 100 player is a phenomenal achievment.
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Ok, i'll change it to "didn't reach top 50". 
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Jun 5th, 2009, 11:10 AM
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Keep calm and be gay.
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Re: Disappointing & Successful Former Junior Champions
Btww, why isn't Widjaja playing right now? Is she still injured? It has been years since she left the tour...
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