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1 -- Olympic gold medals won by Jennifer Capriati. She defeated Steffi Graf in the final of the 1992 Barcelona Games. |
Capriati's victory at the Australian Open was her first Grand Slam championship.
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2 -- Grand Slams titles won by Capriati in 2001. |
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3 -- Overall singles titles won by Capriati in 2001. She won the Australian Open in January, the Family Circle Cup in April and the French Open in June. She was a finalist in four other tournaments.
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5 -- Women who have won the Australian Open and French Open in the same year (Maureen Connolly in 1953, Margaret Smith Court in 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970 and 1973; Steffi Graf in 1988; Monica Seles in 1991 and 1992; and Capriati in 2001). |
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6 -- Capriati's highest singles ranking prior to 2001, attained four times, the last in April 1993. She is ranked No. 2 as of Sept. 30. |
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9 -- Women in professional era, including Capriati, to defeat the top two seeds en route to a Grand Slam title (2001 Australian Open -- defeated Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport). |
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11 -- The Open era record for most years between semifinal appearances at the French Open, set by Capriati in 2001. |
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12 -- Capriati's seed in the 2001 Australian Open. By winning the tournament, she became the lowest-seeded player to win a Grand Slam title in the professional era. |
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14 -- Age at which she became the youngest semifinalist in Grand Slam history when she reached the final four of the 1990 French Open. |
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18 -- Women who have won consecutive Grand Slams singles titles in a calendar year, including Capriati. |
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22 -- Record for games played in one set of a French Open’s women final, recorded when Capriati defeated Kim Clijsters 12-10 in the third set this year. |
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52 -- Matches won by Capriati this year. |
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75 -- Capriati's doubles ranking, achieved by playing eight tournaments.
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101 -- Her singles ranking at the end of 1998. |
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1986 -- The last time, before Capriati's 2001 victory, that a U.S. woman won the French Open (Chris Evert).
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$2,073,024 -- Capriati's tour winnings in 2001. |
