Janet Young

Janet Anne Young (born 22 October 1951) is a former professional tennis 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 Evonne Goolagong. 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 Queensland Open and South Australian Championships in 1973, both non-tour events. At the 1973 Wimbledon Championships, she won through to the fourth round, where she faced Chris Evert. 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) and Kym Ruddell (at the 1977 Australian Open).

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 Tennis Australia from 2008 to 2016.

WTA Tour finals Doubles (3–5) ResultW–LDateTournamentPartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Mar 1973 Fort Lauderdale, U.S. Evonne Goolagong Gail Sherriff Chanfreau Virginia Wade 6–4, 3–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Mar 1973 Dallas, U.S. Evonne Goolagong Gail Sherriff Chanfreau Virginia Wade 6–3, 6–2Loss 1–2 Mar 1973 Boston, U.S. Evonne Goolagong Marina Kroschina Olga Morozova 2–6, 4–6Loss 1–3 Apr 1973 St. Petersburg, U.S. Evonne Goolagong Chris Evert Jeanne Evert 2–6, 6–7Loss 1–4 May 1973 Bournemouth, Great Britain Evonne Goolagong Patricia Coleman Wendy Turnbull 5–7, 5–7Win 2–4 Jul 1973 Düsseldorf, West Germany Evonne Goolagong Helga Masthoff Heide Orth SharedLoss 2–5 Aug 1973 Cincinnati, U.S. Evonne Goolagong Ilana Kloss Pat Walkden 6–7, 6–3, 2–6Win 3–5 Sep 1973 Charlotte, U.S. Evonne Goolagong Ilana Kloss Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–0