This is the WTA version of "
10 American Teenagers to Watch in 2015 (ATP)".
I'm not as knowledgeable in this field so I inquired some names from
@rrjuki and
@jokelly_tennis (thanks guys!). There were so many names and it was tough to narrow the list down to ten so I decided to exclude players who turn 20 years old in 2015. This list focuses on the 1996 born players and younger.
Taylor Townsend
Age: 18 (16 Apr 1996)
Height: 5-7
Plays: Left Handed (Double Handed
Backhand)
2014 Year End WTA Ranking: 102
Career High WTA Ranking: 102 (03/11/2014)
2014 Highlights: Since ending 2012 as the world top-ranked
junior, Townsend’s ascendant to the professional rank was steady despite
her weight struggle. The former Junior
Australian Open champion jumped 574 ranking spots over the span of two years to
a career best of 102. Under the watchful
eyes of the 1990 Wimbledon finalist, Zina Garrison, Townsend won two $50K titles
in Indian Harbour Beach and Charlottesville to score the 2014 USTA French Open
wildcard. In her grand slam debut, the
18 year old defeated fellow American Vania King and later upset World No.24
Alize Cornet (FRA) before falling to Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro (WTA 15). She also received wildcards into Wimbledon
and US Open, but fell in the first round to Klara Koukalova (CZE) and 18-time
Grand Slam champion, Serena Williams, respectively. Earlier this year, the powerful left hander claimed her first premier win over Italian Karin Knapp at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and made
the doubles finals at the Citi Open in Washington D.C., partnering Eugenie
Bouchard of Canada.
