In 1979, at 16 years of age, @TheTracyAustin captured her first major title. 🏆— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) December 13, 2019
40 years later, we continue to celebrate the woman who has brought so much enthusiasm and light to the sport of tennis, and still does.
Happy birthday, Tracy! pic.twitter.com/swTjjilkJz
Longtime readers know it was Tracy Austin's Cinderella run to the quarterfinals at Forest Hills that helped seduce me into the self-loathing world of competitive tennis. But it's stuff like this video by Mary Carillo that keeps me following the professional game more than four decades later!
