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One March 29, 1976, Jennifer Capriati was born in Long Island, New York. ... Sefano Capriati, Jennifer’s father, encouraged her to roam the courts and get a fell for the game. ... Chris Evert’s, a tennis champion’s father began teaching Jennifer techniques and what to do in different situations.
When the regulation that said that you can only turn pro at age 15 was changed to age 13, Jennifer took her chance and turned pro at age 13 on March 5, 1990. ...
In 1992, Jennifer won the gold at the Barcelona Olympics beating the two top seeded players. ... During that year, Jennifer ruined Monica Seles’ chances for beating Martina Navratilova consecutive finals streak and Monica Seles was only two finals short of tying Navratilova’s record, 23 consecutive finals.
In 1993, Jennifer started to break down from all the pressure of being suck a star and being so young. ... I wasn’t happy with myself, my tennis, my life, my coaches, my friends…,” Jennifer said. ... “I was questioning so much of my life,” Jennifer said,”Why is this happening? ... ”
On her vacation time between the 2000 and 2001 seasons, Jennifer practiced more and didn’t go on any vacation. ... Jennifer is that you? ... Winning the Australian Open made Jennifer the lowest seeded player in its history to win the tournament ranked number 12 and she defeated all three of the last three winners of the tournament. ... It also was the first time, that Jennifer had ever been number 1 in the world. ... In total, Jennifer won $2,268,624 in 2001!
“What people think of me is not what I should think of myself,” Jennifer said after the 2001 season,”I feel reincarnated.
Approximate Word count = 1405
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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