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John Austin was born and raised in a Southern California tennis family. As a junior he was taught by many well-known tennis teachers, including Robert Lansdorp. After a successful junior career John went on to star on a dominate UCLA collegiate team where he excelled in both singles and doubles, winning the NCAA doubles title. As a Tour player, John was ranked as high as Top 40 in the World with convincing wins over many top 5 players such as John McEnroe.

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John is best known for his Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title that he won with his sister Tracy, as well as being a member of the U.S Davis Cup team. After the Tour, John has dedicated his life to teaching tennis and serving as a Regioal Director for the USTA.

Tracy Austin is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. She won the women's singles title at the U.S. Open in 1979 and 1981 and the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980, before a series of injuries cut short her career. She won 4 Grand Slams, played in 2 other Grand Slam finals, assembled 35 tour titles while she played professionally.

As a junior player, Austin won 21 age-group titles, including the U.S. national 12-and-under title at age 10 in 1972. In 1977, she became the youngest player to win a professional tournament, capturing the title in Portland, Oregon at 14 years old. Later that year, she made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon, losing to Chris Evert in the third round. At the U.S. Open two months later, she reached the quarterfinals.

Austin became the youngest-ever U.S. Open champion in 1979, at age 16. In the final, she faced Evert who was bidding to win the title for the fifth consecutive year. Austin won the match 6-4, 6-3. Earlier that year, Austin had ended Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay by beating her in three sets in a semifinal of the Italian Open.

Austin won the U.S. Open again in 1981 in a close final against Navratilova 1-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(1).

In 1980, Austin won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title with her brother John Austin.

Austin was ranked the World No. 1 singles player in 1980, breaking Evert's and Navratilova's six year monopolization of the top spot. During that year, Austin captured the two sponsors' tour-ending events, defeating Navratilova to win the Avon Championships in March and Andrea Jaeger to capture the Colgate Series Championships in January 1981.

Austin repeated her success at the Toyota Series Championships in December 1981 by defeating Evert and Navratilova in back-to-back matches. Her 6-1, 6-2 semifinal defeat of Evert was her last career victory over her arch rival. (Evert had defeated Austin in an earlier roundrobin match at that tournament 4-6, 6-4, 7-6.) Austin won her 29th and final top-level singles title at San Diego in 1982.

In 1992, Austin became the youngest person to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Since retiring as a player, Austin has worked frequently as a commentator for NBC and the USA Network. She worked for the Seven Network at the 2006 Australian Open and usually participates in the BBC's Wimbledon coverage.