5 youngest women's tennis gold medalists in Olympic History

#1 Jennifer Capriati - 16 years, 131 days

Jennifer Capriati is the youngest tennis player to ever have won an Olympic gold, aged 16

Jennifer Capriati is a former World No.1 tennis player and has won three Grand Slams in her career but she has been known for setting a number of youngest-ever feat during the early parts of her career. She made her professional debut aged 13 years and 11 months and the youngest player ever to reach the top 10 at the age of 14.

Capriati made her Olympic debut at the 1992 Barcelona Games aged only 16 and was seeded third at the competition. Capriati effortlessly beat all her opponents in her first four matches before setting up a semi-final clash against second-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. Capriati won the match in three sets and was up against top seed and reigning Olympic Champion Steffi Graf in the final. Graf took the first set but Capriati was resilient.

She fought back and won the second and third sets to clinch the match and the gold medal. In the process, she overtook Helen Wills as the youngest ever tennis gold medalist in Olympic history and so far, her record stands still and will surely not be broken for a long time.