Michael Chang was always looked upon as a tennis prodigy. The Chinese-American won his first national title, the USTA Junior Hard Court singles, at the age of 12.
Within two years, he had won the USTA Boys 18s Hardcourts and the Boys 18s National. But he gave a clear indication of what was to follow when on this day in the 1987 US Open, he became the youngest male to win a match, beating Paul McNamee in four sets in the first round.
Chang, considered by many as one of the greatest retrievers of the tennis ball, won 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4. He later became the youngest male player to win a Grand Slam title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17 years and four months.
1910: Brazil’s Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, the first Fifa World Club Championship, is founded.
1939: Yorkshire’s legendary spinner Hedley Verity takes 7-9 in a county match against Sussex at Hove.
1946: Patty Berg won the first US Women’s Open in Washington.
1973: George Foreman knocked out Jose Roman in the first round to retain the heavyweight boxing title.
2007: Red Sox’s Clay Buchholz throws a no hitter against the Orioles in only his second start.
