Tennis · International
Roddick defeats Ančić to win Australian Open boys’ singles title
Andy Roddick won the boys’ singles championship at the 2000 Australian Open, defeating Mario Ančić 7–6, 6–3 in Melbourne.
2000-01-17 – 2000-01-30 · Melbourne
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The result
Andy Roddick won the boys’ singles championship at the 2000 Australian Open, defeating Mario Ančić 7–6, 6–3 in Melbourne. The American completed the junior final in straight sets, with a tiebreak separating the players in the opener before he secured the second set.
The competition
The title belonged to the junior competition within the January Grand Slam programme. Roddick represented the United States and Ančić Croatia, giving the final an international pairing distinct from the senior men’s championship. Both the Australian Open’s own honour roll and the ITF’s historical junior championship record confirm the winner, runner-up and final score.
The wider context
Roddick succeeded Denmark’s Kristian Pless, who had won the 1999 boys’ final against Mikhail Youzhny. His Melbourne title was an early international milestone in a career that later included the 2003 US Open men’s championship. That later success supplies retrospective context for the junior achievement; it does not change the January 2000 result or turn the junior title into a senior one.
Sources
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