October 15, 1983: The day 16-year-old Aaron Krickstein became the youngest-ever player to win an ATP title
Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1983 to witness how Aaron Krickstein, aged only 16 years and two months, defeated Christoph Zipf to become the youngest winner of an ATP tournament in history
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On this day, October 15, 1983, Aaron Krickstein defeated Christoph Zipf in the final of the Tel Aviv Open 7-6, 6-3. With this unexpected triumph, the teenager, who was one of the first players who trained at the Nick Bollettieri Academy, became the youngest player to ever lift a trophy on the ATP Tour.
Aaron Krickstein, born in 1967, was one of the first prodigies to have been raised at the Bollettieri Academy in Florida along with Jimmy Arias, who was three years older than him. In 1983, at the age of 16, while Krickstein was winning the US National 18s titles in the Indoor, Clay, and…
