Jackie Trail
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Jacqueline Trail Harang (born Jacqueline Amanda Trail, November 26, 1980, in Paducah, Kentucky
) is a retired American professional tennis player. Trail had a prolific junior tennis career and played on the professional tour from 1997 to 2003. She retired due to injury in 2003.
(USTA) sanctioned tournament that she entered. In 1992, at the age of 12, Trail was ranked #1 in Kentucky in the Girls 12s, Girls 14s, Girls 16s, Girls 18s and Women's Open divisions. In 1993, Trail won the Kentucky State High School Tennis Championship as a 7th grader. She repeated the following year as an 8th grader.
Trail won seven national junior titles, second all-time only behind Tracy Austin
when Trail turned professional at age 16. Her national junior titles are:
1997 Girls 18s Hardcourts (age 16)
1997 Girls 18s Claycourts (age 16)
1996 Girls 18s Indoors, Singles and Doubles (age 15)
1996 Girls 16s Hardcourts (age 15)
1995 Girls 16s Hardcourts (age 14)
1995 Girls 18s Indoors (age 14)
In 1996, Trail won the Girls 16s USTA National Sportsmanship Award. That year, Trail became the only player in history to win the USTA National Championships, USTA National Sportsmanship Award, and attain the #1 national ranking all in the same year.
In 1997, Trail was ranked #1 in the Girls 18s in the nation, ranked #6 in the ITF world junior rankings, represented the United States in the Connolly Continental Cup, was a member of the USTA's Team USA, and was the recipient of the Maureen Connolly Brinker Award. Trail advanced to the semifinals of Junior U.S. Open, defeating Justine Henin in straights sets in the quarterfinals. Later that year, Trail signed with Octagon sports agency and turned professional.
. In 1998, she again advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open, narrowly losing to Wimbledon
Champion Conchita Martinez
. Trail finished the year ranked #198. By mid-1999, Trail had risen to #166 in the world. However, Trail suffered a foot injury near the end of the 1999 season. In 2000, Trail played on and off while she received medical attention to her foot injury. She finished the 2000 campaign ranked #339 in the world. Trail continued to play on tour the following few years through her increasing number of injuries. After winning her third career professional title in 2003, Trail retired from professional tennis.
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2001 - Tallahassee, Florida
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2000 - Easton, Maryland
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after retiring from the professional tennis tour. She earned a college degree and sold residential real estate
. She is currently President of Ace Sports Management, Inc., an event management and athlete representation company. She is also a contributing author for Tennis Life magazine, coaches competitive junior tennis player Caroline Lozo, and donates her time to several local charitable tennis events. She lives in Land O' Lakes, Florida with her husband and two dogs. Trail is now working on her RN at Gaylen College.
Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase Region and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River, halfway between the metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Missouri, to the west and Nashville,...
) is a retired American professional tennis player. Trail had a prolific junior tennis career and played on the professional tour from 1997 to 2003. She retired due to injury in 2003.
Junior career
Trail began playing tennis at the age of 4. At 7 years old, she won the first sanctioned United States Tennis AssociationUnited States Tennis Association
The United States Tennis Association is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grass-roots to the professional levels...
(USTA) sanctioned tournament that she entered. In 1992, at the age of 12, Trail was ranked #1 in Kentucky in the Girls 12s, Girls 14s, Girls 16s, Girls 18s and Women's Open divisions. In 1993, Trail won the Kentucky State High School Tennis Championship as a 7th grader. She repeated the following year as an 8th grader.
Trail won seven national junior titles, second all-time only behind Tracy Austin
Tracy Austin
Tracy Ann Austin Holt is a former World No. 1 female professional tennis player from the United States who won the women's singles title at the US Open in 1979 and 1981 and the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980, before a series of injuries cut her career short.-To 1980:Austin defeated...
when Trail turned professional at age 16. Her national junior titles are:
1997 Girls 18s Hardcourts (age 16)
1997 Girls 18s Claycourts (age 16)
1996 Girls 18s Indoors, Singles and Doubles (age 15)
1996 Girls 16s Hardcourts (age 15)
1995 Girls 16s Hardcourts (age 14)
1995 Girls 18s Indoors (age 14)
In 1996, Trail won the Girls 16s USTA National Sportsmanship Award. That year, Trail became the only player in history to win the USTA National Championships, USTA National Sportsmanship Award, and attain the #1 national ranking all in the same year.
In 1997, Trail was ranked #1 in the Girls 18s in the nation, ranked #6 in the ITF world junior rankings, represented the United States in the Connolly Continental Cup, was a member of the USTA's Team USA, and was the recipient of the Maureen Connolly Brinker Award. Trail advanced to the semifinals of Junior U.S. Open, defeating Justine Henin in straights sets in the quarterfinals. Later that year, Trail signed with Octagon sports agency and turned professional.
Professional career
Trail moved up the world rankings rapidly in 1997. She finished her rookie year on tour ranked #339 and advanced to the 2nd Round of the U.S. OpenU.S. Open (tennis)
The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
. In 1998, she again advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open, narrowly losing to Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
Champion Conchita Martinez
Conchita Martínez
Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
. Trail finished the year ranked #198. By mid-1999, Trail had risen to #166 in the world. However, Trail suffered a foot injury near the end of the 1999 season. In 2000, Trail played on and off while she received medical attention to her foot injury. She finished the 2000 campaign ranked #339 in the world. Trail continued to play on tour the following few years through her increasing number of injuries. After winning her third career professional title in 2003, Trail retired from professional tennis.
Professional titles
2003 - Waco, TexasWaco, Texas
Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....
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2001 - Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
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2000 - Easton, Maryland
Easton, Maryland
Easton, founded 1710, is a town within the Easton District of Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,708 at the 2000 census, and 14,677 according to current July 2008 census estimates. It is the county seat of Talbot County. The primary ZIP Code is 21601, and the...
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After retirement
Trail moved to FloridaFlorida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
after retiring from the professional tennis tour. She earned a college degree and sold residential real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
. She is currently President of Ace Sports Management, Inc., an event management and athlete representation company. She is also a contributing author for Tennis Life magazine, coaches competitive junior tennis player Caroline Lozo, and donates her time to several local charitable tennis events. She lives in Land O' Lakes, Florida with her husband and two dogs. Trail is now working on her RN at Gaylen College.