5 youngest women's tennis gold medalists in Olympic History

#2 Helen Wills - 18 years, 288 days

One of the greatest tennis players before the Open Era, Wills was aged only 18 years and 288 days when she won the gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics

The late Helen Wills was one the best tennis players in her generation. Wills won a total of 31 Grand Slam titles including 19 Singles titles, which was the highest for any player before being overtaken by Margaret Court in 1970. Wills had held the No. 1 ranking for a total of nine years.

Aged only 18, Wills competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics and was in dominant form throughout the course of the entire competition as she won the gold medal, beating France’s Julie Vlasto in the final in straight sets. Wills hadn’t dropped a single set and dropped only 14 games throughout the entirety of the competition.

At the time, Wills was the youngest tennis gold medalist in Olympic history and had held the record for nearly seven decades.