ESPN Sister Andrea Jaeger Feature, Big Pictures Media 

You have made many false inferences.

@@binkyxz3 Yeah, I've seen several matches in 83 and 84 of her where it's OBVIOUS she isn't trying at all. The reasons why? Only Andrea knows...but it's clear that she indeed tanked at times. In 1 case, the organizer of an event yelled at her to get off the court if she wasn't going to try. That was in an SI article.

@@allensanto6627 I agree. Thanks for the additional info. I wonder if Len gave any consideration it may have been due to menstrual cycle. People should realize how different sports are now compared to then. Kids are getting trained and coached at a much younger age now and often there is a support team of several people. Andrea was a naive kid with raw talent operating largely on her own. Also, Chris Evert was mature beyond her age and it is unfair expect Andrea to be the same.

@@binkyxz3 I grew up playing tennis in that era...and it was VERY common then to be a hotshot teen prodigy, dynamite on the scene with raw talent alone, beating a lot of top players. Not now, with training, racket and medicine advancements making it so players even in their mid-late 30's can still be top 5. That didn't happen then. I believe Andrea when she says that. Her father Roland....WHAT A CHARACTER. He emigrated here from Eastern Europe, was an amateur Golden Gloves boxer and the night of his pro debut, he got so scared he climbed out of the restroom window, left the arena and decided right then that tennis would be the sport for his young daughter Andrea, because it was safer. He raised her in Chicago. He shoved tennis at her so she wouldn't end up like him. So in a sense, they both took this survivor/desperation mindset. Her attitude at the time on tour, among the women players, was widely looked at with wary eyes. She once pulled a knife on a female player in the locker room after pushing her up against a wall. It was the classic teen prodigy of the 80's gets shoved into sports by maniacal parent who didn't achieve their dream story. Todd Marinovich was the same way. Andrea was talented, but she wasn't happy.

@@allensanto6627 Interesting about her dad. That reveals a lot about her frame of reference. Generally, men don't comprehend how vulnerable women can be and she was under 16 when she started. Capriati came out very early and she had problems too. Also, the women's tour was not as stable and established as it is now. They needed everyone to play who was capable. The Williams sisters and today's players have the luxury of waiting until they are ready for tour life.

She did. She got to #2.

@@swalterstennis strange. i read on another site she got to no. 3. ooops.