Martin Kaymer golfer in the world, making him only the second German (after Bernhard Langer) to be the top-ranked golfer in the world. At the time he was the second youngest to reach world number one behind Tiger Woods, soon surpassed by Rory McIlroy in March 2012, who gained the top ranking at age 22. In April, he relinquished his number one ranking after eight weeks to Westwood, who won the Indonesian Masters. After reaching the number one ranking, Kaymer decided to undergo a swing change to be able to move the ball both ways. Frustrated with his disappointing results at the
1999 US Open (tennis) 1999 US Open (tennis) The 1999 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 119th edition of the US Open and was held from August 30 through September 12, 1999. Andre Agassi defeated Todd Martin, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2 Serena Williams defeated Martina Hingis, 6–3, 7–6 Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes, 7–6, 6–4 Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Chanda Rubin / Sandrine Testud, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 Ai Sugiyama /