It was Stefano, a former professional footballer and stuntman, who was the driving force, and it is hard to understate just how good his daughter was at a young age.Ī little remembered fact is that the first act of her senior career, aged 13, was to kill off the Wightman Cup, the traditional match between Great Britain's women and the USA. This weekend the area could be found bustling with well-heeled families enjoying the Easter holidays, but for more than half the year it is largely deserted.
The island is a haven for those seeking refuge from America's harsh winters elsewhere. She lives in a plush block of apartments attached to a five star hotel, with views over a private beach and the Atlantic. Home for her is Singer Island, a three mile strip of land 60 miles north of Miami, and just across a bridge from mainland Palm Beach, the golf mecca where the likes of Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood have homes. She is so detached that she does not even have an agent or management representative. Meanwhile Capriati is largely cut adrift from the sport that made her globally famous. Aside from the trophies there have been highly publicised brushes with the law, battles with depression and a drugs overdose.Īlong with the memories of a once outstanding player, it could be argued her main legacy are the age regulations in women's tennis trying to prevent other girls from experiencing the same burnout.
Astonishingly good at 14, she went spectacularly off the rails before coming back to win three Grand Slams and reach world number one, before in 2004 she succumbed to injuries.
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