While still a teenager, he reached the semi-finals of both the French Open and the US Open in 1988 and made the US Open semi-finals in 1989.
wˌaɪl stˈɪl ɐ tˈiːneɪdʒɚ, hiː ɹˈiːtʃt ðə sˈɛmaɪfˈaɪnəlz ʌv bˈoʊθ ðə fɹˈɛntʃ ˈoʊpən ænd ðə jˌuːˈɛs ˈoʊpən ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt ænd mˌeɪd ðə jˌuːˈɛs ˈoʊpən sˈɛmaɪfˈaɪnəlz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn.