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as of May 5, 2015

TAMPA USTA MEN’S PRO CIRCUIT FUTURES TAMPA, FL • MAY 8-17

USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO TAMPA TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Tampa USTA Men’s Pro Circuit Futures is being held in Tampa, Fla., for the 16th Site: Harbour Island Athletic Club – Tampa, Fla. consecutive year. The city also hosted nine

USTA Pro Circuit events between 1980 and Dave Kenas Websites: procircuit.usta.com 1997. It is the last of three consecutive Qualifying Draw Begins: Friday, May 8 clay-court USTA Pro Circuit Futures, all of which will be held in as part of the Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, May 12 USTA Pro Circuit spring clay-court season. In conjunction with USTA Player Development, Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles the USTA Pro Circuit continues to emphasize the importance of increased training for Surface: Clay / Outdoor younger players on clay. Prize Money: $10,000 To follow the tournament, download the USTA Tournament Director: Pro Circuit’s new phone app for smartphones Jose Campos, (813) 468-3659 and tablets by searching “procircuit” in the [email protected] Apple and Google Play stores.

Tournament Press Contact: Notable players competing in the main draw Jose Campos, (813) 468-3659 include: [email protected] , the top American in Tampa USTA Communications Contact: and 2012 NCAA singles runner-up for the Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219 University of Kentucky. Quigley is one of the [email protected] most decorated players in Wildcats history, earning five All-America honors Eric Quigley was the 2012 NCAA singles runner-up for the University of Kentucky. between singles and doubles. In 2008, he PRIZE MONEY / POINTS Earlier this year, he qualified for the ATP event became the first player from the state of in Delray Beach, Fla. SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points Kentucky in 34 years to win four consecutive Winner $1,440 17 high school state singles titles. In 2014, Runner-up $848 9 Quigley reached the singles final at the Semifinalist $502 5 $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit clay-court event Quarterfinalist $292 2 in Boynton Beach, Fla., and won the first Round of 16 $172 1 two USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles of his

Round of 32 $104 - Jacob Stuckey career. He also won an ITF-level doubles DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) title in Mexico at the end of the year. This Winner $620 year, Quigley qualified for the ATP event Runner-up $360 in Delray Beach, Fla., and won the men’s Semifinalist $216 doubles title at the $15,000 USTA Pro Quarterfinalist $128 Circuit Futures in Long Beach, Calif., with Round of 16 $0 Nicolas Meister, as well as a doubles title at an ITF-level event in .

Tennys Sandgren, a former Top 200 player who is back on the court after missing much of2014 due to injury. Sandgren did not play from February through the US Open as

Tennys Sandgren is a former Top 200 player who is back on the court after missing much of 2014 due to injury. He has won six USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and six doubles titles already in his young career.

*Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES he recovered from surgery on his hip. This year, Sandgren, whose No. 11. Spencer reached the doubles final at the $15,000 Futures first name is pronounced like the sport, has played in ITF-level in Calabasas, Calif., in March. He holds two USTA Pro Circuit events in China, and as he continues to work his doubles titles, winning at the $10,000 Futures in Vero Beach, Fla., way back into form. He has also competed on the USTA Pro Circuit, this year and the $10,000 Futures in Niceville, Fla., last year. reaching the semifinals of the $50,000 Challenger in Tallahassee, Fla., two weeks ago. Sandgren climbed to a career-high No. 183 in Longtime touring professional , who peaked at No. 163 the world in 2013 when he won the USTA Pro Circuit season-ending in the world in early 2010 and has played on the USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Champaign, Ill. Also in 2013, Sandgren served as a periodically over the past few years, winning his first title in four practice partner for the U.S. team as it prepared to face years at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Indian Harbour in Boise, Idaho, and he nearly qualified for the main draw at Beach, Fla., in June 2013. He posted the best result of the 2014 , falling to former NCAA champion Steve his career at the 2009 US Open, qualifying and knocking off two Johnson in five sets in the final of the USTA Australian Open Wild Top 100 players before falling to in four sets in the Card Playoffs. Sandgren turned pro following his sophomore season third round. Witten is a former University of Kentucky standout, at the University of after reaching the semifinals of the reaching the NCAA singles final in 2002. In 2014, he won the mixed 2011 NCAA tournament. He won three USTA Pro Circuit Futures doubles title (with his sister, former Kentucky standout Sarah) at the titles and played in four finals overall in 2012 to climb nearly 300 US Open National Playoffs Florida Sectional Qualifying Tournament. spots in the ATP rankings. His brother, Davey, was a two-time All-American for Tennessee, lettering from 2007 to 2010. Former University of Virginia standout , who reached the singles semifinals at the 2011 NCAA Championships and won Michael Mmoh, who is regarded as one of the brightest young the 2010 NCAA men’s doubles title with Drew Courtney. Shabaz American prospects and has drawn comparisons to Gäel Monfils for captured his first USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $10,000 his athleticism and power. Mmoh finished the 2014 junior season Futures in Pittsburgh in July 2013 and, two weeks later, won by going 19-2 in international-level play, winning two ITF junior his second at the $10,000 Futures in Godfrey, Ill. He spent the titles and reaching the Eddie Herr final. He also won the prestigious summer of 2014 competing in Mexico and Ecuador, and this year Dunlop doubles title with fellow American Stefan he qualified for two $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures events. As a Kozlov. Also in 2014, Mmoh went 5-0 in singles to help lead the junior player, Shabaz won the Wimbledon boys’ doubles title in 2005 U.S. to the Junior Davis Cup title. At the end of last year, he won his (with ). first career USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $15,000 Futures in Brownsville, Texas. Mmoh, currently No. 7 in the ITF World Junior Rankings, trains with coach in Nick Bollettieri’s program at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. He is the son of Many USTA Pro Circuit and ATP World Tour standouts have found former ATP professional and Nigerian Olympian Tony Mmoh. success in Tampa, Fla.

Jean-Yves Aubone, who won eight doubles titles in 2013 and 2014. 2010 doubles champion went on to reach the US Open Also in 2014, he won his first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in six boys’ singles final that year. He has since progressed to the USTA years at the clay-court $10,000 Futures in Pittsburgh. Aubone played Pro Circuit and ATP World Tour. Kudla competed in the Australian collegiately for Florida State University, where he was the first player in Open main draw for the third time in the last four years in 2015 the school’s history to earn All-America singles honors twice. As a junior after clinching the USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card player, he represented the U.S. in the Junior Davis Cup competition and Challenge last fall; Kudla lost to No. 12 seed Feliciano Lopez in reached the singles semifinals of the 2004 USTA Boys’ 18s National the first round in five sets. He qualified for the main draw of the Championships. He spent this March competing in ITF-level Australian Open in 2012 and 2014 (reaching the second round events in Israel, reaching a doubles final. in 2014) and broke into the Top 100 in 2013 after advancing to the second round of Wimbledon—his first Grand Slam win. Also in , who won the second USTA Pro Circuit singles title 2013, Kudla qualified for the , reached the second of his career in January 2014 at the $10,000 Futures in Plantation, round of the US Open and advanced to the quarterfinals of the ATP Fla. He also won his fifth USTA Pro Circuit doubles title this year at Wimbledon warm-up event at Queens Club—his best ATP result. the $15,000 Futures in Bakersfield, Calif. Bangoura was named a Kudla holds six USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and four doubles doubles All-American during his sophomore year at the University titles. of Florida after reaching the doubles semifinals of the 2011 NCAA tournament. He turned pro thereafter. In 1987, won the event in Tampa. Courier, who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005, hit Five-time All-American , who won No. 1 in the world in 1992 and is a four-time Grand Slam champion the bronze medal in men’s doubles at the 2011 Pan Am Games with (1991-92 French Open, 1992-93 Australian Open). He captured 23 . In 2014, Ouellette won his first USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and six doubles titles and reached the final of all four title in two years in doubles at the $10,000 Futures in Irvine, Calif. majors during his career. Courier currently serves as the U.S. Davis Overall, he holds two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and five USTA Cup captain. Pro Circuit doubles titles. 1990 Tampa doubles champion won four Grand Slam Wil Spencer, who graduated from the University of Georgia in 2012 doubles titles and captured the men’s doubles gold medal at the after also playing two seasons at Texas A&M. Spencer went 104-49 1988 Olympics for the United States with partner Robert Seguso. He in four seasons at Georgia and Texas A&M and reached the round of holds 34 career doubles titles in all and was 11-2 in doubles during 16 at the 2012 NCAA tournament. His final ITA singles ranking was Davis Cup competition.

*Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES

TAMPA PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2014 (USA) Christian Garin (CHI) 2014 Nicolas Jarry (CHI) – Tiago Lopes (BRA) 2013 (USA) (USA) 2013 Jean Yves-Aubone (USA) – Ryan Rowe (USA) 2012 Tennys Sandgren (USA) Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) 2012 (CAN) – Kamil Pajkowski (CAN) 2011 Blake Strode (USA) (USA) 2011 (AUS) – (RSA) 2010 (FRA) Erling Tveit (NOR) 2010 Denis Kudla (USA) – Junior Ore (USA) 2009 Philip Bester (CAN) Haydn Lewis (BAR) 2009 (AUS) – Adam Hubble (AUS) 2008 (MEX) Marcus Fugate (USA) 2008 Adam Fuss (USA) – Vahid Mirzadeh (USA) 2007 Victor Estrella (DOM) Stefano Ianni (ITA) 2007 Colin Ebelthite (AUS) – Clinton Thomson (AUS) 2006 Robert Yim (USA) Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) 2006 Kelly Jones (USA) – Pete Stroer (USA) 2005 Jose De Armas (VEN) Diego Alvarez (ARG) 2005 Cody Conley (USA) – Ryan Newport (USA) 2004 K.J. Hippensteel (USA) (USA) 2004 Ryan Haviland (USA) – K.J.Hippensteel (USA) 2003 Dusan Vemic (SRB) Francisco Rodriguez (PAR) 2003 Ryan Haviland (USA) – K.J.Hippensteel (USA) 2002 Jose De Armas (VEN) (CAN) 2002 Thomas Blake (USA) – Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) 2001 Daniel Andersson (SWE) Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) 2001 Enrique Abaroa (MEX) – (AUS) 2000 Cedric Kauffmann (FRA) Noam Behr (ISR) 2000 Enrique Abaroa (MEX) – Mauricio Hadad (COL) 1998-99 Event not held 1998-99 Event not held 1997 David Witt (USA) Ricardo Mena (POR) 1997 Robert Kraus (RSA) – Markus Zillner (GER) 1991-96 Event not held 1991-96 Event not held April 1990 Bryan Shelton (USA) Broderick Dyke (AUS) April 1990 Doug Flach (USA) – Ken Flach (USA) March 1990 Jan Apell (SWE) Massimo Ardinhi (ITA) March 1990 Scott Melville (USA) – Jacco Van Duyn (NED) 1989 Event not held 1989 Event not held 1988 Jimmy Brown (USA) Jon Sorbo (USA) 1988 Julian Barham (USA) – Rikard Bergh (SWE) 1987 Jim Courier (USA) Jimmy Brown (USA) 1987 Tobias Svantesson (SWE) – John Treml (USA) 1986 Andrei Chesnokov (RUS) (IND) 1986 Brett Custer (AUS) – David MacPherson (AUS) 1985 Magnus Tideman (SWE) Ahmed El Mehelmy (EGY) 1985 Peter Carlsson (SWE) – Magnus Tideman (SWE) 1984 Jay Lapidus (USA) Ben Testerman (USA) 1984 Jonathan Canter (USA) – Derek Tarr (USA) 1981-83 Event not held 1981-83 Event not held 1980 Ben Mckown (USA) Rick Fagel (USA) 1980 Morris Strode (USA) – Charles Strode (USA) TOURNAMENT NOTES

USTA PRO CIRCUIT YOUTH TENNIS With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging The USTA is making it easier and more fun for kids to get into from $10,000 to $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. The USTA launched the game—and stay in the game. Kids are learning to play its Pro Circuit in 1979 to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and faster than ever before through the USTA’s youth initiative, it has since grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering nearly which is geared toward getting more kids to participate in $3 million in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Victoria Azarenka, Eugenie Bouchard, , , Kei tennis using modified equipment and courts tailored to a child’s Nishikori, , and Caroline Wozniacki are among today’s top stars who size. For more information, visit YouthTennis.com. began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit.

More recently, the USTA Pro Circuit helped further the careers of two young NJTL Americans— and Nicole Gibbs. Runner-up in 2014 at the junior Amber Alva Founded in 1969 by , along with Charlie Pasarell championships of the Australian Open and and Sheridan Snyder, the USTA/National Junior Tennis & Wimbledon, Kozlov reached the final of the Learning (NJTL) network is a nationwide group of more than Sacramento Challenger last October at age 16, becoming the youngest American to 625 non-profit youth development organizations that provide reach a Challenger final since free or low-cost tennis, education and life skills programming in 1986. That result vaulted Kozlov to to more than 350,000 children each year. Celebrating its No. 443 in the world, making him the 45th anniversary this year, NJTL is one of the USTA’s largest youngest player in the ATP World Tour community-based offerings. Top 500. He concluded 2014 by sweeping Stefan Kozlov the singles and doubles titles at the prestigious Orange Bowl Junior Tennis Championships, locking down a No. 3 US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS junior world ranking. Gibbs, in her first full season as a professional after capturing The USTA launched the US Open back-to-back NCAA singles championships National Playoffs in 2010, in 2012 and 2013, won the women’s USTA making the US Open “open” Pro Circuit US Open Wild Card Challenge in 2014. After claiming the title at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif., Gibbs clinched the to anyone age 14+ and of all US Open wild card by advancing to the final of the $50,000 tournament in Lexington, Ky., her last USTA skill levels. Last year, more Pro Circuit event of the season. Gibbs went on to reach the third round at the US Open, scoring a pair of than 1,200 players competed Top 50 victories along the way. Two weeks after the US Open, as a qualifier at Seoul, she reached her first in 13 Sectional Qualifying WTA quarterfinal, which boosted her into the WTA Top 100 for the first time. Gibbs earned the second-most Tournaments nationwide for WTA ranking points of any American playing the USTA Pro Circuit in 2014. a 2014 US Open Qualifying Tournament wild card. A mixed doubles element also was PLAYER DEVELOPMENT held, with the winning team earning a main draw mixed doubles wild card. This year, players can again compete in The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions singles and mixed doubles, but also will have the chance by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need to play in the new men’s and women’s doubles competition to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center to earn main draw doubles wild cards. Registration for all Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as divisions opens on March 15. For more information and the well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. complete schedule, visit www.usopen.org/NationalPlayoffs.