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as of August 13, 2015

ODLUM BROWN VANOPEN PRESENTED BY MIELE & TRAIL APPLIANCES VANCOUVER, BC • AUGUST 16-23

USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN RETURN TO VANCOUVER TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Odlum Brown VanOpen presented by Miele & Trail Appliances returns to Site: Hollyburn Country Club – Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver as a USTA Pro Circuit women’s event for the seventh consecutive year. It Websites: www.vanopen.com Getty Images is the only USTA Pro Circuit women’s event procircuit.usta.com held in ; a $100,000 USTA Pro Facebook: Odlum Brown VanOpen Circuit men’s Challenger is also being held in Vancouver this week. : @vanopen Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, Aug. 16 To follow the tournament, download the USTA Pro Circuit’s new phone app by Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, Aug. 18 searching “procircuit” in the app store. Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Notable players competing in the main draw Surface: Hard / Outdoor include: Prize Money: $100,000 of , who won Tournament Director: the 2010 and rose to No. 4 Ryan Clark, (778) 238-7904 in the world in 2011. Schiavone has won [email protected] six WTA singles crowns and seven doubles Tournament Press Contact: titles. She has also represented Italy in the Brian Wiebe, (604) 916-8448, [email protected] Olympics and is her nation’s all-time leader This year, Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the in Fed Cup match victories, helping Italy to women’s doubles titles at the USTA Communications Contact: championships in 2006, 2009 and 2010. and the French Open, adding the mixed Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] doubles championship as well at the French. She peaked at No. 5 in the world in doubles in Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who this year July, while returning to the singles Top 100. won the Australian Open and French Open PRIZE MONEY / POINTS women’s doubles titles (with Lucie Safarova) SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points and the French Open mixed doubles title peaked at No. 5 in the world in doubles in Winner $15,200 140 (with ). Mattek-Sands, who July, has been one of the most consistent Runner-up $8,108 100 performers in U.S. across the past Semifinalist $4,433 70 decade. She has represented the United Quarterfinalist $2,533 36 States in Fed Cup, played in 13 consecutive Round of 16 $1,520 18 Ron Angle US Opens and reached the fourth round of Round of 32 $887 1 Wimbledon in 2008 and the French Open DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) in 2013 (upsetting Winner $5,573 champion en route). At the 2012 Runner-up $2,787 Australian Open, Mattek-Sands teamed with Semifinalist $1,393 Horia Tecau to win her first Quarterfinalist $760 tournament title in mixed doubles. Overall, Round of 16 $507 Mattek-Sands has won 16 WTA doubles titles and five USTA Pro Circuit singles crowns. In 2011, she was ranked a career- COMMUNITY EVENTS high No. 30 in the world in singles before Wednesday, Aug. 19 being sidelined by a rotator cuff injury. Last Kids’ Day, 10:30 a.m. year, she started the year strong by reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open

Francesca Schiavone won the and ascended to No. 4 in the world. She has won six WTA singles crowns and seven doubles titles.

*Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES tune-up event in as a qualifier, but was sidelined from mid- the USTA Pro Circuit’s US Open Challenge. She also won March to mid-September due to injury. her third $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event of her career in Carson, Calif., last year. This year, Gibbs advanced to the second round of , who peaked at a career-high No. 108 in the world in the Australian Open—her first Grand Slam main draw appearance July after qualifying for Wimbledon and reaching the quarterfinals of outside of the US Open—and also competed in the French Open and the WTA’s Wimbledon tune-up event in Nottingham, England. Vickery Wimbledon main draws, peaking at No. 84 in the world in March. also represented the U.S. in the Pan American Games in Toronto She also qualified for this summer’s Emirates Airline US Open Series this summer. She won the first two career USTA Pro Circuit singles event in Stanford, Calif., upsetting to reach the titles of her career earlier this year at the $25,000 Florida events round of 16. Gibbs won consecutive NCAA singles titles in 2012 in Plantation and Sunrise. In her young career, Vickery has already and 2013 for Stanford University, becoming the fifth player in competed in the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon main history—and the fourth from Stanford—to win back-to-back NCAA draws, earning a main-draw wild card into the Division I women’s singles championships. Gibbs also helped lead by winning the USTA’s Australian Open Wild Card Playoff. She also Stanford to its 17th NCAA team title in 2013. As a sophomore in reached the quarterfinals at the Emirates Airline US Open Series 2012, she defeated teammate in the NCAA singles event in Stanford, Calif., last summer—her first WTA quarterfinal. title match and then teamed with Burdette to win the NCAA doubles In 2013, Vickery won the USTA National Girls’ 18s singles and championship. As a junior player, she advanced to the final of the doubles titles, earning wild cards into the main draws of the singles USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships in 2010 and 2011 and and doubles events at the 2013 US Open. At the Open, she won her reached the semifinals of the 2011 junior US Open as a qualifier. first-round match in her Grand Slam debut, defeating Mirjana Lucic- Gibbs trains at the USTA Training Center in Boca Raton, Fla Baroni in straight sets. As a junior, Vickery ascended to No. 6 in the ITF World Junior Rankings, reaching the doubles semifinals of junior Alja Tomljanovic of Croatia, who is ranked No. 63 in the world—the Wimbledon in 2012 and competing in all four junior Grand Slams. highest-ranked player in the field. Tomljanovic has competed in all She trains with coach Adrian Zeman at the ZMG Tennis at Deer four Grand Slam events, winning a match at each tournament. She Creek facility in Deerfield Beach, Fla., and was a longtime trainee of has won four USTA Pro Circuit/ITF Pro Circuit singles titles, her the USTA Player Development program at the USTA Training Center last coming in 2013, and three doubles titles. Most recently, she Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. reached the quarterfinals at the Emirates Airline US Open Series event in Stanford, Calif. , who peaked at No. 70 in the world last September after reaching her first WTA singles final at the WTA event in Bad Players competing in qualifying include: Gastein, , while also reaching the semifinals in City and the quarterfinals at the Emirates Airline US Open Series event , who is playing in just her fourth USTA Pro Circuit in , where she upset . Rogers competed tournament since October 2014 after undergoing a heart procedure. in her first Australian Open and Wimbledon main draw this year, She reached the quarterfinals of the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit while also competing in the French Open for the third time. In event in Stockton, Calif., this July. Oudin burst onto the tennis scene addition, she won the doubles title at the $50,000 grass-court event in 2009, defeating former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic to reach in , Great Britain, this June with Coco Vandeweghe. In the fourth round at Wimbledon and beating five-time Grand Slam 2013, Rogers earned a wild card into the French Open by winning champion en route to the US Open quarterfinals. the Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge—she reached the Oudin peaked at No. 31 in the world in singles in April 2010, second round at Roland Garros—and secured a wild card into the but she struggled with injuries and inconsistency in the year that 2013 US Open by winning the USTA Pro Circuit’s US Open Wild followed. She started a comeback in 2012, capturing her first career Card Challenge. In her career, Rogers has won four USTA Pro Circuit WTA title at the Wimbledon tune-up event in , England. singles titles and one doubles title. As a junior player, she won the She then competed at Wimbledon as a wild card. Oudin also USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships to earn a wild card into the earned a wild card into the based on her results main draw of the 2010 US Open for her first appearance in a Grand on the USTA Pro Circuit, which included a title at the event in Slam (in either the main draw or juniors). Charlottesville, Va. (She reached the second round at Roland Garros that year.) In addition to her success in singles, Oudin notched one , who qualified for the and of the biggest victories of her career at the 2011 US Open, claiming reached the second round. She also reached the quarterfinals of the the mixed doubles title with fellow American . She has WTA event in Bucharest, , this July. Tatishvili peaked at also been a consistent performer for the U.S. Fed Cup team in the No. 50 in the world in singles in October 2012 and No. 59 in past. Oudin announced in November 2013 that she was suffering doubles in May 2012. Her best Grand Slam result came at the from rhabdomyolysis, a muscle-damaging condition, and took time 2012 US Open, where she reached the fourth round before falling to off to deal with it. She resumed competition in March 2014 and former world No. 1 . Tatishvili has won eight USTA competed on the USTA Pro Circuit and in qualifying for the Pro Circuit singles titles and three ITF Pro Circuit singles titles in her US Open, French Open and Wimbledon. She was then sidelined career. She won her first WTA doubles title last year in , Austria. again by the heart procedure. As a junior player, Tatishvili climbed as high as No. 19 in the ITF World Junior Rankings and reached the doubles semifinals at the , who peaked at No. 107 in the world in July 2013 2006 junior Australian Open with . Tatishvili is a behind strong results on the USTA Pro Circuit and the WTA tour. navtive of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, but became a U.S. She started that year by reaching the quarterfinals of the $100,000 citizen in April 2014. USTA Pro Circuit event in Midland, Mich., and competing in three WTA events. Also in 2013, Sanchez made her debut in a Grand , who advanced to the third round of the 2014 US Open— Slam main draw by earning a wild card into the US Open. In 2014, her career-best result—while competing as a wild card after winning she won her first career WTA doubles title, in , New

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Zealand, with . For her career, Sanchez has won of the USTA Collegiate National Team, a high-level training program two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles, both in 2012, and 10 USTA Pro designed to help America’s premier college players assimilate to Circuit doubles titles, including three $50,000 events this spring. professional tennis in a team-oriented environment by playing on Also this year, she reached the singles final of the $25,000 USTA the USTA Pro Circuit Pro Circuit event in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., losing to up-and-coming young American CiCi Bellis. As a junior player, Sanchez was ranked , who peaked at a career-high No. 97 in the world this No. 1 in the U.S. as a 16-year-old and No. 4 in the country as an March after reaching the second round of the WTA’s Rio Open and 18-year-old. She also was the No. 1-ranked collegian and an ITA All- competing in Indian Wells. Last year, Min reached the semifinals of American at the University of Southern California, winning the 2011 the WTA event in Bad Gastein, Austria—her first-ever WTA semifinal. USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship singles title. She also competed in the US Open and French Open main draws in 2014, qualifying at Roland Garros. In 2013, she qualified for the Jennifer Brady, who recently completed her sophomore year at French Open—her first main-draw Grand Slam appearance outside UCLA and has since turned pro. This season, Brady was part the U.S.—as well as the US Open. She holds five USTA Pro Circuit of the UCLA team that reached the final of the NCAA Team singles titles, with two titles coming in 2014. Min was one of the Championships. During her freshman season (2013-14), she was top juniors in the world in 2011, when she won the US Open girls’ a member of the 2014 NCAA championship-winning team. Also singles title and the Wimbledon girls’ doubles title; she also reached last year, Brady won her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title, at the the singles semifinals at the Easter Bowl and the USTA International $25,000 event in Redding, Calif.; she also won the doubles title Spring Championships. Those results propelled her to No. 4 in the in Redding. In addition, Brady won two doubles events in 2011. world junior rankings. Brady competed on the USTA Pro Circuit this summer as a member

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VANCOUVER PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2014 Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) (UKR) 2014 (USA) – Maria Sanchez (USA) 2013 (GBR) Sharon Fichman (CAN) 2013 Sharon Fichman (CAN) – (UKR) 2012 Mallory Burdette (USA) (USA) 2012 (ISR) – (AUS) 2011 (CAN) (USA) 2011 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) – Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 2010 (AUS) (FRA) 2010 Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) – (CAN) 2009 Stephanie Dubois (CAN) (IND) 2009 (USA) – (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, , Maria Sharapova 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—Stefan Kozlov and Nicole Gibbs. In her first full season as a Founded in 1969 by Arthur Ashe, along with Charlie Pasarell professional after capturing back-to-back and Sheridan Snyder, the USTA/National & NCAA singles championships in 2012 and Learning (NJTL) network is a nationwide group of more than

2013, Gibbs won the women’s USTA Pro A. Clary/Getty Images Timothy Circuit US Open Wild Card Challenge in 625 non-profit youth development organizations that provide 2014. After claiming the title at the $50,000 free or low-cost tennis, education and life skills programming USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif., to more than 350,000 children each year. Celebrating its Gibbs clinched the US Open wild card 45th anniversary this year, NJTL is one of the USTA’s largest by advancing to the final of the $50,000 community-based offerings. tournament in Lexington, Ky., her last USTA Pro Circuit event of the season. Gibbs went on to reach the third round at the US Open, scoring a pair of Top 50 victories along the US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS way. Two weeks after the US Open, as a qualifier at , she reached her first WTA Nicole Gibbs The USTA launched the US Open quarterfinal, which boosted her into the National Playoffs in 2010, WTA Top 100 for the first time. Gibbs earned making the US Open “open” the second-most WTA ranking points of any to anyone age 14+ and of all American playing the USTA Pro Circuit in 2014. Kozlov, runner-up in 2014 at the junior championships of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, reached the final of the Sacramento Challenger last October at age skill levels. Last year, more 16, becoming the youngest American to reach a Challenger final since in 1986. That result than 1,200 players competed vaulted Kozlov to No. 443 in the world, making him the youngest player in the ATP World Tour Top 500. He in 13 Sectional Qualifying concluded 2014 by sweeping the singles and doubles titles at the prestigious Junior Tennis Tournaments nationwide for Championships, locking down a No. 3 junior world ranking. 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 again competed in The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions singles and mixed doubles, but also had the chance to play by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need in the new men’s and women’s doubles competition to earn to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center main draw doubles wild cards. The US Open National Playoffs Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as Championships are Aug. 21-29. 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.