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Media Guide Template US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS T N The US Open National Playoffs began in 2010 as an effort to give everyone E M O and anyone age 14 and older a chance to compete in the US Open. It started A F N N with men’s and women’s singles competition. A mixed doubles event was added I R U in 2011, and men’s and women’s doubles were added this year. O T The US Open National Playoffs is composed of sectional qualifying tournaments held in USTA sections nationwide during the spring and summer. The winners or top finishers from each of the sectional qualifying tournaments advance to the US Open National Playoffs – Men’s Singles and Doubles, Women’s Singles and Doubles, and Mixed Doubles Championships, held in conjunction with the Connecticut Open , an S & D Y Emirates Airline US Open Series event. N T I U L The winners of the men’s and women’s singles championships earn a wild card into the I O C R US Open Qualifying Tournament, held the week prior to the US Open. The doubles and mixed A G F doubles champions earn wild cards into their respective US Open main draws. The sectional qualifying tournaments are open to anyone and everyone age 14 years and older with a passion to compete—amateurs and professionals alike—regardless of NTRP rating, nationalit y or prior experience. The sectional draws are limited to 256 players for singles and 128 teams for doubles. A USTA member may play in one sectional qualifying tournament during a calendar year S & E in each division, and players competing in men’s singles or women’s singles, men’s doubles or I S T I T women’s doubles, and mixed doubles can opt to compete at different sectional qualifiers (one for V N I E T singles, one for doubles and one for mixed doubles). V C E A In 2015, there were 14 sectional qualifying tournaments. The first sectional tournament began on May 2 at the Scottsdale Ranch Park in Scottsdale, Ariz., with the Southwest Sectional Qualifying Tournament, and the final sectional qualifier closed in late June with the Texas event at the Arlington Tennis Center in Arlington, Tex., and the Southern tournament at LifeTime Athletic at Peachtree Corners in Norcross, Ga. The 2015 US Open National Playoffs drew a total of 2,042 entries representing 1,485 players. Y R O T S I PAST CHAMPIONS H Year Men Women Mixed Doubles 2014 Sanam Singh (IND) Caitlin Whoriskey (USA) Jacqueline Cako (USA) / Joel Kielbowicz (USA) 2013 Jeff Dadamo (USA) Mayo Hibi (JPN) Yasmin Schnack (USA) / S Eric Roberson (USA) N O T I 2012 Clement Reix (FRA) Alexandra Mueller (USA) Nicole Melichar (USA) / S P A M Brian Battistone (USA) P A H 2011 Blake Strode (USA) Robin Anderson (USA) Christina Fusano (USA) / C David Martin (USA) 2010 Blake Stroke (USA) Alexandra Mueller (USA) N/A & S C S I T D S R I T O A C T E S R S R D E R Y O A C L E P R 54 2015 US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS SECTIONAL QUALIFYING CHAMPIONS Section Men’s Singles Women’s Singles Doubles (Men’s, Women’s, Mixed) T O U USTA Eastern Nikita Kryvonos Julia Elbaba M: Daniel Cochrane/Phillip Simmonds R I N N Age: 28 Age: 21 W: Magda Okruashvili/Ketevan Okruashvili F A O Flushing, NY Oyster Bay, NY Mxd: Rima Asatrian/Ilia Shatashvili M E USTA Florida Terrell Whitehurst Yukako Noi M: Richard Doverspike/Korey Lovett N T Age: 19 Age: 21 W: Lauren Proctor/Miranda Talbert Tallahassee, FL Richmond, VA Mxd: Amy Sargeant/Vahid Mirzadeh USTA Intermountain Chris Wettengel Gail Brodsky M: Jordan Kerr/Travis Parrott Age: 33 Age: 23 W: Jacqueline Cako/Keri Wong F G A Las Vegas, NV Woodinville, WA Mxd: Gail Brodsky/Brian Wilson R C O I L USTA Mid-Atlantic Mikelis Libietis Nika Kukharchuk M: Mikelis Libietis/Hunter Reese U I T N Y Age: 22 Age: 28 W: Lizzie Baker/Mackenzie Clark D & Knoxville, TN Katonah, NY Mxd: Sydney Rider/Matt Stillwagon S USTA Middle States Matija Pecotic Jennifer Elie M: Ashley Fisher/Nathan Healey Age: 26 Age: 28 W: Rima Asatrian/Katherine Fahey Tenafly, NJ Fresh Meadows, NY Mxd: Anda Perianu/Andrei Daescu USTA Midwest Martin Joyce Sara Daavettila M: Charlie Emhardt/Jeffrey Schorsch A E C Age: 18 Age: 17 W: Sara Daavettila/Alyvia Jones V T E I Hinsdale, IL Williamston, MI Mxd: Simone Jardim/Tyler Faulkner N V T I T S USTA Missouri Valley Dusty Boyer Sophie Chang M: Julio Peralta/Matt Seeberger I E & Age: 21 Age: 18 W: Josephine Cao/Dilara Spicer S Ham Lake, MN Havre De Grace, MD Mxd: Julia Schiller/Dusty Boyer USTA New England Hleb Maslau Emma Davis M: Hleb Maslau/Daniel Sotomarino Age: 25 Age: 18 W: Carol Finke/Ree Ree Li Southampton, NY Cohasset, MA Mxd: Simona Weymar/Hleb Maslau USTA Northern Felix Corwin Alexis Nelson M: Jackson Allen/Toby Boyer H I S Age: 19 Age: 16 W: Jessie Aney/Alexis Nelson T O Elm Grove, WI Saint Paul, MN Mxd: Alexis Nelson/Tony Larson R Y USTA No. California Victor Pham Paige Cline M: Brett Bacharach/Michael Meyer Age: 17 Age: 18 W: Yasmin Schnack/Katsiaryna Zheltova Saratoga, CA Kentfield, CA Mxd: Ayaka Okuno/Lester Cook USTA Southern Jesse Witten Kaitlyn McCarthy M: Vahid Mirzadeh/Jesse Witten Age: 32 Age: 17 W: Maya Jansen/Erin Routliffe C Naples, FL Cary, NC Mxd: Caroline Price/Richard Doverspike H A P M USTA So. California Henry Craig Megan McCray M: Haythem Abid/Joel Kielbowicz A P S I Age: 20 Age: 19 W: Lorraine Guillermo/Danielle Lao T O Murrieta, CA Oceanside, CA Mxd: Danielle Lao/Johnny Wang N S USTA Southwest Joel Kielbowicz Jacqueline Cako M: Ben Newell/Zachary Newell Age: 32 Age: 23 W: Allie Sanford/Savannah Slaysman Scottsdale, AZ Brier, WA Mxd: Jacqueline Cako/Joel Kielbowicz USTA Texas Josh Hagar Ashley Weinhold M: Joshua Sheehy/Parker Wynn R Age: 21 Age: 26 W: Liga Dekmeijere/Karina Traxler S E T C A O Spicewood, TX Spicewood, TX Mxd: Karina Traxler/Neil Kenner T I R S D T I S C S & * Listed age is the age of the winner at the completion of his/her sectional qualifying tournament Hometowns listed reflect the residence listed on the participant’s entry form, not the participant’s nationality All players listed above are American unless otherwise noted R P E L C A O Y R E D R S 55 EMIRATES AIRLINE US OPEN SERIES T N For a dozen years, with the 2015 edition, the Emirates Airline US Open Series E M O has brought together 200 of the world’s top players for a five-week summer tennis A F N N season that links seven North American hard court tournaments to the US O pen. I R U O T BONUS CHALLENGE The Emirates Airline US Open Series is a true regular season of hard court tennis, with a race to the top and a champion at the end. The driving force is the Emirates Airline US Open Series S & Bonus Challenge. Throughout the summer, the top finishers in each of the Series events rack up D Y N T points, based on their performance, with the top three men’s finishers and the top three I U L I women’s finishers getting the chance to earn bonus money at the 2015 US Open. O C R A Serena Williams, in 2014, became the first woman to claim consecutive Emirates Airline US Open G F Series crowns, with her third title in four years. Indeed, she is the only three-time winner of either gender in Series history. Her reward was collecting the largest single payout in tennis history for the second year in a row, as she successfully defended her US Open singles championship, earning a $1 million bonus to go with the $3 million US Open winner’s purse for a total of $4 million. Including the two times Williams has done it, players have pulled off the Series-US Open double S & E five times. 2013 was the first time a woman and a man achieved the feat in the same year, with Rafael I S T I T Nadal joining Williams in both winner’s circles. In 2007, Roger Federer claimed the Series and then V N I E T won his fourth of five consecutive US Open titles. Kim Clijsters was the first to strike the prize money V C E A bonanza, winning three of the five Series women’s events in 2005 before capturing her first Grand Slam tournament crown at the US Open. *See page 59 for complete Series prize money breakdown US Open Prize Money + Emirates Airline US Open Series Y Bonus Prize Money To Top Three Series Finishers R O T S Base 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place I H US Open Finish Prize Money Finisher Finisher Finisher Winner $3,300,000 $4,300,000 $3,800,000 $3,550,000 Finalist 1,600,000 2,100,000 1,850,000 1,725,000 Semifinalists 805,000 1,055,000 930,000 867,500 Quarterfinalists 410,975 535,975 473,475 442,225 S N O T I S P A M P APPOINTMENT TELEVISION A H C The Emirates Airline US Open Series has made it easier for fans to connect with the game thanks to a partnership with ESPN, which will broadcast more than 1800 hours of live tennis action across its multiple platforms throughout the summer “Open Season.” The unprecedented tennis coverage will feature more than 200 hours of live match play on ESPN and ESPN2, with more than 1600 hours to be featured on ESPN3, ESPN’s live multi-screen network accessible & S online at WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app.
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