2013 USTA PRO CIRCUIT MEN’S BIOS

Brian Baker Age: 28 (4/30/1985) Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. Career-High Ranking: 52 (October 2012)

Baker began an incredible comeback last year, winning the USTA Pro Circuit Futures event in Weston, Fla., in January 2012. Baker, ranked No. 456 in the world at the start of 2012 after suffering various injuries, was looking to rebuild his career by playing in a string of USTA Pro Circuit Futures events. He progressed to Challenger-level tournaments and accelerated his comeback by earning the USTA’s to the as the American who earned the most ranking points at two USTA Pro Circuit clay-court Challengers—a $100,000 event in Sarasota, Fla., and a $50,000 event in Savannah, Ga. That success changed Baker’s summer plans as he diverted from the USTA Pro Circuit and headed to Europe, where he reached his first ATP final at the French Open tune-up event in Nice, advanced to the second round of the French Open and then reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, matching for best finish by an American man at The Championships. He also reached the second round of the US Open. Baker returned to pro in 2011 after undergoing five surgeries for a series of ailments from 2005- 08, including Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery in February 2008. He was a standout junior, peaking at No. 2 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2003 after reaching the boys’ singles final at the French Open and winning the 2002 . While he was away from the game, he served as an assistant coach at Belmont University in Nashville, where he was also enrolled as a student.

Sekou Bangoura Age: 21 (11/18/1991) Hometown: Bradenton, Fla. Career-High Ranking: 568 (February 2013)

Bangoura was named a doubles All-American during his sophomore year at the University of Florida after reaching the doubles semifinals of the 2011 NCAA Tournament. He has won one USTA Pro Circuit title in doubles at the $15,000 Futures in Sacramento, Calif., in June 2011.

Chase Buchanan Age: 21 (6/4/1991) Hometown: Columbus, Ohio Career-High Ranking: 343 (April 2013)

Buchanan won the 2012 NCAA men’s doubles title while playing for Ohio State. On the USTA Pro Circuit in 2012, Buchanan won two Futures singles titles and three Futures doubles titles—all on clay. Behind these results, he climbed more than 500 spots in the ATP rankings. Buchanan won the doubles title at the $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Little Rock, Ark., in March 2013 with (Buchanan’s fourth career USTA Pro Circuit doubles title) and competed in singles in qualifying for the ATP events in Delray Beach, Fla., and San Jose, Calif., this year. As a junior player, he reached the final of the 2009 junior US Open.

Bjorn Fratangelo Age: 19 (7/19/1993) Hometown: , Pa. Career-High Ranking: 402 (April 2013)

Fratangelo in 2011 became the first American since John McEnroe in 1977 to win the boys’ singles title at the French Open. Fratangelo started strong on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2013, winning the $10,000 Futures in Weston, Fla., and Orange Park, Fla., and reaching two additional Futures finals and a semifinal. In 2012, he reached his first career Challenger quarterfinal at $50,000 Lexington, Ky. He also won his first USTA Pro Circuit doubles title, with fellow Tampa entrant , at the $10,000 Futures in Birmingham, Ala.

Robby Ginepri Age: 30 (10/7/1982) Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Career-High Ranking: 15 (January 2006)

Ginepri is the only active U.S. man to have advanced to a semifinal (2005 US Open, where he lost to Andre Agassi in five sets). Ginepri was one of the top Americans in the world in the mid-2000s, winning three ATP singles titles. Ginepri, who has reached the fourth round or better at all four Slams, peaked at No. 15 in 2006 and has competed for the U.S. in (2004) and the Olympics (2008). He is on the comeback trail following a broken elbow suffered in late 2010, when he fell off his bicycle trying to avoid a squirrel; the injury kept him sidelined through the middle of 2011. Ginepri won the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Sunrise, Fla., in early January 2013 and reached the final of the $50,000 Challenger in Dallas in February.

Christian Harrison Age: 19 (5/29/1994) Hometown: Shreveport, La. Career-High Ranking: 363 (May 2013)

Harrison started 2013 by playing in ITF events in Great Britain, where he won his first pro title and reached another singles final. The younger brother of , Christian teamed with Ryan to reach the doubles quarterfinals at the 2012 US Open, upsetting the No. 4 seeds in the opening round. Christian reached his first career $50,000 Challenger semifinal last summer in Lexington, Ky. Last May, he reached back-to-back Futures semifinals in Tampa, Fla., and Indian Harbour Beach, Fla.

Ryan Harrison Age: 21 (5/7/1992) Hometown: Shreveport, La. Career-High Ranking: 43 (July 2012)

Harrison was named to the U.S. Olympic team for the 2012 Games in London and has been a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team. Harrison has also enjoyed much success on the ATP World Tour, reaching three semifinals in 2012 to climb to No. 43 in the world. (He and were the only players 20 or younger in the Top 100 at the time.) This year, Harrison advanced to the quarterfinals of the tune-up event in Sydney, Australia, and then reached the second round of the Australian Open. He also won the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Savannah, Ga. Harrison has played in the US Open main draw each of the last three years; in 2010, he qualified and upset No. 15 seed Ivan Ljubicic in the opening round, and in 2012, he also advanced to the second round, losing to former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro.

Steve Johnson Age: 23 (12/24/1989) Hometown: Orange, Calif. Career-High Ranking: 127 (April 2013)

Johnson qualified for the and lost in five sets in the first round to No. 10 seed Nicolas Almagro. He also reached the quarterfinals of the ATP event in San Jose, Calif., in February. Johnson has had an impressive professional debut following a standout career at USC. He reached the third round of the 2012 US Open, becoming the first reigning NCAA champion to advance to the third round of the men’s singles event since Sargis Sargsian in 1995. He also captured the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Aptos, Calif., and reached the semifinals of two additional Challengers to break into the Top 200 for the first time. In 2012, Johnson cemented his place as one of the best college players of all time, going undefeated to claim his second straight NCAA singles title and leading USC to its fourth team title in Johnson’s four years at the school. He turned professional shortly thereafter.

Bradley Klahn Age: 22 (8/20/1990) Hometown: Poway, Calif. Career-High Ranking: 182 (April 2013)

Klahn received a wild card into qualifying at the 2012 US Open and subsequently won three matches to advance to the main draw, where he upset Top-50 player Jurgen Melzer in the first round in five sets. In doing so, the left-hander became the first-ever men’s qualifying wild card to win a round at the US Open. Following the US Open, he advanced to three USTA Pro Circuit Challenger quarterfinals. Klahn, the 2010 NCAA men’s singles champion for Stanford, started his professional career last summer with the help of the USTA Collegiate Team, a program that provides college players with experience and opportunities on the USTA Pro Circuit. This year, he also was a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in Jacksonville, Fla., where the U.S. defeated Brazil. On the USTA Pro Circuit, Klahn reached the final of the $10,000 Futures in Calabasas, Calif., in March 2013 and then won the singles title at the $10,000 Futures in Costa Mesa, Calif., the following week. He also reached the doubles final of the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Sarasota, Fla., in April, with .

Daniel Kosakowski Age: 21 (2/21/1992) Hometown: Downey, Calif. Career-High Ranking: 230 (April 2013)

Kosakowski made a splash in his first full season as a professional in 2012, reaching the final round of qualifying at the US Open and winning back-to-back USTA Pro Circuit Futures events in California following the US Open. Behind those victories, he cracked the Top 250 for the first time, after starting 2012 ranked outside the Top 400. Kosakowski played one season at UCLA before going pro, playing in the No. 1 singles position for the Bruins and earning 2011 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors. Kosakowski comes from a tennis-playing family; his brother and two sisters all played or are currently playing college tennis.

Austin Krajicek Age: 22 (6/16/1990) Hometown: Tampa, Fla. Career-High Ranking: 300 (April 2013)

Krajicek was a five-time All-American for Texas A&M and won the 2011 NCAA men’s doubles title with Jeff Dadamo. Krajicek won his first professional title at a $15,000 Futures in China in January 2012 and won his first USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the Futures in Austin, Texas, last summer, where he also captured the doubles title. He also claimed the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Little Rock, Ark., in April 2013 and won the doubles title at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Tallahassee, Fla., the following week. A standout junior player, Krajicek won the 2008 USTA Boys’ 18s National Championships, earning a wild card into the 2008 US Open main draw. He has been a practice partner on three occasions for the U.S. Davis Cup team and is a distant relative of former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek.

Mitchell Krueger Age: 19 (1/12/1994) Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas Career-High Ranking: 696 (May 2013)

Krueger was the top-ranked American boys’ junior in 2012, peaking at a career-high No. 5 in the world junior rankings. Krueger advanced to the semifinals of the boys’ singles at the French Open and Wimbledon in 2012. He turned pro last July. In October 2012, he reached the semifinals of the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Birmingham, Ala., as a qualifier for his best USTA Pro Circuit result.

Nikita Kryvonos Age: 26 (9/1/1986) Hometown: Flushing, N.Y. Career-High Ranking: 389 (February 2007)

Kryvonos won the US Open National Playoffs USTA Eastern sectional qualifier in 2010 and 2012, taking the title at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, where he trains during the year. The Ukrainian-born Kryvonos is working his way back from a knee injury. A promising junior, he competed in the US Open qualifying in 2004, 2006 and 2007, and he has played extensively on the USTA Pro Circuit, where he won one singles title in 2007 and two doubles titles in 2005 and 2007.

Denis Kudla Age: 20 (8/17/1992) Hometown: Arlington, Va. Career-High Ranking: 116 (May 2013)

A former top junior, Kudla qualified for the to make his Grand Slam main-draw debut. He also qualified for the 2013 Australian Open tune-up event in Brisbane and won the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Tallahassee, Fla., for his fifth USTA Pro Circuit singles title and third Challenger title. Kudla competed in the 2012 US Open as a wild card and, last year, played a mix of ATP and USTA Pro Circuit events, reaching the second round of the ATP event in San Jose as a qualifier, defeating before losing to in three sets, and the second round of Indian Wells, where he faced . On the USTA Pro Circuit in 2012, Kudla finished the year as the top ATP points earner among Americans and the leader in prize money. Also in 2012, he served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team for its quarterfinal tie against and its semifinal against . As a junior player, Kudla reached the boys’ singles final at the 2010 US Open, where he lost to Sock in three sets, and climbed to No. 3 in the world junior rankings. Kudla was born in the Ukraine and came to the U.S. with his parents on his first birthday.

Alex Kuznetsov Age: 26 (2/5/1987) Hometown: Richboro, Pa./Tampa, Fla. Career-High Ranking: 158 (April 2007)

Kuznetsov earned a main-draw wild card into the by winning the Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge. The USTA awarded one men’s singles main draw wild card into the French Open to an American player based on his results on the USTA Pro Circuit. The winner of the Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge was determined by the player who amassed the greatest number of ATP ranking points at two of three USTA Pro Circuit clay-court challengers—a $100,000 event in Sarasota, Fla., and two $50,000 events in Savannah, Ga., and in Tallahassee, Fla. Kuznetsov earned 115 points in the Wild Card Challenge, winning the title in Sarasota to collect 100 points and earning 15 points by reaching the quarterfinals in Savannah and Tallahassee. Kuznetsov was a qualifier in Sarasota and won seven consecutive matches to take the title. The Sarasota Challenger was Kuznetsov’s fourth career USTA Pro Circuit Challenger crown. Kuznetsov qualified for the 2012 Australian Open in his first appearance in a Grand Slam main draw since 2007 and faced in the first round. He had a strong end to 2012, reaching two USTA Pro Circuit Challenger finals. In addition, last summer he qualified for the Emirates Airline US Open Series event in Atlanta. A native of Kiev, Ukraine, where his grandfather was a handball champion, Kuznetsov was a standout junior and the runner-up at the 2004 junior French Open. Following a severe leg injury suffered in a 2005 car accident, Kuznetsov came back to play in his first US Open main draw in 2006. In 2007, he won his first Grand Slam match at the Australian Open and reached the round of 16 in doubles at the US Open.

Dennis Nevolo Age: 23 (12/22/1989) Hometown: Gurnee, Ill. Career-High Ranking: 586 (April 2013)

Nevolo, a former standout at the University of Illinois, finished his collegiate career in May 2012. Nevolo competed last summer as part of the USTA Collegiate Team on the USTA Pro Circuit and, overall, reached the quarterfinals or better at five events in 2012. In 2013, he won his first two USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles at the $15,000 events in Brownsville, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Okla., and reached the quarterfinals of three USTA Pro Circuit events.

Daniel Nguyen Age: 22 (10/16/1990) Hometown: Oxnard, Calif. Career-High Ranking: 514 (May 2013)

Nguyen is a former All-American at USC, where he helped the Trojans to four consecutive NCAA team championships from 2009-12, clinching titles for the team in 2010 and 2011. Nguyen won his first career USTA Pro Circuit singles title last fall at the $10,000 Futures in Irvine, Calif., and spent the final months of 2012 in Hong Kong playing ITF events. In May 2013, he won back-to-back ITF Circuit titles in Korea and also won one doubles title in Korea.

Dennis Novikov Age: 19 (11/6/1993) Hometown: Moscow, Russia Career-High Ranking: 541 (April 2013)

Novikov was the 2012 USTA Boys’ 18s national champion in singles and doubles. Those victories earned him wild-card entries into each main draw at the 2012 US Open, where he became just the second USTA Boys’ 18s champion to advance to the second round in singles in the last 15 years, defeating in the first round. Born in Moscow, Russia, Novikov moved with his family to the U.S. at age one and eventually chose tennis over hockey, swimming and gymnastics. He plays collegiately for UCLA, where the big-serving, 6-foot-3 sophomore is one of the Bruins’ top singles players.

Wayne Odesnik Age: 27 (11/21/85) Hometown: Weston, Fla. Career-High Ranking: 77 (April 2009)

Odesnik reached the final of the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Sarasota, Fla., this year, losing to qualifier in the final. Odesnik returned to competition in January 2011 following a year-long suspension as dictated by the Tennis Anti-Doping Program, which is administered by the ITF. He got his career back on track by rejoining the USTA Pro Circuit and climbing more than 1,200 spots in the ATP rankings to finish 2011 just outside the Top 100. Odesnik continued to build on that success last year, qualifying for Wimbledon and competing on the USTA Pro Circuit and overseas. This year, he qualified for and reached the second round of the ATP Masters Series event in Indian Wells, Calif., and is approaching the Top 100. Odesnik has won 10 career USTA Pro Circuit singles titles, including four in 2011. Prior to his suspension, Odesnik reached the third round at the and was a finalist at the ATP World Tour event in Houston in 2009. He has also competed in the US Open main draw on five occasions, reaching the second round in 2007 and 2008.

Greg Ouellette

Age: 27 (5/19/1986) Hometown: Ormond Beach, Fla. Career-High Ranking: 269 (September 2011)

Ouellette won the bronze medal in doubles at the 2011 Pan Am Games with . Ouellette competed overseas in ITF-level events for most of 2012. Back home, he won his second career USTA Pro Circuit singles title last year at the $15,000 Futures in Oklahoma City. Ouellette holds four career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles and was a five-time All-American for the University of Florida.

Eric Quigley Age: 24 (1/30/1989) Hometown: Pewee Valley, Ky. Career-High Ranking: 539 (April 2013)

Quigley was the 2012 NCAA singles runner-up for the University of Kentucky. Quigley is one of the most decorated tennis players in UK history, earning five All-America honors between singles and doubles. In 2008, he became the first Kentucky player in 34 years to win four straight high school state singles titles.

Rajeev Ram Age: 29 (3/18/84) Hometown: Carmel, Ind. Career-High Ranking: 78 (November 2009)

Ram has established himself as a steady presence in the Top 50 of the world doubles rankings, reaching the second round or better at all four Grand Slam events in doubles, including the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. In 2012, he reached the doubles quarterfinals at the French Open with Scott Lipsky and won the ATP doubles title in St. Petersburg, Russia, with Nenad Zimonjic. Overall, Ram has won seven ATP doubles crowns. In 2009, he won his first career ATP singles title in Newport, R.I., where he also captured the doubles title. In 2012, he reached the singles semifinals at the Emirates Airline US Open Series event in Los Angeles, losing to , and in Newport, losing to . This year, Ram qualified for the Australian Open and reached the second round. An Indiana state high school champion, Ram played collegiately at the University of Illinois—then coached by current Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley—for one semester in 2003 and helped the Illini win their first NCAA team title and post their first undefeated season.

Bobby Reynolds Age: 30 (7/17/1982) Hometown: Acworth, Ga. Career-High Ranking: 63 (February 2009)

Reynolds ascended to a career-best No. 63 in 2009 shortly before suffering a wrist injury that cost him seven months. He has reached the second round or better at all four Grand Slam events in his career, reaching the third round at the 2005 Australian Open and the third round at Wimbledon in 2008. Reynolds is tied for the most career USTA Pro Circuit men’s titles with 30 after winning the doubles title in Savannah last spring.

Noah Rubin Age: 17 (2/21/1996) Hometown: Long Island, N.Y. Career-High Ranking: 1040 (November 2012)

Noah Rubin was America’s top junior to begin 2013, having ascended as high as No. 6 in the world in January. He’s been described as having the potential to be a Top-50 professional, at “minimum,” by John McEnroe, with whom Rubin trains at the four-time US Open champion’s academy on Randalls Island, N.Y. In 2012, Rubin reached the quarterfinals at the French Open Junior Championships and represented the U.S. in Junior Davis Cup (16-and-under) competition. In 2013 on the junior tour, Rubin reached the semifinals at the Easter Bowl and the quarterfinals at the USTA International Spring Championships and the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships.

Michael Russell Age: 35 (5/1/1978) Hometown: Houston Career-High Ranking: 60 (August 2007)

Russell is the men’s all-time leader in USTA Pro Circuit singles titles with 22. Russell upset then-Top 10 player Mardy Fish en route to the semifinals of the ATP World Tour event in Houston in April 2012, the best result of his career at a tour-level event. Russell also reached the quarterfinals of the ATP event in Memphis in 2013 as a qualifier and competed in the Australian Open. In 2001, Russell achieved his best Grand Slam result by reaching the fourth round of the French Open, where he pushed eventual champion Gustavo Kuerten to five sets. Russell is a veteran on the USTA Pro Circuit and ATP World Tour and has consistently ranked in or around the Top 100 for the past four years.

Tennys Sandgren Age: 21 (7/22/1991) Hometown: Gallatin, Tenn. Career-High Ranking: 209 (April 2013)

Sandgren served as a Davis Cup practice partner for the U.S. team in Boise, Idaho, in early April 2013 against Serbia. Sandgren, whose name is pronounced like the sport, won three Futures titles (in four finals) in 2012 before transitioning to Challenger-level events for the remainder of the year. He also competed in qualifying at the 2012 US Open and, overall, climbed nearly 300 spots in the ATP World Tour rankings. In 2013, he won the doubles title at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Tallahassee, Fla., with Austin Krajicek and reached doubles finals at the $100,000 Challenger in Dallas and the $50,000 Challenger in Maui, Hawaii, with former University of Tennessee teammate . As a collegian, Sandgren reached the semifinals of the 2011 NCAA tournament, losing to Williams in three sets. He turned pro following his sophomore season. Sandgren’s brother, Davey, was a two-time All-American for Tennessee, lettering from 2007-10.

Tim Smyczek Age: 25 (12/30/87) Hometown: Milwaukee Career-High Ranking: 101 (February 2013)

Smyczek earned a lucky loser spot into the 2013 Australian Open and won his first-round match over former Top-20 player Ivo Karlovic, who is 6-foot-10 to Smyczek’s 5-foot-9. Smyczek is approaching the Top 100 for the first time in his career after qualifying for and reaching the second round of the 2012 US Open and qualifying for three ATP events this year, including the ATP Masters Series event in Miami. Smyczek made his first appearance in the main draw of the US Open in 2010 after winning an eight-man USTA wild-card playoff, and he backed that up by winning a similar six-man USTA playoff to earn a wild card into the . Last year, Smyczek won the final USTA Pro Circuit Challenger of the year in Champaign, Ill., in addition to the $50,000 Challenger in Tallahassee, Fla. Smyczek regularly trains at Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Fla., with fellow Americans , Mardy Fish and .

Jack Sock Age: 20 (9/24/1992) Hometown: Lincoln, Neb. Career-High Ranking: 116 (April 2013)

Rising young American Sock achieved the best result of his pro career in 2012 by reaching the third round of the US Open as a wild card, where he lost to No. 11 seed Nicolas Almagro in a tight four-setter. This year, Sock reached the quarterfinals of the ATP event in Memphis, Tenn., defeating then-world No. 14 in the first round and James Blake in the second round. Sock won the 2010 US Open junior singles title and qualified for the main draw of the US Open in 2010 and 2011 by winning the USTA Boys’ 18s National Championships. Also in 2011, he won the US Open mixed doubles title with fellow American , and in 2012, he teamed with reigning NCAA champion Steve Johnson to knock off the top-seeded team of and in the first round of men’s doubles. Sock won his first career USTA Pro Circuit Challenger title at the $100,000 event in Tiburon, Calif., in fall 2012. He attended Blue Valley North High School in Kansas, where he graduated in 2011 with an 80-0 record for his high school career, winning four consecutive state championships.

Ryan Sweeting Age: 25 (7/14/1987) Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Career-High Ranking: 64 (September 2011)

Sweeting soared to a career-high ranking of No. 64 in the world in September 2011 after winning his first ATP World Tour singles title at the U.S. Men’s Championships in Houston in April of that year. Last year, Sweeting reached the second round of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and this year, he competed in Australian Open qualifying and qualified for the ATP event in San Jose, Calif. Sweeting played in six consecutive US Open main draws, from 2006-11, and won a USTA playoff to earn a main-draw wild card into the . As a junior, he won the 2005 US Open boys’ singles title while competing for the Bahamas. He played collegiately at the University of Florida and served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in 2006 and 2007.

Rhyne Williams Age: 22 (3/22/1991) Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn. Career-High Ranking: 117 (April 2013)

Williams earned a wild card into the 2013 Australian Open main draw by winning the USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs in Norcross, Ga., in December 2012. He lost his first-round match in Australia in five sets to Top-30 player . A few weeks later, Williams won the second USTA Pro Circuit Challenger of the year in Dallas, defeating former Top-10 player in the final. He also reached the semifinals at the ATP clay-court event in Houston—his best ATP result—to approach the Top 100 for the first time in his career. Williams won three matches to qualify for the main draw of the 2012 US Open for his first Grand Slam appearance—in the process joining Bradley Klahn as one of just 13 qualifying wild cards to reach the main draw in recorded US Open history. There, Williams faced Andy Roddick in the first round just days before Roddick announced his retirement. Williams turned pro in 2011 following his sophomore year at the University of Tennessee, where he was one of the nation’s top collegiate players, reaching the singles final at the 2011 NCAA Championships.

Michael Yani Age: 32 (12/31/1980) Hometown: Durham, N.C. Career-High Ranking: 143 (March 2010)

Yani competed in qualifying at all four Grand Slam events in 2012 and captured his sixth USTA Pro Circuit title by winning the $50,000 Challenger in Binghamton, N.Y. Yani broke into the Top 150 for the first time in his career in early 2010 after qualifying for the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship and advancing to the semifinals of the Dallas Challenger on the USTA Pro Circuit. He also qualified for the main draw at the 2010 French Open, falling to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 12-10, in a first-round marathon that lasted nearly five hours. (The 71 games equaled the most in a singles match at Roland Garros since the tiebreak was instituted in 1973.) Yani, who was born in Singapore, played collegiately at Duke University.

Donald Young Age: 23 (7/23/1989) Hometown: Atlanta Career-High Ranking: 38 (February 2012)

Young broke into the world’s Top 40 in February of last year and qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team. He competed in all four Grand Slam events a year ago, reaching the second round of the Australian Open. In 2011, he reached the round of 16 at the US Open, upsetting two Top-30 players en route, for his best Grand Slam result, and he also reached the final of the ATP event in Bangkok and the semifinals of the Emirates Airline US Open Series event in Washington, D.C. In April 2013, Young won an ITF-level Challenger in Leon, Mexico, for his first title since 2011, and he also reached the semifinals of the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Savannah, Ga. A standout junior player, Young was a two-time Grand Slam boys’ champion (2005 Australian Open, 2007 Wimbledon) and, at age 16 years and 5 months, became the youngest-ever year-end world junior No. 1 in 2005.