TOURNAMENT NOTES

as of March 13, 2014

THE USTA MEN’S PRO CHAMPIONSHIPS OF CALABASAS CALABASAS, CA • MARCH 15–23

USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO CALABASAS TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas returns to Calabasas, Calif., Site: Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center for the third consecutive year as a $15,000 Calabasas, Calif. USTA Pro Circuit event, following a one-year hiatus in 2011. It served as a $50,000 Anthony Behar Websites: www.calabasasprotennis.com Challenger for 10 years (from 2001 to 2010). procircuit.usta.com It is the second of four $15,000 USTA Pro Facebook: Top Seed – Calabasas Circuit hard-court men’s tournaments and one of nine events held in in 2014. Twitter: @calabasastennis Qualifying Draw Begins: Saturday, March 15 Notable players competing in the main draw include: Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, March 18 Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles 2012 Calabasas singles runner-up Daniel Kosakowski, who competed for one season at Surface: Hard / Outdoor UCLA, playing in the No. 1 singles position Prize Money: $15,000 for the Bruins and earning 2011 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors. Kosakowski Tournament Director: turned professional that same year and made Jeff Richards, (818) 388-1696, [email protected] a splash in 2012, his first full season as a 2012 Calabasas singles finalist and former Tournament Press Contact: pro, reaching the final round of qualifying at the US Open and winning back-to-back UCLA Bruin Daniel Kosakowski, the 2011 Steve Pratt, (310) 408-4555, [email protected] Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, holds three USTA Pro Circuit Futures events in California USTA Pro Circuit singles titles. USTA Public Relations Contact: following the US Open. On the strength of Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] those victories, he cracked the Top 250 for the first time, after starting 2012 ranked final round of qualifying at the Australian PRIZE MONEY / POINTS outside the Top 400. Kosakowski spent the Open and reached the doubles final of SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points majority of 2013 competing overseas in the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger Winner $2,160 27 ITF Men’s Circuit events in South America in Maui, Hawaii, with Nicolas Meister. Runner-up $1,272 15 and Asia. This year, he advanced to the Kosakowski comes from a tennis family; Semifinalist $753 8 his brother and two sisters all played or are Quarterfinalist $438 3 currently playing college tennis. Round of 16 $258 1 Round of 32 $156 - Sixteen-year-old Stefan Kozlov, who is the DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) No. 2-ranked junior in the world. Kozlov was Winner $930 Ron Angle for USTA a junior singles finalist at the Runner-up $540 in January, becoming the first American boy Semifinalist $324 to reach the singles final of a junior Grand Quarterfinalist $192 Slam event since won Round of 16 $108 the 2011 juniors. Kozlov also COMMUNITY EVENTS reached the singles final of the prestigious Metropolia Orange Bowl in December 2013. Sunday, March 16 He made his ATP World Tour main draw Pro-Am, 4:00-6:30 p.m. debut last summer in Newport, R.I., and took 30-year-old Michal Przysiezny, now ranked in Tuesday, March 18 the Top 80, to three sets. Kozlov trains with USPTA Coach Workshop, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Friday, March 21 Stefan Kozlov, 16, is the No. 2-ranked junior in Pro-Am and Drill, 9:00-11:00 a.m. the world. He was a boys’ singles finalist at this Stadium Court Junior Exhibition, 6:00-7:30 p.m. year’s Australian Open, becoming the first U.S. boy to reach a tournament singles final since 2011. Saturday, March 22 USTA Jr. Team Tennis Kids’ Tennis Carnival, 4:00-5:30 p.m. *Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES

USTA National Coach Nicolas Todero at the USTA Training Center – doubles titles (two in each discipline) on the USTA Pro Circuit last Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., as well as with his father, Andrei, year—the first titles of his career. As a freshman at UCLA, Giron who runs a tennis academy in . earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 accolades and won all three of his singles matches (all over ranked opponents) during the NCAA Former University of Virginia standout , who reached Team Championships, helping UCLA reach the semifinals. He is the singles semifinals of the 2011 NCAA Championships and won ranked No. 4 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association men’s the 2010 NCAA doubles title with Drew Courtney. Shabaz captured NCAA Division I singles rankings. his first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in July 2013, at the $10,000 Futures in Pittsburgh, and two weeks later won the title at the Tyler Hochwalt, who reached the semifinals of two ITF Men’s Circuit $10,000 Futures in Godfrey, Ill. As a junior player, he won the events in 2013 and the quarterfinals in four others. Hochwalt played Wimbledon doubles title in 2005 (with ). collegiately for the University of Florida. He competed primarily in for the first two months of 2014. Nicolas Meister, the highest-ranked American in Calabasas, who won his first ITF Men’s Circuit singles title last May at the $10,000 event Notable players competing in qualifying include: in Morelia, Mexico. Meister also won an ITF Circuit doubles title in 2013 in Mexico for the eighth professional doubles title of his career. , who won the first USTA Pro Circuit tournament of He graduated from UCLA in 2012 after a standout NCAA tennis 2014, the $10,000 Futures in Plantation, Fla.—Bangoura’s second career. Also that year, he reached the singles and mixed doubles finals career USTA Pro Circuit singles title, after winning the $10,000 of the US Open National Playoffs. This year, he reached the doubles Futures in Niceville, Fla., in 2013. Bangoura also holds two USTA Pro final of the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Maui, Hawaii, Circuit doubles titles and reached the semifinals or better in the last with fellow former Bruin Daniel Kosakowski. five doubles events he played in 2013. Bangoura was named a doubles All-American during his sophomore year at the University of Florida, , who was the top-ranked U.S. male junior in 2012, after reaching the doubles semifinals of the 2011 NCAA tournament. 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 Jeff Dadamo, who earned a into the 2013 US Open and Wimbledon in 2012 and turned pro that July. Krueger captured Qualifying Tournament by winning the US Open National Playoffs his first pro singles title last year while competing overseas at a men’s title (out of 649 men who competed). Dadamo has won two clay-court ITF Men’s Circuit event in the Netherlands. He competed USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles thus far in his career. He graduated in primarily in for the first two months of 2014. 2011 from A&M, where he won the NCAA men’s doubles title with . Dadamo is competing in his first tournament of , a 2013 graduate of the University of Michigan, who was 2014 in Calabasas. a three-time All-American (2011-13) and the Big Ten Athlete of the Year in 2012 and 2013. King owns the program record for most , who was the 2012 USTA Boys’ 18s national champion combined singles and doubles wins (196), and he ranks third all-time in singles and doubles. Those victories earned him wild-card entries on Michigan’s singles wins list with 117 victories. In the pro ranks, into the men’s singles and doubles main draw at the 2012 US Open, King captured three doubles titles on the USTA Pro Circuit and in where he became the second USTA Boys’ 18s champ in 15 years . He has started the 2014 season strong, qualifying for and to advance to the second round in singles. Novikov completed his advancing to the singles quarterfinals at the $100,000 Challenger in sophomore year at UCLA in spring 2013 and turned pro that summer. Dallas and reaching the semifinals or better at four USTA Pro Circuit He won his first USTA Pro Circuit title in June 2013 at the $10,000 doubles events, winning the title in Sunrise, Fla. Futures in Amelia Island, Fla. Born in Moscow, Novikov moved with his family to the at 1 year old and eventually chose tennis Former University of Michigan standout , who won his over hockey, swimming and gymnastics. second professional singles title last summer, at the $10,000 Futures in Edwardsville, Ill. This year, he reached back-to-back doubles finals Five-time University of Florida All-American Greg Ouellette, who at the $10,000 Futures in Sunrise, Fla., and Weston, Fla., capturing won the bronze medal in doubles at the 2011 Pan Am Games with the title in Sunrise. In September 2013, Jung reached the singles . Ouellette holds two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles final at an ITF Men’s Circuit event in Canada and, the following week, and four doubles titles, with his last crown coming in 2012. won a doubles title at another Canada event. Jung spent most of last spring and fall competing overseas in ITF Circuit events in Korea and Devin McCarthy, who played for Ohio State and has received All-Big China, where he won one doubles title and reached one singles final Ten honors. McCarthy was a four-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and two singles semifinals. At Michigan, Jung received All-Big Ten recipient and won the 2008 Division II state high school singles title honors in 2010 and 2011 and played in the NCAA championships in Ohio. He competed primarily in Australia for the first two months twice. He ranks fourth all-time in doubles wins for the Wolverines, of 2014. with 88 victories from 2008 to 2011.

Daniel Nguyen, who was a former standout college player for USC. Nguyen won two consecutive ITF Futures singles titles in Seoul in Many current and past ATP World Tour standouts have found success 2013, bringing his total count to three pro titles. He also competed in in Calabasas. the main draw of the men’s doubles event at the US Open in 2009, where he reached the second round. 2007 doubles champion reached a career-high No. 9 in the world in 2012 and has captured eight ATP singles titles. He also , a sophomore at UCLA, who won four singles and reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 US Open. Isner has been a

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regular for the U.S. team, with victories over tournament men’s singles champion when he won Roland Garros at and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, among others. Isner also won the longest age 17 years, 3 months. He finished his career with 34 ATP World match in tennis history, at Wimbledon in 2010, going 11 hours over Tour singles titles. He also reached the final of the 1996 US Open. three days to defeat , 70-68, in the fifth set. 2006 singles champion peaked at No. 8 in the 2002 Calabasas singles champion is a former world world in 1999, after reaching the final of the 1998 US Open and No. 2 and is enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He capturing two hard-court singles titles in 1999. Following a series became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the US Open of injuries, Philippoussis made a comeback in 2006 by playing on in 1987 and captured his first USTA Pro Circuit Challenger that same the USTA Pro Circuit and also claimed the 11th ATP singles title in year in Las Vegas. In 1989, Chang became the youngest Grand Slam Newport, R.I.

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CALABASAS PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2013 Sanam Singh (IND) (USA) 2013 (IND) – Sanam Singh (IND) 2012 Tennys Sandgren (USA) Daniel Kosakowski (USA) 2012 (AUS) – (GER) 2011 Tournament not held 2011 Tournament not held 2010 (AUS) (USA) 2010 (USA) – (USA) 2009 (USA) (USA) 2009 Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) – (GER) 2008 (USA) (USA) 2008 (SRB) – Dusan Vemic (SRB) 2007 (USA) Donald Young (USA) 2007 John Isner (USA) – (USA) 2006 Mark Philippoussis (AUS) Amer Delic (BIH) 2006 Robert Kendrick (USA) – (PHI) 2005 Brian Vahaly (USA) Denis Gremelmayr (GER) 2005 Amer Delic (BIH) – (USA) 2004 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) 2004 (USA) – (USA) 2003 Jerome Golmard (FRA) Lars Burgsmuller (GER) 2003 (USA) – (USA) 2002 Michael Chang (USA) Cecil Mamiit (PHI) 2002 Paul Rosner (RSA) – (USA) 2001 Andre Sa (BRA) Michael Russell (USA) 2001 Ota Fukarek (CZE) – Ivo Heuberger (SUI) 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. Celebrating its the game—and stay in the game. Kids are learning to play 35th anniversary in 2014, the USTA Pro Circuit provides players with the opportunity to gain professional faster than ever before through the USTA’s youth initiative, ranking points, and it has grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering which is geared toward getting more kids to participate in nearly $3 million in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. , , John Isner, Caroline Wozniacki, Sam tennis using modified equipment and courts tailored to a child’s Querrey, Victoria Azarenka and are among today’s top stars who began their careers on size. For more information, visit YouthTennis.com. the USTA Pro Circuit.

More recently, the USTA Pro Circuit helped launch the careers of two young NJTL —Bradley Klahn and . Former Stanford standout and 2010 Founded in 1969 by Arthur Ashe, along with Charlie Pasarell NCAA champion Klahn was the 2013 USTA

Joyce Tartar-Rideout and Sheridan Snyder, the USTA/National Junior Tennis & Pro Circuit Prize Money Leader with $50,606 Learning (NJTL) network is a nationwide group of more than in earnings, reaching five USTA Pro Circuit singles finals and winning two singles titles: 625 non-profit youth development organizations that provide the $15,000 Futures in Costa Mesa, Calif., free or low-cost tennis, education and life skills programming in March, and the $100,000 Challenger in to more than 350,000 children each year. Celebrating its Aptos, Calif., in August. The two singles 44th anniversary this year, NJTL is one of the USTA’s largest titles were the first USTA Pro Circuit singles community-based offerings.. crowns of his career. Klahn also earned Bradley Klahn a USTA wild card into the 2013 US Open through a wild card challenge incorporating USTA Pro Circuit events. Klahn finished 2013 US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS ranked in the Top 100 for the first time in his career after starting the year ranked outside The USTA launched the US Open the Top 250. Rogers was the 2013 women’s National Playoffs in 2010, USTA Pro Circuit Prize Money Leader with making the US Open “open” to $36,308 in earnings, winning three singles titles with prize money of $50,000 or more ($50,000 events in Charlottesville, Va., and Lexington, Ky., and anyone age 14+ and of all skill the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M.). Rogers also earned a USTA wild card into both the French Open levels. Last year, more than and the US Open by winning wild card challenges for the two Grand Slam tournaments utilizing a series 1,000 players competed in 13 of USTA Pro Circuit events. In her debut at the 2013 French Open, Rogers won her first round match. She Sectional Qualifying Tournaments peaked at No. 116 in the world in October 2013, rising more than 100 spots throughout the year. Both nationwide for a 2013 US Open Klahn and Rogers train with the USTA Player Development program. Qualifying Tournament wild card. A mixed doubles element also was held, with the winning team earning a main draw mixed PLAYER DEVELOPMENT doubles wild card. Mayo Hibi, a 17-year-old Japanese player living in Irvine, Calif., won the 2013 US Open National Playoffs The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions women’s title and USTA Pro Circuit regular Jeff Dadamo, 24, of by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need Tampa, Fla., won the men’s wild card. Yasmin Schnack and Eric to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center Roberson won the mixed doubles tournament. The 13 sectional Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as qualifying tournaments for this year’s US Open National Playoffs well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. are in May and June, with championships in August.