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as of November 4, 2015

COPPERWYND PRO WOMEN’S CHALLENGE SCOTTSDALE, AZ • NOVEMBER 8-15

USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN’S DEBUTS IN SCOTTSDALE, TOURNAMENT INFORMATION CONCLUDES CHALLENGE

Site: Copperwynd Resort & Club – Scottsdale, Ariz. The Copperwynd Pro Women’s Challenge is making its debut on the USTA Pro Circuit. Websites: www.arizonachallenger.com Scottsdale has never hosted women’s USTA procircuit.usta.com Pro Circuit tennis, but it hosted a men’s

event in 1997 and 2000. It is the second Dishman USTA/Ned Facebook: Cliff Drysdale Tennis tournament taking place in Arizona this : @cdrysdaletennis year—Surprise hosted a $25,000 women’s event in February —and is the last USTA Pro Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, Nov. 8 Circuit women’s event of 2015. Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, Nov. 10 Scottsdale is the last of three consecutive Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles women’s hard-court tournaments that make Surface: Hard / Outdoor up the USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge, which will award a Prize Money: $50,000 , a two-time NCAA singles men’s and women’s wild card into the 2016 champion, received a wild card into this year’s Tournament Director: Australian Open. The USTA and Tennis US Open, where she crossed the $200,000 Scott McCulloch, (480) 333-1901 have a reciprocal agreement in single-season earnings threshold for the first time in her career with her first-round win. [email protected] which wild cards into the 2015 US Open and are exchanged. Tournament Press Contact: The other tournaments in the women’s portion Ashley Spicer-Lloyd, (512) 944-2606 of the wild card challenge are the $50,000 This tournament will be streamed live [email protected] events in Macon, Ga., the week of Oct. 26, on www.procircuit.usta.com. To follow the tournament, download the USTA Pro USTA Communications Contact: and Waco, Texas, the week of Nov. 2. Circuit’s new phone app by searching Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219 The three women’s tournaments join three “procircuit” in the app store. [email protected] men’s tournaments—the Charlottesville PRIZE MONEY / POINTS Men’s Pro Challenger in Charlottesville, Notable players competing in the main draw Va., the week of Nov. 2; the Knoxville include: SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points 2015 Challenger in Knoxville, Tenn., the Winner $7,600 80 week of Nov. 9; and the JSM Challenger of Nicole Gibbs, who received a wild card into Runner-Up $4,053 48 Champaign-Urbana in Champaign, Ill., the the 2015 US Open and won her first-round Semifinalist $2,216 29 week of Nov. 16. match. Last year, Gibbs advanced to the Quarterfinalist $1,267 15 third round of the US Open—her career-best Round 16 $760 8 The American woman who earns the most result—after winning the USTA Pro Circuit’s Round 32 $444 1 WTA ranking points at two of the three USTA US Open Wild Card Challenge to earn a spot DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) Pro Circuit hard-court events will receive a in the US Open main draw. She also won Winner $2,786 wild card to compete in the main draw of the the third $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event Runner-Up $1,393 2016 Australian Open, which will be held of her career in Carson, Calif., in 2014. This Semifinalist $696 Monday, Jan. 18, through Sunday, Jan. 31. year, Gibbs advanced to the second round of Quarterfinalist $380 Only players who did not receive direct entry the Australian Open—her first Round 16 $254 into the Australian Open are eligible for the tournament main draw appearance outside wild cards. the US Open—and competed in the French COMMUNITY EVENTS Open and Wimbledon main draws, peaking Monday, Nov. 9: Pro-Am; at No. 84 in the world in March. She also Member Appreciation Clinic, 8:30-10 a.m. qualified for this summer’s Emirates Airline

Wednesday, Nov. 11: Kids’ Carnival, ages 4-10 Grason Tom Thursday, Nov. 12: Kids’ Carnival, ages 11-16; Ladies Day Clinic, 8:30-10 a.m. is the leader in the USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge. She Saturday, Nov. 14: USTA Appreciation Day qualified for the 2015 US Open and reached the second round and has ranked as high as No. 50 Sunday, Nov. 15: Veteran Appreciation Day; in the world in singles and No. 59 in doubles. Veteran’s Day Clinic, 10-11 a.m.

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US Open Series event in Stanford, Calif., upsetting , the former US Open junior champion who peaked at a to reach the round of 16. Following this year’s US Open, Gibbs career-high No. 97 in the world in March after reaching the second reached the final of the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Kirkland, round of the WTA’s Rio Open and competing in Indian Wells. In Wash., and the semifinals at the $50,000 event in Las Vegas, where 2014, Min reached the semifinals of the WTA event in Bad Gastein, she also won the doubles title. Gibbs won consecutive NCAA singles —her first-ever WTA semifinal—and competed in the US Open titles in 2012 and 2013 for Stanford University, becoming the fifth and main draws, qualifying at Roland Garros. Min player in history—and the fourth from Stanford—to win back-to-back was one of the top juniors in the world in 2011, when she won the NCAA Division I women’s singles championships. She also helped US Open girls’ singles title and the Wimbledon girls’ doubles title. lead Stanford to its 17th NCAA team title in 2013. As a junior Those results helped propel her to No. 4 in the world junior rankings. player, Gibbs advanced to the final of the USTA Girls’ 18 National In 2013, she qualified for the French Open—her first main draw Championships in 2010 and 2011 and reached the semifinals of Grand Slam appearance outside the —as well as the the 2011 junior US Open. She trains at the USTA Training Center US Open. She holds six USTA Pro Circuit singles titles overall and Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. is coming off her first title of 2015, won in October at the $25,000 event in Florence, S.C. Anna Tatishvili, the leader in the USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge after reaching the final in Macon, Ga. last month. , who qualified for and reached the quarterfinals of the Tatishvili qualified for the 2015 US Open and reached the second WTA event in Monterrey, Mexico, in April 2014 for her career-best round. She also qualified for the and reached WTA result. In addition, following the 2014 US Open, she reached the second round and advanced to the quarterfinals of the WTA event the quarterfinals or better at three $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit events. in Bucharest, , in July. Tatishvili peaked at No. 50 in the In her career, Boserup has competed in qualifying at the US Open world in singles in October 2012 and No. 59 in doubles in May and Australian Open, and she has won three USTA Pro Circuit 2012. Her best Grand Slam tournament result came at the 2012 singles titles, including the $25,000 event in Raleigh, N.C., earlier US Open, where she reached the fourth round before falling to top this year—her first USTA Pro Circuit title since 2012, when she seed . Tatishvili has won eight USTA Pro Circuit achieved a career-best singles ranking of No. 174. This fall, Boserup singles titles and three ITF Pro Circuit singles titles in her career. won the doubles title at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Las She won her first WTA doubles title last year in , Austria. As a Vegas and reached the singles semifinals at the $75,000 event in junior player, Tatishvili climbed as high as No. 19 in the ITF World Albuquerque, N.M., and in Macon, Ga. Boserup was also a standout Junior Rankings and reached the doubles semifinals at the 2006 junior, winning the prestigious in 2008, defeating junior Australian Open with . Tatishvili, a native future U.S. Olympian Christina McHale in the final. of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, became a U.S. citizen in April 2014. , who peaked at No. 107 in the world in July 2013 behind strong results on the USTA Pro Circuit and the WTA tour. , who competed in US Open, French Open and Also in 2013, Sanchez made her debut in a Grand Slam main draw Wimbledon qualifying this year. Stewart has enjoyed a strong 2015 by earning a wild card into the US Open. In 2014, she won her first season, winning three singles titles on the USTA Pro Circuit and WTA doubles title, in , , with . going 13-2 this spring in a string of $50,000 clay-court events, For her career, Sanchez has won two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles, where she won in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., and reached the finals both in 2012, and 15 USTA Pro Circuit/ITF Pro Circuit doubles in Charlottesville, Va., and Savannah, Ga. In the junior ranks, she titles, including five this year alone. Also this year, she reached the won the USTA Girls’ 18 National Clay Court Championships in July singles final of the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Rancho Santa 2014. That capped a 34-match winning streak in junior and pro Fe, Calif., losing to up-and-coming young American CiCi Bellis. As matches, during which she won three USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 a junior player, Sanchez was ranked No. 1 in the U.S. as a 16-year- clay-court events (Orlando, Fla.; Bethany Beach, Del.; and Charlotte, old and No. 4 in the country as an 18-year-old. She also was the N.C.). Stewart was awarded a wild card into qualifying at the 2014 No. 1-ranked collegian and an ITA All-American at the University of US Open and won her first-round qualifying match over Yuliya Southern California, winning the 2011 USTA/ITA National Indoor Beygelizimer, a former Top 100 player. Stewart also played in the Intercollegiate Championship singles title. doubles main draw at the 2014 US Open with , falling in the first round. Stewart’s mother, Marina, was an Argentine WTA , who is coming off her second career USTA Pro pro and Katerina is coached by her father, Cesar. Circuit singles title, at the $25,000 event in Rock Hill, S.C., in October; she also reached the quarterfinals in Macon, Ga. Earlier this , who competed in the US Open main draw for year, Brady won the singles and doubles titles at the $25,000 event the second time in her career this year after winning this summer’s in Redding, Calif. In May, Brady completed her sophomore year at USTA Pro Circuit’s US Open Wild Card Challenge. Her run to the UCLA and turned pro. During the 2014-15 season, the 20-year- challenge title was highlighted by reaching the final of the $50,000 old was part of the team that reached the final of the NCAA Team event in Lexington, Ky. Crawford enjoyed previous success at the Championships. And during her freshman season (2013-14), she US Open. In 2012, she won the girls’ singles title and qualified for was a member of the 2014 NCAA championship-winning team. the women’s singles main draw as a qualifying wild card. She has also competed in the US Open women’s doubles draw three times Notable players competing in qualifying include: (2011-12, 2014). At 6-foot-2, Crawford’s big serve and aggressive baseline game helped her rise to No. 5 in the ITF World Junior , the two-time Grand Slam tournament doubles champion Rankings in 2012. This year, she won her fourth and fifth career who returned to competition this August for the first time since USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit the 2014 US Open, where she lost in the second round to Serena events in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Baton Rouge, La. Williams. She has been out since with a hip injury. King has ranked as high as No. 50 in the world in singles and No. 3 in doubles,

*Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES winning the women’s doubles titles at the US Open and Wimbledon in Midland, Mich., and won her first ITF Pro Circuit singles title in in 2010. In her career, King has won 14 WTA doubles titles and Leon, Mexico, where she also captured the doubles title. She won one singles title (in Bangkok in 2006). She has also represented the the first USTA Pro Circuit title of her career in 2014 in doubles at United States in Fed Cup. the $25,000 event in Pelham, Ala. After college, Lao wrote a book, “Invaluable Experience,” about playing college tennis. , who graduated from Stanford in 2014 as a four-time All-American. Ahn went 97-17 in four seasons at Stanford and was , who played collegiately for the University of North named the 2014 ITA National Senior Player of the Year. She qualified Carolina, where she received All-America honors and, in 2010, for the 2008 US Open, where she lost to former world No. 1 Dinara helped lead the Tar Heels to their first NCAA team semifinals. In Safina in the first round. Ahn has also won five USTA Pro Circuit/ITF 2013, Marand won her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title, at the Pro Circuit singles titles, including two titles in Korea and Canada $25,000 event in El Paso, Texas. She has won 10 USTA Pro Circuit this year, and one doubles title. doubles titles, including three tournaments this year. As a junior player, Marand reached the doubles final at the 2006 Easter Bowl , who completed her sophomore year for the University with fellow American . of North Carolina in the spring, winning the 2015 NCAA Division I singles title and becoming the first national singles champion in , who graduated from UCLA this year after earning UNC women’s tennis history. Loeb was also the top-ranked college All-America honors in both singles and doubles for the fourth tennis player for most of her freshman year. As a freshman, she consecutive year, becoming the seventh player in school history to was named the 2014 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of accomplish that feat. She was named the ITA National Collegiate the Year and Rookie of the Year, as well as the 2014 ACC Women’s Player of the Year for 2014-15. Anderson was part of UCLA’s NCAA Tennis Player of the Year—making her the third North Carolina title-winning team in 2014 and reached the NCAA doubles final player ever to earn that distinction. In 2014, Loeb won the inaugural in 2013. At the 2015 US Open, she won the American Collegiate American College Invitational at the US Open. Loeb turned pro this Invitational, a tournament for the top U.S. college players. In summer and earned a wild card into the 2015 US Open, where she her career, Anderson has won one USTA Pro Circuit singles title lost to 2014 US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki in the first round. ($10,000 Landisville, Pa., in 2011) and one doubles title ($25,000 Loeb was also a standout junior player, reaching the quarterfinals Redding, Calif., in 2013). As a junior player, she reached the singles of the Wimbledon girls’ event in 2013 and the junior singles final quarterfinals of the 2010 junior US Open. at the 2013 USTA International Spring Championships in Carson, Calif., where she also won the doubles title. Loeb holds four USTA , a former University of Tennessee standout Pro Circuit singles titles, including the $25,000 event in El Paso, who was named the 2010 College Senior Player of the Year after Texas, this year, and five doubles titles, including the $50,000 event leading the Volunteers to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. in Stockton, Calif., this year. She trains at the John McEnroe Tennis Whoriskey captured her first career USTA Pro Circuit singles title Academy in Randall’s Island, N.Y. last year at the $10,000 event in Hilton Head Island, S.C., where she also won the doubles crown. This year, she reached the singles , who graduated from USC in 2013 after twice earning quarterfinals and doubles semifinals at the $100,000 USTA Pro All-America honors during her college career. She also led the Circuit event in Midland, Mich., and won three USTA Pro Circuit Trojans to back-to-back Pac-12 team championships and was a doubles titles, bringing her total to 10 career USTA Pro Circuit/ITF team captain her senior year. This June, Lao won her first USTA Pro Pro Circuit doubles titles. Whoriskey also won the 2014 US Open Circuit singles title at the $25,000 event in Baton Rouge, La. Also National Playoffs to earn a wild card into the US Open Qualifying in 2015, she qualified for the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit event Tournament, where she won her first-round match.

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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, , , , 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. 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 Orange Bowl 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 were Aug. 21-29. For more information and the well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. complete results, visit www.usopen.org/NationalPlayoffs.