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Tournament Notes TOURNAMENT NOTES as of September 19, 2018 WELLS FARGO TIBURON CHALLENGER TIBURON, CA • SEPTEMBER 22-30 USTA PRO CIRCUIT MEN’S TENNIS RETURNS TO TIBURON The Wells Fargo Tiburon Challenger returns to Tiburon for the 10th consecutive year and 12th year overall. It is one of five $100,000 Challengers on the USTA Pro Circuit calendar TOURNAMENT INFO this year and the third Challenger following Rhea Nall, USTA this year’s US Open. Site: Tiburon Peninsula Club This tournament will be streamed live on www. Websites: www.tiburonchallenger.com procircuit.usta.com. www.procircuit.usta.com Facebook: Tiburon Challenger Notable players competing in Tiburon include: Twitter: @TiburonChallngr Bjorn Fratangelo, 24, Pittsburgh/Orlando, Fla. Qualifying Draw Begins: Saturday, September 22 • In 2018, won ATP matches at the New York Main Draw Begins: Monday, September 24 Open, Houston and Barcelona before a knee Michael Mmoh is a former USTA Boys’ 18s injury in Madrid sidelined him for a month; national champion who reached the Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles quarterfinals of the ATP 250 event in Returned for the grass-court season. Los Cabos, Mexico, this summer. Surface: Hard / Outdoor • Fell in the second round of US Open qualifying. Prize Money: $100,000 • Holds 10 USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Pro • In 2017, won his first career match at the Circuit singles titles. Tournament Director: US Open after competing in the main draw Brendan Curry, (808) 987-6618 for three years. Also in 2017, qualified for the • Won the French Open boys’ singles title in [email protected], Australian Open and French Open and reached 2011, becoming the first American to win the Roland Garros boys’ title since John McEnroe Tournament Press Contact: first ATP semifinal in July at the grass-court in 1977. Judith Wilson, (415) 747-5828 event in Newport, R.I., falling to John Isner. [email protected] • Won the USTA Pro Circuit Roland Garros • Named after 11-time Grand Slam champion Wild Card Challenge to make his French Open Bjorn Borg. USTA Communications Contact: debut in 2016 and won first-round match over • Currently trains at the USTA National Pat Mitsch, (914) 697-2291, [email protected], Sam Querrey for his first career Grand Slam Campus at Lake Nona in Orlando, Fla. PRIZE MONEY / POINTS win. • Also in 2016, notably pushed world No. 1 Thanasi Kokkinakis, 22, Australia SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points Novak Djokovic to three sets in a second-round Winner $14,400 100 • Rose to No. 69 in the world in 2016 before match at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Runner-up $8,480 60 having surgery on his right shoulder. Finished Indian Wells, Calif. Semifinalist $5,020 35 2015 as one of four teenagers in the Top 100. Quarterfinalist $2,920 18 • Made Grand Slam main-draw debut at the • Defeated Roger Federer in Miami this year, Round of 16 $1,720 8 2015 US Open after winning the USTA Pro the lower-ranked player to beat a world No. 1 Round of 32 $1,040 0 Circuit US Open Wild Card Challenge that year. since 2003. DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) Winner $6,200 Evan King, 26, Chicago Runner-up $3,600 • Qualified for the 2017 US Open to make Semifinalist $2,160 his Grand Slam debut, facing eventual Quarterfinalist $1,280 semifinalist Pablo Carreno Busta in the first Round of 16 $720 Fernando Colon, USTA round. COMMUNITY EVENTS • Won his second Challenger doubles title of 2018, at the $50,000 event in Cary, N.C. Sunday, Sept. 23 – Pro-Am Reilly Opelka is a former Wimbledon junior champion and one of the tallest players in the world at 6-foot-11. *Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES • This January, advanced to the semifinals of an ATP Challenger in • Won his second career ATP Challenger title in May, at the €106,000 Playford, Australia, and reached three ATP Challenger doubles finals in event in Bordeaux, France, ahead of the French Open. First Challenger February; Also qualified for the main draw of the ATP Masters Series title came at the USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 event in Charlottesville, event in Indian Wells in 2018. Va., in 2016. • Graduated from the University of Michigan in 2013 as a three-time • This January, reached the semifinals of the ATP Challengers in All-American (2011-13) and the Big Ten Athlete of the Year in 2012 Playford, Australia, and Newport Beach, Calif. Also reached the and 2013; Owns the program record for most combined career singles quarterfinals of the ATP event in Delray Beach, Fla., this February as a and doubles wins (196) and ranks third all-time on Michigan’s singles wild card. wins list with 117 victories. • Peaked at a career-high No. 125 in the world in June 2017. • Holds 25 USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Pro Circuit doubles titles, • Has dealt with many injuries over the years because of his rapid including seven titles in 2017 and one in 2018, at the $75,000 USTA growth, but had his best summer as a pro in 2016, reaching the Pro Circuit Challenger in Sarasota, Fla. semifinals in Atlanta and the second round in Cincinnati, both US Open • Holds six USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Pro Circuit singles titles. Series events. • In 2014, served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team • As a junior, won the Wimbledon boys’ singles title in 2015 and was during its World Group Playoff against Slovakia in Chicago. ranked as high as No. 4 in the world. • Was introduced to tennis by USTA national coach and former U.S. Michael Mmoh, 20, Bradenton, Fla. Davis Cup captain Tom Gullikson after Gullikson met Opelka’s father • Reached the quarterfinals at the ATP 250 event in Los Cabos in while playing golf near Palm Coast, Fla. August. Qualified for Wimbledon this summer. Reached the semifinals at Challengers in Savannah and Ilkley, Great Britain in 2018. Jordan Thompson, 24, Sydney, Australia • Qualified for and reached the quarterfinals of the ATP Australian • Reached a career-high No. 63 in the world in 2017, and beat Andy Open tune-up event in Brisbane this year—his first ATP Tour quarterfinal Murray when Murray was ranked No. 1 in London’s Queen’s Club event, and first ATP match win. Also qualified for and reached the third round ahead of Wimbledon. of the ATP Masters Series event in Miami. • Won one Challenger title this year, and reached three additional • Competed in the 2017 Australian Open main draw as a wild finals. card after winning the USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge. Also qualified for the ATP event in Auckland, New Zealand, Peter Polansky, 30, Toronto, Canada in 2017 and competed in the Masters Series event in Miami as a wild • Received a ‘Lucky Loser’ entry into the US Open, becoming the first card. player to receive a ‘Lucky Loser’ entry into all four Grand Slam events in • In 2016, made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at the US Open as the same year. a wild card as the USTA Boys’ 18s national champion. Also qualified • Owns one Challenger title in 2018. for the ATP’s Memphis Open and competed in the main draw of the Masters 1000 event in Miami. Ernesto Escobedo, 22, West Covina, Calif. • Won his first USTA Pro Circuit Challenger title in fall 2016 in • In 2018, won ATP matches in Indian Wells (defeating Frances Knoxville, Tenn., and his second in 2017 at the $75,000 Challenger in Tiafoe), Acapulco, and at the New York Open. Lexington, Ky. Holds four additional Futures titles. • Lost in the second round of qualifying at the 2018 US Open. • Peaked at No. 2 in the world junior rankings in 2015 after reaching the singles semifinals at the junior French Open and the quarterfinals • Peaked at a career-high No. 67 in the world in July 2017 after at the junior US Open. Also competed in the junior Australian Open competing in the main draw of the French Open and Wimbledon and and Wimbledon that year, reaching the doubles semifinals at both winning his first-round match at the US Open Series event in Montreal. tournaments. • Broke into the Top 100 in April 2017 after reaching his first ATP • In 2014, went 5-0 in singles to help lead the U.S. to the Junior Davis semifinal in Houston, defeating John Isner in the quarterfinals. Qualified Cup title. for the ATP Masters Series events in Miami and Madrid in 2017. • Was born in Saudi Arabia and is the son of former ATP professional • Made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 US Open after and Nigerian Olympian Tony Mmoh. earning a wild card by clinching the USTA Pro Circuit’s US Open Wild Card Challenge. At the US Open, won first-round match against Lukas Reilly Opelka, 21, Palm Coast, Fla. Lacko. • Best known for his height (6-foot-11), which ties him with Ivo • Won two Challenger titles in 2016 at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Karlovic as the tallest player in the world, and his serve, which has Challenger in Lexington, Ky., and the $100,000 ITF Pro Circuit officially clocked as high as 145 mph. Challenger in Monterrey, Mexico. • Fell in the first round of qualifying and doubles at the 2018 US • A Mexican-American, grew up playing on public courts in Los Open. Angeles. • Reached the singles finals at back-to-back Challengers following the • Born on July 4. US Open, at the Oracle Challenger Series event in Chicago and at the • Coach: Peter Lucassen $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Cary, N.C.
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