TOURNAMENT NOTES as of January 19, 2017 MIDTOWN ATHLETIC CLUB WESTON $15,000 FUTURES WESTON, FL • JANUARY 20-29 USTA PRO CIRCUIT MEN’S TENNIS RETURNS TO WESTON The Midtown Athletic Club Weston $15,000 Futures returns to Weston in 2017 for the seventh consecutive year. The city also hosted USTA a USTA Pro Circuit men’s tournament in 1999. This week’s event is one of seven consecutive TOURNAMENT $15,000 Futures held in Florida on clay courts to kick off the 2017 USTA Pro Circuit season. INFORMATION In conjunction with USTA Player Development, Site: Midtown Athletic Club – Weston, Fla. the USTA Pro Circuit continues to emphasize the importance of increased training on clay for Website: www.procircuit.usta.com younger players. Facebook: Midtown Athletic Club in Weston, Fla. To follow the tournament, download the USTA Qualifying Draw Begins: Friday, Jan.20 Pro Circuit’s phone app for smartphones and Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, Jan. 24 tablets by searching “procircuit” in the Apple and Google Play stores. Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Surface: Clay / Outdoor Notable players competing in Weston include: Prize Money: $15,000 Rhyne Williams, 25, Knoxville, Tenn. Tournament Director: • Former Top 120 player who was away from Rhyne Williams, currently on the comeback Ismael Rosales, (954) 647-6829 the game from June 2015 to June 2016 due to trail following a back injury, reached the NCAA [email protected] a back injury and is currently on the comeback singles final in 2011 and peaked at No. 114 in trail on the USTA Pro Circuit the world in 2013. Tournament Press Contact: Ismael Rosales, (954) 647-6829 • Turned pro in 2011 following his sophomore year at the University of Tennessee, where [email protected] Dennis Nevolo, 27, Gurnee, Ill. he reached the singles final at the NCAA USTA Communications Contact: Championships • Graduated from the University of Illinois in 2012 as a two-time All-American Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] • In 2012, won three matches to qualify for the main draw of the US Open, facing • Became the second player in Illini program PRIZE MONEY / POINTS Andy Roddick prior to Roddick’s retirement history to earn All-Big Ten honors all four seasons SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points announcement Winner $2,160 18 • Made a second Grand Slam main draw at • Holds two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles, Runner-up $1,272 10 the 2013 Australian Open, earning a wild both won in 2014, as well as four USTA Pro Semifinalist $753 6 card by winning the USTA Australian Open Circuit/ITF Circuit doubles titles Quarterfinalist $438 2 Wild Card Playoffs; he also qualified for the • In 2016, reached the singles final of the Round of 16 $258 1 2013 French Open USTA Pro Circuit Collegiate Series event in Round of 32 $156 - • Reached the semifinals at the ATP clay-court Charlottesville, Va., as well as the semifinals DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) event in Houston in 2013 for his best ATP result at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Memphis, Tenn., and Bakersfield, Calif. Winner $930 • In 2014, qualified for the main draw of Runner-up $540 the Australian Open and took the first set off Tomas Lipovsek Puches, 23, Argentina Semifinalist $324 2009 US Open champion and No. 5 seed Juan Quarterfinalist $192 Martin del Potro in the opening round • Top seed in Weston Round of 16 $108 • Since his comeback last summer, has won • Holds six ITF Circuit singles titles – won in five USTA Pro Circuit/ITF Circuit doubles titles Argentina, Croatia and Chile – as well as 10 and reached two singles finals doubles titles won all over the world • Comes from a tennis family—grandfather is Mike DePalmer Sr., co-founder of the Nick Facundo Arguello, 24, Argentina Bollettieri Tennis Academy; mother is Michelle • Peaked at No. 104 in the world in singles DePalmer-Williams, a former pro and Orange in April 2014 and No. 124 in the world in Bowl 16s champion doubles in August 2016 *Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES • Holds 10 USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Pro Circuit singles titles and 12 • Also competed in the US Open, French Open and Wimbledon juniors doubles titles in 2016, advancing to the doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon • Qualified for the 2015 French Open, where he faced Andy Murray in • Has trained with Ivan Lendl as part of a USTA Player Development the first round; also competed in the main draw of the 2014 French Open initiative Notable players competing in qualifying include: Winston Lin, 23, Williamsville, N.Y. • Graduated from the Columbia University in 2015, having played at the Jared Hiltzik, 22, Wilmette, Ill./Tampa, Fla. No. 1 singles and doubles positions his senior year • Graduated in 2016 from the University of Illinois, where he earned • Earned All-America honors his junior year and was the 2014 Ivy three All-America honors, making him one of three Illini players ever to League Player of the Year do so • Spent most of 2016 competing overseas in ITF Circuit events in • Finished collegiate career as the eighth-winningest singles player in Greece, Croatia, Bulgaria, Finland and Canada program history, with 115 victories Nick Chappell, 24, Indianapolis • Reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament as a junior in 2014 • Graduated from TCU in 2015, earning All-Big 12 honors throughout • Won his first USTA Pro Circuit doubles title in early 2016 at the USTA his collegiate career Pro Circuit Collegiate Series event in Winston-Salem, N.C., and then • Graduated with more than 150 combined singles and doubles wins captured back-to-back doubles titles in Illinois in summer 2016 • Played most of 2016 overseas in ITF Pro Circuit events in Israel, • In July 2016, served as a practice partner with the U.S. Davis Cup winning first doubles title in March and reaching two singles finals; also team for its quarterfinal against Croatia in Portland, Ore. competed in Egypt and Italy Vasil Kirkov, 17, Tampa, Fla. Hunter Callahan, 24, Lower Gwynedd, Pa. • Competed in 2016 US Open qualifying as a wild card after reaching • Former standout for Ohio State, who was a 2012 and 2013 Scholar- the final of the USTA Boys’ 18s Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich., last Athlete summer *Player field subject to change WESTON PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2016 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) Pedro Sakamoto (BRA) 2016 Junior Alexander Ore (USA) – Hunter Reese (USA) 2015 Benjamin Balleret (MON) Frances Tiafoe (USA) 2015 Benjamin Balleret (MON) – Romain Arneodo (MON) 2014 Victor Crivoi (ROU) Kyle Edmund (GBR) 2014 Markus Eriksson (SWE) – Milos Sekulic (SWE) 2013 Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) Arthur De Greef (BEL) 2013 Daniel Dutra Da Silva (BRA) – Caio Zampieri (BRA) 2012 Brian Baker (USA) Jason Kubler (AUS) 2012 Daniel Kosakowski (USA) – Dennis Novikov (USA) 2011 Phillip Simmonds (USA) Jack Sock (USA) 2011 Soong-Jae Cho (KOR) – Hyun-Joon Kim (KOR) 2000-2010 Tournament not held 2000-2010 Tournament not held 1999 Michael Russell (USA) Hugo Armando (USA) 1999 Michael Jessup (USA) – Lee Pearson (AUS).