2017 Charlottesville Womens Media Notes
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TOURNAMENT NOTES as of April 20, 2017 BOYD TINSLEY CLAY COURT CLASSIC CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA * APRIL 23-30 USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN’S TENNIS RETURNS TO CHARLOTTESVILLE, CONTINUES WOMEN’S ROLAND GARROS WILD CARD CHALLENGE The Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic returns to Charlottesville for the 16th consecutive year. TOURNAMENT INFO It is the only USTA Pro Circuit women’s event held in Virginia. Charlottesville also hosts a Site: Boar’s Head Sports Club – Charlottesville, Va. $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit men’s Challenger Websites: www.boarsheadinn.com in early November. Brian Freidman/USTA www.procircuit.usta.com Charlottesville is also the third of four Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, April 23 consecutive women’s clay-court tournaments (joining an $80,000 event in Indian Harbour Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, April 25 Beach, Fla., and $60,000 events in Dothan, Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Ala., and Charleston, S.C.) that are part of the Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which Surface: Clay / Outdoor will award a men’s and women’s wild card Prize Money: $60,000 into the 2017 French Open. Numerous men’s tournaments are also taking place over the Tournament Director: Ron Manilla next four weeks to award a wild card. Top seed Madison Brengle defeated Serena (434) 972-6005, [email protected] Williams en route to the quarterfinals of the 2017 Australian Open tune-up in Auckland, Tournament Press Contact: Whitelaw Reid The American man and American woman who New Zealand. (434) 806-8674, [email protected] earn the most ATP and WTA ranking points over the next four weeks will receive USTA USTA Communications Contact: wild cards to compete in the main draws of Notable players competing in Charlottesville Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] the French Open, which will be held Sunday, include: PRIZE MONEY / POINTS May 28, to Sunday, June 11. Players who do not receive direct entry into the French Open Madison Brengle, 27, Dover, Del. SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points are eligible for the wild cards. The USTA and • Top seed in Charlottesville; ranked No. 100 Winner $9,119 80 the French Tennis Federation have a reciprocal in the world. Runner-Up $4,863 48 agreement in which wild cards into the Semifinalist $2,659 29 • Advanced to the quarterfinals in Auckland 2017 French Open and 2017 US Open are this year, defeating Serena Williams in the Quarterfinalist $1,520 15 exchanged. Round 16 $911 8 second round. Also competed in the 2017 Round 32 $533 1 Australian Open and won matches at the WTA This tournament will be streamed live on www. premier events in Miami and Indian Wells. DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) procircuit.usta.com. Winner $3,344 • Advanced to the third round of the 2016 Runner-Up $1,672 Australian Open, falling to eventual champion Semifinalist $836 Angelique Kerber. Quarterfinalist $456 • Reached the semifinals in s’Hertogenbosch, Round 16 $304 Netherlands, and the quarterfinals of the WTA Getty Images event in Dubai in 2016, while also winning her eighth USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $50,000 event in Osprey, Fla. • Reached her first-ever WTA final in Hobart in 2015 and then advanced to the fourth round of the 2015 Australian Open—her career-best Grand Slam result—upsetting Top 10 player Andrea Petkovic in the first round. Kayla Day won the 2016 junior US Open and then shot to No. 1 in the world junior rankings. *Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES • Peaked at No. 35 in the world in May 2015. titles in Korea and Canada in 2015, and two doubles titles. • As a junior, won USTA wild card playoffs to earn entry into the • Made her first appearance in Australian Open qualifying last January Australian Open (2007-08) and the French Open (2008). and also reached the singles final at an ITF Circuit event in Korea in • Climbed to No. 4 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2007 after 2016. advancing to the girls’ singles finals at the Australian Open and • Spent this February and March competing in ITF Circuit tournaments Wimbledon. in Australia. Kayla Day, 17, Santa Barbara, Calif. Sofia Kenin, 18, Pembroke Pines, Fla. • Currently ranked a career-high No. 150 in the world. • Won her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $25,000 event in • Competed in the Australian Open for the first time this year after Wesley Chapel, Fla., in January 2016 and then won the $50,000 event winning the USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge in in Sacramento, Calif., in July. fall 2016. • Won the 2016 USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge to earn a wild • Advanced to the third round of the WTA event in Indian Wells in card into the 2016 US Open, facing eventual finalist Karolina Pliskova 2017 and also reached the singles final of the $25,000 USTA Pro in the first round. Circuit event in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. • Improved from No. 620 at the end of 2015 to No. 212 at the end of • Won the 2016 US Open girls’ singles title and shot to No. 1 in the 2016. world junior rankings; also reached the semifinals of junior Wimbledon • Has reached the semifinals or better at three USTA Pro Circuit events in 2016. so far in 2017. • Also at the 2016 US Open, earned a wild card into the main draw • Won the 2015 USTA Girls’ 18s national title to earn a wild-card berth and won her first-round match over Madison Brengle in her Grand Slam into the US Open women’s singles draw for her first Grand Slam main debut. draw. • Won her first career USTA Pro Circuit singles title in 2016 at the • As a junior player, reached the singles final at the 2015 US Open $50,000 event in Macon, Ga. Junior Championships, the semifinals at the 2016 junior US Open and • Moved from No. 998 in the rankings at the end of 2015 to No. 195 the quarterfinals at 2016 junior Wimbledon. at the end of 2016. • Climbed as high as No. 2 in the ITF World Junior Rankings. • Helped lead the U.S. to a second-place finish on clay in Madrid at • Represented the U.S. at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and also the 2015 Junior Fed Cup finals. competed at the 2016 ITF Junior Masters, both held in China. • Served as a practice partner for the U.S. Fed Cup team in February • Also goes by Sonya. 2017 for its first-round win over Germany in Maui. Jennifer Elie, 30, New York City Jamie Loeb, 22, Ossining, N.Y. • Has been a consistent player on the USTA Pro Circuit and in ITF • Completed her sophomore year at the University of North Carolina Circuit events, winning two ITF Circuit singles titles in 2012 and five in 2015, winning the NCAA Division I singles title to become the first USTA Pro Circuit/ITF Circuit doubles titles. singles national champion in North Carolina women’s tennis history. • Has a career win over Sloane Stephens, at the $50,000 USTA Pro Turned pro shortly thereafter. Circuit event in Lexington, Ky., in 2011, and has ranked in the Top 250 • Was also the top-ranked college tennis player for most of her in both singles and doubles. freshman year (2013-14). • Won the 2015 US Open National Playoffs to earn a wild card into the • As a freshman, named the 2014 Intercollegiate Tennis Association US Open Qualifying Tournament. Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, as well as the 2014 ACC Women’s Tennis Player of the Year, making her the third UNC player Danielle Collins, 23, St. Petersburg, Fla. ever to earn that distinction. • Graduated from the University of Virginia in 2016 as a two-time • Received a wild card into the 2015 US Open, where she lost to NCAA singles champion, winning the title in 2014 and 2016. In doing reigning finalist Caroline Wozniacki in the first round. so, she became the seventh woman all-time to win multiple NCAA • In 2014, won the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational at the singles titles. US Open. • Was also a three-time Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American • Holds seven USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Circuit singles titles and six and the 2016 ITA Senior Player of the Year; tallied 125 career singles doubles titles. victories in college. • Received wild cards into the US Open women’s draw in 2014 and Kristie Ahn, 24, Upper Saddle River, N.J. 2016. • Graduated from Stanford in 2014 as a four-time All-American; went • Holds two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles ($10,000 Williamsburg, 97-17 in four seasons with the Cardinal and was named the 2014 ITA Va., in 2011, and $25,000 Stillwater, Okla., in 2016). National Senior Player of the Year. • Has trained at Nick Bollettieri’s IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. • Qualified for the 2008 US Open, where she lost to former world No. 1 Dinara Safina in the first round. Caroline Dolehide, 18, Hinsdale, Ill. • Competed in qualifying for the US Open, Australian Open and French • Won her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in June 2016 at the Open in 2016. $10,000 event in Buffalo, N.Y.; also won her first career doubles title in • Has won five USTA Pro Circuit/ITF Circuit singles titles, including two Buffalo. *Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES • Won second career singles title this year at the $25,000 event in • Won the junior doubles title at Wimbledon in 2016 (with Claire Liu) Surprise, Ariz., as well as second doubles title at the $25,000 event in and reached the girls’ singles quarterfinals; also reached the third round Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.