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as of July 25, 2013

USTA/URSULA BECK PRO CLASSIC DECATUR, IL • JULY 26 – AUGUST 4

USTA PRO CIRCUIT MEN’S FUTURES RETURNS TO DECATUR TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The USTA/Ursula Beck Pro Tennis Classic returns to Decatur for the 15th consecutive

Site: Fairview Park Tennis Complex – Decatur, Ill. year, making it one of the longest running USTA stops on the USTA Pro Circuit. It’s the second Websites: www.ursulabecktennis.com event in a three-tournament swing throughout procircuit.usta.com the state of Illinois, joining Godfrey (held last Facebook: USTA/Ursula Beck Pro Tennis Classic week) and Edwardsville (held next week). Friday, July 26 Qualifying Draw Begins: Players competing in the main draw include: Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, July 30 Eric Quigley, the 2012 NCAA singles Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles runner-up at the University of Kentucky and Surface: Hard / Outdoor top-ranked American in Decatur. Quigley is one of the most decorated tennis players in Prize Money: $10,000 UK history, earning five All-America honors Tournament Director: between singles and doubles. In 2008, Chuck Kuhle, (217) 423-7020 he became the first Kentucky player in 34 Tournament wild card Eric Quigley was the years to win four straight high school state 2012 NCAA singles runner-up at the University [email protected] of Kentucky and is one of the most decorated singles titles. As a professional, he reached tennis players in Wildcats’ history. Tournament Press Contact: the singles final in August 2012 at the Patrick Kuhle, (217) 433-8864 USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 Futures event in [email protected] Edwardsville, Ill. He leaves Michigan owning the program USTA Communications Contacts: record for most combined career singles and Former University of Virginia standout Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] doubles wins and ranks third on Michigan’s , who reached the all-time singles wins list. PRIZE MONEY / POINTS singles semifinals at the 2011 NCAA Championships, losing to , SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points Kyle McMorrow, who completed his standout and won the 2010 NCAA doubles title with Winner $1,440 17 college tennis career last May at the University . Shabaz won his first career Runner-up $848 9 of Washington and reached a career-high USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $10,000 Semifinalist $502 5 ranking of No. 17 in the ITA National men’s Futures in Pittsburgh in early July. As a junior Quarterfinalist $292 2 singles rankings. Since turning pro, he player, he won the Wimbledon doubles title in Round of 16 $172 1 reached the doubles final earlier this month at 2005 (with ). Round of 32 $104 – an ITF event in Kelowna, Canada.

DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) , who completed his collegiate Other current and former college stars Winner $620 career at the University of Michigan this competing in Decatur include: Runner-up $360 season and was named an ITA All-American Semifinalist $216 three times. In his senior year this past Harrison Adams, who currently plays for Quarterfinalist $128 season, King was named the Big Ten Texas A&M; Christopher Racz, who played Round of 16 $0 Conference Athlete of the Year with a 29-4 for the University of Tennessee and won the COMMUNITY EVENTS overall record and 23-1 dual match record. 2007 ITA Summer National Championships in Bloomington, Ind.; Nick Chappell, who Sunday, July 28 currently plays for Texas Christian University Junior Pro-Am, 4:00-6:30 p.m. and was the 2012 Mountain West Freshman of the Year; Dane Webb, who currently plays Monday, July 29 for Oklahoma University and reached the singles final this season at the Longhorn Adult Pro-Am, 5:00-7:30 p.m. University of Virginia Invitational; and Oscar Fabian Matthews, who played No. 1 singles for UC Irvine. Friday, August 2 Kid’s Day, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Former University of Virginia standout Michael Shabaz reached the singles semifinals at the Saturday, August 3 2011 NCAA Championships and won the 2010 Junior Tournament, 9 a.m. NCAA doubles title.

*Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES

DECATUR PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2012 Ryan Rowe (USA) Sanam Singh (IND) 2012 Peter Kobelt (USA) - Connor Smith (USA) 2011 Tennys Sandgren (USA) Bassam Beidas (LIB) 2011 Jean Anderson (RSA) – Josh Zavala (USA) 2010 Ryler DeHeart (USA) Johnny Hamui (USA) 2010 (USA) – Todd Paul (USA) 2009 Arnau Brugues-Davi (ESP) (AUS) 2009 Cory Parr (USA) – Todd Paul (USA) 2008 Raven Klaasen (RSA) Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) 2008 Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) – Daniel Yoo (KOR) 2007 Ryler DeHeart (USA) Matt Bruch (USA) 2007 Joel Kielbowicz (USA) – Conor Pollock (USA) 2006 (RSA) Ryler DeHeart (USA) 2006 (AUS) – Adam Feeney (AUS) 2005 Michael Yani (USA) (USA) 2005 Brandon Davis (USA) – Tres Davis (USA) 2004 Sam Warburg (USA) Tres Davis (USA) 2004 Trevor Spracklin (USA) – Michael Yani (USA) 2003 K.J. Hippensteel (USA) Matthew Hanlin (GBR) 2003 Matthew Hanlin (GBR) – K.J. Hippensteel (USA) 2002 Phillip King (USA) Bo Hodge (USA) 2002 John-Paul Fruttero (USA) – (USA) 2001 Thomas Dupre (FRA) Daniel Willman (NZL) 2001 Trace Fielding (USA) – Michael Yani (USA) 2000 Jeff Williams (USA) Doug Bohaboy (USA) 2000 Jason Cook (USA) – Jeff Williams (USA) 1999 Bjorn Phau (GER) Tom Chiccione (USA) 1999 Gareth Williams (RSA) – Jeff Williams (USA) TOURNAMENT NOTES

USTA PRO CIRCUIT 10 AND UNDER TENNIS With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from Tennis is now scaled to a child’s age and size, using lower- $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 its bouncing and slower-moving balls, lighter and shorter Pro Circuit 34 years ago to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and it racquets, and smaller courts. The modified equipment and has since grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering nearly $3 million smaller courts will allow kids to rally and play the game in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Mardy Fish, Maria Sharapova, , Caroline Wozniacki, , Victoria early on, increasing the likelihood that kids will return to the Azarenka and Andy Murray are among today’s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. court and continue to improve all while having fun! For more information, visit www.10andundertennis.com More recently, the USTA Pro Circuit helped launch the careers of two young Americans—Jack Sock and Grace Min. Jack Sock Sock began 2012 by winning the singles title and reaching the doubles final at the Andrew Ong NJTL $10,000 Futures in Plantation, Fla. He then reached the quarterfinals of the $50,000 Founded in 1969 by Arthur Ashe, the USTA/National Junior Tennis Challenger in Honolulu. With his strong USTA & Learning (NJTL) network is a nation-wide group of more than Pro Circuit results, Sock received wild cards 660 non-profit youth development organizations that provide free into numerous Emirates Airline US Open Series events in the summer, reaching the or low cost tennis, education and life skills programming to more quarterfinals in Atlanta. Sock then achieved than 300,000 children each year, ages 6-18, making NJTL one of the best result of his pro career by reaching the USTA’s largest community-based offerings. the third round of the 2012 US Open as a wild card. Sock followed up his US Open results by winning his first career USTA Pro Circuit Challenger title at the $100,000 event US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS in Tiburon, Calif., in the fall and finished 2012 ranked a career-high No. 150 in the The USTA launched the US Open world. After winning the 2011 US Open girls’ National Playoffs in 2010, making singles title, Min moved to the USTA Pro the US Open “open” to anyone Circuit to develop her game. She opened the year by winning the first women’s tournament of 2012 at the $25,000 event in Innisbrook, Fla. Later in age 14+ and of all skill levels. the spring, she won back-to-back tournaments at the $50,000 event in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., and Last year, more than 1,200 players the $25,000 tournament in Raleigh, N.C. She competed in qualifying in Emirates Airline US Open Series competed in 13 Sectional Qualifying events throughout the summer and qualified in Stanford, Calif. Min, who trains at the USTA Training Center Tournaments nationwide for a 2012 Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., entered the Top 200 for the first time in her career in 2012, climbing US Open Qualifying Tournament nearly 250 spots in the rankings by year’s end. wild card. A mixed doubles element also was held, with the winning team earning a main draw mixed PLAYER DEVELOPMENT doubles wild card. Clement Reix, a 28-year-old Frenchman living in Reno, Nev., won the US Open National Playoffs men’s title and USTA The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions Pro Circuit regular Alexandra Mueller, 24, of Abington, PA, won by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need the women’s wild card for the second time in three years. Nicole to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center Melichar and won the mixed doubles tournament. Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as The 2013 US Open National Playoffs – Men’s, Women’s and Mixed well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. Doubles Championships are August 16-19 in New Haven, Conn.