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as of September 30, 2015

KIRKLAND CHALLENGER KIRKLAND, WA • OCTOBER 4-11

USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS IN KIRKLAND FOR FIRST TIME TOURNAMENT INFORMATION SINCE 2000

Site: Central Park Tennis Club The Kirkland Tennis Challenger returns to Kirkland, Wash. Kirkland for the first time since 2000; the city hosted a $75,000 women’s event in 1999 and www.kirklandtennis.com Websites: 2000. It is the second $50,000 USTA Pro procircuit.usta.com Circuit women’s event following the US Open USTA/Ned Dishman USTA/Ned Facebook: Central Park Tennis Club and the only USTA Pro Circuit tournament held in Washington this year. Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, Oct. 4 Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, Oct. 6 To follow the tournament, download the USTA Pro Circuit’s new phone app by searching Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles “procircuit” in the app store. Surface: Hard / Outdoor Notable players competing in the main draw received a into this Prize Money: $50,000 include: year’s US Open and won her first-round match. Gibbs captured consecutive NCAA singles titles Tournament Director: Nicole Gibbs, who received a wild card into in 2012 and 2013 for Stanford University, Vitaly Gorin, (916) 622-0972 becoming just the fifth player in history to win [email protected] this year’s US Open and won her first-round back-to-back NCAA Division I women’s singles match. Last year, Gibbs advanced to the third championships. Co-Tournament Director and round of the 2014 US Open—her career-best Tournament Press Contact: result—after winning the USTA Pro Circuit’s Mike Kalian, (206) 619-3308 US Open Wild Card Challenge to earn a spot Wimbledon main draws, peaking at No. 84 in [email protected] in the US Open main draw. She also won the the world in March. She also qualified for this third $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event of her summer’s Emirates Airline US Open Series USTA Communications Contact: career in Carson, Calif., in 2014. This year, event in Stanford, Calif., upsetting Caroline Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] Gibbs advanced to the second round of the Garcia to reach the round of 16. Gibbs won —her first main consecutive NCAA singles titles in 2012 Prize money / points draw appearance outside the US Open— and 2013 for Stanford University, becoming and competed in the and the fifth player in history—and the fourth SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points from Stanford—to win back-to-back NCAA Winner $7,600 80 Division I women’s singles championships. Runner-Up $4,053 48 She also helped lead Stanford to its 17th Semifinalist $2,216 29 NCAA team title in 2013. As a sophomore Tim Hartis Tim Quarterfinalist $1,267 15 in 2012, she defeated teammate Mallory Round 16 $760 8 Burdette in the NCAA singles title match and Round 32 $444 1 then teamed with Burdette to win the NCAA DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) doubles championship. As a junior player, Winner $2,786 Gibbs advanced to the final of the USTA Runner-Up $1,393 Girls’ 18s National Championships in 2010 Semifinalist $696 and 2011 and reached the semifinals of Quarterfinalist $380 the 2011 junior US Open. She trains at the Round 16 $254 USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.

Sixteen-year-old CiCi Bellis, who made international headlines at the 2014 US Open

Sixteen-year-old CiCi Bellis finished 2014 as the No. 1-ranked junior player in the world. She made international headlines at the 2014 US Open, becoming the youngest female player to win a main draw match at the US Open since 1996.

*Player field subject to change Tournament Notes with her first-round upset of No. 12 seed and reigning Australian Open coach Adrian Zeman at the ZMG Tennis at Deer Creek facility in Deerfield finalist Dominika Cibulkova. With the victory, Bellis, then 15, became Beach, Fla., and was a longtime trainee of the USTA Player Development the youngest female player to win a main draw match at the US Open program at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. since in 1996. Bellis earned a wild card into the US Open main draw as the USTA Girls’ 18s national champion; she was , who has competed in every Grand Slam main draw but the youngest USTA Girls’ 18s national champion since the Australian Open, playing in the US Open main draw five times and in 1991. Following the 2014 US Open, Bellis won the first USTA Pro Wimbledon and the French Open three times, including qualifying Circuit singles titles of her career at $25,000 events in Rock Hill, for Roland Garros this year. In her career, Glatch has won 10 singles S.C., and Florence, S.C. She added a third singles title this year at the titles and seven doubles titles on the USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Circuit, $25,000 event in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Also this year, Bellis reached including a singles title at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in the third round of the WTA event in Miami as a wild card before losing to Osprey, Fla., this year for her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title since , raising her ranking to a career-best No. 168 in the world 2009. Glatch has suffered through a number of injuries in her career, in May. In the junior ranks, Bellis clinched the ITF’s year-end No. 1 world missing more than a year from July 2013 to September 2014 and most ranking in December 2014, becoming the second American girl in the of 2010 as well. In 2009, Glatch propelled the U.S. to the Fed Cup last three years to earn the ITF’s year-end top junior ranking for players final by winning two of the U.S.’s three points—dropping just six games ages 18 and under (joining , 2012). Also in December, in four sets against two Top 50 players—in its 3-2 semifinal victory Bellis reached the singles semifinals and won the doubles title at the against the ; one of the victories was a straight-sets win Metropolia International Championships in Plantation, Fla. over two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova. As a junior, Glatch In addition, she led the U.S. to the 2014 Junior Fed Cup title in Mexico, reached the girls’ singles and doubles finals at the 2005 US Open— helping the American squad win the 16-and-under world team title for losing to former world No. 1 Azarenka in the singles final—but she the third time in seven years (2008, 2012, 2014). suffered career-threatening injuries in a motor scooter accident shortly thereafter. She returned to the USTA Pro Circuit the following year and Taylor Townsend, who was a top storyline at the , won her first career pro title at the $10,000 event in Fort Worth, Texas. where she made her Grand Slam main draw debut and advanced to the third round. She competed in the French Open as a wild card after , who played in just one tournament last year after having winning the 2014 Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge, knee surgery, but who is on the comeback trail after qualifying for the taking the challenge on the strength of victories at two $50,000 USTA 2015 US Open and winning her first-round match. Pegula achieved a Pro Circuit clay-court events: Charlottesville, Va., and Indian Harbour career breakthrough in 2013 by qualifying for and reaching the third Beach, Fla. Those were the first two USTA Pro Circuit titles of her career. round of the WTA event in Charleston, S.C. She also qualified for the Townsend went on to compete in the other three Grand Slam events WTA events in Shenzhen, , and Washington, D.C., climbing to a following last year’s French Open. This year, she made her Fed Cup career-best No. 123 in the world that year. This year, Pegula qualified debut in the World Group II First Round in Argentina, where she played for Charleston and reached the quarterfinals of the $50,000 USTA doubles. Townsend is a former junior standout, clinching the year-end ITF Pro Circuit event in Dothan, Ala. She also reached the final round of No. 1 junior ranking in 2012 to become the first American girl to hold qualifying at Wimbledon and the French Open this. Pegula has enjoyed that position since in 1982. She ascended to No. 1 by even greater success in doubles, competing in the US Open doubles winning the Australian Open junior singles and doubles titles as well as main draw in 2011, 2012 and 2015, and peaking at No. 92 in the the junior doubles titles at the US Open and Wimbledon. Also in 2012, world in the doubles rankings in February 2013. Pegula’s father, Terry, she led the U.S. to the Junior Fed Cup championship. Townsend turned is the owner of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres and the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. pro at the start of 2013 and, in her first WTA-level main-draw match, beat then-No. 57 Lucie Hradecka in the first round of Indian Wells. After , who competed in the US Open main draw for the playing primarily pro events early that year, she returned to the junior second time in her career this year after winning this summer’s USTA ranks in 2013 and reached the girls’ singles final at Wimbledon. Pro Circuit’s US Open Wild Card Challenge. Her run to the challenge title was highlighted by reaching the final of the $50,000 event in , who peaked at No. 108 in the world this July after Lexington, Ky. Crawford has enjoyed previous success at the US Open. qualifying for Wimbledon and reaching the quarterfinals of the In 2012, she won the girls’ singles title and qualified for the women’s Wimbledon tune-up event in Nottingham, England. Also this summer, singles main draw as a qualifying wild card. She has also competed Vickery represented the U.S. in the Pan American Games in Toronto, and in the US Open women’s doubles draw three times (2011-12, 2014). earlier this year she won the first two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles of her At 6-foot-2, Crawford’s big serve and aggressive baseline game helped career, at the $25,000 Florida events in Plantation and Sunrise. In her her rise to No. 5 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2012. This year, young career, Vickery has competed in the US Open and the Australian she won her fourth and fifth career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles at Open main draws, receiving a main-draw wild card into the 2015 the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and US Open and earning one into the by winning Baton Rouge, La. the USTA’s Australian Open Wild Card Playoff. She also competed in qualifying for the US Open, French Open and Wimbledon in 2014, and , who recently completed her sophomore year at UCLA she reached the quarterfinals at the Emirates Airline US Open Series and has since turned pro. This past season, Brady was part of the event in Stanford, Calif., last summer—her first WTA quarterfinal. In UCLA team that reached the final of the NCAA Team Championships. 2013, Vickery won the USTA National Girls’ 18s singles and doubles During her freshman season (2013-14), she was a member of the 2014 titles, earning wild cards into the main draws of the singles and doubles NCAA championship-winning team. Also last year, Brady won her first events at the 2013 US Open. At the Open, she won her first-round match USTA Pro Circuit singles title, at the $25,000 event in Redding, Calif.; in her Grand Slam debut, defeating Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in straight she also won the doubles title in Redding. In addition, Brady won two sets. As a junior player, Vickery ascended to No. 6 in the ITF World $10,000 doubles events in 2011. Junior Rankings, reaching the doubles semifinals of junior Wimbledon in 2012 and competing in all four junior Grand Slams. She trains with Julia Boserup, who qualified for and reached the quarterfinals of the

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WTA event in Monterrey, Mexico, in April 2014 for her career-best , who played for the University of North Carolina, where WTA result. In addition, following the 2014 US Open, she reached the she received All-America honors and, in 2010, helped lead the Tar quarterfinals or better at three $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit events. In Heels to their first NCAA team semifinals. In 2013, Marand won her her career, Boserup has competed in qualifying at the US Open and first USTA Pro Circuit singles title, at the $25,000 event in El Paso, Australian Open, and she has won three USTA Pro Circuit singles titles, Texas. She has also won nine career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, including the $25,000 event in Raleigh, N.C., this year—her first USTA including two tournaments this year. As a junior player, Marand reached Pro Circuit title since 2012, when she achieved a career-best singles the doubles final at the 2006 Easter Bowl with fellow American Ashley ranking of No. 174. Boserup was also a standout junior, winning the Weinhold. prestigious Orange Bowl in 2008, defeating U.S. Olympian Christina McHale in the final. Danielle Lao, who graduated from USC in 2013 after twice earning All-America honors during her college career. She also led the Trojans Notable players competing in qualifying include: to back-to-back Pac-12 team championships and was a team captain her senior year. This June, Lao won her first career USTA Pro Circuit , who has played in just a few USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $25,000 event in Baton Rouge, La. Also in 2015, tournaments since October 2014 after undergoing a heart procedure. she qualified for the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Midland, Most recently, she reached the quarterfinals of the $50,000 USTA Mich., and won her first ITF-level singles title in Leon, Mexico; she also Pro Circuit event in Stockton, Calif., in July, and advanced to the final captured the doubles title in Leon. She won the first USTA Pro Circuit round of qualifying for the 2015 US Open. Oudin burst onto the tennis title of her career in 2014 in doubles at the $25,000 event in Pelham, scene in 2009, defeating former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic to reach Ala. After college at USC, Lao wrote a book, “Invaluable Experience,” the fourth round at Wimbledon and beating five-time Grand Slam about playing college tennis. champion en route to the US Open quarterfinals. Oudin peaked at No. 31 in the world in singles in April 2010, but she , from Brier, Wash., who won sectional qualifying titles struggled with injuries and inconsistency in the year that followed. She to advance to this year’s US Open National Playoffs – Women’s Singles, started a comeback in 2012, capturing her first career WTA title at the Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Championships, which took place Wimbledon tune-up event in Birmingham, England. She then competed in August. Last year, she won the playoffs’ mixed doubles championship at Wimbledon as a wild card. Oudin also earned a wild card into the to earn a wild card into the mixed doubles draw at the US Open, based on her results on the USTA Pro Circuit, which where she and partner Joel Kielbowicz lost to and Taylor included a title at the event in Charlottesville, Va. (She reached the Townsend in the first round. Cako completed her NCAA career in 2013 second round at Roland Garros that year.) In addition to her success in at Arizona State University, where she received All-America honors and singles, Oudin notched one of the biggest victories of her career at the was named the 2013 Pac-12 Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the 2011 US Open, claiming the mixed doubles title with fellow American Year. Cako has thrived in doubles on the USTA Pro Circuit, winning . She has also been a consistent performer for the U.S. Fed seven titles, including at the $25,000 event in Surprise, Ariz., earlier Cup team in the past. Oudin announced in November 2013 that she this year. She peaked at No. 169 in the world doubles rankings in was suffering from rhabdomyolysis, a muscle-damaging condition, and September 2013. She has also won two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles, took time off to deal with it. She resumed competition in March 2014 her last coming in 2009. and competed on the USTA Pro Circuit and in qualifying for the US Open, French Open and Wimbledon. She was then sidelined Alexandra Stevenson, 34, who drew international attention in 1999 by again by the heart procedure. becoming the first female qualifier in Wimbledon history to reach the event’s semifinals. She was ranked in the year-end Top 100 each year Great Britain’s , a former Top 30 player and junior star from 1999 to 2003, peaking at No. 18 in 2002. Injuries drove her who is working her way back from injury. Robson reached the fourth ranking into the 600s in 2005, but Stevenson rebounded to climb back round of the US Open in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013, peaking at No. into the Top 200 in 2009, advancing to the final at the $50,000 USTA 27 following her run at the All England Club. She was the No. 1-ranked Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif., for her best result on the USTA Pro junior in the world in 2009, winning the Wimbledon junior title in 2008 Circuit since 1998. She is the daughter of basketball Hall-of-Famer and reaching the Australian Open junior final twice. Julius Erving.

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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. , , , , Kei tennis using modified equipment and courts tailored to a child’s Nishikori, , Maria Sharapova and 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 , 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 Seoul, 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 are Aug. 21-29. For more information and the well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. complete schedule, visit www.usopen.org/NationalPlayoffs.

Kirkland Past WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2000 Brie Rippner (USA) Yuka Kaneko (JPN) 2000 Lisa McShea (AUS) – (USA) 1999 Fang Li (CHN) Jing-Qian Yi (CHN) 1999 (USA) – Nana Miyagi (JPN)