TOURNAMENT NOTES as of July 21, 2016 KENTUCKY BANK TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS LEXINGTON, KY • JULY 23-31 USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO LEXINGTON, CONTINUES MEN’S TOURNAMENT INFORMATION US OPEN WILD CARD CHALLENGE Site: University of Kentucky, Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex The Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships Lexington, Ky. return to Lexington as a men’s event for the 19th consecutive year. Lexington is also Websites: www.lexingtonchallenger.com holding a $50,000 women’s Challenger in www.procircuit.usta.com conjunction with this event in Lexington. Pete Staples/USTA Facebook: Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships It is the only men’s USTA Pro Circuit event taking place in Kentucky. It is also the sixth Twitter: @LexChallenger $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit men’s event of Instagram: kybanktennis the 2016 season. Qualifying Draw Begins: Saturday, July 23 Lexington is the first of three consecutive Main Draw Begins: Monday, July 25 men’s hard-court tournaments (joining a $50,000 Challenger in Binghamton, N.Y., Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles and a $100,000 Challenger in Aptos, Calif.) Surface: Hard / Outdoor that are part of the US Open Wild Card Challenge, which will award a men’s and Prize Money: $50,000 women’s wild card into the 2016 Tournament Director: US Open based on USTA Pro Circuit results. Brooks Lundy, (859) 509-9707,
[email protected] Along with these three men’s tournaments, the women’s events that are part of the Tournament Press Contact: challenge are the University of the Pacific Bjorn Fratangelo has competed in all three Chris Shoals, (513) 312-2489 $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Grand Slam main draws this year, winning a
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