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TournamenT noTes as of may 8, 2013 TAMPA USTA MEN’S PRO CIRCUIT FUTURES TAMPA, FL • MAY 10-19 USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO TAMPA TournamenT InFormaTIon The Tampa USTA Men’s Pro Circuit Futures is being held in Tampa for the 14th consecutive Site: Harbour Island Athletic Club – Tampa, Fla. year. It also hosted nine USTA Pro Circuit events between 1980 and 1997. It is the David Kenas Website: procircuit.usta.com last of three consecutive clay-court USTA Pro Qualifying Draw Begins: Friday, May 10 Circuit Futures, all of which have been held in Florida, to synchronize the USTA Pro Circuit Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, May 14 clay-court season with the French Open. In Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles all, there are 13 Futures scheduled to be held in Florida in 2013, all on clay. In conjunction Surface: Clay / Outdoor with USTA Player Development, the USTA Pro Prize Money: $10,000 Circuit continues to emphasize the importance of increased training for younger players on Tournament Director: clay, this year adding four additional clay-court Jose Campos, (813) 202-1950 ext. 107 tournaments to the calendar. [email protected] Tournament Press Contact: Players competing in the main draw are: Jose Campos, (813) 202-1950 ext. 107 [email protected] Chase Buchanan, the 2012 NCAA men’s doubles champion for Ohio State. On the USTA Communications Contacts: USTA Pro Circuit in 2012, Buchanan won Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] two Futures singles titles and three Futures Former US Open boys’ singles finalist Chase doubles titles—all on clay. Behind these Buchanan won the 2012 NCAA men’s doubles title while playing for Ohio State. PrIze money / PoInTs results, he climbed more than 500 spots in the SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points ATP rankings. Last month, Buchanan won the Winner $1,440 17 doubles title at the $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit Beach, Fla., and San Jose, Calif. As a junior Runner-up $848 9 Futures in Little Rock, Ark., (the fourth USTA player, Buchanan reached the final of the Semifinalist $502 5 Pro Circuit doubles title of his career) with 2009 US Open Junior Championships. Quarterfinalist $292 2 Austin Krajicek and, earlier this year, competed Round of 16 $172 1 in singles qualifying at the ATP events in Delray Austin Krajicek, a five-time All-American Round of 32 $104 - at Texas A&M, where he won the 2011 DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) NCAA men’s doubles title with fellow Tampa Winner $620 entrant Jeff Dadamo. Krajicek won his first Runner-up $360 professional title at a $15,000 Futures in David Kenas Semifinalist $216 China in January 2012 and won his first Quarterfinalist $128 USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the Futures in Round of 16 $72 Austin, Texas, last summer. He also captured the doubles title in Austin. Krajicek captured the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Little Rock, Ark., last month. In addition, he won the singles and doubles titles at an ITF Pro Circuit event in Canada in March and reached the singles final at another ITF Circuit event the week prior. A standout junior player, Krajicek won the 2008 USTA Boys’ 18 National Championships, In 2011, Bjorn Fratangelo became the first American since John McEnroe in 1977 to win the boys’ singles title at the French Open. Fratangelo, last year’s singles runner-up in Tampa, has started 2013 strong on the USTA Pro Circuit, reaching three finals and winning one title *Player field subject to change TournamenT noTes earning a wild card into the 2008 US Open men’s singles main draw. Jesse Witten of Naples, Fla., who posted the best Grand Slam result of He has been a practice partner on three occasions for the U.S. Davis his career at the 2009 US Open, qualifying and knocking off two Cup team and is a distant relative of former Wimbledon champion Top 100 players before falling to Novak Djokovic in four sets in the Richard Krajicek. third round. Witten, 30, a former University of Kentucky standout, peaked at No. 163 in the world in early 2010 and has played on the Last year’s Tampa singles runner-up Bjorn Fratangelo, who in 2011 USTA Pro Circuit periodically during the past two years. became the first American since John McEnroe in 1977 to win the boys’ singles title at the French Open. Fratangelo has started strong Nikita Kryvonos, who won the US Open National Playoffs USTA Eastern on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2013, winning the $10,000 Futures in sectional qualifier in 2010 and 2012, taking the title at the USTA Billie Weston, Fla., and reaching two additional Futures finals and a semifinal. Jean King National Tennis Center, where he trains during the year. The In 2012, he reached his first career USTA Pro Circuit Challenger Ukrainian-born Kryvonos is working his way back from a knee njury. A quarterfinal at the $50,000 event in Lexington, Ky. He also won his promising junior, he competed in US Open qualifying in 2004, 2006 first USTA Pro Circuit doubles title, with fellow Tampa entrant Mitchell and 2007, and he has played extensively on the USTA Pro Circuit. He Krueger, at the $10,000 Futures in Birmingham, Ala. finished in the Top 400 in 2006. Mitchell Krueger, who was the top-ranked American boys’ junior in Dennis Nevolo, a former University of Illinois standout who finished 2012, peaking at a career-high No. 5 in the world junior rankings. his collegiate career in May 2012. Nevolo competed on the USTA Krueger advanced to the semifinals of boys’ singles at the French Open Pro Circuit last summer as a member of the USTA Collegiate Team and Wimbledon in 2012. He turned pro last July. In October 2012, and reached the quarterfinals or better at five events overall in 2012. he reached the semifinals of the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in This year, he won his first two USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles at the Birmingham, Ala., as a qualifier for his best USTA Pro Circuit result. $15,000 events in Brownsville, Texas, and Oklahoma City. Those players receiving a main draw wild card in Tampa are: Additional former college standouts competing in Tampa include: Christian Harrison, who started 2013 by playing in ITF Pro Circuit Texas A&M’s Jeff Dadamo, who won the 2011 NCAA men’s doubles events in Great Britain, where he won his first pro title and reached title with Austin Krajicek; Ryan Rowe, a former University of Illinois another singles final. The younger brother of Ryan Harrison, Christian All-American who has captured four USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, teamed with Ryan to reach the doubles quarterfinals at the 2012 winning three in 2012 with three different partners; and former Duke US Open, upsetting the No. 4 seeds in the opening round. Christian All-American Reid Carleton, who spent the first quarter of 2013 reached his first $50,000 Challenger semifinal last summer in competing in ITF Pro Circuit events in Turkey. Lexington, Ky. Last May, he reached back-to-back Futures semifinals in Tampa, Fla., and Indian Harbour Beach, Fla. He is ranked a career-high No. 368. Many current standouts have found success in Tampa. Seventeen-year-old Spencer Papa, who reached the third round of the 2012 French Open Junior Championships. A resident at the USTA 2004 singles runner-up Brian Baker began an incredible comeback National Training Center – Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., Papa was last year. Baker, ranked No. 456 in the world at the start of 2012 after the USTA Boys’ 12s national champion in 2008. He began his training suffering a variety of injuries, was looking to rebuild his career on the at the Tucker Tennis Academy in Tulsa, Okla. — one of USTA Player USTA Pro Circuit. He won a Futures title and eventually progressed to Development’s 17 Certified Regional Training Centers nationwide. Challenger-level tournaments. He accelerated his comeback by earning the USTA’s wild card to the French Open as the American who earned Other Tampa main draw entrants include: the most ranking points at two USTA Pro Circuit clay-court Challengers: the $100,000 event in Sarasota, Fla., and the $50,000 Challenger Five-time University of Florida All-American Greg Ouellette, who won in Savannah, Ga. Baker then headed to Europe and reached his first the bronze medal in doubles at the 2011 Pan Am Games with Nicholas ATP final at the French Open tune-up event in Nice, France. He then Monroe. Ouellette competed overseas in ITF Pro Circuit events for most advanced to the second round of the French Open and the fourth round of 2012. Back home, he won the second USTA Pro Circuit singles at Wimbledon. He also reached the second round of the US Open. title of his career last year at the $15,000 Futures in Oklahoma City. Baker returned to pro tennis in 2011 after undergoing five surgeries for Ouellette holds four USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles. a series of ailments from 2005 to 2008, including Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery in February 2008. Eric Quigley, who was the 2012 NCAA singles runner-up for the University of Kentucky. Quigley is one of the most decorated tennis 2010 doubles champion Denis Kudla went on to reach the US Open players in UK history, earning five All-America honors between singles boys’ singles final that year, and he qualified for the Australian Open and doubles. In 2008, he became the first Kentucky player in 34 years in 2012 to make his Grand Slam tournament men’s singles main draw to win four straight high school state singles titles.