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 . 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] , 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 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 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, 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 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 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 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 , 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 Junior Championships. A resident at the USTA 2004 singles runner-up 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 , 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. , who was the 2012 NCAA singles runner-up for the University of Kentucky. Quigley is one of the most decorated tennis 2010 doubles champion 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 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. debut. He also qualified for this year’s Australian Open tune-up event in

*Player field subject to change Tournament Notes

Brisbane and competed in Australian Open qualifying. Kudla competed inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005, hit in the US Open as a wild card in 2012, when he also played a mix of No. 1 in the world in 1992 and is a four-time Grand Slam ATP and USTA Pro Circuit events, reaching the second round of the tournament champion (1991-92 French Open, 1992-93 Australian ATP event in San Jose as a qualifier. On the USTA Pro Circuit, Kudla Open). He captured 23 singles titles and six doubles titles and captured the first two Challenger titles of his career, in Lexington, Ky., reached the final of all four majors during his career. Courier is and Charlottesville, Va., and he finished 2012 as the top ATP points currently the U.S. captain. earner among Americans and the leader in prize money. Also in 2012, he served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team for its 1990 Tampa doubles champion Ken Flach won four Grand Slam quarterfinal tie against France and its semifinal tie against Spain. tournament doubles titles and captured the doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympics. He holds 34 career doubles titles and was 11-2 in In 1987, won an event in Tampa. Courier, who was doubles Davis Cup competition. *Player field subject to change

Tampa Past WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2012 (USA) Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) 2012 (CAN) – Kamil Pajkowski (CAN) 2011 Blake Strode (USA) (USA) 2011 Ashley Fisher (AUS) – Chris Haggard (RSA) 2010 (FRA) Erling Tveit (NOR) 2010 Denis Kudla (USA) – Junior Ore (USA) 2009 Philip Bester (CAN) Haydn Lewis (BAR) 2009 Kaden Hensel (AUS) – (AUS) 2008 Daniel Garza (MEX) Marcus Fugate (USA) 2008 Adam Fuss (USA) – (USA) 2007 Victor Estrella (DOM) Stefano Ianni (ITA) 2007 Colin Ebelthite (AUS) – Clinton Thomson (AUS) 2006 Robert Yim (USA) Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) 2006 Kelly Jones (USA) – Pete Stroer (USA) 2005 Jose De Armas (VEN) Diego Alvarez (ARG) 2005 Cody Conley (USA) – Ryan Newport (USA) 2004 K.J. Hippensteel (USA) Brian Baker (USA) 2004 Ryan Haviland (USA) – K.J.Hippensteel (USA) 2003 Dusan Vemic (SRB) Francisco Rodriguez (PAR) 2003 Ryan Haviland (USA) – K.J.Hippensteel (USA) 2002 Jose De Armas (VEN) (CAN) 2002 Thomas Blake (USA) – Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) 2001 Daniel Andersson (SWE) Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) 2001 Enrique Abaroa (MEX) – Lee Pearson (AUS) 2000 Cedric Kauffmann (FRA) Noam Behr (ISR) 2000 Enrique Abaroa (MEX) – Mauricio Hadad (COL) 1998-1999 Event not held 1998-1999 Event not held 1997 David Witt (USA) Ricardo Mena (POR) 1997 Robert Kraus (RSA) – Markus Zillner (GER) 1991-1996 Event not held 1991-1996 Event not held April 1990 Bryan Shelton (USA) Broderick Dyke (AUS) April 1990 Doug Flach (USA) – Ken Flach (USA) March 1990 Jan Apell (SWE) Massimo Ardinhi (ITA) March 1990 Scott Melville (USA) – Jacco Van Duyn (NED) 1989 Event not held 1989 Event not held 1988 Jimmy Brown (USA) Jon Sorbo (USA) 1988 Julian Barham (USA) – Rikard Bergh (SWE) 1987 Jim Courier (USA) Jimmy Brown (USA) 1987 Tobias Svantesson (SWE) – John Treml (USA) 1986 Andrei Chesnokov (RUS) Ramesh Krishnan (IND) 1986 Brett Custer (AUS) – David MacPherson (AUS) 1985 Magnus Tideman (SWE) Ahmed El Mehelmy (EGY) 1985 Peter Carlsson (SWE) – Magnus Tideman (SWE) 1984 Jay Lapidus (USA) Ben Testerman (USA) 1984 Jonathan Canter (USA) – Derek Tarr (USA) 1981-1983 Event not held 1981-1983 Event not held 1980 Ben Mckown (USA) Rick Fagel (USA) 1980 Morris Strode (USA) – Charles Strode (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. , , , , , Victoria early on, increasing the likelihood that kids will return to the Azarenka and 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— and . 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 The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions USTA Pro Circuit regular Alexandra Mueller, 24, of Abington, PA, by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need won the women’s wild card for the second time in three years. to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center and Brian Battistone won the mixed doubles Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as tournament. Registration for the 2013 US Open National Playoffs well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. opened on March 15.