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as of September 20, 2010

AMELIA ISLAND WOMEN’S $10K AMELIA ISLAND, FL • SEPTEMBER 26–OCTOBER 3

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S RETURNS TO AMELIA ISLAND TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Amelia Island Women’s $10K debuts in 2010, one year after the city adopted a

USTA Pro Circuit men’s futures event. Amelia Cynthia Lum Site: Amelia Island Plantation – Amelia Island, Fla. Island played host to a Sony Ericsson WTA Website: procircuit.usta.com Tour event from 1980 through 2008, with winning the very last Bausch Qualifying draw begins: Sunday, September 26 & Lomb Championships. The Amelia Island Main draw begins: Tuesday, September 28 Women’s $10K is the seventh and final USTA Pro Circuit women’s event in this year. Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Surface: Clay / Outdoor This year’s main draw is expected to feature 15-year-old , who burst onto Prize Money: $10,000 the scene less than two months after turning Tournament Director: 14 when she took a into the Sony Kelly Gunterman, (802) 345-9842 Ericsson WTA Tour event in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and, in her tour-level debut, Fifteen-year-old Madison Keys won her first [email protected] tour-level match in 2009 and her first defeated world No. 81 . In professional title earlier this season, capturing a Tournament Press Contact: 2010, Keys has won her first professional $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit championship Amy Tompkins, (914) 260-8407 singles title at a $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit in Cleveland. [email protected] event in Cleveland and also reached the semifinals of two $10,000 tournaments. Keys USTA Public Relations Contacts: reached the 2009 Dunlop Girls’ Pro Circuit event in Atlanta in July; and UF Joshua Rey, (786) 554-5667, [email protected] 18s quarterfinals and won the 2007 Junior freshman Alexandra Cercone. Orange Bowl Girls’ 12s title. The entry list includes a trio of talented Prize money / points Keys will be joined by one former and two 16-year-old Americans: Miami’s Chanelle SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points current Florida Gators: Alexis King, a mother Van Nguyen, who reached the semifinals Winner $1,568 12 of two and a three-time All-American who of the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Runner-Up $980 8 played at the University of Florida from Evansville, Ind., and defeated Keys to win the Semifinalist $490 6 2001 to 2006, and reached back-to-back 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl Girls’ 16s singles Quarterfinalist $245 4 $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit finals this summer title; Anna Mamalat, an ambidextrous junior Round 16 $196 1 in Sumter, S.C., and Hilton Island, who won the 2010 USTA International Grass Round 32 $98 - S.C., where she won the title; current UF Court Championships; and Catherine Harrison, who has used her two-handed forehand and DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) sophomore , who went 26-1 in to qualify at USTA Pro Circuit Winner $637 singles and earned All-American honors $10,000 events this season in Landisville, Pa., Runner-Up $343 during her first season of collegiate tennis, Sumter, S.C., and Hilton Head Island, S.C. Semifinalist $196 and reached the final of the $10,000 USTA Quarterfinalist $98 Round 16 $49 The Amelia Island field also features former world No. 32 of , who

USTA reached Sony Ericsson WTA Tour finals in Kolkata and Québec City as a teenager in 2006, the same year she defeated eventual world No. 1s and Jelena Jankovic; and former collegiate players Elizabeth Lumpkin (UCLA), Lena Litvak (Harvard), Joanne Schickerling (Indiana State), and Story Tweedie-Yates (Stanford & TCU).

Jan Abaza won the USTA Florida Sectional Qualifying Tournament of the inaugural US Open National Playoffs. Tournament Notes

Receiving wild cards into the main draw are 6-foot-2 Courtney Spafford is scheduled to make her professional debut in the Amelia Island of Inverness, Fla., a pre-med major who recently completed her second qualifying tournament. The younger Sharapova reached her first singles season on the Hillsborough Community College tennis team; and Kate final at a hard-court event in Mexico last month. Another 15-year-old Vialle, a left-handed, five-star recruit ranked in the Top 50 of the USTA in Amelia Island this week who will try to qualify for her first pro main Girls’ 16s national rankings, who trains with Mike Wolf, coach of 2010 draw is Mia King, a singles semifinalist and doubles champion at the US Open boys’ singles champion . USTA Girls’ 16s International Spring Championships.

Qualifying matches are expected to showcase two more members of the Others entered in qualifying are University of Georgia recruit Lauren University of Florida women’s tennis team: freshman Olivia Janowicz, Herring, who teamed with to win the 2010 USTA Girls’ 18s who qualified at $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in Atlanta and National Championships doubles title; 2009 Dunlop Orange Bowl Girls’ Landisville, Pa; and junior Claire Bartlett, who won her last 11 singles 16s singles runner-up Kelsey Laurente; and Jan Abaza, who won the matches of the 2009-10 collegiate season. USTA Florida Sectional Qualifying Tournament of the inaugural US Open National Playoffs this year. Daria Sharapova of , the 15-year-old cousin of Maria Sharapova,

USTA PRO CIRCUIT 30 MILLION PLAYERS

With more than 90 tournaments throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000 to The USTA Pro Circuit serves as an integral part of the USTA’s $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring mission to grow and develop tennis in the United States. In tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. The USTA launched its Pro Circuit November 2009, the USTA and Tennis Industry Association 31 years ago to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points and has since announced that tennis participation in the United States topped grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering more than $3 million in 30 million players for the first time in more than two decades prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities with participation growing in all age groups under the age nationwide. Maria Sharapova, , , , Jelena Jankovic, of 50 and within all ethnicities. Another survey conducted by and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are among today’s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association last year also showed that tennis is the only traditional sport to enjoy growth In 2009, the USTA Pro Circuit helped launch in grass-roots participation. the careers of two young Americans— Melanie Oudin and . Oudin began 2009 ranked No. 177, but climbed NJTL the rankings by winning back-to-back $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit events. With a Cities across the country participate in the USTA/National Junior boost in confidence, she reached the fourth Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network, a nationwide network of round of Wimbledon and the quarterfinals community tennis organizations seeking to develop the character of the 2009 US Open. She is now the No. 3 of young people through both tennis and education. Founded American woman behind Venus and Serena by in 1969, more than 550 registered chapters/ Williams. Isner joined the USTA Pro Circuit programs exist throughout the nation with more than 220,000 after turning pro in 2007 and jump-started participants ages 6-18, making NJTL one of the USTA’s largest the best season of his career by winning community-based initiatives. the Tallahassee Challenger last year. Subsequently, he reached the semifinals at two Olympus US Open Series events and US OPEN NATIONAL PlayoffS upset Andy Roddick en route to the fourth round at the 2009 US Open. This year, Isner The USTA hosted the inaugural captured his first tour title and reached US Open National Playoffs this year, the fourth round of the to making the US Open “open” to become the No. 2 American in men’s tennis. anyone age 14 and older and all skill levels. A total of 859 men and 373 women competed in 16 Sectional PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Qualifying Tournaments nationwide, with the winners squaring off in The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions Atlanta (men) and Stanford, Calif. (women) for wild cards into by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament. Blake Strode, 23, of to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center St. Louis, and , 22, of Abington, Pa., won the Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as US Open National Playoffs and competed in this year’s US Open well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. Qualifying Tournament. USTA PRO CIRCUIT PLAYER INFORMATION

PLAYERS TO WATCH pg. 2 Michaella Krajicek (NED) pg. 6 Lindsay Lee-Waters Mirjana Lucic (CRO) Beatrice Capra Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Mallory Cecil pg. 3 Christina McHale pg. 7 Alexandra Mueller Kimberly Couts

Stephanie Dubois (CAN) pg. 4 pg. 8 Edina Gallovits (ROU)

Laura Granville pg. 5 Valerie Tetreault (CAN) pg. 9 Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) CoCo Vandeweghe

ADDITIONAL PLAYERS TO WATCH

Brittany Augustine pg. 10 Raquel Kops-Jones pg. 12 (RUS) (THA) Lena Litvak Elizabeth Lumpkin Kyle McPhillips Grace Min Megan Moulton-Levy Jennifer Elie Katherine Ruckert

Amanda Fink pg. 11 pg. 13 (GEO) Nadja Gilchrist Ellen Tsay Ester Goldfeld Story Tweedie-Yates Chanelle Van Nguyen Chloe Jones Sachia Vickery Sacha Jones (NZL) (GBR) (KAZ) Madison Keys Allie Will

** All players American unless otherwise noted. * All information as of May 24, 2010 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Kristie Ahn Age: 17 (6/15/92) Hometown: Upper Saddle River, N.J. Ranking: 456

Ahn made headlines at the 2008 US Open, winning three matches to become the youngest player to qualify for the main draw before losing to eventual semifinalist in the first round, 6-3, 6-4. Ahn won her third USTA Pro Circuit title in May, capturing the doubles title at the $50,000 event in Raleigh, N.C., and, in May, advanced to the quarterfinals at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif. Ahn won a singles title at her first pro tournament, at the $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa., in 2008, and followed that up a month later with a win at the $10,000 event in Houston as a qualifier. As a junior, Ahn won the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s Spring National Championships and helped the U.S. capture the 2008 Junior Fed Cup title. Ahn has committed to play at Stanford in the fall.

Lauren Albanese Age: 20 (10/1/89) Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla. Ranking: 193

Albanese established herself as a player to watch in 2006 with a tournament title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Wichita, Kan. She followed that victory by winning the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships to earn an automatic wild card into the US Open, where she advanced to the second round of the women’s singles main draw. Albanese has since been a consistent presence in the Top 200, playing primarily on the USTA Pro Circuit. She has played in a number of events on the USTA Pro Circuit this year and won a tournament title at $25,000 event in Mexico. In 2009 Albanese started the year by reaching the final at $25,000 events in Lutz, Fla., and Rancho Mirage, Calif., before moving up a step and reaching the semifinals at the $50,000 event in Raleigh, N.C., and the quarterfinals at the $75,000 event in Vancouver. As a junior in 2007, Albanese served as a practice partner with the U.S. Fed Cup team.

Julia Boserup Age: 18 (9/9/91) Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla. Ranking: 422

Boserup had her breakthrough at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl, winning her first title on the ITF World Junior Circuit. She built on that success, reaching the USTA Pro Circuit doubles final at the $50,000 event in Kansas City, Mo., with partner . And this year she reached her first career USTA Pro Circuit semifinal at the $50,000 event in Indian Harbour Beach, Calif., where she received a wild card. As a junior, Boserup advanced to the second round at the 2009 US Open girls’ singles and also reached the singles and doubles semifinals at the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. She is a two-time practice partner for the U.S. Fed Cup team, and trains full-time at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.

Madison Brengle Age: 20 (4/3/90) Hometown: Dover, Del. Ranking: 174

Brengle was one of America’s top junior players in 2007, when she advanced to the girls’ singles final at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. On the pro level, she has played in the main singles draw at three of the four Grand Slams, competing in the 2007 US Open and winning wild card playoffs to gain entry into the 2007 and 2008 Australian Opens as well as the 2008 . This year she qualified for the WTA Tour event in Memphis and upset No. 1 seed Rossana de los Rios en route to the quarterfinals at the $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va. On the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009, Brengle advanced to the semifinals of $50,000 events in Boston and Troy, Ala., and the doubles final at the $75,000 event in Vancouver. In 2008 she reached the semifinals of $50,000 events in San Diego and Vancouver. Brengle won her first career USTA Pro Circuit event at the $10,000 event in Baltimore in 2005.

Beatrice Capra Age: 18 (4/6/92) Hometown: Ellicott City, Md. Ranking: 433

Capra won her first professional singles title in October 2009 at the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in Williamsburg, Va. She has also found success on the USTA Pro Circuit this year, qualifying for the $100,000 event in Midland, Mich., and advancing to the second round. She also qualified for two $25,000 events and reached the semifinals of the event in Osprey, Fla. As a junior, Capra won the , an ITF Grade A event on clay. Capra was a girls’ singles quarterfinalist at the 2009 US Open and a girls’ doubles semifinalist at Wimbledon. She was the top-ranked player in the USTA Girls’ 18s national standings for much of last year, winning the USTA Girls’ 18s Spring National Championships and reaching the semifinals at the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships.

2 * All information as of May 24, 2010 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Mallory Cecil Age: 19 (7/18/90) Hometown: Spartanburg, S.C. Ranking: 373

As a freshman in 2009, Cecil won the NCAA Division I singles title and led the Duke University women’s team to its first-ever NCAA team title. For her efforts, Cecil was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Player of the Year and earned a wild card into the 2009 US Open. Cecil turned pro following her college success. That September she qualified for the Sony Ericsson WTA event in Quebec City and, in July, reached the quarterfinals of the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Grapevine, Texas. In 2008 she captured back-to-back titles at $10,000 events in Sumter, S.C., and Hilton Head Island, S.C., and qualified for the Olympus US Open Series event in New Haven, Conn. As a junior, she was a doubles finalist at the 2008 Girls’ 18s National Championships and a doubles champion at the 2007 Dunlop Orange Bowl.

Julia Cohen Age: 21 (3/23/89) Hometown: Philadelphia Ranking: 176

Cohen, an All-American at the University of Miami, reached the semifinals of the NCAA tournament as a sophomore in 2009. As a freshman, she was selected as the SEC and ITA Rookie of the Year playing for the University of Florida. Cohen has since turned pro, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 177 in May. She has competed extensively on the USTA Pro Circuit this year, as well in ITF Circuit events, reaching the final of a tournament in Mexico. She also thrived on the pro level last year, reaching the semifinals at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif., and the quarterfinals at a $100,000 event in Bronx, N.Y. She also won the doubles title at a $10,000 event in Celeya, Mexico. In 2008 she won three USTA national championships (Mother & Daughter Grass Courts, Senior Father & Daughter Indoor and Clay Courts) and added another title in 2009 at the Senior Father & Daughter Clay Courts. Cohen peaked at No. 4 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2007, when she reached the Australian Open girls’ doubles final.

Kimberly Couts Age: 20 (5/9/89) Hometown: Bradenton, Fla. Ranking: 292

Demonstrating steady progress up the professional ladder, Couts won her first pro title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Evansville, Ind., in 2007, and has since graduated to $25,000 and $50,000 events. She reached the semifinals of four $25,000 doubles events this year after advancing to the singles semifinals of two $25,000 events a year ago. In all, Couts holds four career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, all with different partners, including the title title at the $50,000 event in Lexington, Ky., in 2008. As a junior, Couts won the 2006 Easter Bowl and was a former USTA Girls’ 16s No. 1.

Jill Craybas Age: 35 (7/4/74) Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif. Ranking: 101

A Top 100 player each of the past nine seasons, Craybas reached a career-high No. 39 in 2006 at age 31. She has competed in all four Grand Slams each year since 2001, a string of 37 straight entering the . Her best result came at Wimbledon in 2005, when she knocked off current world No. 1 en route to the fourth round. Craybas won the 2002 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and has also won four tour-level doubles titles. She has represented the U.S. in the Olympics (2008 Beijing) and the Fed Cup, and captured her third career USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $75,000 event in Midland, Mich., in 2007. She is the only woman to be a member of a national championship team with two different schools, winning with the University of Texas in 1993 and the University of Florida in 1996, when she also claimed the NCAA singles championship. Julie Ditty Age: 31 (1/4/79) Hometown: Ashland, Ky. Ranking: 513

Ditty is the all-time leader in career USTA Pro Circuit titles with 35. This year the Vanderbilt graduate won the doubles title at the $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va., with Carly Gullickson, for her 26th career USTA Pro Circuit doubles title. In 2009 Ditty teamed with to win the deciding doubles match in the U.S.’s 3-2 victory over in the Fed Cup first round, and advanced to the second round of the doubles at three of the four Grand Slams to reach a career-best doubles ranking of No. 66. In 2008 she competed in the singles main draw of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, as well as the doubles main draw of the US Open, where she reached the round of 16 with Gullickson. Ditty broke into the Top 100 in November 2007 after advancing to the semifinals at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Quebec City, .

3 * All information as of May 24, 2010 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Stephanie Dubois (CAN) Age: 23 (10/31/86) Hometown: Laval, Canada Ranking: 117

Dubois has ranked in the Top 135 each of the last four years, peaking at No. 95 in 2008, when she competed in the main draws of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. So far this year, Dubois played in the main draw of the Australian Open and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Memphis, and has reached the quarterfinals at two USTA Pro Circuit events. In 2009 she reached the second round of the US Open and the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., on the WTA Tour, and qualified for the main draw at Indian Wells. Dubois, the No. 2 Canadian woman behind , also went 4-1 in Fed Cup singles play for Canada. She had her best result on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009, winning the $75,000 event in Vancouver, and was the runner-up to countrywoman Valerie Tetreault at the $50,000 event in Grapevine, Texas. Dubois holds five career USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and five doubles titles. Lauren Embree Age: 19 (1/10/91) Hometown: Naples, Fla. Ranking: 555

Embree made her debut in 2009 after winning a USTA wild card playoff to gain entry into the French Open, where she lost to No. 11 seed in the first round. She also competed in the 2009 US Open qualifying, reaching the second round. By advancing, Embree missed her freshman orientation at the University of Florida, but she has quickly made up for it on-court, leading the Gators to the Southern Conference tournament title as the team’s No. 1 singles player. Embree was a fixture in the Top 10 of the world junior rankings for most of last year, reaching the singles and doubles finals at both the 2009 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships and the 2009 Easter Bowl (where she won the doubles title). In 2008 Embree won the Eddie Herr International Girls’ 18s title and captured the title at the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships, in addition to winning her first pro title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Wichita, Kan. She reached her first pro final in 2007 as a qualifier at the $10,000 event in Fort Worth, Texas. Irina Falconi Age: 20 (5/4/90) Hometown: Jupiter, Fla. Ranking: 464

Falconi competes for Georgia Tech, where last year she recorded one of the best rookie campaigns in school history, posting 30 singles wins to earn All-America honors as a freshman. Through April of this year she lost just two singles matches for the Yellow Jackets and was No. 1 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings. Following the completion of her freshman year, Falconi turned her attention to the USTA Pro Circuit and won three events as a member of the 2009 USTA Summer Collegiate Team: the singles at $10,000 events in Atlanta and St. Joseph, Mo., and the doubles in St. Joseph with Ashley Weinhold. Falconi also reached the semifinals of the $50,000 event in Grapevine, Texas, defeating USTA Pro Circuit veterans Lindsay Lee-Waters and Mashona Washington along the way.

Edina Gallovits (ROU) Age: 25 (12/10/84) Hometown: Atlanta Ranking: 96

Gallovits has established herself as a model of consistency in her 10-year professional career. She has played in 13 straight Grand Slam singles main draws, advancing to the second round four times, and improved her ranking each year from 2000 to 2008, when she reached a career-high of No. 54. She has finished in the Top 100 each of the last three years, coming in at No. 93 last season. After playing primarily on the WTA Tour in 2009, Gallovits returned to the USTA Pro Circuit this year with great success, winning three singles titles—including two at the $50,000 level—to become just the third woman in USTA Pro Circuit history with double-digit singles titles. (She currently has 12, joining with 13 and Lindsay Lee-Waters with 11.) In Fed Cup play, Gallovits competed for 2001 and 2003 and went 3-3 in singles, 4-8 overall.

Alexa Glatch Age: 20 (9/10/89) Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif. Ranking: 225

Glatch last year propelled the U.S. to its first Fed Cup final in six years by winning two of the U.S.’s three points— dropping just six games in four sets against two Top 50 players—in its 3-2 semifinal victory against the . Also last year, Glatch defeated No. 14 seed , 6-1, 6-1, in the first round of the French Open and advanced to the third round at Indian Wells, and earlier this year she qualified for the main draw of the WTA Tour event in Memphis. Shortly after reaching the final of the girls’ singles and doubles at the 2005 US Open, Glatch broke her right wrist and left elbow in a motor scooter accident. She returned to the USTA Pro Circuit the following year and won her first career pro title at the $10,000 event in Fort Worth, Texas.

4 * All information as of May 24, 2010 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Laura Granville Age: 29 (5/12/81) Hometown: Chicago Ranking: 278

A former Top 30 player, Granville made her return to tennis in March 2009 after being sidelined for a year by injury. She won the first event in her comeback, the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Redding, Calif., added a second tournament title at the $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa., and reached the semifinals at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., where she won the doubles title. She has won 15 career USTA Pro Circuit titles (nine singles), including the singles at the $75,000 event in Midland, Mich., in both 2005 and 2008, and added the doubles title this year in Midland’s first $100,000 event. Granville has advanced to the third round or better at all four Grand Slams, including the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2002 and 2007, and the third round of the US Open in 2005. She is the only player to win consecutive USTA Girls’ 18s national titles (1998-99) and NCAA singles titles (2000-01 at Stanford University). Carly Gullickson Age: 23 (11/26/86) Hometown: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Ranking: 242

An accomplished doubles player, Gullickson captured the mixed doubles title at the 2009 US Open with , defeating the top three seeds en route to the title and upsetting the defending champions, and , in the final. Fully recovered from an assortment of injuries that slowed her ascent in 2007, Gullickson last year qualified for both the French Open and the US Open in singles and reached the round of 16 at the US Open in doubles with Alexa Glatch. Gullickson holds 16 career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles (fourth all-time), including the $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va., this year with Julie Ditty. Gullickson’s father, Bill, was a professional pitcher who led the American League with 20 wins for the 1991 Detroit Tigers. She and her sister, Chelsey, who plays tennis for the University of Georgia, reached the doubles final at the $25,000 event in Hammond, La., in 2008. Jamie Hampton Age: 20 (1/8/90) Hometown: Auburn, Ala. Ranking: 238

Hampton has played the best tennis of her career to open 2010, rising nearly 400 spots in the rankings by reaching the final at four $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit events, highlighted by a victory in Osprey, Fla. She has also reached the quarterfinals at the $50,000 event in Dothan, Ala., played in the $100,000 event in Midland, Mich., and won the doubles title at the $25,000 event in Pelham, Ala., with fellow American Mallory Cecil. Hampton’s run actually began at the end of 2009, where she won her first career USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $10,000 tournament in Cleveland. As a junior, Hampton twice won the USTA Girls’ 18s doubles title (2007-08) to earn a wild card into the US Open women’s doubles draw, and competed in the US Open juniors in singles or doubles each year from 2005 to 2007.

Angela Haynes Age: 25 (9/27/84) Hometown: Victorville, Calif. Ranking: 234

Haynes found success at the Grand Slams in the early stages of her career, advancing to the third round of the 2004 US Open and taking a set from Serena Williams in the first round of Wimbledon in 2005. In 2009 she reached the third round at Indian Wells and also qualified for the Olympus US Open Series event in Stanford, Calif., and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Charleston, S.C. Also, last year Haynes won a round in qualifying at the French Open and Wimbledon, and advanced to the final round of qualifying at the US Open. She holds seven career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, along with two singles titles. In 2008 she advanced to the semifinals of tour-level Quebec City as a qualifier (falling to then- world No. 11 Nadia Petrova). Vania King Age: 21 (2/3/89) Hometown: Long Beach, Calif. Ranking: 69

King has been a steady presence around the Top 100 of the singles and doubles rankings since she was 17, and has finished the last three years in the doubles Top 35. King’s breakthrough came at the end of 2006, when she swept the singles and doubles title at the tour event in Bangkok to finish the year ranked No. 50 in singles. In her career, King has competed in all four Grand Slams in singles and doubles. She reached the final of the mixed doubles at the with and, in women’s doubles, reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2009 and the US Open round of 16 in 2007 and 2009. In singles, she reached the third round of the 2009 US Open and, most recently, the second round of the . Also this year, King won the doubles at the WTA Tour event in Memphis for her ninth career tour title. King has been a regular contributor to the U.S. Fed Cup team and is an accomplished vocalist who has performed the national anthem prior to an L.A. Dodgers’ game and during the 2006 US Open.

5 * All information as of May 24, 2010 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Michaella Krajicek (NED) Age: 21 (1/9/89) Hometown: Bradenton, Fla. Ranking: 130

Krajicek finished in the Top 40 of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings in 2006 and 2007, reaching the third round of the French Open, where she faced Serena Williams, and the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, where she lost to eventual finalist in three sets, in 2007. Injuries slowed her progress, but Krajicek has been working her way back up on the USTA Pro Circuit. She holds three WTA tour-level singles titles and this year won her fourth doubles titles in Memphis with Vania King. She captured her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in 2009 at the $50,000 event in Boston and won her second $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va., this year. In 2004 the former No. 1 junior in the world won the singles and doubles titles of the junior US Open and took the junior French Open doubles title. Krajicek is the younger sister of former world No. 4 , who won Wimbledon in 1996. Lindsay Lee-Waters Age: 32 (6/28/77) Hometown: Dunwoody, Ga. Ranking: 247

Lee-Waters, a mother of two, was the leading money winner on the women’s USTA Pro Circuit in 2009 and started her bid to repeat in May of this year, reaching the final at the $50,000 event in Raleigh N.C. She first broke into the Top 50 in 1995, when she qualified for Wimbledon and upset in the opening round. Since taking time off in 2000 to give birth to her daughter, Lee-Waters has played primarily on the USTA Pro Circuit. She has won seven singles titles since 2002—including the $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va., in 2009 for her first title since the birth of her second child, a son, in 2006. For her career, Lee-Waters holds 27 USTA Pro Circuit titles (16 doubles), which ranks third all-time. She has competed in 12 US Opens, either in the qualifying or main draws, and reached the second round in both 1995 and 2004. Varvara Lepchenko Age: 24 (5/21/86) Hometown: Allentown, Pa. Ranking: 127

Lepchenko, a native of , has stepped up her game in the last two years, cracking the Top 100 in 2009 and playing regularly on the WTA Tour this year. After a steady rise on the USTA Pro Circuit—she finished sixth or better on the USTA Pro Circuit prize money list each year from 2005 to 2008—Lepchenko last year qualified for Indian Wells and Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., where she upset then-world No. 18 . She also won the season-ending $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Phoenix for her seventh career USTA Pro Circuit singles title. This year she qualified for events in Miami and Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and played in the Australian Open. Lepchenko has been living in the U.S. since 2001 after receiving political asylum. She gained U.S. citizenship in 2007, allowing her unrestricted travel for the first time since arriving in the country.

Mirjana Lucic (CRO) Age: 28 (3/9/82) Hometown: Tampa, Fla. Ranking: 206

Lucic was one of the tennis’ rising stars in the late 1990s, peaking at No. 32 in 1998 and advancing to the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1999 before falling to . She also won the 1998 Australian Open doubles title with and, in singles, advanced to the third round at the US Open in 1997 and 1998, and at the French Open in 2001. Lucic went into a semi-retirement in 2003. She played just two events between the 2003 US Open and the 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Memphis—both at the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Dothan, Ala.—and is now attempting a comeback on the USTA Pro Circuit. She won her first USTA Pro Circuit title in her comeback earlier this year, capturing the singles title at the $25,000 event in Jackson, Miss., in April, and reaching the semifinals of the $50,000 tournament in Raleigh, N.C., a week later. Bethanie Mattek-Sands Age: 25 (3/23/85) Hometown: Phoenix Rankings: 124

Mattek-Sands, known for her eclectic outfits as well as her powerful ground strokes, reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon in 2008 (losing to Serena Williams) and has advanced to five Grand Slam doubles quarterfinals in her career, including the US Open and French Open in 2009 (both with Nadia Petrova), and the 2010 Australian Open. On the WTA Tour, Mattek-Sands has won eight doubles titles and peaked at a career-high No. 12 in the individual doubles ranking this April. She has also been a strong force for the U.S. Fed Cup team. In the semifinals against Russia, she became the first American player to win her singles and doubles matches back-to-back for a 3-2 U.S. victory. In 2008 Mattek-Sands cracked into the Top 40 in singles by reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon and the final of tour-level Quebec City, and collected her eighth career USTA Pro Circuit title (five in singles) by winning the $75,000 event in Dothan, Ala.

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Christina McHale Age: 18 (5/11/92) Hometown: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Ranking: 165

McHale has made great strides toward a successful pro career in the last 18 months. She recently won a USTA playoff to earn a wild card into the main draw of the 2010 French Open, the third Grand Slam appearance of her young career. She also won a playoff to earn a wild card into the —winning the junior doubles title with ’s Alja Tomljanovic—and won the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships—becoming the first girl to sweep the singles and doubles since 2000—to earn a wild card into the 2009 US Open. There, she defeated then-world No. 81 to become just the second USTA Girls’ 18s champion this century to win her first round match. In 2010 McHale has reached the round of 16 at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. and the quarterfinals or better in three USTA Pro Circuit $25,000 events. As a junior, she won the 2009 Easter Bowl to crack the Top 10 in the world junior rankings. Alexandra Mueller Age: 22 (2/14/88) Hometown: Abington, Pa. Ranking: 515

Mueller claimed her first pro singles title at the age of 15, winning the $10,000 ITF event in Mont Tremblant, Canada. Since then she has made steady progress toward a professional career on the USTA Pro Circuit. This May, she swept the singles and doubles titles at the $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa., in front of a hometown crowd, and also won the doubles title at the $10,000 event in Sumter, S.C., the following week. In 2009 Mueller won the $10,000 event in Hilton Head Island, S.C., and reached the quarterfinals in four singles events, including $50,000 tournaments in Charlottesville, Va., and Boston. Mueller was a member of the U.S. Junior Fed Cup team in 2003.

Asia Muhammad Age: 19 (4/4/91) Hometown: Henderson, Nev. Ranking: 371

Muhammad learned to play tennis at the Boys and Girls Club in Las Vegas, where she trained to become a Top 10 junior. In 2009 she won the doubles title at the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships with partner Christina McHale, earning a wild card into the main draw of the women’s doubles at the US Open. Also at the Open, Muhammad upset the top seed in the first round of the girls’ singles and advanced to the round of 16. Muhammad reached her first $50,000 final on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2008 in Las Vegas—defeating three Top 150 players along the way. She has since become a USTA Pro Circuit regular, qualifying for two events this year (including the $50,000 event in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla.) and reaching the doubles final of the $25,000 event in Osprey, Fla., with Madison Brengle. Muhammad’s father, Ronald, played basketball at Southern Cal, and her mother, Faye, was an All- American basketball player at Long Beach State. Lilia Osterloh Age: 32 (4/7/78) Hometown: Aliso Viejo, Calif. Ranking: 129

Osterloh has been competing on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour for more than a decade, finishing in the year-end Top 100 from 1999 to 2001, and again in 2007. She achieved a career-high ranking of No. 41 in April 2001 after reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2000. On the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, Osterloh has advanced to the singles semifinals in three events and has captured two doubles titles. She won USTA Pro Circuit singles titles at the $75,000 event in Pittsburgh in 2005 and the $50,000 event in Waikoloa, Hawaii, in 2006, and has reached nine USTA Pro Circuit singles finals since 1996. Osterloh also owns seven USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles and reached the doubles final of the $100,000 event in Midland, Mich., this year. She is one of just four women to have won both the NCAA singles title (at Stanford) and USTA Girls’ 18s Championships. Shenay Perry Age: 25 (7/6/84) Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla. Ranking: 128

Once ranked as high as No. 40 in the world, Perry is now working her way back to form—and back to the Top 100. She earned her career-high ranking after reaching the third round at the French Open and the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2006. Her rise up the rankings was halted, however, when she suffered a knee injury that kept her from playing singles events from mid-2007 to mid-2008. Healthy once again in 2009, Perry won the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Dothan, Ala., and qualified for the US Open, where she advanced to the second round. Following the Open, Perry won the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M. This year she qualified for the Australian Open, losing to Ana Ivanovic in the first round, and also qualified for the WTA event in Indian Wells. For her career, Perry holds 15 USTA Pro Circuit titles (seven doubles), and she has reached the quarterfinals or better four times on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

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Alison Riske Age: 19 (7/3/90) Hometown: McMurray, Pa. Ranking: 197

Riske improved her Sony Ericsson WTA ranking more than 700 places from the start of 2009 to mid-2010. She won her first pro title last year at the USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 event in Troy, Ala., as a qualifier, and reached the semifinals this year at the $50,000 tournament in Raleigh, N.C., and the $25,000 event in Rancho Mirage, Calif. In between, she reached the quarterfinals of a $25,000 event in Mexico and competed in the main draw of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. As a junior, Riske rose to No. 2 in the USTA Girls’ 18s national standings. She was a finalist at the 2007 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships and a quarterfinalist at the 2007 Dunlop Orange Bowl. Riske also served as a practice partner for the U.S.’s 2008 Fed Cup semifinal against Russia.

Ahsha Rolle Age: 25 (3/21/85) Hometown: Miami Shores, Fla. Ranking: 366

Rolle broke through at the 2007 US Open, where she upset then-world No. 18 en route to the third round. That same year she qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third round at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Indian Wells, defeating No. 29 seed in the second round. This year Rolle qualified for back- to-back $25,000 events in April, and then reached back-to-back doubles finals at $50,000 tournaments with Alexandra Mueller. In 2008 Rolle qualified for the Olympus US Open Series event in Los Angeles and won a singles match as a member of the U.S. Fed Cup team in the World Group semifinals against Russia. She is an eight-time champion on the USTA Pro Circuit. Her most prominent victories include a singles title at the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M., in 2006, and the doubles title at the $75,000 event in Vancouver with last year.

Abigail Spears Age: 28 (7/12/81) Hometown: San Diego Ranking: 228

Spears has played extensively on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, having advanced to the singles final of Quebec City in 2004 and the third round of the Australian Open in 2005, when she reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 66 in the world. She has also won five tour-level doubles titles, one in each year from 2003 to 2005, and two in 2009, when she climbed to No. 40 in the individual world doubles rankings. On the USTA Pro Circuit, Spears holds 15 doubles titles spanning 2001 to 2008, which ranks fifth all-time, with her last one coming at the $25,000 event in Rancho Mirage, Calif., in February. Spears also captured her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title since 2004 this year at the $25,000 event in Surprise, Ariz. She played one season of college tennis at UCLA in 1999-2000 and, as a junior, won USTA Girls’ 18s doubles titles in 1998 and 1999 with different partners. Sloane Stephens Age: 17 (3/20/93) Hometown: Lauderhill, Fla. Ranking: 333

Stephens won her first professional match this year at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Indian Wells, Calif., beating Lucie Hradecka, 7-6(5), 7-6(7), and saving three set points in the second-set tie-break. She also reached the final and quarterfinals of two $25,000 ITF-level events in this year. Stephens was the top American junior in 2009, peaking at No. 4 in the ITF junior world rankings. She advanced to the girls’ singles semifinals at Roland Garros and the girls’ singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon, and also swept the singles and doubles titles at the USTA International Spring Championships. In 2008 she was a semifinalist at the Dunlop Orange Bowl and helped the U.S. capture the Junior Fed Cup title. In the 2008 US Open Stephens teamed with to upset the No. 1 seeds in the first round of the mixed doubles and also reached the girls’ doubles final. On the USTA Pro Circuit in 2008, Stephens reached the semifinals at the $10,000 event in Sumter, S.C., and the quarterfinals of two $10,000 events. Alexandra Stevenson Age: 29 (12/21/80) Hometown: San Diego Ranking: 246

Stevenson, a former Top 20 player, emerged in 1999 by advancing to the Wimbledon semifinals as a qualifier—becoming the first female qualifier in the tournament’s history to reach the semifinals. She was ranked in the year-end Top 100 each year from 1999 to 2003, and peaked at No. 18 in the world in 2002 after reaching her second Sony Ericsson WTA Tour final of the year. Injuries drove her rankings into the 600s in 2005, but Stevenson rebounded to climb back into the Top 200 last year, reaching the final at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., for her best result on the USTA Pro Circuit since winning the $50,000 event in Midland, Mich., in 1998. Stevenson is the daughter of basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving.

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Valerie Tetreault (CAN) Age: 22 (1/21/88) Hometown: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada Ranking: 119

Tetreault drove her ranking up nearly 300 places by winning three USTA Pro Circuit singles titles in 2009—$50,000 events in Carson, Calif., and Grapevine, Texas, and a $25,000 event in El Paso, Texas. She also reached the doubles final in Grapevine with American Kimberly Couts. Tetreault qualified for the 2009 US Open, her first Grand Slam event, extending then-No. 46 Magdalena Rybarikova to three sets in the first round. She also qualified for the 2010 Australian Open, losing to No. 15 in the first round, and went 2-0 for the Canadian Fed Cup team this year. In 2006, at age 18, Tetreault played in her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Quebec City. In addition to playing on the USTA Pro Circuit, Tetreault has competed in ITF events all over the world, including Russia, Mexico and Italy.

Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) Age: 16 (7/5/93) Hometown: Zagreb, Croatia Ranking: 180

Tomljanovic has risen more than 150 places in the WTA Tour rankings this year alone, largely on the strength of her USTA Pro Circuit results. She opened the season by qualifying and winning the $25,000 event in Plantation, Fla., and in April reached the final in Pelham, Ala., and the quarterfinals in Jackson, Miss., both $25,000 events. In between, she reached the round of 16 at a tour event in Memphis and went 2-1 in Fed Cup play for Croatia. Tomljanovic peaked at No. 4 in the junior world rankings in 2009, when she reached the semifinals of the Dunlop Orange Bowl and won the doubles title at the Australian Open with American Chirstina McHale.

CoCo Vandeweghe Age: 18 (12/6/91) Hometown: Rancho Mirage, Calif. Ranking: 310

Vandeweghe took a significant step in her professional career in May, capturing the singles title at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., for her first career professional championship. Vandeweghe’s breakthrough came at the 2008 US Open, where she competed in her first Grand Slam main draw and became the first American to win the girls’ singles title since in 1995. Also in 2008, she reached the singles final and won the doubles at the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. In 2009 Vandeweghe reached the quarterfinals of $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in Troy, Ala., and Phoenix, both as a qualifier. She also advanced to the second round at the Olympus US Open Series stop in Los Angeles and capped the year by winning an eight-player USTA playoff to earn a wild card into the main draw of the 2010 Australian Open. Vandeweghe is the niece of former NBA star, coach and general manager Kiki Vandeweghe. Mashona Washington Age: 34 (5/31/76) Hometown: Houston Ranking: 289

Washington finished 2004 ranked No. 50 in the world after reaching her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour final in Tokyo and advancing to the quarterfinals at the Olympus US Open Series events in Stanford, Calif., and New Haven, Conn., where she defeated then-world No. 7 Maria Sharapova. In 2005 Washington achieved her best showing in a Grand Slam by reaching the third round at Wimbledon. She suffered a knee injury in July 2006 while playing for the U.S. Fed Cup team in and did not compete in singles again for more than a year. Washington returned to the winner’s circle in May 2008, qualifying and taking the title at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., for her third career USTA Pro Circuit singles title. She also holds 10 career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, including back-to-back $25,000 crowns in Florida this past January.

Caitlin Whoriskey Age: 22 (4/19/88) Hometown: East Sandwich, Mass. Ranking: 821

Whoriskey was named the 2010 Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s National Senior Player of the Year for Division I women’s tennis after leading the University of Tennessee to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight seasons. In 2009 Whoriskey was named to the 2009 USTA Summer Collegiate Team, a training program for top American college players, after earning All-America honors in doubles during her junior year. She competed in six USTA Pro Circuit tournaments last summer, making her main draw debut at the $10,000 event in Hilton Head, S.C., where she reached the quarterfinals in singles and the final in doubles. Whoriskey reached two doubles finals and two doubles semifinals on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009 and advanced to her first pro singles final at the $10,000 event in St. Joseph, Mo., upsetting No. 7 seed en route.

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Augustine Barte Brodsky Burdette Cako

Player Name Age / Hometown Ranking Player Information

Reached the semifinals of the $10,000 event in Brownsville, Texas, in 2009, her 18 (9/19/91) best USTA Pro Circuit showing. … Practiced with the and 563 Brittany Augustine El Segundo, Calif. while on the 2003 Junior U.S. Fed Cup Team. … Dad was a pro soccer player in Trinidad and Tobago.

All-American at Stanford University won the NCAA Division I doubles title this 21 (11/17/88) year. … Named 2009 Pac-10 Player of the Year. … Received a wild card into 2009 971 Hilary Barte Chatsworth, Calif. Olympus US Open Series event in Stanford, Calif., her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles main draw appearance (lost to Melanie Oudin in the first round).

Reached two USTA Pro Circuit doubles semifinals this year. … Earned a main 18 (6/5/91) draw wild card into the 2008 US Open after winning the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s 722 Gail Brodsky Brooklyn, N.Y. National Championships. … Born in the Ukraine and immigrated to Brooklyn at age 5. … Mother was a gymnast and father was a professional rower in Ukraine.

Won the NCAA Division I doubles title this year playing for Stanford University. … 19 (1/28/91) Attends Stanford with her sister, Lindsay, where she has compiled a 32-5 record No ranking Mallory Burdette Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. as a freshman and is ranked No. 32 by the ITA. … Reached the girls’ doubles final at the 2008 US Open with partner Sloane Stephens.

Won her second career professional title in 2009 at the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in Wichita, Kan. … Qualified for four USTA Pro Circuit events this year. … 18 (8/30/91) 487 As a junior, reached the final at the 2008 International Spring Championships. … Jacqueline Cako Brier, Wash. Formerly competed in gymnastics, but stopped competition after growing too tall (currently 5-foot-10).

Won the 2007 NCAA women’s singles title at the University of Miami (Fla.). … Only 24 (4/21/86) woman in history to reach the final of the NCAA Championships competing for 482 Audra Cohen Plantation, Fla. two different schools (Miami, Northwestern). … Holds one USTA Pro Circuit title ($10,000 Evansville, Ind., in 2006).

Finished 2009 season ranked No. 2 in the USTA Girls’ 18s national standings. … 16 (10/9/93) Reached the girls’ 18s final at the 2010 Easter Bowl. … Reached the quarterfinals No ranking Lauren Davis Cleveland in girls’ singles at the 2009 US Open. … Won back-to-back USTA Girls’ 16s National Championships, 2008-09.

Reached first pro final at $10,000 event in Wichita, Kan., in 2009. … Took third 18 (3/25/92) place in singles and doubles at the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s National Winter 454 Courtney Dolehide Hinsdale, Ill. Championships. … Featured on ESPNRise.com, an ESPN website celebrating high school athletics. … Committed to play for UCLA this coming fall.

Holds two USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles. … Qualified for the $50,000 event in 23 (9/22/86) 352 Dothan, Ala., this year. ... Competed in ITF events in Mexico, , Korea, Jennifer Elie New York Australia and New Zealand. … Coached by her father.

Climbed nearly 200 spots in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings in 2009 … 23 (9/25/86) 166 Qualified for the Rogers Cup in Toronto, an Olympus US Open Series event, last Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) Bradenton, Fla. year ... Holds four career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles.

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Fink Gibbs Gullickson S. Jones Keys

Player Name Age / Hometown Ranking Player Information

Four-year letter winner at the University of Southern California. … Named ITA 23 (12/4/86) Rookie of the Year. … Won both the Pac-10 singles and doubles championships 721 Amanda Fink Calabasas, Calif. her senior year. … Won her first USTA Pro Circuit title in 2008 at the $10,000 event in Atlanta.

All-American posted one of the best freshman seasons in Notre Dame history 20 (1/8/90) with appearances in both the NCAA singles and doubles championships. … No ranking Kristy Frilling Sidney, Ohio Reached the doubles semifinal at the 2008 Olympus US Open Series event in Cincinnati with Madison Brengle.

Top American junior has committed to play at Stanford University in the fall. … Reached final at the junior and competed at Wimbledon 17 (3/3/93) 463 and US Open juniors in 2009. …Qualified for $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Nicole Gibbs Manhattan Beach, Calif. Charlottesville, Va., in April and reached the quarters at $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., in 2009.

Earned All-America honors in doubles at the University of Georgia her freshman 19 (6/7/90) No ranking year after playing No. 1 doubles with Chelsey Gullickson. … Was a finalist at the Nadja Gilchrist Webster, N.Y. 2007 Easter Bowl, defeating Melanie Oudin in the quarterfinal.

Won her first pro tournament last year in doubles in Wichita, Kan., and reached her first singles final in Brownsville, Texas, both $10,000 events on the USTA Pro 16 (7/4/93) 439 Circuit. … As a junior, she reached the singles and doubles quarterfinals at the Ester Goldfeld Brooklyn, N.Y. 2010 Australian Open, and won the singles title at the 2009 International Hard Court Championships.

All-American for the University of Georgia won the NCAA Division I singles title 19 (8/29/90) this year … Named 2009 ITA Rookie Player of the Year with 69 total wins (tied Palm Beach Gardens, No ranking Chelsey Gullickson school record). … Reached doubles final at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Fla. Hammond, La., in 2008 with sister, Carly.

Has competed in and Mexico, with a runner-up showing at the $10,000 20 (2/1/90) event in Cordoba, Mexico, in 2008. … Reached back-to-back quarterfinals at 709 Chloe Jones Baldwin City, Kan. $10,000 events in Landisville, Pa., and Sumter, S.C., in May 2009. … Doubles finalist at the 2007 Easter Bowl with Asia Muhammad.

No. 1 player in New Zealand. … Broke her shoulder while mountain biking in 19 (11/8/90) early 2009; returned and won four consecutive $25,000 titles (three in Australia 158 Sacha Jones (NZL) New Zealand and one in Rock Hill, S.C., on the USTA Pro Circuit) starting in September 2009. … Went 4-4 in singles and doubles for New Zealand’s Fed Cup team this year.

Peaked at a career-high No. 35 in 2005. … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 20 (8/8/89) 2005 French Open, upsetting in the third round. … Received wild Sesil Karatantcheva 134 (KAZ) card into 2010 Australian Open. … Suspended from play in 2006-07 after testing positive for the steroid nandrolone.

Became the youngest player since Martina Hingis in 1994 to win a tour-level match, defeating Alla Kudryavtseva in 2009 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. … Was 15 (2/17/95) No ranking a girls’ 16s finalist at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl. … Youngest player ever to Madison Keys Boca Raton, Fla. compete in World TeamTennis, defeating Serena Williams in a match during summer 2009.

11 * All information as of May 24, 2010 A D D I T I O N A L P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Kulikova Litvak McPhillips Min Moulton-Levy

Player Name Age / Hometown Ranking Player Information

Won two Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles titles in 2009. … Holds 13 career USTA 27 (12/8/82) Pro Circuit titles (12 doubles). … Was a five-time All-American at the University 952 Raquel Kops-Jones Fresno, Calif. of California-Berkeley and became the first Cal player named ITA National Senior Player of the Year (2004).

Born in . … Reached the third round of 2009 Wimbledon as a qualifier, 21 (1/30/89) defeating No. 27 seed . … Qualified for the 2010 Australian 70 Regina Kulikova (RUS) Open. … Reached the quarterfinals of the WTA event in Dubai as a qualifier this year. … Won two $50,000 Challengers in 2009 (Kansas City and Las Vegas).

First Asian named the ITF Junior World Champion after finishing 2008 ranked 18 (11/18/91) No. 1. … In 2009, swept the girls’ singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon and Noppawan 329 Lertcheewakarn (THA) Thailand reached the girls’ doubles final at the French Open and US Open. … Won first ITF-level title in 2008 at a $25,000 event in Indonesia.

Born in the Ukraine. … Played at Harvard for one year before turning pro. … 21 (11/15/88) Qualified for two $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in 2009 (Dothan, Ala., and 356 Lena Litvak Bronx, N.Y. Vancouver)… Competed in ITF-level events in Mexico, Korea, Greece, and .

Won her first professional title at the $10,000 event in Evansville, Ind., in July 2009. … Reached doubles final of the $25,000 event in Laguna Niguel, Calif., 24 (5/24/86) 604 this year. … Helped lead UCLA to the NCAA team title in 2008. … Served on the Elizabeth Lumpkin Naperville, N.M. Bruin Athletic Council for three years and earned the West Region Arthur Ashe Leadership Award. Reached her first professional final at the $10,000 event in Cleveland in 2009. … Swept the girls’ 16s singles and doubles titles at the 2010 Easter Bowl. … Won 16 (4/5/94) No ranking the girls’ 14s title in 2008 and the girls’ 16s title in 2009 at the USTA National Clay Kyle McPhillips Cleveland Court Championships. … Was a member of the winning U.S. team at the 2008 World finals. Won her first international junior title in February at an ITF event in . … Recently won the girls’ 18s doubles title at the Easter Bowl. … Reached the final 15 (6/5/94) 708 at both the International Spring Championships and the International Hard Court Grace Min Lawrenceville, Ga. Championships in 2009. … Reached the girls’ doubles quarterfinals at the 2009 US Open. … Helped lead the U.S. to the 2008 World Junior Tennis title.

Former All-American at the College of William & Mary was the first player in 25 (3/11/85) school history to advance to the singles semifinals of the NCAA Championships 522 Megan Moulton-Levy Monroe, Mich. (2006). … Reached the doubles final of the 2007 NCAA Championships. … Holds one USTA Pro Circuit singles title ($10,000 Evansville, Ind., in 2008).

Up-and-coming junior qualified and made it to the final of the $50,000 USTA Pro 17 (10/13/92) Circuit event in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., in May. … Reached the quarterfinals 392 Shelby Rogers Daniel Island, S.C. in her pro tournament debut, at the $10,000 event in St. Joseph, Mo., last year … Quarterfinalist at the 2009 Easter Bowl.

Played for three years at the University of Texas, earning All-America honors and 27 (5/3/83) 520 named ITA Southwest Region Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2002. … Won Katherine Ruckert Madison, Va. back-to-back $10,000 ITF-level events in Venezuela in both 2007 and 2008.

12 * All information as of May 24, 2010 A D D I T I O N A L P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Tatishvili Tsay Vickery Weinhold Will

Player Name Age / Hometown Ranking Player Information

USC junior is the No. 2 singles player in the collegiate rankings. … In 2009 she 20 (11/26/89) won the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Evansville, Ind., with Yasmin Schnack, No ranking Maria Sanchez Modesto, Calif. and qualified and reached the semis in singles at a $10,000 event in St. Joseph, Mo.

UCLA senior is No. 5 in the collegiate singles rankings after earning All-America 22 (5/4/88) honors in singles and doubles as a junior. … In 2009 she won the $10,000 USTA No ranking Yasmin Schnack Sacramento, Calif. Pro Circuit event in Evansville, Ind., with Maria Sanchez . … Competed in all four Grand Slams as a junior.

Qualified for Sony Ericsson WTA Tour events in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and 20 (2/3/90) Charleston, S.C., this year. … Won three USTA Pro Circuit titles in 2008, including 152 Anna Tatishvili (GEO) Boca Raton, Fla. $50,000 events in Boston and Troy, Ala. … Won first WTA Tour match in 2006 in Miami. … Competed on the 2009 Georgian Fed Cup team.

Won the doubles title at the 2010 International Spring Championships, and won the singles at the 2009 Girls’ 18s Winter National Championships. … Took third place 16 (10/8/93) 688 in singles and reached the doubles final at the 2009 USTA Girls’ 18s National Clay Ellen Tsay Pleasanton, Calif. Court Championships. … Swept the girls’ 16s singles and doubles titles at the 2008 Easter Bowl. … Has won prize money in piano and writing competitions.

Won team national championships at Stanford University in 2002 and 2004 27 (5/2/83) (earning All-America honors) before transferring to Texas Christian for her senior 687 Story Tweedie-Yates Redmond, Wash. year. … Reached two $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit singles finals during the summer of 2005 (Southlake, Texas, and Fort Worth, Texas).

Won an ITF Grade 2 event in February in Argentina. … Won the girls’ 16s title at 16 (1/19/94) the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl. … Reached the final at both the 2009 USTA Girls’ No ranking Chanelle Van Nguyen Miami 16s National Championships and the 2008 USTA Girls’ 14s National Clay Court Championships.

Reached the final at the 2010 International Spring Championships. … Reached the semifinals at the $10,000 event in Evansville, Ind., in 2009. … Won the girls’ 14s 15 (5/11/95) 975 title at the 2008 Easter Bowl. … Helped lead the U.S. to consecutive titles at the Sachia Vickery Miramar, Fla. World Junior Tennis Championships in 2008-09. … Worked with Richard Williams, father of the Williams sisters, for one summer. Reached the quarterfinals of $25,000 events in Jackson, Miss., and Hammond, La., in 2010. … No. 3 junior player in the world at the end of 2009. … Won the girls’ 18 (5/19/92) 346 singles title at the 2009 US Open and the girls’ doubles title at the 2009 French Heather Watson (GBR) Great Britain Open. … Won her first pro title in 2009 at a $10,000 ITF-level event in Great Britain. … Trains in Florida.

Won the 2007 USTA Girls’ 18s title, earning a singles wild card into the main draw 20 (6/20/89) of the US Open. … Captured her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in 2006 at the 498 Ashley Weinhold Austin, Texas $10,000 event in Southlake, Texas. … Played for the World TeamTennis St. Louis Aces in 2009.

Freshman at the University of Florida won her first USTA Pro Circuit event by capturing the doubles title at the $10,000 event in Sumter, S.C., in 2009. … Compiled 19 (4/20/91) 792 a 43-3 singles record for UF this season and is ranked No. 8 by the ITA. … Reached Allie Will Boca Raton, Fla. the doubles final at the 2009 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. … Once attempted to return Andy Roddick’s , while using ’s racquet.

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