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USTA PRO CIRCUIT PLAYER INFORMATION PLAYERS TO WATCH Kristie Ahn pg. 2 Vania King pg. 6 Lauren Albanese Michaella Krajicek (NED) Julia Boserup Lindsay Lee-Waters Madison Brengle Varvara Lepchenko Beatrice Capra Mirjana Lucic (CRO) Mallory Cecil pg. 3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands pg. 7 Julia Cohen Christina McHale Kimberly Couts Alexandra Mueller Jill Craybas Asia Muhammad Julie Ditty Lilia Osterloh Stephanie Dubois (CAN) pg. 4 Shenay Perry pg. 8 Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) Alison Riske Lauren Embree Ahsha Rolle Irina Falconi Abigail Spears Nicole Gibbs Sloane Stephens Alexa Glatch pg. 5 Alexandra Stevenson pg. 9 Ester Goldfeld Valerie Tetreault (CAN) Laura Granville CoCo Vandeweghe Carly Gullickson Mashona Washington Angela Haynes Caitlin Whoriskey ADDITIONAL PLAYERS TO WATCH Brittany Augustine pg. 10 Regina Kulikova (RUS) pg. 12 Hilary Barte Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) Tarakaa Bertrand Lena Litvak Gail Brodsky Elizabeth Lumpkin Mallory Burdette Amanda McDowell Jacqueline Cako Kyle McPhillips Audra Cohen Grace Min Lauren Davis Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) Courtney Dolehide Megan Moulton-Levy Jennifer Elie Alexis Prousis Amanda Fink pg. 11 Katherine Ruckert pg. 13 Kristy Frilling Anna Tatishvili (GEO) Nadja Gilchrist Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) Chelsey Gullickson Ellen Tsay Jamie Hampton Story Tweedie-Yates Chloe Jones Chanelle Van Nguyen Sacha Jones (NZL) Sachia Vickery Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) Heather Watson (GBR) Madison Keys Ashley Weinhold Raquel Kops-Jones Allie Will ** All players American unless otherwise noted. * All information as of February 1, 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. 2009 year-end ranking: 345 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 Dinara Safina in the first round. Ahn won her third USTA Pro Circuit title in March 2009 at the $25,000 event in Hammond, La., 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 May 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. Lauren Albanese Age: 20 (10/1/89) Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla. 2009 year-end ranking: 178 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. 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. She also played doubles at the 2009 US Open. 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. 2009 year-end ranking: 740 Boserup had her breakthrough at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl, winning her first title on the ITF World Junior Circuit. On the pro level in 2009, she qualified for the $50,000 ITF event in Toronto and advanced to the second round. Boserup also advanced to the final round of qualifying for the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Vancouver and reached the doubles final at the $50,000 event in Kansas City, Mo., with partner Laura Granville. 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: 19 (4/3/90) Hometown: Dover, Del. 2009 year-end ranking: 155 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 French Open. 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: 17 (4/6/92) Hometown: Ellicott City, Md. 2009 year-end ranking: 859 Capra won her first professional singles title in October 2009 at the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in Williamsburg, Va. On the junior level, she reached the girls’ singles quarterfinals at the 2009 US Open and the girls’ doubles semifinals at Wimbledon. Capra, the top-ranked player in the USTA Girls’ 18s national standings for much of last year, also won the USTA Girls’ 18s Spring National Championships and reached the semifinals at the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. In 2008, she won the ITF Pan American Closed Championships and was a finalist at the USTA Girls’ 18s National Clay Court Championships. She also reached the semifinals at the $10,000 event in Houston and won doubles titles at $10,000 events, in Sumter, S.C., and Southlake, Texas. 2 * All information as of February 1, 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. 2009 year-end ranking: 413 As a freshman in 2009, Cecil won the NCAA Division I singles title and led Duke University 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. In September, Cecil 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, Cecil 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, Cecil reached the doubles final at the 2008 Girls’ 18s National Championships and won the doubles title at the 2007 Dunlop Orange Bowl. Julia Cohen Age: 20 (3/23/89) Hometown: Philadelphia 2009 year-end ranking: 251 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 also thrived on the pro level in 2009, reaching the semifinals at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif., the quarterfinals at a $100,000 event in Bronx, N.Y., and the semifinals at $25,000 ITF events in Waterloo, Canada, and Mexico City. 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). 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. 2009 year-end ranking: 295 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. Last year, she advanced to the semifinals at $25,000 events in El Paso, Texas, and Laguna Niguel, Calif., the second round at the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M., and qualified for $50,000 events in Clearwater, Fla., and Las Vegas. Couts also won doubles titles at $25,000 events in Lutz, Fla., and Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and reached the doubles final in Las Vegas and Grapevine, Texas, also a $50,000 event. In 2008, Couts reached the singles semifinals at the $25,000 events in Raleigh, N.C., and El Paso, Texas, and captured the doubles championship in Raleigh and at the $50,000 event in Lexington, Ky. 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. 2009 year-end ranking: 77 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. Her best result came at Wimbledon in 2005, when she knocked off current world No.