TOURNAMENT NOTES as of March 10, 2016 ORLANDO WOMEN’S $10,000 TOURNAMENT ORLANDO, FL • MARCH 13-20 USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN’S TENNIS RETURNS TO ORLANDO TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Orlando Women’s $10,000 Tournament returns to Orlando for the fourth consecutive Site: Orlando Tennis Centre year. The city also hosted a USTA Pro Orlando, Fla. Circuit women’s event in 1992. This is the second of three consecutive USTA Pro Staples USTA/Peter Website: www.orlandotenniscentre.com Circuit clay-court women’s events held in procircuit.usta.com Florida in March, following Weston and preceding Naples. Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, March 13 To follow the tournament, download the USTA Tuesday, March 15 Main Draw Begins: Pro Circuit’s new phone app for smartphones and tablets by searching “procircuit” in the 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Main Draw: Apple and Google Play stores. Surface: Clay / Outdoor Notable players competing in Orlando include: Prize Money: $10,000 2014 Orlando singles champion Katerina Stewart, who made her Australian Open Tournament Director: qualifying debut in January. Stewart had a Tom Sweitzer, (717) 421-2209 strong season on the USTA Pro Circuit in
[email protected] 2015, winning three singles titles and going 13-2 in the spring in a string of $50,000 Tournament Press Contact: clay-court events, winning in Indian Harbour 2014 Orlando singles champion Katerina Charlie Williams, (321) 276-3967 Beach, Fla., and reaching the final in Stewart had a strong season on the USTA Pro
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