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TOURNAMENT NOTES

as of September 5, 2018

THE CLAREMONT CLUB USTA PRO CLASSIC CLAREMONT, CA. • SEPT. 7-16, 2018

USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO CLAREMONT FOR 23rd YEAR The Claremont USTA Pro Classic will be held in Claremont for the 23rd consecutive year. It is the first of three consecutive $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit events held in California, preceding UCLA Athletics TOURNAMENT INFO Laguna Niguel and Fountain Valley.

Site: The Claremont Club Notable players competing in the main draw include: Websites: www.claremontclub.com www.procircuit.usta.com Henry Craig, 23, Murrieta, Calif. Twitter: @ClaremontClub • Two-time Summit League Player of the Year Facebook: The Claremont Club (2014-15) at the University of Denver , 22, Chicago Qualifying Draw Begins: Friday, September 7 • Was the No. 1-ranked collegiate singles Martin Redlicki won his second NCAA doubles Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, September 11 player and won the NCAA doubles title for the championship, with Evan Zhu, as a senior at Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles second time (also won in 2016) as a senior at UCLA in 2018. UCLA in 2018. Surface: Hard / Outdoor • 2013 US Open boys’ doubles champion. Mousheg Hovhannisyan, 26, Los Angeles Prize Money: $15,000 • Trained with brother, Michael, at the former • Played four seasons of college at Tournament Director: USTA National Training Center in Boca Raton, Pepperdine from 2009-13: finished with an Barry Friedman, (909) 754-3898 Fla. 80-52 record in singles and 32-24 in doubles. [email protected] Paul Oosterbaan, 22, Kalamazoo, Mich. • Born in Armenia – Father, Stepan, was a star table tennis player in the Soviet Union. Tournament Press Contact: • Member of four SEC championship teams at the University of Georgia Steve Pratt, (310) 408-4555 Brandon Holt, 20, Rolling Hills, Calif. [email protected] • Reached the singles final at an ITF Futures • Went 25-12 in singles and 17-5 in doubles tournament in Calgary in June as a sophomore at USC in 2017-18. USTA Communications Contact: • 6-foot-7 Pat Mitsch, (914) 697-2291, [email protected] • Two-time ITA Singles All-American; Ended Trevor Johnson, 22, Las Vegas the year as the No. 12 collegiate singles player PRIZE MONEY / POINTS • Won 73 singles and 87 doubles matches in in the country. SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points a four-year career at TCU • Son of International Tennis Hall of Famer Winner $2,160 18 • First Team All-Big 12 in singles and Second Tracy Austin. Runner-up $1,272 10 Team in doubles as a senior in 2018 • Has won three USTA Pro Circuit Futures Semifinalist $753 6 doubles titles, all with USC teammate Riley Quarterfinalist $438 2 Smith, son of USC head coach Peter Smith Round of 16 $258 1 Round of 32 $156 — DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) Winner $930 Runner-up $540 Semifinalist $324 Quarterfinalist $192 Round of 16 $180 Garrett Ellwood

Brandon Holt, a two-time singles All-American at USC, is the son of International Tennis Hall of Famer Tracy Austin.

*Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES

CLAREMONT PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2017 Karue Sell (BRA) Martin Redlicki (USA) 2017 (USA) – Karue Sell (BRA) 2016 Sebastian Fanselow (GER) Evan Zhu (USA) 2016 Alexios Halebian (USA) – Luis Patino (MEX) 2015 Deiton Baughman (USA) Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 2015 Jean-Yves Aubone (USA) – Gonzales Austin (USA) 2014 Dennis Nevolo (USA) Salvatore Caruso (ITA) 2014 Jeff Dadamo (USA) – Dennis Nevolo (USA) 2013 (USA) Dennis Novikov (USA) 2013 (AUS) – (MEX) 2012 Daniel Kosakowski (USA) Prakash Amritraj (IND) 2012 Devon Britton (USA) – Reid Carleton (USA) 2011 (USA (BAR) 2011 Alexandre Lacroix (FRA) – (IND) 2010 Gary Sacks (RSA) (USA) 2010 Taylor Fogleman (USA) – Chris Kearney (USA) 2009 Matej Bocko (SVK) (USA) 2009 Brett Joelson (USA) – Ashwin Kumar (USA) 2008 Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) Adriano Biasella (ITA) 2008 Marcus Fugate (USA) – Nima Roshan (AUS) (USA) 2007 Carsten Ball (AUS) Robert Yim (USA) 2007 Nikita Kryvonos (USA) – Michael McClune (USA) 2006 (ISR) Sascha Kloer (GER) 2006 Ryler DeHeart (USA) – Dennis Zivkovic (USA) 2005 (GER) Tyler Cleveland (USA) 2005 K.C. Corkery (USA) – James Pade (USA) 2004 (USA) (USA) 2004 (USA) – (USA) 2003 (USA) Jimy Szmymanski (VEN) 2003 K.C. Corkery (USA) – James Pade (USA) 2002 Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (RSA) 2002 Chris Magyary (USA) – Mirko Pehar (USA) 2001 Marq Foster (USA) Huntley Montgomery (USA) 2001 Sebastien Jaeger (GER) – Alexander Waske (GER) 2000 Geoff Abrams (USA) Daniel Andersson (SWE) 2000 Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) – (USA) 1999 Ryan Wolters (USA) Jordan Kerr (AUS) 1999 Mark Loughrin (USA) – Ryan Wolters (USA) 1998 Ville Liukko (FIN) Michael Mather (USA) 1998 Simon Larose (CAN) – Jocelyn Robichaud (CAN)