TOURNAMENT NOTES as of July 17, 2018 BRAIDY INDUSTRIES $60,000 WOMEN’S TENNIS CLASSIC presented by Bon Secour Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital ASHLAND, KY. • JULY 22-29 USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN’S TENNIS COMES TO ASHLAND AS US OPEN WILD CARD CHALLENGE SWEEPS THROUGH KENTUCKY The road to the US Open, for at least one American woman, now has two stops in Northeastern Kentucky, as the Braidy Industries $60,000 Women’s Tennis TOURNAMENT INFO Classic presented by Bon Secour Our Lady Site: Ashland Tennis Center, Ashland, Ky. of Bellefonte Hospital joins the USTA Pro Getty Images for USTA Websites: www.ashlandprotennis.com Circuit for the US Open Wild Card Challenge. www.procircuit.usta.com The first-year tournament in Ashland joins Facebook: Braidy Industries Tennis Classic presented by the longtime event in Lexington, which is Bon Secour Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital next week, as integral stops on the summer Sachia Vickery beat two-time Grand Slam calendar, as a number of American women champion Garbine Muguruza to reach the third Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, July 22 compete for a spot in next month’s round at Indian Wells this spring, rising to Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, July 24 US Open, the final Grand Slam of the year. No. 75 in the world. Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles The US Open Wild Card Challenge awards Sachia Vickery, 23, Miramar, Fla. Surface: Hard / Outdoor one American woman and man a main • Competed in WTA events throughout Prize Money: $60,000 draw wild card entry into the US Open. The Classic is the third in the string of five the European clay-court and grass-court Tournament Director: $60,000 USTA Pro Circuit women’s events seasons; Qualified and reached the second Jack Ditty, (606) 923-5225 that, along with the WTA tournaments in San round at Wimbledon. [email protected] Jose, Calif., and Washington, D.C., will help • Has been ranked as high as No. 75 in the Tournament Press Contact: determine which American woman, whose world in 2018. April McKenzie, (606) 547-1122 ranking falls outside the direct-entry cutoff • Has had her best results on hard courts [email protected] for the US Open, gets into the year’s final this year – beat two-time Grand Slam Grand Slam in New York. USTA Communications Contact: champion Garbine Muguruza to reach the third round at Indian Wells; also reached the Pat Mitsch; (914) 697-2291; [email protected] The women’s wild card will be awarded to semifinals at WTA events in Auckland and PRIZE MONEY / POINTS the American with the highest cumulative Monterrey. total of WTA singles ranking points earned SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points from their best two results during this five- • In 2017, qualified for the US Open and Winner $9,119 80 week period. won her first-round match. Following the Runner-up $4,863 48 US Open, reached the quarterfinals of the WTA event in Quebec City and then won her Semifinalist $2,659 29 This tournament will be streamed live on third career USTA Pro Circuit singles title at Quarterfinalist $1,520 15 www.procircuit.usta.com. Round of 16 $911 8 the $60,000 event in Templeton, Calif., at the end of September. Round of 32 $533 1 Notable players competing in Ashland DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) include: • In 2015, advanced to the quarterfinals Winner $3,344 of the WTA’s Wimbledon tune-up event in Runner-up $1,672 Nottingham, Great Britain, and won the Semifinalist $836 first two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles of Quarterfinalist $456 her career at the $25,000 Florida events in Round of 16 $304 Plantation and Sunrise. Pete Staples / USTA • In 2014, earned a main-draw wild card into the Australian Open by winning the Caroline Dolehide won her first $60,000 title at the USTA Pro Circuit clay-court event in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., in April. *Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES USTA’s Australian Open Wild Card Playoff. Also in 2014, reached Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of the Year and Rookie of the quarterfinals at the US Open Series event in Stanford, Calif.— the Year, as well as the 2014 ACC Women’s Tennis Player of the her first WTA quarterfinal. Year, making her the third UNC player ever to earn that distinction. • In 2013, won the USTA National Girls’ 18s singles and doubles • Reached a career-high ranking of No. 132 in February. titles, earning wild cards into the main draws of the singles and • Received a wild card into the 2015 US Open, where she lost to doubles events at the US Open. At the Open, she won her first-round Caroline Wozniacki in the first round. match in her Grand Slam debut, defeating Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in • Holds seven USTA/ITF Pro Circuit singles titles and seven doubles straight sets. titles. Reached the singles final of the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit • As a junior, ascended to No. 6 in the ITF World Junior Rankings. event in Midland, Mich., this year. • Coached by Felix Alvarado; Also works with Jay Devashetty and Caroline Dolehide, 19, Orlando, Fla. Dom Lasic • Came through qualifying to play in the main draws of both the French Open and Wimbledon; Won her first-round match at the Grace Min, 24, Atlanta/Orlando, Fla. French. • Won her 10th USTA Pro Circuit singles title, and first of 2018, at • Won her first $60,000 title at the USTA Pro Circuit clay-court the $25,000 women’s event in Bethany Beach, Del. Also reached event in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., in April. the final at the $25,000 event in Daytona Beach, Fla., the first • Advanced to the third round of the WTA event in Indian Wells in tournament of the 2018 season. 2018, where she pushed world No. 1 Simona Halep to three sets. • Qualified for the French Open this year and lost in the first round; • Won her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in June 2016 at the Lost in qualifying for Wimbledon 2018. $10,000 event in Buffalo, N.Y.; also won her first career doubles • Peaked at a career-high No. 97 in the world in March 2015 after title in Buffalo. reaching the second round of the WTA’s Rio Open and competing in • Won two singles titles in 2017 at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit Indian Wells. event in Surprise, Ariz., as well as the ITF Pro Circuit event in • In 2014, reached the semifinals of the WTA event in Bad Gastein, Winnipeg, Canada. Also holds three doubles titles. Austria—her first-ever WTA semifinal—and competed in the • Advanced to first WTA quarterfinal in 2017 in Quebec City as a US Open and French Open main draws and qualifying at qualifier to break into the Top 150 for the first time. Also qualified Roland Garros. and reached the second round at the US Open Series event in • Was one of the top juniors in the world in 2011, when she won Stanford in 2017, losing to Madison Keys. the US Open girls’ singles title and the Wimbledon girls’ doubles • Ranked as high as No. 16 in the ITF World Junior Rankings. title, propelling her to No. 4 in the world junior rankings. • Reached the singles semifinals at the 2014 junior US Open and • Trains at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. the doubles final at both the 2015 junior French Open and the 2016 junior US Open. Jessica Pegula, 24, Buffalo, N.Y. • Had the Week 1 lead in the US Open Wild Card Challenge after Kristie Ahn, 26, Upper Saddle River, N.J./Orlando, Fla. reaching the finals of the $60,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in • Graduated from Stanford in 2014 as a four-time All-American; Honolulu. Went 97-17 in four seasons with the Cardinal and was named the • Has reached the singles quarterfinals or better at five USTA Pro 2014 ITA National Senior Player of the Year. Circuit events this year, and has made the doubles final at three • Competed as a wild card at this year’s Australian Open after $60,000-plus events in 2018. winning the USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge – • Did not compete from January 2017 to August 2017 due to was her first appearance in a Grand Slam main draw since the 2008 injury. US Open. • Qualified for the 2016 US Open main draw and competed in • Qualified for the 2018 WTA Australian Open tune-up event in US Open qualifying in 2017. Sydney and beat Samantha Stosur in the first round of Charleston • Advanced to her first career WTA semifinal in summer 2016 in this year. Washington, D.C. • Has won seven USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Pro Circuit singles titles • Played in just one tournament in 2014 after having knee surgery. overall, as well as two doubles titles. Returned to competition in 2015 and, in her comeback, qualified • Qualified for the 2008 US Open, where she lost to former world for the 2015 US Open and won her first-round match in her first- No. 1 Dinara Safina in the first round. ever Grand Slam main draw. • Has trained at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. • Career-high rankings of No. 123 in singles and No. 92 in doubles. Holds five USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Pro Circuit doubles titles, Jamie Loeb, 23, Ossining, N.Y. including two titles in 2017. • Was a college star at the University of North Carolina, winning the 2015 NCAA Division I singles title to become the first singles Victoria Duval, 22, Bradenton, Fla.