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as of January 2, 2014

MEN’S $10K PLANTATION COMMUNITY OPEN PLANTATION, FL • JANUARY 3-12

USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO PLANTATION, KICKS OFF 2014 SEASON TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Men’s $10K Plantation Community Open Site: Frank Veltri Center returns to Plantation for the sixth consecutive Plantation, Fla. year. It is the first USTA Pro Circuit men’s tournament of 2014 and one of seven Websites: www.pctc.plantationtennis.org consecutive $10,000 Futures held in Florida Anthony Behar procircuit.usta.com on clay courts to kick off the 2014 USTA Pro Circuit season. In conjunction with USTA Facebook: Frank Veltri Tennis Center/Plantation Tennis Player Development, the USTA Pro Circuit Twitter: @veltri_tennis continues to emphasize the importance of increased training on clay for younger players. Qualifying Draw Begins: Friday, Jan. 3 Plantation is one of 15 USTA Pro Circuit men’s Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, Jan. 7 events held in the state of Florida this year. Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Notable players competing in the main draw Surface: Clay / Outdoor include: $10,000 Prize Money: , who in 2011 became the Tournament Director: first American since John McEnroe in 1977 to Lowell Coffman, (954) 663-0568 win the boys’ singles title at the . [email protected] Fratangelo had a strong season on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2013, winning the $10,000 Bjorn Fratangelo, in 2011, became the first Tournament Press Contact: Futures in Weston, Fla., and Orange Park, Fla., American since John McEnroe in 1977 to Connor Montana, (954) 270-3820 and reaching two additional Futures finals. He win the boys’ singles title at the French Open. [email protected] also competed in qualifying for the US Open. Fratangelo won two USTA Pro Circuit Futures titles in 2013. USTA Public Relations Contact: Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219 , who in 2013 reached [email protected] the semifinals at three USTA Pro Circuit won three ITF Circuit events, in Ecuador and Futures events. He also spent August and Bolivia. As a college player for Ohio State September 2013 competing overseas and University, Buchanan won the NCAA doubles PRIZE MONEY / POINTS championship in 2012 with Blaz Rola, SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points earning a into the main draw of the Winner $1,440 17 men’s doubles event at the US Open that Runner-up $848 9 year. Buchanan also reached the final of the Semifinalist $502 5 David Kenas 2009 junior US Open and earned a wild card Quarterfinalist $292 2 into the main draw of the US Open men’s Round of 16 $172 1 singles event that year as the USTA Boys’ Round of 32 $104 -- 18s champion, losing in the opening round to then-No. 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Buchanan has DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) won three USTA Pro Circuit singles titles in Winner $620 his career. Runner-up $360 Semifinalist $216 , who was the top-ranked Quarterfinalist $128 American boys’ junior in 2012, peaking at a Round of 16 $0 career-high No. 5 in the world junior rankings. Krueger advanced to the semifinals of boys’ singles at the French Open and Wimbledon COMMUNITY EVENTS in 2012 and turned pro that July. Krueger Friday, January 10 Pro-Am and Tennis Under the Stars Chase Buchanan claimed the NCAA doubles title in 2012 for Ohio State and reached three USTA Pro Circuit semifinals in 2013.

*Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES captured his first pro singles title in 2013 at an ITF Circuit clay-court boys’ 16-and-under international team competition, and also reached event in the Netherlands. the singles semifinals of the 2004 USTA Boys’ 18 National Championships. , a 2013 graduate of the University of Michigan, where he was a three-time All-American (2011-13). He also was the Big Ten , who was named a doubles All-American during his Athlete of the Year in 2012 and 2013. King owns the program record sophomore year at the University of Florida, after reaching the doubles for most combined career singles and doubles wins (196) and ranks semifinals of the 2011 NCAA tournament. Bangoura ended the 2013 third all-time on Michigan’s singles wins list with 117. On the USTA Pro season strong, winning his first professional singles title at the $10,000 Circuit in 2013, King captured the second doubles title of his career at Futures in Niceville, Fla., and then winning a doubles title at the the $10,000 Futures in Godfrey, Ill., and won two additional doubles $10,000 Futures in Bradenton, Fla., the following week. Bangoura titles at ITF Circuit events in Canada in September. also reached the semifinals or better in doubles in the last five doubles draws he played in 2013. , who was the 2012 USTA Boys’ 18s national champion in singles and doubles. Those victories earned him wild-card entries Teenager , who was America’s top junior to begin 2013, into the men’s singles and doubles main draws at the 2012 US Open, having ascended as high as No. 6 in the world in January. A pupil of where he became the second USTA Boys’ 18s champ in the last 15 John McEnroe’s academy in Randalls Island, N.Y., Rubin reached the years to advance to the second round in singles. Novikov completed his quarterfinals at the 2012 French Open Junior Championships and has sophomore year at UCLA in spring 2013 and turned pro that summer. represented the United States in Junior , the boys’ 16-and- He won his first USTA Pro Circuit title in June 2013 at the $10,000 under international team competition. In 2013, Rubin advanced to the Futures in Amelia Island, Fla. Born in , Novikov moved with his third round of the junior French Open and reached the semifinals of the family to the United States at 1 year old and eventually chose tennis Easter Bowl. On the USTA Pro Circuit in 2013, he advanced to his first over hockey, swimming and gymnastics. final at the $10,000 Futures in Godfrey, Ill., and reached two additional semifinals. Dennis Nevolo, who advanced to his first USTA Pro Circuit singles final in 2013 at the $15,000 Futures in Mansfield, Texas. In addition, Nevolo has excelled in doubles, winning two Futures titles on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2013, both with Jean-Yves Aubone. Nevolo graduated in Many current ATP and USTA Pro Circuit standouts have found success 2012 from the University of Illinois, where he was ranked as high as in Plantation. No. 2 in the NCAA men’s singles rankings. 2012 Plantation singles champion achieved the best result , a former standout at Georgia Tech, where he received of his pro career in 2012 by reaching the third round of the US Open as All-America honors in 2011. He also was named to the All-ACC Team a wild card, losing to No. 11 seed Nicolas Almagro in a tight four-setter. in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and was a member of the ACC Academic He then repeated his result the following year, again reaching the third Honor Roll all four years at the school. King qualified for back-to-back round of the US Open in 2013, and peaked at No. 78 in the world in USTA Pro Circuit Challengers at the end of 2013 and won three ITF October 2013. Prior to his success in Plantation, Sock won the 2011 Circuit doubles titles, in Colombia and Ecuador. King’s father played US Open mixed doubles title with fellow American Melanie Oudin and football at Villanova, and his sister played varsity tennis at St. Leo captured the 2010 US Open boys’ singles title, defeating University in Florida. in an All-American final.

Five-time University of Florida All-American Greg Ouellette, who won 2012 doubles champion recently completed his the bronze medal in doubles at the 2011 Pan Am Games with Nicholas college tennis career at the University of Virginia and jumped 800 spots Monroe. Ouellette owns two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and four in the rankings since the start of 2013. Jenkins nearly won the NCAA doubles titles, with his last titles coming in 2012. “triple crown” in 2013, winning the NCAA team title—Virginia’s first— and the NCAA doubles championship with teammate Mac Styslinger, Romania’s , who won the Plantation singles title last year. while also reaching the NCAA singles final. Jenkins was named the ITA’s Crivoi peaked at No. 75 in the world in 2009 and has won matches at National Player of the Year for 2013 and ended the season as college the French Open and Wimbledon. He has captured 20 ITF and USTA tennis’s No. 1-ranked singles player. He reached the final round of Pro Circuit singles titles all over the world. qualifying at the 2013 US Open and won his first USTA Pro Circuit title at the $10,000 Futures in Rochester, N.Y., last summer. Notable players competing in qualifying include: 2010 singles champion Benoit Paire rose to a career-high No. 24 in Jean-Yves Aubone, who won a season-high four USTA Pro Circuit the world in August 2013. He reached the third round of the 2013 Futures doubles titles in 2013; he also won two singles titles in 2008. French Open and Wimbledon, having also reached the third round at Aubone played for Florida State University, where he was the first player Wimbledon in 2012. Paire won the first ATP doubles title of his career in the school’s history to earn All-America singles honors twice. As a in 2013 in Chennai, India, with Stanislas Wawrinka. Paire also reached junior player, he represented the United States in Junior Davis Cup, the the singles semifinals or better at four ATP events in 2013.

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USTA PRO CIRCUIT YOUTH TENNIS With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging The USTA is making it easier and more fun for kids to get into from $10,000 to $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. Celebrating its the game—and stay in the game. Kids are learning to play 35th anniversary in 2014, the USTA Pro Circuit provides players with the opportunity to gain professional faster than ever before through the USTA’s youth initiative, ranking points, and it has grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering which is geared toward getting more kids to participate in nearly $3 million in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Mardy Fish, Maria Sharapova, John Isner, Caroline Wozniacki, Sam tennis using modified equipment and courts tailored to a child’s Querrey, Victoria Azarenka and are among today’s top stars who began their careers on size. For more information, visit YouthTennis.com. the USTA Pro Circuit.

More recently, the USTA Pro Circuit helped launch the careers of two young NJTL Americans—Bradley Klahn and Shelby Rogers. Former Stanford standout and 2010 Founded in 1969 by Arthur Ashe, along with Charlie Pasarell NCAA champion Klahn was the 2013 USTA

Joyce Tartar-Rideout and Sheridan Snyder, the USTA/National Junior Tennis & Pro Circuit Prize Money Leader with $50,606 Learning (NJTL) network is a nationwide group of more than in earnings, reaching five USTA Pro Circuit singles finals and winning two singles titles: 625 non-profit youth development organizations that provide the $15,000 Futures in Costa Mesa, Calif., free or low-cost tennis, education and life skills programming in March, and the $100,000 Challenger in to more than 350,000 children each year. Celebrating its Aptos, Calif., in August. The two singles 44th anniversary this year, NJTL is one of the USTA’s largest titles were the first USTA Pro Circuit singles community-based offerings.. crowns of his career. Klahn also earned Bradley Klahn a USTA wild card into the 2013 US Open through a wild card challenge incorporating USTA Pro Circuit events. Klahn finished 2013 US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS ranked in the Top 100 for the first time in his career after starting the year ranked outside The USTA launched the US Open the Top 250. Rogers was the 2013 women’s National Playoffs in 2010, USTA Pro Circuit Prize Money Leader with making the US Open “open” to $36,308 in earnings, winning three singles titles with prize money of $50,000 or more ($50,000 events in Charlottesville, Va., and Lexington, Ky., and anyone age 14+ and of all skill the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M.). Rogers also earned a USTA wild card into both the French Open levels. Last year, more than and the US Open by winning wild card challenges for the two tournaments utilizing a series 1,000 players competed in 13 of USTA Pro Circuit events. In her debut at the 2013 French Open, Rogers won her first round match. She Sectional Qualifying Tournaments peaked at No. 116 in the world in October 2013, rising more than 100 spots throughout the year. Both nationwide for a 2013 US Open Klahn and Rogers train with the USTA Player Development program. Qualifying Tournament wild card. A mixed doubles element also was held, with the winning team earning a main draw mixed PLAYER DEVELOPMENT doubles wild card. Mayo Hibi, a 17-year-old Japanese player living in Irvine, Calif., won the 2013 US Open National Playoffs The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions women’s title and USTA Pro Circuit regular Jeff Dadamo, 24, by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need of Tampa, Fla., won the men’s wild card. Yasmin Schnack to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center and Eric Roberson won the mixed doubles tournament. The Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as schedule for this year’s US Open National Playoffs will be well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. released in early 2014.

PLANTATION PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2013 Victor Crivoi (ROU) (POR) 2013 Franco Skugor (CRO) – Pedro Sousa (POR) 2012 Jack Sock (USA) Jason Kubler (AUS) 2012 Drew Courtney (USA) – Jarmere Jenkins (USA) 2011 Luka Gregorc (SLO) Olivier Sajous (HAI) 2011 Roman Borvanov (MDA) – Dennis Zivkovic (USA) 2010 Benoit Paire (FRA) Marco Mirnegg (AUT) 2010 (ITA) – Deniss Pavlovs (LAT) 2009 Jesse Witten (USA) Nicolas Todero (ARG) 2009 Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) – Jesse Witten (USA)