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as of January 16, 2014

THE ROYAL LAHAINA CHALLENGER MAUI, HI • JANUARY 19–26

USTA PRO CIRCUIT IN MAUI FOR 9TH YEAR (NON-CONSECUTIVE) TOURNAMENT INFO The Royal Lahaina Challenger brings the Site: The Royal Lahaina Resort – Lahaina, Hawaii USTA Pro Circuit to Maui for the second Websites: www.royallahainachallenger.com consecutive year. Maui hosted an event from 1984-87 and in 1993 and 2006. Honolulu

procircuit.usta.com Getty Images hosted a USTA Pro Circuit men’s Challenger Facebook: 2014 Royal Lahaina Challenger from 2003-12. It is the only USTA Pro Twitter: @RLChallenger Circuit event hosted in Hawaii and is the first $50,000 Challenger of the 2013 season. Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, Jan. 19 Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, Jan. 21 This tournament will be streamed live on www.procircuit.usta.com. Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Prize Money: $50,000 Surface: Hard / Outdoor Notable players competing in the main draw include: Tournament Director: Ron Romano, (808) 277-0089, [email protected] , 21, one of the top young players Tournament Press Contact: in the game, who reached the second round Stephanie Hughes-White, (808) 585-9525 of the . Sock broke into [email protected] the Top 100 last year after reaching the third round of the US Open for a second USTA Public Relations Contact: Jack Sock, the 2010 US Open junior Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] consecutive year. Also in 2013, he qualified for the 2013 and reached the champion and 2011 US Open mixed doubles winner, broke into the ATP singles Top 100 quarterfinals of the ATP event in Memphis. PRIZE MONEY / POINTS last summer and reached the third round of In doubles, he teamed with fellow American SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points the US Open for a second consecutive year. Winner $7,200 80 to win the US Open mixed Runner-up $4,240 48 doubles title in 2011, and in 2012, he , who is one of the most highly Semifinalist $2,510 29 teamed with to knock off the touted young Americans competing on the Quarterfinalist $1,460 15 top-seeded team of and Daniel Round of 16 $860 7 Nestor in the first round of US Open men’s ATP World Tour. He earned a spot on the U.S. Round of 32 $520 -- doubles. As a junior, Sock won the 2010 Olympic team for the 2012 Games in London US Open boys’ singles title (defeating Denis and has been a member of the U.S. Davis DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) Kudla in an all-American final), won the Cup team. He also has enjoyed success on Winner $3,100 USTA Boys’ 18s National Championships the ATP World Tour, reaching three semifinals Runner-up $1,800 in 2010 and 2011 to earn a in 2012 to climb to No. 43 in the world. Semifinalist $1,080 into the US Open and graduated from Harrison arrives in Maui after losing in the Quarterfinalist $640 first round of the to Round of 16 $360 Blue Valley North High School in Kansas in 2011 with an 80-0 record for his high No. 25 seed Gael Monfils. In 2013, Harrison COMMUNITY EVENTS school career, winning four consecutive state reached the semifinals of the Emirates Airline championships. Sock trains with the USTA US Open Series event in , advanced Saturday, Jan. 18 – Free Youth Fest Player Development program at the USTA to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open (Ages 12 and Under), 10 a.m.-noon Training Center – West in Carson, Calif. tune-up event in , Australia, and Sunday, Jan. 19 – Pro-Am, time TBD reached the second round of the Australian Open and the French Open (losing to John Free Teen Clinic & Jr. Tournament Monday, Jan. 20 – Isner in five sets in Paris). He also won the Players (Ages 13 and Over), 3 p.m.-4 p.m.; $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in

Free Adult Tennis Doubles Clinic Getty Images Savannah, Ga. Harrison has played in the (Ages 18 and Over), 4 p.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 – Ice Cream Nite, sponsored by Roselani Ice Cream, 6 p.m. , the 2010 NCAA men’s singles Wednesday, Jan. 22 – Boys & Girls Club Visit, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. champion and the highest-ranked American in Maui, at No. 93, was the 2013 USTA Pro Circuit Thursday, Jan. 23 – USTA Adult League Appreciation Nite, prize money leader, reaching five singles finals 6 p.m. and winning two titles. Friday, Jan. 24 – School Day Invitational, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 25 – Big Brothers/Big Sisters Tennis Clinic, 9 a.m.-10 a.m. *Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES

US Open main draw each of the last four years; in 2010, he qualified trains with the USTA Player Development program at the USTA and upset No. 15 seed Ivan Ljubicic in the opening round, and he Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. also advanced to the second round in 2012. Harrison trains with the USTA Player Development program at the USTA Training Center , who is currently in the third round of the Australian Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. Open. Young broke into the world’s Top 40 in February 2012 and qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team. He competed in all four Bradley Klahn, who is the highest-ranked American in Maui at No. 93 events that year, reaching the second round of the in the world. He recently competed in the 2014 Australian Open, Australian Open. In 2011, he reached the round of 16 at the losing in the first round to No. 22 seed in four US Open, upsetting two Top 30 players en route, for his best Grand sets. Klahn had an excellent finish to his 2013 season; he won the Slam result. He also reached the final of the ATP World Tour event $100,000 Challenger in Aptos, Calif., and reached the final at the in and the semifinals of the Emirates Airline US Open $50,000 Challenger in Binghamton, N.Y., to earn a main-draw wild Series event in Washington, D.C. In April 2013, Young won an ATP card into the 2013 US Open, where he advanced to the second round. Challenger in Leon, , for his first title since 2011, and he Klahn won the 2010 NCAA men’s singles title for Stanford University, qualified and reached the second round of the 2013 US Open. He and he was a collegiate All-American in 2010, 2011 and 2012. subsequently won the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Napa, Following his pro debut in 2012, Klahn received a wild card into Calif., in September 2013, immediately followed by a title at the qualifying at the 2012 US Open and subsequently won three matches $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Sacramento, Calif.—the to advance to the main draw, where he upset Top 50 player and fellow sixth and seventh Challenger titles of his career on the USTA Pro lefty Jurgen Melzer in five sets in the first round. In doing so, Klahn Circuit. A standout junior player, Young was a two-time Grand Slam became the first men’s qualifying wild card to win a round at the tournament champion (2005 Australian Open, 2007 Wimbledon) and, US Open. Klahn led the 2013 USTA Pro Circuit in prize money, with at age 16 years, 5 months, became the youngest-ever year-end world $50,606, after reaching five singles finals and winning two titles. Also junior No. 1 in 2005. in 2013, he served as a practice partner for the U.S. team in Jacksonville, Fla., where the U.S. defeated . Klahn started , the 2004 junior French Open runner-up (to Gael playing tennis when he was 11 years old after his mother, who played Monfils), who earned a main-draw wild card into the 2013 French tennis at Iowa, signed him up for a summer round-robin league. Open by winning the Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge Klahn trains with the USTA Player Development program at the USTA via his results on the USTA Pro Circuit—including a tournament title Training Center – West in Carson, Calif. as a qualifier at the Challenger in Sarasota, Fla. Following the French Open, Kuznetsov qualified for Wimbledon. Later in the summer, Steve Johnson, who earned a wild card into the 2014 Australian he won the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Binghamton, Open main draw by winning the USTA Australian Open Wild Card N.Y., and qualified for and advanced to the second round of the Playoff in Norcross, Ga., against fellow up-and-coming Americans. Emirates Airline US Open Series event in Washington, D.C., where In Australia, Johnson lost in the first round in five sets to ’s he lost to . Those results drove Kuznetsov’s ranking up to . Johnson turned pro in 2012 after completing a career-high No. 120 in the world. In 2012, Kuznetsov qualified for an outstanding college tennis career at the University of Southern the Australian Open to make his first appearance in a Grand Slam California, winning the 2011 and 2012 NCAA singles championships tournament main draw since 2007; he lost to in the first and leading the Trojans to team titles all four years he played for the round. A native of Kiev, Ukraine, where his grandfather was a handball school. Johnson has had an impressive professional debut following champion, Kuznetsov suffered a severe leg injury in a 2005 car his time at USC. He reached the third round of the 2012 US Open, accident and needed a titanium rod and screw placed in his right leg. becoming the first reigning NCAA champion to advance to the third He came back to play in his first US Open main draw in 2006. round of the men’s singles since Sargis Sargisian in 1995. And in 2013, Johnson reached his first ATP quarterfinal, in San Jose, Calif., , who was a five-time All-American at Texas A&M and and came through qualifying at both the Australian Open and French the 2011 NCAA men’s doubles champion with Jeff Dadamo. Krajicek Open, in addition to making his Wimbledon debut. Johnson trains with had a strong season on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2013, winning two the USTA Player Development program at the USTA Training Center – Futures singles titles and three doubles titles (two Challengers). In West in Carson, Calif. turn, he cracked the Top 250 in singles and the Top 100 in doubles for the first time in his career. A standout junior player, he won the , who broke into the Top 100 for the first time in his 2008 USTA Boys’ 18s National Championships, earning a wild card career in 2013 after advancing to the second round of the US Open into the 2008 US Open men’s singles main draw. Krajicek, a distant and Wimbledon and competing in a number of Emirates Airline relative of former Wimbledon champion , has been a US Open Series events. He qualified for the and practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team on three occasions. reached the quarterfinals of the ATP Wimbledon warm-up event at Club—his best ATP result. Also in 2013, Kudla won the , whose name is pronounced like the sport and $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Tallahassee, Fla., for his who turned pro following his sophomore season at the University fifth USTA Pro Circuit singles title and third Challenger title. Kudla of Tennessee, after reaching the semifinals of the 2011 NCAA lost in the first round of the 2014 Australian Open. In 2012, Kudla tournament. He nearly qualified for the main draw at the 2014 competed in the US Open as a wild card and finished the season as Australian Open, falling to Steve Johnson in five sets in the final of the the top ATP points earner among Americans and the leader in prize USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoff in Norcross, Ga. Sandgren money on the USTA Pro Circuit. Kudla was formerly ranked No. 3 in won three USTA Pro Circuit Futures titles (in four finals) in 2012 the world junior rankings and reached the boys’ singles final at the climbing nearly 300 spots in the ATP rankings. In 2013, Sandgren 2010 US Open, where he lost to Jack Sock in three sets. Kudla has graduated to Challengers and won the year-end $50,000 USTA Pro served as a Davis Cup practice partner. He was born in the Ukraine Circuit Challenger in Champaign, Ill., to break into the Top 200 for and came to the U.S. with his parents on his first birthday. Kudla the first time in his career. He also captured the doubles title at the

*Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES

$50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Tallahassee, Fla., with Austin , who in 2011 became the first American since John Krajicek last year. Sandgren served as a Davis Cup practice partner McEnroe in 1977 to win the boys’ singles title at the French Open. for the U.S. team as it prepared to face in early April 2013 Fratangelo had a strong season on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2013, in Boise, Idaho. His brother, Davey, was a two-time All-American for winning the $10,000 Futures in Weston, Fla., and Orange Park, Tennessee, lettering from 2007 to 2010. Fla., and reaching two additional Futures finals. He also competed in qualifying for the US Open. , who is a 10-plus-year veteran of the pro tour, returned to competition in January 2011 following a year-long suspension as Daniel Kosakowski, who competed for one season at UCLA before dictated by the Tennis Anti-Doping Program, which is administered going pro, playing in the No. 1 singles position for the Bruins and by the ITF. He got his career back on track by rejoining the USTA Pro earning 2011 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors. Kosakowski made Circuit and climbing more than 1,200 spots in the ATP rankings to a splash in his first full season as a professional in 2012, reaching finish 2011 just outside the Top 100. Odesnik continued to build the final round of qualifying at the US Open and winning back-to-back on that success in 2012, qualifying for Wimbledon and competing USTA Pro Circuit Futures events in California following the US Open. on the USTA Pro Circuit and overseas. In 2013, he again qualified Behind those victories, he cracked the Top 250 for the first time, for Wimbledon, qualified for and reached the second round in Indian after starting 2012 ranked outside the Top 400. Kosakowski spent a Wells, and reached the final of the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit majority of 2013 competing overseas in ITF events in South America Challenger in Sarasota, Fla. Odesnik arrives in Maui after qualifying and Asia. Kosakowski comes from a tennis-playing family; his brother for the 2014 Australian Open, where he fell in the first round to and two sisters all played or are currently playing college tennis. France’s . Odesnik has won 10 career USTA Pro Circuit singles titles, including four in 2011. Prior to his suspension, Odesnik , who was the top-ranked American boys’ junior in reached the third round at the and was a finalist 2012, peaking at a career-high No. 5 in the world junior rankings. at the ATP event in Houston in 2009. He has also competed in the Krueger advanced to the semifinals of the boys’ singles at the French US Open main draw on five occasions, reaching the second round in Open and Wimbledon in 2012 and turned pro that July. Krueger 2007 and 2008. captured his first pro singles title in 2013 while competing overseas at a clay-court ITF event in the Netherlands. Notable players competing in qualifying include: *Player field subject to change

MAUI PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2013 (JPN) (GER) 2013 Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) – Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 2007-2012 Tournament not held 2007-2012 Tournament not held 2006 (USA) (USA) 2006 (USA) – (USA) 1994-2005 Tournament not held 1994-2005 Tournament not held 1993 John Carlsson (SWE) Michael Joyce (USA) 1993 Donny Isak (USA) – Kent Seton (USA) 1993 Michael Joyce (USA) Wade McGuire (USA) 1993 Chet Crile (USA) – Will Forsyth (USA) 1988-1992 Tournament not held 1988-1992 Tournament not held 1987 Wayne Hearn (USA) Doug Burke (JAM) 1987 (TPE) – Larry Scott (USA) 1986 (USA) Howard Herr (RSA) 1986 (USA) – Jim Pugh (USA) 1985 Thomas Hogstedt (SWE) Craig Campbell (RSA) 1985 Craig Campbell (RSA) – Jim Pugh (USA) 1984 Chris Dunk (USA) Terry Ward (USA) 1984 Luviu Mancas (ROU) – Eric Riley (USA) TOURNAMENT NOTES

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. , , John Isner, , Sam tennis using modified equipment and courts tailored to a child’s Querrey, 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 . Former Stanford standout and 2010 Founded in 1969 by , along with Charlie Pasarell NCAA champion Klahn was the 2013 USTA

Joyce Tartar-Rideout and Sheridan Snyder, the USTA/National & 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 Grand Slam 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. 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 . released in early 2014.