TournamenT noTes as of march 13, 2013 COSTA MESA PRO CLASSIC COSTA MESA, CA • MARCH 16–24 USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO CALABASAS TournamenT InFormaTIon The Costa Mesa Pro Classic returns to Costa Mesa, Calif., in March for the second Site: Costa Mesa Tennis Center – Costa Mesa, Calif. consecutive year. Another men’s Futures tournament has been played in Costa Mesa Websites: www.costamesatenniscenter.com in September for the past 12 years. This procircuit.usta.com is the fourth hard-court USTA Pro Circuit Futures of the year and the fourth event Facebook: Costa Mesa Tennis Center offering $15,000 in prize money. It is also University of Tennessee Athletics University of Tennessee the second of two consecutive $15,000 Qualifying Draw Begins: Saturday, March 16 Futures in the state of California, following an event Calabasas. Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, March 19 Players competing in the main draw are: Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Tennys Sandgren, whose name is Surface: Hard / Outdoor pronounced like the sport, who won three Futures titles (in four finals) in 2012 Prize Money: $15,000 before transitioning to Challenger-level events for the remainder of the year. He Tournament Director: also competed in qualifying at the 2012 Hank Lloyd, (714) 557-0211,
[email protected] US Open and, overall, climbed nearly 300 spots in the ATP World Tour rankings. This Tennys Sandgren won three Futures titles in Tournament Press Contact: year, he has reached the doubles finals of 2012 before transitioning to Challenger-level Joel Beers, (714) 423-1088,
[email protected] the $100,000 Challenger in Dallas and the events for the remainder of the year.