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as of May 21, 2014

HEAD/FIRST FEDERAL WOMEN’S $10,000 HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC • MAY 24-JUNE 1

USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN’S RETURNS TO HILTON HEAD TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Head/First Federal Women’s $10,000 returns to Hilton Head Island, S.C., for the 22nd consecutive year. It is the second of

Site: Van Der Meer Tennis Center four consecutive hard-court USTA Pro Circuit Brad Horrigan Hilton Head Island, S.C. women’s events held this spring at the Websites: www.vandermeertennis.com $10,000 or $25,000 prize money levels. And procircuit.usta.com it is one of four USTA Pro Circuit women’s events held in South Carolina this year, Qualifying Draw Begins: Saturday, May 24 following Sumter, which was held last week, Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, May 27 and back-to-back $25,000 events in Rock Hill and Florence in October. Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Surface: Hard / Outdoors Players competing in the main draw include: Prize Money: $10,000 Two-time singles champion and defending doubles champion , who is Tournament Director: the top seed. Mueller won a career-high five Jim Stubbs, (843) 247-1424 doubles titles on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2013 [email protected] Two-time singles champion and defending (including Hilton Head Island) and holds 10 doubles winner Alexandra Mueller holds 10 Tournament Press Contact: USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles overall. She USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles and four singles Jim Stubbs, (843) 247-1424 also has captured four career USTA Pro Circuit titles. She is also a two-time winner of the US [email protected] singles titles. In 2013, she qualified in singles Open National Playoffs, earning wild cards into for the WTA event in Washington, D.C., where the US Open Qualifying Tournament in 2010 and 2012. USTA Public Relations Contacts: she also reached the doubles quarterfinals. Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219 Mueller is a two-time winner of the US Open [email protected] National Playoffs, earning wild cards into the eight seasons. Whoriskey spent the first half US Open Qualifying Tournament in 2010 and of last year competing in Europe, where she Prize money / points 2012. reached back-to-back ITF singles finals in Turkey. She won her last USTA Pro Circuit SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points , a former University of title in 2010, in doubles at the $10,000 Winner $1,568 12 Tennessee standout, who was named the event in Cleveland with . She Runner-up $980 7 2010 College Senior Player of the Year after has also captured four ITF doubles titles Semifinalist $490 4 leading the Volunteers to the quarterfinals throughout the world. Quarterfinalist $245 2 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in Round of 16 $196 1 Brooke Austin, 18, a former junior standout Round of 32 $98 0 who won the 2012 USTA Girls’ 18s Spring DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) National Championships and helped lead Winner $637 the U.S. to back-to-back World Junior Tennis Runner-up $343 titles (14 and under) in 2009 and 2010. Semifinalist $196 Austin reached the final of the 2012 Easter Quarterfinalist $98 Bowl, losing to year-end junior No. 1 Taylor Round of 16 $49 Townsend in the final. Last year, Austin University of Tennessee Athletics University of Tennessee reached the singles quarterfinals and doubles semifinals at the Easter Bowl. She also reached the final of the $10,000 USTA Pro

Caitlin Whoriskey, a former University of Tennessee standout, was named the 2010 College Senior Player of the Year after leading the Volunteers to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight seasons.

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Circuit events in Evansville, Ind., and Sumter, S.C., last year. Austin won her only USTA Pro Circuit title in doubles at the $10,000 event in Cleveland in 2011. She recently committed to play for the University of Many current WTA and USTA Pro Circuit standouts have competed in Florida starting this fall. Hilton Head Island.

2011 doubles champion , who won the 2011 2009 singles runner-up and doubles champion is ranked US Open National Playoffs Southern California Sectional Qualifying a career-high No. 43 in the world after reaching the third round of the Tournament. She was also a standout collegiate player at Texas 2014 and the quarterfinals of the WTA event in Hobart, Christian University, receiving the Southwest Region Arthur Ashe Australia. She also made her debut on the U.S. Fed Cup team for the Jr. Leadership & Sportsmanship Award. Last year, she reached the 2014 World Group Quarterfinal in Cleveland against Italy this February, USTA Pro Circuit doubles final at the $25,000 event in Rancho where she played singles. Riske gained national attention after advancing Santa Fe, Calif., and won two ITF doubles titles in Mexico. Harkins to the fourth round of the 2013 US Open, where she defeated then-world has won three ITF singles and nine ITF and USTA Pro Circuit No. 7 Petra Kvitova in the third round, for her best result. doubles titles overall. Also in 2013, she reached the semifinals of the WTA grass-court event in Birmingham, England, where she holds an overall 17-4 career record, 2012 doubles champion , who has won a total of and advanced to the third round at Wimbledon. seven USTA Pro Circuit and ITF-level doubles titles in her career. Bhargava played for Pepperdine University, where she played from 2004 doubles champion peaked at a career-high the No.1 to No. 3 spots on the team. At Pepperdine, she became the No. 19 in the world in October 2012, becoming the first American other school’s first player, and just the second in West Coast Conference than Venus and to be ranked in the Top 20 since Lindsay history, to earn four All-WCC first team honors in singles and Davenport in 2006. In 2012, Lepchenko reached the fourth round of doubles. the and the third round of Wimbledon, boosting her ranking enough to qualify her for that year’s U.S. Olympic team. Lepchenko Former world No. 158 , who reached at least one also reached the third round of the 2012 US Open, losing to defending USTA Pro Circuit final each year from 2006 to 2009 and advanced champion . In 2013, she reached the third round of the to two semifinals in an injury-shortened 2011. Last year, Albanese French Open and advanced to two WTA quarterfinals. Lepchenko also won her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in seven years, taking made her Fed Cup debut in 2013 in the World Group First Round in Italy, the title at the $10,000 event in Austin, Texas. She won the USTA where she went 2-0 in her singles debut with wins over then-world No. 8 Girls’ 18s title in 2006 to earn a into the US Open, where and then-world No. 16 . This year, she reached she advanced to the second round in women’s singles. She also the fourth round at the WTA event in Indian Wells, Calif., and the third competed in the US Open in 2007. round in Rome and Miami.

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hilton head Past WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2013 Yana Koroleva (RUS) (USA) 2013 Alexandra Mueller (USA) – (USA) 2012 Mayo Hibi (JPN) (AUS) 2012 Anamika Bhargava (USA) – Sylvia Krywacz (USA) 2011 Alexandra Mueller (USA) (AUS) 2011 Macall Harkins (USA) – Amanda McDowell (USA) 2010 Alexis King (USA) (USA) 2010 Jacqueline Cako (USA) – Erica Krisan (USA) 2009 Alexandra Mueller (USA) Alison Riske (USA) 2009 Jacqueline Cako (USA) – Alison Riske (USA) 2008 (USA) Theresa Logar (USA) 2008 Jennifer Elie (USA) – Nadja Gilchrist (USA) 2007 (USA) (RSA) 2007 Stacia Fonseca (USA) – Alexandra Mueller (USA) 2006 (USA) (USA) 2006 (USA) – Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) 2005 (USA) Ekaterina Afinogenova (RUS) 2005 Shadisha Robinson (USA) – Robin Stephenson (CAN) 2004 Melanie Marois (CAN) Natalia Dziamidzenka w(BLR) 2004 Cory-Ann Avants (USA) – Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 2003 Ludmila Richterova (CZE) (RSA) 2003 Yvonne Doyle (IRL) – Nicole Rencken (RSA) 2002 Gabriela Lastra (USA) Lauren Kalvaria (USA) 2002 Liza Andriyani (INA) – Wukirasih Sawondari (INA) 2001 Mi-Ra Jeon (KOR) Ansley Cargill (USA) 2001 Kristy Blumberg (USA) – (USA) 2000 (USA) Jacqueline Trail (USA) 2000 Wendy Fix (USA) – (IND) 1999 (USA) Renata Kolbovic (CAN) 1999 Dawn Buth (USA) – (USA) 1998 Holly Parkinson (USA) Renata Kolbovic (CAN) 1998 Varalee Sureephong (USA) – Vanessa Webb (USA) 1997 Stephanie Mabry (USA) (USA) 1997 Varalee Sureephong (USA) – Vanessa Webb (USA) 1996 Anne Mall (IRL) Mareze Joubert (RSA) 1996 Liza Andriyani (INA) – Mareze Joubert (RSA) 1995 Kori Davidson (USA) (USA) 1995 Jane Chi (USA) – Stephanie Chi (USA) 1994 Karin Miller (USA) (CAN) 1994 (USA) – Stacey Sheppard (USA) 1993 Halle Cioffi (USA) (CAN) 1993 Elly Hakami (USA) – Pam Nelson (USA) w 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. Mardy Fish, , John Isner, , Sam tennis using modified equipment and courts tailored to a child’s Querrey, and Andy Murray 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 Ray East Rogers. Former Stanford standout and 2010 Founded in 1969 by Arthur Ashe, along with Charlie Pasarell NCAA champion Klahn was the 2013 USTA 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 crowns of his career. Klahn also earned community-based offerings.. 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, making USTA Pro Circuit Prize Money Leader with the US Open “open” to anyone $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 age 14+ and of all skill levels. the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M.). Rogers also earned a USTA wild card into both the French Open Last year, more than 1,000 players and the US Open by winning wild card challenges for the two Grand Slam tournaments utilizing a series competed in 13 Sectional Qualifying of USTA Pro Circuit events. In her debut at the , Rogers won her first round match. She Tournaments nationwide for a 2013 peaked at No. 116 in the world in October 2013, rising more than 100 spots throughout the year. Both US Open Qualifying Tournament wild Klahn and Rogers train with the USTA Player Development program. card. A mixed doubles element also was held, with the winning team earning a main draw mixed doubles wild card. Mayo Hibi, a PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 17-year-old Japanese player living in Irvine, Calif., won the 2013 US Open National Playoffs women’s title and USTA Pro Circuit The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions regular Jeff Dadamo of Tampa, Fla., won the men’s wild card. by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need and Eric Roberson won mixed doubles. The 13 to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center sectional qualifying tournaments for this year’s US Open National Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as Playoffs are in May and June, with championships in August. For well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. more information, visit www.usopen.org/NationalPlayoffs.

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