Tournament Notes

TOURNAMENT NOTES as of July 18, 2013 LEWIS AND CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE USTA MEN’S FUTURES TENNIS TOURNAMENT GODFREY, IL • JULY 19–28 USTA PRO CIRCUIT MEN’S FUTURES RETURNS TO GODFREY TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Lewis and Clark Community College USTA Men’s Futures Tennis Tournament returns to Site: Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey for the 16th consecutive year. It is the second of four consecutive $10,000 Websites: www.lc.edu/usta hard-court Futures events held prior to the procircuit.usta.com US Open. University of Virginia Qualifying Draw Begins: Friday, July 19 Players competing in the main draw are: Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, July 23 Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Former University of Virginia standout Michael Shabaz, who reached the singles semifinals Surface: Hard / Outdoor at the 2011 NCAA Championships, losing Prize Money: $10,000 to Steve Johnson, and won the 2010 NCAA doubles title with Drew Courtney. Shabaz won Tournament Director: his first career USTA Pro Circuit singles title Jim Hunstein, (314) 520-8683 at the $10,000 Futures in Pittsburgh in early [email protected] July. As a junior player, he won the Wimbledon Former University of Virginia standout Michael Tournament Press Contact: doubles title in 2005 (with Jesse Levine). Shabaz reached the singles semifinals at the 2011 NCAA Championships and won the Paige Allen, (618) 468-3280 2010 NCAA doubles title. [email protected] Noah Rubin, who was America’s top junior to begin 2013, having ascended as high as USTA Communications Contact: No. 6 in the world in January. A pupil of John and reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219 McEnroe’s academy at Randalls Island, N.Y., junior US Open. He formerly trained full-time [email protected] Rubin reached the quarterfinals at the 2012 at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in French Open Junior Championships and has Boca Raton, Fla., and spent most of this year represented the U.S. in the Junior Davis Cup competing overseas in Israel and Greece. PRIZE MONEY / POINTS (16-and-under). In 2013 on the junior tour, SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points Rubin advanced to the third round of the Connor Farren, a junior standout who peaked Winner $1,440 17 junior French Open and reached the semifinals at a career-high No. 12 in the world in the Runner-up $848 9 of the Easter Bowl and the quarterfinals of the combined ITF World Junior Rankings in Semifinalist $502 5 USTA International Spring Championships January 2012. He reached the singles and Quarterfinalist $292 2 and the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis doubles quarterfinals of the 2011 Easter Bowl Round of 16 $172 1 Championships. and has competed in all four junior Grand Round of 32 $104 – Slam tournaments. DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) Alexios Halebian, a former junior standout Winner $620 who peaked at No. 24 in the ITF World Junior In addition to Shabaz, former and Runner-up $360 Rankings in April 2012. Halebian reached the current collegiate players competing in Semifinalist $216 final of the 2012 Easter Bowl and won the Godfrey include: Quarterfinalist $128 Easter Bowl doubles title with Mitchell Krueger Round of 16 $72 that year. Halebian also won the 2011 USTA Chris Racz, who played for the University of Boys’ 18s National Clay Court Championships Tennessee and won the 2007 ITA Summer National Championships in Bloomington, Ind.; Alexander Sarkissian, who received singles All-America honors at Pepperdine this past season and reached the round of 16 at the Dave Kenas 2013 NCAA Singles Championships; and Kyle McMorrow, who recently completed his collegiate career at the University of Washington and received Pac-12 honors. Noah Rubin was America’s top junior to begin 2013. He has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world junior rankings. *Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES GODFREY PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2012 Jason Jung (USA) Cesar Ramirez (MEX) 2012 Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) – Ryan Rowe (USA) 2011 Tennys Sandgren (USA) Rudolph Siwy (CZE) 2011 Austin Krajicek (USA) – Jeff Dadamo (USA) 2010 Robbye Poole (USA) Austin Krajicek (USA) 2010 Jordan Cox (USA) – Evan King (USA) 2009 Matt Reid (AUS) Alex Domijan (USA) 2009 Cory Parr (USA) – Todd Paul (USA) 2008 Arnau Brugues-Davi (ESP) Erling Tveit (NOR) 2008 Austin Krajicek (USA) – Conor Pollock (USA) 2007 Carsten Ball (AUS) Sheeva Parbhu (USA) 2007 Carsten Ball (AUS) – Joel Kielbowicz (USA) 2006 Ryler DeHeart (USA) Todd Paul (USA) 2006 Ryler DeHeart (USA) – Stephen Mitchell (RSA) 2005 Sam Warburg (USA) Jamie Baker (GBR) 2005 Philip Stolt (USA) – Sam Warburg (USA) 2004 Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli (BRA) Tres Davis (USA) 2004 Goran Dragicevic (USA) – Mirko Pehar (USA) 2003 Domenic Marafiote (AUS) Michihisa Onoda (JPN) 2003 Troy Hahn (USA) – Hamid Mirzadeh (USA) 2002 Takahiro Terachi (JPN) Trace Fielding (USA) 2002 Brandon Kramer (USA) – Morgan Wilson (AUS) 2001 Peter Luczak (AUS) Raven Klaasen (RSA) 2001 Peter Luczak (AUS) – Chris Magyary (USA) 2000 Mark Merklein (BAH) Cedric Kauffmann (FRA) 2000 Jeff Laski (USA) – Gavin Sontag (USA) 1999 Louis Vosloo (RSA) Thomas Dupre (FRA) 1999 Paul Hanley (AUS) – Nathan Healey (AUS) 1998 Wynn Criswell (USA) Luke O’Donnell (AUS) 1998 John Roddick (USA) – Ryan Wolters (USA) TOURNAMENT NOTES USTA PRO CIRCUIT 10 AND UNDER TENNIS With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from Tennis is now scaled to a child’s age and size, using lower- $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. The USTA launched its bouncing and slower-moving balls, lighter and shorter Pro Circuit 34 years ago to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and it racquets, and smaller courts. The modified equipment and has since grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering nearly $3 million smaller courts will allow kids to rally and play the game 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 Querrey, Victoria early on, increasing the likelihood that kids will return to the Azarenka and Andy Murray are among today’s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. court and continue to improve all while having fun! For more information, visit www.10andundertennis.com More recently, the USTA Pro Circuit helped launch the careers of two young Americans—Jack Sock and Grace Min. Jack Sock Sock began 2012 by winning the singles title and reaching the doubles final at the Andrew Ong NJTL $10,000 Futures in Plantation, Fla. He then reached the quarterfinals of the $50,000 Founded in 1969 by Arthur Ashe, the USTA/National Junior Tennis Challenger in Honolulu. With his strong USTA & Learning (NJTL) network is a nation-wide group of more than Pro Circuit results, Sock received wild cards 660 non-profit youth development organizations that provide free into numerous Emirates Airline US Open Series events in the summer, reaching the or low cost tennis, education and life skills programming to more quarterfinals in Atlanta. Sock then achieved than 300,000 children each year, ages 6-18, making NJTL one of the best result of his pro career by reaching the USTA’s largest community-based offerings. the third round of the 2012 US Open as a wild card. Sock followed up his US Open results by winning his first career USTA Pro Circuit Challenger title at the $100,000 event US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS in Tiburon, Calif., in the fall and finished 2012 ranked a career-high No. 150 in the The USTA launched the US Open world. After winning the 2011 US Open girls’ National Playoffs in 2010, making singles title, Min moved to the USTA Pro the US Open “open” to anyone Circuit to develop her game. She opened the year by winning the first women’s tournament of 2012 at the $25,000 event in Innisbrook, Fla. Later in age 14+ and of all skill levels. the spring, she won back-to-back tournaments at the $50,000 event in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., and Last year, more than 1,200 players the $25,000 tournament in Raleigh, N.C. She competed in qualifying in Emirates Airline US Open Series competed in 13 Sectional Qualifying events throughout the summer and qualified in Stanford, Calif. Min, who trains at the USTA Training Center Tournaments nationwide for a 2012 Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., entered the Top 200 for the first time in her career in 2012, climbing US Open Qualifying Tournament nearly 250 spots in the rankings by year’s end. wild card. A mixed doubles element also was held, with the winning team earning a main draw mixed PLAYER DEVELOPMENT doubles wild card. Clement Reix, a 28-year-old Frenchman living in Reno, Nev., won the US Open National Playoffs men’s title and USTA The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions Pro Circuit regular Alexandra Mueller, 24, of Abington, PA, won by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need the women’s wild card for the second time in three years. Nicole to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center Melichar and Brian Battistone won the mixed doubles tournament. Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as The 2013 US Open National Playoffs – Men’s, Women’s and Mixed well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States.

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