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TournamenT noTes as of september 21, 2011 AMELIA ISLAND $10,000 WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS AMELIA ISLAND, FL • SEPTEMBER 25–OCTOBER 2 PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S TENNIS RETURNS TO AMELIA ISLAND TournamenT InFormaTIon The Amelia Island $10,000 Women’s Tennis Championships is back for a second straight USTA season on the USTA Pro Circuit. It is one of Site: Omni Amelia Island Plantation – six USTA Pro Circuit women’s events held Amelia Island, Fla. in Florida this year. Each November, Omni Websites: www.aipfl.com Amelia Island Plantation also hosts a men’s procircuit.usta.com USTA Pro Circuit Futures tournament. Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, September 25 The No. 1 seed this week is expected to be Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, September 27 American Alexis King, a 28-year-old mother of two who won her third career USTA Pro Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Circuit singles title at May’s $10,000 event Surface: Clay / Outdoor in Sumter, S.C. The left-hander starred at the University of Florida from 2001 through Prize Money: $10,000 2006, winning all six of her singles matches during the 2003 NCAA Championships to Tournament Director: help the Gators capture the national title. Kelly Gunterman, (904) 566-1800 During her collegiate career, King earned ITA [email protected] All-American honors four times and won a Tournament Press Contact: combined 223 singles and doubles matches, Ron Maurno, (904) 563-3416 sixth all-time in Gator history. [email protected] Others expected to play in Amelia Island Former Florida Gator Alexis King continues to play professional tennis after giving birth to two USTA Public Relations Contact: include: world No. 575 Fatma Al Nabhani, Joshua Rey, (786) 554-5667 daughters; she won a USTA Pro Circuit singles the only ranked tennis player—male or title earlier this year. [email protected] female—from Oman; former University of Texas standout Katie Ruckert, who has won PrIze money / PoInTs five career ITF Women’s Circuit singles titles; at Viña del Mar in 2008; and 2010 Amelia three-time University of Tennessee Island singles quarterfinalistAnastasia SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points All-American Caitlin Whoriskey; Liga Kharchenko of Ukraine. Winner $1,568 12 Dekmeijere of Latvia, a former Top 100 Runner-up $980 8 doubles player who won a WTA doubles title Teenagers expected to play in Amelia Island Semifinalist $490 6 are: 19-year-old Gaia Sanesi of Italy, who Quarterfinalist $245 4 won three singles titles in five finals on the Round of 16 $196 1 ITF Junior Circuit in 2010; 18-year-old Round of 32 $98 – David Kenas Daneika Borthwick of Great Britain, who DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) reached the third round of singles at the Winner $637 Wimbledon junior event this summer; and Runner-up $343 16-year-old Americans Denise Starr, the Semifinalist $196 2011 USTA Junior International Hard Courts Quarterfinalist $98 champion who reached the semifinals of the Round of 16 $49 $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Bethany Beach, Del., this June, and Hayley Carter, who qualified at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in Sumter, S.C., and Atlanta this year. 2010 Dunlop Orange Bowl Girls’ 16s champion Alexandra Kiick is the daughter of Jim Kiick, running back for the 1972 Miami Dolphins team that went 17-0. TournamenT noTes The qualifying competition is expected to feature: Alexandra Kiick, Bowl Girls’ 16s runner-up; Ashley Murdock, who competed in the the 2010 Dunlop Orange Bowl Girls’ 16s champion and daughter of US Open National Playoffs – Women’s Championship this year former Miami Dolphins running back Jim Kiick; Catherine Harrison, and is a former No. 1 player for the University of Memphis; and the 2010 Amelia Island singles finalist and runner-up to Kiick at two members of the 2011 NCAA champion Florida Gators—senior the Dunlop Orange Bowl; Kelsey Laurente, the 2009 Dunlop Orange Joanna Mather and sophomore Olivia Janowicz. AMELIA ISLAND PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2010 Lauren Herring (USA) Catherine Harrison (USA) 2010 Elizabeth Lumpkin (USA) – Story Tweedie-Yates (USA) TournamenT noTes USTA PRO CIRCUIT 10 AND UNDER TENNIS With 90-plus tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000 10 and Under Tennis is a nationwide USTA initiative that to $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring uses the QuickStart Tennis play format and takes a better tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. The USTA launched its Pro Circuit approach to introducing kids to the game. Balls are lower in 32 years ago to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and it has since compression, so they are easier to hit; racquets are sized for grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering more than $2.5 million in small hands; and the courts are smaller and easier to cover. prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities Full-sized courts can now be reconfigured to accommodate nationwide. Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, Caroline Wozniacki, James Blake, Justine Henin, Andy up to six 36-foot courts. In turn, kids learn, rally, play and Murray and Sam Querrey are among today’s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. compete right from the start, and the game becomes more accessible and fun for them. For more information, visit The USTA Pro Circuit helped launch the www.10andundertennis.com. careers of two young Americans— Melanie Melanie Oudin Oudin and John Isner. Oudin began 2009 ranked No. 177, but climbed the rankings NJTL by winning back-to-back $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit events. With a boost in confidence, she Cities across the country participate in the USTA/National Junior reached the fourth round of Wimbledon and Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network, a nationwide network of the quarterfinals of the 2009 US Open. She community tennis organizations seeking to develop the character peaked at world No. 31 in 2010 and has been of young people through both tennis and education. Founded a crucial player on the U.S. Fed Cup team. by Arthur Ashe in 1969, more than 550 registered chapters/ Isner joined the USTA Pro Circuit after turning programs exist throughout the nation with more than 220,000 pro in 2007 and jump-started the best season participants ages 6-18, making NJTL one of the USTA’s largest of his career by winning the Tallahassee community-based initiatives. Challenger in 2009. Subsequently, he reached the semifinals at two Olympus US Open Series events and upset Andy Roddick en route to US OPEN NATIONAL PlayoFFS the fourth round at the 2009 US Open. Last year, Isner captured his first tour title, reached The USTA launched the US Open three tour finals, and also won the longest National Playoffs last year, making the match in history at Wimbledon. He finished US Open “open” to anyone age 14+ and 2010 ranked in the Top 20. of all skill levels. This year, more than 1,200 players competed in 16 Sectional Qualifying Tournaments nationwide for PLAYER DEVELOPMENT a 2011 US Open Qualifying Tournament wild card. A mixed doubles element was also added this year, The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions where the winning team won a main draw mixed doubles wild by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need card. Blake Strode, 24, of St. Louis, defended his US Open National to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center Playoffs men’s title this year and Robin Anderson, 18, of Matawan, Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as NJ, won the women’s wild card. David Martin and Christina Fusano well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. won the mixed doubles tournament. USTA PRO CIRCUIT PLAYER INFORMATION PLAYERS TO WATCH Lauren Albanese pg. 2 Lindsay Lee-Waters pg. 6 Julia Boserup Varvara Lepchenko Madison Brengle Mirjana Lucic (CRO) Beatrice Capra Rebecca Marino (CAN) Julia Cohen Christina McHale Kimberly Couts pg. 3 Alexandra Mueller pg. 7 Jill Craybas Asia Muhammad Lauren Davis Lilia Osterloh Julie Ditty Shenay Perry Stephanie Dubois (CAN) Alison Riske Irina Falconi pg. 4 Shelby Rogers pg. 8 Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU) Ahsha Rolle Alexa Glatch Abigail Spears Carly Gullickson Sloane Stephens Chelsey Gullickson Alexandra Stevenson Jamie Hampton pg. 5 Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) pg. 9 Krista Hardebeck CoCo Vandeweghe Angela Haynes Mashona Washington Madison Keys Ashley Weinhold Irina Falconi Michaella Krajicek (NED) Caitlin Whoriskey ADDITIONAL PLAYERS TO WATCH Kristie Ahn pg. 10 Allie Kiick pg. 12 Robin Anderson Raquel Kops-Jones Brittany Augustine Regina Kulikova (RUS) Hilary Barte Lena Litvak Gail Brodsky Elizabeth Lumpkin Mallory Burdette Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR) Jacqueline Cako Kyle McPhillips Mallory Cecil Grace Min Courtney Dolehide Megan Moulton-Levy Jennifer Elie Petra Rampre (SLO) Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) pg. 11 Katherine Ruckert pg. 13 Lauren Embree Maria Sanchez Amanda Fink Laura Siegemund (GER) Kristy Frilling Anna Tatishvili (GEO) Daria Gavrilova (RUS) Ellen Tsay Nicole Gibbs Story Tweedie-Yates Ester Goldfeld Chanelle Van Nguyen Chloe Jones Sachia Vickery Sacha Jones (NZL) Heather Watson (GBR) Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) Allie Will Madison Keys ** All players American unless otherwise noted. * All information as of April 25, 2011 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Lauren Albanese Age: 21 (10/1/89) Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla.