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Legends Event Dow Tennis Classic DOW TENNIS CLASSIC TO HOST 30TH ANNIVERSARY ‘LEGENDS EVENT’ FEATURING LIEZEL HUBER AND ANNE (MILLER) BORUS Greater Midland Tennis Center to Host $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit Event, January 28-February 4 MIDLAND, Michigan, January 15, 2018 - The Dow Tennis Classic announced that seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion Liezel Huber and Midland native Anne (Miller) Borus will be featured in a ‘Legends Event’ later this month. The special event is designed to commemorate the 30th anni- versary of the tournament and will be held on Monday, January 29 at 12:30 p.m. Throughout her career, Huber claimed seven Grand Slam doubles titles (five doubles, two mixed doubles) and reached the world No. 1 ranking in November 2007 with her partner Cara Black. Hu- ber claimed a total of 53 doubles titles on the WTA tour and won the year-ending ‘WTA Finals’ three times. Huber also took home the 1999 doubles title in Midland. Borus, a tennis icon in Midland, is known for being the first opponent of Serena Williams in Williams’ professional career. Miller defeated Williams 6-1, 6-1 at the Bell Challenge in 1995. Throughout her career Miller reached a ranking of No. 40 in the world and also progressed to the third round of the US Open. The event will pair Huber with rising Midland junior Ellie Coleman. Coleman recently won a USTA Na- tional Selection Level 2 tournament in Delray Beach, Florida in the 16-and-under singles division and shortly after she reached the finals of the prestigious Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Cham- pionship. The 14-year old was also invited to compete in the USTA Player Development playoff-style camp this past summer, where she placed third. Borus will pair with her niece, Karina Miller, another rising junior based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Miller claimed the Division 1 No. 1 singles title for the Ann Arbor Pioneers in June 2017. The exhibition event is expected to run one and half hours and will feature best two out of three sets with no-ad scoring and a 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of the third set. This event is free and open to the public. Beforehand, both Huber and Miller will also be in attendance at the tournaments annual ‘Player Press Conference’ scheduled for 11 a.m. 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the Dow Tennis Classic. Midland has hosted the event since 1989 and has been recognized as one of America’s Best Tennis Towns by the USTA. The tournament is the largest women’s event on the USTA Pro Circuit and the only event set to take place in Mich- igan this year. Past competitors include two-time Grand Slam Champion Li Na, former world No. 8 Anna Kournikova, and rising American star CiCi Bellis. -- more -- ABOUT THE USTA PRO CIRCUIT: With more than 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from $15,000 to $125,000, 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 Pro Circuit 39 years ago to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and it has since grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering more than $3 million in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Andy Murray, Maria Sharapova, John Isner, Sloane Stephens, Kei Nishikori, Victoria Azarenka, and Sam Querrey and are among today’s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. Follow the USTA Pro Circuit at #USTAProCircuit and www.procircuit.usta.com. # # # For more information, contact: Jacob Stuckey, Tournament Press Aide Cell: (904) 687-6495 E-mail: [email protected] @USTA @DowTennisCL @usta #USTAProCircuit & #DTC2018 @DowTennisCL @usta Live Streaming at www.procircuit.usta.com @dowctenniscl.
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