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PUERTO RICO $25K WOMEN’S CHALLENGER BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO • OCTOBER 23-30

USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN’S RETURNS TO BAYAMON TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Puerto Rico $25K Women’s Challenger returns to the Bayamon for the third straight year. It is the final $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit Site: Centro de Tenis Honda women’s tournament held in 2011 and is the Getty Images Bayamon, Puerto Rico only USTA Pro Circuit event for women or men Websites: www.caribbean.usta.com held in Puerto Rico. procircuit.usta.com Those players expected in the main draw Facebook: PRTA include 18-year-old Puerto Rico native Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, October 23 Monica Puig, who won a $25,000 event in Surprise, Ariz., in February, and who reached Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, October 25 the girls’ singles final at both the Australian Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Open and the in 2011. Puig is currently ranked No. 6 in the ITF World Junior Surface: Hard / Outdoor Rankings and peaked at world No. 2 in 2010 before splitting her time between junior and Prize Money: $25,000 professional events in 2011. Tournament Directors: Ricardo Nunez, (787) 378-6558 Also expected in the main draw is: Madison Hector Cabrera, (787) 406-9000 Brengle, who rose to No. 4 in the world junior rankings in 2007 after reaching the girls’ Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig reached the girls’ Tournament Press Contact: singles final at both the and singles final at both the Australian Open and Rosa Martinez, (787) 982-7782 x222 Wimbledon, and who qualified for the WTA the French Open in 2011. [email protected] event in College Park, Md., this summer; and Julia Cohen, the highest-ranked American USTA Communications Contacts: Young Americans competing in qualifying in the field, who earned All-America honors Eric Schuster, (914) 696-7260, [email protected] include: 17-year-old , who in 2009 as a sophomore at the University of Krista Hardebeck Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] was featured in Sports Illustrated in 2010 Miami, and also played collegiately for the after winning the USTA International Spring University of Florida as a freshman, where Championships and the Easter Bowl in Prize money / points she was named the Intercollegiate Tennis consecutive weeks; 16-year-old Association’s Rookie of the Year. Cohen won a Alexandra SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points , the daughter of former Miami Dolphin $25,000 event in Armenia earlier this month. Kiick Winner $2,940 50 running back Jim Kiick, who won the girls’ 16s Runner-Up $1,666 34 title at the 2010 and captured her International standouts expected to play Semifinalist $1,078 24 first professional title in 2011 at the $10,000 in the main draw are: Ajla Tomljanovic, of Quarterfinalist $686 14 USTA Pro Circuit event in Amelia Island, Fla.; Croatia, the top-ranked player in the field, Round 16 $490 8 and world No. 4 junior , 17, who who trains full-time at the Evert Tennis Round 32 $294 1 won the 2011 US Open girls’ singles title to Academy in Boca Raton, Fla., and who become the first American to win the US Open DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) reached the final of the $25,000 event in girls’ singles title since CoCo Vandweghe in Winner $1,176 Jackson, Miss., in April; and Michelle Larcher 2008. Following the win, Min was featured in Runner-Up $686 de Brito, of Portugal, who reached the third Sports Illustrated “Faces in the Crowd.” She Semifinalist $392 round of the 2009 French Open. Quarterfinalist $196 trains full-time at the USTA Training Center- Round 16 $98 Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.

Other players expected in qualifying include:

COMMUNITY EVENTS Harris Tim 15-year-old Katrine Steffensen, who trains Wednesday, October 24 Adult and junior clinic, 4 p.m

Grace Min, who is competing in qualifying in Bayamon, won the 2011 US Open girls’ singles title. Tournament Notes

full-time at the USTA Training Center-East in Flushing, N.Y.; Nicole and the eight-woman USTA playoff to earn a wild card into the main Melichar, who reached her first professional final at the $10,000 USTA draw of the —her first main draw appearance in a Pro Circuit event in Evansville, Ind., in July; and University of Tennessee Grand Slam event). Davis also won the 2011 USTA Girls’ 18s National senior Natalie Pluskota, who won the doubles title at the $10,000 event Championships to earn a main draw wild card into the 2011 US Open. in , also in July. Runner-up won the USTA’s 2011 US Open Wild Card Playoff to earn a wild card into the main draw of the US Open, where Last year’s Bayamon singles champion and runner-up have both had she defeated fellow American to become the youngest great success since competing in Puerto Rico. Singles champion Lauren player to win a match at the US Open since Nicole Vaidisova in 2005. Davis finished 2010 by winning six events in the last three months of She also won the 2011 USTA Girls’ 18s doubles title to earn a wild the year (two USTA Pro Circuit tournaments, three junior tournaments card into the main draw of the women’s doubles at the 2011 US Open.

Bayamon Past WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2010 Lauren Davis (USA) Madison Keys (USA) 2010 Maria-Fernanda Alves (BRA) – Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN) 2009 Rosana de Los Rios (PAR) Mirjana Lucic (CRO) 2009 Kimberly Couts (USA) – Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) 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. , Andy Roddick, , James Blake, , 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 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 , 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 Julia Boserup pg. 2 Melanie Oudin pg. 5 Madison Brengle Alison Riske Lauren Davis Ahsha Rolle Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU) Alexandra Stevenson

Alexa Glatch pg. 3 CoCo Vandeweghe pg. 6 Jamie Hampton Krista Hardebeck Ashley Weinhold Madison Keys Lindsay Lee-Waters

Varvara Lepchenko pg. 4 Mirjana Lucic (CRO) Christina McHale Grace Min

Irina Falconi

ADDITIONAL PLAYERS TO WATCH

Robin Anderson pg. 7 pg. 8 Brittany Augustine (RUS) Lena Litvak Elizabeth Lumpkin Jennifer Elie Kyle McPhillips Petra Rampre (SLO) Amanda Fink Maria Sanchez Chanelle Van Nguyen Ester Goldfeld Sachia Vickery Chloe Jones

Madison Keys

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Julia Boserup Age: 20 (9/9/91) Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla. Ranking: 245

Boserup won her first career USTA Pro Circuit title in September at the $25,000 event in Redding, Calif., and she also reached the semifinals of the $50,000 event in Raleigh, N.C., and the $25,000 event in Jackson, Miss., to break the Top 250 for the first time. A former junior standout, Boserup had her breakthrough in December 2008, winning the prestigious Dunlop Orange Bowl for her first title on the ITF World Junior Circuit. She also reached the second round of the girls’ singles at the 2009 US Open and has competed in the junior Australian Open and junior Wimbledon. A two-time practice partner for the U.S. Fed Cup team, Boserup trains full-time at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.

Madison Brengle Age: 21 (4/3/90) Hometown: Dover, Del. Ranking: 200

Brengle has posted strong results in 2011, including winning her second career professional title at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Hammond, La., and qualifying for the $100,000 in Vancouver, Canada. In her career, Brengle has played in the main draw at three of the four Grand Slam events, winning USTA wild card playoffs to earn entry into the Australian Open (2007-08) and the French Open (2008). Brengle was also an outstanding junior competitor, rising to No. 4 in the world junior rankings in 2007 after reaching the girls’ singles final at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

Lauren Davis Age: 18 (10/9/93) Hometown: Gates Mills, Ohio Ranking: 272

Davis has transitioned between elite junior play and professional competition in 2011, with success in both. She won the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships to earn a wild card into the main draw of the 2011 US Open. Earlier this summer, she captured two USTA Pro Circuit titles at back-to-back $10,000 events in Buffalo, N.Y., and Atlanta. Davis finished 2010 on a 32-match winning streak, capturing two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles to crack the Top 300, and winning three international junior singles titles, including the Orange Bowl, to rise to No. 3 in the world junior rankings. She also won a USTA playoff to earn a wild card into the main draw of the 2011 Australian Open. There, she fell to Australia’s , the No. 5 seed, in the first round.

Irina Falconi Age: 21 (5/4/90) Hometown: Jupiter, Fla. Ranking: 73

Falconi turned in her best performance as a professional at the 2011 US Open, upsetting No. 14 Dominika Cibulkova in the second round in and then taking an American flag out of her bag and carrying it around the court. The US Open completed a year in which the former collegiate standout played in all four Grand Slam events after qualifying for the Australian Open and Wimbledon and winning a USTA playoff to earn a wild card into the French Open. Falconi also reached the main draw of the 2010 US Open as a qualifying wild card. She posted her career-best showing in a WTA event in July, when she reached the semifinals in College Park, Md., and in February she reached both the singles and doubles finals at the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Midland, Mich. She also was selected to represent the U.S. in the Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, in October. Falconi, the 2010 college Player of the Year as a sophomore at Georgia Tech, was born in Ecuador and moved to New York City at the age of 3. She learned to play on public courts in Manhattan.

Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU) Age: 26 (12/10/84) Hometown: Atlanta Ranking: 123

A professional for more than a decade, Gallovits-Hall has competed in all four Grand Slam singles main draws, advancing to the second round six times and improving her ranking each year from 2000 to 2008, when she approached the Top 50. She has finished in the Top 100 each of the last four years and ended 2010 at the highest year-end ranking (No. 75) of her career. After playing primarily in WTA events in 2009, Gallovits-Hall returned to the USTA Pro Circuit, where she reached the semifinals at two $50,000 events and one $75,000 event this year. She has also competed for her native Romania in Fed Cup.

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Alexa Glatch Age: 22 (9/10/89) Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif. Ranking: 148

Glatch is on the comeback trail after an injury-marred 2010. In 2011, she qualified for Wimbledon and also qualified for WTA events in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Memphis, Tenn., where she advanced to the quarterfinals. Following the 2011 US Open, she reached the final of the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in . In 2009, Glatch propelled the U.S. to the Fed Cup final by winning two of the U.S.’s three points—dropping just six games in four sets against two Top 50 players—in its 3-2 semifinal victory against the Czech Republic. As a junior, Glatch reached the girls’ singles and doubles finals at the 2005 US Open, but she suffered career-threatening injuries in a motor scooter accident shortly thereafter. She returned to the USTA Pro Circuit the following year and won her first career pro title at the $10,000 event in Fort Worth, Texas.

Jamie Hampton Age: 21 (1/8/90) Hometown: Auburn, Ala. Ranking: 124

Hampton climbed more than 550 spots in the WTA rankings in 2010 by reaching the final at eight USTA Pro Circuit events, highlighted by four singles titles. She maintained that momentum into this year, qualifying for the main draw at the Australian Open and competing in the main draw of the US Open. She also qualified for WTA events in Indian Wells and Miami, and reached the singles and doubles finals at the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Vancouver. As a junior player, Hampton twice won the USTA Girls’ 18s doubles title (2007-08) to earn a wild card into the US Open women’s doubles draw.

Krista Hardebeck Age: 17 (9/20/94) Hometown: Santa Ana, Calif. Ranking: 421

Hardebeck has established herself as one of the most promising junior players in the U.S. over the past two years. She reached both the singles and doubles quarterfinals of the 2011 US Open Junior Championships and reached the third round of the girls’ singles at Wimbledon. In April 2010, Hardebeck went 12-0 in junior singles play, winning the USTA International Spring Championships and the Easter Bowl without dropping a set to join Sam Querrey and Melanie Oudin as the only players at the time to win both titles in back-to-back weeks. Hardebeck was later awarded a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament, where she won her opening match. In 2010, Hardebeck was recognized by Sports Illustrated in the “Faces in the Crowd” section, and she was also named by SI as a player to watch in the coming years.

Madison Keys Age: 16 (2/17/95) Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla. Ranking: 301

Keys won the USTA’s US Open playoff to earn a wild card into the main draw of the 2011 US Open, where she defeated fellow American Jill Craybas to become the youngest player to win a match at the US Open since Nicole Vaidisova in 2005. Such firsts are not new for Keys. In 2009, she became the youngest player (14 years, 48 days) since in 1994 to win a WTA tour-level match and the youngest ever to compete in World TeamTennis, defeating in a match in 2010. Keys captured her first professional title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Cleveland in 2010.

Lindsay Lee-Waters Age: 34 (6/28/77) Hometown: Dunwoody, Ga. Ranking: 343

Lee-Waters, a mother of two, was the leading money winner on the women’s USTA Pro Circuit in 2009 and had another successful year in 2010, winning four USTA Pro Circuit doubles events and advancing to two singles finals. Lee-Waters first broke into the Top 50 in 1995, when she qualified for Wimbledon and upset Pam Shriver in the opening round. Since taking time off in 2000 to give birth to her first child, a daughter, Lee-Waters has played primarily on the USTA Pro Circuit. Overall, she holds 30 USTA Pro Circuit career titles (19 in doubles), tying her for second all-time with Nana Miyagi. Lee-Waters has also competed in 13 US Opens, either in the qualifying or main draw, advancing to the second round in 1995 and 2004.

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Varvara Lepchenko Age: 25 (5/21/86) Hometown: Allentown, Pa. Ranking: 107

Lepchenko, a native of Uzbekistan, has been a consistent presence in and around the Top 100 for the past seven years. After a steady rise on the USTA Pro Circuit—she finished sixth or better on the USTA Pro Circuit prize money list each year from 2005 to 2008—Lepchenko competed in two Grand Slam events in 2009, three in 2010 and all four in 2011 (both in singles and in doubles). Moreover, in recent years she has played in a number of WTA events, reaching the second round in Miami and the round of 16 at five additional tour events in 2011. She also captured her 10th USTA Pro Circuit singles title by winning the $50,000 event in Kansas City in October. Lepchenko has been living in the U.S. since 2001 after receiving political asylum. She changed her nationality in 2007 to play for the U.S., and will officially obtain U.S. citizenship this year.

Mirjana Lucic (CRO) Age: 29 (3/9/82) Hometown: Tampa, Fla. Ranking: 117

Lucic was one of the tennis’ rising stars in the late 1990s, peaking at No. 32 in 1998 and advancing to the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1999. She also won the 1998 Australian Open doubles title with Martina Hingis and, in singles, advanced to the third round at the US Open in 1997 and 1998 and at the French Open in 2001. Lucic, however, went into semi- retirement in 2003, playing in just two events between the 2003 US Open and the 2007 WTA event in Memphis—both at the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Dothan, Ala. She officially launched her comeback in 2007 on the USTA Pro Circuit and won the first two USTA Pro Circuit titles of her comeback in 2010, finishing the year ranked in the Top 100 for the first time in 10 years. Lucic competed in all four Grand Slam events in 2011, reaching the second round of the US Open, and also advanced to the quarterfinals of tour events in Strasbourg, France, and Birmingham, England. Christina McHale Age: 19 (5/11/92) Hometown: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Ranking: 42

McHale became the youngest player in the WTA Top 50 after reaching the third round of the 2011 US Open, defeating No. 8 seed in the second round. Three weeks prior, McHale upset world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki at the Olympus US Open Series event in Cincinnati. The New Jersey native, who trains at the USTA Training Center-East in Flushing, N.Y., has also reached the third round at Indian Wells and the quarterfinals at Memphis on the WTA tour this year. In addition, she was named to the U.S. Fed Cup team for the World Group Playoff versus Germany in April and to the U.S. squad for the Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, in October. A junior standout, she won the Australian Open girls’ doubles title in 2009 and cracked the Top 10 in the world junior rankings that same year. Though born in New Jersey, McHale lived in Hong Kong from age 3 to 8 (her father’s job was transferred there). She speaks English, Spanish and basic Mandarin. Grace Min Age: 17 (5/6/94) Hometown: Duluth, Ga. Ranking: 552

Min won the 2011 US Open girls’ singles title without dropping a set, becoming the first American and the first unseeded player to win the US Open girls’ singles title since CoCo Vandeweghe in 2008. En route to the title, she defeated the No. 2 seed in the first round and knocked off upset top-seeded Caroline Garcia of France in the final. Following the US Open, she peaked at No. 4 in the ITF World Junior Rankings. A standout junior player, Min reached the singles final at the 2010 Orange Bowl and won the girls’ doubles title at Wimbledon in 2011. On the USTA Pro Circuit this year, she has qualified and reached the quarterfinals at the $25,000 event in Clearwater, Fla., and qualified and advanced to the round of 16 at the $50,000 event in Lexington, Ky. She has trained full-time at the USTA Training Center-Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., since the fall of 2009. Asia Muhammad Age: 20 (4/4/91) Hometown: Henderson, Nev. Ranking: 369

Muhammad learned to play tennis at the Andre Agassi Boys and Girls Club in Las Vegas, where she trained to become a Top 10 junior. In 2009, she won the doubles title at the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships with partner Christina McHale, earning a wild card into the women’s doubles main draw at the US Open. Also at the Open that year, Muhammad upset the top seed in the girls’ singles en route to the round of 16. Muhammad reached her first $50,000 final on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2008 in Las Vegas. This year, she has reached the quarterfinals at $50,000 events in Boston and Raleigh, N.C. Muhammad’s father, Ronald, played basketball at USC, and her mother, Faye, was an All- American basketball player at Long Beach State.

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Melanie Oudin Age: 20 (9/23/91) Hometown: Marietta, Ga. Ranking: 143

Oudin teamed with countryman to win the 2011 US Open mixed doubles title as a wild card team, upsetting defending champions and in the second round. She also reached back-to-back doubles finals at the USTA Pro Circuit events in Albuquerque, N.M., and Las Vegas. Oudin enjoyed consecutive Grand Slam breakthroughs in 2009, defeating former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon and beating three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova en route to the US Open quarterfinals. She peaked at world No. 32 in April 2010 and has been a consistent force on the U.S. Fed Cup team. Oudin, who owns three career USTA Pro Circuit singles titles, has a twin sister, Katherine.

Alison Riske Age: 21 (7/3/90) Hometown: McMurray, Pa. Ranking: 146

Riske enjoyed a breakthrough 2010, highlighted by a semifinal showing at the Wimbledon tune-up event in Birmingham, England, where her result earned her a wild card into Wimbledon. Overall, she improved her ranking more than 750 places from the start of 2009 to the end of 2010, finishing the season at a career-best No. 115. She has continued her strong play this year, reaching the quarterfinals in Birmingham and competing in the main draws at the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon. As a junior, Riske rose to No. 2 in the USTA Girls’ 18s national standings and was a finalist at the 2007 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. She also served as a practice partner for the U.S.’s 2008 Fed Cup semifinal against Russia.

Ahsha Rolle Age: 26 (3/21/85) Hometown: Miami Shores, Fla. Ranking: 264

Rolle began 2011 by winning the first two USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles of the year with partner Mashona Washington, at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in Plantation, Fla., and Lutz, Fla. The duo also advanced to the semifinals of the $100,000 event in Midland, Mich., where Rolle reached the singles quarterfinals. Rolle’s breakthrough came at the 2007 US Open, where she upset then-world No. 18 Tatiana Golovin en route to the third round. That same year she qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third round at the WTA event in Indian Wells. In 2008, she won a singles match as a member of the U.S. Fed Cup team in the World Group semifinals against Russia.

Sloane Stephens Age: 18 (3/20/93) Hometown: Lauderhill, Fla. Ranking: 94

Stephens cracked the Top 100 for the first time in her career after reaching the the quarterfinals of the Olympus US Open Series event in Carlsbad, Calif., and the third round of the 2011 US Open, where she upset No. 23 seed Shahar Peer in the second round. (With the victory, in fact, Stephens became the youngest player in the Top 100.) Also in 2011, Stephens qualified for the French Open for her first Grand Slam singles main draw appearance. Last year she was one of the stars of the world junior circuit, winning the girls’ doubles titles (with Timea Babos) at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, and reaching the singles quarterfinals or better at the same three junior Slams. Stephens climbed to No. 5 in the world junior rankings in 2009 and helped lead the U.S. to the 2008 Junior Fed Cup title. She also teamed with Robert Kendrick to upset the No. 1 seeds in the mixed doubles at the 2008 US Open.

Alexandra Stevenson Age: 30 (12/21/80) Hometown: San Diego Ranking: 256

Stevenson first made waves in pro tennis more than a decade ago, when she became the first female qualifier in Wimbledon history to reach the semifinals (in 1999). She was ranked in the year-end Top 100 each year from 1999 to 2003, peaking at No. 18 in 2002. Injuries drove her rankings into the 600s in 2005, but Stevenson rebounded to climb back into the Top 200 in 2009, advancing to the final at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., for her best result on the USTA Pro Circuit since winning the $50,000 event in Midland, Mich., in 1998. So far this year Stevenson has qualified for three WTA events and also qualified and reached the quarterfinals of the now-$100,000 event in Midland. She is the daughter of basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving.

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CoCo Vandeweghe Age: 19 (12/6/91) Hometown: Rancho Mirage, Calif. Ranking: 118

Vandeweghe broke into the Top 100 for the first time in her career earlier this year after qualifying for the Australian Open and reaching the quarterfinals of the WTA event in Memphis. She also reached the second round of the 2011 US Open and competed in the French Open and Wimbledon. In 2010, her breakout professional season, Vandeweghe defeated five Top 100 players to advance to the quarterfinals of the $2 million event in Tokyo as a qualifier, defeated en route to the quarterfinals of the Olympus US Open Series event in San Diego and was named to the U.S. Fed Cup team for the 2010 final versus Italy. As a junior, Vandeweghe was the 2008 US Open girls’ singles champion. Her mother, Tauna, was an Olympian in both swimming and volleyball, and her uncle is former NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe.

Mashona Washington Age: 35 (5/31/76) Hometown: Houston Ranking: 640

Seven years after she peaked at No. 50 in the world in the WTA singles rankings, Washington remains an elite doubles player and a top contender on the USTA Pro Circuit. She holds 14 career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, including back-to-back $25,000 crowns in Florida this year in Plantation and Lutz with Ahsha Rolle. In singles, she also advanced to the 2011 US Open National Playoffs – Women’s Championship. In 2004, Washington advanced to the quarterfinals at the Olympus US Open Series events in Stanford, Calif., and New Haven, Conn., where she defeated then-No. 7 Maria Sharapova, and a year later she reached the third round at Wimbledon. Her rise was halted by a knee injury suffered in 2006 while playing for the U.S. Fed Cup team; due to the injury, she did not compete in singles again for more than a year.

Ashley Weinhold Age: 22 (6/20/89) Hometown: Austin, Texas Ranking: 181

Weinhold won her second career USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $25,000 event in Rancho Mirage, Calif., in February, and one month later she upset 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin in the first round of the $25,000 event in Pelham, Ala. She has since reached the quarterfinals or better at three USTA Pro Circuit events. Weinhold first made her mark on the USTA Pro Circuit by winning the 2006 singles title at the $10,000 event in Southlake, Texas, and the following year she won the 2007 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships to earn a wild card into main draw of the US Open. Weinhold served as a practice partner for the U.S. Fed Cup team in 2008 and played for the World TeamTennis St. Louis Aces in 2009.

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Anderson Brodsky Embree Fink Gibbs

Player Name Age / Hometown Ranking Player Information

Freshman at UCLA. … Won the 2011 US Open National Playoffs – Women’s’ Championship. … Won her first professional title in 2011 at the USTA Pro Circuit 18 (4/12/93) 647 $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa. … Reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 US Open Robin Anderson Matawan, N.J. juniors, and advanced to the semifinals of the Easter Bowl. … Trained at the USTA Training Center-East in Flushing, N.Y.

Reached the semifinals of the $10,000 event in Brownsville, Texas, in 2009, her 20 (9/19/91) best USTA Pro Circuit showing. … Practiced with the Williams sisters and 840 Brittany Augustine El Segundo, Calif. Lindsay Davenport while with the 2003 Junior U.S. Fed Cup Team. … Father was a pro soccer player in Trinidad and Tobago.

Won a $25,000 ITF event in Spain in July 2011, and reached quarterfinals or better at four straight $25,000 ITF events in Australia to open the year. … Earned 20 (6/5/91) 233 a wild card into the 2008 US Open after winning the USTA Girls’ 18s National Gail Brodsky Brooklyn, N.Y. Championships; also played in the US Open main draw in 2009. … Mother was a gymnast and father was a professional rower in Ukraine, where Gail was born.

Owns two career USTA Pro Circuit singles titles. … Reached the final at the 2011 20 (8/30/91) 634 ITA All-American Championships as a sophomore for Arizona State. … Formerly Jacqueline Cako Brier, Wash. competed in gymnastics, but stopped competition after growing to 5-foot-10.

Reached the semifinals of the $50,000 event in Boston on the USTA Pro Circuit 25 (9/22/86) in 2010. ... Holds two USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles. … Has competed in 473 Jennifer Elie New York international ITF Circuit events in Mexico, Sweden, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. … Coached by her father.

Made her Grand Slam debut in 2009 after winning USTA wild card playoff to gain entry into the French Open. … Won the clinching match to help lead the Florida 20 (1/10/91) 773 Gators to the 2011 NCAA women’s title as a sophomore. … Reached the singles Lauren Embree Naples, Fla. and doubles finals at 2009 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships and 2009 Easter Bowl (where she won the doubles title). Four-year letter winner at USC. … Named the ITA Rookie of the Year in 2006. … Won the Pac-10 singles and doubles championships her senior year. … 24 (12/4/86) 286 Advanced to the singles final at the USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 event in Lexington, Amanda Fink Calabasas, Calif. Ky., in July 2011. … Won her first pro title at $10,000 event in Atlanta on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2008. Helped lead the Stanford Cardinal to the 2011 NCAA team final as a standout freshman. … Reached the final of the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships 18 (3/3/93) 624 in consecutive years in 2010-11, and reached the girls’ semifinals at the 2011 Nicole Gibbs Manhattan Beach, Calif. US Open. … Reached her first professional final in 2011 at the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in Buffalo, N.Y. As a junior, reached the singles and doubles quarterfinals at the , and won the singles title at the 2009 International Hard Court 18 (7/4/93) 834 Championships. … Is playing collegiately for Duke University. … Won her first Ester Goldfeld Brooklyn, N.Y. pro tournament in doubles in Wichita, Kan., and reached her first singles final in Brownsville, Texas, both $10,000 events on the USTA Pro Circuit, in 2009.

Qualified for the $50,000 event in Troy, Ala., on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2010. 21 (2/1/90) … Reached back-to-back quarterfinals at $10,000 events in Landisville, Pa., 996 Chloe Jones Baldwin City, Kan. and Sumter, S.C., in 2009. … Doubles finalist at the 2007 Easter Bowl with Asia Muhammad.

7 * All information as of October 10, 2011 A D D I T I O N A L P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Kiick Litvak McPhillips Rampre Vickery

Player Name Age / Hometown Ranking Player Information

Won her first professional title in 2011 at the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in 16 (6/30/1995) Amelia Island, Fla. … Won the girls’ 16s title at the 2010 Dunlop Orange Bowl. … 774 Allie Kiick Miami Reached the girls’ doubles quarterfinals of the 2011 USTA International Spring Championships. … Daughter of former Miami Dolphins running back Jim Kiick.

Born in Kazakhstan. … Reached the third round at Wimbledon in 2009 (as a qualifier) and in 2010, defeating No. 27 seed Alisa Kleybanova in 2009. … Qualified 22 (1/30/89) 133 for the 2010 Australian Open. … Won the 2011 USTA Pro Circuit $75,000 event Regina Kulikova (RUS) Switzerland in Albuquerque, N.M. … Won two $50,000 events on USTA Pro Circuit in 2009 (Kansas City, Mo., Las Vegas).

Born in the Ukraine. … Played at Harvard for one year before turning pro. … Won 22 (11/15/88) the 2011 USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in Bethany Beach, Del. … Qualified for 395 Lena Litvak Bronx, N.Y. two $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in 2009 (Dothan, Ala., Vancouver). … Has competed in ITF Circuit events in Australia Korea, Greece, Israel and Portugal.

Won the doubles title at the $10,000 event in Amelia Island, Fla., on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2010. … Won her first pro title at the $10,000 event in Evansville, Ind., 25 (5/24/86) 745 in 2009. … Helped lead UCLA to the NCAA team title in 2008. … Served on the Elizabeth Lumpkin Naperville, N.M. Bruin Athletic Council for three years and earned the West Region Arthur Ashe Leadership Award. Won the 2011 Easter Bowl. … Won her first professional title in 2011 at the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in Cleveland, where she reached her first pro final in 17 (4/5/94) 736 2009. … Won the 2010 USTA Girls’ 16s National Championships and swept the Kyle McPhillips Cleveland girls’ 16s singles and doubles titles at the 2010 Easter Bowl. … Committed to play collegiately for UCLA in the fall of 2012.

Won USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 titles in Raleigh, N.C., and Boston in 2011. … 31 (1/20/80) 204 Reached the third round in doubles at the French Open in 2000. … Has competed Petra Rampre Slovenia for Slovenia’s Fed Cup team.

Finished her senior season at USC at No. 3 in the collegiate rankings. … Won the 2010 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships women’s singles 21 (11/26/89) 697 title. … Named to the 2011 USTA Collegiate Team for the second consecutive Maria Sanchez Modesto, Calif. year. … Has won two career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles. … Advanced to the quarterfinals at $50,000 event in Las Vegas in 2011. Won the girls’ 16s title at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl. … Reached the final at 17 (1/19/94) both the 2009 USTA Girls’ 16s National Championships and the 2008 USTA Girls’ 921 Chanelle Van Nguyen Miami 14s National Clay Court Championships. … Reached the doubles semifinals of the 2011 USTA International Spring Championships. Reached the final at the 2010 International Spring Championships and the round of 16 at the 2010 US Open juniors. … Reached the semifinals at a $25,000 event 16 (5/11/95) in Colombia in 2011 and at a $10,000 event in Evansville, Ind., on USTA Pro Circuit 500 Sachia Vickery Miramar, Fla. in 2009. … Won the girls’ 14s title at the 2008 Easter Bowl. … Helped lead U.S. to consecutive titles at World Junior Tennis Championships (14 and under), 2008-09. … Has worked with father of Williams sisters, Richard.

Helped lead the University of Florida to the 2011 NCAA team title as a sophomore. 20 (4/20/91) … Won the 2011 ITA All-American title in October 2011. … Reached her first 530 Allie Will Boca Raton, Fla. singles final at the $10,000 event in Atlanta in 2010. … Once attempted to return Andy Roddick’s serve.

8 * All information as of October 10, 2011 United States Tennis Association 70 West Red Oak Lane, White Plains, NY 10604-3602 USTA.com

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