TournamenT noTes as of october 11, 2010 THE USTA MEN’S PROFESSIONAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS OF CALABASAS CALABASAS, CA • OCTOBER 16–24 USTA PRO CIRCUIT MEN’S CHALLENGER RETURNS TournamenT InFormaTIon FOR 10th YEAR IN CALABASAS The USTA Men’s Professional Tennis Site: Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center Championships of Calabasas is taking place Calabasas, Calif. in Calabasas for the 10th straight year. USTA Websites: www.calabasaschallenger.com The tournament is one of five USTA Pro procircuit.usta.com Circuit $50,000 Challengers taking place in California, the most of any state. It is also the Facebook: Calabasas Challenger last of three consecutive Challengers held in Twitter: Calabasastennis California, joining Sacramento and Tiburon. Qualifying draw begins: Saturday, October 16 This year’s main draw is expected to include Main draw begins: Monday, October 18 18-year-old Ryan Harrison, who is in the midst of his breakout season. Harrison Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles began 2010 by appearing in his first Grand Slam main draw, having won a USTA playoff Surface: Hard / Outdoor to earn a wild card into the Australian Open. Prize Money: $50,000 He also posted his best-ever tour result by reaching the quarterfinals in Newport, R.I., Tournament Director: and qualified for the US Open, upsetting Jeff Richards, [email protected] No. 15 Ivan Ljubicic in the first round. (818) 388-1696 Harrison then joined Sam Querrey, John Eighteen-year-old American up-and-comer Tournament Press Contact: Isner and Mardy Fish on the U.S. Davis Cup Ryan Harrison qualified and advanced to the second round of the 2010 US Open. Steve Pratt, [email protected] team for the World Group Play-off victory (310) 408-4555 over Colombia in September. USTA Public Relations Contacts: Also expected in the main draw are: 2007 weeks ago; Kevin Kim, a nine-time USTA Eric Schuster, (914) 696-7260, [email protected] Calabasas singles champion and 2006 Pro Circuit singles champion, who finished Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] doubles champion Robert Kendrick, a in the Top 125 five of the last six years; Jesse Levine, who had his best showing PrIze money / PoInTs regular competitor in Grand Slam events, who is currently fourth all-time on the at a Grand Slam last year at Wimbledon, SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points USTA Pro Circuit with 11 career men’s defeating then-world No. 24 Marat Safin Winner $7,200 80 singles titles and advanced to the final of and advancing to the third round; Ryan Runner-Up $4,240 48 the $50,000 Challenger in Sacramento two Sweeting, who peaked at a career-high Semifinalist $2,510 29 No. 111 in August after qualifying and Quarterfinalist $1,460 15 advancing to the third round of the Olympus Round 16 $860 7 US Open Series event in Washington D.C., Round 32 $520 - and competing in the US Open, French Open and Wimbledon this year; and last DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) year’s Calabasas singles champion and Winner $3,100 2007 singles runner-up Donald Young, Runner-Up $1,800 who broke into the Top 100 in 2007, Semifinalist $1,080 reaching the third round of the US Open Quarterfinalist $640 Matthew Stockman/Getty Images and advancing to the singles final of seven Round 16 $360 USTA Pro Circuit tournaments. He won his CommunITy eVenTs fifth career USTA Pro Circuit singles title in Sunday, October 17 Carson, Calif., earlier this year and is once Pro-Am, 4-6:30 p.m. again approaching the Top 100. BBQ Dinner, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, October 22 2007 doubles champion John Isner, currently ranked No. 20 in the world, won the longest Pro-Am Drill, 9-11 a.m. match in tennis history at Wimbledon earlier Pro Exhibition, 6-7 p.m. this summer. Saturday, October 23 USTA Junior Team Tennis Kids’ Day, 2-3:30 p.m. TournamenT noTes Also competing in the main draw are: Jesse Witten, who made a draw wild card into the 2009 US Open, where he pushed five-time major move up the world rankings at the 2009 US Open, winning defending champion Roger Federer in a 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 defeat. He three matches in qualifying and advancing to the third round before also reached his first career USTA Pro Circuit final this year at the falling to Novak Djokovic in four sets; Alex Kuznetsov, who finished $10,000 Futures in Claremont, Calif., following the US Open. second on the 2009 USTA Pro Circuit prize money list and has reached seven USTA Pro Circuit singles finals in his career, claiming Also expected in the qualifying include: 2002 singles runner-up two titles; Lester Cook, who competed in the 2010 French Open and 2006 doubles champion Cecil Mamiit, a member and coach qualifying and holds four USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and of the Philippines Davis Cup team, who reached the final of the 10 doubles titles; and Michael Yani, who qualified for the main draw 2010 US Open National Playoffs and won the NCAA singles title of the 2010 French Open and lost to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia, 4-6, as a freshman at USC in 1996; Michael McClune, a former junior 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 12-10, in a first round marathon that was standout, who won the USTA Boys’ 18s singles crown to earn a played over two days and covered 4 hours and 56 minutes of playing wild card into the main draw of the 2007 US Open; and Nicholas time. The 71 games equaled the most in a singles match at Roland Monroe, who advanced to the doubles final of the $50,000 Garros since tie-breaks were instituted in 1973. Challenger in Sacramento two weeks ago and was a two-time All-American at the University of North Carolina (2003-04). Among those competing in the main draw who are making a comeback through the USTA Pro Circuit include 2005 Sacramento Other USTA Pro Circuit standouts expected in qualifying are: Ryler doubles champions Bobby Reynolds, who has won two USTA Pro DeHeart, who qualified for the 2010 ATP World Tour event in San Circuit Challengers this year after reaching the third round of Jose, Calif., and has won three USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles this Wimbledon in 2008 and ascending to a career-best singles ranking year for a total of nine in his career; and Greg Ouellette, who won his of No. 63 in early 2009 before a wrist injury derailed his season; first career USTA Pro Circuit singles title this year at the Futures in and former world No. 60 Amer Delic, who reached the third round Peoria, Ill., and reached the semifinals or better at five doubles events. of the 2009 Australian Open through qualifying but was halted by a knee injury that kept him out of competitive play from July 2009 to Many current and past ATP World Tour standouts have found success August 2010. He competed in US Open qualifying this year in his in Calabasas. 2007 doubles champion John Isner is currently first tournament since the injury. the No. 3 American behind Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish, and is ranked No. 20. This year, Isner captured his first tour singles title Receiving a main draw wild card is Steve Johnson, an All-American in Aucklan, New Zealand, won the doubles title in Memphis, Tenn., at the University of Southern California, who helped the squad win with Sam Querrey, reached the fourth round of the Australian Open the 2009 NCAA team title, and who qualified for the Olympus and the third round of both the US Open and the French Open, and US Open Series event in Los Angeles this summer (first ATP World was named to the U.S. Davis Cup team. He also won the longest Tour appearance). match in tennis history at Wimbledon, going 11 hours over three days to defeat Nicolas Mahut 70-68, in the fifth set. 2006 singles Those expected in qualifying include: Blake Strode, the 2010 champion Mark Philippoussis peaked at No. 8 in the world in US Open National Playoffs champion, who last year chose to defer 1999 after reaching the final of the 1998 US Open and capturing Harvard Law School to play professional tennis and won the Futures two hard-court singles titles in 1999. After a series of injuries, in Joplin, Mo., for his first pro title;Bradley Klahn, who won the Philippoussis made a comeback in 2006 by playing on the USTA Pro 2010 NCAA Division I singles championship while playing for Circuit and also won his 11th career ATP World Tour title in Newport, Stanford and stretched Sam Querrey to four sets in the first round of R.I. 2002 singles champion Michael Chang is a former world No. 2 the 2010 US Open as a wild card; 6-foot-7 Alex Domijan, a two- and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He became time USTA Pro Circuit singles finalist, who plays for the University the youngest player to win a main draw match at the US Open in of Virginia and spent much of 2009 as the No. 1 player in the USTA 1987 and also captured his first USTA Pro Circuit Challenger that Boys’ 18s national standings; and Devin Britton, who enrolled at year in Las Vegas. In 1989, Chang became the youngest Roland the University of Mississippi in January 2009, and five months later Garros and Grand Slam champion (17 years, 3 months), and went became the youngest man ever to win the NCAA singles title on to win 34 ATP World Tour singles titles and reach the final of the (18 years, 2 months).