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TOURNAMENT NOTES

as of April 12, 2017

EAGLE LANDING CLASSIC PRESENTED BY ST. VINCENT’S HEALTHCARE ORANGE PARK, FL • APRIL 14-23

USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO ORANGE PARK FOR 15TH YEAR

The Eagle Landing Tennis Classic presented by St. Vincent’s Healthcare returns to Orange

Park for the 15th consecutive year. It is the USTA first of three consecutive clay-court $15,000 TOURNAMENT INFO USTA Pro Circuit Futures events held in April and May in , preceding Vero Beach Site: Eagle Landing – Orange Park, Fla. and Tampa. In conjunction with USTA Player Website: www.procircuit.usta.com Development, the USTA Pro Circuit continues to emphasize the importance of increased Qualifying Draw Begins: Friday, April 14 training for younger players on clay. Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, April 18 Notable players competing in Orange Park Surface: Clay / Outdoor include: Prize Money: $15,000 , 28, Louisville, Ky. Tournament Director: Mark Arrowsmith, (904) 534-6440 • 2012 NCAA singles runner-up for the [email protected] University of . • Was one of the most decorated tennis Tournament Press Contact: players in Wildcats history, earning five Mark Arrowsmith, (904) 534-6440 All-America honors between singles and Eric Quigley was the 2012 NCAA singles [email protected] doubles during his four-year collegiate career runner-up for the University of Kentucky. USTA Communications Contact: (2008-12). Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] • In 2016, won the US Open National Playoffs Men’s Doubles Championship with • Was selected First-Team All-Big Ten his PRIZE MONEY / POINTS to earn a wild card into the junior and senior years. SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points US Open men’s doubles draw. • Graduated with 130 singles and doubles Winner $2,160 18 • Holds one USTA Pro Circuit singles title, wins. Runner-up $1,272 10 won in 2013 at the $15,000 Futures in Semifinalist $753 6 Decatur, Ill. Also holds nine USTA Pro Circuit/ Calvin Hemery, 22, France Quarterfinalist $438 2 ITF Circuit doubles titles. • Is the top seed in Orange Park. Round of 16 $258 1 • In 2008, became the first player from the • Holds one ITF Circuit singles title, won in Round of 32 $156 - state of Kentucky in 34 years to win four 2015 in , as well as two doubles titles DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) consecutive high school state singles titles. (Kuwait in 2014 and Istanbul in 2016). Winner $930 • This year, has competed in , Canada Runner-up $540 , 27, Long Island City, N.Y. and Panama. Semifinalist $324 • Is the top-ranked American in Orange Park, Quarterfinalist $192 ranked No. 316 in the world. , 22, Germany Round of 16 $108 • Has competed extensively all over the world, • Graduated from Tulane in 2016, earning winning 12 ITF Circuit and USTA Pro Circuit two All-American honors (2015 and 2016). events in the U.S., Mexico, Egypt, Turkey and • Finished his college career with 103 singles Bolivia. Won four singles titles in 2017. wins – the second-most in program history. • Also holds 11 doubles titles worldwide from • Holds two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles, 2009-13. winning one last year at the $25,000 Futures • Grandfather played and coached pro soccer in Harlingen, Texas, and one this year at the in Egypt. $15,000 Futures in Orlando, Fla., at the new USTA National Campus. Raleigh Smith, 25, Miami • Graduated in 2014 from Northwestern.

*Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES

ORANGE PARK PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2016 (CAN) Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 2016 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) – Peter Nagy (HUN) 2015 (BAR) (USA) 2015 Jean-Yves Aubone (USA) – Ben McLachlan (NZL) 2014 Nicolas Jarry (CHI) (USA) 2014 (USA) – Connor Smith (USA) 2013 (USA) (AUT) 2013 Gerald Melzer (AUT) – Haydn Lewis (BAR) 2012 Gerald Melzer (AUT) (USA) 2012 Phillip Simmonds (USA) – Fritz Wolmarans (RSA) 2011 Gerald Melzer (AUT) (MEX) 2011 (USA) – Gregory Ouellette (USA) 2010 Matteo Viola (ITA) (ITA) 2010 Andrea Collarini (USA) – (USA) 2009 Luigi D’Agord (ITA) Daniel Garza (MEX) 2009 Marcus Fugate (USA) – Todd Paul (USA) 2008 (AUS) Clinton Thomson (AUS) 2008 Thomas Schoeck (GER) – Ross Wilson (USA) 2007 Stefano Ianni (ITA) Adriano Biasella (ITA) 2007 Adriano Biasella (ITA) – Stefano Ianni (ITA) 2006 (USA) Nikita Kryvonos (USA) 2006 Travis Rettenmaier (USA) – Robert Yim (USA) 2005 Jose De Armas (VEN) (USA) 2005 (USA) – Jeremy Wurtzman (USA) 2004 Melvyn Op Der Heijde (NED) Goran Dragicevic (USA) 2004 Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) – Chris Kwon (USA) 2003 Pedro Braga (BRA) Bernard Parun (GER) 2003 (USA) – Phillip Simmonds (USA)