TOURNAMENT NOTES as of March 16, 2016 ASC WOMEN’S OPEN NAPLES, FL • MARCH 20-27 USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN’S TENNIS RETURNS TO NAPLES TOURNAMENT INFORMATION FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2002 The ASC Women’s Open brings USTA Pro Site: Academia Sanchez-Casal Circuit women’s tennis to Naples for the Naples, Fla. first time since 2002, when the city hosted Websites: www.asc-florida.com a $50,000 women’s event. It also hosted a procircuit.usta.com $50,000 women’s event in 2000, as well as a $50,000 men’s Challenger from 1992 Staples USTA/Peter Facebook: Academia Sanchez-Casal, Florida to 1994. Twitter: @ASCFlorida This is the first of three consecutive Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, March 20 $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit clay-court Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, March 22 women’s events held over the next four weeks, preceding Jackson, Miss., and Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Pelham, Ala. Surface: Clay / Outdoor To follow the tournament, download the USTA Prize Money: $25,000 Pro Circuit’s new phone app for smartphones Tournament Director: and tablets by searching “procircuit” in the Lucas Regas, (239) 263-1818 Apple and Google Play stores. [email protected] Notable players competing in Naples include: Tournament Coordinator: Jessica Pegula qualified for the 2015 US Open, Rogelio De Haro, (239) 537-7245 Jessica Pegula, the top-ranked American winning her first-round match in her first-ever [email protected] competing in Naples. Pegula played in Grand Slam main draw. just one tournament in 2014 after having Tournament Press Contact: knee surgery, but she is on the comeback Kathy Prutos, (239) 572-3783 trail after qualifying for the 2015 US Open at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in [email protected] and winning her first-round match in her Maui and competed in the Australian Open USTA Communications Contact: first-ever Grand Slam main draw. Also qualifying tournament. Pegula broke out in 2013, qualifying for and reaching the Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219 in 2015, Pegula qualified for the WTA third round of the WTA event in Charleston. [email protected] event in Charleston, S.C., and reached the quarterfinals at two $50,000 USTA She also qualified for the WTA events in Pro Circuit events, in Dothan, Ala., and Shenzhen, China, and Washington, D.C., PRIZE MONEY / POINTS Kirkland, Wash. She also reached the final climbing to a career-best No. 123 in the world that year. Pegula has enjoyed even SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points round of qualifying at Wimbledon and greater success in doubles, competing in the Winner $3,919 50 the French Open in 2015. This year, she US Open doubles main draw in 2011, 2012 Runner-Up $2,091 30 reached the singles and doubles semifinals and 2015 and peaking at No. 92 in the Semifinalist $1,144 18 world in the doubles rankings in February Quarterfinalist $654 9 2013. Pegula’s father, Terry, is the owner Round 16 $392 5 of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres and the NFL’s Round 32 $228 1 Buffalo Bills. DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) Staples USTA/Peter Winner $1,437 Katerina Stewart, who made her Australian Runner-Up $719 Open qualifying debut in January and Semifinalist $359 who, earlier this month, captured her Quarterfinalist $196 seventh USTA Pro Circuit singles title at Round 16 $131 Up-and-comer Katerina Stewart had a strong season on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2015, winning three singles titles. *Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES the $10,000 event in Weston, Fla.; she also won the doubles title the second round of the WTA’s Rio Open and competing in Indian in Weston. Stewart had a strong season on the USTA Pro Circuit Wells. In 2014, Min reached the semifinals of the WTA event in in 2015, winning three singles titles and going 13-2 in the spring Bad Gastein, Austria—her first-ever WTA semifinal—and competed in a string of $50,000 clay-court events, where she won in Indian in the US Open and French Open main draws, qualifying at Roland Harbour Beach, Fla., and reached finals in Charlottesville, Va., Garros. She was one of the top juniors in the world in 2011, when and Savannah, Ga. Stewart peaked at a career-high No. 158 in the she won the US Open girls’ singles title and the Wimbledon girls’ world in July of last year. In 2014, she won the USTA Girls’ 18s doubles title. Those results helped propel her to No. 4 in the world National Clay Court Championships in Memphis, Tenn. That capped junior rankings. In 2013, she qualified for the French Open—her a 34-match winning streak in junior and pro matches, during which first main-draw Grand Slam appearance outside the U.S.—as well as she won three USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 clay-court events (Orlando, the US Open. She holds six USTA Pro Circuit singles titles overall, Fla.; Bethany Beach, Del.; and Charlotte, N.C.). Stewart was including the $25,000 event in Florence, S.C., in October 2015. awarded a wild card into qualifying at the 2014 US Open and won Earlier this year, Min advanced to the semifinals of the $25,000 her first-round qualifying match over Yuliya Beygelizimer, a former USTA Pro Circuit event in Daytona Beach, Fla. Top 100 player. Stewart also played in the doubles main draw at the 2014 US Open with Louisa Chirico, falling in the first round. An Melanie Oudin, who has played in just a few USTA Pro Circuit accomplished player on all surfaces, Stewart also was the USTA Girls’ tournaments since October 2014 after undergoing a heart 16s national hard court champion in 2013. Her mother, Marina, was procedure. Most recently, she reached the quarterfinals of the an Argentine WTA pro. She is coached by her father, Cesar. $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Stockton, Calif., last July, and advanced to the final round of qualifying for the 2015 US Open. Maria Sanchez, who peaked at No. 107 in the world in July 2013 Oudin burst onto the tennis scene in 2009, defeating former world behind strong results on the USTA Pro Circuit and the WTA tour. No. 1 Jelena Jankovic to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon Also in 2013, Sanchez made her debut in a Grand Slam main draw and beating five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova en by earning a wild card into the US Open. In 2014, she won her first route to the US Open quarterfinals. Oudin peaked at No. 31 in the WTA doubles title, in Auckland, New Zealand, with Sharon Fichman. world in singles in April 2010, but she struggled with injuries and Sanchez is ranked a career-high No. 69 in doubles after reaching inconsistency in the year that followed. She started a comeback in the doubles final at the WTA event in Monterrey, Mexico, earlier 2012, capturing her first career WTA title at the Wimbledon tune-up this month. For her career, Sanchez has won two USTA Pro Circuit event in Birmingham, England. She then competed at Wimbledon singles titles, both in 2012, and 15 USTA Pro Circuit/ITF Circuit as a wild card. Oudin also earned a wild card into the 2012 French doubles titles, including five in 2015 alone. As a junior player, she Open based on her results on the USTA Pro Circuit, which included was ranked No. 1 in the U.S. as a 16-year-old and No. 4 in the a title at the event in Charlottesville, Va. (She advanced to the country as an 18-year-old. She also was the No. 1-ranked collegian second round at Roland Garros that year.) In addition to her success and an ITA All-American at the University of Southern California, in singles, Oudin notched one of the biggest victories of her career winning the 2011 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate at the 2011 US Open, claiming the mixed doubles title with fellow Championship singles title. American Jack Sock. She has also been a consistent performer for the U.S. Fed Cup team in the past. Oudin announced in November Kayla Day, 16, who is the No. 10-ranked junior in the world. Day 2013 that she was suffering from rhabdomyolysis, a muscle- helped the U.S. to a runner-up finish at the 16-and-under Junior damaging condition, and took time off to deal with it. She resumed Fed Cup finals in Barcelona last September, winning all four of her competition in March 2014 and competed on the USTA Pro Circuit singles matches. She also won two prestigious ITF junior events and in qualifying for the US Open, French Open and Wimbledon. last year, in Mexico and Tulsa, Okla., and has also competed in the She was then sidelined again by the heart procedure. junior US Open and Wimbledon. Day was the 2013 USTA Girls’ 14s national champion and the 2014 USTA Girls’ 16s national Jamie Loeb, who completed her sophomore year at the University of runner-up. This year on the USTA Pro Circuit, she advanced to the North Carolina in 2015, winning the NCAA Division I singles title quarterfinals at the $25,000 events in Wesley Chapel, Fla., and to become the first singles national champion in North Carolina Surprise, Ariz. women’s tennis history. Loeb was also the top-ranked college tennis player for most of her freshman year (2013-14). As a freshman, she Notable players competing in qualifying include: was named the 2014 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year as well as the 2014 ACC Women’s Nicole Vaidisova, of the Czech Republic, the former world No.