2013 USTA PRO CIRCUIT MEN’S BIOS Brian Baker Age: 28 (4/30/1985) Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. Career-High Ranking: 52 (October 2012) Baker began an incredible comeback last year, winning the USTA Pro Circuit Futures event in Weston, Fla., in January 2012. Baker, ranked No. 456 in the world at the start of 2012 after suffering various injuries, was looking to rebuild his career by playing in a string of USTA Pro Circuit Futures events. He progressed to Challenger-level tournaments and accelerated his comeback by earning the USTA’s wild card to the French Open as the American who earned the most ranking points at two USTA Pro Circuit clay-court Challengers—a $100,000 event in Sarasota, Fla., and a $50,000 event in Savannah, Ga. That success changed Baker’s summer plans as he diverted from the USTA Pro Circuit and headed to Europe, where he reached his first ATP final at the French Open tune-up event in Nice, advanced to the second round of the French Open and then reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, matching Mardy Fish for best finish by an American man at The Championships. He also reached the second round of the US Open. Baker returned to pro tennis in 2011 after undergoing five surgeries for a series of ailments from 2005- 08, including Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery in February 2008. He was a standout junior, peaking at No. 2 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2003 after reaching the boys’ singles final at the French Open and winning the 2002 Orange Bowl. While he was away from the game, he served as an assistant coach at Belmont University in Nashville, where he was also enrolled as a student. Sekou Bangoura Age: 21 (11/18/1991) Hometown: Bradenton, Fla. Career-High Ranking: 568 (February 2013) Bangoura was named a doubles All-American during his sophomore year at the University of Florida after reaching the doubles semifinals of the 2011 NCAA Tournament. He has won one USTA Pro Circuit title in doubles at the $15,000 Futures in Sacramento, Calif., in June 2011. Chase Buchanan Age: 21 (6/4/1991) Hometown: Columbus, Ohio Career-High Ranking: 343 (April 2013) Buchanan won the 2012 NCAA men’s doubles title while playing for Ohio State. On the USTA Pro Circuit in 2012, Buchanan won two Futures singles titles and three Futures doubles titles—all on clay. Behind these results, he climbed more than 500 spots in the ATP rankings. Buchanan won the doubles title at the $15,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Little Rock, Ark., in March 2013 with Austin Krajicek (Buchanan’s fourth career USTA Pro Circuit doubles title) and competed in singles in qualifying for the ATP events in Delray Beach, Fla., and San Jose, Calif., this year. As a junior player, he reached the final of the 2009 junior US Open. Bjorn Fratangelo Age: 19 (7/19/1993) Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. Career-High Ranking: 402 (April 2013) Fratangelo in 2011 became the first American since John McEnroe in 1977 to win the boys’ singles title at the French Open. Fratangelo started strong on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2013, winning the $10,000 Futures in Weston, Fla., and Orange Park, Fla., and reaching two additional Futures finals and a semifinal. In 2012, he reached his first career Challenger quarterfinal at $50,000 Lexington, Ky. He also won his first USTA Pro Circuit doubles title, with fellow Tampa entrant Mitchell Krueger, at the $10,000 Futures in Birmingham, Ala. Robby Ginepri Age: 30 (10/7/1982) Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Career-High Ranking: 15 (January 2006) Ginepri is the only active U.S. man to have advanced to a Grand Slam semifinal (2005 US Open, where he lost to Andre Agassi in five sets). Ginepri was one of the top Americans in the world in the mid-2000s, winning three ATP singles titles. Ginepri, who has reached the fourth round or better at all four Slams, peaked at No. 15 in 2006 and has competed for the U.S. in Davis Cup (2004) and the Olympics (2008). He is on the comeback trail following a broken elbow suffered in late 2010, when he fell off his bicycle trying to avoid a squirrel; the injury kept him sidelined through the middle of 2011. Ginepri won the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Sunrise, Fla., in early January 2013 and reached the final of the $50,000 Challenger in Dallas in February. Christian Harrison Age: 19 (5/29/1994) Hometown: Shreveport, La. Career-High Ranking: 363 (May 2013) Harrison started 2013 by playing in ITF events in Great Britain, where he won his first pro title and reached another singles final. The younger brother of Ryan Harrison, Christian teamed with Ryan to reach the doubles quarterfinals at the 2012 US Open, upsetting the No. 4 seeds in the opening round. Christian reached his first career $50,000 Challenger semifinal last summer in Lexington, Ky. Last May, he reached back-to-back Futures semifinals in Tampa, Fla., and Indian Harbour Beach, Fla. Ryan Harrison Age: 21 (5/7/1992) Hometown: Shreveport, La. Career-High Ranking: 43 (July 2012) Harrison was named to the U.S. Olympic team for the 2012 Games in London and has been a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team. Harrison has also enjoyed much success on the ATP World Tour, reaching three semifinals in 2012 to climb to No. 43 in the world. (He and Bernard Tomic were the only players 20 or younger in the Top 100 at the time.) This year, Harrison advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open tune-up event in Sydney, Australia, and then reached the second round of the Australian Open. He also won the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Savannah, Ga. Harrison has played in the US Open main draw each of the last three years; in 2010, he qualified and upset No. 15 seed Ivan Ljubicic in the opening round, and in 2012, he also advanced to the second round, losing to former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro. Steve Johnson Age: 23 (12/24/1989) Hometown: Orange, Calif. Career-High Ranking: 127 (April 2013) Johnson qualified for the 2013 Australian Open and lost in five sets in the first round to No. 10 seed Nicolas Almagro. He also reached the quarterfinals of the ATP event in San Jose, Calif., in February. Johnson has had an impressive professional debut following a standout career at USC. He reached the third round of the 2012 US Open, becoming the first reigning NCAA champion to advance to the third round of the men’s singles event since Sargis Sargsian in 1995. He also captured the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Aptos, Calif., and reached the semifinals of two additional Challengers to break into the Top 200 for the first time. In 2012, Johnson cemented his place as one of the best college players of all time, going undefeated to claim his second straight NCAA singles title and leading USC to its fourth team title in Johnson’s four years at the school. He turned professional shortly thereafter. Bradley Klahn Age: 22 (8/20/1990) Hometown: Poway, Calif. Career-High Ranking: 182 (April 2013) Klahn received a wild card into qualifying at the 2012 US Open and subsequently won three matches to advance to the main draw, where he upset Top-50 player Jurgen Melzer in the first round in five sets. In doing so, the left-hander became the first-ever men’s qualifying wild card to win a round at the US Open. Following the US Open, he advanced to three USTA Pro Circuit Challenger quarterfinals. Klahn, the 2010 NCAA men’s singles champion for Stanford, started his professional career last summer with the help of the USTA Collegiate Team, a program that provides college players with experience and opportunities on the USTA Pro Circuit. This year, he also was a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in Jacksonville, Fla., where the U.S. defeated Brazil. On the USTA Pro Circuit, Klahn reached the final of the $10,000 Futures in Calabasas, Calif., in March 2013 and then won the singles title at the $10,000 Futures in Costa Mesa, Calif., the following week. He also reached the doubles final of the $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Sarasota, Fla., in April, with Steve Johnson. Daniel Kosakowski Age: 21 (2/21/1992) Hometown: Downey, Calif. Career-High Ranking: 230 (April 2013) Kosakowski made a splash in his first full season as a professional in 2012, reaching the final round of qualifying at the US Open and winning back-to-back USTA Pro Circuit Futures events in California following the US Open. Behind those victories, he cracked the Top 250 for the first time, after starting 2012 ranked outside the Top 400. Kosakowski played one season at UCLA before going pro, playing in the No. 1 singles position for the Bruins and earning 2011 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors. Kosakowski comes from a tennis-playing family; his brother and two sisters all played or are currently playing college tennis. Austin Krajicek Age: 22 (6/16/1990) Hometown: Tampa, Fla. Career-High Ranking: 300 (April 2013) Krajicek was a five-time All-American for Texas A&M and won the 2011 NCAA men’s doubles title with Jeff Dadamo. Krajicek won his first professional title at a $15,000 Futures in China in January 2012 and won his first USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the Futures in Austin, Texas, last summer, where he also captured the doubles title.