TournamenT noTes as of may 9, 2012 TAMPA USTA MEN’S PRO CIRCUIT FUTURES TAMPA, FL • MAY 11-20 USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO TAMPA FOR 13TH STRAIGHT YEAR TournamenT InFormaTIon The Tampa USTA Men’s Pro Circuit Futures is being held in Tampa for the 13th consecutive Site: Harbour Island Athletic Club – Tampa, Fla. year. The city also hosted nine USTA Pro Circuit events between 1980 and 1997. This Michael Baz Website: procircuit.usta.com is the last of three consecutive $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures tournaments held on clay Qualifying Draw Begins: Friday, May 11 courts in Florida that develop players on clay and lead up to the 2012 French Open. Overall, Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, May 15 there are 14 USTA Pro Circuit men’s events Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles (Futures and Challengers combined) scheduled to take place in Florida, the most of any state. Surface: Clay / Outdoor Those competing in the main draw are: five- Prize Money: $10,000 time University of Florida All-American Gregory Ouellette, who captured the bronze medal in Tournament Director: men’s doubles with Nicholas Monroe at the Jose Campos, (813) 202-1950 ext. 107 Gregory Ouellette won the bronze medal in 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, doubles at the 2011 Pan Am Games and was a [email protected] Mexico; and former University of Tennessee University of Florida All-American. All-American Tennys Sandgren, whose first Tournament Press Contact: name is pronounced like the sport and Jose Campos, (813) 202-1950 ext. 107 who turned pro after capturing consecutive captured the 2011 NCAA men’s doubles title [email protected] USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Illinois last year. as a senior for Texas A&M to earn a doubles Sandgren has climbed nearly 200 spots in the main draw wild card into the 2011 US Open, USTA Public Relations Contacts: ATP World Tour rankings in 2012 due in large and who reached his first professional final Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] part to his success on the USTA Pro Circuit; he in 2011 at the USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Eric Schuster, (914) 696-7260, [email protected] won the $15,000 Futures in Calabasas, Calif., Indian Harbour Beach, Fla.; Joshua Zavala, a in March and the $15,000 Futures in Little former college standout for the University of Rock, Ark., last month. Texas who reached his first professional singles PrIze money / PoInTs final in 2011 at a Futures in Brazil and was SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points Other players set to compete in Tampa are: doubles runner-up last year in Tampa; Phillip Winner $1,300 17 Bjorn Fratangelo, who in 2011 became the Simmonds, who qualified for the main draw of Runner-up $900 9 first American since John McEnroe in 1977 the Emirates Airline US Open Series event in Semifinalist $480 5 to capture the boys’ singles title at the French Atlanta in last summer and won the USTA Pro Quarterfinalist $290 2 Open; former University of Hawaii standout Circuit $10,000 Futures in Weston, Fla., in Round of 16 $200 1 Dennis Lajola, who successfully qualified January 2011; and Jordan Cox, who reached Round of 32 $117.5 - for his first ATP World Tour event in San the boys’ singles final at Wimbledon in 2009 Jose, Calif., in February; Jeff Dadamo, who and who successfully qualified for the main DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) draw of the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures Winner $630 in Vero Beach, Fla., last week—his first USTA Runner-up $330 Pro Circuit main draw appearance this year. Semifinalist $260 Quarterfinalist $180 International standouts in the main draw Bette Salmon Round of 16 $0 include: John-Patrick Smith of Australia, who won the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in Vero Beach, Fla., two weeks ago and was a former standout for the University of Tennessee, where he became the second player in the history of college tennis to be named a four-time All-America in both singles Bjorn Fratangelo won the 2011 French Open boys’ singles title, becoming the first American since John McEnroe in 1977 to do so. *Player field subject to change TournamenT noTes and doubles (2008-2011); and Olivier Sajous of Haiti, whose family’s Sarasota, Fla., and Savannah, Ga., last month. This year, the USTA home was destroyed by the 2010 earthquake and who reached the final awarded the men’s French Open wild card to the American player who of the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures in his adopted hometown of finished with the best combined results at the two events. Baker earned Plantation, Fla., last year. a combined 88 points, winning the title in Savannah and reaching the second round in Sarasota. The USTA and the French Tennis Federation Players competing in qualifying include: Alexios Halebian, who reached have a reciprocal agreement in which wild cards into the 2012 French the final of the 2012 Easter Bowl and trains full-time at the USTA Open and US Open are exchanged. Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.; future collegians Shane Vinsant, a finalist in the 2011 French Open boys’ doubles who In 1987, Jim Courier won an event in Tampa. Courier, who was inducted will play at Texas A&M this fall, and Michael Redlicki, who trains full- into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005, hit No. 1 in the time at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., world in 1992 and is a four-time Grand Slam tournament champion and will enroll at Duke; former University of Kentucky standout Jesse (1991-92 French Open, 1992-93 Australian Open). He captured 23 Witten of Naples, Fla., who is competing in his first tournament since singles titles and six doubles titles and reached the final of all four the 2011 US Open Qualifying Tournament and who had the best Grand majors during his career. Courier is currently in his second year as the Slam result of his career at the 2009 US Open, qualifying and knocking U.S. Davis Cup captain. 1990 Tampa doubles champion Ken Flach off two Top 100 players before falling to Novak Djokovic in four sets in won four Grand Slam tournament doubles titles and won a doubles gold the third round; and Christian Harrison, who is the younger brother of medal at the 1988 Olympics. He holds 34 career doubles titles and was American rising star Ryan Harrison, and who reached the semifinals of a 11-2 in Davis Cup doubles competition. 2011 Tampa singles champion Futures in Mexico in December 2011 as well as the quarterfinals at the Blake Strode won the 2010 and 2011 US Open National Playoffs to $15,000 Futures in Little Rock, Ark., last month. This is the younger earn wild cards into the US Open Qualifying Tournament, where he Harrison’s fifth USTA Pro Circuit event of the year. reached the second round both years; he also has won three USTA Pro Circuit singles events. 2010 doubles champion Denis Kudla went on Many current standouts have found success in Tampa. 2004 singles to reach the US Open boys’ singles final that year and qualified for the runner-up Brian Baker earned a wild card into the 2012 French Open Australian Open men’s singles main draw earlier this year. with his combined results at the USTA Pro Circuit Challengers in *Player field subject to change TAMPA PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2011 Blake Strode (USA) Lester Cook (USA) 2011 Ashley Fisher (AUS) – Chris Haggard (RSA) 2010 Augustin Gensse (FRA) Erling Tveit (NOR) 2010 Denis Kudla (USA) – Junior Ore (USA) 2009 Philip Bester (CAN) Haydn Lewis (BAR) 2009 Kaden Hensel (AUS) – Adam Hubble (AUS) 2008 Daniel Garza (MEX) Marcus Fugate (USA) 2008 Adam Fuss (USA) – Vahid Mirzadeh (USA) 2007 Victor Estrella (DOM) Stefano Ianni (ITA) 2007 Colin Ebelthite (AUS) – Clinton Thomson (AUS) 2006 Robert Yim (USA) Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) 2006 Kelly Jones (USA) – Pete Stroer (USA) 2005 Jose De Armas (VEN) Diego Alvarez (ARG) 2005 Cody Conley (USA) – Ryan Newport (USA) 2004 K.J. Hippensteel (USA) Brian Baker (USA) 2004 Ryan Haviland (USA) – K.J.Hippensteel (USA) 2003 Dusan Vemic (SRB) Francisco Rodriguez (PAR) 2003 Ryan Haviland (USA) – K.J.Hippensteel (USA) 2002 Jose De Armas (VEN) Frank Dancevic (CAN) 2002 Thomas Blake (USA) – Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) 2001 Daniel Andersson (SWE) Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) 2001 Enrique Abaroa (MEX) – Lee Pearson (AUS) 2000 Cedric Kauffmann (FRA) Noam Behr (ISR) 2000 Enrique Abaroa (MEX) – Mauricio Hadad (COL) 1998-1999 No event No event 1998-1999 No event 1997 David Witt (USA) Ricardo Mena (POR) 1997 Robert Kraus (RSA) – Markus Zillner (GER) 1991-1996 No event No event 1991-1996 No event April 1990 Bryan Shelton (USA) Broderick Dyke (AUS) April 1990 Doug Flach (USA) – Ken Flach (USA) March 1990 Jan Apell (SWE) Massimo Ardinhi (ITA) March 1990 Scott Melville (USA) – Jacco Van Duyn (NED) 1989 No event No event 1989 No event 1988 Jimmy Brown (USA) Jon Sorbo (USA) 1988 Julian Barham (USA) – Rikard Bergh (SWE) 1987 Jim Courier (USA) Jimmy Brown (USA) 1987 Tobias Svantesson (SWE) – John Treml (USA) 1986 Andrei Chesnokov (RUS) Ramesh Krishnan (IND) 1986 Brett Custer (AUS) – David MacPherson (AUS) 1985 Magnus Tideman (SWE) Ahmed El Mehelmy (EGY) 1985 Peter Carlsson (SWE) – Magnus Tideman (SWE) 1984 Jay Lapidus (USA) Ben Testerman (USA) 1984 Jonathan Canter (USA) – Derek Tarr (USA) 1981-1983 No event No event 1981-1983 No event 1980 Ben Mckown (USA) Rick Fagel (USA) 1980 Morris Strode (USA) – Charles Strode (USA) TournamenT noTes USTA PRO CIRCUIT 10 AND UNDER TENNIS With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from On January 1, the USTA announced that the rules of tennis $10,000 to $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for have officially changed and require that 10 and Under Tennis aspiring tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals.