TournamenT noTes as of June 21, 2010 NIELSEN USTA PRO TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNETKA, IL • JUNE 27 – JULY 3 USTA PRO CIRCUIT MEN’S CHALLENGER RETURNS TO WINNETKA TournamenT InFormaTIon The Nielsen USTA Pro Tennis Championship is taking place in Winnetka for the fifth straight Site: A.C. Nielsen Tennis Center – Winnetka, Ill. year. The tournament also was held from USTA 1984 to 2000. The tournament is the ninth Websites: www.nielsenprotennis.com Challenger of the 2010 USTA Pro Circuit procircuit.usta.com season and one of two Challengers that are Facebook: Nielsen Pro Tennis held in Illinois. (Champaign takes place in November as the last USTA Pro Circuit event Qualifying draw begins: Sunday, June 27 of the season.) Main draw begins: Monday, June 28 2008 Winnetka doubles champion This year’s main draw is expected to include Michael Yani matched a tie-break era record 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Main Draw: four players who competed in the 2010 at the French Open when his first round Surface: Hard / Outdoor Wimbledon main draw last week: Michael match against Lukas Lacko went 71 games Russell, the highest-ranked American in the and lasted 4 hours and 56 minutes. Prize Money: $50,000 Winnetka field, who is the all-time leader in USTA Pro Circuit singles titles with 23 and Tournament Director: round of the 2005 Australian Open and has a consistent presence in Grand Slam events; Linda Goodman, (312) 505-7969 finished in the Top 10 in USTA Pro Circuit Jesse Levine, who earned a lucky loser spot [email protected] prize money each of the last two years; Bobby into this year’s Wimbledon, last year reached Reynolds, who reached the third round of Tournament Press Contact: the second round of the US Open and posted Wimbledon in 2008 and also advanced to Kaelin Sweeney, (847) 989-5256 his best showing at a Grand Slam at 2009 the second round of the French Open and [email protected] Wimbledon, defeating then-world No. 24 the US Open that year (Reynolds ascended Marat Safin to advance to the third round; USTA Public Relations Contacts: to a career-best singles ranking of No. 63 in Jesse Witten, a Wimbledon qualifier, who also Eric Schuster, (914) 696-7260, [email protected] early 2009 before a wrist injury hampered qualified for the 2009 US Open and defeated Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] his season); and the 2008 Winnetka doubles then-world No. 30 Igor Andreev and No. 79 champion Michael Yani, who qualified for Maximo Gonzalez before falling to Novak the main draw of the 2010 French Open Djokovic in four sets in the third round; and PrIze money / PoInTs and lost to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia, 4-6, last year’s doubles champion Carsten Ball of SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 12-10, in a first round Australia, also a Wimbledon qualifier, who Winner $7,200 80 marathon that was played over two days and reached his first ATP World Tour final at the Runner-Up $4,240 48 covered 4 hours, 56 minutes of playing time. 2009 LA Tennis Open, an Olympus US Open Semifinalist $2,510 29 The 71 games equal the most in a singles Series event, where he lost to 2006 Winnetka Quarterfinalist $1,460 15 match at Roland Garros since tie-breaks were singles champion Sam Querrey in the final. Round 16 $860 7 instituted in 1973. Round 32 $520 - Also expected in the main draw this week are Also expected in the main draw this week are DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) last year’s singles champion Alex Kuznetsov, last year’s singles runner-up Tim Smyczek, Winner $3,100 who finished second on the 2009 USTA Pro who cracked the Top 200 for the first time in Runner-Up $1,800 Circuit prize money list and has reached seven his career earlier this month; Lester Cook, who Semifinalist $1,080 USTA Pro Circuit singles finals in his career; competed in the 2010 French Open qualifying Quarterfinalist $640 former UCLA star Kevin Kim, who peaked and holds four USTA Pro Circuit singles titles Round 16 $360 at world No. 63 after advancing to the third and 10 doubles titles; and Ryler DeHeart of Champaign, Ill., an eight-time USTA Pro CommunITy eVenTs Ciruit doubles champion, who was a two-time USTA All-American at the University of Illinois and Monday, June 28 finished his college career as the all-time Pro-am, 2 p.m. winningest singles player in Illini history. Tuesday, June 29 Wheelchair Tennis Demonstration, 6:30 p.m. 2006 Winnetka singles champion Sam Querrey has won five career tour titles and represents the United States in Davis Cup. TournamenT noTes Expected in the qualifying draw include: Others expected in qualifying include: year. He also represented the United States in Davis Cup and is the No. 3-ranked American Six-foot-7 teenager Alex Domijan, the Phillip Simmonds, who qualified for six USTA behind Andy Roddick and John Isner. 1999 No. 1-ranked USTA Boys’ 18s junior for much Pro Circuit events this year and reached doubles champion James Blake peaked at of 2009, who reached two semifinals at USTA a career-best No. 219 in 2006; Nicholas world No. 4 in 2006 after he reached the Pro Circuit $15,000 Futures events and six Monroe, a two-time All-American at the quarterfinals of the US Open and won five quarterfinals this year;Brendan Evans, a University of North Carolina (2003-04) who singles titles. Blake also was a member of the former No. 4 junior in the world, who qualified has won 21 ITF Men’s Circuit titles in his U.S. Davis Cup team, helping lead the United for the 2010 Wimbledon main draw and career; Eric Nunez, who cracked the States to the Davis Cup title in 2007. Todd advanced to the quarterfinals at the grass court Top 200 in 2006 and holds five career USTA Martin competed on the USTA Pro Circuit early tour-level event in Newport, R.I., last year; Pro Circuit titles (three singles); and John in his career, finishing as the singles runner-up Greg Ouellette, a four-time All-American for Paul Fruttero, who has been competing on the in Winnetka in 1989 and 1991 before going the University of Florida who peaked at USTA Pro Circuit for almost a decade and has on to reach the final of the 1999 US Open, No. 2 in the collegiate rankings his senior played in tournaments worldwide, breaking rank No. 4 in the world, and win eight career year (2008) and has jumped nearly 400 spots into the Top 100 in 2005. ATP singles titles. in the ATP World Tour rankings since then; and 2006 Winnetka doubles champion Cecil Many current and former ATP World Tour stars Mamiit, a former NCAA champion and Davis have found success in Winnetka. Sam Querrey, Cup standout for the Philippines, who won the the 2006 singles champion, is currently US Open National Playoffs USTA Southern ranked a career-high No. 21 and has won five California Sectional Qualifying Tournament. career ATP singles titles, including three this WINNETKA PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2009 Alex Kuznetsov (USA) Tim Smyczek (USA) 2009 Carsten Ball (AUS) – Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 2008 Rajeev Ram (USA) Scoville Jenkins (USA) 2008 Todd Widom (USA) – Michael Yani (USA) 2007 Noam Okun (ISR) Kevin Anderson (RSA) 2007 Patrick Briaud (USA) – Chris Drake (USA) 2006 Sam Querrey (USA) Andrea Stoppini (ITA) 2006 Cecil Mamiit (PHI) – Eric Taino (PHI) 2000 Takao Suzuki (JPN) Yong-Il Yoon (KOR) 2000 Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) – Yong-Il Yoon (KOR) 1999 Alex O’Brien (USA) Max Mirnyi (BLR) 1999 James Blake (USA) – Thomas Blake (USA) 1998 Geoff Grant (USA) Diego Nargiso (ITA) 1998 Grant Silcock (AUS) – Myles Wakefield (RSA) 1997 Gianluca Pozzi (ITA) Wayne Black (ZIM) 1997 Michael Sell (USA) – Myles Wakefield (RSA) 1994 Vince Spadea (USA) Cristiano Caratti (ITA) 1994 Brian MacPhie (USA) – David Witt (USA) 1993 Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) Maurice Ruah (VEN) 1993 Wayne Arthurs (AUS) – Mark Petchey (GBR) 1992 Chuck Adams (USA) Steve Bryan (USA) 1992 Andrew Kratzmann (AUS) – Roger Rasheed (AUS) 1991 Byron Black (ZIM) Todd Martin (USA) 1991 Bryon Black (ZIM) – Scott Melville (USA) 1990 Cristiano Caratti (ITA) Chris Garner (USA) 1990 Zeeshan Ali (IND) – Menno Oosting (NED) 1989 Brian Garrow (USA) Todd Martin (USA) 1989 Ville Jansson (SWE) – Scott Warner (USA) 1988 Jeff Tarango (USA) Gianluca Pozzi (ITA) 1988 Ricardo Acuna (CHI) – Royce Deppe (RSA) 1987 Simon Youl (AUS) Roberto Saad (ARG) 1987 Tobias Svantesson (SWE) – John Treml (USA) 1985 Barry Moir (RSA) Harold Solomon (USA) 1985 Ricky Brown (USA) – Luke Jensen (USA) 1984 Marc Flur (USA) Mike Leach (USA) 1984 Dan Goldie (USA) – Michael Kures (USA) TournamenT noTes USTA PRO CIRCUIT 30 MILLION PLAYERS With more than 90 tournaments throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000 to The USTA Pro Circuit serves as an integral part of the USTA’s $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring mission to grow and develop tennis in the United States. In tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. The USTA launched its Pro Circuit November 2009, the USTA and Tennis Industry Association 31 years ago to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points and has since announced that tennis participation in the United States topped grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering more than $3 million in 30 million players for the first time in more than two decades prize money.