TournamenT noTes as of may 31, 2010 2010 RECOATING WEST INC. USTA MEN’S $15,000 PRO TENNIS TOURNAMENT LOOMIS, CA• JUNE 5-13 USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO LOOMIS TournamenT InFormaTIon The 2010 Recoating West Inc. USTA Men’s $15,000 Pro Tennis Tournament enters its USTA Site: Del Oro High School – Loomis, Calif. fourth year on the USTA Pro Circuit and is one of Websites: www.rwiprocircuit.org six Futures events hosted in California. Loomis kicks off three consecutive USTA Pro Circuit procircuit.usta.com hard court tournaments in California (Davis is Qualifying draw begins: Saturday, June 5 held next week, followed by Chico) to prepare players for the summer hard court season. Main draw begins: Tuesday, June 8 Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles This year’s main draw includes tour veteran Vince Spadea, a two-time Olympian who Surface: Hard / Outdoor peaked at No. 18 in the world in 2005, beat Rising young American Alex Domijan was the Prize Money: $15,000 Andre Agassi to reach the quarterfinals of the No. 1-ranked USTA Boys’ 18s junior for much 1999 Australian Open and got to the fourth of 2009. Tournament Director: round at the US Open in 1995 and 1999; Monty Basnyat, (916) 316-7577 last year’s singles runner-up, Russia’s Artem [email protected] Sitak, who defeated former world No. 7 Mario Players expected in qualifying include: Sekou Bangoura, 18, who just completed his Tournament Press Contact: Ancic to win the $15,000 Futures in McAllen, Texas, in March; Greg Ouellette, a four-time freshman year at the University of Florida and, Allison Miller, (916) 813-7719 All-American for the University of Florida who in juniors, reached the singles final at the 2009 [email protected] peaked at No. 2 in the collegiate rankings his USTA Boys’ 18s National Clay Courts; Haitian Olivier Sajous, whose family was displaced USTA Public Relations Contacts: senior year (2008) and has jumped 400 spots by the earthquake and who won the US Open Eric Schuster, (914) 696-7260, [email protected] in the ATP World Tour rankings since then; and National Playoffs USTA Florida Sectional Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] 6-foot-7 teen Alex Domijan, the USTA Boys’ 18s No. 1 for much of 2009, who has reached Qualifying Tournament; Bryan Koniecko, a two semifinals in USTA Pro Circuit $15,000 three-time All-American at Ohio State (2007- PrIze money / PoInTs Futures events and six quarterfinals this year. 09) who has qualified for four USTA Pro Circuit events this year, including the $50,000 Baton SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points Rouge Challenger in April; and Brett Joelson, Winner $1.950 27 Also expected in the main draw are Americans Todd Paul, the first tennis player who won doubles at the USTA Pro Circuit Runner-Up $1,350 15 at Wake Forest University to be All-ACC four Futures event in Little Rock, Ark., in April, with Semifinalist $720 8 consecutive years; Louisiana State University Lester Cook. Quarterfinalist $435 3 All-American Michael Venus; Nicholas Monroe, Round 16 $300 1 a two-time All-American at the University Many USTA Pro Circuit and ATP World Tour Round 32 $176.25 - of North Carolina (2003-04), who has won standouts have found success in Loomis. Last year, singles champion Jesse Witten went on to DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) 22 ITF Circuit-level titles in his career; and have the best US Open of his career. He won Winner $945 Dennis Zivkovic, who competed in ITF Men’s three matches in qualifying and upset then- Runner-Up $495 Circuit tournaments overseas for the first half of 2010 and won a doubles title in Morocco. world No. 30 Igor Andreev and No. 79 Maximo Semifinalist $390 Gonzalez before falling to Novak Djokovic in four Quarterfinalist $270 sets in the third round. Scoville Jenkins, the Round 16 $0 2007 Loomis singles champion, was the first African-American to win the USTA Boys’ 18s Getty Images National Championships in 2004 and played in CommunITy eVenTs the US Open main draw five times, advancing Tuesday, June 8 to the second round in 2005. Kevin Anderson, Ladies Pro-Am, 8 a.m. the 2007 Loomis runner-up, is in the midst of the best season of his career, having reached a Saturday, June 12 career-high No. 85 in April after starting 2010 Kids’ Day, 9 a.m. by qualifying for the Australian Open. Last year, Loomis singles champion Jesse Witten went on to reach the third round of the US Open as a qualifier. 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. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities with participation growing in all age groups under the age nationwide. Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Andy Murray, Jelena Jankovic, Sam Querrey of 50 and within all ethnicities. Another survey conducted by and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are among today’s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association last year also showed that tennis is the only traditional sport to enjoy growth In 2009, the USTA Pro Circuit helped launch in grass-roots participation. John Isner the careers of two young Americans— Melanie Oudin and John Isner. Oudin began 2009 ranked No. 177, but climbed NJTL the rankings by winning back-to-back $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit events. With a Cities across the country participate in the USTA/National Junior boost in confidence, she reached the fourth Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network, a nationwide network of round of Wimbledon and the quarterfinals community tennis organizations seeking to develop the character of the 2009 US Open. She is now the No. 3 of young people through both tennis and education. Founded American woman behind Venus and Serena by Arthur Ashe in 1969, more than 550 registered chapters/ Williams. Isner joined the USTA Pro Circuit programs exist throughout the nation with more than 220,000 after turning pro in 2007 and jump-started participants ages 6-18, making NJTL one of the USTA’s largest the best season of his career by winning community-based initiatives. the Tallahassee Challenger last year. Subsequently, he reached the semifinals at two Olympus US Open Series events and US OPEN NATIONAL PlayoFFS upset Andy Roddick en route to the fourth round at the 2009 US Open. This year, Isner The USTA is holding its first-ever captured his first tour title and reached US Open National Playoffs to provide an the fourth round of the Australian Open to opportunity for anyone age 14 or older to become the No. 2 American in men’s tennis. earn a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament in Flushing, N.Y., in August. The winners of 16 nationwide PLAYER DEVELOPMENT sectional qualifying tournaments will all compete in the US Open National Playoffs – Men’s and Women’s The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions Championships during the summer Olympus US Open Series by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need events in Atlanta (men) and Stanford, Calif. (women). The men’s to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center and women’s champions of the US Open National Playoffs receive Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as the wild card into the US Open qualifying draw! To find a sectional well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. qualifying tournament, visit usopen.org. LOOMIS PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2009 Jesse Witten (USA) Artem Sitak (RUS) 2009 Austin Krajicek (USA) – Conor Pollock (USA) 2008 Victor Estrella (DOM) Ricardo Hocevar (BRA) 2008 G.D. Jones (NZL) – Daniel King-Turner (NZL) 2007 Scoville Jenkins (USA) Kevin Anderson (RSA) 2007 Miguel Gallardo-Valles (MEX) – Carlos Palencia (MEX) USTA PRO CIRCUIT PLAYER INFORMATION PLAYERS TO WATCH Prakash Amritraj (IND) pg. 2 Kevin Kim pg. 6 Kevin Anderson (RSA) Evan King Carsten Ball (AUS) Austin Krajicek Brian Battistone Alex Kuznetsov Dann Battistone Jesse Levine Alex Bogomolov Jr. pg. 3 Michael McClune pg. 7 Devin Britton Nicholas Monroe Chase Buchanan Wayne Odesnik Lester Cook Rajeev Ram Ryler DeHeart Bobby Reynolds Amer Delic pg. 4 Michael Russell pg. 8 Taylor Dent Tim Smyczek Somdev Devvarman (IND) Vince Spadea Alexander Domijan Blake Strode Brendan Evans Ryan Sweeting Jan-Michael Gambill pg. 5 Bernard Tomic (AUS) pg. 9 Robby Ginepri Michael Venus Ryan Harrison Jesse Witten Scoville Jenkins Michael Yani Robert Kendrick Donald Young ADDITIONAL PLAYERS TO WATCH Jean-Yves Aubone pg.