2021 Media Guide Jan. 4-6 Jan. 5-13 YellowTennisBall.com 2021 QUICK FACTS EXECUTIVE STAFF ATP TOUR 250 EVENT DATES Tournament Director.................Mark Baron Main Draw ..........................................Jan. 7-13 January 4-13, 2021 Tournament Chairman .............. Ivan Baron 16-Player Qualifying: ....................... Jan. 5-6 Executive Director ......................John Butler Main Draw ... 28 singles, 16-team doubles EVENT HISTORY Dir. Business Development, Sponsor Singles Format .......Best of 3 tie-break sets ATP 250: 29th Annual Liaison & Ticketing ...................Adam Baron Doubles Format ...............2 sets to 6 games ATP Champions Tour: 12th Annual Dir. Social Media, Volunteers, Special (no-ad scoring) with regular tie-break 6-6 23rd Year in Delray Beach Events, Sponsor Relations .............................. Match tie-break at one-set each Marlena Hochberg (1st team to 10 pts, win by 2) SPONSORS Assistant Special Events and Ticketing Total Prize Money ........................... $418,195 TITLE: City of Delray Beach Manager ...............................Alexis Crenshaw Singles Winner ....................................$30,840 PRESENTING: VITACOST.com Doubles Winners................................$10,080 VENUE SUPPORT STAFF 2020 Singles Champion ........Reilly Opelka Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center Ball Kids Coordinator ................Monica Sica 2020 Doubles Champions .............................. Media Director ..................Pete Holtermann Bob & Mike Bryan STADIUM SURFACE Public Relations ...................................BlueIvy Hard-Court (Plexicushion) Website Manager ................. Tomi Garguilo ATP TOUR STAFF Operations Managers ...........Rusty TIllman Supervisors .............................................Ali Nili BALL Kevin Colon Referee ............................................... Marc Bell PENN Extra Duty Head Tournament Photographer ................ Tour Manager .............................Pablo Juarez Andrew Patron PR & Marketing ..........................Greg Sharko PLAYER COMPENSATION Photographers..................Gina Fontana, Bill Physiotherapists ................... Shuhei Suzuki, $418,195 Kallenberg Jon Paryz Stadium Court Manager ..........Mike Butler Sponsorship .............................Ryan O’Keefe BROADCAST PARTNER Stadium Court Co-Manager ....Ray Sayour IT Support ..........................Maria Zachmann Tennis Channel In-Game Entertainment Producer ............... Chief of Umpires ....................Pete Gameros 2021 CHARITIES Carl Foster Chair Umpires ......................Fergus Murphy, ACEing Autism Show Hosts ...........Carl Foster, Blair Henley Joshua Brace, Greg Allensworth, American Cancer Society Administrative & Ticketing Associates ........ Simon Cannavan American Diabetes Association Brandon Larson, Katie Lee, Anastacia Review Official ............................Steve Ulrich Chris Evert Charities Parkin, Carlo Pezzana, Alex Zeidel Community Food Pantry ATP CHAMPIONS TOUR EVENT Delray Beach Tennis Programs VOLUNTEER STAFF Tournament Dates ............................ Jan. 3-5 Dir. of Volunteers ......... Marlena Hochberg Format ........Team Bryans vs Team Jensens Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Volunteer Coordinator ....... Alexandra Zeidel Format ......... 2 singles, 5 doubles matches Beach County Asst Director of Volunteers & Transporta- Scoring ....1 point per win - best of 8 wins tion Coordinator .............Charlotte Cramer 2 sets to 6 games (no-ad scoring) KOP Mentoring Network Captain .......................................Karen Murray Regular tie-break for sets at 6-6 Kulacare Player Services/Tournament Desk Coordi- Match tie-break at oneset each Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency nator ............................................. Karla Wojcik First team to 10 pts, win by 2 Love Serving Autism Ushers/Ticket Takers Coordinators ...Robin Tournament tiebreaker in place at 4-4 Make our Schools Safe Warner 2020 Champions ...................... Team Europe Making Strides for Breast Cancer Captain .....................................Jeff Rosenberg Malivai Washington Youth Foundation Registration & Credentials Coordinator .... ATP CHAMPIONS TOUR Parkland Buddy Sports Danny Howard CEO ..................................................Jan Felgate Executive Office & Will Call Coordinator.... Tour Manager, PR & Marketing ..................... Teri Schoen Anne Tanner Captain ......................................Maria Godfrey Chief of Umpires ...................George Baxter Media Captain ........................Daniel Perisse Website YellowTennisBall.com Social Media @DelrayBeachOpen | #DBOpen 2021 2021 Delray Beach Open Age Range Title Talk The Delray Beach Open by VITACOST. There is a 21-year gap in age be- Three former champions are in this com, an ATP Tour 250 tournament, tween the oldest (41-year-old Ivo year’s field - Frances Tiafoe (2018), returns for its 29th year. Karlovic) and youngest (20-year-old Sam Querrey (2016) and Ivo Kar- Sebastian Korda) players in the lovic (2015). Only four players have Date Change singles field. Karlovic is one of seven won this title twice - Ernests Gulbis With the Australian Open moving to 30+ players in the field. Korda is one (2010, ‘13), Xavier Malisse (2005, ‘07), February and the normal dates for of eight players aged 24 or younger Jan-Michael Gambill (2001, ‘03) and this tournament, the Delray Beach competing this week. Jason Stoltenberg (1996-97). Open moved ahead to this sea- son-opening time slot. While it is the Familiar Faces Aces All Around earliest week for the tournament, it Two players in the year’s draw are The top two career ace hitters on the marks the fourth time it has started adding to their double-digit tally of ATP Tour and three of the top five will in January (also 2005-07), though it appearances in Delray Beach. Ivo be in action this week. Ivo Karlovic is was completed in February in each of Karlovic is making his 12th appear- the all-time leader with 13,619 aces those previous years. ance, tying him with Xavier Malisse while John Isner is second at 12,365. for second all-time between Vince Sam Qurrey is fifth all-time aith 8,325 What Else is New? Spadea who played here 13 times. aces in his career. In addition to the date, there are a Sam Querrey will be making his few other changes this year. It is a 11th appearance at the Delray Beach Movement Memo 28-player draw this year, down from Open. In an effort to reduce crowding in 32, which means the top four seeds entrances to the stadium, patrons will have byes into the second round. On First Timers be allowed to enter and exit on even court, there are no line judges rather Nine players who have won their games as well as during changeovers an electronic line calling system is maiden ATP title in Delray Beach, in the lower seating bowl. In addition, being utilized. the most recent being Radu Albot in free movement will be allowed in the 2019. Thirteen players in the field are upper seating areas. Nice to Meet You seeking their first ATP Tour title (not This is also a new experience for a including qualifiers) Health & Safety number of players with 12 entrants A number of measures have been playing the Delray Beach Open for American Accolades put in place to ensure the health and the first time (not including qualifi- Four of the past five champions here safety of everyone involved with the ers). have been American - Reilly Opelka tournament. Those measures include (2020), Frances Tiafoe (2018), Jack requirements for masks, using only International Flavor Sock (2017) and Sam Querrey (2016). 2,000 distant seats in the 8,000 seat Thirteen different countries are repre- An American has won the Delray stadium and removing touchpoints sented in the main draw singles field Beach Open title eight times in 28 from the venue. More information at this year’s Delreay Beach Open. In- years. can be found on the website: cluding the doubles, qualifying and yellowtennisball.com/faq/ Champions Tour players, there are a Top Billing total of 30 nations are represented. Chile’s Cristian Garin is the top seed, marking the third time in his career Country Connection he has been No. 1 at a tournament Koreans Soonwoo Kwon and Ji Sung (also Santiago in 2020 and Bastad in Nam are both in the singles, marking 2019). He is the second South Amer- the second time at an ATP Tour event ican to be top seed in Delray Beach two Koreas are in the same field. It (Juan Martin del Potro in 2019). The previously occurred at the 2008 Bei- No. 1 seed has won this tournament jing tournament. In addition, a pair of only once - Mardy Fish in 2009. Garin Koreans have been in the main draw has won a pair of ATP titles in each of at two Grand Slam events. the past two seasons. 2021 Main Draw Player History at Delray Beach Open Pablo Andujar (ESP) 0-0 John Isner (USA) 13-7 2013 (1-1) Age: 34 Ranking: 59 Age: 35 Ranking: 25 1R, (4) Kei Nishikori 54 ret. First Appearance 2019 (3-1) No. 2 seed • Finalist Edouard Roger-Vasselin 46 57 1R, Peter Polansky 63 76(4) 2012 (0-1) JC Aragone (USA) 0-0 2R, Lukas Lacko 64 63 1R, L. Marinko Matosevic 36 46 Age: 25 Ranking: 223 QF, (8) Adrian Mannarino 76(2) 64 2011 (0-1) First Appearance SF, L. Daniel Evans 63 26 36 1R, (6) Janko Tipsarevic 67(14) 67(1) 2018 (1-1) No. 6 seed 2010 (4-1) No. 2 seed • Finalist Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 0-0 1R, Radu Albot 57 63 64 1R, Philipp Petzscher 63 76(3) Age: 33 Ranking: 281 2R, L. Peter Gojowczyk 67(3) 76(4) 67(5) 2R, Daniel Brands 76(8) 76(6) First Appearance