Tournament Notes RBC BANK WOMEN S CHALLENGER RALEIGH, NC MAY 9-16 USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN S TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO RALEIGH.

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1 Tournament Notes as of May 3, 2010 RBC BANK WOMEN S CHALLENGER RALEIGH, NC MAY 9-16 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION Site: North Hills Club Raleigh, N.C. Websites: procircuit.usta.com Qualifying draw begins: Sunday, May 9 Main draw begins: Tuesday, May 11 Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Surface: Clay / Outdoor Prize Money: $50,000 Tournament Director: Shane Wells, (919) shanew@northhillsclub.com Tournament Press Contact: Mary Cockrill, (919) tennisnut1414@yahoo.com USTA Public Relations Contacts: Eric Schuster, (914) , schuster@usta.com Amanda Korba, (914) , korba@usta.com Prize money / points SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points Winner $7, Runner-Up $ 3, Semifinalist $2, Quarterfinalist $1, Round 16 $ Round 32 $475 1 DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) Winner $2,660 Runner-Up $1,425 Semifinalist $760 Quarterfinalist $380 Round 16 $285 COMMUNITY EVENTS Monday, May 10 Pro-Am, 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, May 11 Adult Doubles Clinic, 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, May 12 Silent Auction to benefit InterAct Family Safety and Empowerment Center, 5 p.m. Saturday, May 15 Kids Carnival, 9-10:30 a.m. Mary S. Cockrill USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN S TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO RALEIGH The RBC Bank Women s Challenger is in its third straight year with RBC serving as the title sponsor. Raleigh also hosted a $50,000 and $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit women s tournament in 2004 and 2005, respectively, and hosted a $25,000 event in The event is the fourth $50,000 women s event of the year and is the only USTA Pro Circuit tournament held in North Carolina. Raleigh is the last clay court tournament before the 2010 French Open. This year s main draw is expected to include Carly Gullickson, the highest-ranked American in the tournament and winner of the 2009 US Open mixed doubles title with USTA Pro Circuit graduate Travis Parrott. Gullickson won her first doubles title of the year at the $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va., two weeks ago with Julie Ditty. Carly s sister, Chelsey, currently a student at the University of Georgia, won this tournament in Also expected in the Raleigh main draw this year are: last year s singles runner-up and 2005 doubles champion Lindsay Lee-Waters, a mother of two who holds 26 USTA Pro Circuit titles (15 doubles) which ranks third all-time and who first broke into the Top 50 in 1995, when she qualified for Wimbledon Mary S. Cockrill Last year s singles runner-up and the 2005 doubles champion Lindsay Lee-Waters holds 26 USTA Pro Circuit titles, which ranks third all-time. and upset Pam Shriver in the opening round; 19-year-old Alison Riske, a former No. 2 in the USTA Girls 18s national standings who has improved her Sony Ericsson WTA Tour ranking almost 700 places since year-end 2008 through her play on the USTA Pro Circuit; Mirjana Lucic of Croatia, a singles semifinalist at 1999 Wimbledon and the 1998 Australian Open doubles champion with Martina Hingis; and Alexa Glatch, who in 2009 propelled the United States to its first Fed Cup final in six years by winning two of the U.S. team s three points in its 3-2 semifinal victory against the Czech Republic. Others scheduled for the main draw include: 2008 singles runner-up Lauren Albanese, 20, a USTA Pro Circuit regular who won the USTA Girls 18s National Championships to earn an automatic wild card into the 2006 US Open and has since reached seven USTA Pro Circuit finals; 2008 Raleigh doubles champion Kimberly Couts, who has made a steady rise up the WTA rankings by playing on the USTA Pro Melanie Oudin, who won the singles title at Raleigh last year, went on to reach the quarterfinals of the 2009 US Open and become the No. 3 American in the world.

2 Tournament Notes Circuit and has won five USTA Pro Circuit singles and doubles titles; and former Top 20 player Alexandra Stevenson, who advanced to the 1999 Wimbledon semifinals as a qualifier becoming the first female qualifier in the tournament s history to reach the semifinals. The main draw is also expected to include a slate of up-and-coming American teenagers, including: 19-year-old Asia Muhammad, who learned to play tennis at the Andre Agassi Boys and Girls Club in Las Vegas, where she trained to become a Top 10 junior; 2009 Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Player of the Year Mallory Cecil, 19, who won the NCAA Division I singles title as a freshman in 2009 and led Duke University to its first-ever NCAA team title; and 18-year-old CoCo Vandeweghe, who made history at the 2008 US Open by becoming the first American to win the girls singles title since Tara Snyder in Vandeweghe also won an eight-player USTA playoff to earn a wild card into the main draw of the 2010 Australian Open. Those receiving wild cards into the main draw include: 16-year-old Grace Min, who won the Easter Bowl doubles title with Lauren Herring this year and trains at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.; 17-year-old Shelby Rogers of Charleston, S.C., who won a qualifying wild card into the WTA s Family Circle Cup in Charleston this year; and 18-year-old Alexandra Cercone, who reached the semifinals of the Easter Bowl this year. Expected in the qualifying draw are: Julie Ditty, the all-time leader in career USTA Pro Circuit titles with 34; 17-year-old Kristie Ahn, who made headlines at the 2008 US Open by winning three matches to become the youngest player to qualify for the main draw and who won her third USTA Pro Circuit title in March 2009; 18-year-old Julia Boserup, a trainee at the USTA Certified Regional Training Center who won the 2008 Easter Bowl and was a two-time practice partner for the U.S. Fed Cup team; 18-year-old Gail Brodsky, who earned a main draw wild card into the 2008 US Open after winning the 2008 USTA Girls 18s National Championships; and McCall Jones, who will be competing in the USTA Southern California Sectional Qualifying Tournament of the US Open National Playoffs this summer to vie for a spot into the 2010 US Open qualifying draw. Many current WTA Tour standouts have competed in Raleigh, including last year s singles runner-up and 2005 doubles champion Lindsay Lee-Waters, 2008 singles runner-up Lauren Albanese, and 2008 doubles champion Kimberly Couts. Last year s singles champion, Melanie Oudin, went on to have the best season of her young career by reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon as a qualifier and then having a dream Grand Slam run to the quarterfinals of the US Open. Oudin is currently the No. 3 American in the world, behind the Williams sisters. She is also a key player in the U.S. Fed Cup team, having helped lead the United States to the finals both last year and this year finalist Mashona Washington went on to finish that year ranked No. 50 in the world and achieve her best showing in a Grand Slam event a third round appearance at Wimbledon in USTA CoCo Vandeweghe, 18, made history at the 2008 US Open by becoming the first American to win the girls singles title since 1995.

3 Tournament Notes USTA PRO CIRCUIT With more than 90 tournaments throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. The USTA launched its Pro Circuit 31 years ago to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points and has since grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering more than $3 million in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Andy Murray, Jelena Jankovic, Sam Querrey and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are among today s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. In 2009, the USTA Pro Circuit helped launch the careers of two young Americans Melanie Oudin and John Isner. Oudin began 2009 ranked No. 177, but climbed the rankings by winning back-to-back $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit events. With a boost in confidence, she reached the fourth round of Wimbledon and the quarterfinals of the 2009 US Open. She is now the No. 3 American woman behind Venus and Serena Williams. Isner joined the USTA Pro Circuit after turning pro in 2007 and jump-started the best season of his career by winning the Tallahassee Challenger last year. Subsequently, he reached the semifinals at two Olympus US Open Series events and upset Andy Roddick en route to the fourth round at the 2009 US Open. This year, Isner captured his first tour title and reached the fourth round of the Australian Open to become the No. 2 American in men s tennis. Melanie Oudin PLAYER DEVELOPMENT The USTA Player Development program identifies and develops the next generation of American champions by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as well as a series of Certified Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. 30 MILLION PLAYERS The USTA Pro Circuit serves as an integral part of the USTA s mission to grow and develop tennis in the United States. In November 2009, the USTA and Tennis Industry Association announced that tennis participation in the United States topped 30 million players for the first time in more than two decades with participation growing in all age groups under the age of 50 and within all ethnicities. Another survey conducted by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association last year also showed that tennis is the only traditional sport to enjoy growth in grass-roots participation. NJTL Cities across the country participate in the USTA/National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network, a nationwide network of community tennis organizations seeking to develop the character of young people through both tennis and education. Founded by Arthur Ashe in 1969, more than 550 registered chapters/ programs exist throughout the nation with more than 220,000 participants ages 6-18, making NJTL one of the USTA s largest community-based initiatives. US OPEN NATIONAL PlayoffS The USTA is holding its first-ever US Open National Playoffs to provide an opportunity for anyone age 14 or older to earn a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament in Flushing, N.Y., in August. The winners of 16 nationwide sectional qualifying tournaments will all compete in the US Open National Playoffs Men s and Women s Championships during the summer Olympus US Open Series events in Atlanta (men) and Stanford, Calif. (women). The men s and women s champions of the US Open National Playoffs receive the wild card into the US Open qualifying draw! To find a sectional qualifying tournament, visit usopen.org. raleigh Past WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2009 Melanie Oudin (USA) Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA) 2009 Lilia Osterloh (USA) Riza Zalameda (USA) 2008 Chelsey Gullickson (USA) Lauren Albanese (USA) 2008 Kimberly Couts (USA) Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 2005 Olha Lazarchuk (UKR) Mary Gambale (USA) 2005 Ashley Harkleroad (USA) Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA) 2004 Marissa Irvin (USA) Mashona Washington (USA) 2004 Maureen Drake (CAN) / Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 2003 Tiffany Dabek (USA) Edina Gallovits (ROU) 2003 Maria-Fernanda Alves (BRA) Tiffany Dabek (USA)

4 U S T A P R O C I R C U I T P L A Y E R I N F O R M A T I O N PLAYERS TO WATCH Kristie Ahn pg. 2 Lauren Albanese Julia Boserup Madison Brengle Beatrice Capra Mallory Cecil pg. 3 Julia Cohen Kimberly Couts Jill Craybas Julie Ditty Stephanie Dubois (CAN) pg. 4 Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) Lauren Embree Irina Falconi Nicole Gibbs Alexa Glatch pg. 5 Ester Goldfeld Laura Granville Carly Gullickson Angela Haynes Vania King pg. 6 Michaella Krajicek (NED) Lindsay Lee-Waters Varvara Lepchenko Mirjana Lucic (CRO) Bethanie Mattek-Sands pg. 7 Christina McHale Alexandra Mueller Asia Muhammad Lilia Osterloh Shenay Perry pg. 8 Alison Riske Ahsha Rolle Abigail Spears Sloane Stephens Alexandra Stevenson pg. 9 Valerie Tetreault (CAN) CoCo Vandeweghe Mashona Washington Caitlin Whoriskey ADDITIONAL PLAYERS TO WATCH Brittany Augustine pg. 10 Hilary Barte Tarakaa Bertrand Gail Brodsky Mallory Burdette Jacqueline Cako Audra Cohen Lauren Davis Courtney Dolehide Jennifer Elie Amanda Fink pg. 11 Kristy Frilling Nadja Gilchrist Chelsey Gullickson Jamie Hampton Chloe Jones Sacha Jones (NZL) Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) Madison Keys Raquel Kops-Jones Regina Kulikova (RUS) pg. 12 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) Lena Litvak Elizabeth Lumpkin Amanda McDowell Kyle McPhillips Grace Min Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) Megan Moulton-Levy Alexis Prousis Katherine Ruckert pg. 13 Anna Tatishvili (GEO) Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) Ellen Tsay Story Tweedie-Yates Chanelle Van Nguyen Sachia Vickery Heather Watson (GBR) Ashley Weinhold Allie Will ** All players American unless otherwise noted.

5 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Kristie Ahn Age: 17 (6/15/92) Hometown: Upper Saddle River, N.J year-end ranking: 345 Ahn made headlines at the 2008 US Open, winning three matches to become the youngest player to qualify for the main draw before losing to eventual semifinalist Dinara Safina in the first round. Ahn won her third USTA Pro Circuit title in March 2009 at the $25,000 event in Hammond, La., and, in May, advanced to the quarterfinals at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif. Ahn won a singles title at her first pro tournament, at the $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa., in May 2008, and followed that up a month later with a win at the $10,000 event in Houston as a qualifier. As a junior, Ahn won the 2008 USTA Girls 18s Spring National Championships and helped the U.S. capture the 2008 Junior Fed Cup title. Lauren Albanese Age: 20 (10/1/89) Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla year-end ranking: 178 Albanese established herself as a player to watch in 2006 with a tournament title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Wichita, Kan. She followed that victory by winning the USTA Girls 18s National Championships to earn an automatic wild card into the US Open, where she advanced to the second round of the women s singles main draw. Albanese has since been a consistent presence in the Top 200, playing primarily on the USTA Pro Circuit. In 2009, Albanese started the year by reaching the final at $25,000 events in Lutz, Fla., and Rancho Mirage, Calif., before moving up a step and reaching the semifinals at the $50,000 event in Raleigh, N.C., and the quarterfinals at the $75,000 event in Vancouver. She also played doubles at the 2009 US Open. As a junior in 2007, Albanese served as a practice partner with the U.S. Fed Cup team. Julia Boserup Age: 18 (9/9/91) Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla year-end ranking: 740 Boserup had her breakthrough at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl, winning her first title on the ITF World Junior Circuit. On the pro level in 2009, she qualified for the $50,000 ITF event in Toronto and advanced to the second round. Boserup also advanced to the final round of qualifying for the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Vancouver and reached the doubles final at the $50,000 event in Kansas City, Mo., with partner Laura Granville. As a junior, Boserup advanced to the second round at the 2009 US Open girls singles and also reached the singles and doubles semifinals at the 2008 USTA Girls 18s National Championships. She is a two-time practice partner for the U.S. Fed Cup team, and trains full-time at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. Madison Brengle Age: 19 (4/3/90) Hometown: Dover, Del year-end ranking: 155 Brengle was one of America s top junior players in 2007, when she advanced to the girls singles final at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. On the pro level, she has played in the main singles draw at three of the four Grand Slams, competing in the 2007 US Open and winning wild card playoffs to gain entry into the 2007 and 2008 Australian Opens as well as the 2008 French Open. On the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009, Brengle advanced to the semifinals of $50,000 events in Boston and Troy, Ala., and the doubles final at the $75,000 event in Vancouver. In 2008, she reached the semifinals of $50,000 events in San Diego and Vancouver. Brengle won her first career USTA Pro Circuit event at the $10,000 event in Baltimore in Beatrice Capra Age: 17 (4/6/92) Hometown: Ellicott City, Md year-end ranking: 859 Capra won her first professional singles title in October 2009 at the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in Williamsburg, Va. On the junior level, she reached the girls singles quarterfinals at the 2009 US Open and the girls doubles semifinals at Wimbledon. Capra, the top-ranked player in the USTA Girls 18s national standings for much of last year, also won the USTA Girls 18s Spring National Championships and reached the semifinals at the USTA Girls 18s National Championships. In 2008, she won the ITF Pan American Closed Championships and was a finalist at the USTA Girls 18s National Clay Court Championships. She also reached the semifinals at the $10,000 event in Houston and won doubles titles at $10,000 events, in Sumter, S.C., and Southlake, Texas. 2

6 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Mallory Cecil Age: 19 (7/18/90) Hometown: Spartanburg, S.C year-end ranking: 413 As a freshman in 2009, Cecil won the NCAA Division I singles title and led Duke University to its first-ever NCAA team title. For her efforts, Cecil was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Player of the Year and earned a wild card into the 2009 US Open. In September, Cecil qualified for the Sony Ericsson WTA event in Quebec City and, in July, reached the quarterfinals of the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Grapevine, Texas. In 2008, Cecil captured back-to-back titles at $10,000 events in Sumter, S.C., and Hilton Head Island, S.C., and qualified for the Olympus US Open Series event in New Haven, Conn. As a junior, Cecil reached the doubles final at the 2008 Girls 18s National Championships and won the doubles title at the 2007 Dunlop Orange Bowl. Julia Cohen Age: 20 (3/23/89) Hometown: Philadelphia 2009 year-end ranking: 251 Cohen, an All-American at the University of Miami, reached the semifinals of the NCAA tournament as a sophomore in As a freshman, she was selected as the SEC and ITA Rookie of the Year playing for the University of Florida. Cohen also thrived on the pro level in 2009, reaching the semifinals at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif., the quarterfinals at a $100,000 event in Bronx, N.Y., and the semifinals at $25,000 ITF events in Waterloo, Canada, and Mexico City. She also won the doubles title at a $10,000 event in Celeya, Mexico. In 2008, she won three USTA national championships (Mother & Daughter Grass Courts, Senior Father & Daughter Indoor and Clay Courts). Cohen peaked at No. 4 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2007, when she reached the Australian Open girls doubles final. Kimberly Couts Age: 20 (5/9/89) Hometown: Bradenton, Fla year-end ranking: 295 Demonstrating steady progress up the professional ladder, Couts won her first pro title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Evansville, Ind., in 2007, and has since graduated to $25,000 and $50,000 events. Last year, she advanced to the semifinals at $25,000 events in El Paso, Texas, and Laguna Niguel, Calif., the second round at the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M., and qualified for $50,000 events in Clearwater, Fla., and Las Vegas. Couts also won doubles titles at $25,000 events in Lutz, Fla., and Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and reached the doubles final in Las Vegas and Grapevine, Texas, also a $50,000 event. In 2008, Couts reached the singles semifinals at the $25,000 events in Raleigh, N.C., and El Paso, Texas, and captured the doubles championship in Raleigh and at the $50,000 event in Lexington, Ky. As a junior, Couts won the 2006 Easter Bowl and was a former USTA Girls 16s No. 1. Jill Craybas Age: 35 (7/4/74) Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif year-end ranking: 77 A Top 100 player each of the past nine seasons, Craybas reached a career-high No. 39 in 2006 at age 31. She has competed in all four Grand Slams each year since Her best result came at Wimbledon in 2005, when she knocked off current world No. 1 Serena Williams en route to the fourth round. Craybas won the 2002 Japan Open on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and has also won four tour-level doubles titles. She also represented the U.S. in the Olympics (2008 Beijing) and the Fed Cup, and captured her third career USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $75,000 event in Midland, Mich., in She is the only woman to be a member of a national championship team with two different schools, winning with the University of Texas in 1993 and the University of Florida in 1996, when she also claimed the NCAA singles championship. Julie Ditty Age: 31 (1/4/79) Hometown: Ashland, Ky year-end ranking: 264 Ditty is the all-time leader in career USTA Pro Circuit titles with 34. In 2009, the Vanderbilt graduate won the doubles title at the $75,000 event in Dothan, Ala., with Carly Gullickson, giving her 25 career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles to go along with nine singles titles. Also last year, Ditty teamed with Liezel Huber to win the deciding doubles match in the U.S. s 3-2 victory over Argentina in the Fed Cup first round. She competed in the singles main draw of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in 2008, as well as the doubles main draw of the 2008 US Open, where she reached the round of 16 with Gullickson. Ditty broke into the Top 100 in November 2007 after advancing to the semifinals at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Quebec City, Canada. 3

7 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Stephanie Dubois (CAN) Age: 23 (10/31/86) Hometown: Laval, Canada 2009 year-end ranking: 108 Dubois has ranked in the Top 135 each of the last four years, peaking at No. 95 in 2008, when she competed in the main draws of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. In 2009, she reached the second round of the US Open and the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, and qualified for the main draw at Indian Wells. Dubois, the No. 2 Canadian woman behind Aleksandra Wozniak, also went 4-1 in Fed Cup singles play for Canada. She had her best result on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009, winning the $75,000 event in Vancouver, and was the runner-up to countrywoman Valerie Tetreault at the $50,000 event in Grapevine, Texas. Dubois holds five career USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and five doubles titles. Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) Age: 23 (9/25/86) Hometown: Bradenton, Fla year-end ranking: 162 El Tabakh climbed nearly 200 spots in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings in 2009, reaching a career-best No. 158 in November. She had a successful summer season, qualifying for the Rogers Cup in Toronto, an Olympus US Open Series event, in which she pushed Top 20 player Samantha Stosur to a pair of tie-breaks in the opening round. El Tabakh also won a $25,000 ITF event in Valladolid, Spain, and reached the final of a $25,000 ITF event in Waterloo, Canada. On the USTA Pro Circuit, she has had her best results in doubles, winning four titles, including two in 2009 at the $50,000 event in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., and the $25,000 event in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Lauren Embree Age: 19 (1/10/91) Hometown: Naples, Fla year-end ranking: 558 Embree made her Grand Slam debut in 2009 after winning a USTA wild card playoff to gain entry into the French Open, where she lost to No. 11 seed Nadia Petrova in the first round. She also competed in the US Open qualifying, reaching the second round. Embree, a fixture in the Top 10 of the world junior rankings for most of last year, reached the singles and doubles finals at both the 2009 USTA Girls 18s National Championships and the 2009 Easter Bowl (where she won the doubles title). In 2008, Embree won the Eddie Herr International Girls 18s title and captured the title at the USTA Girls 18s National Clay Court Championships, in addition to winning her first pro title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Wichita, Kan. She reached her first pro final in 2007 as a qualifier at the $10,000 event in Fort Worth, Texas. Embree is currently competing as a freshman for the University of Florida. Irina Falconi Age: 19 (5/4/90) Hometown: Jupiter, Fla year-end ranking: 468 Falconi competes for Georgia Tech, where last year she recorded one of the best rookie campaigns in school history, posting 30 singles wins to earn All-America honors as a freshman. Following the completion of the collegiate season, Falconi turned her attention to the USTA Pro Circuit and won three events, as a member of the 2009 USTA Summer Collegiate Team: the singles at $10,000 events in Atlanta and St. Joseph, Mo., and the doubles in St. Joseph with Ashley Weinhold. Falconi also reached the semifinals of the $50,000 event in Grapevine, Texas, defeating USTA Pro Circuit veterans Lindsay Lee-Waters and Mashona Washington along the way. Prior to college, Falconi competed in ITF events in Mexico, Ecuador and Canada, in addition to playing on the USTA Pro Circuit. Nicole Gibbs Age: 16 (3/3/93) Hometown: Manhattan Beach, Calif year-end ranking: 620 Gibbs won her first pro title in 2007 at the age of 14 at a $10,000 ITF event in Mexico City. She continued to fulfill that early promise in 2009, reaching the semifinals at the $25,000 ITF event in Puebla, Mexico, and the quarterfinals at the USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 event in Carson, Calif. She also reached the semifinals at the International Spring Championships, an ITF World Junior Circuit event, and the quarterfinals at the USTA Girls 18s National Championships. In 2008, Gibbs reached back-to-back quarterfinals at $10,000 events in Atlanta and Evansville, Ind., before reaching the final at the Canadian Open, an ITF junior event. Gibbs won the Girls 16s Easter Bowl title in 2007 and, later that year, helped the U.S. capture the World Junior Tennis title (14-and-under international team competition). 4

8 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Alexa Glatch Age: 20 (9/10/89) Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif year-end ranking: 136 Glatch propelled the U.S. to its first Fed Cup final since 2003 by winning two of the U.S. s three points dropping just six games in four sets against two Top 50 players in its 3-2 semifinal victory against the Czech Republic in April Also last year, Glatch defeated No. 14 seed Flavia Pennetta, 6-1, 6-1, in the first round of the French Open and advanced to the third round of Indian Wells. In late 2008, she won back-to-back $50,000 ITF events in Toronto and Saguenay, Canada. Shortly after reaching the final of the girls singles and doubles at the 2005 US Open, Glatch suffered injuries in a motor scooter accident, breaking her right wrist and left elbow. She returned to the USTA Pro Circuit the following year and won her first career pro title at the $10,000 event in Fort Worth, Texas. Ester Goldfeld Age: 16 (7/4/93) Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y year-end ranking: 590 Goldfeld advanced to her first professional final last year at the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in Brownsville, Texas, where she also reached the doubles final. A week later, she won the doubles title at the $10,000 event in Wichita, Kan., with partner Macall Harkins. Goldfeld has since reached the semifinals at the $10,000 event in Evansville, Ind., and the quarterfinals at the $25,000 event in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. On the junior circuit, Goldfeld won the International Hard Court Championships as well as the ITF South Carolina event, and also advanced to the final of the Pan American Closed Championships. In addition, she reached the quarterfinals at the 2009 USTA Girls 18s National Championships and also advanced to the quarterfinals of the girls singles and doubles draws at the 2010 Australian Open. Laura Granville Age: 28 (5/12/81) Hometown: Chicago 2009 year-end ranking: 304 Former world No. 28 Granville made her return to tennis in March 2009 after being sidelined for a year by injury. She won the first event in her comeback, the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Redding, Calif., and also won the $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa., and reached the semifinals at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., where she won the doubles title. Granville has advanced to the third round or better at all four Grand Slams, including the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2002 and 2007, and the third round of the US Open in She is the only player to win consecutive USTA Girls 18s national titles ( ) and NCAA singles titles ( at Stanford University). She ended last year with 14 career USTA Pro Circuit titles (nine singles), including the $75,000 event in Midland, Mich., in both 2005 and Carly Gullickson Age: 23 (11/26/86) Hometown: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla year-end ranking: 169 An accomplished doubles player, Gullickson captured the mixed doubles title at the 2009 US Open with Travis Parrott, defeating the top three seeds en route to the title and upsetting the defending champions, Cara Black and Leander Paes, in the final. Fully recovered from an assortment of injuries that slowed her ascent in 2007, Gullickson last year qualified for both the French Open and the US Open in singles and reached the round of 16 at the US Open in doubles with Alexa Glatch. Gullickson holds 15 career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles (fourth all-time), including the $75,000 event in Dothan, Ala., in 2009, where she was also a singles finalist. Gullickson s father, Bill, was a professional pitcher who led the American League with 20 wins for the 1991 Detroit Tigers. She and her sister, Chelsey, who plays tennis for the University of Georgia, reached the doubles final at the $25,000 event in Hammond, La., in Angela Haynes Age: 25 (9/27/84) Hometown: Victorville, Calif year-end ranking: 161 Haynes found success at the Grand Slams in the early stages of her career, advancing to the third round of the 2004 US Open and taking a set from Serena Williams in the first round of Wimbledon in In 2009, she reached the third round at Indian Wells, and also qualified for the Olympus US Open Series event in Stanford, Calif., and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Charleston, S.C. Also, last year, Haynes won a round in qualifying at the French Open and Wimbledon, and advanced to the final round of qualifying at the US Open. She holds seven career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, along with two singles titles. In 2008, she advanced to the semifinals of tour-level Quebec City as a qualifier (falling to thenworld No. 11 Nadia Petrova). 5

9 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Vania King Age: 20 (2/3/89) Hometown: Long Beach, Calif year-end ranking: 79 King has played primarily on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in recent years. She swept the singles and doubles title at the tour event in Bangkok in 2006 to finish the year ranked No. 50. In 2008, she reached the quarterfinals of the Olympus US Open Series event in Cincinnati, and last year she advanced to the third round of the 2009 US Open (defeating current world No. 15 Samantha Stosur in the second round). King has competed in all four Grand Slams in singles and doubles, reaching the final of the mixed doubles at the 2009 French Open with Marcelo Melo. She also reached the second round of the 2010 Australian Open, defeating No. 23 Dominika Cibulkova in three sets in the first round. In women s doubles, she has twice reached the round of 16 at the US Open (2007, 2009), and she advanced to the quarterfinals at 2009 Wimbledon. King has won eight tour-level doubles titles and has also been a regular contributor to the U.S. Fed Cup team, making her singles debut in the 2006 World Group semifinals against Kim Clijsters. Michaella Krajicek (NED) Age: 21 (1/9/89) Hometown: Bradenton, Fla year-end ranking: 129 Krajicek was a fixture in the Top 40 of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings from 2006 to 2007 with two impressive Grand Slam appearances in 2007 reaching the third round of the French Open, where she faced Serena Williams, and the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, where she lost to eventual finalist Marion Bartoli in three sets. Krajicek holds three tour-level singles titles and three doubles titles, and she captured her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in 2009 at the $50,000 event in Boston. In 2004, the former No. 1 junior won the singles and doubles titles of the junior US Open and took the junior French Open doubles title. Krajicek is the younger sister of former world No. 4 Richard Krajicek, who won Wimbledon in Lindsay Lee-Waters Age: 32 (6/28/77) Hometown: Dunwoody, Ga year-end ranking: 192 Lee-Waters, a mother of two, ended the 2009 season as the women s prize money leader on the USTA Pro Circuit. She broke into the Top 50 in 1995, when she qualified for Wimbledon and upset Pam Shriver in the opening round. Since taking time off in 2000 to give birth to her daughter, Lee-Waters has played primarily on the USTA Pro Circuit. She has won seven singles titles since 2002 including the $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va., in 2009 for her first title since the birth of her second child, a son, in For her career, Lee-Waters holds 26 USTA Pro Circuit titles (15 doubles), which ranks third all-time. She has competed in 12 US Opens, in either qualifying or main draw, and reached the second round in both 1995 and Varvara Lepchenko Age: 23 (5/21/86) Hometown: Allentown, Pa year-end ranking: 114 Lepchenko, a native of Uzbekistan, cracked the Top 100 in 2009 in her best season to date. After a steady rise on the USTA Pro Circuit she finished sixth or better on the USTA Pro Circuit prize money list each year from 2005 to 2008 Lepchenko competed on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour for much of 2009, qualifying for Indian Wells and Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., where she upset then-world No. 18 Patty Schnyder. Lepchenko also reached the round of 16 at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., and competed in Olympus US Open Series events in Los Angeles and New Haven, Conn. On the USTA Pro Circuit, she won the season-ending $50,000 event in Phoenix for her seventh career USTA Pro Circuit singles title. Lepchenko has been living in the U.S. since 2001 after receiving political asylum. She gained U.S. citizenship in 2007, allowing her unrestricted travel for the first time since arriving in the country. Mirjana Lucic (CRO) Age: 27 (3/9/82) Hometown: Tampa, Fla year-end ranking: 288 Lucic was one of the tennis rising stars in the late 1990s, peaking at No. 32 in 1998 and advancing to the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1999 before falling to Steffi Graf. She also won the 1998 Australian Open doubles title with Martina Hingis and, in singles, advanced to the third round of the US Open in 1997 and 1998, and at the French Open in Lucic went into a semi-retirement in She played just two events between the 2003 US Open and the 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Memphis both at the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Dothan, Ala. and is now attempting a comeback on the USTA Pro Circuit. In 2009, Lucic advanced to the final of the $25,000 event in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and the semifinals of the $50,000 event in Las Vegas as a qualifier. 6

10 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Bethanie Mattek-Sands Age: 24 (3/23/85) Hometown: Phoenix 2009 year-end ranking: 152 Mattek-Sands, known for her eclectic outfits as well as her powerful ground strokes, reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon in 2008 (losing to Serena Williams) and has advanced to four Grand Slam doubles quarterfinals in her career, including the US Open and French Open in 2009 (both with Nadia Petrova). On the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, Mattek-Sands has won seven doubles titles, including three last year, and finished 2009 with a No. 17 individual doubles ranking. She helped propel the United States Fed Cup team to the World Group Final by winning the deciding doubles match with partner Liezel Huber against the Czech Republic. In 2008, Mattek-Sands cracked into the Top 40 in singles reaching the final of tour-level Quebec City and collected her eighth career USTA Pro Circuit title (five in singles) by winning the $75,000 event in Dothan, Ala. Christina McHale Age: 17 (5/11/92) Hometown: Englewood Cliffs, N.J year-end ranking: 218 McHale made history in 2009, becoming the first player since 2000 to sweep the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Girls 18s National Championships. That earned her a wild card into the US Open, where she became just the second USTA Girls 18s champion this decade to win a main draw singles match. McHale opened 2009 by winning a USTA playoff to earn a wild card into the Australian Open, and she won the Australian Open girls doubles title with partner Alja Tomljanovic for her first Grand Slam crown. In addition, McHale reached the final of the USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 event in Troy, Ala. On the junior circuit, she won the 2009 Easter Bowl title and cracked the Top 10 in the world junior rankings. In 2008, she was a finalist at the Dunlop Orange Bowl and helped the U.S. capture the Junior Fed Cup title. Alexandra Mueller Age: 21 (2/14/88) Hometown: Abington, Pa year-end ranking: 391 Mueller claimed her first pro singles title at the age of 15, winning the $10,000 ITF event in Mont Tremblant, Canada, losing just seven games in five matches. Since then she has made steady progress toward a professional career on the USTA Pro Circuit. In 2009, Mueller won the $10,000 event in Hilton Head Island, S.C., and advanced to the semifinals at the $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa., before losing to former Top 30 player Laura Granville. She also reached the quarterfinals at four USTA Pro Circuit events, including $50,000 tournaments in Charlottesville, Va., and Boston. Mueller holds one USTA Pro Circuit doubles title, winning at Hilton Head with Stacia Fonseca in 2007, and was a member of the U.S. Junior Fed Cup team in Asia Muhammad Age: 18 (4/4/91) Hometown: Henderson, Nev year-end ranking: 376 Muhammad learned to play tennis at the Andre Agassi Boys and Girls Club in Las Vegas, where she trained to become a Top 10 junior. In 2009, she won the doubles title at the USTA Girls 18s National Championships with partner Christina McHale, earning the tandem a wild card into the main draw of the women s doubles at the US Open. Also at the Open, Muhammad upset the top seed Kristina Mladenovic in the first round of the girls singles and advanced to the round of 16. In 2008, she won the girls 18s doubles title at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl with partner Lauren Embree and advanced to her first $50,000 final on the USTA Pro Circuit in Las Vegas defeating three Top 150 players along the way. Her father, Ronald, played basketball at Southern Cal, and her mother, Faye, was an All-American basketball player at Long Beach State. Lilia Osterloh Age: 31 (4/7/78) Hometown: Aliso Viejo, Calif year-end ranking: 139 Osterloh has been competing on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour for more than a decade, finishing in the year-end Top 100 from 1999 to 2001, and again in She reached a career-high No. 41 in April 2001 after reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon and the US Open in On the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, Osterloh has advanced to the singles semifinals in three events and has captured two doubles titles. She won USTA Pro Circuit singles titles at the $75,000 event in Pittsburgh in 2005 and the $50,000 event in Waikoloa, Hawaii, in 2006, and has reached seven USTA Pro Circuit singles finals since Osterloh also owns seven USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles. She is one of just four women to have won both the NCAA singles title (Stanford) and USTA Girls 18s Championships. 7

11 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Shenay Perry Age: 25 (7/6/84) Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla year-end ranking: 115 In 2006, Perry reached the third round at the French Open and the fourth round at Wimbledon, helping her climb to No. 40 in the world. Her steady rise up the rankings was halted when she suffered a knee injury that kept her from playing singles events from mid-2007 to mid Healthy once again in 2009, Perry won the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Dothan, Ala., and qualified for the US Open, where she advanced to the second round. Following the Open, Perry won the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M., and reached the semifinals of the $50,000 event in Las Vegas. This year, she qualified for the Australian Open, losing to Ana Ivanovic in the first round. For her career, Perry holds 15 USTA Pro Circuit titles (seven doubles) and has reached the quarterfinals or better four times on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Alison Riske Age: 19 (7/3/90) Hometown: McMurray, Pa year-end ranking: 222 Riske improved her Sony Ericsson WTA ranking more than 650 places in 2009 by winning her first pro title at the USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 event in Troy, Ala., as a qualifier. In addition, she reached the final at the $10,000 event in Hilton Head Island, S.C., and the semifinals at $50,000 events in Boston and Indian Harbour Beach, Fla. As a junior, Riske rose to No. 2 in the USTA Girls 18s national standings. She was a finalist at the 2007 USTA Girls 18s National Championships and a quarterfinalist at the 2007 Dunlop Orange Bowl. Riske also served as a practice partner for the U.S. s 2008 Fed Cup semifinal against Russia. Ahsha Rolle Age: 24 (3/21/85) Hometown: Miami Shores, Fla year-end ranking: 392 Rolle broke through at the 2007 US Open, where she upset then-world No. 18 Tatiana Golovin en route to the third round. That same year, she qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third round at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Indian Wells, defeating No. 29 seed Meghann Shaughnessy in the second round. In 2008, Rolle qualified for the Olympus US Open Series event in Los Angeles and won a singles match as a member of the U.S. Fed Cup team in the World Group semifinals against Russia. An eight-time champion on the USTA Pro Circuit, her most prominent victories include a singles title at the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M., in 2006, and the doubles title at the $75,000 event in Vancouver with Riza Zalameda last year. Abigail Spears Age: 28 (7/12/81) Hometown: San Diego 2009 year-end ranking: 221 Spears has played extensively on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, having advanced to the singles final of Quebec City in 2004 and the third round of the Australian Open in 2005, when she reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 66 in the world. She has also won five tour-level doubles titles, one in each year from 2003 to 2005, and two in 2009, when she climbed to No. 40 in the individual world doubles rankings. On the USTA Pro Circuit, Spears holds 14 doubles titles spanning 2001 to 2008, which ranks sixth all-time. Spears played one season of college tennis at UCLA in and, as a junior, won USTA Girls 18s doubles titles in 1998 and 1999 with different partners. Sloane Stephens Age: 16 (3/20/93) Hometown: Lauderhill, Fla year-end ranking: 802 Stephens was the top American junior in 2009, peaking at No. 4 in the ITF junior world rankings. She advanced to the girls singles semifinals at Roland Garros and the girls singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon. She also won the elite junior Italian Open on clay and swept the singles and doubles titles at the USTA International Spring Championships. In 2008, she was a semifinalist at the Dunlop Orange Bowl and helped the U.S. capture the Junior Fed Cup title. Stephens teamed with Robert Kendrick to upset the No. 1 seeds in the first round of the mixed doubles at the 2008 US Open, where she also reached the girls doubles final. On the USTA Pro Circuit in 2008, Stephens reached the semifinals at the $10,000 event in Sumter, S.C., and the quarterfinals at $10,000 events in Wichita, Kan., and Landisville, Pa. 8

12 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Alexandra Stevenson Age: 29 (12/21/80) Hometown: San Diego 2009 year-end ranking: 235 Former Top 20 player Stevenson emerged in 1999 by advancing to the Wimbledon semifinals as a qualifier becoming the first female qualifier in the tournament s history to reach the semifinals. She was ranked in the year-end Top 100 each year from 1999 to 2003, and peaked at No. 18 in the world in 2002 after reaching her second Sony Ericsson WTA Tour final of the year. Injuries drove her rankings into the 600s in 2005, but Stevenson rebounded to climb back into the Top 200 last year, reaching the final at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., for her best result on the USTA Pro Circuit since winning the $50,000 event in Midland, Mich., in Stevenson is the daughter of basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving. Valerie Tetreault (CAN) Age: 22 (1/21/88) Hometown: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada 2009 year-end ranking: 133 Tetreault drove her ranking up nearly 300 places by winning three USTA Pro Circuit singles titles in 2009 $50,000 events in Carson, Calif., and Grapevine, Texas, and a $25,000 event in El Paso, Texas. She also reached the doubles final in Grapevine with American Kimberly Couts. Tetreault qualified for the 2009 US Open, her first Grand Slam event, extending then-no. 46 Magdalena Rybarikova to three sets in the first round. She then qualified for the 2010 Australian Open, losing to No. 15 Kim Clijsters in the first round. In 2006, at age 18, Tetreault played in her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Quebec City. In addition to playing on the USTA Pro Circuit, Tetreault has competed in ITF events all over the world, including Russia, Mexico and Italy. CoCo Vandeweghe Age: 18 (12/6/91) Hometown: Rancho Mirage, Calif year-end ranking: 354 Vandeweghe made history at the 2008 US Open, becoming the first American to win the girls singles title since Tara Snyder in She capped 2009 by winning an eight-player USTA playoff to earn a wild card into the main draw of the 2010 Australian Open. On the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009, Vandeweghe reached the quarterfinals of $50,000 events in Troy, Ala., and Phoenix, both as a qualifier. She also advanced to the second round at the Olympus US Open Series stop in Los Angeles, upsetting Italy s Tathiana Garbin in straight sets. In 2008, Vandeweghe received a main draw wild card into the US Open after reaching the final of the USTA Girls 18s National Championships, where she also captured the doubles title. She is the niece of former NBA star and current New Jersey Nets general manager and coach Kiki Vandeweghe. Mashona Washington Age: 33 (5/31/76) Hometown: Houston 2009 year-end ranking: 300 Washington finished 2004 ranked No. 50 in the world after reaching her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour final in Tokyo and advancing to the quarterfinals at the Olympus US Open Series events in Stanford, Calif., and New Haven, Conn., where she defeated then-world No. 7 Maria Sharapova. In 2005, Washington achieved her best showing in a Grand Slam a third round appearance at Wimbledon. She suffered a knee injury in July 2006 while playing for the U.S. Fed Cup team in Belgium and did not compete in singles again for more than a year. Washington returned to the winner s circle in May 2008, however, qualifying and taking the title at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., for her third career USTA Pro Circuit singles title. She also holds nine career doubles titles, including the $25,000 event in Plantation, Fla., this January. Caitlin Whoriskey Age: 21 (4/19/88) Hometown: East Sandwich, Mass year-end ranking: 847 Whoriskey was named to the 2009 USTA Summer Collegiate Team, a training program for top American college players, after earning All-America honors in doubles during her junior season at the University of Tennessee. She competed in six USTA Pro Circuit tournaments last summer, making her main draw debut at the $10,000 event in Hilton Head, S.C., where she reached the quarterfinals in singles and the final in doubles. Whoriskey reached two doubles finals and two doubles semifinals on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009 and advanced to her first pro singles final at the $10,000 event in St. Joseph, Mo., upsetting No. 7 seed Kaitlyn Christian en route. 9

13 A D D I T I O N A L P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Augustine Barte Brodsky Burdette Cako Player Name Age / Hometown 2009 Ranking Player Information Brittany Augustine 18 (9/19/91) El Segundo, Calif. 728 Reached the semifinals of the $10,000 event in Brownsville, Texas, in 2009, her best USTA Pro Circuit showing. Practiced with the Williams sisters and Lindsay Davenport while on the 2003 Junior U.S. Fed Cup Team. Dad was a pro soccer player in Trinidad and Tobago. Hilary Barte 21 (11/17/88) Chatsworth, Calif. 983 All-American at Stanford University was the 2009 Pac-10 Player of the Year. Received a wild card into 2009 Olympus US Open Series event in Stanford, Calif., her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles main draw appearance (lost to Melanie Oudin in the first round). Tarakaa Bertrand 23 (8/11/86) Great Falls, Va. 658 Formerly played for Vanderbilt University. Named 2006 SEC Player of the Year during sophomore year after posting an undefeated conference season. Peaked at No. 19 in the collegiate singles rankings. Gail Brodsky 18 (6/5/91) Brooklyn, N.Y. 542 Earned a main draw wild card into the 2008 US Open after winning the 2008 USTA Girls 18s National Championships. Born in the Ukraine and immigrated to Brooklyn at age 5. Mother was a gymnast and father was a professional rower in Ukraine. Mallory Burdette 19 (1/28/91) Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Reached the girls doubles final at the 2008 US Open with partner Sloane Stephens. Currently attends Stanford University, where she has joined older sister, Lindsay. Jacqueline Cako 18 (8/30/91) Brier, Wash. 639 Won her second career professional title in 2009 at the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in Wichita, Kan. As a junior, reached the final at the 2008 International Spring Championships. Formerly competed in gymnastics, but stopped competition after becoming too tall (currently 5 foot 10). Audra Cohen 23 (4/21/86) Plantation, Fla. 492 Won the 2007 NCAA women s singles title at the University of Miami (Fla.). Only woman in history to reach the final of the NCAA Championships competing for two different schools (Miami, Northwestern). Holds one USTA Pro Circuit title ($10,000 Evansville, Ind., in 2006). Lauren Davis 16 (10/9/93) Cleveland Finished 2009 season ranked No. 2 in the USTA Girls 18s national standings. Reached the quarterfinals in girls singles at the 2009 US Open. Won back-toback USTA Girls 16s National Championships in Courtney Dolehide 17 (3/25/92) Hinsdale, Ill. 470 Reached first pro final at the $10,000 event in Wichita, Kan., in Took third place in singles and doubles at the 2008 USTA Girls 18s National Winter Championships. Featured on ESPNRise.com, an ESPN website celebrating high school athletics. Jennifer Elie 23 (9/22/86) New York 498 Holds two USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles. Competed in international ITF-level events in Mexico, Sweden, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Coached by her father. 10

14 A D D I T I O N A L P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Fink Hampton S. Jones Keys Kops-Jones Player Name Age / Hometown 2009 Ranking Player Information Amanda Fink 23 (12/4/86) Calabasas, Calif. 822 Four-year letter winner at the University of Southern California. Named ITA Rookie of the Year. Won both the Pac-10 singles and doubles championships her senior year. Won first USTA Pro Circuit title in 2008 at the $10,000 event in Atlanta. Kristy Frilling 20 (1/8/90) Sidney, Ohio All-American posted one of the best freshman seasons in Notre Dame history with appearances in both the NCAA singles and doubles championships. Reached the doubles semifinal at the 2008 Olympus US Open Series event in Cincinnati with Madison Brengle. Nadja Gilchrist 19 (6/7/90) Webster, N.Y. Earned All-America honors in doubles at the University of Georgia her freshman year after playing No. 1 doubles with Chelsey Gullickson. Was a finalist at the 2007 Easter Bowl, defeating Melanie Oudin in the quarterfinal. Chelsey Gullickson 19 (8/29/90) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. All-American at the University of Georgia named 2009 ITA Rookie Player of the Year with 69 total wins (tied school record). Reached doubles final at $25,000 Hammond, La., in 2008 with sister, Carly. Jamie Hampton 20 (1/8/90) Auburn, Ala. Won her first career USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $10,000 event in Cleveland in October Reached the final of the $25,000 event in Lutz, Fla., this January.... Won doubles titles at USTA Girls 18s National Championships in 2007 and Chloe Jones 20 (2/1/90) Baldwin City, Kan. 650 Has competed in Thailand and Mexico, with a runner-up showing at the $10,000 event in Cordoba, Mexico, in Reached back-to-back quarterfinals at $10,000 events in Landisville, Pa., and Sumter, S.C., in May Doubles finalist at the 2007 Easter Bowl with Asia Muhammad. Sacha Jones (NZL) 19 (11/8/90) New Zealand 213 No. 1 player in New Zealand. Broke her shoulder while mountain biking in early Returned and won four consecutive $25,000 titles (three in Australia and one in Rock Hill, S.C., on the USTA Pro Circuit) starting in September Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) 20 (8/8/89) Bulgaria 134 Peaked at a career-high No. 35 in Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2005 French Open, upsetting Venus Williams in the third round. Suspended from play in after testing positive for the steroid nandrolone. Madison Keys 14 (2/17/95) Boca Raton, Fla. 621 Became the youngest player since Martina Hingis in 1994 to win a tour-level match, defeating Alla Kudryavtseva in 2009 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Was a girls 16s finalist at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl. Youngest player ever to compete in World TeamTennis, defeating Serena Williams in a match during summer Raquel Kops-Jones 27 (12/8/82) Fresno, Calif. 676 Won two Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles titles in Holds 13 career USTA Pro Circuit titles (12 doubles). Was a five-time All-American at the University of California-Berkeley and became the first Cal player named ITA National Senior Player of the Year (2004). 11

15 A D D I T I O N A L P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Kulikova Litvak McPhillips Min Moulton-Levy Player Name Age / Hometown 2009 Ranking Player Information Regina Kulikova (RUS) 22 (1/30/89) Switzerland 128 Born in Kazakhstan. Reached the third round of 2009 Wimbledon as a qualifier, defeating No. 27 seed Alisa Kleybanova. Won two $50,000 Challengers in 2009 (Kansas City and Las Vegas). Father was a professional basketball player. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) 18 (11/18/91) Thailand 384 First Asian named the ITF Junior World Champion after finishing 2008 ranked No. 1. In 2009, swept the girls singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon and reached the girls doubles final at the French Open and US Open. Won first ITF-level title in 2008 at a $25,000 event in Indonesia. Lena Litvak 21 (11/15/88) Bronx, N.Y. 339 Born in the Ukraine. Played at Harvard for one year before turning pro. Qualified for two $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in 2009 (Dothan, Ala., and Vancouver) Competed in ITF-level events in Mexico, Korea, Greece, Israel and Portugal. Elizabeth Lumpkin 23 (5/24/86) Naperville, N.M. 801 Won her first professional title at the $10,000 event in Evansville, Ind., in July Helped lead UCLA to the NCAA team title in Served on the Bruin Athletic Council for three years and earned the West Region Arthur Ashe Leadership Award. Amanda McDowell 22 (9/2/87) Atlanta At Georgia Tech, captured the 2008 NCAA singles title and was named the 2008 ITA Player of the Year. Only female student-athlete in school history to earn national player of the year honors. Won the $10,000 event in St. Joseph, Mo., as a qualifier in Kyle McPhillips 15 (4/5/94) Cleveland Reached her first professional final at the $10,000 event in Cleveland in Won the girls 14s title in 2008 and the girls 16s title in 2009 at the USTA National Clay Court Championships. Was a member of the U.S. team at the 2008 World Junior Tennis finals. Grace Min 15 (6/5/94) Lawrenceville, Ga. 737 Reached the final at both the International Spring Championships and the International Hard Court Championships in Reached the girls doubles quarterfinals at the 2009 US Open and helped lead the U.S. to the 2008 World Junior Tennis title. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 16 (5/14/93) France ITF World Junior Champion won the girls singles title at the French Open and reached the girls singles and doubles finals at Wimbledon. Reached the semifinals at two $10,000 Pro Circuit events in Megan Moulton-Levy 24 (3/11/85) Monroe, Mich. 275 Former All-American at the College of William & Mary was the first player in school history to advance to the singles semifinals of the NCAA Championships (2006). Reached the doubles final of the 2007 NCAA Championships. Holds one USTA Pro Circuit singles title ($10,000 Evansville, Ind., in 2008). Alexis Prousis 25 (9/27/84) Lake Forest, Ill. 865 Former All-American at Northwestern University won the 2006 NCAA doubles title. Has competed all over the world including Spain, Greece, Peru and Great Britain, with an ITF-level singles title at a $10,000 event in Mexico in

16 A D D I T I O N A L P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H Tatishvili Tsay Vickery Weinhold Will Player Name Age / Hometown 2009 Ranking Player Information Katherine Ruckert 26 (5/3/83) Madison, Va. 449 Played for three years at the University of Texas, earning All-America honors and ITA Southwest Region Rookie of the Year as a freshman in Won back-toback $10,000 ITF-level events in Venezuela in both 2007 and Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 19 (2/3/90) Boca Raton, Fla. 181 Won three USTA Pro Circuit titles in 2008, including $50,000 events in Boston and Troy, Ala. Won first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour match in 2006 in Miami. Competed on the 2009 Georgian Fed Cup team. Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 16 (7/5/93) Croatia 353 Reached first pro final in November 2009 at a $25,000 ITF-level event in Mexico. Won the girls doubles title at the 2009 Australian Open with American Christina McHale. Swept the junior singles and doubles titles at the 2008 International Casablanca Junior Cup. Ellen Tsay 16 (10/8/93) Pleasanton, Calif. 931 Took third place in singles and reached the doubles final at the 2009 USTA Girls 18s National Clay Court Championships. Swept the girls 16s singles and doubles titles at the 2008 Easter Bowl. Has won prize money in piano and writing competitions. Story Tweedie-Yates 26 (5/2/83) Redmond, Wash. 502 Won team national championships at Stanford University in 2002 and 2004 (earning All-America honors) before transferring to Texas Christian for her senior year. Reached two $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit singles finals during the summer of 2005 (Southlake, Texas, and Fort Worth, Texas). Chanelle Van Nguyen 16 (1/19/94) Miami Won the girls 16s title at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl. Reached the final at both the 2009 USTA Girls 16s National Championships and the 2008 USTA Girls 14s National Clay Court Championships. Sachia Vickery 14 (5/11/95) Miramar, Fla. Reached the semifinals at the $10,000 event in Evansville, Ind., in Won the girls 14s title at the 2008 Easter Bowl. Helped lead the U.S. to consecutive titles at the World Junior Tennis Championships in Worked with Richard Williams, father of the Williams sisters, for one summer. Heather Watson (GBR) 17 (5/19/92) Great Britain 588 As of 2009 year-end, No. 3 junior player in the world won the girls singles title at the 2009 US Open and the girls doubles title at the 2009 French Open. Won her first pro title in 2009 at a $10,000 ITF-level event in Great Britain. Trains in Florida. Ashley Weinhold 20 (6/20/89) Austin, Texas 427 Won the 2007 USTA Girls 18s title, earning a singles wild card into the main draw of the US Open. Captured her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in 2006 at the $10,000 event in Southlake, Texas. Played for the World TeamTennis St. Louis Aces in Allie Will 18 (4/20/91) Boca Raton, Fla. 656 Freshman at the University of Florida won her first USTA Pro Circuit event by capturing the doubles title at the $10,000 event in Sumter, S.C., in Reached the doubles final at the 2009 USTA Girls 18s National Championships. Once attempted to return Andy Roddick s serve, while using Jim Courier s racquet. 13