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1 as of February 5, 2014 DOW CORNING TENNIS CLASSIC MIDLAND, MI FEBRUARY 9 16, 2014 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION Site: Midland Community Tennis Center, Midland, Mich. Websites: dowcorningtennisclassic.com procircuit.usta.com Facebook: Dow Corning Tennis Classic Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, Feb. 9 Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, Feb. 11 Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Surface: Hard / Indoor Prize Money: $100,000 Tournament Executive Director: Mike Woody, (989) woody@midlandtennis.com Assistant Tournament Director: Sharon Cleland, (989) cleland@midlandtennis.com Tournament Press Contact: Sam Fisher, (989) fishe1sf@cmich.edu USTA Communications Contact: Amanda Korba, (914) korba@usta.com DOW CORNING TENNIS CLASSIC RETURNS TO MIDLAND FOR 26TH YEAR ON THE USTA PRO CIRCUIT Top players converge on Midland, Mich., such as defending singles champion Lauren Davis, up-and-coming American Coco Vandeweghe, former collegiate No. 1 Maria Sanchez, 2013 USTA Pro Circuit prize money leader Shelby Rogers, former world junior No. 1 Taylor Townsend, 2013 US Open junior finalist Tornado Alicia Black, 2013 US Open star Victoria Duval, 2014 Australian Open wild card Sachia Vickery, and young Americans Madison Brengle and Allie Kiick. Now celebrating its 26th year, the Dow Corning Tennis Classic is the longest-running consecutive women s event on the USTA Pro Circuit. The event is considered the marquee women s tournament on the USTA Pro Circuit and attracts more than 15,000 fans each year. The USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to tennis stardom and the Dow Corning Tennis Classic is truly emblematic of that. Six Grand Slam singles champions played in the event early in their careers, along with 13 Grand Slam doubles / mixed doubles champions. The most notable Midland alumni include Justine Henin, a seven-time Grand Slam champion and Olympic gold medal winner, four-time Grand Slam singles champion Maria Sharapova, two-time Grand Slam singles champion Mary Pierce, 2010 French Open singles champion Francesca Schiavone and 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open singles champion Li Na, as well as Anna Kournikova, a two-time Grand Slam women s doubles and mixed doubles champion. Andrew Ong/USOpen.org Defending Midland champion and Top 60 player Lauren Davis reached the third round of the 2014 Australian Open in her career-best Grand Slam result and arrives in Midland after being named to the U.S. Fed Cup Team for the first time in Cleveland, where Davis won a doubles match with Madison Keys against Italy. PRIZE MONEY / POINTS SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points Winner $15, Runner-Up $8, Semifinalist $4, Quarterfinalist $2, Round 16 $1, Round 32 $887 1 DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) Winner $5,573 Runner-Up $2,787 Semifinalist $1,393 Quarterfinalist $760 Round 16 $507 The tournament began in 1989 at the $25,000 level and seven years later became one of five USTA Pro Circuit tournaments to raise its prize money as part of the Women s $50,000 Challenger Series in Three years later, in 1999, the prize money was raised again, this time to $75,000. Midland made its debut as the first-ever $100,000 women s event on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2010 and has been held at the $100,000 level ever since. Throughout the week, Midland Community Tennis Center will offer a variety of daily interactive events that reach out to community members at many different ages and skill levels, including a pros to schools/ schools to matches day, a luncheon, a kids fun day, high school play day, an at-risk youth program and an adult Cardio Tennis clinic, along with opportunities to meet and ask questions of the players. VIP packages, club seats and group rates are available in addition to general admission tickets. Daily sessions are $12 for adults and $8 for juniors. For further ticket or sponsorship information, please contact Assistant Tournament Director Sharon Cleland at the Midland Tennis Club. This year s Midland main draw field includes defending Midland singles champion and Top 60 player Lauren Davis, U.S. Fed Cupper and up-and-coming American Coco Vandeweghe, former collegiate No. 1 Maria Sanchez, 2013 USTA Pro Circuit prize money leader Shelby Rogers, former world junior No. 1 Taylor Townsend, 2013 US Open star Victoria Duval, 2013 US Open junior singles finalist Tornado Alicia Black,

2 Getty Images Coco Vandeweghe had a strong summer in 2013 playing in the Emirates Airline US Open Series and reached her first pro final in 2012 at the Series event in Stanford, losing to Serena Williams. She broke into the Top 100 for the first time in her career in early 2011 and has represented the U.S. in Fed Cup. former world junior No. 4 Madison Brengle, 2014 Australian Open wild card Sachia Vickery, and young American Allie Kiick. Featured players expected to compete in the main draw include: Urszula Radwanska, 23, of Poland, is ranked No. 45 and is the highestranked player in Midland. Radwanska peaked at No. 29 in the world in October 2012 and has competed in all four Grand Slam events. She holds four ITF Circuit and USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and 10 doubles titles. She also holds one WTA doubles title, winning in Istanbul in 2007 with sister and current world No. 4 Agnieszka, and reached the doubles quarterfinals of the French Open in Radwanska has represented Poland in Fed Cup and played for the Polish Olympic team in 2012 in London. She is making her Midland debut. Romina Oprandi, 27, of Switzerland, is ranked No. 94. The 2013 season was cut short for Oprandi after struggling with a right shoulder injury. Prior to the injury, she has had four Top 100 seasons. In 2012, Oprandi reached the third round of the Australian Open and second rounds in four tournaments, including Wimbledon and the US Open. Other notable 2012 performances for Oprandi are wins at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Bronx. N.Y., and at the $100,000 ITF tournament just a month later in Biarritz, France. Oprandi had her first Top 50 season in 2006 after winning four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF and USTA Pro Circuit. She has won 22 ITF singles titles overall and 11 doubles titles. This is her first appearance in Midland. Olga Govortsova, 25, of Belarus, is ranked No. 98. Govortsova fell to Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round at the 2014 Australian Open and is coming off her sixth Top 100 season in In that year, Govortsova made it to the finals of the WTA s Tashkent Open, but lost to Serbian Bojana Jovanovski. Other notable final appearances of Govortsova s include falling to Caroline Wozniacki at the MPS Group Championships at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., in 2010 and being runner-up to Lindsay Davenport in 2008 at the Cellular South Cup in Memphis. Govortsova peaked at No. 35 in the world in 2008 and has represented Belarus in Fed Cup and the Olympics. She has won eight WTA doubles titles and been ranked as high as No. 24 in the world in doubles. This is her second appearance in Midland: she won the tournament in 2012 and reached the semifinals in 2007 but fell to American Jill Craybas. Coco Vandeweghe, 22, is ranked No Vandeweghe had a strong summer in 2013 playing in the Emirates Airline US Open Series and US Open, qualifying for the Series events in Stanford, Calif., and Carlsbad, Calif., reaching the second round of both, in addition to qualifying for and reaching the second round of the US Open. Following the 2013 US Open, Vandeweghe reached the singles final at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Las Vegas and the final of an ITF-level event in Canada. She also won back-to-back USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles at the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in Albuquerque, N.M., and Las Vegas after the US Open. Vandeweghe reached her first pro final in 2012 at the Series event in Stanford as a qualifier, losing to Serena Williams. She broke into the Top 100 for the first time in her career in early 2011 after qualifying for the Australian Open and reaching the quarterfinals of the WTA event in Memphis, Tenn. Also in 2011, she reached the second round of the US Open and competed in the French Open and Wimbledon. Vandeweghe was named to the U.S. Fed Cup team for the 2010 final versus Italy. As a junior, she won the 2008 US Open girls singles title. Vandeweghe s mother, Tauna, was a member of the U.S. national team in both swimming and volleyball, and her uncle is former NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe. This is her third appearance in Midland; she reached the doubles semifinals in Sharon Fichman, 23, of Canada, is ranked No Fichman is coming off a strong 2013 season where she won her eighth career ITF singles title at the $25,000 event in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and made her Top 100 debut in August last year. She has also been ranked as high as No. 62 in the world in doubles, winning 16 ITF doubles titles and capturing her first WTA doubles title earlier this year in Auckland, New Zealand with American Maria Sanchez. This is Fichman s third appearance in Midland; she was a singles and doubles quarterfinalist in Anna Tatishvili, 24, from the country of Georgia, who is ranked No Tatishvili won her seventh USTA Pro Circuit singles title in January 2014 at the $25,000 event in Daytona Beach, Fla. She also competed in the 2014 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Monica Puig. Tatishvili peaked at No. 50 in the world in the WTA rankings in October 2012 and has competed in all four Grand Slam events, reaching the round of 16 at the US Open in 2012 for her career-best result (she lost to eventual finalist Victoria Azarenka). As a junior player, Tatishvili peaked at No. 19 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2006, when she reached the third round in singles at the junior Australian Open and the semifinals in doubles, where she partnered with former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki. This is her fifth appearance in Midland; she was a singles quarterfinalist in 2012 and won the doubles in 2011 and reached the finals in Vesna Dolonc, 24, of Serbia, is ranked No Dolonc reached the third round of Wimbledon in 2013, upsetting former world No. 1 and fellow Serbian Jelena Jankovic in the second round. She also reached the second round of the 2014 Australian Open, losing to Serena Williams. Dolonc made her debut on the Serbian Fed Cup team in 2013 and has competed in WTA and ITF tournaments all over the world. She has won two ITF women s singles events, her last coming in 2012 at a $50,000 event in Donetsk, Ukraine. This is her second appearance in Midland; she reached the doubles final in 2012.

3 Getty Images Shelby Rogers was the 2013 USTA Pro Circuit prize money leader and earned wild cards into the 2013 US Open and French Open based on her results on the USTA Pro Circuit. Shelby Rogers, 21, is ranked No Rogers earned a main draw wild card into the 2013 French Open by winning the Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge. She then won her first Grand Slam main draw match at the French Open, defeating wild card Irena Pavlovic in the first round. The winner of the wild card challenge was determined by the player who accumulated the greatest number of WTA ranking points at two of three USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 clay-court events last spring. Rogers also earned a wild card into the 2013 US Open through her summer hard-court results on the USTA Pro Circuit, where she won the $50,000 event in Lexington, Ky., and reached the semifinals of the $50,000 event in Portland, Ore. Following the 2013 US Open, Rogers won her third USTA Pro Circuit event of the year at the $75,000 event in Albuquerque to peak at No. 116 in the world in October and finish 2013 as the USTA Pro Circuit prize money leader with $36,308 in earnings. As a junior player, Rogers won the USTA Girls 18s National Championships to earn a wild card into the main draw of the 2010 US Open for her first appearance in a Grand Slam (in the either main draw or the juniors). She trains with the USTA Player Development program at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. This is her fourth appearance in Midland; she was a singles quarterfinalist in 2012 and Sofia Arvidsson, 29, of Sweden, is ranked No Arvidsson has won two WTA singles titles winning the WTA event in Memphis, Tenn., in 2006 and She peaked at No. 29 in the world in May 2006 after reaching the third round of the Australian Open in her career-best Grand Slam singles result. Last year, Arvidsson represented Sweden in Fed Cup against the United States in Delray Beach, Fla., and defeated Sloane Stephens and lost to Serena Williams. This is Arvidsson s third appearance in Midland; she was a quarterfinalist in 2010 and doubles champion in 2004 with American partner Tara Snyder. Madison Brengle, 23, is ranked No Brengle had a strong 2013 season on the USTA Pro Circuit in which she captured two singles titles and one doubles title. She also reached the quarterfinals or better at all five USTA Pro Circuit events she competed in following the 2013 US Open. At the beginning of 2014, she qualified for the WTA s Australian Open tune-up event in Hobart, Australia. Brengle has played in the main draw at three of the four Grand Slam events, winning USTA wild-card playoffs to earn entry into the Australian Open ( ) and the French Open (2008), as well as competing in the US Open main draw in As a junior player, Brengle reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world in 2007 and advanced to the girls singles final at Wimbledon that year. She has won five singles titles and five doubles titles in her career, all of which have come on the USTA Pro Circuit. This is her fifth appearance in Midland; she was a singles quarterfinalist in 2011 and Sesil Karatantcheva, 24, of Kazakhstan, is ranked No Karatantcheva peaked at No. 35 in the world in November 2005 after she reached the French Open quarterfinals in her career-best result. She has played in all four Grand Slam events throughout her career and has won seven ITF and USTA Pro Circuit singles titles, her last coming in 2011 at the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Phoenix. As a junior player, she ranked No. 1 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2004, winning the junior French Open that year. This is her second appearance in Midland; she was eliminated in the first round in Lucie Hradecka, 28, of Czech Republic, is ranked No Throughout Hradecka s career, she has won 17 WTA doubles titles, including the 2011 French Open and the 2013 US Open partnered with Andrea Hlavackova. In addition, the duo were silver medalists at the 2012 Olympics in London. Hradecka also won the mixed doubles title at the 2013 French Open with Frantisek Cermak. Hradecka has also proven her skills in singles, winning 18 ITF and USTA Pro Circuit singles titles. She has yet to win a WTA singles title, but has been a runner-up in six different tournaments. Her career-high singles ranking came in June of 2011 at No. 43 and her career-high doubles ranking came in October 2012 at No. 4. Hradecka has found great success in Midland and this will be her sixth appearance: she lost in the doubles semifinals in 2007, was singles champion and doubles semifinalist in 2009, lost in the singles final round in 2010 but was a doubles champion that year, beat American Irina Falconi in the singles final in 2011, and was a doubles champion again, as well as singles quarterfinalist in Jovana Jaksic, 20, of Serbia, is ranked No This up-andcomer won five different ITF singles titles in 2013, including three $25,000 events. Jaksic made her WTA debut in 2013, qualifying for the main draw of the Monterrey Open in Mexico and reaching the second round before losing to No. 3 seed Maria Kirilenko in three sets. She also competed in qualifying in the US Open and Wimbledon last year. As a junior player, Jaksic peaked at No. 13 in the world in June This is Jaksic s first appearance in Midland. Victoria Duval, 18, is ranked No Duval became a top storyline at the 2013 US Open, where she qualified for the main draw and upset 2011 champion Samantha Stosur in the first round. Following the US Open, Duval competed in ITF events in Canada, winning her first pro singles and doubles titles in Toronto. She opened the 2014 season ranked a career-high No. 143 in the world. In 2012, Duval was the USTA Girls 18s national champion, earning a wild card into the US Open women s draw, where she played Kim Clijsters in the first round before Clijsters retirement. Duval peaked at No. 18 in the world in the ITF World Junior Rankings in September 2011 after reaching the quarterfinals of the junior US Open and junior Wimbledon. She also reached the semifinals of the 2012 junior US Open. Duval grew up Haiti until she was 8. When she was 7, she was held hostage in an armed robbery in her aunt s house in Port-au-Prince, along with several cousins, and was held for hours before being freed. Following that, Vicky s mother, Nadine, gave up

4 her neonatal practice and moved Vicky and her two brothers to South Florida, leaving behind Vicky s father, Jean-Maurice, to continue his gynecology and obstetrics practice in Port-au-Prince. Vicky gave up ballet to pursue tennis, first at the Nick Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, Fla., then at the Racquet Club of the South, a USTA Certified Regional Training Center in Atlanta. In 2010, Duval s father was involved in the Haiti earthquake and was pinned by collapsing walls outside his house. He dug himself out but had several devastating injuries. Thereafter, an Atlanta family connected with the Racquet Club of the South donated a large amount of money to airlift Jean-Maurice to a hospital in Fort Lauderdale. This is her third appearance in Midland; she was a singles quarterfinalist in Aleksandra Krunic, 20, of Serbia, is ranked No Krunic has won eight ITF singles titles all over the world, as well as five doubles titles. She also reached the doubles final of the 2013 WTA event in Baku with Eleni Danilidou Krunic s first career WTA doubles final. Krunic made her Grand Slam debut at the 2013 US Open, where she qualified for the main draw and lost to American Coco Vandeweghe in the first round. As a junior player, Krunic peaked at No. 19 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in May 2009 in singles and reached the doubles final of the 2009 junior Australian Open. She made her WTA Tour debut in 2011, playing her first two WTA main draws in Budapest and Tashkent. This is Krunic s first appearance in Midland. Katerina Siniakova, 17, of the Czech Republic is ranked No Siniakova qualified for the 2014 Australian Open for her first appearance in a Grand Slam main draw and broke into the Top 200 this year. She won the first four ITF singles titles of her career last year and holds three doubles titles. As a junior player, Siniakova has ranked as high as No. 2 in the world in the ITF World Junior Rankings and won three junior doubles titles in 2013 at the US Open, French Open, and Wimbledon. She also reached the singles final of the 2013 junior Australian Open. This is her first appearance in Midland. Heather Watson, 21, of Great Britain, is ranked No Watson peaked at No. 39 in the world in February 2013 after reaching the third round of the Australian Open. She also reached the third round of Wimbledon in In 2012, Watson won her first WTA title at Osaka and became the first Brit to win a WTA singles title in 24 years. She also won two WTA doubles titles in Watson has played for the Great Britain Fed Cup team and played in the 2012 Olympics in London. She trains with Nick Bolletierri. This is her third appearance in Midland. Allie Kiick, 18, is ranked a career-high No. 169 after reaching the final of the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Daytona Beach, Fla., and the semifinals of the $25,000 event in Vero Beach, Fla., in early Kiick, who turned pro in 2013, won the second USTA Pro Circuit singles title of her career at the $10,000 event in Gainesville, Fla., last year and also reached the final of the $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va. In the junior ranks, Kiick was a finalist in the 2013 USTA Girls 18 National Championships singles event and won the doubles title with Sachia Vickery, allowing her to make her Grand Slam main-draw debut in the women s doubles event at the 2013 US Open. Kiick is the daughter of Jim Kiick, who was a running back on the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins. Her mother is Mary Johnson, a former professional softball player. Allie has spent time training at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and with former Grand Slam finalist Harold Solomon. She is making her Midland debut. Sachia Vickery, 18, is ranked No Vickery earned a main draw wild card into the 2014 Australian Open by winning the USTA s Australian Open Wild Card Playoff in Norcross, Ga., in December against other up-and-coming Americans. The Australian Open was Vickery s first Grand Slam appearance outside of the US Open and Vickery lost to fellow American Lauren Davis in the first round. Vickery won the 2013 USTA National Girls 18s singles and doubles titles last summer, earning wild cards into the main draw of the singles and doubles draw at the 2013 US Open. At the US Open, she won her first-round match in her Grand Slam debut, defeating Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in straight sets. Vickery climbed 150 spots in the rankings in 2013 due to her US Open win, in addition to reaching the semifinals of two USTA Pro Circuit events, to end the 2013 season ranked in the Top 200 for the first time in her career. As a junior, Vickery was ranked as high as No. 6 in the ITF World Junior Rankings, reaching the doubles semifinals of junior Wimbledon in 2012 and competing in all four junior Grand Slams. Vickery trains with the USTA Player Development program at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. This is her second appearance in Midland. Stephanie Foretz Gacon, 32, of France, is ranked No At the 2012 Australian Open, she won her first Grand Slam main draw match since 2005, and followed that up with opening round wins at the French Open and Wimbledon. She also reached her first WTA quarterfinal in nearly five years in February 2013 in Memphis, Tenn. She peaked at No. 63 in 2003, and her biggest career win came in 2002, when she defeated Monica Seles on her way to reaching the quarterfinals at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. Foretz Gacon has also competed in the main draw of the French Open every year since This is her fifth appearance in Midland; she was a singles quarterfinalist in 2009 and reached the doubles final in Maria Sanchez, 24, is ranked No Sanchez peaked at No. 107 in the world in July 2013 after strong results on the USTA Pro Circuit and WTA tour. She started the year by reaching the quarterfinals of Midland and competing in three WTA events. Prior to Wimbledon, she qualified for and reached the third round of the WTA grass-court event in Birmingham, England, for her best result of the year. Sanchez also made her debut in a Grand Slam main draw by earning a wild card into the 2013 US Open. Sanchez won two USTA Pro Circuit titles in 2012, at the $50,000 event in Sacramento, Calif. her first professional singles title and the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M. Sanchez finished that year by making the final of the $75,000 event in Phoenix to finish as the top WTA points earner among Americans on the 2012 USTA Pro Circuit. As a junior player, she was ranked No. 1 in the United States as a 16-year-old and No. 4 in the country as an 18-year-old. She also was the No. 1-ranked collegian and an ITA All-American at USC, winning the 2011 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship singles title. Entering the 2014 Australian Open, Sanchez won her first career WTA doubles title in Auckland, New Zealand, with Sharon Fichman. Sanchez trains with the USTA Player Development program at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. This is her second appearance in Midland; she was a singles quarterfinalist in Maria Elena Camerin, 31, of Italy, is ranked No This 15-year WTA veteran s accomplishments include reaching the third round of the Australian Open in both 2006 and 2007 and reaching the second round of the US Open six times, including a memorable match against Serena Williams in She has reached two WTA singles finals (in 2001 and 2006) and has won three WTA doubles titles, including the US Open Series event in Cincinnati in 2006 with Gisela Dulko. Camerin peaked

5 at No. 41 in the world in October 2004 and has represented Italy in Fed Cup and Olympics. This is her third appearance in Midland; she was a quarterfinalist in the 2001 tournament. Ksenia Pervak, 22, of Russia, is ranked No In 2011, Pervak won her first career WTA singles title at the Tashkent Open and was a runner-up at the WTA s Baku Cup. She also reached the fourth round of Wimbledon that year, peaking at No. 37 in the world in September As a junior player, Pervak won the 2009 junior Australian Open singles title, defeating Great Britain s Laura Robson. She represented Kazakhstan from 2011 to 2013 and now represents Russia. This is her second appearance in Midland; she lost to eventual champion Lucie Hradecka in the 2011 semifinals. Eleni Daniilidou, 31, of Greece, is ranked No Daniilidou has won five WTA singles titles and three WTA doubles titles in her career. She also reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2002, as well as the 2003 Australian Open and 2004 US Open, and reached the mixed doubles final of the 2003 Australian Open with Todd Woodbridge. She peaked at a career-high singles ranking of No. 14 in May 2003 and has served on the Greece Fed Cup team, as well as on three Olympic teams. This will be Daniilidou s third appearance in Midland; she was a singles finalist in 2009 where she lost to eventual champion Lucie Hradecka, and reached the doubles semifinals in Players receiving main draw wild cards include: Defending Midland champion Lauren Davis, 20, is ranked No. 67 after reaching the third round of the 2014 Australian Open in her career-best Grand Slam result. Davis is arriving in Midland after being named to the U.S. Fed Cup Team for the first time for the World Group First Round in Cleveland, where she won in doubles. She competed in all four Grand Slam events in Also in 2013, she reached two WTA quarterfinals in Monterrey, Mexico, and Quebec City, Canada. Davis broke into the Top 100 for the first time in her career in 2012, qualifying for and reaching the second round of the French Open and advancing to the quarterfinals of Quebec City. Davis also ended the 2012 season strong on the USTA Pro Circuit, winning the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Las Vegas, sponsored by music mogul Redfoo of LMFAO. Davis peaked at No. 3 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2010, when she won the Orange Bowl and reached the final of the Easter Bowl. Davis trains with the USTA Player Development Program in Boca Raton, Fla., and previously trained at the Chris Evert Academy in Boca Raton. Former world No. 1 junior and four-time junior Grand Slam champion Taylor Townsend, 17, is ranked No Townsend reached the girls singles final at Wimbledon in 2013, as well as the quarterfinals at the French Open juniors. Townsend turned pro at the start of 2013 and, in her first WTA-level main-draw match, beat then-no. 57 Lucie Hradecka in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. In 2012, Townsend clinched the year-end ITF No. 1 junior ranking, becoming the first American girl to hold that position since Gretchen Rush in Also in 2012, Townsend won the Australian Open junior singles and doubles titles, as well as the junior doubles titles at the US Open and Wimbledon. In addition, she led the U.S. to the Junior Fed Cup championship. In the pro ranks in 2013, besides her win at Indian Wells, Townsend reached the final round of qualifying at the US Open. In 2014, Townsend qualified for and reached the quarterfinals of the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Daytona Beach, Fla., in January. This is her second appearance in Midland. Tornado Alicia Black, 15, is ranked No. 954 in the WTA Rankings and is ranked a career-high No. 4 in the ITF World Junior Rankings, making her the top-ranked American girl. Black advanced to the final of the girls singles event at the 2013 US Open Junior Championships. Immediately following the US Open, she won her first pro title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Amelia Island, Fla. Also last year, Black reached the singles quarterfinals and won the doubles title at the prestigious Metropolia Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships to break into the Top 10 of the junior rankings. In July 2012, she made her WTA debut in the qualifying draw of the tournament in Washington, D.C. Black s sister, Hurricane Tyra, is also a promising young player; she was the USTA s national champion among 12-and-unders in She is making her Midland debut. Featured players expected to compete in the qualifying draw include: Asia Muhammad learned to play tennis at the Andre Agassi Boys and Girls Club in Las Vegas. In 2013, she won two USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles and captured her first singles title since 2007 at the $25,000 event in Raleigh, N.C. Muhammad holds nine USTA Pro Circuit titles overall (seven in doubles). Allie Will jumped more than 150 spots in the rankings since turning pro in 2012 after completing her junior year at the University of Florida, where she rose to No. 1 in the collegiate singles rankings. She has recently cracked into the Top 100 in the WTA doubles rankings and is currently ranked No. 98 in doubles. Will has won nine doubles titles in her career, seven on the USTA Pro Circuit. Alexandra Mueller won a career-high five doubles titles on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2013 and holds 10 USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles overall. She also holds four career USTA Pro Circuit singles titles. In July 2013, she qualified for the WTA event in Washington, D.C., where she also reached the doubles quarterfinals. Mueller is a twotime winner of the US Open National Playoffs, earning wild cards into the US Open Qualifying Tournament in 2010 and Natalie Pluskota completed her stellar college career in 2012 at the University of Tennessee. Pluskota reached the final of the $10,000 tournament in Landisville, Pa., in May She also has enjoyed tremendous success in doubles, peaking at No. 158 in the world in doubles last July after reaching eight doubles semifinals on the USTA Pro Circuit. On the WTA tour in summer 2013, Pluskota and fellow American Jacqueline Cako reached the doubles quarterfinals at the Emirates Airline US Open Series event in Stanford, Calif. Alexandra Stevenson first made waves in pro tennis in 1999, when she became the first female qualifier in Wimbledon history to reach the semifinals. She was ranked in the year-end Top 100 each year from 1999 to 2003, peaking at No. 18 in Injuries drove her ranking into the 600s in Stevenson rebounded to climb back into the Top 200 in 2009, advancing to the final at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., for her best result on the USTA Pro Circuit since Stevenson is the daughter of basketball Hall-of-Famer Julius Erving. In Midland s 26-year history, only four players have won multiple titles Lucie Hradecka (2009, 2011), Laura Granville (2005, 2008), Jill Craybas (2004, 2007) and Canada s Helen Kelesi, the only player to successfully defend the Midland singles title ( ). The United States leads all nations with 10 singles titles. The United States also has 14 runner-up finishes at Midland.

6 MIDLAND PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2013 Lauren Davis (USA) Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 2013 Melinda Czink / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 2012 Olga Govortsova (BLR) Magdelena Rybarikova (SVK) 2012 Lucie Hradecka / Andrea Hlavackova 2011 Lucie Hradecka (CZE) Irina Falconi (USA) 2011 Jamie Hampton / Anna Tatishvili 2010 Elena Baltacha (GBR) Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 2010 Lucie Hradecka / Laura Granville 2009 Lucie Hradecka (CZE) Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 2009 Yi Chen / Rika Fujiwara 2008 Laura Granville (USA) Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 2008 Shenay Perry / Ashley Harkleroad 2007 Jill Craybas (USA) Laura Granville (USA) 2007 Laura Granville / Abigail Spears 2006 Maria Emilia Salerni (ARG) Vasilia Bardina (RUS) 2006 Milagros Sequera / Meilen Tu 2005 Laura Granville (USA) Yoon Jeong Cho (KOR) 2005 Yulia Beygelzimer / Kelly McCain 2004 Jill Craybas (USA) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 2004 Sofia Arvidsson / Asa Svensson 2003 Bianka Lamade (GER) Laura Granville (USA) 2003 Teryn Ashley / Abigail Spears 2002 Li Na (CHN) Mashona Washington (USA) 2002 Janet Lee / Elena Tatarkova 2001 Yoon Jeong Cho (KOR) Tara Snyder (USA) 2001 Yvette Basting / Elena Tatarkova 2000 Nicole Pratt (AUS) Yuka Yoshida (JPN) 2000 Nannie de Villers / Rika Hiraki 1999 Anne Kremer (LUX) Tara Snyder (USA) 1999 Liezel Horn / Samantha Smith 1998 Alexandra Stevenson (USA) Samantha Reeves (USA) 1998 Catherine Barclay / Kerry-Anne Guse 1997 Kimberly Po (USA) Meilen Tu (USA) 1997 Angela Lettiere / Nana Miyagi 1996 Anna Kournikova (RUS) Lindsay Lee (USA) 1996 Angela Lettiere / Corina Morariu 1995 Chanda Rubin (USA) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED) 1995 Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 1994 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED) Meredith McGrath (USA) 1994 Erica Adams / Jeri Ingram 1993 Ros Nideffer (USA) Debbie Graham (USA) 1993 Patty Fendick / Meredith McGrath 1992 Helen Kelesi (CAN) Clair Wegink (NED) 1992 Manon Bollegraf / Meredith McGrath 1991 Helen Kelesi (CAN) Meredith McGrath (USA) 1991 Meredith McGrath / Anne Smith 1990 Linda Ferrando (ITA) Mary Pierce (FRA) 1990 Alissa Finnerman / Lisa Seemann 1989 Shaun Stafford (USA) Meredith McGrath (USA) 1989 Il-Soon Kim / Jeong-Myung Lee

7 USTA PRO CIRCUIT With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually 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. Celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2014, the USTA Pro Circuit provides players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and it has grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering nearly $3 million in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Mardy Fish, Maria Sharapova, John Isner, Caroline Wozniacki, Sam Querrey, Victoria Azarenka and Andy Murray are among today s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. More recently, the USTA Pro Circuit helped launch the careers of two young Americans Bradley Klahn and Shelby Rogers. Former Stanford standout and 2010 NCAA champion Klahn was the 2013 USTA Pro Circuit Prize Money Leader with $50,606 in earnings, reaching five USTA Pro Circuit singles finals and winning two singles titles: the $15,000 Futures in Costa Mesa, Calif., in March, and the $100,000 Challenger in Aptos, Calif., in August. The two singles titles were the first USTA Pro Circuit singles crowns of his career. Klahn also earned a USTA wild card into the 2013 US Open through a wild card challenge incorporating USTA Pro Circuit events. Klahn finished 2013 ranked in the Top 100 for the first time in his career after starting the year ranked outside the Top 250. Rogers was the 2013 women s USTA Pro Circuit Prize Money Leader with $36,308 in earnings, winning three singles Ray East Shelby Rogers titles with prize money of $50,000 or more ($50,000 events in Charlottesville, Va., and Lexington, Ky., and the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M.). Rogers also earned a USTA wild card into both the French Open and the US Open by winning wild card challenges for the two Grand Slam tournaments utilizing a series of USTA Pro Circuit events. In her debut at the 2013 French Open, Rogers won her first round match. She peaked at No. 116 in the world in October 2013, rising more than 100 spots throughout the year. Both Klahn and Rogers train with the USTA Player Development program. 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. YOUTH TENNIS The USTA is making it easier and more fun for kids to get into the game and stay in the game. Kids are learning to play faster than ever before through the USTA s youth initiative, which is geared toward getting more kids to participate in tennis using modified equipment and courts tailored to a child s size. For more information, visit YouthTennis.com. NJTL Founded in 1969 by Arthur Ashe, along with Charlie Pasarell and Sheridan Snyder, the USTA/National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) network is a nationwide group of more than 625 non-profit youth development organizations that provide free or low-cost tennis, education and life skills programming to more than 350,000 children each year. Celebrating its 44th anniversary this year, NJTL is one of the USTA s largest community-based offerings.. US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS The USTA launched the US Open National Playoffs in 2010, making the US Open open to anyone age 14+ and of all skill levels. Last year, more than 1,000 players competed in 13 Sectional Qualifying Tournaments nationwide for a 2013 US Open Qualifying Tournament wild card. A mixed doubles element also was held, with the winning team earning a main draw mixed doubles wild card. Mayo Hibi, a 17-year-old Japanese player living in Irvine, Calif., won the 2013 US Open National Playoffs women s title and USTA Pro Circuit regular Jeff Dadamo, 24, of Tampa, Fla., won the men s wild card. Yasmin Schnack and Eric Roberson won the mixed doubles tournament. The schedule for this year s US Open National Playoffs will be released in early 2014.