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<strong>LTA</strong> <strong>PLAYER</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> <strong>2013</strong>


CONTACTS<br />

CONTACTS<br />

Lawn Tennis Association<br />

National Tennis Centre<br />

100 Priory Lane<br />

Roehampton<br />

London SW15 5JQ<br />

Tel: 020 8487 7000<br />

Follow British Tennis on......<br />

James Munro<br />

<strong>LTA</strong> Communications Director<br />

James.Munro@<strong>LTA</strong>.org.uk<br />

Tel: 020 8487 7118 / 07957 959 340<br />

John Dolan<br />

<strong>LTA</strong> Senior Media Manager<br />

John.Dolan@<strong>LTA</strong>.org.uk<br />

Tel: 020 8487 7193 / 07946 484 551<br />

Laura Lord (returning August 27, <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

<strong>LTA</strong> Senior Media Manager<br />

Laura.Lord@<strong>LTA</strong>.org.uk<br />

Tel: 020 8487 7193 / 07779 001 601<br />

@BritishTennis British Tennis<br />

Katie Leach<br />

<strong>LTA</strong> Events Marketing Manager<br />

Katie.Leach@<strong>LTA</strong>.org.uk<br />

Tel: 020 8487 7206 / 07947 566 291<br />

Holly Hamilton<br />

Tennis Foundation<br />

Communications Manager<br />

Holly.Hamilton@tennisfoundation.org.uk<br />

Tel: 020 8487 7398 / 07506 881 047<br />

Note: This Player Guide includes bios on the Top 15 singles and Top 10 doubles male and female players in Great Britain, as of the ATP/WTA rankings on May 27, <strong>2013</strong>. This also<br />

includes Team Aegon players and the Top 10 British boys and girls according to the ITF Junior world rankings. The Wheelchair Tennis players profiles are those on the Tennis<br />

Foundation’s funding programme. All stats are as May 27, <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

www.lta.org.uk


CONTENTS<br />

CONTACTS<br />

CEO Welcome 4<br />

12 Month Review 6<br />

Player Profiles 14<br />

Wheelchair Player Profiles 78<br />

<strong>LTA</strong> Support Team 96<br />

Tennis Foundation<br />

Player Support 97<br />

Team Aegon 98<br />

Junior National Champions 99<br />

Events Calendar 102<br />

<strong>LTA</strong> Player Guide 3


WE’VE listened to your<br />

feedback and are hosting the<br />

player guide online this year,<br />

to ensure that it stays up to<br />

date with the latest results<br />

and statistics.<br />

I hope you find the profiles<br />

and biographies of some<br />

of our talented senior and<br />

junior players useful.<br />

Our support for British<br />

players and for the grass<br />

court season are a key part<br />

of the <strong>LTA</strong>’s mission to get<br />

more people playing tennis,<br />

more often.<br />

Great British results and<br />

world class tournaments<br />

inspire more people to follow<br />

the sport, and to play tennis,<br />

and we are fortunate to<br />

have partners including the<br />

All England Club and Sport<br />

WELCOME TO THE<br />

<strong>2013</strong> BRITISH <strong>PLAYER</strong><br />

MEDIA <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

England, who are working<br />

with us to develop the sport.<br />

Grass court tournaments<br />

like the Aegon<br />

Championships at the<br />

Queen’s Club, the Aegon<br />

Classic at the Edgbaston<br />

Priory Club, Birmingham,<br />

and the Aegon International<br />

at Devonshire Park in<br />

Eastbourne, and of course<br />

the greatest of them<br />

all, The Championships,<br />

Wimbledon, provide a<br />

spectacular window out on<br />

to our sport, and a great<br />

opportunity to showcase<br />

tennis as a fun, healthy,<br />

family sport.<br />

We recognise the vital<br />

role you play in helping<br />

to promote British tennis<br />

during this period, and all<br />

year round.<br />

We are also working closely<br />

with the Tennis Foundation<br />

to support their world<br />

class disability tennis<br />

performance programme,<br />

and to promote tennis as a<br />

sport which is inclusive and<br />

accessible to every kind of<br />

individual and community.<br />

I’d like to wish all of our<br />

players the best of luck over<br />

the coming season.<br />

Finally, I’d like to thank our<br />

lead partner, Aegon for their<br />

continued support at all<br />

levels of British tennis, and<br />

to wish you all an enjoyable<br />

grass court season.<br />

Roger Draper,<br />

CEO Lawn Tennis Association<br />

GETTING MORE PEOPLE<br />

PLAYING MORE OFTEN<br />

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BRITISH TENNIS<br />

REVIEW<br />

ANDY MURRAY’S MAIDEN GRAND<br />

SLAM VICTORY AT THE US OPEN<br />

AND VICTORY FOR JONNY<br />

MARRAY AT WIMBLEDON WERE<br />

JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS<br />

FROM AN INCREDIBLE LAST 12<br />

MONTHS FOR BRITISH TENNIS.<br />

HERE ARE A FEW OTHERS.<br />

JUNE 2012<br />

British No.1 Andy Murray reached the quarter<br />

finals at Roland Garros missing out against<br />

the clay court expertise of David Ferrer. Kyle<br />

Edmund was a quarter-finalist in the Boy’s<br />

singles event.<br />

On the wheelchair tennis court British No.1<br />

Lucy Shuker won the ITF Series 1, Daegu<br />

Open while Gordon Reid was a finalist at the<br />

Korea Open.<br />

Anne Keothavong was a semifinalist at<br />

the Aegon Trophy in Nottingham, while<br />

defending champion Elena Baltacha reached<br />

the quarter finals.<br />

Dominic Inglot won the Men’s doubles<br />

title with partner Treat Huey with a narrow<br />

win over Jonny Marray and Danish partner<br />

Freddie Nielsen.<br />

Ross Hutchins and Colin Fleming won the<br />

Aegon International title by defeating Jamie<br />

Delgado and Ken Skupski 6-4, 6-3 in an all-<br />

British final.<br />

Heather Watson became the first British<br />

woman to reach the third round at<br />

Wimbledon since 2002. The 20 year-old<br />

scored two straight sets wins before falling to<br />

second seed Agnieszka Radwanska.<br />

Fourth seed Andy Murray won a dramatic<br />

third round match against Marcos Baghdatis<br />

on middle Saturday at SW19 finishing at<br />

11.02pm for the latest ever finish at The<br />

Championships.<br />

JULY 2012<br />

Jonny Marray became the first British man to<br />

win the Wimbledon Men’s doubles title since<br />

1936 as he and partner Freddie Nielsen won<br />

a thrilling final against Robert Lindstedt and<br />

Horia Tecau 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-3.<br />

A day later British No.1 Andy Murray became<br />

the first British man to play in the Men’s<br />

singles final for 74 years as he pushed sixtime<br />

champion Roger Federer to four sets on<br />

Centre Court before the Swiss player won 4-6,<br />

7-5, 6-3, 6-4.<br />

Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley became<br />

the first all-British pair to reach the<br />

Wheelchair Ladies Doubles final with 2011<br />

finalists Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot<br />

defeating the British pair 6-1, 6-2 in the final.<br />

Ross Hutchins and Colin Fleming reached<br />

the ATP final at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame<br />

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Tennis Championships at Newport, Rhode<br />

Island while Ken Skupski and Jamie Delgado<br />

were runners up at the ATP Farmers Classic in<br />

Los Angeles.<br />

Dominic Inglot lifted his first ATP World Tour<br />

title with partner Treat Huey at the Citi Open<br />

in Washington.<br />

Heather Watson won her first WTA title at<br />

Stanford as she and Kiwi partner Marina<br />

Erakovic took the doubles title while Laura<br />

Robson reached her first WTA singles semifinal<br />

at the XXV Italiacom Open in Palermo.<br />

Jamie Burdekin reached his first main draw<br />

final at Super Series level at the BNP Paribas<br />

French Open where he finished runner-up in<br />

the Quad singles. Andy Lapthorne and Peter<br />

Norfolk took the Quad doubles title.<br />

Gordon Reid claimed the doubles title at<br />

the ITF 1 Series Swiss Open alongside Dutch<br />

partner Maikel Scheffers. The 20 year-old<br />

was then runner-up in the Men’s singles<br />

at the British Open Wheelchair Tennis<br />

Championships at Nottingham Tennis Centre.<br />

British No.1 Lucy Shuker was a quarter-<br />

finalist in the women’s singles and reached<br />

the doubles semi-finals with South African<br />

partner Kgothatso Montjane.<br />

At Koblenz, Germany, the Great Britain<br />

team took home five medals from the 12th<br />

European Deaf Tennis Championships<br />

highlighted by Gold for Bethany Brookes in<br />

the Junior Girls’ singles and Gold for Sophie<br />

Paul in the Junior Mixed doubles.<br />

Johanna Konta reached the final at the $50K<br />

ITF event in Lexington while Josh Goodall won<br />

the singles title at the $10K JM Glendinning<br />

International Tennis Tournament in Ilkley.<br />

A British Girls’ team were victorious at the<br />

Tennis Europe Summer Cups for the first time<br />

since 1979. The 14U team of Maia Lumsden,<br />

Jazzi Plews and Gabriella Taylor saw off<br />

Germany 2-0 in the final.<br />

The ITF 18&U Aegon Junior International in<br />

Edinburgh saw Anna Brogan beat Anastasia<br />

Mikheeva in an all-British final.<br />

At the Tennis Europe Nations Challenge by<br />

HEAD the 12&U Great Britain Girls’ team<br />

qualified for the finals. The team of Ali<br />

Collins, Eliz Maloney and Claudia Hallsworth<br />

defeated Slovenia 2-1 to seal qualification.<br />

AUGUST 2012<br />

British No.1 Andy Murray defeated the<br />

world’s top two at the Olympic Games, Novak<br />

Djokovic and Roger Federer, to win Gold in the<br />

Men’s singles on Centre Court. In the final the<br />

British third seed swept past Federer 6-2, 6-1,<br />

6-4 to avenge his Wimbledon defeat against<br />

the Swiss World No.1.<br />

Murray took a second medal as he and Laura<br />

Robson claimed silver in the Mixed doubles as<br />

the British duo finished as runners-up to top<br />

seeds Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi from<br />

Belarus.<br />

Heather Watson won her second WTA doubles<br />

crown alongside Marina Erakovic at the Texas<br />

Tennis Open in Dallas beating Liga Dekmeijere<br />

and Irina Falconi 6-3, 6-0 in the final.<br />

Tara Moore finished as the singles finalist<br />

at the $50K event at Kazan in Russia. The<br />

20 year-old dropped just one set en route to<br />

the final before falling 6-3, 6-3 to Ukrainian<br />

Katernya Kozlova.<br />

Great Britain’s 18&U Boys’ team qualified for<br />

the European Summer Cups finals after the<br />

team of Jonny O’Mara, Scott Clayton and Clay<br />

Crawford defeated the Slovak Republic 2-1 in<br />

the qualifying final.<br />

The 14&U Great Britain Girls’ team were<br />

runners-up at the ITF World Junior Tennis<br />

Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic as<br />

Gabriella Taylor, Jazzi Plews and Maia<br />

Lumsden were edged out 2-1 by the Slovak<br />

Republic in the final.<br />

The British team of Katie Dunne, Anna Brogan<br />

and Harriet Dart defeated the USA 8-4 to win<br />

the 36th Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy<br />

in New Haven.<br />

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The 2012 Aegon British Junior National<br />

Championships took place at Nottingham<br />

Tennis Centre and West Hants club in<br />

Bournemouth. The 18&U titles went to Scott<br />

Clayton and Beth Askew while Julian Cash<br />

and Lana Rush were victorious in the 16&U<br />

age group.<br />

The 14&U titles were won by Marcus Walters<br />

and Gabriella Taylor while Finn Bass and<br />

Emily Appleton were crowned 12&U winners.<br />

The winners of the 2012 HSBC Road to<br />

Wimbledon were decided at the Bank of<br />

England Sports Ground in Roehampton with<br />

Luke Hammond and Emily Arbuthnott taking<br />

the singles titles.<br />

SEPTEMBER 2012<br />

Andy Murray won his first Grand Slam singles<br />

title at the US Open with a thrilling 7-6(10),<br />

7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 win over Novak Djokovic to<br />

become the first British man since Fred Perry<br />

in 1936 to win one of the four major titles.<br />

Laura Robson made an impressive run to the<br />

fourth round of the US Open with victories<br />

over Kim Clijsters and Li Na while Johanna<br />

Konta won her first Grand Slam main draw<br />

match against Timea Babos before narrowly<br />

going down in the second round to Olga<br />

Govortsova.<br />

In the junior event Kyle Edmund won his<br />

first junior Grand Slam title with Portuguese<br />

partner Frederico Ferreira Silva while Liam<br />

Broady was runner-up in the Boy’s singles.<br />

Great Britain won two medals at the<br />

Paralympic wheelchair tennis event with<br />

Peter Norfolk and Andrew Lapthorne taking<br />

silver in the quad doubles and Lucy Shuker<br />

and Jordanne Whiley becoming the first<br />

British females to win a medal in wheelchair<br />

tennis when they came back from match<br />

point down to win bronze in the women’s<br />

doubles.<br />

Gordon Reid reached the quarter finals of the<br />

men’s singles and the quarter finals of the<br />

Men’s doubles with Marc McCarroll.<br />

Ross Hutchins and Colin Fleming reached<br />

their fourth ATP World Tour Final of the year<br />

at Kuala Lumpar narrowly falling to Bruno<br />

Soares and Alexander Peya.<br />

Jamie Murray and partner Andre Sa were<br />

runners up at the ATP Roller Open Challenger<br />

event in Luxembourg while David Rice and<br />

Sean Thornley won their first ATP Challenger<br />

title at the Izmir Cup in Turkey.<br />

Laura Robson became the first British woman<br />

to reach a WTA singles final for 22 years when<br />

she finished as runner-up at the GRC Bank<br />

Guangzhou International Women’s Open<br />

2012.<br />

Dan Evans was in great form to win<br />

consecutive Aegon GB Pro-Series events in<br />

Roehampton and Nottingham.<br />

Liam Broady was a finalist at the ITF Grade<br />

1 Canadian Open Junior Championships<br />

losing to Australian Nick Kyrgios in the final.<br />

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Kyle Edmund also reached the semi-finals<br />

before falling to Kyrgios.<br />

OCTOBER 2012<br />

Heather Watson became the first British<br />

woman to win a WTA singles title since<br />

1988 with a dramatic victory at the HP<br />

Open in Osaka.<br />

US Open Champion Andy Murray reached the<br />

semi-finals of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis<br />

Championships in Tokyo before narrowly<br />

losing a thrilling final to Novak Djokovic at the<br />

Shanghai Masters 1000.<br />

Ross Hutchins and Colin Fleming reached the<br />

semi-finals in Beijing and at the Shanghai<br />

Masters 1000 while Dominic Inglot was<br />

a finalist at the Swiss Open in Basel with<br />

partner Treat Huey.<br />

Ken Skupski and partner Xavier Malisse were<br />

finalists at the Open D’Orleans ATP Challenger<br />

with Belgian partner Xavier Malisse.<br />

Gordon Reid won his first Super Series title at<br />

the US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships<br />

by partnering Frenchman Stephane Houdet to<br />

victory in the doubles event.<br />

Reid was also a singles finalist at the<br />

Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis<br />

Tournament before teaming up with Maikel<br />

Scheffers to win the doubles title with a win<br />

over the all-British team of Marc McCarroll<br />

and David Phillipson in the final.<br />

Kyle Edmund won his first ITF Futures title in<br />

Birmingham, Alabama, defeating third seed<br />

Chase Buchanan 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-4 in the final.<br />

There were also Futures victories for Neil<br />

Paufley and Dan Smethurst in Hambach,<br />

Germany and Falun, Sweden respectively<br />

while Alex Ward took the doubles title<br />

in Essen, Germany, with Dutch partner<br />

Romano Frantzen.<br />

Samantha Murray won her first $25K title<br />

at the Aegon GB Pro-Series in Glasgow<br />

while Ashley Hewitt was runner-up in the<br />

Men’s singles.<br />

The Great Britain Deaf Tennis Team were<br />

nominated for Team of the Year in the<br />

Deaf Sports Personality of the Year<br />

Awards 2012, while Bethany Brookes was<br />

also nominated for Young Player of<br />

the Year.<br />

NOVEMBER 2012<br />

Heather Watson and Laura Robson were<br />

jointly named Young Sportswomen of the<br />

Year Award at the 2012 Sunday Times<br />

Sportswomen of the Year Awards.<br />

British No.1 Andy Murray was jointly<br />

named Scottish Sportsperson of the year<br />

with Sir Chris Hoy at the Commonwealth<br />

Games Awards dinner in Glasgow. 14 yearold<br />

Maia Lumsden was named the Most<br />

Improved Junior Sportsperson.<br />

Jonny Marray reached his first Masters<br />

1000 semi-final in Paris with Australian<br />

partner Paul Hanley. The unseeded duo<br />

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upset the Bryans in the second round<br />

before falling to eventual winners Mahesh<br />

Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna.<br />

British No.1 Andy Murray reached the semifinals<br />

at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals<br />

where the US Open Champion was denied a<br />

place in the final by Roger Federer.<br />

In the doubles event Wimbledon Champions<br />

Jonny Marray and Freddie Nielsen scored<br />

two nail biting victories to win Group B<br />

before falling to eventual champions Marcel<br />

Grannollers and Marc Lopez in the last four.<br />

The ATP announced that the tournament<br />

would stay in London until 2015. The 2012<br />

event saw record breaking attendance figures.<br />

Samantha Murray reached the semi-finals of<br />

the $75K ITF event at Toyota, Japan while Neil<br />

Paufley won the $10K ITF Futures event in<br />

Opava, Czech Republic and Alex Ward won the<br />

singles title in Phuket, Thailand.<br />

Andy Lapthorne was runner-up at the NEC<br />

Singles Masters at Mechelen, Belgium while<br />

Gordon Reid was a finalist at the prestigious<br />

Invacare Doubles Masters in Amsterdam.<br />

DECEMBER 2012<br />

Andy Murray came third at the prestigious<br />

BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards<br />

while Kyle Edmund was shortlisted for the<br />

junior award.<br />

Katy Dunne reached the doubles semi-finals<br />

of the ITF Grade A Orange Bowl in<br />

Florida, alongside American partner<br />

Christina Makarova, while Jay Clarke was<br />

runner-up in the 14&U Boy’s singles at<br />

the 2012 Nike Junior Tour International<br />

Masters at Port St Lucie, USA.<br />

Harriet Dart and Josh Goodall were victorious<br />

at the Aegon British Tour Masters held at the<br />

Nottingham Tennis Centre.<br />

The Tennis Foundation Wheelchair Tennis<br />

Development Series was won by Steve<br />

Crompton and Helen Bond after competing in<br />

tournaments during 2012.<br />

JANUARY <strong>2013</strong><br />

Laura Robson and Heather Watson both<br />

reached career high rankings of 47 and 50<br />

respectively. This was the first time there had<br />

been two players in the top 50 of the WTA<br />

rankings since 1987.<br />

British No.1 Andy Murray retained his<br />

Brisbane International title with a 7-6(0),<br />

6-4 win over Grigor Dimitrov. The 25 year-old<br />

top seed closed out victory in just over an<br />

hour and a half against the Bulgarian world<br />

number 48 in the final.<br />

The Aegon British Tour at Graves Tennis<br />

& Leisure Centre, Sheffield concluded<br />

with Richard Bloomfield and Anna<br />

Fitzpatrick claiming victory in the<br />

men’s and women’s singles<br />

events respectively.<br />

Georgina Axon reached the quarter-finals and<br />

the semi-finals of the girls’ singles and doubles<br />

respectively in the Salk Open, Sweden.<br />

Top seeds Colin Fleming and Bruno Soares<br />

claimed the Heineken Open men’s doubles<br />

title edging Johan Brunstrom and Frederik<br />

Nielsen 7-6(1), 7-6(2) in Auckland.<br />

Josh Goodall and Lisa Whybourn claimed<br />

the men’s and women’s singles titles at<br />

the Aegon British Tour Billesley. Whybourn<br />

defeated top seed Tara Moore 7-5, 6-0 for<br />

the crown, while top seed and 2012 Aegon<br />

British Tour Masters Champion Josh Goodall<br />

overcame second seed Dan Evans 6-4, 6-2.<br />

British No.1 Lucy Shuker reached the fourth<br />

Super Series doubles final of her career<br />

on the penultimate day of play in Sydney<br />

after partnering Dutchwoman Marjolein<br />

Buis to a hard fought 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 victory over<br />

Yui Kamiji of Japan and Ju-Yeon Park<br />

of Korea.<br />

Tara Moore and Marcus Willis captured the<br />

first Aegon GB Pro-Series titles of the year at<br />

Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Glasgow.<br />

Andy Lapthorne and Gordon Reid won the<br />

quad singles and the men’s doubles titles as<br />

the Melbourne Open came to a successful<br />

end for the Brits. World No.4 Lapthorne made<br />

a victorious start to <strong>2013</strong> after a confident<br />

performance saw him beat world No.5 Anders<br />

Hard of Sweden 6-1, 6-2 in their decisive<br />

round-robin match.<br />

Meanwhile, Reid partnered Dutchman Maikel<br />

Scheffers to victory in the men’s doubles as<br />

the British No.1 clinched his second doubles<br />

title of the season.<br />

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World No.1 Novak Djokovic put Andy Murray’s<br />

hopes for a second Grand Slam title to an end<br />

after coming through the Australian Open<br />

final in three hours and 40 minutes. Djokovic,<br />

25, overcame the British No.1 6-7(2), 7-6(3),<br />

6-3, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena to seal his sixth<br />

major, his fourth in Australia.<br />

Andy Lapthorne finished runner-up in his first<br />

Grand Slam quad singles final after a brave<br />

effort ended in a three set 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 defeat<br />

by American world No.1 David Wagner at the<br />

Australian Open.<br />

Ed Corrie claimed his first professional singles<br />

title at the Aegon GB Pro-Series in Preston.<br />

Corrie, 24, defeated American Christian<br />

Harrison 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the ITF<br />

10k event.<br />

Alfie Hewett completed a successful double<br />

defence of his boys’ singles and doubles titles<br />

at the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters after<br />

defeating Carlos Anker of the Netherlands<br />

6-0, 6-2 in the singles final in Tarbes, France.<br />

FEBRUARY <strong>2013</strong><br />

Great Britain and Russia were the only<br />

nations to reach the Tennis Europe Winter<br />

Cups final rounds in all six categories.<br />

Christian Harrison won his maiden pro singles<br />

title at the Aegon GB Pro-Series Sheffield after<br />

a three set win over Britain’s Ed Corrie. In a<br />

repeat match up of the previous week’s final<br />

in Preston, 18 year-old Harrison was stretched<br />

to the wire in his 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5) win.<br />

The Aegon GB Fed Cup Team won through to<br />

the World Group II play-offs in the Fed Cup<br />

by BNP Paribas after winning four straight<br />

matches in Europe/Africa Zone Group I.<br />

The British team, captained by Judy Murray,<br />

and consisting of Heather Watson, Laura<br />

Robson, Anne Keothavong, Jo Konta and<br />

Elena Baltacha (non-playing) sealed their<br />

victory with a 2-0 win over Bulgaria in their<br />

final match, following singles victories for<br />

both Watson and Robson.<br />

The 12U boys’ team of Jack Draper, Jacob<br />

Fearnley, George Loffhagen and captain<br />

Nick Brown won the Tennis Europe Winter<br />

Cup in Roznov pod Radhostem, Czech<br />

Republic, beating Poland, Belarus and<br />

Serbia along the way.<br />

Top seeds Colin Fleming & Jonny Marray and<br />

Jamie Murray & Australian partner John Peers<br />

both made the semi-finals in Montpellier.<br />

James Ward made the final of the men’s<br />

ATP Challenger singles at the Adelaide<br />

International, Australia, before suffering a<br />

6-2, 6-3 defeat to home favourite Matthew<br />

Barton. The run to the final meant Ward<br />

jumped 58 places in the ATP rankings taking<br />

him to world No.205 and back to the British<br />

No.2 spot.<br />

Ed Corrie won his second Aegon GB Pro-<br />

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Series title in his third consecutive final<br />

at the Aegon GB Pro-Series in Wirral, beating<br />

compatriot Dan Smethurst 6-4, 6-1 in<br />

the final.<br />

Ken Skupski & Jamie Delgado finished as<br />

runners-up of the men’s doubles in Open BNP<br />

Paribas Banque de Bretagne Quimper, France.<br />

Playing as the top seeds, the British duo met<br />

second seeds Johan Brunstrom of Sweden &<br />

Raven Klaasen in the final but were defeated<br />

in three sets.<br />

Josh Goodall and Naomi Broady claimed<br />

the men’s and women’s singles titles at the<br />

Aegon British Tour Corby.<br />

Gordon Reid won his third doubles title of<br />

<strong>2013</strong> and the fourth ITF 1 Series doubles<br />

title of his career as he partnered Stephane<br />

Houdet to a 7-6(3), 1-6, 11-9 victory in<br />

Rotterdam over Michael Jeremiasz of France<br />

and Ronald Vink of the Netherlands.<br />

Colin Fleming won his second title of the year<br />

as he partnered Rohan Bopanna of India to<br />

victory in Marseille at the Open 13 ATP 250. In<br />

the final Fleming & Bopanna beat top seeds<br />

Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi from Pakistan and<br />

Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer, 6-4, 7-6(3).<br />

Tara Moore won the ITF $25,000 Surprise<br />

women’s singles title in Arizona, America.<br />

Having already beaten Madison Brengle of the<br />

USA in the last eight, Moore then went on to<br />

defeat France’s world No.183 Irena Pavlovic<br />

3-6, 7-5, 6-2. In the final Moore faced American<br />

qualifier Louisa Chirico winning 6-3, 6-1.<br />

Josh Goodall and Naomi Broady won back to<br />

back Aegon British Tour titles after sealing<br />

victory in Sutton.<br />

Emily Smith won the ITF girls’ singles title in<br />

Oslo, Norway. In the final Smith defeated the<br />

Swiss second seed, Margaux Deagostini 6-3, 6-4.<br />

Heather Watson reached another career high<br />

ranking, breaking into the world’s top 40 after<br />

reaching the quarter-finals of the US indoor<br />

tennis championships in Memphis.<br />

MARCH <strong>2013</strong><br />

Anne Keothavong finished as the runner up<br />

in her first WTA doubles final with partner<br />

Valeria Savinykh of Russia at the WTA Brasil<br />

Tennis Cup. Keothavong & Savinykh played<br />

top seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues &<br />

Yaroslava Shvedova for the title but missed<br />

out 6-0, 6-4.<br />

Dan Evans won his first title of <strong>2013</strong> beating<br />

Marcus Willis in the men’s singles final at The<br />

Aegon GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury. Meanwhile<br />

in the men’s doubles final David Rice & Sean<br />

Thornley won their 17th pro career title<br />

together as a pair, beating the un-seeded<br />

Belgian duo of Sander Gille & Jonas Merckx<br />

6-2, 6-1.<br />

Marc McCarroll claimed his first singles<br />

title of <strong>2013</strong> and his second career win over<br />

former world No. 3 Martin Legner of Austria<br />

to win the men’s singles title at the Biel<br />

Bienne Indoors, while McCarroll and Dermot<br />

Bailey finished runners-up in the men’s<br />

doubles and Louise Hunt finished runner-up<br />

in the women’s singles.<br />

Ed Corrie claimed his third Aegon GB Pro-<br />

Series title of <strong>2013</strong> defeating Dan Evans 6-3,<br />

7-6(4) in Bath. As a result Corrie reached a<br />

career high of 364 in the ATP rankings.<br />

Lisa Whybourn and German partner Nicola<br />

Geuer claimed the women’s doubles title<br />

after defeating Viktorija Golubic (SUI) &<br />

Julia Kimmelmann (GER) 6-3, 6-4.<br />

Alex Jewitt and Louise Hunt won the men’s<br />

and women’s singles titles at the Sheffield<br />

Wheelchair Tennis Tournament as Britain’s<br />

third world ranking tournament on the <strong>2013</strong><br />

NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour drew to a close<br />

at Graves Tennis Centre.<br />

Andy Murray defeated David Ferrer 2-6, 6-4,<br />

7-6(1) in an enthralling final to take the<br />

men’s singles title in Miami and ensure he<br />

moved up to No.2 in the world. In an epic<br />

match in hot, humid and windy conditions<br />

in Key Biscayne the British No.1 recovered<br />

from losing the first five games to edge his<br />

Spanish opponent in a gruelling final.<br />

Meanwhile in the women’s doubles 19 yearold<br />

Laura Robson and American partner Lisa<br />

Raymond, 39, ended a fantastic week by<br />

finishing runners-up to Nadia Petrova and<br />

Katarina Srebotnik.<br />

Dan Smethurst secured an impressive<br />

‘double’ at the Aegon GB Pro-Series<br />

Sunderland, winning the men’s singles title<br />

on Saturday, after beating Czech player<br />

Jan Minar 6-3, 6-4. Smethurst also won<br />

the men’s doubles title on Friday coming<br />

through without losing a set all week.<br />

Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) reached<br />

the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles in the<br />

Orange Open, Guadeloupe.<br />

Anne Keothavong claimed the women’s<br />

singles title at the ITF $50k event in Croissy-<br />

Beabourg, France. Having only dropped one<br />

set all week, the British No.3 defeated third<br />

seeded Czech Sandra Zahlavova in the final<br />

coming through 7-6(3), 6-3.<br />

Great Britain sealed a 3-2 win over Russia on<br />

the final day of play in Coventry at the Davis<br />

Cup by BNP Paribas Europe/Africa Zone Group<br />

I second round tie.<br />

James Ward defeated Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 5-7,<br />

5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to leave the tie with all to play for<br />

at 2-2. Dan Evans followed, defeating Evgeny<br />

Donskoy 6-4, 6-4, 6-1, to secure Great Britain’s<br />

place in the 16-nation World Group Play-off<br />

against Croatia from September 13-15.<br />

Gordon Reid brought the Gauteng Open to<br />

a successful end for British players after<br />

partnering Frenchman Michael Jeremiasz<br />

to a straight sets win in the men’s doubles<br />

final, ensuring a clean sweep of the doubles<br />

titles for the Brits at the ITF 1 Series<br />

tournament after Lucy Shuker, Jordanne<br />

Whiley and Andy Lapthorne all won doubles<br />

titles on the penultimate day of the<br />

Gauteng Open, while Lapthorne progressed<br />

to Sunday’s quad singles final.<br />

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Jamie Murray & John Peers of Australia won<br />

the men’s doubles title at the US Men’s Clay<br />

Court Championship in Houston, USA. In the<br />

final the pair, now ranked 64 and 60 in the world<br />

respectively, defeated the world No.1 American<br />

duo, the Bryan brothers, 1-6, 7-6(3), 12-10.<br />

Andy Lapthorne clinched the first ITF Super<br />

Series quad singles title of his career in<br />

Johannesburg after beating home favourite<br />

Lucas Sithole 3-6, 6-0, 7-6(9) in a thrilling<br />

final at the Airports Company South Africa<br />

SA Open at Ellis Park Stadium. Gordon Reid<br />

was the runner up in the men’s singles and<br />

doubles events.<br />

Argentina defeated Great Britain 3-1 after<br />

two tense three setters in the reverse singles<br />

rubbers on day two of the Fed Cup by BNP<br />

Paribas World Group II promotional playoffs<br />

at the Mery Terán De Weiss Stadium<br />

in Buenos Aires. Argentina will now be<br />

promoted to the World Group II in 2014,<br />

while the Aegon GB Fed Cup team will fight<br />

for promotion in the Euro/Africa Zone Group I<br />

event again next February.<br />

Alfie Hewett made it three titles from four<br />

events for players on the Tennis Foundation’s<br />

Wheelchair Tennis Performance Programme<br />

in Madrid after lifting his second ITF 3<br />

Series men’s singles title on the last day of<br />

the Open International Fundacion Emilio<br />

Sanchez Vicario.<br />

MAY <strong>2013</strong><br />

Laura Robson overcame world number four<br />

Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 6-1 at the Madrid<br />

Open to achieve the first WTA top five win by a<br />

British woman since Jo Durie beat Tracy Austin<br />

at the French Open 30 years earlier. Robson<br />

followed this up with an impressive straight<br />

sets victory against seven-time Grand Slam<br />

champion Venus Williams in Rome, 6-3, 6-2.<br />

James Ward finished as the runner-up on the<br />

red clay in China. Having defeated former<br />

junior world No.1 Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) in the<br />

semi-finals, the Briton missed out 7-5, 3-6, 6-3<br />

to Marton Fucsovics (HUN) in the final.<br />

Kyle Edmund won the men’s singles title in<br />

the USA F12 Futures, Florida after a 6-3, 6-2<br />

win over Australian Carsten Ball.<br />

British players completed the Atlanta Open<br />

with three titles from four finals on Sunday,<br />

with Jordanne Whiley sealing the first ITF 1<br />

Series women’s singles title of her career.<br />

In the first all-British women’s singles final<br />

at ITF 1 Series level on the NEC Wheelchair<br />

Tennis Tour, fifth seed Whiley finished the<br />

stronger to seal a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory over<br />

Lucy Shuker.<br />

Andy Murray claimed his 400th career win,<br />

beating Germany’s Florian Mayer in his<br />

opening match at the Madrid Open.<br />

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<strong>PLAYER</strong><br />

PROFILES


PETER ASHLEY <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 07.09.1996<br />

Born: Leeds<br />

Height: 1.76m<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Leeds<br />

CAREER:<br />

• Yorkshire’s Peter Ashley won his first junior ITF event, the Grade 4 in Perak, Malaysia<br />

in October 2011 after beating fellow Brits in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and then the<br />

final.<br />

• His career highlights have been representing GB in the Winter and Summer Cups, and<br />

at the World Team Finals at U14 level.<br />

• Former Eddie Herr champion having won the 14U tournament in 2010. Peter is now<br />

looking forward to playing more British Tour events over the next few years.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

• Started playing tennis at the age of 4… Pete sat his GCSE exams in May…<br />

Also doing his AASE coaching qualification which he’ll finish at Carnegie/Leeds Met – next<br />

year he aims to do level 2 and level 3 coaching exams, along with an “A” level qualification…<br />

Avid golfer playing off handicap 6 – also plays with his brother Simon who is seven<br />

years older.<br />

Trains: Leeds Met<br />

Coach: Steve McLoughlin<br />

Career Titles (singles): 12 (juniors)<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 5 (juniors)<br />

Highest Ranking: 94 (Jan <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

Click below and choose ‘Activity’ tab to see most recent results over the last 12 months<br />

http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100164233<br />

Agent: Essentially Group<br />

Twitter:<br />

@peterashley1996<br />

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JAMIE BAKER <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Jamie won his first ITF singles title in 2005 and made his ATP Tour debut a year later at<br />

the Aegon Championships, which he followed up with his first Wimbledon appearance. In<br />

the same year he made his Davis Cup debut and has gone on to compete in five ties, most<br />

recently against Tunisia in 2011.<br />

• He won 7 ITF titles before being struck down with a potentially life threatening virus (ITP) in<br />

2008 which coincided with climbing to his then-highest position in the British rankings, in<br />

second place behind Andy Murray at the end of 2007 (of 211).<br />

2012-13<br />

• In 2012, Jamie won $15k Cordoba in Mexico (his 12th ITF title) after an abdominal injury<br />

sidelined him for side-lined him for much of the New Year.<br />

• Also a SF in Bath and Tipton leading into qualifying of Roland Garros where he fell 2r.<br />

• Reached 2r of both Queens (d. Golding) and Eastbourne (d. Young) to crack Top 200 for the<br />

first time. Fell 1r Wimbledon to Roddick… Only SF thereafter was SF of Cardiff<br />

• Started <strong>2013</strong> by qualifying for the Australian Open, falling 1r to Rosol; reached SF of Gatineau-CAN.<br />

PERSONAL<br />

Started playing tennis at age 4. Father’s name is Gordon, mother’s name is Lynne. Has an older<br />

brother named Steven. Big fan of Faulty Towers series.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 05.08.1986<br />

Born: Glasgow, Scotland<br />

Height: 1.83m<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: London<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Keith Reynolds<br />

Career Titles (singles): 12 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 5 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 186 (June 2012)<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

Click below and choose ‘Activity’ tab to see most recent results over the last 12 months<br />

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100015617<br />

W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 0-2 1r - - - - 1r - - - - -<br />

French Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 0-5 n/a 1r - 1r - 1r 1r 1r - - -<br />

US Open - n/a - - - - - - - - - -<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

Twitter: @J_A_Baker<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

248 241 369 315 360 227 322 387 699 - - - -<br />

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ELENA BA<strong>LTA</strong>CHA <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• ‘Bally’ has been at the forefront of British women’s tennis for over a decade, although her<br />

early career was marred by injury (back) and illness (liver), the last few years have seen<br />

her fulfil her potential.<br />

• Under the close guidance of her coach Nino Severino, she broke into the world’s top 50 for<br />

the first time in her career in September 2010, winning $100k event in Midland USA,<br />

reaching 3 WTA QF, enjoying three Top 10 wins over Li Na (twice), and French Open champ<br />

Francesca Schiavone (No. 8) at Istanbul.<br />

• Her marathon 76(6) 26 76(7) 2 hour 50 minute win over Li at Indian Wells (saving three MPs<br />

in final set TB after trailing 1-5 and 4-6) was her first Top 10 win ever and first Top 40<br />

victory since beating Coetzer at Wimbledon eight years earlier.<br />

• In 2011, Bally made all four Grand Slams directly, recorded her best ever clay court season,<br />

including a run to SF of the ITF $100k in Cagnes sur Mer and 1st MD win at Roland<br />

Garros. Won 10th ITF title at $100k Aegon Trophy in June; reached a 4th WTA QF at Dallas<br />

and went on to finish inside the Top 50 - first British woman to do so since Durie 25 years<br />

earlier.<br />

• Best career results have come on grass in the UK, reaching 3r of Wimbledon as an 18 year<br />

old in 2002, stretched No. 11 Dokic to 3s the following year and 64 64 v Capriati in<br />

2004; Also winner in 2011 Nottingham, at Eastbourne, QF in 2010, stretched former<br />

Wimbledon champ Martinez to 3s in 2005 and qualified in 2007 reaching 2r with nail-biting<br />

win over Keothavong.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 14.08.1983<br />

Born: Kiev, Ukraine<br />

Height: 1.75m<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Ipswich<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

Click below and choose ‘Activity’ tab to see most recent results over the last 12 months<br />

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=20010987<br />

W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 6-6 - 1r 2r 3r 2r - - - 3r - 1r<br />

French Open 1-4 1r 1r 2r 1r - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 7-11 2r 2r 1r 2r 2r 1r - 1r 2r 1r<br />

US Open 2-2 - 2r 2r - - - - - - -<br />

Trains: Culford Tennis Academy,<br />

Ipswich / NTC<br />

Coach: Nino Severino; also works with<br />

Louis Cayer<br />

Career Titles (singles): 10 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 4 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 49 (Sept 2010)<br />

Twitter: @ElenaBaltacha<br />

Website:<br />

www.elena-baltacha.co.uk<br />

2012-13<br />

• Did not play following 2012 Olympics (underwent surgery October 8, 2012 to remove a bone<br />

fragment on her right foot) returning eight months later in Pelham-GA, USA.<br />

• Bally also continues to represent Great Britain in Fed Cup – the WG II Play offs in <strong>2013</strong><br />

marked her 38th career tie playing every year since 2002; played a vital role in steering GB<br />

out of zonal competition in 2012 winning her three singles matches in straight sets over<br />

Peer, de Brito and Krajicek.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Born in Ukraine, Bally was raised in Paisley and now resides in Ipswich with Severino, whom she<br />

is engaged to be married later in <strong>2013</strong>… Began playing age 10; mother Olga is a former Russian<br />

pentathlete and father Sergei is a former footballer, older brother Sergei was also a pro footballer…<br />

Founded Elena Baltacha Academy of Tennis (EBAT) in Ipswich to get disadvantaged girls<br />

6-10 started in tennis.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

172 50 55 89 136 187 347 122 202 373 157 242 397<br />

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LUKE BAMBRIDGE <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 21.01.1995<br />

Born: Nottingham<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.90m<br />

Lives: Nottingham<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

Click below and choose ‘Activity’ tab to see most recent results over the last 12 months<br />

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100151261<br />

for junior activity, please click here: http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100151261<br />

CAREER:<br />

• Luke made his first major impression on the junior circuit when he won the 14U singles and<br />

doubles events at the Eddie Herr tournament back in 2009.<br />

• The highlight in 2011 for Luke was when he and his team mates won the Junior Davis Cup<br />

in Mexico in October - not only did the team win the European Summer Cup a month beforehand,<br />

but they became the first British team to ever win the Junior Davis Cup.<br />

• He made his Junior Wimbledon debut in 2010, and competed at the 2011 US Open Juniors<br />

and the 2012 Australian Open Juniors.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Luke spent much of 2012 competing in South America and moved into the world’s top 50<br />

juniors in March. Won his maiden ITF junior singles title in 2012, at the Grade 2 Istres Open<br />

in April and enjoyed his first taste of senior success by reaching the semi-finals of the $10k<br />

Edinburgh tournament in May.<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong> reached the junior finals of Istres-FRA and Manila-PHI; won his first ITF pro title<br />

with Norrie in doubles at Newcastle<br />

PERSONAL<br />

Enjoys playing table tennis in his spare time… Has three older sisters: Holly, Olivia and Zoe<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Colin Beecher<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF junior<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 5 ITF juniors<br />

Highest Ranking:<br />

ITF Combined 22 (January <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @LukeBambridge40<br />

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ALEX BOGDANOVIC <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Started playing on the junior circuit in 1999 during which time his best results were reaching<br />

the semi-finals of the US Open Juniors and the Banana Bowl in 2001, reaching No. 14 in<br />

the world juniors.<br />

• “Boggo” has made eight consecutive appearances at Wimbledon between 2002 and 2009<br />

where he faced the likes of Roger Federer (2004), Rafael Nadal (2006) and Thomas Berdych<br />

(2009) in the first rounds.<br />

• In 2003 he made his Davis Cup debut for GB, then in 2004 made his only other Grand Slam<br />

appearance outside of Wimbledon at the US Open… Has now played in five Davis Cup ties…<br />

Has spent a large proportion of 2011/2012 playing Challenger events in the USA.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Fell 1r of Aegon Championships qualifying; back in the US won Pittsburgh and Rochester<br />

ITF Futures back to back; finalist in Irvine-CA; best result in <strong>2013</strong> has been reaching F of ITF<br />

Oklahoma City.<br />

PERSONAL<br />

Parents (Dusan and Amelia) and sister Amelia fled war-torn Yugoslavia in 1992 to seek a better<br />

llife… initially took up tennis to make friends in a new country. Favourite surfaces are grass and<br />

indoor hard… Favourite football team is Man United<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 22.05.1984<br />

Born: Belgrade, Serbia<br />

Plays: Left-handed<br />

Height: 1.83m<br />

Lives: Tampa, Florida<br />

Trains: Saddlebrook, Florida<br />

Coach: none<br />

Career Titles (singles):<br />

9 ATP challengers & 4 ITF Futures<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

Click below and choose ‘Activity’ tab to see most recent results over the last 12 months<br />

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30022469<br />

W-L 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02<br />

Australian Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 0-8 - - - 1r 1r 1r 1r 1r 1r 1r 1r<br />

US Open 0-1 - - - - - - - - 1r - -<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

Highest Ranking: 108 (June 2007)<br />

Website: www.alexbogdanovic.com<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

326 292 163 188 190 123 168 195 278 459 722 - -<br />

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KATIE BOULTER <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 01.08.1996<br />

Born: Leicester<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.81m<br />

Lives: Loughborough<br />

CAREER:<br />

• Originally from Loughborough, Katie started playing tennis at the age of 5, represented GB<br />

at 8, won her first national title at 9 and at 11 became the national 12U indoor champion.<br />

• She has represented Leicestershire in Group 1 at County Week and made history by becoming<br />

the youngest ever competitor in the event. In 2008 she was an Orange Bowl quarterfinalist,<br />

but at the 16U 2011 event she faired even better after she was crowned runner-up.<br />

• Other notable achievements in 2011 for Katie included playing at Junior Wimbledon for the<br />

first time and earning her first WTA points after qualifying for, and making QF of $10k Bournemouth.<br />

2012-13<br />

• In 2012 and <strong>2013</strong> Katie has continued to mix junior and senior events at the $10k level,<br />

highlights in juniors include reaching Grade 1 finals in Malaysia, Philippines and winning<br />

ITF Grade 2 Alicante.<br />

PERSONAL<br />

Mother Sue (former County champion) and older brother James (19) both play tennis… Mentored<br />

by Nigel Sears… favourite quote is “Excellence is perseverance in disguise… Admires Maria<br />

Sharapova and favourite band are One Direction.<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Luke Milligan<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF juniors<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 5 ITF juniors<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

Click below and choose ‘Activity’ tab to see most recent results over the last 12 months<br />

http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100163755<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 27<br />

(April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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LIAM BROADY <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Liam Broady started playing tennis at age 4. In 2011, he enjoyed the finest year of his career,<br />

starting off a fine run of form by capturing the Grade 1 Beaulieu sur Mer in April, then moved<br />

onto the grass at another Grade 1 event at the Aegon Junior International at Roehampton.<br />

Liam then hit the headlines a week later, after a phenomenal run at Junior Wimbledon saw him<br />

crowned runner-up in the singles, a year after he lifted the boy’s doubles title (losing in three<br />

sets to Saville). After his success of the summer, he reached the semi-finals of Eddie Herr tournament.<br />

It was at Melbourne Park where he lifted his second Junior Grand Slam title, this time with<br />

Josh Ward-Hibbert in the boy’s doubles (this lifted him to No. 2 on the ITF junior world rankings)<br />

and later in 2012 he reached the US Open boys final, narrowly losing 62 26 75 to Peliwo. On the<br />

Futures circuit he made his first SF at Penscola (d. Edmund) in November<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 04.01.1994<br />

Born: Stockport<br />

Plays: Left-handed<br />

Height: 1.83m<br />

Lives: Stockport<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

877 667 1108 1597<br />

Trains: Nottingham Tennis Centre, NTC<br />

Coach: Mark Hilton<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 1<br />

Highest Ranking: 656 (November 2011)<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

Click below and choose ‘Activity’ tab to see most recent results over the last 12 months<br />

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100132903<br />

Agent: IMG<br />

Twitter: @Liambroady<br />

Website: www.liambroady.co.uk<br />

<strong>LTA</strong> Player Guide<br />

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ANNA BROGAN <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 04.08.1997<br />

Born: Glasgow<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Glasgow<br />

Trains: Stirling University/Newlands<br />

CAREER:<br />

Anna has enjoyed a successful 12 months after she played her first ITF junior event in April<br />

2011. Four months later, and Anna was crowned the 14U AEGON British Junior National Champion.<br />

She finished runner up at the fifth ITF event she played at a Grade 4 in Vasteras, Sweden, won<br />

the Tennis Europe Young Champions Cup in Hasselt, Belgium and has gone on to appear in two<br />

doubles finals. Since the beginning of the year, her ranking has jumped over 600 places and she<br />

will spend 2012 focussing on ITF tournaments in Europe, with her first taste of senior success<br />

having come at the $10k in Edinburgh where she came through qualifying to reach the main<br />

draw of an ITF senior event for the first time. Anna has a twin brother and studies at Beaconhurst<br />

School.<br />

Coach: Dave Sammel<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 279<br />

(April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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LUCY BROWN <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 11.01.1993<br />

Born: Oxford<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Oxford<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

CAREER:<br />

• Lucy Brown enjoyed a promising start to her junior career, making three appearances at<br />

Junior Wimbledon and winning a pair of 2009 titles in Lybia and Cyprus.<br />

• Reached her first ITF singles final in September 2011 in Madrid after stepping up from<br />

juniors, and claimed doubles titles in Antalya with Francesca Stephenson and in Gijon wih<br />

Ireland’s Amy Botwell<br />

• A doubles title followed in 2012, winning with Italy’s Angelica Moratelli in Prague<br />

• Reached a career-best doubles ranking of No. 421 in April <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

Coach: Farid Bentaous<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 3 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 540 (July 2012)<br />

Twitter: @LucyBrown30<br />

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SAMM BUTLER <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 09.02.1995<br />

Born: London<br />

Height: 1.74m<br />

Plays: Left-handed<br />

Lives: Hampshire<br />

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CAREER:<br />

• Samm Butler first joined Team Bath in 2007 and has gone on to play ITF junior events all<br />

around the world.<br />

• He has mainly found success in the doubles with three ITF Juniors wins during his career.<br />

• He won his first title in 2011 during the Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF Junior Circuit Tournament.<br />

2012-13<br />

• He made the final of the singles and doubles in the Copenhagen Winter Cup in February –<br />

winning the latter.<br />

• After making a number of finals and semis he won his third at the Almetievsk Open in<br />

March.<br />

• Samm also played his first ever senior tournament in March and won his first two games in<br />

the ITF Futures event in Bath before falling to former two-time Junior Grand Slam winning<br />

Liam Broady.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Samm’s favourite surface is clay and enjoys watching movies.6-10 started in tennis. Started<br />

playing tennis at age 5.<br />

Trains: Team Bath Tennis Academy<br />

Coach: Jim Edgar<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0 ITF junior<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 3 ITF juniors<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 135<br />

(April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @Sammbutler95<br />

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AMANDA CARRERAS <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Somewhat of a late starter, beginning tennis at nine, Amanda Carreras is one of the most<br />

successful tennis players ever to emerge from Gibraltar.<br />

• She only played nine tournaments during her junior career but began on the ITF tour in<br />

2006.<br />

• Amanda played in Futures events and saw her ranking rise over 300 places in 2008 before<br />

a remarkable run of form saw her win the singles and doubles in two consecutive ITF 10k<br />

events in Antalya-Manavgat, Turkey.<br />

2012-13<br />

• She won the singles title in the $10k event in Getxo, Spain in May 2012.<br />

• Amanda has continued to play in Futures and Challenger events on the ITF Tour and has<br />

gradually raised her world ranking to a peak in <strong>2013</strong> reaching semis and finals.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Amanda’s parents are Mark (a commercial pilot) and Joanna, and her personal interests include<br />

football, running and golf.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 16.5.90<br />

Place of Birth: Gibraltar<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Bicester, Oxfordshire<br />

Coach: Carlos Lobato<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

385 520 512 421 591 873 - - - - - -<br />

Career Titles (singles): 4 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 7 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 308 (May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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THOMAS COLAUTTI <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 03.02.1995<br />

Place of Birth: Trieste, Italy<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.77m<br />

Lives: London<br />

CAREER:<br />

• After making the semi-finals of his first junior event at the Aegon Junior International, Colautti<br />

made his first junior singles final in February 2011 at the Oman International Junior<br />

• He claimed his maiden singles success at his next event, the Barbados Junior International,<br />

where he also claimed the doubles title with Callum Poland-Smith<br />

• Finished runner-up in the HRT Autumn Cup in October 2011<br />

2012-13<br />

• Colautti has been in great form in <strong>2013</strong>, winning doubles title with Ukraine’s Yuriy Kryvoy at<br />

the ITF junior Cap d’Ali and rising to a career-high Combined ranking of 95 in March <strong>2013</strong><br />

• Colautti made the semi-finals of the Dontesk City Cup<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Father (Maurizio), Mother (Kim) and brother James. Started playing tennis at age 6. Will play<br />

college tennis at Princeton University in the USA. Novak Djokovic is his favourite player. Favourite<br />

saying is from Aristotle: “We are what we do repeatedly. Excellence therefore, is not an act<br />

but a habit.”<br />

Trains: Reed’s School Tennis Academy,<br />

London<br />

Coach: Ben Haran, Nick Greenhouse<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF junior<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 6 ITF junior<br />

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Highest Ranking: 95 (March <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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ED CORRIE <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• After playing a year in futures in 2006, Ed decided he wasn’t ready for the demands of the<br />

Tour and enrolled in University of Texas in Austin (graduating in 2011 with a degree in Corporate<br />

Communication and minor in business). After graduating, cracked Top 1000 for the<br />

first time.<br />

2012-13<br />

• In 2012, scored his career best win over No. 176 Jan Mertl (CZE) in a 2:54 all-tiebreak three<br />

setter at the Aegon Nottingham Challenge; played qualifying of first tour events at Eastbourne<br />

and Wimbledon as WC, falling first round of both.<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong>, second only to Andy Murray in singles matches won amongst British men (35 as of<br />

May 5), including winning his first ITF Pro Circuit singles titles; during a 6-tournament span<br />

from Jan. through Mar., won 27 of 30 matches, highlighted by titles in Preston, Wirral and<br />

Bath, finalist in Cardiff and Sheffield and SF at Shrewsbury.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Mother Janet is involved with Herts and Gosling junior tennis, father Martin is a financial advisor<br />

and accountant at own firm in Harpenden (also <strong>LTA</strong> Board member) both former county<br />

level players; brother David (six years older) Financial Advisor for UBS in Texas and US college<br />

tennis player; Brother Tom (three years older) played college tennis at Monmouth, NJ and went<br />

into coaching after graduating in 2008; Ed has been playing tennis since he could walk, doesn’t<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 21.02.1988<br />

Born: Welwyn Garden City<br />

Height: 1.82m<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Harpenden, Hertfordshire<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

518 744 1305 NR 1908 1080 1422 - - - - - -<br />

Trains: Gosling HPC at Welwyn Garden<br />

City<br />

Coach: Tom Corrie<br />

Career Titles (singles): 3 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

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Highest Ranking: 326 (May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @edcorrie7<br />

remember life without a racket; first coaches were his mum and John Banham. During Ed’s collegiate<br />

career, reached No. 4 in singles and 2 in doubles as was two-time All-American. In his<br />

spare time, likes reading, watching sport, TV series (Suits), films (Shawshank Redemption), music<br />

(Coldplay & Kings of Leon) and playing golf. Favourite tennis player growing up was Sebastien<br />

Grosjean.<br />

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CLAY CRAWFORD <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 26.01.1995<br />

Born: Leeds<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.79m<br />

Lives: Leeds<br />

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CAREER:<br />

• Starting his ITF Juniors career abroad, Clay Crawford started playing ITF Tournaments in the<br />

United States and Americas.<br />

• He played a number of ITF Juniors events before moving back to the UK and training at the<br />

Bolton Arena.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Clay really hit his stride in 2012 by making the final of the first week of Aegon Junior International<br />

in Nottingham and winning the second week.<br />

• He followed it up with two more ITF junior wins in Edinburgh and Newcastle in consecutive<br />

weeks.<br />

• He then scored his biggest win in the Israeli Matan Gafniel Raanana Open in November.<br />

• Clay has also begun his senior career in the ITF Futures events and has made the last 16 in a<br />

few of the tournaments.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Clay began his career in 2009-2010 based in Jamaica living with grandparents Robert and Barbara.<br />

Clay first got into tennis at the age of 7 when he visited his local club with his primary school.<br />

Trains: Bolton Arena<br />

Coach: Rob Morgan<br />

Career Titles (singles): 4 ITF junior<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 1 ITF juniors<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 111<br />

(January <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @ClayCrawford95<br />

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HARRIET DART <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 28.07.1996<br />

Born: London<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: West Hampstead, London<br />

Trains: Nottingham Tennis Centre<br />

CAREER:<br />

Having played junior ITF events since 2010, 2011 was breakthrough year for Harriet. Following<br />

an enforced lay off due to injury between March and May, she quickly bounced back to have an<br />

outstanding summer which included winning her first Junior ITF title at the Grade 4 in Newcastle<br />

in both singles and doubles; a runner-up spot in a junior ITF in Portugal; and becoming the 14U<br />

Aegon British Junior National Champion in both singles and doubles. Her junior ITF ranking<br />

moved to just outside the top 200 (reaching her highest position to date at the start of <strong>2013</strong>). On<br />

a senior level, she started to play ITF events in the summer of 2011 at $10k level, with her best<br />

results coming at Sutton (January) and Bournemouth (April) but the biggest highlight thus far<br />

was reaching the final of Edgbaston in November (in just her eighth main ITF senior main draw)<br />

where she only fell to former Top 100 player Voracova.<br />

Coach: Damien Roberts<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 69<br />

(January <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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ELEANOR DEAN <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 06.01.1996<br />

Born: Emley, West Yorkshire<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Whitley, West Yorkshire<br />

Trains: Cologne, Germany<br />

CAREER:<br />

Yorkshire’s Eleanor Dean started playing tennis at the age of 8 at summer camps whilst on holiday<br />

in Spain. She won her first junior ITF event at the Luxembourg Grade 4 in August 2010, and<br />

went on to win her next two tournaments for good measure. In the summer of 2012, she played<br />

her first senior event at the Bournemouth $10k, and went on to reach the final and semi-final of<br />

two Dutch $10k events in June 2011. The highlight of her career so far has been winning through<br />

to the third round of Junior Wimbledon in 2010 on her favourite surface. Eleanor continues to<br />

study Maths, English, English Literature, Biology, Spanish and German.<br />

Coach: Robert Orlik<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 47<br />

(January <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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JAMIE DELGADO <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Jamie has been playing professional tennis for 17 years during which time he has amassed<br />

17 ATP doubles Challenger titles (from 1996-2012).<br />

• He qualified as a singles player at Wimbledon on three occasions (1999, 2004-05) and<br />

received six wild cards in 1997, 2000-03 and 2006. Including his doubles appearances, he<br />

has played at Wimbledon during 17 consecutive years.<br />

• His best singles wins came when he won three Challenger events at Granada (1999), Belo<br />

Horizonte (1999) and Bristol (2001). Jamie made his Davis Cup debut in 1997 and has<br />

played four ties, most recently against Ukraine in September 2006, and he cites playing<br />

Andre Agassi in the World Group on Wimbledon centre court as one of his career highlights.<br />

• Now in his mid-thirties, he focuses on doubles.<br />

2012-13<br />

• 16 years after turning pro, he reached a career high ranking of 57.<br />

• Early in 2012 he teamed up with Ken Skupski, and the duo have won two ATP Challenger<br />

titles together in Bergamo and Rome (has also won three titles with Jamie Murray and five<br />

with Jonny Marray – all in 2011).<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Jamie was born in Birmingham, bought up in Tenerife and moved to England aged 10… Is a<br />

Manchester United fan and has taken up salsa dancing.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD: DOUBLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 21.03.1977<br />

Born: Birmingham<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.78m<br />

Lives: Southfields, London<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Louis Cayer<br />

Career Titles (singles): 3 ATP<br />

Challengers<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 17 ATP<br />

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W-L 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02<br />

Australian Open 0/1 1r - - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open 0/1 - - 1r - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 6/16 - 2r 2r 3r 1r 1r 3r 1r 1r 1r 1r<br />

US Open 2/1 - 3r - - - - - - - - -<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: DOUBLES<br />

Challengers<br />

Highest Ranking (singles): 121<br />

(August 2001)<br />

Highest Ranking (doubles): 57<br />

(October 2012)<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

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KATY DUNNE <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 16.02.1995<br />

Born: Hemel Hempstead<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Flaunden, Hertfordshire<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

CAREER:<br />

Katy started her tennis at Batchwood Tennis Club in St Albans, then trained at Halton but more<br />

recently moved to train at the NTC full time. In 2010, she won the 16U AEGON British Junior<br />

National Championships, having reached the final of the 14U competition the year before. She<br />

made her Junior Wimbledon debut in 2010, and played again in 2011. She won her first junior<br />

title in April 2010, and has since added a further three titles to her tally. Katy made her senior<br />

ITF debut in March 2011 at the Bath $25k event and in October 2011, she represented GB at the<br />

Junior Fed Cup, helping the team to achieve a 14th place finish. In 2012 she played her first<br />

junior Grand Slam outside of Wimbledon at the Junior Australian Open, and spent much of 2012<br />

playing a mixture of junior and senior ITF events. Finished 2012 strongly in juniors winning Cairo<br />

Grade 2 juniors in September, also won Korea Grade 2 over Dart 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 and was runner-up<br />

in Osaka. In <strong>2013</strong>, Katy reached the third round of the Australian Open and in her next junior<br />

event, reached the SF of Milan in May.<br />

Coach: Jane O’Donoghue<br />

Career Titles (singles): 5<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 10<br />

(May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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KYLE EDMUND <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Kyle has continues to build on the success of his fledgling career. He started playing ITF<br />

junior events in November 2009, and his early career was highlighted by a runners-up sport<br />

at the 16U European Summer Cup and a fourth place finish at the Junior Davis Cup.<br />

• Ten months later, and Kyle reached the semi-finals of the US Open Juniors in 2011 at the<br />

age of 16. He went on to win the 16U European Summer Cup and the Junior Davis Cup with<br />

team mates, and in doing became the first ever British team to lift the trophy. Kyle followed<br />

this run of form with a place in the final of the Grade 1 Yucatan Cup, and then reached the<br />

quarter-finals of the Australian Open Juniors.<br />

2012-13<br />

• 2012 saw Kyle start to compete at senior level, including earning his first ATP ranking point<br />

in March, and attaining his goal of winning a Grand Slam (US Open doubles w/Silva – his last<br />

junior match to date); also in juniors, reached SF of Canadian Open and QF of French Open<br />

on his favourite surface.<br />

• At senior level, he defeated world No. 103 Gimeno in just his 10th senior match at Wimbledon<br />

qualifying. Five tournaments later he won his first Futures event in Birmingham-Alabama<br />

to become the youngest Briton since Andy Murray 10 years earlier to win a Futures<br />

event; finished the year reaching another final in Niceville-FL.<br />

• Skipped Australian Open juniors at the start of <strong>2013</strong> to compete on clay in Florida where he<br />

won 13 of 16 matches; In April was asked to join Davis Cup team as a hitting partner and<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES (ATP)<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 08.01.1995<br />

Born: Johannesburg<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.88m<br />

Lives: Tickton, Yorkshire<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

568 - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Colin Beecher<br />

Career Titles (singles): 2 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: 8 ITF Combined<br />

(January 2012)<br />

Highest Ranking: ATP: 442 (May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @kyle8edmund<br />

Agent: IMG<br />

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three weeks later won his second Futures title (again on clay) as the No. 7 seed – winning all<br />

five matches in straight sets.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Kyle was a relative late comer to the sport, picking up a racket at age 10. Father Steven and<br />

mother Denise, also has one sister Kelly – a year younger. Former pupil of Beverley Grammar<br />

School, leaving at 13 to attend full time tennis academy.<br />

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DAN EVANS <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Birmingham player Dan Evans made his ATP debut at the Aegon Championships in 2008,<br />

slid almost 100 places in the rankings during 2010 but enjoyed a return to form in 2011 by<br />

making four ITF finals.<br />

• Dan has played at Wimbledon on two occasions in 2009 and 2011, falling first round on<br />

both occasions.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Continued this form into 2012, by winning the Sheffield $15k and then qualifying for the<br />

Zagreb ATP Tour event. After returning home to represent GB in his third Davis Cup tie<br />

against Slovakia, Dan enjoyed two memorable singles wins against higher ranked opponents<br />

(against Lacko and in the deciding fifth rummber in a five set thriller over Klizan) to<br />

lead the British team into the quarter-finals of the Euro/Africa Zone Group I.<br />

• He then made the Cherbourg ATP Challenger after coming through qualifying and then returned<br />

to Davis Cup action in April against Belgium.<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong> Evans won Shrewsbury in March, following up with a final in Bath (l. Corrie) and received<br />

a last minute call-up to the Davis Cup squad where he fell to Tursunov in five sets on<br />

the opening day but again clinched the fifth and deciding rubber on the final day over world<br />

No. 80 Evgeny Donskoy 64 64 61.<br />

• Won ITF $10k at Bastad, Sweden in May for his 10th pro title.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 23.05.1990<br />

Born: Birmingham<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.75m<br />

Lives: Birmingham<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: TBA<br />

Career Titles (singles): 10 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 8 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 248 (August 2009)<br />

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Australian Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 0-2 - - 1r - 1r - - - - - -<br />

US Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Twitter: @Evo151216<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Father David (an electrician) and mum Bernadette (a nurse), has two sisters: Clare and Laura…<br />

Evans started playing tennis at 7…. Favourite surface is clay and enjoys playing golf, pool and<br />

going to the cinema in his spare time… Member of GB team that won World Junior Tennis Competition<br />

in Czech Republic in 2004.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

295 342 363 261 477 1258 1541 - - - - - -<br />

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ANNA FITZPATRICK <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Anna Fitzpatrick had a quiet start to life on the junior circuit before turning professional in<br />

2006, where she won her first singles tournament in Ikley. The following year she became<br />

the first Briton in six years to make the semi-finals of the Wimbledon girls’ tournament<br />

• Fitzpatrick last singles title came in Wrexham in 2011, with her main focus and success in<br />

recent years coming in the doubles game – where she has won 19 titles (most recently at<br />

$10k Egypt in May)<br />

• Eight of those have come with Jade Windley, and the pair are aiming to catch David Rice<br />

and Sean Thornley’s tally which currently stands at 17<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

• Describes herself as a Harry Potter geek and a lover of scuba diving<br />

• Avid Sheffield United fan<br />

• Recruited to the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy in 2007, a tennis academy where only players<br />

with top-100 potential are considered.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 06.04.1989<br />

Born: Sheffield<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Sheffield<br />

Trains: Hallamshire Tennis Club<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

545 415 509 761 424 383 676 1102 - - - - -<br />

Career Titles (singles): 3 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 19 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 318 (June 2008)<br />

Agent: IMG<br />

Twitter: @TennisFITZY<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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COLIN FLEMING <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Colin Fleming started played Futures domestically in 2001, and professionally between<br />

2004-06 (partnering Jamie Murray mainly in doubles), then stopped playing to finish the<br />

final year of his degree.<br />

• After working as a commercial graduate for a utility company for ten months, he<br />

resumed his playing career in August 2008, focussing on doubles with Skupski (from<br />

2009-2010) and played his last singles-only event at the end of 2009 having reached<br />

his best ranking of No. 359.<br />

• Colin represented Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and returned<br />

home with a mixed doubles gold medal after he and partner Jos Rae beat the top seeds<br />

in the final.<br />

• On returning home, he teamed up with Ross Hutchins, and went on to win three titles in<br />

2011 including the Athens Challenger, the Aegon Trophy and St Petersburg. The duo also<br />

reached the quarter-finals of both Wimbledon and the US Open<br />

2012-13<br />

• Fleming lifted another ATP title (w/Hutchins) at Delray Beach in February 2012 (reaching<br />

a career-high ranking of No. 24). Shin splints kept him out of action for two months before<br />

the grass court season but he rebounded at the Aegon International, winning the title (w/<br />

Hutchins) in an all-British final against Delgado and Skupski.<br />

• A final in Newport was sandwiched between 1r losses at Wimbledon and the Olympics,<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD: DOUBLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 13.08.1984<br />

Born: Broxburn<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.88m<br />

Lives: Linlithgow<br />

2012-13 DOUBLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 3-4 1r 3r 1r 2r - - - - - - -<br />

French Open 2-3 1r - 2r 2r - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 4-5 1r QF 2r 1r - - 1r - - -<br />

US Open 4-3 3r QF 1r - - - - - - -<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Louis Cayer<br />

Career Titles (singles): 2 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 5 ATP<br />

Highest (doubles) Ranking: 24<br />

(March 2012)<br />

Twitter: @colin_fleming<br />

while a strong Asian swing in the autumn (final in KL and SF in Beijing and Shanghai)<br />

saw Hutchins and Fleming named as the alternate and ninth best team of the year at the<br />

season-ending Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals.<br />

• Won two titles in <strong>2013</strong>, at Auckland (w/Soares) and Marseille (w/Bopanna)<br />

• He has represented Great Britain in Davis Cup at eight ties, and has become part of the<br />

established GB Davis Cup doubles team since his first appearance in 2009 (winning his last<br />

seven doubles matches in a row with three different partners).<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Father Martin is a business consultant and mother Dorothy is a Head teacher. Has two older siblings,<br />

Laura and Michael. Started playing mini tennis at the age of 8 and has gone on to be one<br />

of the country’s most successful doubles players. He combined tennis during his teenage years<br />

while studying Economics and Finance at Stirling University from 2001-2004. Colin married his<br />

wife Gemma in December 2011.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: DOUBLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

27 33 73 56 336 - 226 274 1400 - - - -<br />

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OLIVER GOLDING <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Oli Golding first made a name for himself at Junior Wimbledon in 2010 after he made the<br />

semi-finals of the boy’s event and represented Team GB at the Youth Olympic Games where<br />

he won gold in the doubles with partner Jiri Vesley (CZE).<br />

• His doubles success continued at the US Open Juniors, where he made the boy’s<br />

doubles final.<br />

• In 2011, he made his ATP Tour debut at the AEGON Championships and made the second<br />

round of Wimbledon qualifying.<br />

• He played his last junior event at the US Open Juniors, and claimed the biggest win of his<br />

career as he took the singles title.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Oli won his first senior ITF title at Bournemouth in April 2012 and followed it up two weeks<br />

later with his second in Newcastle.<br />

• He was invited to train with Andy Murray in Miami at the end of 2012 and has spent <strong>2013</strong><br />

playing Futures events around the world.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 14.08.1983<br />

Date of Birth: 29.09.1993<br />

Born: Richmond-upon-Thames<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.88m<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

431 643 1137 1712 - - - - - - - - -<br />

Lives: Twickenham<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Career Titles (singles): 2 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 5 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 418 (November 2012)<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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Agent: The Garden Court/Octagon<br />

Twitter: @oli_golding<br />

Website: www.olivergolding.co.uk<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Oli is a former child actor and has performed in the West End. His favourite player is Roger<br />

Federer.<br />

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JOSH GOODALL <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Josh reached a career high ranking of 184 four years ago having tuned professional in 2004.<br />

He has won 18 Futures titles between 2005 and <strong>2013</strong> (with 11 of those coming in 2011-12).<br />

• It is however in doubles that he has enjoyed most success, racking up a total of 28 titles in<br />

total. His favourite surface is grass – he has played at the Aegon Championships three times<br />

since 2005, and made the second round of the Aegon International at Eastbourne in 2009.<br />

• He made his Wimbledon debut in 2005, and made five MD appearances (two in Q – 2008<br />

and 2010), making the second round on two occasions. In 2006 he qualified for the US Open<br />

as well as Wimbledon.<br />

• Josh has played in two Davis Cup ties, most recently against Belgium in the quarter-final of<br />

the 2012 Euro/Africa Zone Group I.<br />

2012-13<br />

• His most recent victories coming at the start of 2012 at the German $10k, Tipton $15k<br />

and Greece $10k, followed by three in four weeks during the summer: Ilkley, Dublin and<br />

Wrexham.<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong>, best Futures results came domestically, starting with a runner-up finish in Glasgow<br />

and three SF results at Wirral, Shrewsbury and Sunderland.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 17.10.1985<br />

Born: Basingstoke<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.88m<br />

Lives: Basingstoke<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Gary Goodall<br />

Career Titles (singles): 19 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 28 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 184 (July 2009)<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 0-5 - 1r - - 1r - 1r 1r 1r - -<br />

US Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Twitter: @joshuagoodall<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Started playing tennis at age 4, tennis idol growing up was Marat Safin. Parents Gary and Sue, is<br />

an only child.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

232 283 399 306 203 374 207 386 352 - - - -<br />

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ALANNAH GRIFFIN <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 08.12.1996<br />

Born: Solihull<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Solihull<br />

Trains: Sutton Tennis Academy<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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CAREER:<br />

• Alannah Griffin won the 2010 14U AEGON British National Junior Championships.<br />

• She started playing Junior ITFs in August 2010, and made her first final at a Grade 5 in<br />

Malta eight months later.<br />

• She has represented GB at the IC Junior Challenge Finals and scooped a number of 14U<br />

Tennis Europe titles in Dublin, Slovenia and Bournemouth.<br />

2012-13<br />

• After winning her first ITF junior doubles title in June 2012 she went on to win four more in<br />

the space of two months.<br />

• She also captured her first singles title in the Rushbrooke ITF in Cobh, Ireland in August.<br />

• Alannah also began her senior career – winning her first ever match on the ITF Futures Tour.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Alannah first got into tennis at her school aged six and played at the Solihull Arden Tennis Club<br />

before transferring to Sutton.<br />

Coach: Neil Carter<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF Junior<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 5 ITF Junior<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 271<br />

(March <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @alannahJLS<br />

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EVAN HOYT <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 16.01.1995<br />

Born: Torreon, Mexico<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.83m<br />

Lives: Cardiff<br />

CAREER:<br />

• Evan began playing at the age of 4 and has achieved some notable landmarks; he was part<br />

of the 2010 GB Summer Cup team which finished runners-up and as a result, the team<br />

qualified for the Junior Davis Cup and finished fourth despite the whole team being a year<br />

young.<br />

• Then in 2011, Evan and the team did even better, winning the Summer Cup and becoming<br />

the first British team ever to win the Junior Davis Cup. Evan did not lose a match in either<br />

singles or doubles during the tournament.<br />

• Evan won his first junior title at a Grade 4 event in October 2010, and made his Junior<br />

Wimbledon debut in 2011. World No. 2 Rafael Nadal was sufficiently impressed to ask Evan<br />

to hit with him during the second week of the Championships.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Hoyt missed the early part of 2012 because of a fractured wrist but has since made the<br />

final of a Grade 2 event in April. Posted strong doubles results on the grass, reaching SF of<br />

both Aegon Junior International at Roehampton and junior Wimbledon with two different<br />

partners. Also started playing on the ITF Futures tour playing two events.<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong>, reached SF of Cap d’Ail (Grade 2) in singles, while in doubles was a semifinalist at<br />

two Grade 1’s in Manila-PHI and Nonthaburi-THA. On ITF futures tour, played domestically<br />

in qualifying of Preston, Sheffield, Cardiff and Edinburgh. Won his 1st MD match in<br />

Newcastle reaching 2r.<br />

Trains: Reed’s School, Surrey<br />

Coach: Ben Haran<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 53<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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(January <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @EvanHoyt1<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Father, Tom and mother, Cathy, has a sister two years younger, Dilly. Evan has been training<br />

at Reed’s School Tennis Academy in Surrey since 2007. He is from Llanelli in South Wales and<br />

speaks Welsh fluently, although he was born in Mexico. Enjoys playing table tennis in his spare<br />

time, eating and sleeping. Rafael Nadal is his idol.<br />

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ROSS HUTCHINS <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Ross is one of Britain’s leading doubles players. In March 2007 he made the decision to<br />

concentrate fully on doubles (having reached his best singles ranking of 559 the previous<br />

August) and broke into the world’s top 100 in June whilst also reaching his maiden ATP final<br />

in Nottingham.<br />

• 2008 was his real breakthrough season – he won one ATP title in Beijing (w/Huss) and made<br />

two finals in Moscow and Lyon. In 2009 he reached the semi-finals of San Jose, the semifinals<br />

of Marseille and the final of Tokyo.<br />

• 2010 was equally as successful, with final appearances in Sydney and Memphis, as<br />

well a title win in Montpellier. He won a silver medal in the men’s doubles at the 2010<br />

Commonwealth Games in Delhi<br />

• To start the 2011 season he teamed up with Colin Fleming, and went on to win three titles<br />

including the Athens Challenger, the Aegon Trophy and St Petersburg (first ATP title). The<br />

duo also reached the QF of both Wimbledon and the US Open.<br />

• Ross has represented Great Britain in Davis Cup at seven ties, having won his last three (all<br />

with Fleming) having lost the first four doubles rubbers he played.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Hutchins won his second ATP title (w/Fleming) at Delray Beach in February 2012 (reaching<br />

a career-high ranking of No. 27). At the Aegon International, took a third career ATP title (w/<br />

Fleming) in an all-British final against Delgado and Skupski.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD: DOUBLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 22.02.1985<br />

Born: Wimbledon<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.90m<br />

Lives: Wimbledon<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 3-4 - 3r 1r 1r 2r - - - - - -<br />

French Open 2-3 - - - 1r 1r 3r - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 6-8 - 1r QF 2r 1r 2r 1r 2r 1r - -<br />

US Open 5-5 - 3r QF 1r 1r 2r - - - - -<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Louis Cayer<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 4 ATP<br />

Highest Ranking: 27 (March 2012)<br />

Twitter: @RoscoHutchins<br />

• A final in Newport was sandwiched between 1r losses at Wimbledon and the Olympics,<br />

while a strong Asian swing in the autumn (final in KL and SF in Beijing and Shanghai)<br />

saw Hutchins and Fleming named as the alternate and ninth best team of the year at the<br />

season-ending Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals.<br />

• After complaining of chronic back pain in October, learned on December 27th after a<br />

biopsy and pneumonia that he was suffering from Hodgkins Lymphoma and would be<br />

off the Tour for most of <strong>2013</strong>, undergoing six months of chemotherapy. Hopes to be back<br />

training by the end of the year. Has kept very busy in British Tennis during his time away<br />

from competition and heavily involved in Rally Against Cancer on June 16 to benefit Royal<br />

Marsden Hospital.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Father, Paul, is a former British Davis Cup player and Davis Cup captain (1975-1987) and mother,<br />

Shali… Has one brother, Blake, and two sisters, Romy and Lauren, all three play tennis… Attended<br />

King’s College School in Wimbledon, leaving with seven GCSEs in 2001 to pursue tennis career<br />

and French and Spanish courses… Played cricket, rugby, basketball, swimming and football while<br />

growing up, as a golf handicap of 12 and is an avid supporter of Fulham FC… Favourite movies are<br />

Gladiator and Remember The Titans… Ross became engaged to fiancée Lindsay Wood in early<br />

<strong>2013</strong>.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: DOUBLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

28 43 51 50 44 92 153 272 1210 1698 1257 - -<br />

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DOMINIC INGLOT <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Doubles specialist Dominic Inglot attended university in America and was the No. 2 doubles<br />

player in the NCAA All-Tourament Team, and won silver at the 2009 World University Games<br />

in Belgrade.<br />

• Qualified for his first grand slam tournament with Chris Eaton at 2010 Wimbledon, where<br />

they beat the then-world no.1 team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in the upset of the<br />

tournament in a dramatic five setter 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 8-6 on their way to<br />

the third round.<br />

• A serious ankle injury hampered Inglot’s 2011 but he bounced back in style in 2012,<br />

making his first-ever ATP Tour final at the 2012 US Men’s Clay Court Championships before<br />

making it to the third round of the French Open.<br />

• He and Eaton were unable to replicate their 2010 heroics at Wimbledon in 2012, losing in<br />

the first round.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Won his first-ever ATP final in August 2012 with Treat Conrad Huey at the 2012<br />

Washington D.C.<br />

• Inglot had the chance to follow this up with another win in Basel but he and Huey lost out to<br />

Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic.<br />

• Started <strong>2013</strong> losing in the final of the Dallas Challenger but otherwise failing to make it past<br />

the last 16 in any other competition.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 6/3/1986<br />

Place of Birth: London, England<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.96m<br />

Lives: London, England<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 0-1 1r - - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open 4-2 3r 3r - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 2-2 - 1r - 3r - - - - - - -<br />

US Open 1-1 - 1r - 1r - - - - - - -<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Darko Platevic<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 18<br />

Highest (doubles) Ranking: 37<br />

(May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

• Reached a career-best No. 37 in the world when he and Huey reached the Dusseldorf final<br />

on the eve of the French Open.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Was a tennis double for actor Paul Bettany in the Hollywood film ‘Wimbledon’ ...Started<br />

playing tennis aged eight on a holiday in Portugal…Speaks Polish and English…Father, Andrei,<br />

is a landlord and former professional footballer player; mother, Elizabeth, a house wife; brother,<br />

Alex, works in Sports PR and Communications… Studied finance at the University of Virginia…<br />

Also enjoys Volleyball, music and golf.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

40 544 116 317 - - - 1174 - - - - -<br />

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ANNE KEOTHAVONG <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Anne played her first ITF senior event in 1999, won her first at $10k Jersey in 2001 (the<br />

same year she reached the Wimbledon junior SF along with Baltacha, falling to Safina).<br />

• Became British No. 1 for the first time in 2003 and started playing regularly on the WTA<br />

Tour in 2006; in 2007, reached her first WTA singles SF in Kolkata (d. Errani en route) – the<br />

best by a British woman since Durie at 1992 Birmingham.<br />

• In May 2008, won $50k in Lebanon to crack Top 100 for the first time and became first<br />

British woman in nine years to enter Wimbledon without WC (playing 7th consecutive MD<br />

there) and at the US Open put in her best GS showing reaching 3r. Finished the year in style<br />

winning her biggest titles $75k in Barnstaple and $100k in Krakov.<br />

• 2009 started almost reaching the final of Auckland (fell to Vesnina 57 61 75 in 2:57) and<br />

broke into the world’s top 50 after reaching her third WTA SF in Memphis in February)<br />

becoming the first British woman in 16 years to reach that landmark since Durie in 1993),<br />

she would reach her biggest Tour SF (Premier) in Warsaw – the best Premier+ result on Tour<br />

since 1990 Newport and on clay since Durie reached the French Open SF in 1983.<br />

• Her success was curtailed by a second serious knee injury (this time her right sustained in<br />

Stanford and would keep her off the Tour until 2010. She fought her way back into the top<br />

100 (with two more WTA SF results: Memphia & Luxembourg).<br />

• Finished 2011 with another strong indoor run, qualifying for WTA Luxembourg (her 7th)<br />

upsetting former No. 1 Ivanovic en route for a career best win (winning 12 of the final 14<br />

games of the 63 62 match) before falling in 3s to Niculescu. Anne then topped this with<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 16.09.1983<br />

Born: London<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.75m<br />

Lives: Wimbledon<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 1-3 - 1r 2r - 1r - - - - - -<br />

French Open 0-4 - 1r 1r 1r 1r - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 4-12 - 2r 2r 1r 1r 2r 1r 1r 1r 1r 1r<br />

US Open 2-4 - 1r 1r 1r - 3r - - - - -<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Jeremy Bates<br />

Career Titles (singles): 20 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 8 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 48 (February 2009)<br />

Agent: Essentially Group<br />

Twitter: @annekeothavong<br />

Website: www.annekeothavong.co.uk<br />

singles and doubles victories at the $75k Barnstaple and the $50k Ismaning.<br />

2012-13<br />

• 2012 marked eleven years since Anne made her Fed Cup debut, and she helped the team<br />

advance from the Euro/Africa Zone Group I to the World Group II Play-offs for the very first<br />

time. Played her 11th consecutive Wimbledon singles MD and named to the Olympic squad<br />

in singles and doubles.<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong> won her 20th ITF career singles title in Crossy-Beaubourg, France (and fifth at $50k<br />

level). In February finally reached her first WTA final – at Florianopolis doubles w/Savinykh<br />

falling to top seeds Medina/Shvedova.<br />

• Marked her 12th year out of 13 playing Fed Cup since 2001 for a total of 40 ties, winning 21<br />

singles matches (only Wade has represented more – 57 ties, and won more – 36).<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Learned to play tennis aged 7 on the park courts of Hackney Downs and Highbury Fields… Father<br />

(Somsak), Mother (Vathana), two brothers (James & Mark) and younger sister Lena… Speaks Laotian<br />

also… Likes bouldering (rock climbing and keeping fit in her spare time… Favourite cities are<br />

London and New York.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

137 73 123 100 61 122 168 239 175 177 233 268 377<br />

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BRYDAN KLEIN <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Prolific winner of doubles and singles titles on the Futures circuit, still attempting to make<br />

a splash on the ATP circuit. Former junior world No. 4 (after winning the Australian Open<br />

singles title in 2007 over Eysseric); best year of career to date was reaching 2r of 2009 Australian<br />

Open as WC (d. Phau, l. Wawrinka) and followed up by winning only ATP Challenger<br />

thus far in Burnie.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Won three futures singles titles (two in Turkey, one in Spain) during 2012 and 12 Futures<br />

doubles titles.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Began representing Great Britain in May <strong>2013</strong>, the country of his mother’s birth (originally from<br />

Manchester). Klein has grown up in a tennis household; his father, Verne, was a coach and high<br />

school teacher and his older brother (Jeremy) also played tennis competitively for a short time;<br />

also has a younger brother, Tom… Mum’s name is Tricia.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 31.12.1989<br />

Born: Rockingham, Australia<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.83m<br />

Lives: Kingston, UK / Perth, AUS<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach:<br />

Career Titles (singles): 13 ITF<br />

(1 ATP Challenger)<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 34 ITF<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 1-1 - - - - 2r - - - - - -<br />

French Open 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

US Open 0-0 - - - - - - - - - -<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

(3 ATP Challengers)<br />

Highest Ranking: 174 (June 2009)<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

241 451 214 200 256 606 944 1265 - - - - -<br />

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JOHANNA KONTA <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Left Australia at 13 to train at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona Spain before settling<br />

in the UK a year later. Won her first ITF title at Mostar in 2008 and took her biggest<br />

title to-date in May 2010 at the $50k in Raleigh, North Carolina (d. former Wimbledon semifinalists<br />

Stevenson, Lucic and then Lee-Waters in the final). Won 2011 Woking (d. Robson in<br />

the final)… later in the year in Barnstaple, also won the first set against Robson before retiring<br />

due to an abdominal strain at the start of the second set; also in 2011 made her WTA<br />

debut in Copenhagen as a qualifier reaching 2r.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Most recent singles title came at $25k Rancho Mirage, CA in Feb. 2012 d. Wienerova.<br />

• Her most impressive showings came at the Grand Slams: at Wimbledon was twice two points<br />

from beating No. 30 seed McHale (receiving at 8-7 final set) in a dramatic 3:10 1r encounter<br />

played on Court 17 spread over two days before falling 67(4) 62 108; at the US Open seven<br />

weeks later, she qualified beating three higher ranked players, then in the first round upset<br />

No. 59 Babos 62 75 (saving 10 set points in the ninth game on Babos’ serve with V.Williams<br />

watching on) and in 2r served for the match at 5-2 in deciding set vs. Govortsova.<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong>, has beaten two Top 100 players so far: No. 98 Torro-Flo in Brisbane and No. 88 Putinseva<br />

in Estoril – both in qualies.<br />

• Named to Aegon GB Fed Cup team in February going 1-1 in doubles during Euro/Africa Zone<br />

1 action and made her singles debut vs. Ormaechea in April falling 63 62.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 17.05.1991<br />

Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.80m<br />

Lives: Eastbourne, England<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Julien Picot<br />

Career Titles (singles): 7 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 1 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 142 (Feb. <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 0-1 - 1r - - - - - - - - -<br />

US Open 1-1 - 2r - - - - - - - - -<br />

Twitter: @JoKonta91<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Parents are Gabor and Gabriella; sister is Emese ... Started playing at age 8 when introduced to<br />

the sport by parents ... Favorite surface is clay ... Speaks Hungarian and English… Moved to the<br />

UK in 2005 and became a British citizen in May 2012… Signed with Venus Williams’ clothing line<br />

Eleven at the start of <strong>2013</strong>… Nickname ‘JoKo.’ Enjoys going to the movies and spending time<br />

with family in her spare time.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

153 305 248 360 668 - - - - - - - -<br />

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JONATHAN MARRAY <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• A pro since 2000, Jonny played both singles and doubles, winning his second singles event<br />

entered in India, and arguably his most memorable match coming at the 2004 Queen’s Club<br />

when he played Lleyton Hewitt in the third round eventually going down in two tie-break<br />

sets.<br />

• Last of five ITF Futures singles titles came in Syros-GRE in 2006, stopped playing singles<br />

regularly in 2009. Focussed on doubles in 2010 winning two challengers with Jamie Murray<br />

and five with Delgado in 2011 to bring his total to 32 ITF titles (16 challengers). Highest<br />

singles ranking of 215 came in April 2005.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Jonny Marray was an integral part of the story-book year that was 2012… Leading up to<br />

Wimbledon, won two ATP Challengers (both w/Brown), was awarded a WC into Wimbledon<br />

with Freddie Nielsen in his 10th appearance (having won only five matches in nine previous<br />

attempts) and having never been higher than 74 in the world (May 2010), the pair defied the<br />

odds to win a series of five setters over No. 9 seeds Granollers/Lopez, No. 8s Quereshi/Rojer,<br />

Cerretani/Vasselin to reach the SF where they upset the second seeded Bryan brothers in<br />

four sets to reach their first ATP Tour doubles final of any kind where they triumphed over<br />

No. 5 seeds Lindstedt/Tecau again in five sets: 46 64 76(5) 67(5) 63. During the tournament<br />

they played 12 tiebreakers, winning eight of them.<br />

• Marray became the first British man to win a men’s title at Wimbledon in 76 years (since<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD: DOUBLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 10.03.1981<br />

Place of Birth: Liverpool<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.83m<br />

Lives: Sheffield<br />

2012-13 DOUBLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 1-2 2r 1r - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open 0-3 1r 1r - 1r - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 13-10 - W 2r 1r 3r 1r 3r 1r 2r 1r 1r<br />

US Open 3-2 - 2r 3r - - - - - - - -<br />

Trains: NTC & Sheffield<br />

Coach: Louis Cayer<br />

Career Titles (singles): 5 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 34 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 15 (Jan. <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Raymond Tuckey and Pat Hughes won the men’s doubles in 1936)… Later in the year,<br />

Nielsen and Marray received a WC into the Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals, where they came<br />

from match point down twice to reach the SF.<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong>, Marray reached a career-high No. 15 after the Australian Open and joined forces<br />

with Colin Fleming in February, their best results have been SF in Montpellier and QF in<br />

Barcelona and Rotterdam. Achieved one of his lifetime goals representing GB in Davis Cup in<br />

April v Russia, winning a crucial doubles rubber at 0-2 to being GB’s 3-2 comeback win.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Parents are retired, Kevin (former IT systems manager), and Kathleen (nurse)…Brother, David, is<br />

a tennis coach and his physical trainer and sister, Siobhan, is a bank mortgage adviser…Started<br />

playing tennis aged 10, when his Mum took family to local club after watching Wimbledon<br />

on television… Favourite surface is grass… Hobbies include football, golf, reading and cinema…<br />

Supports Liverpool Football Club… If he wasn’t a tennis player, says he “would be a property<br />

developer or tennis coach but I love tennis, so I would always like to be involved in it”…Charitable<br />

efforts include helping St. Luke’s Hospice in Sheffield.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: DOUBLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

17 112 92 389 331 177 159 196 248 198 651 - -<br />

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JAMES MARSALEK <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• James Marsalek’s favourite surface is grass which is no surprise given his results on the<br />

surface.<br />

• James won both the 16U and 18U AEGON British Junior National Championships in<br />

consecutive years.<br />

• In 2010 he qualified for the AEGON Junior International and flew through the field to<br />

capture his first Grade 1 title before beating the reigning French Open Junior champion at<br />

Junior Wimbledon.<br />

• This was to be one of his last junior events, and he has since focussed on senior ITF events,<br />

2012-13<br />

• James recorded the first senior ITF win of his career when he came away with the doubles<br />

title in the UAE in March last year.<br />

• He then secured his first singles title in Ramat Hasharon, Israel in May this year – beating<br />

Japanese Shuichi Sekiguchi in the final reaching a career-high ranking of 537 on May 20.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 05.04.1992<br />

Born: Taunton<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: London<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

615 681 1626 1566 - - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Nick Weal and Louis Cayer<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 2 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 537 (May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @Marzi7<br />

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TARA MOORE <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Tara previously worked with John Morris and has based herself at the NTC since November<br />

2012. showing great improvement.<br />

• She made the 2010 final of the Grade 1 Aegon Junior International at Roehampton before<br />

finishing off her junior career by making the quarter-finals of Junior Wimbledon. On the<br />

senior circuit, won three ITF titles – at Frinton in 2008, Chiswick in 2010 and Loughborough<br />

in 2011.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Tara was selected as part of the Aegon GB Fed Cup squad in 2012 but injury prevented her<br />

from travelling with the team. During 2012, was finalist in singles in the ITF women’s $50K<br />

tournament in Kazan, Russia, and in doubles, partnering fellow Brit Lucy Brown in the ITF<br />

women’s $10K in Antalya, Turkey improving her year-end ranking almost 100 spots to 249.<br />

• <strong>2013</strong> started much better for Moore, winning two more $10k titles domestically in Preston<br />

and Glasgow, and the biggest title of her career thus far, the $25k event at Surprise-AZ<br />

(three titles in five outings) which; also a SF at $25k Edgbaston falling to third seed Bychkova<br />

which catapulted her into the world’s Top 200 for the first time on April 22; won two ITF<br />

doubles titles w/South at Rancho Mirage and Glasgow.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Tara was born in Hong Kong spending time in the UK and Hong Kong as a child. Mother’s name<br />

is Monet, stepfather’s name is Kevin, and biological father’s name is Ian. Is an only child.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 06.08.1992<br />

Place of Birth: Hong Kong<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.63m<br />

Lives: Doncaster<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

249 332 370 546 712 847 - - - - - - -<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Jeremy Bates & Jane<br />

O’Donoghue<br />

Career Titles (singles): 6 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 4 ITF<br />

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Highest Ranking: 195 (May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Agent: Global Tennis Connections<br />

Twitter: @TaraMoore92<br />

Started playing tennis at seven and aged 10 was offered a scholarship at Bollettieri’s where she<br />

remained until she was 16. Has been based at the NTC since November 2012. Most admired<br />

tennis players are Justine Henin and Pete Sampras. Favourite surface is grass. Likes R & B music<br />

and favourite movie is the Shawshank Redemption.<br />

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GEORGE MORGAN <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Now 20 years old, George Morgan previously enjoyed a very successful junior career having<br />

been ranked as high as No.6 in the world junior rankings.<br />

• He announced himself on the scene after making the final of Junior Wimbledon boy’s<br />

doubles in 2010.<br />

• But George’s most famous achievement was winning the boy’s doubles title at The 2011<br />

Championships, Wimbledon; was also a singles SF at both 2011 Australian and US Opens<br />

• In December 2011 that he scored the biggest win of his junior singles career, when he<br />

became the first Briton to win the 18U title at the Orange Bowl, three years after he lifted<br />

the 14U trophy.<br />

• George reached the Australian Open Juniors semi-finals and his first title came in<br />

September 2011 at Danerdyd in Sweden where he came through qualifying and then won<br />

both the singles and doubles.<br />

2012-13<br />

• George has continued to appear on the ITF Futures Tour and found his main success in the<br />

doubles format.<br />

• After capturing another doubles title again in Sweden in early 2012 he backed this up with<br />

doubles success in Turkey in October.<br />

• In the singles George had a great run to the semi-finals of the Futures event in Preston<br />

during <strong>2013</strong> but lost to eventual winner Ed Corrie.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 07.02.1993<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Bolton<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Robert Morgan<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

843 723 928 - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 3 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 649 (July 2012)<br />

Agent: Twenty10<br />

Twitter: @georgemorgan10<br />

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ANDY MURRAY <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Britain’s No. 1 player really put the sport on the map in 2012; made his ATP debut in 2005<br />

and won his first title at San Jose in 2006, defending in 2007.<br />

• In 2008 after making his Olympics debut in Beijing, reached his first Grand Slam final at the<br />

US Open and also qualified for his first ATP World Tour finals as one of the best eight players.<br />

• In 2009, Andy won his first grass court tournament at the Aegon Championships and<br />

reached the first of four straight SF appearances at Wimbledon. He won his fourth ATP World<br />

Tour Masters 1000 trophy in Montreal to rise to a career-high of No.2 in August – the first<br />

player to break the Federer-Nadal stronghold on the top two spots since 2005.<br />

• In 2011 he enjoyed his best run at Roland Garros, reaching the SF, and after finishing the<br />

hard court season with a victory at Cincinnati and a US Open SF spot, he wrapped up the<br />

year in style by winning tournaments on the Asian swing in Bangkok, Tokyo and Shanghai.<br />

• Played in 11 Davis Cup ties since 2005 debut against Israel (winning last 14 singles<br />

in a row).<br />

2012-13<br />

• After hiring Ivan Lendl, 2012 started off well for Andy, winning his first tournament of the<br />

year in Brisbane, then reached the SF of the Australian Open and finals in Dubai and Miami.<br />

• His season really came to life at Wimbledon where he became the first British men’s singles<br />

finalist in 74 years only to lose to Federer in four sets after starting strongly.<br />

• 28 days later he turned that disappointment around by beating No. 2 seed Djokovic and<br />

world No. 1 Federer comprehensively in successive matches to win singles Gold (the first<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 15.05.1987<br />

Born: Dunblane<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.90m<br />

Lives: Oxshott, Surrey<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 29-8 F SF F F 4r 1r 4r 1r - - -<br />

French Open 18-6 - QF SF 4r QF 3r - 1r - - -<br />

Wimbledon 30-7 - F SF SF SF QF - 4r 3r - -<br />

US Open 29-7 - W SF 3r 4r F 3r 4r 2r - -<br />

Trains: NTC / Crandon Park, Miami<br />

Coach: Ivan Lendl<br />

Career Titles (singles): 26 ATP<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 2 ATP<br />

Highest Ranking: 2 (August 2009)<br />

Agent: XiX Entertainment<br />

Twitter: @andy_murray<br />

Website: www.andymurray.com<br />

Briton to do since Josiah Ritchie who also did so at Wimbledon 104 years earlier.)<br />

Murray also teamed with Laura Robson to win a Silver medal in mixed doubles.<br />

• During the summer again he peaked at the major, this time becoming the first British male<br />

in 76 years to win a Grand Slam singles title, dethroning reigning champion Djokovic in a<br />

4:54 epic (tying the 1988 final as the longest on record) winning 76(10) 75 26 36 62.<br />

• Murray closed his season with a thrilling final loss to Djokovic in Shanghai 57 76(11) 63 in<br />

3:21 after having five MPs (four of them in the TB) and reached the SF of the Barclays ATP<br />

World Tour finals falling to Federer to end the year ranked No. 3.<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong>, Murray began his season again by winning in Brisbane (dedicating the title to his<br />

best friend Ross Hutchins), reached the Australian Open final for the third time in four years<br />

falling in four sets to Djokivic. Won his ninth career Masters Series title in Miami (second<br />

there after 2009) a result that enabled him to match his career-best ranking of No. 2.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Started playing tennis at age three...Mother, Judy, is a former Scottish national coach and father,<br />

William is a Retail Area Manager... Grew up playing soccer and tennis and once was offered to<br />

play with Glasgow Rangers... Finished 3rd in 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award...<br />

Played first full men’s singles match with roof closed at Wimbledon on June 29, 2009 vs. Wawrinka...<br />

On 29 December 2012, he became an ‘Officer of Order of British Empire’ [OBE] for services to<br />

tennis... On 12 March <strong>2013</strong>, he was presented the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award<br />

winner... Works with fitness trainers Matt Little and Jez Green, physiotherapist Andy Ireland.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

3 4 4 4 4 11 17 65 514 546 - -<br />

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JAMIE MURRAY <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Jamie is one of GB’s top doubles players having won eight ATP Tour titles. His most<br />

memorable win came when he won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 2007, becoming the<br />

first Briton for 20 years to win a senior title at The Championships as he and partner Jelena<br />

Jankovic beat fifth seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Alicia Molik 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 on Centre Court.<br />

• He captured his first ATP doubles title in San Jose in February 2007 (ironically the same site<br />

a year after Andy won his first singles title). This was followed by titles in Memphis (2007),<br />

Nottingham (2007) and Delray Beach (2008).<br />

• In October in 2010, Jamie teamed up with younger brother Andy to win the Valencia Open<br />

500, just a week after he got married. Two further titles followed in 2011 in Metz and then<br />

Tokyo.<br />

• Jamie made his Davis Cup debut for GB in 2007 and has since played six ties, most recently<br />

against Luxembourg in July 2011.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Form dipped in 2012, won back to back matches at Tour-level only twice: at Montpellier in<br />

Feb (reaching the final w/Hanley) and again at Vienna (reaching SF w/Sa) in October; played<br />

a few Challengers at the end of the year in Geneva, Loughborough and Helsinki.<br />

• Partnering his brother Andy at the Olympic Games they fell in 1st round to Melzer/Peya 57<br />

76 75 after being twice two points from winning in the TB and twice a break up at 2-1 and<br />

4-3 in the decider.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD: DOUBLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 13.02.1986<br />

Born: Dunblane<br />

Plays: Left-handed<br />

Height: 1.90m<br />

Lives: Wimbledon<br />

2012-13 DOUBLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 1-6 1r 1r 2r - 1r 1r 1r - - - -<br />

French Open 2-6 2r 2r 2r 1r 1r 1r 1r - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 5-7 - 1r 2r 1r 1r 3r 3r 1r - - -<br />

US Open 1-4 - 1r 1r - - 1r 2r - - - -<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Louis Cayer<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 8 ATP<br />

Highest Doubles Ranking: 23<br />

(October 2011)<br />

Twitter: @jamie_murray<br />

Agent: XiX Entertainment<br />

Website: www.jamiemurray.org<br />

• Starting <strong>2013</strong>, teaming up with Australia’s John Peers after Melbourne, Murray reached<br />

the QF or better in three of four events (SF again in Montpellier) and peaked in Houston<br />

on the clay beating the world No. 1 team of the Bryan brothers 16 76 [12-10] saving 1 MP,<br />

improving to 8-5 in Tour-level finals.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Started playing tennis at age three...Mother, Judy, is a former Scottish national coach and father,<br />

William is a Retail Area Manager...Younger brother Andy (b. May 15, 1987)... Favourite surfaces<br />

indoor hard and grass… keen golfer in his spare time (playing right handed!) off handicap of<br />

three… when he won 2007 San Jose with brother Andy – became first brothers to win an ATP title<br />

since Emilio and Javier Sanchez at 1989 Kitzbuehel… Married Alejandra Gutirrez on Oct. 28, 2010<br />

in his home town, brother Andy was best man.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: DOUBLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

77 35 57 105 28 32 77 288 937 1197 - - -<br />

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SAMANTHA MURRAY <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Samantha has found most of her success in the doubles – winning her first ITF title in 2005<br />

at the $10k event in Quartu Sant Elena.<br />

• But following a three-year break for university Samantha found her best form with a<br />

stunning five doubles titles in 2011 alone.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Samantha has continued her good form to peak in both her singles and doubles rankings<br />

in <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

• She won another three doubles titles in 2012 and one more in January this year.<br />

• Samantha also secured her first singles title in the $25k Glasgow Futures tournament in<br />

October 2012.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Samantha took three years away from the ITF to play college tennis in the USA for Northwestern<br />

University in Illinois.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 09.10.87<br />

Place of Birth: Stockport<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Trains: Team Bath MCTA<br />

Coach: David Sammell<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

283 447 - - 885 1233 - - - - - - -<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 10 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 240 (May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @smurray910<br />

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CAMERON NORRIE <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 23.8.1995<br />

Born: Johannesburg, South Africa<br />

Plays: Left-handed<br />

Height: 185cm<br />

Lives: Roehampton, London /<br />

CAREER:<br />

Father (David) born in Glasgow, grew up in Scotland, eventually moved to South Africa where<br />

he met Cameron’s mother (Helen) who was born in Cardiff. Family moved to NZ when Cameron<br />

was three years old. Both parents were nationally ranked Squash players, Cameron’s dad playing<br />

for his University and his Mum in South Africa… had sister (three years older) Bronwen who<br />

studies Law. Started playing tennis at age 5 in the driveway with his mum with sawn off squash<br />

racquets. Goals in tennis are to represent GB in Davis Cup and reach Top 100 in world rankings.<br />

Tennis idol is Verdasco, self-described playing style similar to Fabrice Santoro, naming his favourite<br />

shot as the drop shot… likes to play with a lot of variety. Highlight of tennis career thus far<br />

was winning ITF Grade 1 in Manila-PHI (d. Bambridge in the final). Favourite music is Dance and<br />

artiste is Calvin Harris.<br />

Bucklands Beach, New Zealand<br />

Trains: NTC, Roehampton<br />

Coach: James Trotman<br />

Career Titles (singles): 5<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 7<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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Highest Ranking: 10 ITF Combined<br />

(May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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JONNY O’MARA <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 02.03.1995<br />

Born: Keighley, West Yorkshire<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.80m<br />

Lives: Arbroath, Scotland<br />

CAREER:<br />

Jonny played his first ITF junior event at the Scottish Junior International in July 2009. His<br />

most notable achievement to date was being crowned champion at the 16U Aegon British Junior<br />

National Championships in 2010 having come through qualifying to make the main draw.<br />

In February 2011, he was selected to represent GB at the Tennis Europe Winter Cup Finals in<br />

Ronchin, France, where he and his team mates took the title. In July reached SF of European<br />

Junior Champs in Klosters-SUI falling to Coppejans in two TBs. Jonny has so far won three junior<br />

singles ITF titles and now trains full time at the NTC. In Feb <strong>2013</strong>, reached F of Monastir-TUN.<br />

Jonny plays golf off a handicap of 5 and has named his pet dog after Rafael Nadal.<br />

Trains: NTC and Stirling University<br />

Coach: James Trottman<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 58<br />

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Twitter: @Jonny_OMara<br />

Agent: Midas Sports<br />

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NEIL PAUFFLEY <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Neil Pauffley made his first impact in 2009 when he made it to the final of a $15k Futures<br />

event in Ilkley despite his world ranking of 1,310.<br />

• However, injury left Neil out of action for 18 months until his return early next year.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Since then Neil has been climbing up the rankings beginning with his first ITF victory in<br />

Harnbach, Germany in September 2012.<br />

• He followed this up with the title in Opava, Czech Republic two months later.<br />

• He started <strong>2013</strong> off well by upsetting at-the-time British No.2 Josh Goodall in Preston and<br />

has since been continuing to play in Futures tournaments.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

A big fan of football, Neil supports Manchester United and also enjoys playing golf and going<br />

shopping.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 29.3.1990<br />

Place of Birth: Slough<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Slough<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

458 1396 714 1486 - - - - - - - - -<br />

Career Titles (singles): 2 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 453 (December 2012)<br />

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JAZZI PLEWS <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 28.02.1998<br />

Place of Birth: Beverley, East Yorkshire<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Barcelona, Spain<br />

Trains: Academia Sanchez-Casal<br />

CAREER:<br />

• In 2010 Jazzi represented GB in the World Team Finals, winning three of four singles<br />

matches, won the AEGON British Junior National Championships and finished the summer<br />

ranked inside the top 40 on the 14U Tennis Europe rankings.<br />

• Jazzi took her first ITF junior tournament in Casablanca in March 2012 without dropping<br />

a set.<br />

• Continued to demonstrate her prowess on clay by winning four out of the next five<br />

competitions on the surface, and scooped a doubles title with Lana Rush in Brazil in October<br />

• Reached a career high junior ITF ranking of 91 in January <strong>2013</strong><br />

PERSONAL:<br />

• Daughter of Lawn Tennis Association’s (<strong>LTA</strong>) national junior coach Richard Plews<br />

• Although originally from Yorkshire, Jazzi currently resides in Barcelona, Spain, where she<br />

trains on the clay at the Sanchez-Casal Tennis Academy<br />

Coach: Richard Plews and Stefan<br />

Ortega<br />

Career Titles (singles): 5 ITF junior<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 1 ITF junior<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 91<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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Agent: IMG<br />

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CALLUM POLAND-SMITH <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 25.04.1995<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Trains: Team Bath Tennis Academy<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF junior<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 3 ITF juniors<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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CAREER:<br />

• Beginning his career in 2010, Callum Poland-Smith won his first ITF Junior doubles title in<br />

early 2011 at the Barbados Junior International.<br />

• He followed this up with a second in October at the Almere Autumn Indoor.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Callum secured his biggest win at the Tashkent ITF Juniors in Uzbekistan by defeating the<br />

fourth seeds on the way to the prestigious junior trophy.<br />

• He also secured his first singles title in Malaysia at the Sarawak Chief Minister’s Cup in<br />

November.<br />

• He also began his senior career in <strong>2013</strong>, playing in a couple of Futures events.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Callum started playing tennis at seven years old and his favourite surface is grass.<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 130<br />

(January <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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DAVID RICE <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• David Rice showed great promise as a junior, peaking at number 26 in the world in August<br />

2007<br />

• An explosive and powerful athlete, Rice has enjoyed greater success in doubles than singles<br />

in the early stages of his career – with Sean Thornley he qualified for the main draw of<br />

Wimbledon in 2011<br />

• It is with Thornley he has enjoyed the greatest success, scooping 17 doubles titles with his<br />

fellow Brit – including nine in a hugely successful 2011 season<br />

• To date he has a solitary singles title in 2010 to his name from a Futures event in Mexico,<br />

and has lost at the semi-final stage on three consecutive occasions this year<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

• Can run the 100m in under 11 seconds, making him one of the fastest tennis players in the<br />

world<br />

• Rice is one of five brothers, and has played alongside his siblings in football, basketball and<br />

golf at a competitive level<br />

• When not playing tennis, Rice spends most of his time with long-term girlfriend Susan<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD: DOUBLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 01.01.1989<br />

Place of Birth: High Wycombe<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Watford<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: James Davidson<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 22 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 408 (June 2011)<br />

Agent: Global Tennis Connections<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 0-1 - 1r - - - - - - - - -<br />

US Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

Twitter: @daverice2k7<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

609 501 477 528 969 1220 - - - - - - -<br />

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LAURA ROBSON <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Laura Robson announced herself on the international tennis scene when she won Junior Wimbledon<br />

in 2008 at the age of 14, becoming the youngest ever British player to win the tournament. In the<br />

same year she won the Sunderland $10k and played her first WTA main draw at Luxembourg.<br />

• In 2009, still playing junior Grand Slams, Laura made the final of the Australian Open, 2r of Roland<br />

Garros, 3r of Wimbledon and SF of US Open. This was also the year that she made her senior Grand<br />

Slam debut, at Wimbledon falling to former Top 5 player Hantuchova in three sets.<br />

• In 2010, the former world junior No.1 partnered Andy Murray to the final of the Hopman Cup<br />

and continued to make an impact at the junior Grand Slams, making the final of the Australian<br />

Open, the semi-finals of Wimbledon and the third round of the US Open. She reached the<br />

second round of qualifying for the Australian Open, played again at Wimbledon and made the<br />

final round of qualies for the US Open. Away from the Slams, she qualified for WTA events in<br />

Birmingham, Tokyo and Osaka.<br />

• In 2011, Laura enjoyed her first Grand Slam main draw victory by beating Angelique Kerber in three<br />

sets at Wimbledon before falling 76 63 to Maria Sharapova on the Centre Court. Then at the US Open<br />

she qualified for the main draw and made 2r.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Robson began 2012 by qualifying for the Australian Open (fell to Jankovic 1r); in Feb. made her<br />

Fed Cup debut for GB, and helped the team to advance from Euro/Africa Zone Group I to the World<br />

Group II Play-offs for the first time ever; at Wimbledon fell in 3s 1r of Wimbledon to Schiavone but<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 21.01.1995<br />

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia<br />

Plays: Left-handed<br />

Height: 1.80m<br />

Lives: Wimbledon<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 2-2 3r 1r - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open 0-2 1r 1r - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 1-4 - 1r 2r 1r 1r - - - - - -<br />

US Open 3-2 - 4r 2r - - - - - - - -<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Miles Maclagan<br />

(during grass season)<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: 35 (May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Agent: Octagon<br />

Twitter: @laurarobson5<br />

in July her year came to life, reaching her first WTA SF at Palermo (on clay), then pushed Sharapova<br />

76 63 in 2r of the Olympics and won a Silver medal in mixed doubles with Andy Murray.<br />

• A month later in New York, upset former Grand Slam champions Kim Clijsters (on Stadium) and Li<br />

Na (on Armstrong) to reach the last 16 where she fell to reigning champion Stosur<br />

• In September became the first British woman to reach a WTA singles final in Guangzhou since<br />

Durie in 1990, falling to Hsieh in 63 57 64 after trailing 36 35 and then leading 30 in the decider.<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong> reached 3r of the Australian Open upsetting yet another former Grand Slam champ<br />

Kvitova 26 64 119 on the main show court in a feature night match<br />

• On April 8 became British No. 1 for the first time in her career when she cracked the Top 40 and in<br />

May upset world No. 4 Radwanska at Madrid – the first Top 5 win by a British woman since Durie<br />

beat Tracy Austin in Paris 30 years earlier. In Rome claimed yet another former Grand Slam scalp<br />

in Venus Williams before falling to sister Serena in the next round – only the 15th player in history<br />

to play the sisters in consecutive matches.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Parents’ names are Andrew and Kathy; has two older siblings, Nick and Emily; has two Labradors,<br />

Ella and Kiri ... Born in Australia, at 18 months relocated to Singapore, moved to UK at age 6 ... Began<br />

playing tennis at age 6 when introduced by her parents at local club in Singapore ... Most memorable<br />

moment was meeting Michael Phelps and winning a silver medal in mixed doubles with Andy Murray<br />

at the London Olympics ... Favorite city is New York City because “there is constant action going on, fab<br />

shopping and excellent restaurants everywhere!”<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

53 131 206 419 559 - - - - - - - -<br />

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LANA RUSH <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 09.02.1997<br />

Place of Birth: London<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Wimbledon<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

CAREER:<br />

• Lana Rush won the AEGON British Junior National Championships at both 10U and 12U age<br />

groups, and made the semi-finals at 14U and 16U.<br />

• A latecomer to the junior ITF scene, Lana only joined the circuit in April 2011 but quickly<br />

became the highest-ranked British girl in her age group, and British junior no. 5 overall<br />

• Reached the final of her third tournament in Malta in April 2011, before claiming a maiden<br />

doubles title a week later in the same competition with Grace Dixon<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Lana combined her training in 2011 and 2012 with her studies at Cheam High School, where<br />

she was part of the team which won the Aberdare Cup in 2010. Parents names are Matthew &<br />

Caroline. Started playing tennis at age 5. Tennis idol is Serena Williams and favourite singer is<br />

Rihanna.<br />

Coach: Jane O’Donoghue<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 4 ITF junior<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 338<br />

(April 2012)<br />

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JOSHUA SAPWELL <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 01.03.1996<br />

Place of Birth: Bedford<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Flitwick, Bedfordshire<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

2012-13<br />

• Won Veli Losinj-CRO in September; also reached QF of Tennis Open Cap d’Ali<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong>, won ITF Grade 4 juniors at Nottingham in April.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Josh got into tennis when he was 2 years old. He finished 2012 ranked No.3 in Europe in his age<br />

group after enjoying a real breakthrough year. He won the 14U AEGON British Junior National<br />

Championships in August 2010 and then towards the end of that year won the Tennis Europe<br />

Junior masters in Milan – the tour’s season-ending elite event for the top eight 14U players in<br />

Europe. He then went on to win the 14U Orange Bowl. He moved into 2011 looking to compete in<br />

18U ITF events and won the Grade 4 Enka Gallipoli Cup in May and has spent 2012 playing predominantly<br />

British Tour events. Josh is studying for his GCSE’s and is a Chelsea FC fan.<br />

Coach: Martin Weston and Greg<br />

Rusedski<br />

Career Titles (singles): 2<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 225<br />

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Agent: IMG<br />

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ALEXANDER SENDEGEYA <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 27/06/1996<br />

Place of Birth: Liverpool<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.78m<br />

Lives: Florida, USA<br />

CAREER:<br />

• Alexander Senegeya enjoyed a good start to his junior career, reaching the semi-final of his<br />

fourth competition in October 2010 at the ITF Waco in October 2010<br />

• His first doubles success came at the start of the 2011 season, when he claimed the title<br />

with Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in Guatemala.<br />

• He came close to winning his first singles title in June 2012, losing in the final of the<br />

Ukzakhid ITF. So far it is the closest he has come to winning a singles crown.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Sendegeya claimed his most recent doubles title in February <strong>2013</strong>, his third competition of<br />

the new year, in Tunisia<br />

• He also reached the semi-final of the same competition, where he lost to Maxime Janvier<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Father (Steven) and Mother (Christina), brother (Marios) also plays tennis. Alexander started<br />

to play tennis at 3½ years old. Aim is to finish <strong>2013</strong> inside the junior Top 20 in the world.<br />

Sendegeya is an avid fan of NBA side Miami Heat. Likes net rushing style and favourite tennis<br />

players are Sampras and Federer.<br />

Trains: IMG Bollettieri Academy,<br />

Florida<br />

Coach: Martin Damm<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 7<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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Highest Ranking: 77 Combined<br />

Agent: Max Eisenbud IMG<br />

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ALEXANDER SLABINSKY <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Alex started playing in ITF events in 2005 but first hit the headlines when he defeated world<br />

No.59 Gilles Muller at 2008 Queens ATP qualifying event.<br />

• He won his first ITF singles title in Nigeria in 2007.<br />

• He also qualified for the 2009 Championships, Wimbledon main draw in the doubles with<br />

Chris Eaton.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Alex has continued to play in Futures and Challengers events and won two singles titles in<br />

2012 – in Felixstowe and Enschede, Netherlands.<br />

• He also secured the doubles in Balaguer, Spain with coach Ferran Ventura-Martell in May<br />

<strong>2013</strong>.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Alex started playing tennis aged eight in Ukraine and moved to Britain aged ten. He enjoys other<br />

sports such as football and swimming. He also likes to relax by watching movies and listening to<br />

music.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 27.06.86<br />

Place of Birth: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: London<br />

Trains: Dukes Meadow<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

517 641 509 671 268 626 800 668 - - - - -<br />

Coach: Ferran Ventura-Martell<br />

Career Titles (singles): 4 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 4 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 266 (October 2008)<br />

Twitter: @alexslabinsky<br />

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NICOLA SLATER <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 14/08/1984<br />

Place of Birth: Glasgow<br />

Plays: Right (single handed backhand)<br />

Height: 1.73m<br />

Lives: Mostly in United States<br />

CAREER:<br />

• After ten years without a senior title, she ended her title hoodoo in brilliant fashion in May<br />

2011 with back-to-back doubles triumphs with Australian Bojana Bobusic at the ITF $10K<br />

Landisville and ITF $10K Sumter<br />

• In October 2011 she reached her best singles ranking of world number 650<br />

• She made it two consecutive wins at Sumter the following year, claiming the title with USA’s<br />

Jan Abaza<br />

2012-13<br />

• Becoming more of a doubles specialist, Slater won her first $50,000 ITF tournament at the<br />

<strong>2013</strong> Boyd Tinsley Women’s Clay Court Classic with Coco Vandeweghe, beating Nicole Gibbs<br />

and Shelby Rogers in the final<br />

• Following this success, she peaked at world number 235 in the doubles rankings on May 6,<br />

<strong>2013</strong>.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Father (Paul), Mother (Angela), three sisters: Victoria, Ciara, Lotti and one brother: Paul. Started<br />

playing mini-tennis aged 11 and was devastated to learn she had to graduate to proper tennis.<br />

Goal for <strong>2013</strong> is to finish around the Top 100 mark in doubles and find a regular doubles partner.<br />

Most memorable experience was reaching SF of $75k Phoenix in November 2012 with Borwell<br />

and being able to work on doubles specifics and proper goal setting. Most admired players are<br />

Trains: No training base<br />

Coach: Sarah Borwell<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 4 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking Singles: 650<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

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Andy Murray and Sam Stosur… Favourite band is The Script.<br />

(October 2011))<br />

Highest Ranking Doubles: 235<br />

(May <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @Nikslater<br />

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KEN SKUPSKI <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Ken is one of GB’s top doubles players. After winning his first Futures title in 2004 in doubles,<br />

he went to the US on a tennis scholarship to study General Studies at Louisiana State<br />

University. He graduated in 2007, and has gone on to win 3 ATP doubles titles and 27 ITF<br />

doubles titles.<br />

• Won his only singles Futures title in 2008 Greece (gave up playing singles in<br />

• In 2009, Ken enjoyed one of the best wins of his career when he and partner Colin Fleming<br />

beat the world No.1 pairing of Bob and Mike Bryan at the Aegon Championships. He followed<br />

up this victory with titles in Metz (September 2009), St.Petersburg (2009) (both w/<br />

Fleming) and Marseille (2011) w/Haase.<br />

• He broke into the world’s top 50 for the first time in summer 2010 and in the same year<br />

made his Davis Cup debut against Lithuania (has played two ties, winning both w/Fleming)<br />

and represented England at the Commonwealth Games where he won silver in the men’s<br />

doubles and mixed doubles bronze<br />

2012-13<br />

• In 2012 won two ATP Challengers w/Delgado and made 3r of US Open for career-best GS<br />

result<br />

• In <strong>2013</strong>, won two Futures titles with his younger brother Neal in Pozzuoli-ITA and Preston.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD: DOUBLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 09.04.1983<br />

Place of Birth: Liverpool<br />

Plays: Left-handed<br />

Height: 1.85m<br />

Lives: Liverpool<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: Louis Cayer<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 3 ATP<br />

Highest (doubles) Ranking: 44 (July<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 1-4 1r 1r 1r 2r - - - - - - -<br />

French Open 1-2 - - 1r 2r - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 2-5 - 2r 1r 2r 1r 1r - - - - -<br />

US Open 2-2 - 3r - 1r - - - - - - -<br />

2010)<br />

Twitter: @k_skupski<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Father, Ken, is a police officer. Mother’s name is Mary. Younger brother Neal. Graduated from<br />

Louisiana State University in May 2007. NCAA Doubles finalist 2005 and Two-time Southeastern<br />

Conference Coaches Indoor Champion (only player in the history of the Southeastern Conference<br />

to win back-to-back titles). Fourth most successful player in the school’s history with 107 wins.<br />

Ken is a Liverpool FC fan, plays golf off a handicap of six and married his wife Hayley in April<br />

2011.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: DOUBLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

52 90 77 54 241 495 1614 1656 575 1564 1154 - -<br />

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DANIEL SMETHURST <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Dan Smethurst has been playing ITF events since 2006. His first title followed three years<br />

later in Belgium in August 2009. A month later and he won his second title in Portugal. A<br />

further title followed in Sweden (2011)<br />

2012-13<br />

• Dan rose over 100 places in the world rankings during 2012 with more Challenger titles in<br />

Israel, Turkey and Sweden.<br />

• Underwent wrist surgery and was off the Tour from September 2012 until January <strong>2013</strong><br />

• Started <strong>2013</strong> with narrow misses on Challenger wins in Sheffield and Wirral – making the<br />

semis and the final – Dan picked up his first title of the year in Sunderland where he also<br />

came away with the doubles trophy.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Dan is a Manchester United fan and loves music.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 13.10.1990<br />

Place of Birth: Manchester<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Manchester<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

352 472 493 430 986 - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Nick Weal<br />

Career Titles (singles): 7 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 7 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 331 (October 2012)<br />

Twitter: @dansmethurst90<br />

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MELANIE SOUTH <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Mel has won 6 ITF singles titles in her career as well as 22 ITF doubles titles and has played<br />

in the main draw at Wimbledon, the Australian Open and Roland Garros.<br />

• Her greatest Grand Slam success came at Wimbledon in 2006 when she came back from<br />

one set down to beat the then world No.14 Francesca Schiavone.<br />

• She reached a career high singles of 99 in 2009 in a year during which she reached the first<br />

round of the 2009 Australian Open.<br />

• Mel continued to play in $25k and $50k events, as well as playing at Wimbledon.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Mel found most success in doubles with victory at $25k events in Burnie and Sydney in<br />

2012.<br />

• She followed up her doubles form in <strong>2013</strong> when she teamed up with fellow Brit Tara Moore<br />

and won the $10k event in Glasgow and the $25k in Rancho Mirage, California.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Mel has three A-levels in Psychology, PE and General Studies. She enjoys listening to Christina<br />

Aguilera or her brother Stephen’s band the Kicking Pills.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 03.05.1986<br />

Place of Birth: Kingston-upon-Thames<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: London<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

Coach: David Sammel<br />

Career Titles (singles): 6 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 22 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 99 (February 2009)<br />

Twitter: @melaniesouth<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 0-1 - - - 1r - - - - - - -<br />

French Open 0-1 - - - 1r - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 1-5 - - 1r 1r 1r 1r 2r - - - -<br />

US Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

Website:<br />

http://www.melaniesouth.net/main.asp<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

328 299 292 159 116 212 176 449 453 851 931 - -<br />

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GABRIELLA TAYLOR <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 07.03.1998<br />

Place of Birth: Southampton<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Southampton<br />

Trains: Marbella<br />

CAREER:<br />

• Gabi Taylor had a very successful year in 2011, with four Tennis Europe wins in Helsinki,<br />

Nottingham, Turkey and Denmark as her itinerary took her to all parts of Europe. These<br />

performances hoisted her 14U Tennis Europe ranking to a career best of No. 9.<br />

• Towards the end of 2011 she went to train in Spain at Manolo Santana’s Club close to<br />

Marbella. Her coach is ex-world ranked player Emilio Alvarez.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Gabi had a successful start to playing ITF Junior events – winning the Riad 21 in Rabat,<br />

Morroco in October in only her second tournament.<br />

• After making the final in the singles and doubles in the next tournament she continued to<br />

climb up the rankings.<br />

• She was beaten by fellow Brit Maia Lumsden in the final of the 14U prestigious Junior<br />

Orange Bowl.<br />

• Gabi also made her senior debut in the $10k Futures event in Bournemouth.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Away from tennis Gabi enjoys skiing and playing the piano. She is also a big fan of actor Gerard<br />

Butler.<br />

Coach: Emilio Alvarez<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 192<br />

(April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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SEAN THORNLEY <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Won his first Aegon British Tour Masters title in December 2010<br />

• Thornley enjoyed his best year on tour in 2011, reaching a career high singles ranking of<br />

583.<br />

• He has enjoyed his greatest success in doubles, qualifying for and making the main draw of<br />

Wimbledon alongside David Rice in 2011, the same year the pair won eight doubles Futures<br />

titles.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

• Started playing tennis at the age of five<br />

• Lists his interests as football, rugby, athletics and music<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: DOUBLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 31.05.1989<br />

Born: Bristol<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: West Wickham, Kent<br />

Trains: Bromley Tennis Academy<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

185 187 494 800 1305 - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: N/A<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 12 ITF<br />

Highest (doubles) Ranking:<br />

160 (September 2012)<br />

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ISABELLE WALLACE <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 07.09.1996<br />

Place of Birth: Inverness, Scotland<br />

Plays: Left-handed<br />

Lives: Inverness, Scotland<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

CAREER:<br />

• Won her first junior doubles crown in April 2012 at the Queensland Junior Claycourt International<br />

alongside Australian Stephanie Yamada.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Enjoyed her most successful period in February <strong>2013</strong>, winning the singles titles in the ITF<br />

Junior Tournament in Sfax, Tunisia before taking the doubles crown with Katie Boulter in<br />

Monstir, Tunisia the following week.<br />

• Hit a career high 72 Combined ranking after her success in Tunisia<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Isabelle is currently learning Spanish; Spent time training in Melbourne in 2012.<br />

Coach:<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF junior<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 2 ITF junior<br />

Highest Ranking: 72 Combined<br />

(April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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ALEX WARD <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Earning his first ATP ranking in 2008, Alex Ward enjoyed a successful summer in 2010, with<br />

his career highlight beating former world No.21 Taylor Dent at the Aegon Trophy to make<br />

the quarter-finals.<br />

• In 2011, he enjoyed a remarkable run of form in the autumn, reaching his first Futures final<br />

in Nottingham, making two finals, winning his first title in Falun, Sweden, and following it<br />

up with his second title in the Czech Republic.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Alex hit a career high of 337 in February 2012 and won the Futures event in Phuket, Thailand<br />

later in the year.<br />

• He has also found some success in the doubles with his first title in the format coming with<br />

Romano Frantzen in Essen last October before following up with victory in Sunderland with<br />

Dan Smethurst in March this year.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Alex loves all sports, including following his local Northampton Town. He also is a music devotee.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 30.04.1990<br />

Born: Northampton<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Northampton<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

424 348 473 721 988 - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: James Trotman<br />

Career Titles (singles): 3 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 2 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 337 (February 2012)<br />

Twitter: @AlexWard1990<br />

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JAMES WARD <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• James Ward is Britain’s No.2 player. He trained for much of his teenage years at the Juan<br />

Carlos Ferrero Academy in Spain but is now based at the NTC in Roehampton.<br />

• In his professional career he has won seven ITF singles titles, the first being a Futures event<br />

in Spain in July 2008, and he has also won two Challengers in Sarasota (2009 – first Brit to<br />

win an ATP Challenger on clay since Henman in 1995) and Vancouver (2011). Broke Top 200<br />

first time in September 2009.<br />

• In 2010, James reached his first ATP quarter-final, in Eastbourne at the Aegon International.<br />

He bettered this in 2011 when he reached the SF of the Aegon Championships with victories<br />

over Wawrinka, Querrey and Mannarino.<br />

• James has played at Wimbledon twice, in 2009 and 2011 and in 2012 made his first Grand<br />

Slam outside of Wimbledon after qualifying for the Australian Open.<br />

2012-13<br />

• After reaching a career-best ranking in April 2012 and pushing world No. 12 Mardy Fish to<br />

five sets in the 2r of Wimbledon (upset No. 36 Andujar to win his first match there), Ward<br />

had the misfortune of falling on his left wrist in early July training in the US at Newport,<br />

tearing a tendon, playing only three events the remainder of the season.<br />

• Came back strong at the start of <strong>2013</strong>, narrowly losing in the final round of qualifying for<br />

the Australian Open; reached the final of Adelaide Challenger shortly after.<br />

• In early April was called up to represent GB (his seventh tie since 2010) in Davis Cup and<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 09.02.1987<br />

Born: London<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Euston, London<br />

Trains: NTC<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 0-1 - 1r - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 1-3 - 2r 1r - 1r - - - - - -<br />

US Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: none at present<br />

Career Titles (singles): 7 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 3 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 137 (April 2012)<br />

Twitter: @JamesWardtennis<br />

put in an heroic effort after losing to Donskoy on the first day after leading by two sets to<br />

love (was later two points from victory at 5-4 in the final set), to come back on Sunday and<br />

defeat No. 67 Tursunov (an opponent ranked 147 spots higher) in a five set thriller to level<br />

the tie at 2-2.<br />

• In May reached a second final of the year in An-Ning, China, as a qualifier.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Father (Jim) is a taxi driver, mother (Tina) and sister (Lauren)… Starting playing tennis aged 11...<br />

Has worked part-time with coach Greg Rusedski, the 1997 US Open runner-up... In February 2009<br />

at Roehampton, took part in unofficial play-off competition to earn a place in British Davis Cup<br />

team against Ukraine. One play-off match resulted in a 63 62 67(3) 26 2119 loss to Chris Eaton<br />

that lasted six hours, 40 minutes...His former panish coach Toni Colom arranged for him to spend<br />

time in Mallorca as Rafael Nadal’s hitting partner in December 2009.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

253 162 201 273 291 605 914 1425 - - - - -<br />

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JOSHUA WARD-HIBBERT <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 25.01.1994<br />

Born: Nottingham<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.93m<br />

Lives: Nottingham<br />

CAREER:<br />

• Joshua Ward-Hibbert was one of GB’s most successful juniors, and holds the record for<br />

the fastest serve by a junior player at Wimbledon after clocking 133mph at the 2011<br />

Championships<br />

• Good form in 2011 kicked off a successful spell for Ward-Hibbert, who reached the singles<br />

final of the Grade 1 Yuctan Cup, the doubles final of the Eddie Herr and won the doubles title<br />

at the Orange Bowl.<br />

• But crowning moment of his junior career was undoubtedly winning the Australia Open<br />

boys’ doubles title with Liam Broady in 2012, defeating Adam Pavlasek and Filip Veger 6-3,<br />

6-2 in the final.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Since stepping up to the seniors full-time in 2012 Ward-Hibbert has enjoyed a rapid rise<br />

through the rankings, gaining 366 places.<br />

• He has hit his stride with the turn of the New Year, winning back-to-back Futures events in<br />

Vietnam in <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Started playing tennis at the age of seven… Favourite surface is hard court<br />

Trains: SoTo Tennis Academy<br />

Coach: Dan Kiernan<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Highest Ranking: 866<br />

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HEATHER WATSON <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Heather enjoyed a successful end to her junior career when she won gold at the<br />

Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008 and lifted the US Open Junior trophy in 2009<br />

(including a comprehensive 62 61 win over No. 2 seed and junior Wimbledon champ<br />

Lertcheewakarn in the QF) as the No. 11 seed.<br />

• She played her first senior tournament in 2009 and won her first title in Frinton in<br />

July. Heather made swift progress in the senior game, making her Grand Slam debut at<br />

Wimbledon in 2010 and capping off the year by winning her first $50k tournament in<br />

Toronto, and representing Guernsey at the Commonwealth Games.<br />

• She started 2011 off strongly, qualifying for and reaching the quarter-finals of two WTA<br />

tournaments in Auckland and Memphis. Heather qualified for the French Open and won her<br />

first round match to become the first British woman since 1994 to win a main draw match<br />

at Roland Garros. An elbow injury prevented her progressing beyond the 1r at Wimbledon,<br />

but by September, and at a career high ranking of No.87, Heather was accepted by right<br />

into the US Open where she put up a remarkable 36 75 62 fight against Sharapova on Arthur<br />

Ashe stadium 2:34 where she was two games from winning.<br />

2012-13<br />

• In Feb. 2012, Heather was called up for her second Fed Cup tie at the Euro/Africa Zone Group<br />

I competition in Israel, where the team advanced to the World Group II Play-offs for the very<br />

first time.<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 19.05.1992<br />

Place of Birth: Guernsey<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Height: 1.70m<br />

Lives: Guernsey / Bradenton, Florida<br />

Trains: NTC / NBTA, Florida<br />

Coach: Mauricio Hadad<br />

Career Titles (singles): 1 WTA (3 ITF)<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 2 WTA<br />

Highest Ranking: 39 (February <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open 2-2 3r 1r - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open 2-3 1r 2r 2r - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 2-3 - 3r 1r 1r - - - - - - -<br />

US Open 0-2 - 1r 1r - - - - - - - -<br />

Agent: IMG<br />

Twitter: @HeatherWatson92<br />

• Her year came alive at Roland Garros, where as a qualifier, she reached the 2r (d. Vesnina);<br />

reached 3r Birmingham (d. Baltacha) and also 3r of Wimbledon (first British woman since<br />

Baltacha in 2002 to do so)<br />

• During the summer, d. Sloane Stephens in Stanford en route to 2r where she won the<br />

doubles title w/Erakovic (also won in Dallas a few weeks later) and on Monday July 16,<br />

Britain had four women ranked inside the world’s Top 100 (with Watson, Robson, Baltacha &<br />

Keothavong) since March 1991.<br />

• As a qualifier, reached 2r of Tokyo Pan Pacific (d. Lisicki) and kept Sharapova on court for<br />

3:09 (was three games from winning at 76 34). Two weeks later, won her first WTA singles<br />

title (and 1st by a British woman since Sara Gomer won 1988 Aptos) at the Japan Open in<br />

Osaka, in a thrilling 3:12 final against Kelly Chan 75 57 76(6), after her opponent had served<br />

for the opening set, Watson squandered a MP serving at 5-3 in the 2nd, came from 3-5 down<br />

in the third, saving 4 MPs on Chan’s serve in the 10th game including three in a row at 40-0.<br />

Cracked the Top 50 after the win.<br />

• At the <strong>2013</strong> Australian Open saved 3MPs in another 3:02 marathon match vs. Pervak in 2r<br />

to reach the 3r (and reached world’s Top 40 first time after the tournament. In February as<br />

British No. 1 for the first time, led GB into the World Group II Play-off’s for the second year<br />

in a row; two weeks later reached QF in Memphis.<br />

• In March after consecutive opening round losses at Indian Wells and Miami, discovered she<br />

was suffering from Glandular fever and was off the Tour for two months until returning at<br />

Roland Garros.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

49 92 176 588 - - - - - - - - -<br />

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EMILY WEBLEY-SMITH <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• A British no.1 at junior level, since playing her first ITF event in July 2000 Emily Webley-<br />

Smith’s form has been hampered with injury and illness. In ten years she has had three<br />

major ankle surgeries, and suffered from deep vein thrombosis and dengue fever.<br />

• Webley-Smith reached the second round in her Wimbledon debut in 2004 but would have to<br />

wait seven years before returning. Enjoyed her best year in 2009, winning two singles and<br />

doubles titles before injured hampered her hopes of a Wimbledon return.<br />

• Returned to her best form in 2011, breaking into the top 250 for the first time on her way to<br />

a career-high ranking of 240 and achieving her goal of returning to Wimbledon, where she<br />

was eliminated in the first round.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Won the Las Palmas International with Russia’s Ksenia Lykina in April <strong>2013</strong>, her ninth<br />

career doubles title and only her second title in four years.<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

• While travelling to a junior event in Peru aged 15 Emily landed in the middle of a military<br />

coup and had to be rescued by the British ambassador<br />

• Fluent in French and Spanish<br />

GRAND SLAM RECORD<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 14.07.1984<br />

Place of Birth: Bristol<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Bristol<br />

Trains: N/A<br />

Career Titles (singles): 2 ITF<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 9 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 240 (November 2011)<br />

Twitter: @ews24<br />

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W-L 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />

Australian Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

French Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Wimbledon 1-2 - 1r - - - - - - 2r - -<br />

US Open - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

469 240 448 332 475 595 713 385 272 469 673 712 -<br />

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LISA WHYBOURN <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

• Lisa Whybourn began playing senior level tournaments in March 2006.<br />

• She spent 2007 and 2008 competing predominantly at Futures level in Britain and stepped<br />

up in 2009, qualifying for Shrewsbury’s $75k event and making the second round.<br />

• In 2010, Lisa made a name for herself after reaching the third round of Wimbledon<br />

qualifying which lifted her inside the world’s top 400 for the first time, reaching a high of<br />

284 in August.<br />

• Lisa won two doubles titles in 2011 at Izmir and Istanbul.<br />

2012-13<br />

• In 2012, Lisa has focussed on $10k Futures events, making two semi-finals in Sutton and<br />

Antalya.<br />

• Lisa also secured her third doubles victory along with partner Nicola Geuer in Bath,<br />

PERSONAL:<br />

Lisa is a big fan of Burnley FC.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 11.05.1991<br />

Place of Birth: Cambridgeshire<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Lives: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire<br />

Trains: Team Bath MCTA<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

301 422 333 531 - - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Dave Sammel<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 3 ITF<br />

Highest Ranking: 250 (May 2012)<br />

Twitter: @lisawhybourn<br />

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JADE WINDLEY <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Date of Birth: 14.08.1983<br />

Date of Birth: 22/4/1990<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

Coach: Guy Galpin<br />

Career Titles (singles): 3<br />

CAREER:<br />

Jade Windley enjoyed great success as a doubles player early in her career but failed to replicate<br />

this in singles until September 2009, when she won her maiden title at London-Cumberland as<br />

she eased past fellow Brit Jocelyn Rae in the final.<br />

2012-13<br />

• Windley has been on fine form in <strong>2013</strong>, claiming her second consecutive Aegon GB Pro-<br />

Series Bournemouth singles crown in April by beating Bulgaria’s Sviatlana Pirazhenka in<br />

the final.<br />

• Her singles success rounded off a perfect week, as Windley claimed the Bournemouth<br />

doubles crown – her third of <strong>2013</strong> after doubles titles at Preston and Sutton.<br />

• Her form nearly continued into the Soweto Open, where she and Samantha Murray were<br />

edged out by Magda Linette and Chanel Simmonds.<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 16<br />

Highest Ranking: 393 (13/05/<strong>2013</strong>)<br />

2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY:<br />

Click below and choose ‘Activity’ tab to see most recent results over the last 12 months<br />

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100073178<br />

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<strong>PLAYER</strong><br />

PROFILES


DERMOT BAILEY <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Dermot was diagnosed with Perthes Disease, which affects his mobility, in early childhood and<br />

after starting to use a wheelchair he took up wheelchair tennis aged 8. He helped Great Britain to<br />

fourth place in the junior event at the World Team Cup, in both 2009 and 2011.<br />

In July 2011 he won the men’s second draw doubles at the British Open, where he was also a<br />

finalist in the boys’ singles, and started 2012, his last year as a junior, by reaching his highest<br />

junior boys’ singles world ranking of No. 6. In a season when his tournament activity was limited<br />

to six tournaments due to injury and education commitments he reached the quarter-finals of<br />

the German Open.<br />

Dermot has already improved his singles world ranking by almost 80 places this season to a<br />

career best of No. 106 after reaching the singles semi-finals at the North West Challenge and the<br />

Biel-Bienne Indoors in Switzerland. He was also runner-up in the men’s doubles at both tournaments<br />

and has improved his men’s doubles ranking to a career best No. 67.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 18.02.94<br />

Plays: Left-handed, men’s division<br />

Lives: Kettering, Northants<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles):0<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

184 159 216 266 - - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Kevin Hoey<br />

Highest Ranking: 101 (April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @dermotbailey<br />

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JAMIE BURDEKIN <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

A former Marine, Jamie took up wheelchair tennis after a car accident in 2000. He was introduced<br />

to the sport at a Tennis Foundation Camp in 2003 and was selected to represent Great<br />

Britain for the first time at the 2004 World Team Cup. He is a three -time quad singles National<br />

Champion and won the 2009 World Team Cup quad event as part of the GB team.<br />

In 2008 he capped his Paralympic Games debut by partnering fellow Briton Peter Norfolk to win<br />

bronze in the quad doubles in Beijing. After a wrist operation at the end of 2009, he made his<br />

competitive comeback in July 2010 and returned to the world’s top 10 in April 2011.<br />

Jamie was the only player to take a set off eventual gold medallist Noam Gershony of Israel at<br />

the London 2012 Paralympic Games but lost out to him in the first round. Jamie started <strong>2013</strong> by<br />

winning titles in Preston and Sunderland and was runner-up in back-to-back ITF 1 Series quad<br />

doubles events in the USA.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 10.12.79<br />

Plays: Right-handed, quad division<br />

Lives: Crosby, Merseyside<br />

Career Titles (singles): 9<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 4<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

7 6 17 6 11 10 22 - 18 33 - - - -<br />

Coach: Rob Cross<br />

Highest Ranking: 5 (May 2009)<br />

Twitter: @JamieBurdekin1<br />

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ANTONY COTTERILL <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Antony broke his neck after he fell into a shallow swimming pool in September 2003 and first<br />

played wheelchair tennis in 2004, whilst still in rehabilitation. He made his quad singles debut<br />

on the international NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour at the 2005 Belgian Open. He won his first quad<br />

singles main draw title in Sunderland in March 2007.<br />

Antony has represented Great Britain four times in the last six years in the World Team Cup, the<br />

annual Davis Cup-style wheelchair tennis flagship team event, and was a member of Great Britain’s<br />

bronze medal-winning team in the 2011 event in South Africa.<br />

Antony added to his collection of ITF 2 Series singles titles in 2012 to end the year on the verge<br />

of the world’s top 10, while he also won a series of doubles title in 2012. Cotterill has started<br />

<strong>2013</strong> by retaining his doubles titles at the North West Challenge in Preston and the North East<br />

Tournament in Sunderland. Antony recently reached the semi-finals at the ITF 1 Atlanta Open.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 13.02.80<br />

Plays: Right-handed, quad division<br />

Lives: Macclesfield, Cheshire<br />

Career Titles (singles): 8<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 13<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

11 26 16 39 14 14 41 54 - - - - -<br />

Coach: Martyn Whait<br />

Highest Ranking: 10 (May 2009)<br />

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RICHARD GREEN <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Born with cerebral palsy, Richard started playing tennis for fun with his mother, who subsequently<br />

contacted the Tennis Foundation in 2008 to enquire if Richard would be eligible to play<br />

wheelchair tennis from his powerchair. Richard is currently one a few players competing in the<br />

quad division on the international Wheelchair Tennis Tour who play from a powerchair.<br />

Richard started playing in world ranking tournaments in 2011. He started 2012 by winning the<br />

quad consolation singles and finishing runner-up in the quad doubles at the North West Challenge.<br />

He went on to win the quad consolation singles at the ITF 2 Series Open de L’Ile de Re in<br />

France, his second overseas tournament. Richard has reached the quad singles quarter-finals at<br />

the North West Challenge in Preston and the semi-finals at the North East Tournament in Sunderland,<br />

Britain’s first two world ranking tournaments of <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: October 7, 1991<br />

Plays: Right-handed, quad division<br />

Lives: Coggeshall, Colchester, Essex<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

67 - - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Peter Richmond<br />

Highest Ranking: 45 (March <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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ALFIE HEWETT <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Diagnosed with Perthes Disease at the age of seven Alfie started playing wheelchair tennis in<br />

2005 after attending a Tennis Foundation Camp. He played his first tournament in 2008 and he<br />

made his debut for Great Britain in the 2010 World Team Cup. In 2010 at the age of 12, he became<br />

the youngest Briton to gain a senior men’s singles world ranking.<br />

Alfie had an outstanding 2012, which started with him becoming just the second Brit to win the<br />

boys’ singles title at the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters in Tarbes, France, where he also won<br />

the boy’s doubles title.<br />

Alfie won a total of five men’s singles titles and eight men’s doubles titles in 2012, gaining his<br />

first senior main draw singles title at the Memorial Jens Vanherck in Belgium at which he won<br />

the two men’s singles titles, two men’s doubles titles and two junior singles titles.<br />

Alfie started <strong>2013</strong> by retaining his Junior Masters singles and doubles titles in Tarbes and becoming<br />

the world No. 1 ranked junior player.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 06.12.1997<br />

Plays: Right-handed, men’s division<br />

Lives: Cantley, Norwich<br />

Career Titles (singles): 6<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 9<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

58 120 279 - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Donna Andrews<br />

Highest Ranking: 27 (April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Website: www.alfietennis.co.uk<br />

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ED HOLT <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

An enthusiastic club player in Lincolnshire and a county stand football player, Ed was<br />

diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in September 2009 and subsequently had to have part<br />

of his right leg amputated. Ed heard about wheelchair tennis after visiting the Nottingham<br />

Indoor in October 2010.<br />

His first competitive tournament was the North West Challenge in Preston, and during 2011 he<br />

played all five NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour events in Britain that he was eligible for.<br />

Currently studying Sports Performance and training at Leeds Metropolitan University, Ed’s<br />

highlights of 2012 included reaching the men’s singles semi-finals at June’s International Open<br />

Villa de Pinto, where he also won the men’s doubles title, having claimed the first main draw<br />

doubles title of his career at the Antalya Open in Turkey in May. He has started <strong>2013</strong> by reaching<br />

the men’s consolation singles finals at Britain’s first two world ranking tournaments of the year<br />

in Preston and Sunderland.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 15.02.1992<br />

Plays: Right-handed, men’s division<br />

Lives: Leeds<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 2<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

186 207 - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Louise Assioun<br />

Highest Ranking: 143 (July 2012)<br />

Twitter: @Edholt15<br />

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LOUISE HUNT <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Louise started playing wheelchair tennis aged eight and became a very successful junior player,<br />

winning the girls’ doubles title on three occasions at the Junior Masters in Tarbes, France. She<br />

reached a career best junior ranking of No. 2 in January 2009. A two-time women’s doubles National<br />

Champion, Louise won her first senior women’s singles title in Turkey in 2009.<br />

Louise has helped GB’s women’s team to the latter stages of the World Team Cup in each of the<br />

last four seasons winning bronze medals in 2011 and 2012.<br />

She ended the 2012 season having won seven doubles titles and two singles titles, including her<br />

first ITF 2 Series women’s singles title at the Israel Open in May to ensure her qualification for<br />

London 2012, where she made her Paralympic Games debut.<br />

Louise also qualified to make her Doubles Masters debut in November 2012 and has started<br />

<strong>2013</strong> by winning two doubles titles at back-to-back tournaments in Switzerland and Great Britain<br />

and claimed the women’s singles in Sheffield and Madrid.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 24 May 1991<br />

Plays: Right-handed, women’s division<br />

Lives: Wanborough, Wiltshire<br />

Career Titles (singles): 9<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 29<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

23 18 22 35 64 72 62 60 - - - - -<br />

Coach: Alistair Ward<br />

Highest Ranking: 18 (April 2010)<br />

Twitter: @LouiseHunt1<br />

Website: www.louisehunt.net<br />

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LAUREN JONES <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Formerly a talented football player who had trials for Brighton and Hove Albion shortly before<br />

her accident, Lauren first played wheelchair tennis whilst in rehabilitation at the spinal unit at<br />

Stoke Mandeville Hospital after breaking her back when falling out of a tree in the summer of<br />

2009. Lauren went on a Tennis Foundation Wheelchair Tennis Camp in early 2010 and ended<br />

2011 by winning her first international senior doubles title in Cardiff.<br />

In 2012 she was a semi-finalist at tournaments in Switzerland and Turkey, also winning three<br />

women’s doubles titles in Turkey. She also won the junior girls’ singles at the Turkish Open and<br />

the Antalya Open in May before going on to help Great Britain win the bronze medal in the junior<br />

event the 2012 World Team Cup.<br />

In January <strong>2013</strong> she became the second Brit to become world No. 1 in the girl’s singles rankings<br />

after finishing runner-up at Sheffield and reaching the semi-finals at the ITF 2 Series North East<br />

Tournament in Sunderland, also winning the women’s doubles at both tournaments.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 8 July 1995<br />

Plays: Right-handed, women’s division<br />

Lives: Worthing, Sussex<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 6<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

48 80 - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Andrew Cooke<br />

Highest Ranking: 35 (April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @10LaurenJones<br />

Website:<br />

www.laurenjoneswheelchairtennis.com<br />

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ANDY LAPTHORNE <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Born with cerebral palsy, Andy took up wheelchair tennis after first trying the sport at a Tennis<br />

Foundation camp in 2005. After a successful career as a junior, Andy was classified into the<br />

sport’s quad division in 2008. In 2009 he made make a sensational quad doubles debut partnership<br />

with Paralympic champion Peter Norfolk to win the Florida Open title.<br />

Andy won his first two international quad singles titles in 2009 and was part of the Great Britain<br />

team that won the quad title at the World Team Cup in Nottingham. At the 2011 Australian Open,<br />

he and Norfolk became the first all-British partnership to win a wheelchair tennis Grand Slam<br />

doubles title.<br />

Andy started 2012 by partnering Norfolk to retain their Australian Open title, which was the first<br />

of four titles they won together last season before going on to win the quad doubles silver medal<br />

at the Paralympic Games. He started <strong>2013</strong> by winning reaching his first Australian Open quad<br />

singles final and first Super Series singles title at the South African Open.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 11.10.1990<br />

Plays: Left-handed, quad division<br />

Lives: Eastcote, Middlesex<br />

Career Titles (singles): 11<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 13<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

4 4 6 9 - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Naomi Cavaday<br />

and Ryan Jones<br />

Highest Ranking: 2 (April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @lapstar11<br />

Website: www.andylapthorne.com<br />

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MARC McCARROLL <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

A former semi-professional footballer, Marc first tried wheelchair tennis at the 2005 Spinal Unit<br />

Games after a car accident eight years ago. He ended 2007 with his first career title and in 2008<br />

Marc won tournaments in Switzerland and France.<br />

After narrowly missing out on qualification for the 2008 Paralympics, in 2009 Marc won three ITF<br />

Futures tournaments. He made his debut for GB at the 2009 World Team Cup and qualified for<br />

his first Wheelchair Tennis Doubles Masters in 2010. He ended 2011 with five doubles titles and<br />

qualifying for the Doubles Masters for the second successive year.<br />

In 2012 Marc won his first ITF 1 Series singles title at the South African Open, where he also won<br />

the men’s doubles. Marc and Gordon Reid made their Grand Slam debut as a doubles partnership<br />

at Wimbledon before Marc made his Paralympic Games debut at London 2012, where he and<br />

Gordon were doubles quarter-finalists. Marc started <strong>2013</strong> by winning the doubles at the North<br />

West Challenge and has won singles titles in Switzerland and Italy in March.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 19.02.85<br />

Plays: Right-handed, men’s division<br />

Lives: Ickenham, Middlesex<br />

Career Titles (singles): 11<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 27<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

20 20 21 35 43 122 262 - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Ryan Jones<br />

and Naomi Cavaday<br />

Highest Ranking: 13 (30/04/2012)<br />

Twitter: @mmccarroll1<br />

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CHARLOTTE MOORE <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 13 Sep 1998<br />

Plays: Right-Handed<br />

women’s division<br />

Lives: Coventry, Warwickshire<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

CAREER:<br />

Charlotte was born with a cancerous tumour wrapped around her spine and started playing<br />

wheelchair tennis seven years ago after attending a Tennis Foundation junior camp.<br />

In 2010 Charlotte won the girls’ singles and reached the final of the junior doubles at the 2010<br />

National Championships.<br />

Among her most notable achievements Charlotte won her first international junior ranking event<br />

at the Cardiff Wheelchair Tennis Tournament at the end of 2010, subsequently earning her first<br />

international junior ranking.<br />

Charlotte has continued to perform well in Tennis Foundation Wheelchair Tennis Development<br />

Series events and in 2011 finished runner-up in tournaments in Shrewsbury and Preston to end<br />

the season second overall in the women’s points standings.<br />

Charlotte collected her first senior National Championships trophy in 2012, when she picked up<br />

the women’s doubles title.<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Coach: Claire Williams<br />

Highest Ranking (Junior): 6<br />

(February 2011)<br />

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IAN PAYNE <strong>2013</strong><br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 07 March 1997<br />

Plays: Right-handed<br />

quad division<br />

Lives: East Farleigh, Kent<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

CAREER:<br />

Born with cerebral palsy, Ian began playing wheelchair tennis at the age of four. He competed in<br />

his first national tournament in Cardiff in 2007 and in 2008 he finished third in the junior boys’<br />

singles at the National Wheelchair Tennis Championships, while also winning the junior doubles.<br />

A year later Ian won the junior boys’ singles at the 2009 National Championships. He won the<br />

men’s B Division doubles at the 2010 British Open in Nottingham and at the 2011 National<br />

Championships in Gloucester.<br />

Whilst achieving what is still his career best junior world ranking of 29 in January 2009, Ian was<br />

selected to attend the ITF Junior Camp in Belgium in 2011. The same year he made his debut in<br />

the quad division.<br />

Amongst his most notable results since the start of 2012, Ian was a semi-finalist in the quad<br />

singles and a finalist in the quad doubles at the North West Challenge. He went on to reach the<br />

quad singles quarter-finals at the Belgian Open last July.<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

Coach: Craig McEwan<br />

Highest Ranking: 40 (January <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

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DAVID PHILLIPSON <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Born with Brittle Bone Disease, David is a former world No.2 junior player. In 2007 he was a<br />

member of the GB team that won junior World Team Cup. He won his first international singles<br />

title in 2006 and reached the second round of the Beijing 2008 Paralympics. In 2008 he played<br />

in the men’s wheelchair doubles at Wimbledon as he made his Grand Slam debut.<br />

David enjoyed a landmark season on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour in 2010, reaching the<br />

quarter-finals of three of the four Super Series tournaments. In 2011 he went on to reach his first<br />

ITF 1 Series final at the Korea Open.<br />

In 2012 David beat world top 10 ranked players in the lead up to London 2012 where he reached<br />

the last 16 in the singles and doubles.<br />

After surgery in November 2012 to replace rods in his left leg, David recently made a successful<br />

return to action in Sheffield, where he was runner-up in the men’s singles to consolidate his current<br />

British No. 3 ranking and won the men’s doubles.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 01.01.89<br />

Plays: Right-handed, men’s division<br />

Lives: Bingham, Nottinghamshire<br />

Career Titles (singles): 5<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 10<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

22 19 13 22 37 28 65 163 - - - - -<br />

Coach: Matt Lowe<br />

Highest Ranking: 11 (August 2010)<br />

Twitter: @Dangerousdavegb<br />

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GORDON REID <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Gordon started playing wheelchair tennis in 2005 after contracting transverse myelitis when he<br />

was 12. He has made progress every season since, becoming Britain’s youngest national champion<br />

at the age of 15 in 2007 and the youngest British No.1 shortly before his 18th birthday.<br />

In 2007 he collected his first senior international singles title and in 2008 he made his debut at<br />

the Beijing Paralympics and at Wimbledon. In January 2009 he became the world No.1 junior.<br />

Gordon enjoyed a tremendous 2012, including beating two world top 10 ranked players to<br />

reach his first Super Series final at the British Open. At London 2012 he reached the singles and<br />

doubles quarter-finals to become the most successful British men’s player at a Paralympic tennis<br />

event.<br />

Later in 2012 Gordon became only the second Brit to earn a top 10 men’s singles ranking and to<br />

qualify for the year-end Masters. Gordon started <strong>2013</strong> by improving his men’s singles ranking to<br />

No. 6 to become the highest ranked British men’s singles player in the history of the sport.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 02.10.91<br />

Plays: Left-handed, men’s division<br />

Lives: Helensburgh, Scotland<br />

Career Titles (singles): 19<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 19<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

9 14 17 26 66 77 - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Karen Ross<br />

Highest Ranking: 6 (April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @GordonReid91<br />

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LUCY SHUKER <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

A former Hampshire County badminton player, Lucy was injured in a motorbike accident at the<br />

age of 21 and was introduced to wheelchair tennis whilst at Salisbury Spinal Unit.<br />

She became National Singles champion in 2006 and 2009 and has reached five Grand Slam<br />

women’s doubles finals to date.<br />

Lucy won her first ITF 1 title at the Belgian Open in 2010 and in 2011 won two singles titles and<br />

three doubles titles.<br />

In 2012 Lucy was selected for her second successive Paralympic Games in London, where she<br />

and Jordanne made history when winning bronze in the women’s doubles to claim Great Britain’s<br />

first Paralympic women’s wheelchair tennis medal. Lucy and Jordanne also reached their first<br />

Grand Slam final together at Wimbledon.<br />

She also qualified for the year-end Masters for the third time and helped GB to win the bronze<br />

medal at the World Team Cup. She started <strong>2013</strong> by reaching her first Australian Open women’s<br />

singles semi-final and her second Australian Open women’s doubles final in January.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 28.05.80<br />

Plays: Right-handed, women’s division<br />

Lives: Fleet, Hampshire<br />

Trains: Taunton, Somerset<br />

Career Titles (singles): 17<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

8 12 8 11 11 10 14 18 47 - - - -<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 33<br />

Coach: Natalie Ayton<br />

Highest Ranking: 5 (March <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @lucy_shuker<br />

Website: www.lucyshuker.com<br />

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PAUL STEWART <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

A former England Hockey U18 team member, Paul was injured in a snowboarding accident in<br />

the French Alps in December 2008. He had his introduction to wheelchair tennis whilst in<br />

rehabilitation at Stoke Mandeville Spinal Unit in 2009. His first international tournament was at<br />

the North West Challenge in Preston in 2011 after beginning wheelchair tennis lessons in 2010.<br />

He also played in four tournaments in the Tennis Foundation Wheelchair Tennis Development<br />

Series in 2011, eventually finishing fifth in the men’s points standings at the end of the 2011<br />

season.<br />

One of the most recent additions to the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis Performance<br />

Programme, last season he won the men’s second draw singles at the British Open and was<br />

runner-up in the men’s singles and doubles at the Cardiff Wheelchair Tennis Tournament, while<br />

also reaching the quarter-finals of the Jerusalem Open.<br />

In <strong>2013</strong>, Paul has reached the men’s singles quarter-finals at the North West Challenge and the<br />

men’s singles semi-finals and men’s doubles final at the Sheffield Wheelchair Tennis Tournament.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: (22 Jan 1981)<br />

Plays: Left-handed, men’s division<br />

Lives: London<br />

Career Titles (singles): 0<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 0<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

95 459 - - - - - - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Katie O’Brien<br />

Highest Ranking: 72 (April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />

Twitter: @IronSpinePaul<br />

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JORDANNE WHILEY <strong>2013</strong><br />

CAREER:<br />

Born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, known as Brittle Bone Disease, Jordanne became Britain’s<br />

youngest ever National singles champion in 2007 at 14. She was the world No.1 ranked junior<br />

girl throughout 2009 and 2010 and during her junior career was three-time Junior Masters<br />

singles and doubles champion.<br />

Jordanne made her Paralympic Games debut at Beijing 2008 and in 2010 won her first ITF 2<br />

Series singles title at the Nottingham Indoor, a result that saw her make her world top 10 debut.<br />

Jordanne made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon in<br />

2011.<br />

Paralympic history beckoned as Jordanne went on to partner Lucy Shuker to win the women’s<br />

doubles bronze medal at London 2012 securing Great Britain’s first women’s wheelchair tennis<br />

Paralympic medal. Jordanne and Lucy also finished runners-up in the women’s doubles at<br />

Wimbledon, reaching their first Grand Slam final together. Jordanne has started <strong>2013</strong> by winning<br />

both the women’s singles and women’s doubles titles at the North West Challenge in Preston and<br />

the North East Tournament in Sunderland.<br />

YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />

KEY FACTS<br />

Born: 11.06.92<br />

Plays: Right-handed, women’s division<br />

Lives: Halesowen, Birmingham<br />

Career Titles (singles):12<br />

Career Titles (doubles): 23<br />

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />

12 13 10 13 20 39 48 92 - - - - - -<br />

Coach: Paul Seymour<br />

Highest Ranking: 9 (April 2011)<br />

Twitter: @jordannejoyce92<br />

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<strong>LTA</strong> <strong>PLAYER</strong><br />

SUPPORT TEAM<br />

CONTACTS<br />

Simon Jones<br />

Head of<br />

Performance<br />

Support<br />

Iain Bates<br />

Head of Women’s<br />

Tennis<br />

Karl Cooke<br />

Sport Science<br />

Manager<br />

Leon Smith<br />

Head of Men’s<br />

Tennis & Aegon<br />

GB Davis Cup<br />

Team Captain<br />

Jeremy Bates<br />

Lead Coach<br />

Women’s Tennis<br />

Max de Vylder<br />

Research &<br />

Development<br />

Manager<br />

Judy Murray<br />

Fed Cup Captain<br />

Louis Cayer<br />

Head of<br />

Performance<br />

Coaching<br />

Rob Hill<br />

Senior<br />

Physiotherapist<br />

Martin Weston<br />

Men’s Tennis<br />

Manager<br />

Andrew<br />

Lewandowski<br />

Head of Talent<br />

Management<br />

Rachel Newnham<br />

Performance<br />

Lifestyle Advisor<br />

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TENNIS FOUNDATION<br />

<strong>PLAYER</strong> PERFORMANCE TEAM<br />

CONTACTS<br />

Geraint Richards<br />

Head of<br />

Disability Player<br />

Performance<br />

Cain Berry<br />

Technical<br />

Performance<br />

Projects Manager<br />

Stuart Wilkinson<br />

Lead Coach –<br />

Wheelchair Tennis<br />

Dan Wood<br />

Physiotherapist<br />

Martyn Whait<br />

National<br />

Programme Coach<br />

– Wheelchair<br />

Tennis<br />

Karen Ross<br />

Talent Manager<br />

and Senior<br />

Performance<br />

Coach<br />

Ash Smith<br />

Performance<br />

Development<br />

Coach<br />

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<strong>LTA</strong> PERFORMANCE SUPPORT<br />

The <strong>LTA</strong> is committed to removing the barriers<br />

that prevent equal participation and access to<br />

tennis at the highest level, through providing<br />

professional and financial support to high<br />

performance players. The varying levels<br />

of support aim to help players reach their<br />

potential and are dependent upon a player’s<br />

age and progress.<br />

To ensure a transparent and fair process, the<br />

<strong>LTA</strong> has created a series of measures for the<br />

allocation of funding, as well as the granting of<br />

wildcards and other selection processes.<br />

The <strong>LTA</strong> uses a Player Matrix to measure and<br />

determine which players are eligible to receive<br />

funding.<br />

Team Aegon players receive the highest level<br />

of support from the <strong>LTA</strong>. As well as financial<br />

support in the form of programme funding and<br />

international travel assistance (ITA), they also<br />

have access to the highest level of tennis and<br />

technical support through the programme at<br />

the National Tennis Centre. This programme<br />

includes strength and conditioning training,<br />

sports science, sports medicine, performance<br />

lifestyle advice, nutritionist support, and<br />

performance analysis.<br />

Aegon FutureStars are players aged 18&U who<br />

receive funding based upon the <strong>LTA</strong> Player<br />

Matrix. The funding goes towards squad<br />

sessions, individual training, strength and<br />

conditioning, and court costs, in order to help<br />

reduce the cost of a player’s programme, and is<br />

paid directly to the performance centre where<br />

the player is training. Aegon FutureStars also<br />

receive individual support from either the <strong>LTA</strong>’s<br />

Talent Performance Managers and Coordinators,<br />

or the National Coaches, depending on their age<br />

and playing level.<br />

The Tournament Bonus Scheme was launched<br />

in 2010 and aims to reward those players<br />

competing in the Futures, Challengers and ATP/<br />

WTA tour events. This scheme is open to all non-<br />

Team Aegon players, and supplements prize<br />

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON <strong>PLAYER</strong> SUPPORT GO TO<br />

http://www.lta.org.uk/players-parents/Performance-players/Player-funding/<br />

money that is earned at these events both<br />

in the UK and abroad. As well as providing<br />

player support, it aims to remove some of<br />

the financial barriers professional players<br />

may face as they strive to make a successful<br />

transition to the senior game.<br />

The <strong>LTA</strong> has also implemented a Performance<br />

Centre Network of 100 centres which<br />

are supported with people, resources,<br />

and funding, in order to create worldclass<br />

training programmes for the next<br />

generation of players. Performance Centres<br />

work with players aged up to 12, whilst<br />

High Performance and International High<br />

Performance Centres work with 12 – 18 and<br />

older players. The centres are funded using<br />

an incentivising system that rewards them<br />

for the level of players they have produced<br />

over the previous seasons. The purpose of the<br />

Performance Centre Network is to produce<br />

‘A’ matrix international players who are<br />

supported by the best coaches, and training<br />

at the best centres in the country.<br />

TEAM AEGON<br />

Team Aegon is the group of elite<br />

performance players who receive the<br />

highest level of support from the <strong>LTA</strong>.<br />

These 21 players are currently part of the<br />

<strong>2013</strong> programme:<br />

ELENA BA<strong>LTA</strong>CHA<br />

LUKE BAMBRIDGE<br />

LIAM BROADY<br />

ELEANOR DEAN<br />

KATY DUNNE<br />

KYLE EDMUND<br />

COLIN FLEMING<br />

OLIVER GOLDING<br />

EVAN HOYT<br />

ROSS HUTCHINS<br />

DOMINIC INGLOT<br />

ANNE KEOTHAVONG<br />

JOHANNA KONTA<br />

JONNY MARRAY<br />

JAMES MARSALEK<br />

TARA MOORE<br />

GEORGE MORGAN<br />

LAURA ROBSON<br />

JAMES WARD<br />

JOSHUA WARD-HIBBERT<br />

HEATHER WATSON<br />

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AEGON BRITISH JUNIOR<br />

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2012<br />

18U BOYS’ CHAMPION<br />

Scott Clayton<br />

18U GIRLS’ CHAMPION<br />

Beth Askew<br />

16U BOYS’ CHAMPION<br />

Julian Cash<br />

16U GIRLS’ CHAMPION<br />

Lana Rush<br />

14U BOYS’ CHAMPION<br />

Marcus Walters<br />

14U GIRLS’ CHAMPION<br />

Gabriella Taylor<br />

12U BOYS’ CHAMPION<br />

Finn Bass<br />

12U GIRLS’ CHAMPION<br />

Emily Appleton<br />

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AEGON:<br />

LEAD PARTNER OF<br />

BRITISH TENNIS<br />

AEGON IS PROUD OF ITS<br />

SPONSORSHIP OF BRITISH<br />

TENNIS, WHICH AIMS NOT ONLY<br />

TO ENGAGE WITH EVERYONE<br />

WHO ENJOYS WATCHING OR<br />

PLAYING THE GAME, BUT ALSO TO<br />

ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE OF<br />

ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO PLAY<br />

THE SPORT.<br />

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT<br />

www.aegontennis.co.uk<br />

AEGON UK’S HEAD OF<br />

SPONSORSHIP,<br />

IAN MURRAY:<br />

‘AS the Lead Partner of British Tennis, we’re<br />

delighted to sponsor world-class events like<br />

the Aegon Championships, Aegon Classic and<br />

Aegon International. However it’s not just<br />

the big events we’re backing; we’re helping to<br />

transform the sport at all levels.<br />

‘Our investment into tennis is designed to<br />

encourage and support more people to play<br />

at all levels – be it through the Aegon Schools<br />

Tennis or Aegon Parks Tennis programmes,<br />

or through performance programmes such as<br />

Team Aegon or the Aegon FutureStars.’<br />

FAST FACTS<br />

AEGON’S SPONSORSHIP<br />

IN NUMBERS:<br />

2 national teams: the Aegon GB<br />

Davis Cup and Aegon GB Fed Cup Teams<br />

3 world class grass-court<br />

tournaments: the Aegon<br />

Championships, the Aegon Classic and the<br />

Aegon International<br />

More than 170 domestic<br />

competitions including the Aegon<br />

GB Pro-Series and Aegon Team Tennis<br />

217 Aegon Parks Tennis sites<br />

are now in operation<br />

More than 1,000 talented<br />

juniors have been supported by the<br />

Aegon FutureStars programme with over<br />

480 on the <strong>2013</strong> programme<br />

Over 1,000 registered Places<br />

to Play and more than 25,000 players<br />

compete in Aegon Team Tennis<br />

More than 10,000 juniors<br />

involved in the Aegon Summer Regional<br />

Tour in <strong>2013</strong><br />

Over 16,000 schools through the<br />

Aegon Schools Tennis programme – more<br />

than half of all schools in Great Britain<br />

More than 2.1 million children<br />

have access to free tennis equipment<br />

through the Aegon Schools Tennis<br />

programme<br />

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<strong>2013</strong> BRITISH TOURNAMENTS<br />

<strong>LTA</strong> CALENDAR<br />

CONTACTS<br />

NUMBER COMMENCING<br />

WEEK WEEK EVENT DATES VENUE<br />

1 31-DEC<br />

2 7-JAN<br />

3 14-JAN AGBPS GLASGOW: MEN’S $10K & WOMEN’S $10K (IH) 12 - 20 JAN SCOTSTOUN LC, GLASGOW<br />

4 21-JAN AGBPS PRESTON: MEN’S $10K & WOMEN’S $10K (IH) 19 - 27 JAN SOUTH RIBBLE, PRESTON<br />

5 28-JAN AGBPS SHEFFIELD: MEN’S $10K (IH) 26 JAN - 2 FEB GRAVES TC, SHEFFIELD<br />

6 4-FEB AGBPS WIRRAL: MEN’S $10K (IH) 2 - 9 FEB WIRRAL S&LC<br />

7 11-FEB<br />

8 18-FEB<br />

9 25-FEB AGBPS CARDIFF: MEN’S $10K (IH) 23 FEB - 2 MAR VA CARDIFF<br />

10 4-MAR AGBPS SHREWSBURY: MEN’S $10K (IH) 3 – 10 MAR SHREWSBURY CLUB<br />

AGBPS SUTTON: WOMEN’S $10K (IH) 3 - 10 MAR SUTTON TA<br />

11 11-MAR AGBPS BATH: MEN’S $10K & WOMEN’S $15K (IH) 9 - 17 MAR UNI OF BATH TC<br />

12 18-MAR AGBPS SUNDERLAND: MEN’S $10K & WOMEN’S $15K (IH) 16 - 24 MAR SUNDERLAND TC<br />

13 25-MAR<br />

14 1-APR<br />

15 8-APR AGBPS EDGBASTON: WOMEN’S $25K (IH) 6 - 13 APR EDGBASTON PRIORY CLUB<br />

16 15-APR<br />

17 22-APR AGBPS BOURNEMOUTH: MEN’S $10K & WOMEN’S $10K (OC) 20 - 28 APR WEST HANTS CLUB, BOURNEMOUTH<br />

18 29-APR AGBPS EDINBURGH: MEN’S $10K & WOMEN’S $10K (OC) 27 APR - 5 MAY CRAIGLOCKHART TC, EDINBURGH<br />

19 6-MAY AGBPS NEWCASTLE: MEN’S $10K (OC) 4 - 11 MAY NORTHUMBERLAND CLUB,<br />

20 13-MAY<br />

21 20-MAY<br />

22 27-MAY<br />

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE<br />

23 3-JUN AEGON TROPHY 1 – 9 JUN NOTTINGHAM TC<br />

24 10-JUN AEGON NOTTINGHAM CHALLENGE 8 – 16 JUN NOTTINGHAM TC<br />

CONTINUED...<br />

OH = OUTDOOR HARD (ACRYLIC); IH = INDOOR HARD (ACRYLIC);<br />

OC = OUTDOOR CLAY; OG = OUTDOOR GRASS<br />

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<strong>2013</strong> BRITISH TOURNAMENTS<br />

<strong>LTA</strong> CALENDAR<br />

CONTACTS<br />

NUMBER COMMENCING<br />

WEEK WEEK EVENT DATES VENUE<br />

25 17-JUN<br />

26 24-JUN<br />

27 1-JUL MEN’S $10K (OG) 29 JUN - 6 JUL THE NORTHERN CLUB, MANCHESTER<br />

28 8-JUL MEN’S $10K (OG) 6 - 13 JUL ILKLEY LTC<br />

29 15-JUL MEN’S $10K (OG)* 13 - 20 JUL FELIXSTOWE LTC<br />

WOMEN’S $25K (OH)* 13 - 20 JUL FOXHILLS LTC, WOKING<br />

30 22-JUL WOMEN’S $25K (OH) 20 - 27 JUL NORTH WALES REGIONAL TC, WREXHAM<br />

31 29-JUL MEN’S $15K & WOMEN’S $10K (OH) - COMBINED 27 JUL - 4 AUG NOTTINGHAM TC<br />

32 5-AUG MEN’S $15K (OH) 3 - 10 AUG VA RIVERSIDE CHISWICK<br />

33 12-AUG<br />

34 19-AUG<br />

35 26-AUG MEN’S $10K (OH) 24 - 31 AUG NORTH WALES REGIONAL TC, WREXHAM<br />

36 2-SEP MEN’S $10K (OH) 31 AUG - 7 SEP GRAVES TC, SHEFFIELD<br />

37 9-SEP MEN’S $10K (OH) 7 - 14 SEP NTC, ROEHAMPTON<br />

38 16-SEP WOMEN’S $25K (IH) 14 - 21 SEP SHREWSBURY CLUB<br />

39 23-SEP WOMEN’S $25K (IH) 21 - 28 SEP LOUGHBOROUGH UNI<br />

40 30-SEP<br />

OH = OUTDOOR HARD (ACRYLIC); IH = INDOOR HARD (ACRYLIC);<br />

OC = OUTDOOR CLAY; OG = OUTDOOR GRASS<br />

41 7-OCT MEN’S $10K (IH) 5 - 12 OCT VA CARDIFF<br />

42 14-OCT MEN’S $10K (IH) 12 - 19 OCT LOUGHBOROUGH UNI<br />

43 21-OCT MEN’S $10K (IH) 19 - 26 OCT TIPTON SA<br />

44 28-OCT MEN’S $10K (IH)* 26 OCT - 2 NOV EDGBASTON PRIORY CLUB<br />

WOMEN’S $75K (IH)* 26 OCT - 2 NOV TARKA TC, BARNSTAPLE<br />

45 4-NOV WOMEN’S $10K (IH) 2 - 9 NOV LOUGHBOROUGH UNI<br />

46 11-NOV WOMEN’S $10K (IH) 10 - 17 NOV MANCHESTER TC<br />

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