LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013

LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013 LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013

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JAZZI PLEWS 2013 KEY FACTS Date of Birth: 28.02.1998 Place of Birth: Beverley, East Yorkshire Plays: Right-handed Lives: Barcelona, Spain Trains: Academia Sanchez-Casal CAREER: • In 2010 Jazzi represented GB in the World Team Finals, winning three of four singles matches, won the AEGON British Junior National Championships and finished the summer ranked inside the top 40 on the 14U Tennis Europe rankings. • Jazzi took her first ITF junior tournament in Casablanca in March 2012 without dropping a set. • Continued to demonstrate her prowess on clay by winning four out of the next five competitions on the surface, and scooped a doubles title with Lana Rush in Brazil in October • Reached a career high junior ITF ranking of 91 in January 2013 PERSONAL: • Daughter of Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) national junior coach Richard Plews • Although originally from Yorkshire, Jazzi currently resides in Barcelona, Spain, where she trains on the clay at the Sanchez-Casal Tennis Academy Coach: Richard Plews and Stefan Ortega Career Titles (singles): 5 ITF junior Career Titles (doubles): 1 ITF junior Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 91 2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY: Click below and choose ‘Activity’ tab to see most recent results over the last 12 months http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100169441 (January 2013) Agent: IMG LTA Player Guide 56

CALLUM POLAND-SMITH 2013 KEY FACTS Date of Birth: 25.04.1995 Plays: Right-handed Trains: Team Bath Tennis Academy Career Titles (singles): 1 ITF junior Career Titles (doubles): 3 ITF juniors 2012-13 SINGLES ACTIVITY: Click below and choose ‘Activity’ tab to see most recent results over the last 12 months http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100167223 for junior activity, please click here: http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100167223 CAREER: • Beginning his career in 2010, Callum Poland-Smith won his first ITF Junior doubles title in early 2011 at the Barbados Junior International. • He followed this up with a second in October at the Almere Autumn Indoor. 2012-13 • Callum secured his biggest win at the Tashkent ITF Juniors in Uzbekistan by defeating the fourth seeds on the way to the prestigious junior trophy. • He also secured his first singles title in Malaysia at the Sarawak Chief Minister’s Cup in November. • He also began his senior career in 2013, playing in a couple of Futures events. PERSONAL: Callum started playing tennis at seven years old and his favourite surface is grass. Highest Ranking: ITF Combined 130 (January 2013) LTA Player Guide 57

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 />

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=100169441<br />

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

Agent: IMG<br />

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

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