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THE ASCENSION PROJECT WOMENS CHALLENGER
THE ASCENSION PROJECT WOMENS CHALLENGERREDDING, CA * SEPTEMBER 7-14, 2014 Preview Notes as of Sept. 5, 2014 TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW : Sun Oaks Tennis & Fitness Redding, Calif. Qualifying Draw THE ASCENSION PROJECT WOMENS CHALLENGER RETURNS TO REDDING FOR 12TH YEJennifer Brady, who finished her freshman year this past season at UCLA and competed as a part of UCLAs 2014 NCAA Championship-winning team. As a junior, Brady peaked at No. 36 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in October 2012 and competed in the junior US Open, French Open and Wimbledon. , who drew international attention in 1999 by becoming the first female qualifier in Wimbledon history to reach the semifinals. She was ranked in the year-end Top 100 each year from 1999 to 2003, peaking at No. 18 in 2002. Injuries drove her ranking into the 600s in 2005, but Stevenson rebounded to climb back into the Top 200 in 2009, advancing to the final at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif., for her best result on the USTA Pro Circuit since 1998. She is the dCaitlin Whoriskey, a former University of Tennessee standout, who was named the 2010 College Senior Player of the Year after leading the Volunteers to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight seasons. Whoriskey captured her first career USTA Pro Circuit singles title this May at the $10,000 event in Hilton Head Island, S.C., where she also won the doubles crown. She has also captured seven USTA Pro Circuit and ITF-level doubles titles throughout the world. This year, Whoriskey won the US Open National Playoffs, earning a wild card into US Open qualifying, where she won Former world No. 158 Lauren Albanese, who reached at least one USTA Pro Circuit final each year from 2006 to 2009 and advanced to two semifinals in an injury-shortened 2011. Last year, Albanese won her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in seven years, taking the title at the $10,000
event in Austin, Texas. She won the UST
event in Austin, Texas. She won the USTA Girls 18s title in 2006 to earn a wild card into the US Open, where she advanced to the second round in womens singles. She also competed in the US Open in 2007. Tournament Points and Prize Money for $25,000 Womens Level Winner -UpSemifinalistQuarterfinalist Round 16Round 32Singles Prize Money$3,919 $2,091 $1,114 $654 $392 $228 Singles WTA Ranking Points50 30 18 9 5 1 Doubles Prize Money (team)$1,437 $719 $359 $196 $131 -- Community Events Saturday, September 6 Ascension Wine TastiSunday, September 7 Team Ascension Doubles Grand Prix, 6:00 p.m. Monday, September 8 Road to College Workshop, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 9Wednesday, September 10Wednesday, September 10 Sun Oaks Junior Clinic, 4:30 p.m. Friday, September 12 Saturday, September 13 Kids Carnival, 9:00-10:30 a.m.; High School Girls Clinic, 11:00 a.m.; 10 and Under Tennis Exhibition Sunday, September 14ic, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Redding Past Champions Year Winner Runner-Up 2013 Adriana Perez (VEN) Robin Anderson (USA) 2012 Chelsey Gullickson (USA) Allie Will (USA) 2011 Julia Boserup (USA) Olga Puchkova (RUS) 2010 Jamie Hampton (USA) Jelena Pandzic (CRO) 2009 Laura Granville (USA) Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 2008 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 2007 Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) Ekaterina Afinogenova (RUS) 2006 Diana Ospina (USA) Anne Keothavong (GBR) 2005 Lucie Safarova (CZE) Ivana Lisjak (CRO) 2004 Anne Keothavong (GBR) Mashona Washington (USA) 2003 Jana Nejedly
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(CAN) Zheng Jie (CHN) Doubles Year Winner 2013 Robin Anderson (USA) Lauren Embree (USA) 2012 Jacqueline Cako (USA) Sanaz Marand (USA) 2011 Maria Sanchez (USA) Yasmin Schnack (USA) 2010 Christina Fusano (USA) Yasmin Schnack (USA) 2009 Anna Orlik (BLR) Masa Zec-Peskiric (SLO) 2008 Angela Haynes (USA) Abigail Spears (USA) 2007 Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) Julie Ditty (USA) 2006 Vasilisa Bardina (RUS) Ahsha Role (USA) 2005 Yulia Beygelzeimer (UKR) Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 2004 Jennifer Hopkins (USA) Mashona Washington (USA) 2003 Yan Zi (CHN) Zheng Jie (CHN) About the USTA Pro Circuit With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000to $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiringtennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. Celebrating its 35 anniversary in 2014, the USTA launched its Pro Circuitto provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and it has sincegrown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering nearly $3 million inprize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in citiesnationwide. John IsnerMaria SharapovaMardy Fish,Sloane StephensSam QuerreyLi Na and Andy Murray are among todays top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. The USTA Pro Circuit is world-class tennis administered on the local level and played on local tennis courts as part of the fabric of communities nationwide -- an opportunity for current and new fans to experience the excitement and intensity of the professional game in their neighborhoo