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Familiar Names Dot Field for Stillwater Pro Tennis Classic
September 21, 2017 | Cowgirl Tennis
Full Information and Field
STILLWATER – Featuring a handful of familiar names, the field for next week's Stillwater Pro Tennis Classic was released Thursday afternoon. Several Cowgirls are set to compete at the event, which is set to begin Sunday, Sept. 24.
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Cowgirls Vladica Babic, Sofia Blanco, Marina Guinart and Katarina Stresnakova are all set to compete in the main draw of the event, which begins Tuesday. Newcomer Lisa Marie Rioux will open action on Sunday in the qualifying draw.
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Former Cowgirl All-American Katarina Adamovic received a qualifying wild card to compete at the event as well.
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Aside from the past and present Cowgirls, the field features nine players ranked in the top 300 of the world rankings and 20 in the top 500, led by the former two-time NCAA Champion Danielle Collins, who is ranked No. 160 in the world and took home the singles title at the inaugural Stillwater Pro Tennis Classic a year ago.
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Other top-200 players in the event include Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic (No. 172) and Switzerland's Connie Perrin (No. 193).
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Oklahoma native Lindsey Lee Waters will be competing at the event as well. Waters reached a career high ranking of No. 43 in 1996 at the age of 19. She has over 250 career singles wins on the WTA tour.
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Stanford's Carol Zhao is among the list of non-Cowgirl former collegiate players in the main draw. Zhao was the Cardinal's top singles player during its 2016 title run, and finished that campaign ranked No. 24 in the ITA singles rankings.
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Current non-Cowgirl collegiate players set to compete at the event include All-Americans Anna Danilina (Florida), Gabriela Talaba (Texas Tech) and Arianne Hartono (Ole Miss), along with Felicity Maltby (Texas Tech) and Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa).
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About the USTA Pro Circuit
With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. The USTA launched its Pro Circuit in 1979 to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and it has since grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering nearly $3 million in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Victoria Azarenka, Eugenie Bouchard, John Isner, Madison Keys, Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori, Sam Querrey and Caroline Wozniacki are among today's top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit.
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STILLWATER – Featuring a handful of familiar names, the field for next week's Stillwater Pro Tennis Classic was released Thursday afternoon. Several Cowgirls are set to compete at the event, which is set to begin Sunday, Sept. 24.
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Cowgirls Vladica Babic, Sofia Blanco, Marina Guinart and Katarina Stresnakova are all set to compete in the main draw of the event, which begins Tuesday. Newcomer Lisa Marie Rioux will open action on Sunday in the qualifying draw.
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Former Cowgirl All-American Katarina Adamovic received a qualifying wild card to compete at the event as well.
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Aside from the past and present Cowgirls, the field features nine players ranked in the top 300 of the world rankings and 20 in the top 500, led by the former two-time NCAA Champion Danielle Collins, who is ranked No. 160 in the world and took home the singles title at the inaugural Stillwater Pro Tennis Classic a year ago.
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Other top-200 players in the event include Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic (No. 172) and Switzerland's Connie Perrin (No. 193).
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Oklahoma native Lindsey Lee Waters will be competing at the event as well. Waters reached a career high ranking of No. 43 in 1996 at the age of 19. She has over 250 career singles wins on the WTA tour.
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Stanford's Carol Zhao is among the list of non-Cowgirl former collegiate players in the main draw. Zhao was the Cardinal's top singles player during its 2016 title run, and finished that campaign ranked No. 24 in the ITA singles rankings.
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Current non-Cowgirl collegiate players set to compete at the event include All-Americans Anna Danilina (Florida), Gabriela Talaba (Texas Tech) and Arianne Hartono (Ole Miss), along with Felicity Maltby (Texas Tech) and Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa).
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About the USTA Pro Circuit
With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. The USTA launched its Pro Circuit in 1979 to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points, and it has since grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering nearly $3 million in prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities nationwide. Victoria Azarenka, Eugenie Bouchard, John Isner, Madison Keys, Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori, Sam Querrey and Caroline Wozniacki are among today's top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit.
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