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Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship Announces Competitors
The tennis championship takes place in Winnetka June 27-July 2.
The Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship is a few weeks away and the tennis players competing in the tournament were announced this week.
This the the 20th year that the has hosted the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Challenger. The players who participate have a world ranking between 40-200 and they compete to improve their rank and advance to bigger tournaments, according to a press release.
Brian Dabul of Argentina was last year's champion and he will be competing this year. So will tournament finalist Tim Smyczek of the United States.
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Below are the names, ranking and home country of the 22 main draw players:
Ball, Carsten AUS 209
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Bester, Philip CAN 245
Bubka, Sergei UKR 230
Capdeville, Paul CHI 139
Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 201
Dabul, Brian ARG 149
De Voest, Rik RSA 154
Jones, Greg AUS 221
Kendrick, Robert USA 96
Klec, Ivo SVK 236
Kuznetsov, Alex USA 214
Polansky, Peter CAN 240
Pospisil, Vasek CAN 211
Reynolds, Bobby USA 141
Russell, Michael USA 91
Sela, Dudi ISR 94
Smyczek, Tim USA 186
Soeda, Go JPN 130
Udomchoke, Danai THA 220
Weintraub, Amir ISR 223
Wolmarans, Fritz RSA 202
Young, Donald USA 124
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