Davis Cuppers, National Champion Florida Gators Highlight Mardy Fish Pro Tennis Entries 🎾😃
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Davis Cup players from five countries, two members of the Florida Gator 2021 NCAA Championship team and the 2022 Australian Open junior boys singles champion highlight the main draw singles entries into the 2023 Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation Tennis Championships, the $15,000 U.S. Tennis Association Pro Circuit event to be played April 24-30 at the Vero Beach Tennis & Fitness Club at Timber Ridge.
The leading entry is Adrian Boitan, the No. 5 player in Romania and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team, ranked No. 510 in the ATP singles rankings.
Boitan is joined in the 32-player singles field by Peter Bertran and Roberto Cid Subervi, members of the Davis Cup team from the Dominican Republic, ranked No. 637 and No. 667, respectively, as well as Jesse Flores, a former standout at the University of Miami and a Davis Cup player for Costa Rica, is also among the main draw entries into the tournament.
Ricardo Rodriquez, the all-time leading Davis Cup player from Venezuela, will once again return to compete in Vero Beach for a seventh straight year. Rodriquez, a fan favorite in Vero Beach, was a singles finalist in Vero Beach in 2021 and a doubles champion last year.
Andres Andrade, a Davis Cupper for Ecuador, joins former University of Florida teammate Duarte Vale of Portugal, in the field. Both were members of the Florida Gator 2021 NCAA championship team. Vale won the doubles title in Vero Beach in 2021 and just last week competed in the main draw in doubles at the ATP Tour event in Estoril, Portugal partnering former Gator teammate and former Vero Beach competitor Ben Shelton. They were defeated by 2020 U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem and Joao Sousa of Portugal.
Davis Cup players from five countries, two members of the Florida Gator 2021 NCAA Championship team and the 2022 Australian Open junior boys singles champion highlight the main draw singles entries into the 2023 Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation Tennis Championships, the $15,000 U.S. Tennis Association Pro Circuit event to be played April 24-30 at the Vero Beach Tennis & Fitness Club at Timber Ridge.
The leading entry is Adrian Boitan, the No. 5 player in Romania and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team, ranked No. 510 in the ATP singles rankings.
Boitan is joined in the 32-player singles field by Peter Bertran and Roberto Cid Subervi, members of the Davis Cup team from the Dominican Republic, ranked No. 637 and No. 667, respectively, as well as Jesse Flores, a former standout at the University of Miami and a Davis Cup player for Costa Rica, is also among the main draw entries into the tournament.
Ricardo Rodriquez, the all-time leading Davis Cup player from Venezuela, will once again return to compete in Vero Beach for a seventh straight year. Rodriquez, a fan favorite in Vero Beach, was a singles finalist in Vero Beach in 2021 and a doubles champion last year.
Andres Andrade, a Davis Cupper for Ecuador, joins former University of Florida teammate Duarte Vale of Portugal, in the field. Both were members of the Florida Gator 2021 NCAA championship team. Vale won the doubles title in Vero Beach in 2021 and just last week competed in the main draw in doubles at the ATP Tour event in Estoril, Portugal partnering former Gator teammate and former Vero Beach competitor Ben Shelton. They were defeated by 2020 U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem and Joao Sousa of Portugal.
Bruno Kuzuhara and Ben Shelton in Vero Beach in 2021
Bruno Kuzuhara, the 2022 Australian Open junior singles and doubles winner, is the fourth-leading entry into the Vero Beach with a No. 617 ATP ranking. Kuzuhara also competed in Vero Beach in 2021 and won the USTA National Boys’ 18 doubles title that year with partnering Shelton. Kuzuhara is one of seven American to receive direct entry into the event.
Top U.S. juniors also in the field include Kyle Kang, a quarterfinalist at the 2022 U.S. Open junior championships, and Aidan Kim, a new Florida Gator signee who reached the third round of the Wimbledon junior championships in 2022.
“This is very solid and diverse field of talented world-class tennis players once again descending on Vero Beach to compete for ATP rankings points and prize money and take important first steps in professional tennis,” said Tom Fish, the president emeritus of the Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation. “It’s always exciting to watch some of the world’s best tennis players play in an intimate setting here and then years later see some of these very same players who fans watched and spoke to here in Vero Beach competing at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the biggest stages in tennis.”
Bruno Kuzuhara
Daily, weekly and reserved seating tickets can be purchased at MardyFishChildrensFoundation.org or at the front gate at the Vero Beach Tennis & Fitness Club.
The Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation Tennis Championships has been held in Vero Beach since 1995 and, since 2016, has benefitted the Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation, the non-profit foundation benefiting children named for Vero Beach native son Mardy Fish, a former top 10 tennis star, U.S. Davis Cup hero and silver medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games.
Tournament Information
USTA Pro Circuit Tennis Tournament
April 24 - 30, 2023 at Vero Beach Tennis & Fitness Club. Contact Lynn Southerly at Lsouth1072@gmail.com