Champions Cup Presented by Woods Park Tennis

April 1, 2015

About The Event

Tennis champions John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, Jim Courier and James Blake will compete in the “Champions Cup Presented by Woods Park Tennis as part of the 2015 PowerShares Series champion’s tennis circuit.

The one-night event will feature two one-set semifinal matches, followed by a one–set championship match. Tickets and unique VIP fan experience packages are now on sale. 

McEnroe won seven majors singles titles in his career along with 10 other majors in doubles and mixed doubles. He won the U.S. Open four times and Wimbledon three times and helped the United States to the Davis Cup title five times. He captured 77 career singles titles and 78 career doubles titles on the ATP tour. He has continued his fine play on the Champion’s Tour, winning numerous champions events around the world since his final full-time year on the ATP Tour in 1992, including the points title on last year’s PowerShares Series. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999.

Roddick was the top American man in professional tennis over the last 10 years, winning the 2003 U.S. Open while also posting runner-up finishes at Wimbledon in 2004, 2005 and 2009. He achieved the world No. 1 ranking in 2003 and guided the United States to the Davis Cup title in 2007 – the first championship for the U.S. in 12 years. He concluded his sure-to-be Hall of Fame career at the 2012 U.S. Open.

Courier won a pair of French and Australian Open singles titles in the early 1990s when he became the first American to reach the No. 1 ranking since McEnroe in 1985. Courier was also the youngest player to reach all four major singles finals in a career when he reached the Wimbledon final in 1993 at age 22. He also guided the U.S. to Davis Cup titles in 1992 and 1995 and currently serves as the U.S. team captain. Courier was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.

Blake ended his 14-year ATP career, that saw him win 10 singles titles and reach a career high ranking of No. 4, at the 2013 U.S. Open. Blake is best known for playing singles for the U.S. Davis Cup team in helping the United States win the 2007 title – the first win for a U.S. team since 1995. Last year, he finished No. 2 on the PowerShares Series rankings behind John McEnroe.

The PowerShares Series, the North American tennis circuit for champion tennis players, will visit 12 cities in 2015 and conclude Saturday, May 2 in Vancouver. The full 2015 PowerShares Series schedule with field of players are as follows:

EVENT SCHEDULE 

3:00 PM Play with the Pros Session A with McEnroe/Courier
4:00 PM Play with the Pros Session B with Roddick/Blake
5:30 PM Player Party Experience
6:30 PM Backstage Experience
7:00 PM Semi-final #1 (one set)
7:45 PM Semi-final #2 (one set)
8:30 PM Finals (one set)
9:45 PM Event Conclusion

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JAMES BLAKE

James Blake began playing tennis as a member of the Harlem Junior Tennis Program at age 5. As a child, he had to overcome severe scoliosis which forced him to wear a back brace 18 hours a day. Blake, best known for his speed and powerful forehand, reached 3 Grand Slam quarterfinals and, in 2006, became the first African-American player since Arthur Ashe to reach the Top 10 in the ATP Rankings.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

+In 2002, he won his first ATP title in singles (Washington) and doubles (Cincinnati, with Todd Martin).

+Blake reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinals at the 2005 U.S. Open. He also reached the quarterfinals at the 2006 U.S. Open and the 2008 Australian Open.

+He finished the 2006 season at No. 4 in the ATP Rankings and as the No. 1 American for the first time in his career.

+In 2007, Blake’s 5-2 singles record helped the U.S. win the Davis Cup title.

+Blake finished 4th at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

+17 Career Titles – 10 in singles; 7 in doubles

JIM COURIER
In the early 90s he dominated the mens professional tennis circuit with a game he fashioned out of grit, determination and a punishing inside-out forehand. He was the first in his class - which includes Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi - to hold the No. 1 world ranking. In 2005, Jim was elected for induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

+In 1989 he won his first ATP Tour title in singles (Basel) and doubles (Rome, with Pete Sampras) at age 19.

+Courier captured his first Grand Slam in 1991 at the French Open, beating Andre Agassi in the first all-American final at Roland-Garros since 1954.

+He achieved World No.1 ranking in 1992 and was named ATP Tour player of the year.

+He won a total of four Grand Slam titles (two French, two Australian).

+Jim played on two winning U.S. Davis Cup teams 192 and 1995). His overall record is 17-10 in 14 ties. In the 102-year history of the Davis Cup, no other American has ever taken his team into a fifth set of the deciding match and won. Courier did it twice.

+He finished 2004 with the No.1 world ranking on the Delta Champions Tour, winning the year-end tour champions event.

+29 career titles - 23 in singles; 6 in doubles

JOHN MCENROE
McEnroe burst onto the international tennis scene while still a student at Stanford University. In 1977 he broke through from the qualifying rounds to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. He turned pro the following year.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

+McEnroe won 17 Grand Slam titles - 7 in singles (3 Wimbledon, 4 U.S. Open; 10 in doubles (5 Wimbledon, 4 U.S. Open, 1 French Open).

+He played on U.S. Davis Cup teams a record 13 years, helping to win the Cup for his country five times (1978, 79, 81, 82, 92).

+John finished the year as the No. 1 player in the world four different times (1981-84), becoming the youngest man ever to achieve the No.1 ranking.

+In 1980, he played a match that many consider to be the best in the history of tennis - a five-set marathon loss to Borg in the Wimbledon final. The next year, McEnroe reversed that result, beating Borg at Wimbledon, and again at the U.S. Open.

+154 career titles: 77 in singles; 77 in doubles

ANDY RODDICK
Andy Roddick was the top American tennis player for nearly a decade. He finished nine consecutive seasons in the Top 10 in the ATP rankings and reached No.1 in the rankings in 2003. Roddick, best known for his powerful serve, won the 2003 U.S. Open and reached 4 other Grand Slam Finals.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

+In 2000, Roddick won two Junior Grand Slam Titles, the Junior Australian Open and the Junior U.S. Open.

+He won the 2003 U.S. Open, defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets.

+In the 2009 Wimbledon final, one of his most memorable matches, Roddick held serve 37 consecutive games before falling to Rodger Federer in 5 sets.

+He achieved World No.1 ranking in November 2003. Andy held the No.1 spot for 13 weeks.

+During the 2004 Davis Cup Semifinals, Roddick hit the fastest recorded serve in history (at the time), 155 miles per hour.

+36 Career Titles – 32 in singles; 4 in doubles

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