LONG BEACH, Calif. (Jan. 9, 2017) – With a singles main draw looking very similar to last week’s $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures tournament at USC, this week’s Legends Long Beach USTA Pro Circuit presented by USTA Southern California continued Monday at El Dorado Park Tennis with final qualifying matches completed.

main draw singles 1-9-17       main draw doubles 1-9-17       Tuesday Schedule

Nineteen-year-old former US Open Boys’ singles finalist Tommy Paul was announced as the top seeded men’s player as the singles and doubles main draw was revealed. Paul, who lost to Taylor Fritz at the Open in 2015, won the 2015 French Open junior singles title, becoming the sixth American ever to win the boys’ championship in Paris.

Tommy Paul

Paul peaked at a career-high No. 3 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in fall 2015. As a pro, Paul captured the first USTA Pro Circuit singles titles of his career in 2016 at the $10,000 Futures events in Plantation, Fla., and Sunrise, Fla.

Paul opens play in Long Beach on Tuesday against Russian Markos Kalovelonis. Last week’s USC winner Mackenzie McDonald will start play on Wednesday against qualifier from the University of Virginia J.C. Aragone.

Wild cards include three USC players: freshmen Brandon Holt, Riley Smith and sophomore Logan Smith.

Winning the third of three straight qualifying matches to make the main draw on Monday included: Ronnie Schneider, Aragone, Mico Santiago, Jenson Brooksby, Nick Crystal, Nathan Lammons, Robert Galloway and Henry Craig.

Community Events for the Legends Long Beach USTA Pro Circuit presented by USTA Southern California:
Saturday, Jan. 14: Kid’s Day; 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. at El Dorado Park Tennis Center.
Sunday, Jan. 15: Free Cardio Tennis Clinic; 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.