Ivanisevic, Haas and Stevenson Lead List Of 2004 NASDAQ Wildcards
MIAMI (March, 2004) -Goran Ivanisevic, the 2001 Wimbledon champion, and former World No. 2 Tommy Haas join former Wimbledon semifinalist Alexandra Stevenson in heading a list of wildcards to the 2004 NASDAQ-100 Open announced by tournament director Adam Barrett.
The 20th NASDAQ-100 Open will take place March 24- April 4, 2004 at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park. Call 305-442-3367 for tickets or access the website at NASDAQ-100open.com.
Ivanesevic, a 1996 finalist in Miami, and Haas are both on the comeback trail after being sidelined for a good part of 2003 by injuries. Also joining the men's field of 96 is the 2003 top-ranked American junior Brian Baker (317). Two more men's wildcards will be announced at a later date.
Stevenson, who will make her fifth appearance at the NASDAQ-100 Open, is one of seven players receiving main draw wildcards to the women's field of 96: Tatiana Golovin (93), Shenay Perry (136), Angela Haynes (170), Daja Bedanova (177), Nicole Vaidisova (205) and Viktoriya Kutuzova (277) are the others. Vaidisova had automatically earned a qualifying wildcard based on her 2003 Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships win, but was awarded a main draw wildcard. Two more women's wildcards will be
announced at a later date.
The tournament also announced the wildcards into the qualifying rounds, which will take place March 22-23 at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park. For the men, Prakesh Amritraj, Amer Delic and Brendan Evans. For the women: Shahar Peer, Sam Stosur, Neha Uberoi, the 2003 Orange Bowl runner-up, Jamea Jackson and Ally Baker. Baker played in the 2003 NASDAQ-100 Open main draw as a wildcard. One more men's qualifying wildcard will be announced at a later date.
The pre-qualifying tournament--known as the Pineapple Classic--will be held March 13-15 at the Ashe-Buchholz Tennis Center at Moore Park. The men's and women's winners will receive wild card entries into the NASDAQ-100 Open qualifying.
2004 Wildcards
Men's Main Draw
Goran Ivanisevic
Tommy Haas
Brian Baker
Men's Qualifying
Prakesh Amritraj
Amer Delic
Brendan Evans
Women's Main Draw
Alexandra Stevenson
Tatiana Golovin
Shenay Perry
Angela Haynes
Daja Bedanova
Nicole Vaidisova
Viktoriya Kutuzova
Women's Qualifying
Shahar Peer
Sam Stosur
Neha Uberoi
Jamea Jackson
Ally Baker
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