CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Biszantz Family Tennis Center will serve as the host site for a SoCal Pro Series event this week, running through June 28.

Currently in its fifth year, the SoCal Pro Series has provided elite nationally ranked juniors and college players aspiring to ascend to the highest levels of professional tennis an opportunity to earn valuable ATP Tour and WTA Tour world ranking points.

For seven straight weeks from May 25 to July 12, cities like Claremont, and facilities such as the Biszantz Family Tennis Center this week, play host to $15,000-purse International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tour and USTA Pro Circuit men's and women's tournaments. It provides a critical pathway and invaluable opportunity and experience to provide a professional level of development for these talented young players. The series spans Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties and makes its Inland Empire debut this week in Claremont.

Already this year, three women and two men, who are either Southern California residents or played collegiate tennis in Southern California, have earned their first WTA/ATP world ranking point through the circuit hosted and managed by the USTA Southern California section. That brings the five-year total to 39 women and 23 men who have established a world ranking through the SoCal Pro Series. Notable alumni who have used the series to catapult onto the professional tour include:

• Learner Tien (Irvine): Current ATP No. 19; 2026 Australian Open Quarterfinalist.
• Alex Michelsen (Aliso Viejo): Current ATP No. 38.
• Iva Jovic (Torrance): Current WTA No. 16; 2026 Australian Open Quarterfinalist.
• California natives: Ethan Quinn (Fresno) - Current ATP No. 66; Zach Svajda (Pacific Beach) - Current ATP No. 84; Brandon Holt (Rolling Hills Estates) - Current ATP No. 252; Tristan Boyer (Altadena) - Current ATP No. 242; Julieta Pareja (Carlsbad) - Current WTA No. 368; Katherine Hui (San Diego) - 2023 US Open Girls' Singles champion.

SoCal Pro Series' main draw and qualifying wildcards are available to U.S. citizens who are either legal Southern California residents or full-time college students in the region. In addition, each of the SoCal Pro Series stop included pre-qualifying events which awarded tournament winners a main-draw wildcard.

To visit the Claremont SoCal Pro Series pages for all the latest news, draws and results, go to: https://ustasocal.com/proseries/claremont/

To learn more about the SoCal Pro Series, go to: https://www.ustasocal.com/proseries.
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