Find out who is playing at the 2016 Priceline Pharmacy Classic Kooyong.
An impressive field has been assembled which includes four players ranked in the top 20 and several up and coming players.
The expanded field of twelve players is headed by Richard Gasquet, who is joined by Gilles Simon, David Goffin, Feliciano Lopez, Nick Kyrgios, Marcos Baghdatis, Hyeon Chung, Pablo Carreno Busta, Nicolas Almagro, Alexander Zverev and Kyle Edmund.
Photos below are included from the GSG archives!
Tournament Details
Dates: Tuesday 12th to Friday 15th January at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club.
Website: Kooyong Classic
Tickets: Ticket prices for unreserved seats are available from $20 for adults and $5 for children for the first three days.
Kids Day: Children under 16 can enter for free on Tuesday 12 January.
2016 Player Line-up
Here’s a review of each players current ATP world ranking (as at 16 November 2015) and 2015 highlights.
Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Current World Ranking – 9
2015 Highlights – Won Estoril and Montpellier. Made the semi-finals at Wimbledon.
Updated 30 December 2015: Richard Gasquet has withdrawn due to injury.
Simon
Gilles Simon
Current World Ranking – 15
2015 Highlights – Won in Marseille and made the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.
Goffin
David Goffin
Current World Ranking – 16
2015 Highlights – Made the finals at the Top Shelf Open s-Hertogenbosch and Swiss Open Gstaad. Part of the Belgian team in the Davis Cup Final.
Feliciano Lopez
Current World Ranking – 17
2015 Highlights – Made finals at the Ecuador Open Quito and Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur.
Nick Kyrgios
Current World Ranking – 30
2015 Highlights – made the final at the Millennium Estoril Open and the quarterfinals at the Australian Open.
Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis
Current World Ranking – 46
2015 Highlights – Made the final of the BB&T Atlanta Open.
Hyeon Chung
Current World Ranking – 52
2015 Highlights – At ATP World Tour level his best performance was making the quarterfinals at Shenzen. Also made six Challenger level finals winning four at Kaohsiung, Busan, Savannah and Burnie.
Pablo Carreno Busta
Current World Ranking – 67
2015 Highlights – A semifinalist at the Millennium Estoril Open. Won Challenger level tournaments in Poznan and Perugia.
Nicolas Almagro
Current World Ranking – 74
2015 Highlights – Made the semi-finals in Buenos Aires and Kitzbuhel.
Alexander Zverev
Current World Ranking – 83
2015 Highlights – Made the semi-finals in Bastad.
Kyle Edmund
Current World Ranking – 99
2015 Highlights – Made the second round of the French Open and won Challenger level tournaments at Hong Kong, Binghamton and Buenos Aires.
Until next time
Grand Slam Gal