Costa Mesa, CA, USA: The 14th ITF Pro Circuit tournament to take place in this city gets underway on 18 September 2012 (qualifying starts 14 September) and a new name is certain to be added to the list of past winners.
With no former champions in the draw, whoever takes the singles title will become the 13th different winner with America's Michael McClune the only player to have won the title twice (2007 and 2009).
American players have triumphed in nine of the thirteen finals played to date and they will once again have a strong presence in the main draw with 11 of the 18 players named on the main draw acceptance list coming from the USA. Leading the list of entrants however is Britain's Alex Bogdanovic.
Since 2003, Costa Mesa had staged an event one event each year until earlier this year. In March the Orange County city played host outside of September for only the third time. At this March tournament Brian Baker made his last appearance to date on the ITF Pro Circuit and signed off with the title.
Past singles champions in Costa Mesa
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November 2001
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Chad Carlson
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USA
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September 2002
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KJ Hippensteel
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USA
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November 2003
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Jimmy Wang
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TPE
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September 2003
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Jimy Szymanski
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VEN
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September 2004
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Lesley Joseph
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USA
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September 2005
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Sam Warburg
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USA
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September 2006
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Dudi Sela
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ISR
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September 2007
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Michael McClune
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USA
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September 2008
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Zack Fleishmann
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USA
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September 2009
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Michael McClune
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USA
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September 2010
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Fritz Wolmarans
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RSA
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September 2011
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Steve Johnson
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USA
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March 2012
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Brian Baker
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USA
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September 2012
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