2018 ATP CHAMPIONS TOUR EVENT (USA VS INT’L)

JAY BERGER (USA)

Team USA

DELRAY BEACH: Played 2011 ATP Champions Tour event. CAREER:  Won 3 ATP World Tour singles titles and 1 doubles title. Reached quarters at Roland Garros and US Open in 1989; reached No. 7 in the world in 1990. Was a member of 1988 and 1990 Davis Cup teams. Voted “Junior Player of the year” in 1985 by Tennis Magazine and “Sportsman of the Year” by the US Olympic Committee after winning the USTA Boys 18s in Kalamazoo and reaching round of 16 at the US Open as an 18-year-old. Earned freshman All-America honors at Clemson and had a 91-22 career record there. PERSONAL: Coached at FIU while earning his degree (1994) and later became the head men’s (1997-2002)  and women’s (1997-2000) coach at Miami, leading the men’s team to three Big East titles. Was Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2001. Coached Davis Cup teams for 13 years under Jim Courier and Patrick McEnroe. Was head men’s tennis coach for the USTA Player Development Program from 2008-2017 and the Olympic coach for 2012 and 2016. He is a member of the Florida Hall of Fame (1993), Greater Miami-Dade Hall of Fame (2001), the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (2014) and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Hall of Fame (2015). He coaches ATP Top 10 pro Jack Sock and is the director of tennis for the Club at Ibis in West Palm Beach. His son Daniel is a PGA Tour pro ranked among the Top 30 golfers in the world.

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FERNANDO GONZALEZ (CHI) – CAPTAIN

Team International

DELRAY BEACH: 2^nd straight appearance. CAREER: The Chilean won 11 ATP titles in 22 finals, taking home more than $8.8 million on the ATP World Tour. Was world No. 7 in 2006 when he reached the Australian Open final, played in the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup and reached 2 other ATP finals. Was No. 10 in 2006 (3 ATP finals) and No. 11 in 2005 (3 ATP titles and Wimbledon quarters). In 2009 reached Roland Garros semifinals and US Open quarters; reached 5 career Grand Slam quarterfinals overall. Gonzalez won bronze in singles and gold in doubles at the 2004 Athens Olympics; in 2008 at the Beijing Olympics he won the singles silver medal after carrying his country’s flag in the opening ceremonies. PERSONAL: Gonzalez was the No. 4 ITF junior in 1998 after winning Roland Garros singles and doubles titles. His older sister Patricia played tennis at Miami Dade College. Gonzalez won Chile’s “Condar de Oro” award 3 times as its top sportsman (2004, 2007, 2008).

GREG RUSEDSKI (GBR/CAN)

Team International

DELRAY BEACH: 1995 finalist, 2004 quarterfinalist in Delray Beach’s ATP World Tour event. CAREER: The Canadian native won 15 ATP titles in 27 finals from 1993-2005, including an appearance in 1997 US Open final. During the ‘97 season he achieved a career-best world No. 4 ranking and finished at No. 6 for the season. The lefty with the big serve won the Masters Series Paris in 1999 and was 20-10 in Davis Cup singles play for Great Britain. His 1998 149-mph serve was once the fastest ever recorded in an ATP match. Rusedski has played in ATP Champions Tour events since 2007. PERSONAL: The London resident has worked as a TV analyst and commentator for Eurosport, Sky Sports and the BBC and has also penned columns for the Daily Mail and The Sun. He appeared as a contestant on the reality TV show “Dancing on Ice” in 2008. During his time as Great Britain’s junior Davis Cup captain he led the team to its first-ever world title in 2011. A huge movie buff and fan of James Bond films, Rusedski is active in road biking and plays golf. He is married and has 2 children.

JESSE LEVINE (CAN)

Team International

DELRAY BEACH: Boca Raton resident Jesse Levine played in 4 Delray Beach ATP World Tour events between 2007 & 2013. CAREER:  Levine won 5 career Challenger titles in 8 finals, & reached a career-high No. 69 in 2012. The Ottawa-born lefty reached the Houston doubles final in 2009, and represented the US in Davis Cup competition (2007–2012) before becoming eligible to play for Canada in 2013. Levine put together a 24-1 freshman record All-American season (2006-07) at the University of Florida where he was named National Rookie of the Year. He was 21-0 in regular season dual matches, & reached the NCAA QFs. Levine won the 2001 USTA Clay Court 14 Nationals singles title as a 13-year-old, the boys’ 16s doubles title at age 16, and the 2005 Junior Wimbledon doubles title at 17. He also reached the Junior Wimbledon singles QF in ‘05. PERSONAL: Levine coaches WTA player Jessica Pegula & spent nearly a year coaching Madison Keys. He works as a talent scout for Nike, & as a TV analyst for Canadian broadcaster Sportsnet’s Rogers Cup coverage. Levine was inducted into the Ottawa Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in June.

Guillermo Canas (ARG)

Team International

DELRAY BEACH: Made 2 appearances in Delray Beach while playing on the ATP World Tour. CAREER: Reached a career high No. 8 in the world and year-end Top 15 ranking in 2004 (No. 11) and 2001, 2002 and 2007 (No. 15). Won seven ATP World Tour titles in 16 finals, including the Master Series Canada in 2002. He was a 2007 Miami finalist and 3-time quarterfinalist at Roland Garros. He had 3 wins over the world No. 1 during his career, including two over Roger Federer in the span of 16 days. He was named the ATP “Comeback Player of the Year” in 2001 after returning from a wrist injury. PERSONAL: Runs his own tennis academy in Aventura, Florida and has coached Ernests Gulbis, Teimuraz Gabashvili and Jelena Jankovic. In 2001 he won a car on an Argentinian game, which he gifted to his mother.