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2. John McEnroe
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4. Pat Cash
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80
5. Aaron Krickstein
80
7. Ronald Agenor
60
7. Johan Kriek
60
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PLAYER BIOGRAPHY

Seguros Bolivar Tennis Champions

City:
Bogota, Columbia
Dates:
March 18-21, 2010
Venue:
Pueblo Viejo Country Club
Director:
Jhan Fontalvo
Surface:
Clay
Website:
www.tennissegurosbolivar.com
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The maiden Seguros Bolivar Tennis Champions event in 2010 will be the Tour’s first visit to Columbia, and only the second event staged in South America. The Pueblo Viejo Country Club where the tournament will be held lies in centre of Bogota, and the Club’s 5000 seater stadium has already hosted some of the world’s top tennis players at the ATP Challenger event that is staged there each February.

Bogota is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with an estimated population of more than 7 million. Located in a high plateau in the Andes Mountain Range, Bogota’s altitude of 2,640 meters makes it the third-highest capital city in the world, after La Paz and Quito. With its many universities and libraries, Bogota has become known as "The Athens of South America" and in 2008, the World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC) included the city in a list of World Cities ranked by their economical, political and cultural developments. Bogota is ranked as a World City in the same category as other global metropolitan areas such as San Francisco, Washington, Los Angeles, Dubai and Berlin, and above others such as Philadelphia, Boston, Lima or Montreal.

Sharing borders with Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Panama, and with a Spanish colonial background, Columbia is a hugely multicultural country. The mix of cultural influences is reflected in the country’s varied cuisine, festivals and architecture and as a result, Columbia, and Bogota in particular, has built up a large tourism industry.

Announced Player field: John McEnroe, Goran Ivanisevic, Mark Philippoussis, Pat Cash, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Wayne Ferreira, Mauricio Hadad, Jaime Cortes.

DID YOU KNOW
  • The city of Bogota is twinned with, amongst others, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Milan, Miami and Chicago.
  • Columbia has no seasons due to the fact that it lies so close to the equator.
  • On Columbia’s national flag which was adopted in 1861, the yellow stripe represents the Federation of Greater Columbia, the blue stripe represents independence from Spain, and the red stripe represents courage.
  • Columbia’s most successful ever male tennis player was Ivan Molina who reached a career high ranking of 40 in the world in December 1976.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
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