Ivanisevic Joins Senior Boston Field

Posted on April 6, 2006

Former Wimbledon champ Goran Ivanisevic has joined the field for the Outback Champions Series senior tour event in Boston for April 27-30, 2006, added to a cast that includes former world No. 1 players John McEnroe, Jim Courier and Mats Wilander, another former Wimbledon champion in Pat Cash, former French Open singles finalist Mikael Pernfors, former US Open and Australian Open finalist Todd Martin, and former US Davis Cup standout Aaron Krickstein.

"Goran Ivanisevic has been one of the most exciting personalities in tennis in the last 15 years," said Jon Venison, co-founding partner for Courier's InsideOut Sports and Entertainment. "We are thrilled to add him to the field in Boston where the indoor surface will certainly make him one of the favorites for the title."

It will be the 2006 senior tour debut for Ivanisevic who has been recovering from multiple injuries.

Each Outback event features $140,000 in prize money with an undefeated winner taking home $48,000.

"We want to be clear to the fans that the players take this very seriously and will be competing hard in every match," Courier said. "With the prize money and ranking points in every event, there is no doubt that these are tournaments, not exhibitions."

Boston will be the second stop on the 2006 Outback Champions Series circuit. Naples, Fla., hosted the kick-off event March 10-13 with Courier defeating former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash in the championship match. Outback Champions Series events will also be staged in 2006 in Charlotte, N.C. (Sept. 20-24), Memphis (Oct. 4-8) and Houston (Nov. 8-12).

2006 TENNIS-X.COM COMBINED SENIOR RANKINGS
(Top 10, through week of April 2)

1T. Jim Courier (400 pts.)
1T. Marcelo Rios (400)
3. Pat Cash (310)
4. Cedric Pioline (250)
5T. Richard Krajicek (200)
5T. John McEnroe (200)
7T. Thomas Muster (125)
7T. Mikael Pernfors (125)
9T. Sergi Bruguera (80)
9T. Aaron Krickstein (80)
9T. Henri Leconte (80)
9T. Mats Wilander (80)

The Tennis-X.com Combined Senior Rankings is a cumulative ranking for senior tour players combining results from the competing Merrill Lynch Tour of Champions in Europe, and the Outback Champions Series in the U.S.