Johannesburg, South Africa – The seeds and wild cards for this week’s Wilson R100 000 Challenge were announced today (Wednesday).
The tournament, will be played at the German Country Club, Paulshof north of the City of Johannesburg from 1-5 May 2015 with the finals being played on Tuesday 5 April.
Brandon Laubser of Gauteng East headlines the men’s singles ranking of the 128 men’s draw. The seventeen year old is South Africa’s second highest ranked world junior (126) and recently reached the singles quarterfinals of the African Junior Championships and won the doubles title there with fellow South African Lloyd Harris. Laubser is seeded to meet Benjamin Janse van Rensburg of Gauteng Central in the final. Third seed is Reinhardt Trollip of Pretoria with Terence Petersen of Johannesburg seeded four.
South African Fed Cup player, Madrie Le Roux is the women’s singles top seed in the 32 women’s draw. Le Roux who is ranked 797 in world tennis should meet second seeded Nicole Dzenga of Gauteng East in the final. Le Roux who recently took a break from the game is back at her best and has been ranked as high as 543 in the world (June 2014). Up and coming junior Margo Landmann of Free State is seeded three with Tayla Van Eck of Gauteng Central seeded four.
The top boys singles player is Kent Joubert of Gauteng East with Cara O’Flaherty of Gauteng Central heading the girls singles seeding list. The boys singles draw has 32 players whilst the girls singles draw 16 players.
The wild-cards have been announced as follows;
Women’s Singles: Helga Jeske (GN)
Girls Singles: Mbali Langa (GC)
The seeds are as follows;
Boys 14
1. Kent Joubert (GE)
2. Andrew Freel (GE)
3. Victor Putter (GN)
4. Benedict Kohler (KZN)
5. James Desmet (GC)
6. Liam Day (GE)
7. Alec Beckley (GE)
8. Brandon Charge (GE)
Girls 14
1. Cara O’Flaherty (GC)
2. Chelsea Dzenga (GN)
3. Mia Dittberner (GN)
4. Ruth Moore (GC)
Women’s Open
1. Madrie le Roux (GN)
2. Nicole Dzenga (GE)
3. Margo Landmann (FS)
4. Tayla Van Eck (GC)
5. Julie Mansour (GC)
6. Tracey Bulmer (GC)
7. Robyn Bulmer (GC)
8. Angela Georgieva (GC)
Men’s Open
1. Brandon Laubser (GE)
2. Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg (GC)
3. Reinhardt Trollip (GN)
4. Cameron Petersen (GC)
5. Marnich Hattingh (GN)
6. Johannes Myburgh (GN)
7. Juan-Louis Van Antwerpen (GC)
8. Kyle Gerber (GN)