| | |  News from Around Banderas Bay | November 2008 
3rd Annual Copa Pacifico Vallarta at Canto Del Sol Tennis Club
 Bob Cohen - PVNN
| | Copa Pacifico tournament poster | 
| | Juan Elizondo, last year's winner of the Copa Pacifico, acceoting the trophy and prize money, with Ruben Fregoso, owner of Pipis Restaurant and Martin Parra, Director of Tennis at Canto del Sol. | 
| | Martin Parra announced the 3rd Annual Copa Pacifico at a recent press conference. | | |
The Canto Del Sol Resort and Tennis Club will host the 3rd Annual Copa Pacifico Vallarta, which will begin on Tuesday, November 18th and conclude on November 22nd. The tournament which will feature some of Mexico's top professional players will also have an amateur event as a separate part of the tournament. The total prize purse for the professionals is $50,000 pesos; a large purse for Mexican tournaments.
The main draw will have 24 players; 12 will be direct entries; 4 will be wild card entries and 8 will go through the qualification process to win their way into the main draw. Expected in the qualification are from 16 - 32 players. The winner will take home $16,000 pesos and the finalist will earn $10,000. Also very important is that players will receive AMTP (Association of Mexican Tennis Professionals) points, which improve their rankings and give players opportunities to enter better tournaments. The winner will earn 80 points, the finalist 60 and semifinalists 40. Everyone that makes the main draw will earn at least a point.
Confirmed is the defending champion Juan Elizondo who will defend his title at the Canto Del Sol, his home away from home. Elizondo has won three professional tournaments at the courts here in the last two years and has made appearances in numerous finals. Juan won last year's tournament as the #6 seed. There is a current professional tournament being played this week and the results will determine the other professionals that will compete.
To enter the professional tournament, contact the Guadalajara offices of the AMTP at 01 333 823 0031. Also one can go directly to the AMTP website at www.amtp.com.mx for necessary information. Entries close on November 14 at 4:00 pm and the cost for entry is $300 pesos. Martin Parra, Director of Tennis at the Canto Del Sol, will be the supervisor of the tournament and Fco. Javier Gaitan Estrada is the President of the AMTP.
Qualifying matches will be played on Tuesday, November 18th and the main draw play begins on Wednesday, November 19th. The wild card selection have been determined and are Puerto Vallarta's Pedro Rodriguez, Victor Gonzalez of Guadalajara, Leonardo Lopez of Guadalajara and Jacobo Figueroa of Puerto Vallarta, who played his last four years of college tennis in San Diego.
Amateur tournaments will be held at A, B, C and D levels and will be played mostly on the clay courts. The professional matches are played on the hard court surface. The largest draws in recent amateur tournaments have been in the B and C divisions. All finals matches are expected to be played on the hard courts. The cost to enter the tournaments for amateurs is $200 pesos.
To enter the amateur tournament, either stop by the Canto Del Sol Tennis Club or call locally at 226-0123 ext. 4187. The deadline to enter is Saturday, November 15th. The main sponsors of the tournament are Pacifico, the Canto Del Sol and Pipis Restaurant. |
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