Newport, Rhode Island – Campbell’s Tennis Tournament

Written by: Staff on 4th July 2011

Newport, Rhode Island - Campbell's Tennis Tournament |

Live from Newport, Rhode Island. Two of 10sballs.com best writers have decided to attend the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tournament. Right now they are watching a match between the Belgium Oliver Rochus and the Australian Greg Jones.

“Greg Jones (born 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player.

Jones began playing professional tournaments in 2006. In his fourth ever professional event he made the final of the Burnie challenger in Tasmania, before spending time overseas in future events in an attempt to improve his ranking. Jones finished 2007 ranked 386, given his youth and ranking he was given wildcards into the 2008 Adelaide International qualifying draw, the 2008 Medibank International (which was his first ATP Tour main draw event[1])and the 2008 Australian Open qualifying draw. The highlight of 2008 for Jones was winning his first futures title in USA and he finished the year ranked 434.

2009 saw Jones compete in all the Australian ATP events again in January, but he was unable to qualify for any of the main draw in either Brisbane, Sydney or the Australian Open. Jones won his second future tournament of his career in April 2009 in Australia, before heading overseas to play in both challengers and futures tournament which was highlighted by a challenger semifinal in Russia.

2010 started slowly for Jones, who once again was unable to qualify for Brisbane, Sydney or the Australian Open. In February he was able to make a second finals appearance at the challenger tournament in Burnie, going down to rising star Bernard Tomic in the final,[2] Jones continued his good form with a finals showing in an Australian futures tournament two weeks later. On 10 October 2010, Jones won silver for Australia in the Men’s Tennis in the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi, losing to India’s Somdev Devvarman in the gold medal match played at the R.K. Khanna tennis stadium. The score was 6-4 6-2.

Olivier Rochus (born 18 January 1981) is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.

He was a partner of Roger Federer on the junior circuit.

He has won 2 singles titles in his career and in 2004 won the French Open doubles title partnering fellow Belgian Xavier Malisse.

He is the younger brother of Christophe Rochus, also a tennis player.

He has represented Belgium at two Olympic Games in both the singles and the doubles competitions at Athens and Beijing.[1]

In May 2006, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men’s singles final against Kristof Vliegen. He won that final in straight sets (6–4, 6–2).

In June, Rochus faced World No. 1 Roger Federer in the quarter-final of the tournament in Halle, Rochus held four match points in the second set at 5–6 and in the tie-break (6–4 and 7–6). He could not close out the match and eventually lost 7–6, 6–7, 6–7.

Perhaps his biggest win was at Wimbledon in 2002, where he overcame top ten player Marat Safin in four sets 6–2 6–4 3–6 7–6(1). Safin was able to get a measure of revenge at the 2006 U.S Open, defeating Rochus 6–3, 6–2, 6–3.” (Quoted from wikipedia.com)

10sballs.com wishes them both good look at the Hall of Fame Tournament 2011.