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Dunlop is offering a new incentive player racquet package. Go to sponsor page to view the details • Check out the newest GLTA tournaments in New Orleans in April; Ft Lauderdale Doubles in May; Copenhagen in June; Denver in June; Manchester in September. See schedule for links • Visit the Tennis Warehouse link on this page to purchase great tennis products. The GLTA now makes a percentage of sales allowing more exciting GLTA events to be planned and subsidized • We are proud to announce the four Masters Series Tournaments in 2008: (1) Art Deco XIII Championships in Miami; (2) USGO in San Francisco; (3) Liberty Open in New York; and (4) Zurich Rainbow Open in Zurich, Switzerland •

A Message from the GLTA Board Regarding the NEW GLTA Ranking System On January 1, 2008, we introduced the new GLTA Ranking System. We are pleased with the new system, but we understand that players will need to get used to the new rules. The effect of most of the changes will only be evaluated after several tournaments are completed. We also noticed that the combining of the men/women doubles and mixed doubles ranking into one general doubles ranking caused an unbalanced ranking in many cases, especially for the female players. Therefore, the Executive Board has decided to “unsplit” the doubles and mixed doubles rankings again and maintain separate rankings for each. As with our new singles and doubles ranking system, we will base the mixed doubles ranking on the last 5 tournaments played. In previous years we recommended to use the doubles rating to determine the mixed eligibility, however this will change. If a player has a GLTA mixed ranking, we will use that ranking in the determination of level eligibility and seeding. If a player does not have a mixed ranking, the doubles ranking will be used. The minimum division for doubles or mixed doubles can never be further away than 1 division. For example: a player may play mixed A and doubles B, but no doubles C. The new rankings will be effective April 1, 2008. http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com Congratulations to all the 2007 GLTA Award Winners! Click here to view the results		GLTA Rankings (as of April 28, 2008) Men's Open Singles 1. Curtis Dunn 2. John C. Lansville 3. Russ Buchi 4. Adam Sloan 5. Donald Wong Women's Open Singles 1. Alexandra Koenig 2. Joke Breek 3. Laura Mirabela Teodorescu 3. Saskia Huizinga 5. Laura Ruben Men's Open Doubles 1. John Lansville 2. Russ Buchi 3. Roger W Fleming 4. Matt Oclarit 5. Christopher Hunckler Women's Open Doubles 1. Saskia Huizinga 2. Chantal Losekoot 3. Holly Lloyd 4. Alison Sternfels 5. Francis Duncelman

Latest GLTA Newsletter In the December edition: Champions Race Standings GLTA Club Spotlight: Indianapolis GLTA Club Spotlight: Willem-Jan Van Silfhout GLTA Top 10 List	ATTENTION GLTA PLAYERS! Now is the time to get the new tennis gear you’ve been talking about! Dunlop is now offering GLTA players a special deal on tennis packages. Click to learn all about it. NOW!!!	Champions Race 2007 The Champions Race is open to all male and female players who compete in men's draws in a minimum of three GLTA tournaments (in singles and/or doubles) during the 2008 calendar year. Check out the FINAL Standings for the 2007 Champions Race.