ATP Champions Tour Players

Aaron Krickstein (USA) 

Became the youngest player ever to win a Grand Prix event at 16 years, 2 months, 13 days, when he won Tel Aviv in 1983. He broke into the top 10 on Aug. 13, 1984 and was the youngest ever to rank in the top 20 at age 16.9 years. In 1983, he improved his ATP ranking from 489 to 97 in two tournaments (Tel Aviv, US Open), becoming the youngest male player to reach the RD 16 at the Open (16 years, 1 month). At 16, he won the U.S. National 18s titles in the Indoor, Clay, and National categories. He was the Michigan state freestyle and butterfly swimming champion at ages five and six. Named 1983 Rookie of the Year by Tennis Magazine (U.S.). He qualified for the Masters in Jan. '85 and '85 WCT Dallas Finals. Member of the U.S. Davis Cup team starting in 1985. Following his professional career, Krickstein started his own business specializing in custom made salt water aquariums. He has since returned to the tennis world as Director of Tennis at the St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida as well as competing on the ATP Champions Tour and Outback Champions Tour. Krickstein is uncle to Morgan Pressel, a LPGA star. Photo By: Stephen Munday/Getty Images

Won the Roland Garros (French Open) title in 1998, reached No. 1 in the world in 1999 and helped Spain win a Davis Cup title in 2004…won his first Tour title at age 19 and less than 2 years later was in the final of the Australian Open…along with the Grand Slam title in 1998, he reached the SF of the U.S. Open and was runner-up at the year-end ATP World Tour finals…won 20 ATP titles in all…retired in 2004…finished on top the 2011 Champions Tour rankings in his debut season and won 6 titles. Selected in 1999 by People Magazine as one of its “50 Most Beautiful People in the World”…friend of golfer Sergio Garcia and pro basketball player Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers…in 2005 donated his ,000 first-place winnings from Chennai Open to tsunami relief and named Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year…girlfriend is actress Carolina Cerezuela and they have a daughter…writes left-handed but plays right.

Ivan Lendl (USA) 

Ivan Lendl spent 17 years on the ATP Tour during which he was ranked as the world's top player 1985-87 and 1989 and competed in a total of 19 Grand Slam singles finals. His trophy cabinet includes eight Grand Slam titles (two Australian, three French and three US Opens), with Wimbledon the only major to elude him, and in 1980 he led Czechoslovakia to Davis Cup victory before taking American citizenship a few years later. Chronic back pain was grounds for Lendl’s retirement in 1994 when he left the Tour with 94 career singles titles, 6 doubles titles, five year-end championships and 270 weeks at no.1 -putting him third on the all-time list behind Pete Sampras and Roger Federer. After months of treatment and training, Lendl returned to the sport with a one-set match against Mats Wilander in the 2010 Caesars Tennis Classic in Atlantic City, NJ. Since then, he has played several exhibitions throughout the world including the 2011 BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden against his long time rival John McEnroe.

Jimmy Arias (USA) 

Arias is a former top-ranked tennis player from Buffalo, New York. A baseliner, Arias was a tennis prodigy. At age 15 Jimmy became the youngest player ever to achieve a world ranking. He turned pro at age 16 and became the youngest player to play the men’s main singles draw of the U.S. Open. At just 19 years old, Arias finished World-ranked No. 6 in 1983, having reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open. Jimmy won 5 singles titles: Tokyo in 1982 and Palermo, Indianapolis, Rome and Florence in 1983. He retired from the tour in 1994 with a record of 286-223 in singles. Photo By: Robert Laberge/Getty Images

Johan Kriek was born in Pongola, South Africa and became a U.S. citizen in 1982. Kriek won the Australian Open titles in 1981 and 1982. Kriek has reached the quarterfinals or better in all four Grand Slams. He has won 14 professional singles and 8 doubles titles, reaching an all-time high ranking of number 7 in singles and number 12 in doubles in the world. Kriek has reached the quarterfinals in four consecutive Masters Tournaments from January 1983 to January 1986. He qualified for the WCT Masters tournament in Dallas, TX four years in a row, reaching the final once. His most memorable wins include victories over Andre Agassi, Guillermo Vilas, Stefan Edberg, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, and Bjorn Borg. Kriek and his doubles partner Kevin Curren have won the Wimbledon Senior Doubles title four times, in a row, from 2003-2006. Kriek is currently the owner and operator of the Johan Kriek Tennis Academy and resides in Roanoke, VA with wife Daga.

Michael Chang (USA) 

Turning pro at just 15 years of age, Michael Chang set numerous "youngest player records." In 1987, he was the youngest player to win a main draw match at the U.S. Open and the youngest to reach a Tour semifinal. Becoming the youngest French Open / Grand Slam Champion ever in 1989, he then became the youngest to rank in the Top 5. Chang ended an American drought at the French Open, when he became the first American male to win the tournament since 1955. In 1991 he reached the quarterfinals or better in 13 tournaments. On the court, Michael's real strength is his return game. Chang was considered one of the fastest players on the circuit, possessing an all-court game. Has an 8-4 career Davis Cup record in six ties. Chairman of ATP Tour Charities in 1994. He supports grassroots tennis development in Asia through his Stars of the Future program in Hong Kong and the Reebok Challenge across all of Asia. He is a national spokesperson for the National Fish & Wildlife Federation. One of five athletes named in the second annual Most Caring Athlete by USA TODAY Weekend in 1995. Earned one of seven Asian American leadership awards in May 1997 by A. Magazine for status as a role model for Asian American youth. In 1999, established the Chang Family Foundation with commitment to Christian values and foundation coordinates family's community service, including youth programs and international outreach events. In 2001, served as a goodwill ambassador for 2008 Beijing Olympic bid committee. Coached by older brother, Carl, who began working with Michael in late July 1991 (the two have played doubles together in 17 ATP stops since 1990).

Mikael Pernfors (SE) 

A Swedish native, Mikael won back-to-back NCAA singles titles in 1984 and 1985 at the University of Georgia (the first player to win consecutive titles since Dennis Ralston in 1963-64 at USC). Turned pro in 1985. Became a household name by reaching the final at the 1986 French Open—causing a sensation in tennis fashion when he showed up wearing his shirt buttoned all the way to the top and collar up—defeating seeded players Edberg (5), Jaite (11), Becker (3), and Leconte (8) before losing to top-seeded Ivan Lendl. Jumped from No. 27 to 15 after the French and ended the year at his highest-career ranking, World No. 10, and named the ATP Most Improved Player. He was also a member of the Swedish Davis Cup Team from 1986-1989. Mikael won three singles titles during his tennis career: Montreal (1993), Los Angeles and Scottsdale (1988) and a doubles title in Charleston with partner Svantesson (1989). Photo By: AFP/Getty Images

Pat Cash (AU) 

After winning the junior titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open in 1982, Pat turned professional later that year and went on to win his first top-level singles title in Melbourne. His first great success came in 1983, when he became the youngest player to play in a Davis Cup final. He won the decisive singles rubber against Joakim Nyström as Australia defeated Sweden 3–2 to claim the cup. In 1986, he helped Australia regain the Davis Cup with a 3–2 victory over Sweden. Cash again won the decisive singles rubber, recovering from two sets down against Mikael Pernfors. The crowning moment of Cash's career came at Wimbledon in 1987, when, having already beaten Mats Wilander and Jimmy Connors, Cash defeated the World No. 1, Ivan Lendl in the final. Cash celebrated the victory by climbing into the stands and up to the player's box where his family, girlfriend, and coach, Ian Barclay were waiting. His most heart-breaking loss came a year later in the final of the Australian Open in which he lost to Mats Wilander in the fifth set.