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PowerShares Series 2017 schedule
LOS ANGELES - PowerShares Series Tennis , the circuit for champion tennis players over the age of 30 , announced its full 2017 circuit of events starting March 30 in Toronto , Canada . The 2017 PowerShares Series will also again partner alongside ATP and WTA events in Charleston , S . C ., Newport , R . I ., Winston-Salem , N . C ., and New Haven , Conn . The series of one-night tournaments , featuring two one-set semifi nal matches and a one-set fi nal-round match played between tennis legends , will feature for a third straight year players making their own line-calls with the assistance of electronic line-calling . The full 2017 PowerShares Series schedule , with player fi elds , is as follows :
• March 30 : Toronto , ON ( Ricoh Coliseum ) - John McEnroe , Andy Roddick , Mardy Fish , Mark Philippoussis
• April 1 : Charleston , S . C . ( Family Circle Tennis Center ) - John McEnroe , Andy Roddick , James Blake , Mark Philippoussis
• April 28 : Birmingham , AL ( Legacy Arena At The BJCC ) - John McEnroe , Andy Roddick , Jim Courier , Mardy Fish
• May 17 : Chicago , IL ( UIC Pavilion ) - John McEnroe , Andy Roddick , Jim Courier , Mark Philippoussis
• July 23 Newport , R . I . ( International Tennis Hall of Fame ) - Andy Roddick , Jim Courier , James Blake , Mardy Fish
• August 20 Winston-Salem , N . C . ( Wake Forest University ) - Andy Roddick , James Blake , Michael Chang , Mardy Fish
• August 24 , 25 New Haven , CT ( Yale University ) - John McEnroe , Michael Chang , James
Blake , Mark Philippoussis
• Lincoln , NE ( Pinnacle Bank Arena ) - to be announced
• Los Angeles , CA ( Sherwood Country Club ) - to be announced
• Nashville , TN ( Bridgestone Arena ) - to be announced
Each PowerShares Series event also features special VIP experiences , including hit-with-the-pros opportunities and special back-stage access . All ticket , experience and event information can be found at PowerSharesSeries . com .
Mark Philippoussis won the 2016 PowerShares Series season championship with tournament victories in Memphis , Tulsa , Newport , Winston-Salem and New Haven . Andy Roddick won four events during the 2016 season in St . Louis , Charleston , Los Angeles and Orlando , followed in third place by James Blake , who won titles in Chicago , Portland and Brooklyn . In 2015 , Roddick won the PowerShares Series points title in his second year of competing on the series winning a record eight events in Los Angeles , Lincoln , Chicago , Austin , Little Rock , Dallas , Richmond and Minneapolis . The year before in 2014 , McEnroe won the points title for the fi rst time in the history of Champions Series tennis by winning events in Kansas City , Indianapolis , Nashville and Charlotte .