Australia’s Olivia Rogowska (Vic), Destanee Aiava (Vic) and Storm Sanders (WA) are expected to lead a quality international field including 14 top 300 players at the upcoming 2017 Honeycomb.Design Clare Valley Tennis International at Clare Tennis Club in Clare, South Australia from 25 February to 5 March 2017.
Australian No.6 and world No.235 Rogowska leads the Aussie contingent. The 25-year-old holds an impressive record with 12 ITF singles titles, including a $25,000 title she won in Cairns during October last year. The Victorian also holds 18 ITF doubles titles to her name and will be looking to add to these in Clare.
Meanwhile 16-year-old Aiava is sitting at a career high ranking following an outstanding second half of 2016 and a debut main draw appearance at the Australian Open. Aiava will be looking to claim her first ITF singles title in 2017.
Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia is expected to be the highest ranked player in the main draw and leads the international contingent. The current world No.188 has won six ITF singles titles, including two titles most recently in Scottsdale and Waco in 2016.
Japan’s Eri Hozumi will also be travelling to South Australia. Hozumi reached a career high singles ranking of 144 in November 2014 and currently sits at 197. Whilst Hozumi has claimed three singles titles in the past, she is also an accomplished doubles player and has won 17 ITF Futures titles.
“We are obviously thrilled to announce a strong field of players planning to compete at the 2017 Honeycomb.Design Clare Valley Tennis International,” Tournament Director Ty Allen said.
“It is very exciting to be able to release the tournament’s acceptance list as we countdown to the start of the tournament at Clare Tennis Club.”
“We are now looking forward to the tournament’s official draw in just over a week’s time and encourage the local community to get involved by attending the opening ceremony and our draw function on Sunday 26 February,” Allen added.
2017 Honeycomb.Design Clare Valley Tennis International
Player acceptance list as of 17 February 2017
| Name | Country | Ranking |
| Beatriz HADDAD MAIA | BRA | 188 |
| Eri HOZUMI | JPN | 197 |
| Viktoria KUZMOVA | SVK | 218 |
| Jennifer ELIE | USA | 222 |
| Alize LIM | FRA | 223 |
| Jia-Jing LU | CHN | 224 |
| Akiko OMAE | JPN | 226 |
| Kristie AHN | USA | 227 |
| Olivia ROGOWSKA | AUS | 235 |
| Sherazad REIX | FRA | 256 |
| Destanee AIAVA | AUS | 257 |
| Ya-Hsuan LEE | TPE | 257 |
| Katy DUNNE | GBR | 285 |
| Marketa VONDROUSOVA | CZE | 286 |
| Tessah ANDRIANJAFITRIMO | FRA | 303 |
| Storm SANDERS | AUS | 312 |
| Freya CHRISTIE | GBR | 337 |
| Harriet DART | GBR | 341 |
*Please note the acceptance list is subject to change.
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