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Sodexo Live! has announced a new agreement with the French Tennis Federation to serve as the exclusive marketing partner for Roland Garros and the Rolex Paris Masters hospitality programs. Factory Sport & Entertainment (whose CEO is tennis star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), and Quarterback Group, will align with Sodexo Live! on the program’s execution. The multiyear agreement […]
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Peter Burwash, a tennis industry pioneer and longtime columnist for SportsTravel magazine, passed away July 7, in his hometown of Carmel, California. After retiring from professional tennis in 1975, Burwash founded Peter Burwash International, an international tennis management company. PBI was a pioneer in the racquet sports industry, and for decades remained the largest tennis […]
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Vancouver and Berlin have been named as host cities for the Laver Cup in 2023 and 2024m respectively, following a comprehensive and competitive bidding process ahead of this September’s event at The O2 in London. The Laver Cup will be staged at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena from September 22-24, 2023, while Berlin’s Mercedes-Benz Arena will host […]
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The ATP Tour will expand five tournaments, spotlighted by Cincinnati, over the next three years as well as implement 50-50 profit sharing between players and tournaments starting next year. Changes approved by the ATP Board include increased prize money under the first phase of its “OneVision” plan that will also aggregate tournament revenue into ATP […]
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The 2022 Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Finals will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 8–13, according to the International Tennis Federation. Great Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association has been selected to host the event for the fourth time in the event’s six-decade history. The Finals will be played on indoor hard courts […]
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The International Tennis Federation announced that Malaga, Spain, will host the knock-out stage of the 2022 Davis Cup Finals, which will be played on an indoor hard court at the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena from November 21–27. “The region of Andalucía has played an important role in the history of Davis Cup […]
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Lew Sherr will become the chief executive officer and executive director of the U.S. Tennis Association, effective May 2. Sherr is currently the national governing body’s chief revenue officer. In his new role, Sherr will partner with the USTA Board of Directors to set the strategy for tennis’ growth in the United States, and will […]
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The United States Tennis Association Mid-Atlantic Section plans to build a 36-court tennis campus in Loudoun County, Virginia, creating a year-round community health and wellness venue through tennis. The campus will draw local, regional and national level tennis events and feature daily programming, allowing the nonprofit organization to service the mission of growing the sport […]
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Reno Events Center will host the U.S. Davis Cup team in a qualifying match against Colombia on March 4–5, the first time that the event has been in Northern Nevada. Tickets will go on sale January 21. The qualifier against Colombia is a best-of-five match series played over two days, beginning with two singles matches […]
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Michael Dowse, who led the United States Tennis Association through two years of the COVID pandemic during which the U.S. Open was preserved and participation in the sport rebounded, will step down as chief executive officer effective March 1, 2022. Dowse, who was named USTA chief executive officer and executive director in October 2019 after […]
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