Tag: USTA

201900831 Around the Grounds – Day6
Arthur Ashe Stadium during sunset at the 2019 US Open. (Photo by Cesarin Mateo/USTA)

U.S. Open Setting Premium Hospitality Records

Labor Day weekend in New York City often means taking a trip to Flushing Meadows to check out the U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. And while general attendance tickets are cheap by big-event standards, the organization has also been adding some exclusive offerings that have traditionally been the purview […]

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Westminster Dog Show
A handler and her dog wait backstage during the 148th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

From Dogs to Djokovic, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Has Seen It All

The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, has been home to some of the most memorable matches and players in the history of professional tennis. You would be hard-pressed to find one player in the modern era that never either won a U.S. Open men’s or women’s tennis championship […]

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USTA ITA

USTA, ITA Partner on New Strategic Alliance

The United States Tennis Association and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association have entered into a new alliance that expands upon the existing collaboration between the two organizations, with the goal to strengthen and elevate collegiate tennis. “College tennis is a critical part of the player pathway as it not only serves as the aspirational dream of […]

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Katrina Adams

Katrina Adams Named Global Winner of IOC Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions Award

Katrina Adams, the former United States Tennis Association chief executive officer and first African American to hold that position, is the global winner of the 2023 IOC Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions Award The award was announced on International Women’s Day to celebrate Adams. Known as the IOC Women and Sport Awards from 2000 […]

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Orlando to Host Billie Jean King Cup Qualifying Competition

Orlando, Florida, and the USTA National Campus will host the Billie Jean King Cup qualifying competition between the host country and Belgium from April 12–13, 2024, the United States Tennis Association has announced. The competition will be a best-of-five match series with the top women’s players from the U.S. and Belgium competing to advance to […]

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Collegiate athletics
From left, Daryl Homer, Brian White, Ryan Tressel, Elissa Hill and Adam Wood. Photo by Jared Wickerham

TEAMS ’23: The Importance of Collegiate Sports

The collegiate sports ecosystem remains a key pipeline for Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Without collegiate programs and the events they generate, that pipeline remains at risk. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee is working to support a robust collegiate sports system and college campuses are working to protect this important landscape and its events. Some […]

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201900831 Around the Grounds – Day6
Arthur Ashe Stadium during sunset at the 2019 US Open. (Photo by Cesarin Mateo/USTA)

U.S. Open Setting Premium Hospitality Records

Labor Day weekend in New York City often means taking a trip to Flushing Meadows to check out the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam of the tennis season and an event that has had some of its most memorable moments happen over the holiday stretch from Jimmy Connors‘ 1991 victory in the fourth round […]

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USTA Nominates ITF President David Haggerty for Re-Election

The United States Tennis Association has announced its nomination of David Haggerty for re-election as the president of the International Tennis Federation and Brian Hainline for election to the ITF Board of Directors. The nominations were approved unanimously by the USTA Board of Directors. Haggerty was elected ITF President in September 2015 and was re-elected […]

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Western & Southern Open
Rendering courtesy of City of Charlotte/Mecklenburg County

Charlotte Tagged as Potential New Host for Western & Southern Open

Beemok Sports is asking the city of Charlotte to contribute roughly $130 million toward a four-stadium tennis campus at the River District. The Charleston, South Carolina, firm is looking for a new home for the Western & Southern Open. The rights to the tournament, which is currently organized in the Cincinnati area, were acquired by […]

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Delray Beach Tennis

Billie Jean King Cup Heading to Palm Beaches

The United States Tennis Association has announced that Coco Gauff and the United States Billie Jean King Cup Team will play at the Delray Beach Tennis Center April 14–15 in a 2023 match against Austria. Billie Jean King Cup — celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2023 — was formerly known as the Fed Cup and […]

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