Novak Djokovic became the first man to win all nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments as he claimed the Western & Southern Open championship in Cincinnati on Sunday. Djokovic continued his late-summer run as he defeated Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in his sixth attempt in the Cincinnati championship. “Obviously it’s a very special…
The Sixth Annual Battle of the Boroughs was a two-month adult recreational tournament played throughout New York City parks, culminating in the finals at Flushing Meadows, Corona Park. The tournament, presented by USTA Eastern and with the support of City Parks Tennis, featured some of the best team tennis in the area as neighborhood…
Today, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced the lineup for the 2018 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day powered by Net Generation. The world’s largest single-day, grassroots tennis and entertainment event will feature some of the top tennis players in the world including 23-time Grand Slam Champion Serena Williams, defending US Open Champion and World Number One Rafael Nadal,…
The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation (MCB) will be hosting its 7th Annual “Little Mo” Internationals at the historic West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York from August 20-25, 2018. This year’s tournament is also very special as MCB is celebrating its 50th anniversary of promoting junior tennis development and sportsmanship worldwide. The event…
The USTA today announced that the US Open Junior Qualifying Tournament, during which 64 of the world’s top 18-and-under boys and girls tennis players will compete for a chance to play in the US Open Junior Championships, will be held at The Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in the Bronx August 31-September 1….
Tickets for the 2019 New York Open will go on sale beginning Friday, as the second year of the tournament is set to hit NYCB LIVE home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum next February. The 2019 New York Open will run from February 9-17, and will once again kick off with the New…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) approved changes to the Davis Cup format on Thursday, which it says will “secure the long-term status of the competition.” Beginning in 2019, the Davis Cup will feature a qualifying round in February where 24 teams will take part in home and away matches. The 12 winners will then…
The USTA today announced that the US Open will once again kick off with Fan Week, a series of events and activations taking place both at the grounds of the US Open, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, as well as at the US Open Experience at Brookfield Place, in Manhattan. US…
Americans Collin Altamirano and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski received wild card entries into the US Open Qualifying Tournament on Wednesday. Previously selected American Qualifying wild card recipients Donald Young and Chris Eubanks received direct entry into the Qualifying Tournament after a number of players entered into Qualifying received wild card entries into the Main Draw. Altamirano and Kwiatkowski were teammates at the University of…
Queens College Indoor Tennis Center hosted a unique tennis tournament over the course of a weekend as Sports Made Easy presented the first-ever Adult Prize Money and Junior Fun & Frolic Tournament. The players in the draw were organized by their Universal Tennis Rating (UTR). In the Adult Prize Money Tournament, $1,500 was the…