Junior Tennis

The USTA has announced that it will celebrate the refurbishment and creation of 10,000 youth-sized tennis courts in the United States as part of USTA’s commitment to First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative. A special celebratory event, Court 10K, will be held on March 19 at the Tamiami...Read more

Tennis is a fun and enjoyable sport for all ages. Students 10 years of age and younger are most likely in the beginning stages of their tennis careers. As an instructor, it is essential to ensure that students in this age bracket start learning important fundamentals of the game. By following a 10...Read more

The USTA has announced that USTA Player Development is expanding its training program at the National Training Center-East at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., hiring Erik Kortland as National Coach, Junior Development, to coach players in a new “Feeder Program”...Read more

From the moment you meet Jennifer Bright, it is obvious that she is not like most others her age. She knows her skills, sets her goals high, and does what it takes to achieve them. Whether it's spending an extra 10 minutes at the end of a tennis practice working on her down the line backhand, or...Read more

Driven by a desire to create the most refined, progressive teaching method in the world, 360Tennis was founded by Lee Hurst in 2005. Hurst brought together experts in the field of tennis teaching, psychology and physical training. Since then, he has joined forces with former top 10 player and...Read more

Madison Keys of Rock Island, Ill. and Rhyne Williams of Knoxville, Tenn. each earned wild card entries into the main draw of the 2013 Australian Open Sunday by winning the Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at Peachtree Corners. Keys defeated Mallory Burdette of...Read more

West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y. hosted the Nestlé Nesquik “Little Mo” International Open, a tennis tournament for boys and girls ages eight through 12 which is part of a series of events put on throughout the U.S. by the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation. In 1953, Maureen...Read more

The USTA and the Tennis Industry Association (TIA) has announced that tennis participation in 2012 grew four percent over 2011 to top 28 million players for the first time since 2009. The total number of players is the second highest total recorded since the annual survey, conducted by Taylor...Read more

In doubles play at the 66th Annual Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, the seventh-seeded team of Lamar Remy of Roslyn, N.Y. & Alejandro Tabilo of Canada defeated Dennis Uspensky of Atlantic Beach, N.Y. & Sumit Nagal of India, 6-3, 6-3, for the Boys 16s title. The 16-year-old...Read more

The USTA has announced that Noah Rubin of Rockville Centre, N.Y. will lead the American field of juniors at the 66th Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, beginning Dec. 3 at the Frank Veltri Tennis Center in Plantation, Fla. Rubin won the title at the Pan American ITF Championships and...Read more