Junior Tennis

In 1953, Maureen Connolly was the first woman to win the Grand Slam in tennis history. Known by her nickname “Little Mo,” she is still the only American woman and the youngest at age 18 to have accomplished this feat. Although her career only spanned three years, many premier sports writers...Read more

The USTA will be providing free grounds passes to coaches and junior players to the U.S. Open Junior Championships on September 10 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The idea is to allow some junior players and their respective coaches a chance to see some of the world’s top...Read more

Khrystsina Tryboi , a tennis pro at MatchPoint in Brooklyn, N.Y., co-authored this article. The QuickStart Tennis program provides many advantages in learning how to play tennis from a young age, and has helped coaches and instructors instill the game in its young players. This program gradually...Read more

French Open Girls Finalist Amanda Anisimova, 2015 USTA Girls 18s National Champion and U.S. Open Girls Finalist Sofia Kenin and Ulises Blanch, the number two-ranked junior in the world, lead a deep field of American girls and boys currently set to compete at the Wimbledon Junior Championships in...Read more

The John McEnroe Tennis Academy at Sportime Randall’s Island hosted its inaugural College Recruiting Combine over the weekend as hundreds of high school players and college coaches gathered on Randall’s Island for the two-day combine. The first day of the combine began with two rounds of girls’...Read more

New York Junior Tennis & Learning’s 28th Annual Mayors Cup All-Scholastic Tennis Championships concludes this Sunday, June 12 at 2:00 p.m. at the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in Crotona Park in the Bronx. The premier event for scholastic tennis players in New York City culminates...Read more

The “Little Mo” Eastern Sectionals took place from Saturday, May 28 through Sunday, May 29 at the Armonk Tennis Club in Armonk, N.Y. Some of the section’s top juniors met in this two-day tournament for a chance to advance and qualify for the Little Mo North Regionals at the Homewood-Flossmoor...Read more

Ulises Blanch, the number three-ranked junior in the world, and 2015 USTA Girls 18s National Champion and U.S. Open Girls Finalist Sofia Kenin lead a deep field of American boys and girls currently set to compete at the French Open Junior Championships in Paris. Qualifying begins today, with the...Read more

The USTA has announced that eight top junior girls qualified for the 2016 Team USA National Junior Team, a training program designed to give a collection of America’s best young players, born in either 2000 or 2001, opportunities to train together during the summer and travel to play against top...Read more

Students from across New York City will compete in New York Junior Tennis & Learning ’s 28 th Annual Mayors Cup All-Scholastic Tennis Championships – the premier event for scholastic tennis players in the city – from June 4-12 . For more than 40 years, NYJTL has provided year-round activities...Read more