The Gotham Tennis Academy at Stadium Tennis Center is at the core of sports and athletics in the Bronx, and this summer, the program and facility has continued its efforts to bring tennis to the community in which it resides. “An important part of our mission at Gotham Tennis Academy and Stadium Tennis Center…
It was recently announced that the Israel Tennis Centers has changed its name to the Israel Tennis and Education Centers. The Israel Tennis & Education Centers is celebrating its extraordinary legacy that has taken them from 1 Center in 1976 to 14 and growing strong, while impacting over 500,000 youth in Israel. Over the…
Tennis stars John McEnroe and Patrick McEnroe will be joined by other greats of the sport including Kim Clijsters at the 5th Annual Johnny Mac Tennis Project’s Pro-Am in the Hamptons on Saturday, August 24. This event raises funds for John McEnroe’s nonprofit Johnny Mac Tennis Project (JMTP), which changes young lives by removing the economic…
For the past six months, Ally Friedman, a junior at the Ross School in East Hampton, has been running a free program for young girls in the local community, helping to teach them valuable life skills through tennis. “T.H.E. B.A.L.L.,” as it’s called, stands for “Tennis Health Empowerment Building Attitude Lifetime Lessons,” and the…
Earlier this spring, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows played host to the 22nd annual Say Yes to Tennis – No to Violence Day as acting Queens District Attorney John M. Ryan teamed up with the USTA and New York Junior Tennis and Learning to put on this event….
As has become a yearly tradition, the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) hosted tryouts for both its Long Island and Randall’s Island facilities in late June, as tennis players from the ages of six through 16 headed to the courts in search of a scholarship into the JMTA. Mr. McEnroe himself was present, alongside…
The most endearing quality of the local tennis community is that it is, in fact, a community. If you look around the New York-Metropolitan area you can find people throughout who are willing to donate their time and energy into growing the sport of tennis, and contribute to the greater good of the sport….
Celebrities turned out in force to show their support at the USTA Foundation Gala, which marked the opening night of the 2018 U.S. Open. Co-hosted by Billie Jean King and TV personality Michael Greenberg, the star-studded event at Arthur Ashe Stadium raised more than $1.5 million for tennis and education. Attendees included Hugh Jackman, Anna Wintour, and…
The USTA, the 17 USTA Sections and the USTA Foundation today announced that they have pledged to donate $350,000 to restore tennis facilities and restart tennis programming throughout Puerto Rico. It has been one year since the devastation across the island, and the goal of this effort would be to give the children and…
Tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe, joined by brother Patrick McEnroe, all-time greats Lindsay Davenport, Chris Evert, and Martina Navratilova and other tennis Legends and former pros, including Andrea Jaeger and Ashley Harkleroad, will participate in the Johnny Mac Tennis Project’s (JMTP) Fourth Annual Pro-Am in the Hamptons on Saturday, August 25th. The A-List event will include a legends exhibition, seven rounds of pro-am…