Professional Tennis
The USTA has announced that six previous US Open champions will join world No. 1 Simona Halep to headline the women’s singles field for the 2018 US Open Tennis Championships. Joining Halep in the US Open field is defending champion and world No.3 Sloane Stephens, 2016 US Open champion and world No.4 Angelique Kerber, six-time…
Centercourt Athletic Club of Chatham recently hosted the St. Barnabas Medical Center UTR 15K Men’s Singles Championships, featuring Long Island native and current ATP World Tour professional Noah Rubin as its top seed in the Men’s Open Division. The event culminated on the final day with the championship matches of the Men’s Open and…
The first-place Philadelphia Freedoms showed no signs of slowing down, outlasting the New York Empire presented by Citi, 21-17, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday night. New York Empire head coach Gigi Fernandez set the tone of the match by choosing to have her men’s doubles team take the court for…
The New York Empire presented by Citi will host a robust lineup of women who inspire today’s youth on Wednesday, July 18 as part of Empower Her night when the Philadelphia Freedoms visit Court 17 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Hundreds of young girls, beginning at 4 p.m., will be treated to one…
The inaugural New York Open brought professional tennis back to Long Island in exciting fashion earlier this year, and the ATP World Tour 250 tournament has announced its dates for next year. The 2019 NY Open will run from Feb. 9-17, 2019 at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Anderson, Querrey…
The USTA today announced that the prize money for the 2018 US Open will be at a record high of $53 million, maintaining the US Open as the richest purse in tennis history. Prize money at the US Open has increased by 57% since 2013. 2018 marks the 45th Anniversary of equal prize money…
For the second consecutive night the New York Empire presented by Citi took an early lead, only to see the Washington Kastles come back and rally for the victory, 21-20. The Empire fall to 0-2 on the young World TeamTennis presented by GEICO season while the Kastles improve to 2-0. The Empire won two of…
For Novak Djokovic, it was his fourth. For Angelique Kerber, her first. The two players stood atop the tennis mountain this weekend after each hoisted the Wimbledon trophies after a long fortnight in London. Kerber was first up and faced a familiar-foe in her final on Saturday: Serena Williams. The seven-time champion and 25th seed…
The World TeamTennis presented by GEICO season got underway on Sunday evening, and the New York Empire presented by Citi began its third-year campaign with the Washington Kastles. The Empire would fall in its opener as the Kastles won 22-18 in front of an electric crowd at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis…
The New York Empire begin its third season in World TeamTennis presented by GEICO as the franchise returns to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center this summer, looking to build off a 2017 campaign which saw it come one match away from the finals. “There were so many close matches, we lost…