Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Suppliers
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
USTA Names Outstanding Facility Award Winners
Posted: August 27, 2025 in Suppliers
FLUSHING, N.Y. - The USTA announces that Princeton University was named the Featured Facility of the Year, the highest honor bestowed by the USTA on a tennis facility. Princeton was one of 45 winners of the USTA’s annual Outstanding Facility Awards program, which recognizes excellence in the construction and/or renovation of tennis facilities throughout the country. Read More...
USTA Ignites a Coaching Evolution With Launch of USTA Coaching
Posted: August 13, 2025 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The United States Tennis Association (USTA) officially launches USTA Coaching, Inc., a new entity established to elevate and support the coaching community nationwide. USTA Coaching offers a comprehensive, inclusive and scalable solution to support every type of coach, from parents looking to introduce tennis to their children to full-time professionals. Read More...
USTA Foundation to Honor Tennis Legend Andre Agassi with Serving Up Dreams Award
Posted: August 7, 2025 in Suppliers
PURCHASE, N.Y. - The USTA Foundation announces that tennis legend and former world No. 1 Andre Agassi will be honored with the Serving Up Dreams Award at its annual Opening Night Gala on Sunday, August 24, at the U.S. Open. Read More...
USTA Names Michael McGoohan to Newly Created Role of Chief Growth Officer
Posted: July 9, 2025 in Suppliers
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The USTA announces that global business executive Mike McGoohan assumed the newly created role of Chief Growth Officer on July 1, bringing extensive expertise in driving strategic growth and performance optimization across iconic consumer, lifestyle and sports brands. Read More...
USTA Expands Althea Gibson Scholarship Program to Support HBCU Students
Posted: June 23, 2025 in Suppliers
PURCHASE, N.Y. - In honor of the 75th anniversary of icon Althea Gibson breaking the color barrier in tennis, the USTA is expanding its Althea Gibson HBCU Scholarship Program. Read More...
USTA Adds Leaders in New Strategic Roles to Grow Grassroots, Pro Tennis
Posted: June 16, 2025 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The USTA announces the addition of four experienced leaders in new strategic roles across grassroots and pro tennis that will underpin the ongoing focus to grow tennis to 35 million players in the U.S. by 2035. Read More...
USTA Commits Additional $5 Million Over 5 Years to Grow Local Tennis Programs
Posted: June 9, 2025 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announces the launch of a new micro-grant program aimed at growing tennis at the local level. The program includes a pledge of $5 million over the next five years further strengthening the USTA’s commitment to grassroots tennis programs. Read More...
USTA CEO Lew Sherr to Step Down
Posted: May 30, 2025 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The United States Tennis Association announces that Lew Sherr is stepping down as CEO, effective June 30. Sherr has accepted a new professional opportunity outside of tennis, with more details forthcoming in the near future. Upon Sherr’s departure, USTA Board Chairman, Brian Vahaly, and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer, Andrea Hirsch, will serve as interim Co-CEOs while the organization conducts a search for its next leader. Read More...
USTA Unveils Largest Single Investment in U.S. Open History With Reimagined Ashe Stadium and More
Posted: May 19, 2025 in Suppliers
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The USTA proudly unveiled its plans for the largest single investment in U.S. Open history ($800 million) that will reimagine and modernize Arthur Ashe Stadium, create a new, state-of-the-art Player Performance Center and usher in a bold, visionary future of the US Open experience for fans, players and partners. Read More...
USTA Awards $100K+ in Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots Grants to 55 Programs
Posted: May 7, 2025 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The USTA announces that it is awarding more than $100,000 in USTA Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots Grants to 55 deserving wheelchair tennis programs nationwide. Grants were awarded to local organizations that promote and develop the growth of wheelchair tennis and use the sport to help build stronger, healthier communities. The USTA has given more than $950,000 to wheelchair tennis programs across the country since the first grants were awarded in 2008. Read More...
USTA National Campus Partners with AdventHealth and Nemours Children’s Health
Posted: May 2, 2025 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announces that AdventHealth will join Nemours Children’s Health as the Official Medical Services Providers of the USTA National Campus. AdventHealth is joining as a new partner, while Nemours has been a partner with the USTA National Campus since the Lake Nona facility opened in 2017. Read More...
USTA, ATA Announce New Initiative to Grow Black Representation in Tennis
Posted: April 28, 2025 in Suppliers
PURCHASE, N.Y. - After years of successful collaboration, the United States Tennis Association Incorporated (USTA) and the American Tennis Association (ATA) announce a new initiative reflecting their shared mission to grow participation, retention and leadership opportunities among diverse communities in tennis. The pillars of this new initiative include increasing Black representation in tennis, a mentorship program developing pipelines of diverse professionals in coaching and tennis careers and inspiring future generations to participate in the sport. Read More...
USTA Names Tracy Davies as General Manager of USA Tennis
Posted: April 2, 2025 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - USTA announces that Tracy Davies has been named to the position of General Manager, USA Tennis. In this new role, Davies will oversee an expanded high performance division that joins Player Development, Pro Circuit, Collegiate, Junior Competition and International Team Events into a single cohesive department. Read More...
U.S. Tennis Participation Surges to New High of 25.7 Million Players Following Five Consecutive Years of Growth
Posted: February 19, 2025 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - In the latest data published by third-party research firms, USTA confirmed that tennis participation in the United States has surged to a new high of 25.7 million players following five consecutive years of growth. The nearly two million player increase from 2023 (up 1.9 million from 23.8 million) marks a significant acceleration in excess of 8% growth. Read More...
USTA Foundation Announces New Advisory Board Members
Posted: November 25, 2024 in Suppliers
PURCHASE, N.Y. - The USTA Foundation, the charitable arm of the United States Tennis Association Incorporated (USTA), recently announced its newest Advisory Board members. “We are excited to welcome our newest Advisory Board Members, whose diverse expertise and passion for service will undoubtedly move our mission forward,” said USTA Foundation CEO Ginny Ehrlich. Read More...
USTA Announces New Board of Directors for 2025-2026 Term
Posted: November 18, 2024 in Suppliers
PURCHASE, N.Y. - The USTA today announces its new Board of Directors, including elected officers and Directors at Large. The new Board has been elected to a two-year term that begins on January 1, 2025. The Board is responsible for setting organizational strategy and overseeing financials for the USTA, the national governing body for tennis in the United States. Read More...
USTA Reorganizes Player Development and Competitive Pathway at All Levels
Posted: October 23, 2024 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The USTA announces that it is reorganizing to better support players at all levels of their competitive pathway with Player Development, Pro Circuit, Team Events, Collegiate and Junior Competition teams now combined into a single cohesive department. Read More...
USTA Foundation Celebrates 30 Years, Raises $2.2M at Opening Night Gala
Posted: August 28, 2024 in Suppliers
FLUSHING, N.Y. - The USTA Foundation, the national charitable arm of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), celebrated 30 years of serving up dreams during its Opening Night Gala at the 2024 U.S. Open. The annual event raised over $2.2 million to help support the more than 250 community organizations that are part of the USTA Foundation’s flagship National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network. Read More...
USTA Mid-Atlantic Foundation to Sell Naming Rights, Sponsorship for New Tennis Campus
Posted: August 20, 2024 in Suppliers
HERNDON, VA - The USTA Mid-Atlantic Foundation has retained Aggregate Sports, a New York City-based sports marketing firm, to sell naming rights and sponsorship packages for the USTA Mid-Atlantic Tennis Campus. The complex, which will offer 190,000-square-feet of courts and facilities for tennis, pickleball, health, wellness and community-building in Loudoun County, Virginia is scheduled to break ground in 2025 and open in 2026. Read More...
USTA Awards More Than $100,000 in Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots Grants
Posted: July 19, 2024 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The USTA announces that it is awarding more than $100,000 in USTA Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots Grants to 56 local organizations that promote and develop the growth of wheelchair tennis and use the sport to help build stronger, healthier communities nationwide. Read More...
