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USTA Awards PTR with Full Accreditation to Improve Tennis Delivery Across the United States
Posted: May 28, 2020 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announces that the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) has received full accreditation under the USTA’s accreditation program for organizations and institutions that certify U.S. tennis teaching professionals. The goal of the program is to elevate professional tennis coaching standards by implementing mandatory pre-certification standards for those seeking to become a certified teaching pro and to provide an improved and consistent continuing education program for all current certified professionals who are members of accredited organizations. Read More...
USTA Announces Teaching Professional Recovery Grant
Posted: May 14, 2020 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA announces the details of the $4 million initiative to help support Certified Tennis Teaching Professionals as they seek to recover from the impact of COVID 19. These grants will cover the 2021 dues of all certified teaching professionals in good standing with USTA accredited teaching professional organizations who meet the designated requirements. Read More...
USTA Statement on Safety of Playing Tennis During the Covid-19 Virus Pandemic
Posted: April 3, 2020 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The COVID-19 pandemic is creating challenges for everyone across the globe. American tennis players are asking for guidance regarding the safety of playing tennis, especially when social distancing and space sharing issues are now paramount. Based on the recommendations of the USTA COVID-19 Advisory Group, the USTA believes that it is in the best interest of society to take a collective pause from playing the sport we love. Read More...
Columbia Association Tennis Receives USTA Award for Outstanding League Tennis
Posted: January 27, 2020 in Other News
COLUMBIA, MD - Columbia Association’s (CA) tennis programming has been named the winner of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Mid-Atlantic’s Outstanding League Tennis Facility Award for 2019. The award recognizes a tennis organization that supports and promotes the growth and development of USTA leagues in the Mid-Atlantic region, which includes Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and parts of West Virginia. Read More...
USTA Awards $50,000+ in Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots Grants
Posted: January 22, 2020 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The USTA has announced that it is awarding more than $50,000 in USTA Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots grants to 33 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. Read More...
USTA & ClubCorp Join Forces to Further Tennis Participation in the United States
Posted: September 19, 2019 in Chains, Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and ClubCorp have announced a strategic alliance that brings together one of the largest tennis operators in the nation and the national governing body for tennis in the United States. Through this alliance, both parties will combine resources to continue growing the sport of tennis, with particular focus on attracting younger players. Read More...
Cardio Tennis is Latest Addition to USTA’s Programs Focused on Growing the Game
Posted: August 21, 2019 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Earlier this year, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the Tennis Industry Association (TIA) reached a mutually beneficial agreement to transition ownership of Cardio Tennis to the USTA. Both sides are extremely excited about the existing and future potential of Cardio Tennis as a growth and retention tool. Cardio Tennis will now be housed in the newly created “Program Development” department of the USTA, under Community Tennis. Read More...
USTA Foundation Receives $180K From Chase for 12 NJTL Chapters
Posted: July 10, 2019 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - USTA Foundation, the national charitable arm of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), announced that for the sixth consecutive year, it has partnered with longtime U.S. Open sponsor Chase to award 12 National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) chapters with a $15,000 grant each in support of year-round tennis and education programming through the A.C.E. (Academic Creative Engagement) curriculum, the Foundation’s signature academic initiative. Chase has awarded more than $750,000 to select NJTL chapters within its six-year partnership with the Foundation. Read More...
USTA Foundation Celebrates 50 Years of NJTL Network; USTA Names Recipients of Annual Awards
Posted: March 28, 2019 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA Foundation, the national charitable arm of the United States Tennis Association, announced that it will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network by launching an NJTL 50th Anniversary campaign. The United States Tennis Association announced the winners of its Annual Awards presented at the USTA Annual Meeting and Conference, held March 22 - 25, at the JW Marriott in Austin, Texas. The honorees were recognized for their dedication to growing the game at an awards luncheon. Read More...
USTA Texas to Move Headquarters to New Facility with 46+ Courts
Posted: March 20, 2019 in Suppliers
CEDAR PARK, TX - The USTA Texas Section intends to bring its headquarters and facilities to the Indigo Ridge Mixed Use Development in the City of Cedar Park, north of Austin, Texas. A resolution to authorize the agreement was approved by the City of Cedar Park City Council on March 14. The planned Tennis Campus will include approximately 40 outdoor tennis courts, 6 to 8 indoor tennis courts, a stadium court, and related amenities for training, development and competition. Read More...
USTA Foundation Surpasses $40 Million in Total Funding
Posted: February 27, 2019 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA Foundation, the national charitable arm of the United States Tennis Association, announced that it has surpassed $40 million in total giving to tennis and education programs and under-resourced youth since its inception, with over $40.2 million distributed. In 2018, the USTA Foundation awarded more than $6.6 million in support of its key programs and initiatives under its structure. Read More...
USPTA Receives Full Accreditation Status by USTA
Posted: February 21, 2019 in Suppliers
LAKE NONA, FL - the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced that the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) has received full accreditation under the USTA’s new accreditation program for organizations and institutions that certify U.S. tennis teaching professionals, making the USPTA the first and only accredited association. Moving forward, the USTA and USPTA will collaborate on a wide array of education initiatives. Read More...
USTA Expands Its Facility Funding Program
Posted: February 19, 2019 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Tennis providers and developers will have more opportunities to construct, expand and renovate tennis courts in their community with the introduction of new facility funding guidelines for 2019. The USTA Facility Assistance program caters to a range of providers and community tennis organizations, from those looking to repair cracked courts at their local park to those dreaming of building a state-of-the-art, multi-court facility. Read More...
USTA & Life Time Forge Relationship Aimed at Growing Tennis Participation in United States
Posted: February 1, 2019 in Chains, Suppliers
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and Life Time announced a landmark alliance that brings together one of the largest tennis operators in the nation and the national governing body for tennis in the United States. Both parties will combine their vast resources to continue growing the great sport of tennis, especially among younger players. Read More...
Gordon Smith to Step Down as USTA CEO-Exec Director
Posted: January 11, 2019 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The United States Tennis Association announced that Gordon Smith, the longest-tenured CEO and Executive Director in the Association’s history, has announced his retirement effective December 31, 2019. Smith first assumed his position in November 2007. The USTA will begin a search for a new CEO by first identifying a search firm by March 2019. Read More...
USTA Names Outstanding Facility Award Winners
Posted: September 27, 2018 in Suppliers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Each year, the USTA recognizes facilities throughout the country to encourage increasingly high standards for construction and/or renovation. Nominations are evaluated on the facility and amenities, and also on tennis programming. The honored facilities for 2018 are... Read More...
USPTA Receives Provisional Accreditation from USTA
Posted: March 26, 2018 in Suppliers
LAKE NONA, FL - The United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) received provisional accreditation from the United States Tennis Association (USTA), making the association the first tennis-teaching certification organization to be accepted into the program. According to the USTA, the goal of the new accreditation program is to set uniform standards for the development of those new to the profession, and it will also include on-going coaching education for all certified professionals who are members of accredited organizations. Read More...
USTA Foundation Raises Record $9 Million in 2017
Posted: February 23, 2018 in Suppliers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA Foundation (USTAF), the national charitable arm of the USTA, announced it raised a record $9 million in 2017 through a variety of fundraising efforts. These funds will be used to support National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) programs nationwide through multiple initiatives and activities, including NJTL Excellence Teams, STEM and ACE curriculums, programming and capacity-building grants, and college scholarships. In 2017, hundreds of tennis and education programs and students were awarded more than $3.3 million in grants and scholarships. Read More...
USTA National Campus Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
Posted: January 4, 2018 in Suppliers
ORLANDO, FL - The USTA commemorated the one-year anniversary of the USTA National Campus, which officially opened on January 2, 2017, in Lake Nona in Orlando, Florida, as the new “Home of American Tennis.” In its inaugural year, nearly 200,000 players visited the groundbreaking facility, with more than 100 international, national and local tournaments held throughout the year. The USTA National Campus, featuring 100 courts over 64 acres, is open to the public and serves the entire spectrum of the tennis community, including youth players, recreational players, collegiate athletes and future and current professional tour level players. Read More...
