$15.7 Million Yearly Player Development Expenses for the USTA — What is the Return?

Mar. 24 | Patrick McEnroe It has now been almost exactly four years to the day that Patrick McEnroe was named general manager of Elite Player Development for the USTA, charged with the responsibility of finding successors to Andy Roddick and the Willliams sisters...

USA Draws Away Match Against Chile in 2011 Davis Cup First Round

Sep. 22 | The United States drew an away match against Chile in the first round of the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, determined Wednesday by the International Tennis Federation. The match, to be played March 4-6, 2011, will be the debut match of a new to-be-determined...

Patrick McEnroe Resigns as US Davis Cup Captain

Sep. 6 | WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., September 6, 2010 – The USTA and Patrick McEnroe announced today that McEnroe will resign as U.S. Davis Cup captain immediately following the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Play-off against Colombia in Bogota, September...

USTA Player Development: Where’s the Return on the Investment?

Aug. 31 | I had a sense that that glutted cow known as USTA Player Development has gotten a lot bigger since its inception three years ago, but . . . wow! This morning, primarily because of Harold Solomon’s incisive remarks on Monday about the USTA’s...

Falconi, Kendrick, Lucic Highlight US Open Qualifiers

Aug. 29 | It was a memorable Saturday for 20-year-old Irina Falconi, the former Georgia Tech All-American who easily defeated Canadian Stephanie Dubois in the final round of qualifying to earn her first entry into the U.S. Open main draw. In fact, make that...