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The US Open – No Longer a Split Personality in Flushing’s Big Tent
Sep. 1 | NEW YORK – As the 43rd season of the chase for dollars rolls toward its crescendo in Flushing (who will come out of it most flush?), few tennis junkies are aware that this monstrocity called the U.S. Open was once-upon-a-time a split personality. Entrace...
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...
Can Andy Murray be the Modern Day Perry or Doherty?
Aug. 27 | It was 107 years ago on August 27, 1903 that Laurie Doherty became the first foreigner player – and the first man from Britain – to win the U.S. men’s singles title. Since Doherty’s triumph, only one other British man has won the national...
USTA PRODUCING PLAYERS, JUST NOT WORLD TOP 10 PLAYERS
Aug. 10 | By Blair Henley The United States Tennis Association is an easy target. Any conversation about the conspicuous lack of American tennis talent usually leads to an Arthur Ashe Stadium full of fingers pointing squarely in their direction. But after...
Blake Strode Makes Most of US Open National Playoffs
Aug. 5 | By Charles Bricker Tennis unknown Blake Strode couldn’t have been much more excited when his coach lined him up with a one-hour training session with James Blake, but Blake — that’s James Blake — seemed a bit confused for...
New Website for Record-Breaking Bryan Brothers: This Week in Tennis Business
Aug. 4 | By Bob Stockton * Mike and Bob Bryan, who just won their record-breaking 62nd ATP World Tour doubles title last week in Los Angeles, have launched their new website www.bryanbros.com. Visit www.bryanbros.com for up-to-the-minute tweets from the Bryans,...
US Open Champions to Earn Record $1.7 Million; Best Buy Becomes Sponsor of US Open Series: This Week in Tennis Business
Jul. 14 | By: Justin Cohen The USTA announced that the US Open purse for the 2010 tournament will be $22.6 million, which is an increase of $1 million from last year’s record-breaking purse. In addition to the total $22.6 million, the top three men’s...
2010 US OPEN BASE PRIZE MONEY TOPS RECORD $22.6 MILLION WITH POTENTIAL $25.2 MILLION PAYOUT
Jul. 9 | WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 8, 2010 – The USTA today announced that the 2010 US Open purse will top $22.6 million, an increase of $1 million over last year’s record purse, and the richest purse in tennis history. In addition to the base purse...
ISNER, QUERREY NEED TO BE RESPECTED AT ROLAND GARROS
May. 19 | By Blair Henley It seems like only yesterday that tennis fans and pundits were predicting dark days for American men’s tennis. With Andy Roddick aging and James Blake and Mardy Fish sitting well outside of the top 50, the USTA found itself in desperate...
LAGARDERE LOOKING FOR MORE ACQUISITIONS: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS
Apr. 28 | By Bob Stockton Lagardere Unlimited is looking to acquire part of the Florida’s Saddlebrook Resort, home a many sports academies, including the former Harry Hopman tennis academy, according to Dan Kaplan and Liz Mullen of Sports Business Journal....
U.S. FED CUP CAPTAIN MARY JOE FERNANDEZ NAMES THREE PLAYERS TO TEAM FOR 2010 FED CUP BY BNP PARIBAS SEMIFINALS
Apr. 15 | WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 14, 2010 — The USTA and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez announced today that 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and world No. 1 doubles player Liezel Huber will represent the...
