November 18, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that Brad Parks of San Clemente, Calif., and the founder of wheelchair tennis, was selected as one of six ITF Wheelchair Tennis Ambassadors to help promote wheelchair tennis worldwide. The ambassadors will make themselves available to engage with media in their own countries or at key events, such as the Grand Slam tournaments, to assist with the promotion of the sport.
July 20, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Martina Navratilova, an outspoken trailblazer both on and off the tennis court for more than three decades, will be recognized with the Eugene L. Scott Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum, at the 30th annual Legends Ball on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.
July 2, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The International Tennis Hall of Fame will present the highest honor available in tennis to seven legends of the game on Saturday, July 10 at 12:30 p.m. The Induction Ceremony will take place on the historic grass courts of Bill Talbert Center Court at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I.
May 10, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Legends Ball, which benefits the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum, returns to Cipriani 42nd Street, in New York City, on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. – the last Friday of the U.S. Open. Regarded as the premier social event of the U.S. Open, this special night of celebration will honor a host of tennis luminaries including the Hall of Fame Class of 2010.
March 2, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2010 was introduced on March 1st as part of Tennis Night in America in a ceremony held at the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup at Madison Square Garden.
July 1, 2009
By Dan Dwyer
In the early 1980s, I received a phone call while in the middle of a staff meeting. The caller was requesting to enter a men’s tournament. Being rather busy at the moment, I told him that I would transfer his call to the tournament director. He interrupted by saying that he had a potential problem. I asked what the problem was and he told me that he was in a wheelchair. I must admit that I was a little taken aback and told him that I didn’t have time right then to discuss it with him, but that if he liked, I would hit some balls with him the next day as long as he understood that I would be very honest and upfront about what I thought the possibility of someone playing in a wheelchair was. He agreed and we met the next morning at Point Set Indoor Racquet Club. John Johnson showed up on time in an unusual wheelchair and we went on to the court.
