Prince has officially announced its sponsorship of the prestigious Easter Bowl junior tennis tournament, set for the week of April 11-18, 2010 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. For 43 years, the Easter Bowl has been one of the most recognized and celebrated names and tournaments in American junior tennis, featuring the very best and brightest young tennis talent the…
Each year, the world’s best 14-and-Under Juniors represent their country in a major international tennis event, Les Petits As. This prestigious tournament, held in Tarbes, France, resembles a major professional tournament, complete with television coverage, a linesman and ball boys. The event has seen a number of its champions go on to become Grand Slam…
The following are the results from the L2R Long Island Regional Deer Park Championship, held March 12-14 at Deer Park Tennis Center in Deer Park, N.Y. Boys 16 Singles …
The 2010 USTA Eastern Camp Scholarship program is made possible by the USTA Eastern Section and area tennis camps that are able to donate camp sessions. Young tennis players have the opportunity to receive tennis camp scholarships for the summer of 2010. Last year, 15 camps and organizations donated scholarships that benefited 30 different juniors….
In 2009, World TeamTennis started a new scholarship program to recognize Katherine Willette, who has helped run the WTT Junior Nationals Tournament in San Diego for over 14 years. The scholarship annually awards $300 to one male and one female attendee of WTT Junior Nationals. Winners are chosen based on essays that they submit which…
Boys 12 Singles Girls 12 Singles …
Girls 16 Singles Final Round
The USTA and USTA Player Development announced that it has started programming at its new USTA Training Center-East, located at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Applications to participate in the program are still being accepted. The USTA Training Center-East will augment USTA Player Development operations at its existing sites—the…
In the last issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine, I, along with several other local tennis professionals, was asked “What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a Long Islander at nationals?” In response to this question, a few parents have remarked about their concerns with the daunting economic reality of supporting a developing player…
The 2009 USTA Eastern Summer Junior Team Tennis Season culminated with 18 teams from the section, including Long Island competing at the USTA Eastern Summer Sectional for the right to be crowned the best in the Eastern Section. Slated to be played outside at SUNY College at Purchase, N.Y. Aug. 22-23, rain forced the event…