Saturday, July 19, 2008

Tennis Numbers

There are 2 million people that play tennis in Florida.

There are 18.2 million people in the State of Florida.

USTA Florida is located in Daytona Beach, Florida. The USTA is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the United States. The USTA was previously known as the United States National Lawn Tennis Association and was established in 1881. The USTA was established by a small group of tennis club members in NYC. USTA was organized to create rules and regulations and develop growth of tennis in the USA. The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center hosts the US Open.

The USTA consists of 17 geographical sections with more than 665,000 individual members.

Jane Grimes is the current USTA President.

USTA Florida Executive Director is Doug Booth.

Play Tennis Florida is the only Florida tennis publication delivered in-home monthly to the 50,000+ USTA Florida members, country clubs, tennis facilities, organizations and businesses.