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The United States Tennis Association (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 by a small group of tennis club members in New York City. USTA was created to standardize rules and regulations and to promote and develop the growth of tennis in the United States. The USTA runs the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center which hosts the US Open every year.

The USTA has 17 geographical sections with more than 665,000 individual members and 7,000 organizational members, and a professional staff dedicated to growing the game.

Presidents

Name Presidency
James Dwight1882–1884
Joseph Clark1889–1891
James Dwight1894–1911
Henry Slocum1892–1893
Robert Wrenn1912–1915
George Adee1916–1919
Julian Myrick1920–1922
Martin Tressel1965–1966
Robert Kelleher1967–1968
Alastair Martin1969–1970
William Hester1977–1978
Harry Marmion1997–1998
Julia Levering *1999–2000
Mervin Heller, Jr.2001–2002
Alan Schwartz2003–2004
Franklin Johnson2005–2006
Jane Brown Grimes2007–2008
* First female to be elected USTA president.

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USTA can refer to
  • United States Tennis Association
  • United States Trademark Association, the former name of the International Trademark Association (INTA)
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Tennis is a game played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court.
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USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is located in Flushing, in the New York City borough of Queens and has been the home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament played every year in August and September.
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Location Flushing, New York City
 United States
Venue USTA National Tennis Center
Surface Hard / Outdoors
Men's Draw 128S / 128Q / 64D
Women's Draw 128S / 96Q / 64D
Prize Money US$19,600,000
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James Dwight (born July 14 1852, Paris, France - died July 14, 1917 was a former American tennis player.

Sometimes called the "Founding Father of American Tennis," James Dwight won the first recorded tournament in the U. S.
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Joseph Clark is the name of:
  • Joseph Clark (tennis player) (1861–1956), American tennis player; 1885 U.S. Championships men's doubles champion
  • Joseph J. Clark (1893–1971), Admiral in the U.S. Navy during World War II
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For the American politician, see Henry Warner Slocum.


Henry Warner Slocum, Jr. (May 28, 1862 – January 22, 1949) was an American male tennis player.
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Robert "Bob" Duffield Wrenn (1873-09-20–1925-11-12) was a left-handed American tennis player, four-time U.S. singles championship winner, and one of the first "enshrinees" in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Wrenn was born in Highland Park, Illinois.
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Mervin Heller is a past-president of the USTA and completed his tenure in 2002. He began with the USTA in 1974 as President of the Lehigh Valley District Tennis Association.
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The American Tennis Association (ATA) is based in Culver City, California, and is the oldest African-American sports organization in the United States.[1] The core of the ATA's modern mission continues to be promoting tennis as a sport for black people and developing
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