United States Tennis Association

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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 by a small group of tennis club members in a meeting held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City. USTA was created to standardize rules and regulations and to promote the sport of tennis in the United States. The USTA runs the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center which hosts the US Open every year.

Mission Statement: To Promote and Develop the Growth of Tennis

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) as the national governing body for the sport of tennis is the recognized leader in promoting and developing the sport’s growth on every level in the United States, from local communities to the crown jewel of the professional game, the US Open.

Established in 1881, the USTA is a progressive and diverse not-for-profit organization whose volunteers, professional staff, and financial resources support a single mission: to promote and develop the growth of tennis.

The USTA is the largest tennis organization in the world, with 17 geographical sections, more than 665,000 individual members and 7,000 organizational members, thousands of volunteers, and a professional staff dedicated to growing the game.

[edit] Presidents

Name	Presidency
James Dwight	1882–1884
Joseph Clark	1889–1891
James Dwight	1894–1911
Henry Slocum	1892–1893
Robert Wrenn	1912–1915
George Adee	1916–1919
Julian Myrick	1920–1922
Martin Tressel	1965–1966
Robert Kelleher	1967–1968
Alastair Martin	1969–1970
William Hester	1977–1978
Julia Levering *	1999–2000
Mervin Heller, Jr.	2001–2002
Alan Schwartz	2003–2004
Franklin Johnson	2005–2006
Jane Brown Grimes	2007–2008