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 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.
[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 |
| Stan Malless | 1975–1976 |
| William Hester | 1977–1978 |
| Harry Marmion | 1997–1998 |
| Julia Levering * | 1999–2000 |
| Mervin Heller, Jr. | 2001–2002 |
| Alan Schwartz | 2003–2004 |
| Franklin Johnson | 2005–2006 |
| Jane Brown Grimes | 2007–2008 |
* First female to be elected USTA president.
