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»News

Tennis Play Day Rocks the Courts at Baltimore’s Patterson Park

May 11, 2012 01:24 PM

Nearly 100 kids came out to Patterson Park in East Baltimore on Sunday, May 6, to celebrate healthy living through tennis at the USTA “Battle Against Obesity.” The USTA Maryland District and Mid-Atlantic Section teamed up with local partners including the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks, the Friends of Patterson Park, the Baltimore Tennis Club, Baltimore’s Safe & Sound Campaign, and the Baltimore Curriculum Project to stage this free family event. Read More

Vesa Ponkka has been named 2011 USOC National Coach of the year for Tennis by the U S Olympic Committee.

May 01, 2012 10:50 AM

Vesa Ponkka, the senior director at The Junior Champion’s Center at the Tennis Center at College Park, has been named 2011 USOC National Coach of the year for Tennis by the U S Olympic Committee. This is the second time in four years a Junior Champion’s Center coach has earned this honor. In 2008, Frank Salazar was the recipient. Read More

Maryland Men’s Tennis Finishes Season With Statement Win

Apr 16, 2012 06:41 PM

Overcome with emotion, head coach Kyle Spencer had trouble finding the words to describe his team’s upset victory over No. 18 ranked University of North Carolina. I’m over the moon. I’m speechless,” said the third year coach. “I’m so proud of the guys. It’s been a very trying year this year. I’m just really happy.” In its last season as a varsity program, the University of Maryland men’s tennis team closed out the regular season with an impressive 5-2 win, its first victory over the Tar Heels Read More

Montgomery TennisPlex Groundbreaking Ceremony

Apr 12, 2012 03:29 PM

The Montgomery TennisPlex, a public-private partnership between M-NCPPC, Montgomery Parks and Jack Schore Tennis, will be located adjacent to the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. The new facility is slated to open in the fall of 2012 and will provide tennis instruction and programming from Hall of Fame coach Jack Schore and his staff. Read More

Family Tennis Play Day – Sunday, May 6 at Baltimore’s Patterson Park

Mar 22, 2012 05:34 PM

As part of an ongoing effort to encourage more young people to get active and start playing tennis, the USTA will present the “Battle Against Obesity,” a free family tennis play day, on Sunday, May 6, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Baltimore City at the Patterson Park tennis courts. Read More

»USTA League Tennis News

8.0 Senior Mixed Champion team competes at National Invitational Championship

2011 Mid-Atlantic 8.0 Senior Mixed Champion team from Maryland recently competed at the 2011 8.0 Senior Mixed National Invitational Championship in San Antonio, TX (March 29-April 1, 2012). Read More

Mid-Atlantic Tri Level News!

We recently prepared a statement concerning Tri-Level tennis changing to 4 Tier Tennis (4TT). That document explained why BNP Paribas had made this change, and that we needed to comply with it so that our 2012 winning teams would be able to attend the 2012 BNP Paribas championships in Indian Wells, California in March of 2013. We have now received some very disturbing news. BNP Paribas has “changed their mind” and reverted back to Tri-Level tennis. Read More

Congratulations to three of our USTA Maryland Super Senior teams for winning at Sectionals

6.0 Super Senior Women Anne Arundel Captains - Judith Harrison and Pat Schillo, 7.0 Super Senior Women Montgomery Captain – Terry Martin, 7.0 Super Senior Men Montgomery Captain – Bob Helms, Read More

2011 Maryland Combo District Championships

Thank you and congratulations to all the teams who competed at the 2011 Maryland Combo District Championships. With 54 teams and cold, rainy weather to contend with, everyone remained cooperative and flexible while we went indoors to finish out the Saturday matches and the Sunday finals. There were a lot of close, competitive matches and good tennis all around. Special congratulations to our winners. Read More

The 2011 USTA/Mid-Atlantic Senior Sectional Championship

Congratulations to the following Champions advancing to the National Championships: 6.0 Anne Arundel, Captain Tom Walsh, 8.0 Baltimore County, Captain Diane Levy, 4.5M Anne Arundel, Captain Bennett Sweren, 7.0M Super Senior 65 Montgomery, Captain Richard Geltman, Co-Captain Vin Byrne. Friendship, sportsmanship and beautiful weather all supported a wonderful tournament! Please join us in congratulating our Maryland team champions! Read More

»Community Tennis News

Tennis Patrons Comment on MSA Report

The Howard County Tennis Patrons (HCTP) are pleased that the Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA) report has been released and supports the benefits of a major tennis center at Troy Park. County Executive Ken Ulman has the information that he and his administration need in order to determine how to move forward with the Troy Park plans. We are ready to work with the Howard County Government to address the issues, including the scope of the project and related fiscal concerns. Read More

Prince George’s Tennis & Education Foundation interviewed by Korean TV

Apr 16, 2012 06:51 PM

Coach Breezy and wheelchair tennis participants of Prince George’s Tennis & Education Foundation were interviewed by Sunah Kim of Korean TV. It will be part of a 30 minute piece that will be used for Korea’s Disability Day. It will air in June on the public broadcasting system in Korea, Read More

Maryland teams compete in Mid-Atlantic’s 1st Annual JTT WILDCARD Invitational

This past weekend 30 teams and a total of 245 players from across the Mid-Atlantic came together to compete at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. This round robin tournament gave teams a chance to experience the JTT TEAM format in a shortened version, rather than playing in a traditional four week local season. Teams competed in eight different divisions for a chance to win a wildcard to their respective JTT State Championship on July 21st and 22nd. Read More

University of Maryland Club Tennis Team Named 2012 USTA TOC National Club of the Year!

The University of Maryland – College Park Club Tennis Team has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the USTA Tennis On Campus National Club of the Year Award! Along with the award, The University of Maryland Club Tennis Team will receive an automatic bid to the 2012 USTA Tennis On Campus National Championship! Read More

Junior Team Tennis Wildcard Invitational March 3 & 4, 2012

The invitational will be a one day event so that teams do not have to commit to the whole weekend. JTT is a co-ed sport and a team must consist of at least 3 boys and at least 3 girls. All players on team must play in at least 3 matches to be eligible to advance. Any player with 350 or more MAS points as of Aug. 31, 2011 must play in advanced division. Draws will be limited to the first eight entries in each age division. So don’t delay! Read More