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USTA Foundation girls' Excellence Team to benefit from new USTA partnership with sportswear brand Athleta

Participants at the 2022 Excellence Regionals.

Oct 11, 2022 09:00 AM

A new and transformative partnership between the USTA and Athleta will see the women’s performance-lifestyle brand serve as one of the official sponsors of USTA League, USTA Player Development Teaching Professional Initiatives and the girls' USTA Foundation Excellence Team for the next three years. Read More

USTA Foundation announces winners of NJTL Essay Contest presented by Deloitte

The 10 winners of the 22nd annual USTA Foundation NJTL Essay Contest presented by Deloitte at the USTA BIllie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Oct 05, 2022 12:00 PM

The 10 winners, ranging in age from 10 to 18, are all participants in National Junior Tennis & Learning chapters nationwide and were selected from more than 1,200 entries submitted. Read More

USTA Foundation and Jersey Mike's partnership highlighted in Adweek

Sep 01, 2022 11:00 AM

USTA Foundation chairperson Chris Evert sat down with Adweek magazine to discuss a wide variety of topics, including how Jersey Mike's investment in the USTA Foundation has helped kids. Read More

USTA Foundation's Opening Night Gala at the 2022 US Open raises more than $3 million for youth

Aug 30, 2022 04:00 PM

The USTA Foundation, the national charitable arm of the USTA, raised a record-breaking $3 million at its annual Opening Night Gala—a philanthropic event that supposed the tennis and educational endeavours of under-resourced youth around the United States. Read More

USTA Foundation and Jersey Mike's again team up to help kids

The Bryan brothers and Jersey Mike's are longtime supporters of the USTA Foundation.

Aug 29, 2022 05:00 PM

The USTA Foundation is once again teaming up with Jersey Mike’s Subs to celebrate the organization’s mission to bring tennis and education together to change lives. During a weekend fundraiser also heralding the exciting conclusion of the 2022 US Open on Saturday, Sept. 10 and Sunday, Sept. 11, Jersey Mike’s will donate 20% of all sales at the company’s more than 2,200 locations nationwide to the USTA Foundation. Read More

USTA Foundation chairperson Chris Evert featured on CBS Sunday Morning

Aug 21, 2022 10:00 AM

On-court at a Miami-based NJTL chapter, USTA Foundation chairperson Chris Evert discusses her work with the USTA Foundation, her tennis career and her recent cancer battle on CBS Sunday Morning. Read More

USTA Foundation to award more than $435,000 in college scholarships

USTA Foundation Team Challenge event with NJTL chapters at XS Tennis Village in Chicago, Illinois.

Jul 28, 2022 01:00 PM

Forty-six high school students who participate in organized youth tennis programs like the NJTL network will receive financial assistance for college matriculation. Read More

NJTL alumnus, leader Scott Hanover talks tennis in public parks

Jul 22, 2022 03:30 PM

In honor of National Park and Recreation Month and the NPPTC, USTA.com asked volunteer leaders who have been instrumental with public parks tennis and with the tournament over the years to share their thoughts on the importance tennis in the public parks has played throughout the history of this sport in the United States. Scott Hanover, a former NJTL player, has grown up to be the part-time executive director of the Stephanie Waterman Foundation, a small NJTL in Kansas City that began in 1987. Read More

Return the Serve activations return in five cities in USTA Foundation partnership with Chase

USTA Foundation and Chase hosted the “Chase Return the Serve Fun Day” in Houston with youth from the local NJTL chapter, Houston Tennis Association.

Jul 21, 2022 02:00 PM

Over 1,000 kids participated in “Return the Serve Fun Day” presented by Chase with events in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Houston and D.C. providing tennis programming & financial education to NJTL families. Read More

Watch: Chris Evert honored at ESPYs for USTA Foundation work

Chris Evert has been USTA Foundation chairperson since 2019.

Jul 21, 2022 12:00 PM

The USTA Foundation chairperson and 18-time Grand Slam winner was celebrated with a Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award for her charity work in tennis. Read More