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Promote the sport of a lifetime by building a great tennis facility in your community. Many communities made big dreams happen.

Looking for assistance with the maintenance or construction of tennis courts? Please read A Guide to Public Facility Assistance Program before completing the Facility Assistance Inquiry Form. It provides helpful hints, important dates and available resources.

For design ideas, visit the facilities portfolio which showcases sketches, designs and photos of facilities. For more technical information, click here for the USTA's Technical Department or visit the American Sports Builders Association website at www.sportsbuilders.org.

2009 Facility Assistance Program Presentation

To download any portion of the Facility Assistance Presentation that was offered at the 2009 Community Tennis Development Workshop please visit the links listed below:

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Welcome to The Big Serve. We at the USTA congratulate you on taking the first step to advocate for tennis in your community. Register on this site to receive updates about tennis advocacy or to post comments on our blog.  You will find some great resources on this site that will help you to build tennis facilities and create programming in your area - like handbooks and a step by step guide through the advocacy process.  You will also find a link to our Public Facility Assistance Program, which will allow you to tap the resources at the USTA in building new or renovating existing tennis courts.  

70% of tennis is played on public courts.  For over ten years, the National Recreation and Park Association has partnered with the USTA to bring parks and recreation agencies Tennis in the Parks (TIP).   TIP is a strategic initiative designed to help improve and expand opportunities for the public to learn and play this lifelong sport.  Interested in forming a Community Tennis Association?  Click here for more information.  Finally, please send us your stories to support the efforts of The Big Serve.

We look forward to your participation and to sharing all of our resources and success.

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U.S. Tennis Participation Tops 30 Million People for the First Time in More than 25 Years

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., November 17, 2009 - The USTA and TIA announced today that tennis participation in the United States topped 30 million players for the first time in more than two decades. The annual survey of 6,000 Americans showed that tennis participation grew in all age groups under the age of 50 and within all ethnicities. With 30.1 million people hitting the courts, tennis participation has grown 12% over 2008 and climbed 25% since 2003. The survey is conducted...

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