By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, November 8, 2023
The 2024 season marks the top of a grass-court period.
The Newport Corridor of Fame Open will retire its ATP license after the 2024 match.
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Performed on the historic grass-court grounds of the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame in Newport, the 250-level Corridor of Fame Open is the one ATP grass-court match performed exterior of Europe.
The Corridor of Fame Open, set for July 14-Twenty first, 2024, would be the closing version of the ATP 250 match in Newport.
“The ITHF’s present ATP 250 match sanction will probably be retired on the conclusion of the 2024 Infosys Corridor of Fame Open,” the Corridor of Fame introduced at the moment. “The announcement coincides with a broader drive by the ATP Tour to boost the general match calendar, beneath its OneVision strategic plan.
“The Infosys Corridor of Fame Open will happen in Newport as scheduled from July 14-21, 2024. The ITHF can also be within the technique of reimagining skilled tennis in Newport with the expectation that starting in 2025 a brand new period of professional tennis on the historic courts will start.”
Newport has a storied tennis historical past.
The unique U.S. Nationwide Garden Tennis Championship was performed in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1881 on the now legendary grass courts on the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame. That match advanced into at the moment’s US Open.
Lately, the timing of the Corridor of Fame Open, coming after Wimbledon when many gamers take a break to organize for the North American hard-court summer season season, made it robust at instances to draw European gamers although Frenchman Adrian Mannarino gained Newport final July.
Corridor of Fame officers introduced they’re pursuing different professional occasions and count on to launch—whether or not it is a mixed ATP/WTA match or an exhibition occasion stays to be seen—in 2025.
“World-class tennis has been a part of the material of Newport for almost 150 years and can proceed to have an ongoing presence on the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame,” stated ITHF CEO Dan Faber. “The ITHF is actively exploring the alternatives to host new skilled tennis occasions in Newport.
“As well as, we are going to proceed to strengthen our digital programming, museum and customer expertise, worldwide presence, and presentation of the Final Honor in Tennis – induction into the Corridor of Fame.”
Picture credit score: Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame
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