Record Year For US Tennis!

A month ago in Portland, where Andy and Team USA clinched the Davis Cup Title, Andy looked around at the sold out Memorial Coliseum and exclaimed, “And people think the US isn’t interested in tennis.” Andy’s enthusiasm for tennis is backed by a record breaking year for the sport. Check out these encouraging statistics.Fastest-Growing Participation of any Major Sport Since 2000: More than 25 million are playing tennis! This increase in participation has fueled the four best consecutive years of growth for industry sales since the 1970’s.U.S. Captures Davis Cup Title for First Time in 12 Years

All-Time US Open Attendance Record: The 2007 US Open final attendance total of 715,587 far surpassed the previous all-time high of 659,538 set in 2005. US Open attendance has grown by more than 100,000 since 2000. Total attendance of all pro tennis events in North America topped 2.8 million.

Record-Breaking Viewership for US Open Series: US Open Series television viewership topped 46 million for the first time, more than doubling in the four years since the Series launch. In total, 121 million viewers tuned in to the US Open and US Open Series tournaments.

All-Time High USTA Membership: More than 720,000 members for the first time in history.

Looking forward to 2008! Happy New Year from everyone at Ar.com!