PRO TENNIS AT FOREST HILLS, PART II
The historic West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, N.Y. was the traditional site of the U.S. Open from 1915 to 1977 before moving to the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadow. When the Open...
View ArticleFRENCH OPEN MAY HAVE TO LEAVE PARIS AND “WATCH TRADITION GROW”
By Randy Walker In my days at the U.S. Tennis Association, I remember reading articles about the U.S. Open’s move from the historic West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills to the USTA National Tennis...
View ArticleCrumbling Former Site of US Open in Forest Hills Could be Sold: This Week in...
By Justin Cohen The West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills is considering selling its historic stadium, a decaying landmark that hosted the US Open for more than six decades before it was moved a few...
View ArticleGRASS ROOTS EFFORT IN PLACE TO SAVE HISTORIC FOREST HILLS TENNIS STADIUM
There is a grass roots effort to save and preserve the historic tennis stadium at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y. The stadium is the historic tennis venue that hosted the U.S. Open/U.S....
View ArticleRoger Federer: Forest Hills Stadium Destruction Would be a Pity
By Bob Stockton Roger Federer visited the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills Thursday and said it would be “a pity” if the club’s historic stadium was torn down and replaced by condos. The...
View ArticleThe US Open – No Longer a Split Personality in Flushing’s Big Tent
NEW YORK – As the 43rd season of the chase for dollars rolls toward its crescendo in Flushing (who will come out of it most flush?), few tennis junkies are aware that this monstrocity called the U.S....
View ArticleTornado Strikes Historic Forest Hills – 50 Years After Hurricane Destruction
Fifty years after a hurricane slammed the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, a tornado struck the historic American tennis club. A tornado touched down in the New York City area Thursday afternoon...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for Historic Forest Hills Stadium After Club Votes to Reject...
By Bob Stockton The membership of the West Side Tennis Club voted Thursday night not to sell its famed 87-year-old tennis stadium, the site of the modern day US Open from 1923 to 1977, to real estate...
View ArticleFederer Routs Agassi
WorldTennisMagazine.com takes a look back at ATP World Tour Finals from yester-year in this special series – ATP World Tour Final Rewind. Today we look back to an epic match from November 16, as...
View ArticleATP South African Tennis Open in Johannesburg cancelled due to lack of...
ATP South African Tennis Open cancelled after not finding enough sponsors After just three years of existence, the ATP South African Tennis Open in Johannesburg has been cancelled because tournament...
View Article100 Years Ago Today – Titanic Survivors As U.S. Davis Cup Teammates
It was 100 years ago on August 13, 1914 that the Davis Cup Challenge Round between the United States and Australasia began in New York. The series is one of the most famous in the history of tennis for...
View Article100 Years And Counting….The U.S. Open and New York City
By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher New York and the US Open Tennis Championships – they are as synonymous with each other as any event and location in sports. The U.S. Open takes on the personality of...
View ArticleDaughter of Maureen Connolly Talks Serena Williams; Her Mom’s Grand Slam
by Ashley Brownstein @Brownstein26 It’s been seven weeks since Serena Williams captured the Wimbledon singles title and ever since then all we’ve ever heard in the tennis world are the two words –...
View ArticleWorld TeamTennis Brings “Forest Hills” Back To Pro Tennis Vocabulary
By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher Most people these days know the tennis stadium at West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills only through old black and white photographs or film from when the U.S....
View Article125th-Anniversary Celebration For West Side Tennis Club At Forest Hills This...
The West Side Tennis Club, the venerable tennis club located in Forest Hills, Queens, N.Y. and the long-time former home of the U.S. Open, will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its founding with...
View ArticleArthur Ashe, Virginia Wade To Be Honored At Forest Hills On 50th Anniversary...
The West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills will celebrate its 126-year tennis tradition on Saturday, August 25 with a special banner ceremony at the famed Forest Hills Stadium as part of the first...
View ArticleWest Side Tennis Club Back In US Open Spotlight With Annual “Heritage Day”
By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher The West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills hasn’t hosted the U.S. Open since 1977 but is starting to get more back in the U.S. Open spotlight with its annual...
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