Metro Region
USTA Eastern's
Metro Region
May 5, 2023
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USTA Eastern Metro Region organizes all USTA tennis programs throughout the five boroughs: Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Our mission is to promote and develop the growth of tennis throughout the area.
News
- Metro-area junior Claire An captured the girls' 16s title at the 2023 Easter Bowl. Read our interview.
- Brooklyn teenager Leena Friedman lifted the championship trophy at the 2023 USTA Winter National Championships. Read our interview.
- This past summer, the Metro Council hosted another free tennis clinic for essential workers. Read recap.
- Robert "Bob" Davis and Wilbert "Billy" Davis were among those inducted into the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame in 2022. The brothers, who were both born in Harlem, committed their lives to growing the sport locally. Read Billy's story | Read Bob's story
- Longtime NYC resident Virginia Wade was also inducted into the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame in 2022.
- Brooklyn resident Sara Contreras was named a recipient of the USTA Foundation's Donald Lawson Tisdel Scholarship.
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Upcoming Events
Information will be posted here as it becomes available.
The Metro Region Team
Adult League Coordinator
- Cole Newsome - newsome@eastern.usta.com
Community Tennis Coordinator
- Neil Thakur - thakur@eastern.usta.com
Metro Region Council
Officers:
- Sharon Simmonds, Regional Director
- Jeffrey Fairbanks, Vice Chair
- Susan Cassidy, Secretary
Members:
- Eshu Xi Amaru
- Jeanna Anderson
- Deb Andrews
- Richard Bowie
- Rosy Deluna
- Charles East
- Ioonna Felix
- Jonathan Gamberg
- Charlotte Ganberg
- Isis Gill
- Maria Gorski
- Neha Irrinki
- Jeffrey Lacy
- Mark McIntyre
- Julian Mignott
- Steve Mingo
- Gregory Muhammad
- Doriana Noel
- Rosa Oviedo
- Bradley Schneider
- Pablo Sierra
- Sasha Thomas
- Jason Weir-Smith
- Ken Wilkinson
