A Letter From Our President

Happy New Year! It is good to be a tennis player in Oklahoma! For as crazy as 2020 was, with all its “pivots” Oklahoma tennis bounced back strong in 2021! 

Thanks to our Oklahoma Tennis facilities, USTA Oklahoma staff and volunteers, and our fantastic Oklahoma tennis players of all ages, I have only good news as we start 2022! 

Oklahoma adult leagues grew substantially in 2021 with adult league growth up 9% from 2019. We had a total of 6,769 adult tennis participants in 2021. The most amazing data point is that in the last 7 years, Oklahoma has gone from zero 2.5 teams to having 48 2.5 teams and a total of 435 participants! Our Oklahoma juniors are also experiencing exceptional growth. 

Our junior tennis tournaments were up by almost 8%! In 2021, we held 77 events with 5,112 participants. Junior Team Tennis reached an all-time high in participation in 2021, and we look forward to even more tournaments and Junior Team Tennis growth in 2022.  

Our Oklahoma Tennis Foundation has given away more than $26,600 in grants, awarded $8,500 in scholarships and has an exciting $250,000 matching grant for 2022! I hope to see you at our USTA Oklahoma Banquet on March 26th in Edmond where we can celebrate all this good news, and good tennis together! 

It is good to be a tennis player in Oklahoma!

- Mary Jo Tasker