US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships
The 2019 US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships will take place at Dwight Davis Tennis Center in St. Louis, Missouri from September 9-15, 2019.
Over 100 players from throughout the country and all over the world, including the top 13 internationally ranked men and 11 of the top 12 internationally ranked women, will compete to become victors of this year’s US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships.
Of the 100+ players competing, 16 come from within USTA Missouri Valley. Headlining that list of players is #6 internationally ranked Quad Wheelchair Open Doubles Tennis player Nick Taylor, from Wichita, KS.
The 2019 US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships is a collaborative effort by the USTA at the National, Section and District level and the Gateway Confluence Wheelchair Sports Foundation.
Volunteers and staff invite one and all to attend the 32nd edition of the world’s oldest wheelchair tennis tournament—the most venerable of adaptive sporting events. Please know you are warmly welcomed and cordially invited to "Meet Us In St. Louis."
Play will officially start on Tuesday, September 10, at 9:00 AM. More information about the tournament can be found on the tournament website or by contacting Kenneth Hayden at kjhay12@yahoo.com.
Click here to be directed to the tournament’s TennisLink page.
The USTA US Open Wheelchair Championships tournament committee thanks its many generous sponsors for making this event possible. Sponsors of the event include UNIQLO LifeWear, UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour, Permobil, the International Tennis Federation, NEC, UnitedAccess, Bender Inc., USTA Wheelchair Tennis, USTA Missouri Valley, USTA St. Louis, Dr. Pepper, Kings Point, and Confluence.
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