DID YOU KNOW! HOW MANY AMERICANS PLAY TENNIS?

TENNIS PARTICIPATION CONTINUES TO GROW AS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF U.S. TENNIS PLAYERS AGE 12 AND OVER HAS RISEN FROM 19.5 MILLION IN 1996 TO 20.8 MILLION IN 1999. MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, FREQUENT TENNIS PLAYERS, THOSE PLAYING 21 TIMES A YEAR OR MORE; HAVE GROWN FROM 4.9 MILLION TO 5.4 MILLION PLAYERS. THESE ARE JUST TWO OF THE FINDING FROM A RECENT STUDY CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF THE TIA, THE USTA AND THE ITF BY SPORTS MARKETING SURVEYS, THE WORLD’S LARGEST