For the 6^th year in a row, the Diaz family is hosting the Mary Diaz and William Copeland Jr. Memorial Tennis Tournament.  It promises to be a weekend of great tennis for a great cause.

Haley West, 7, works on her strokes at Westgate Park on the Hilltop. The GCTA partially funds the Columbus Recreation and Parks tennis programs. For more information on Columbus Rec & Parks programs in your area, please contact Denica Bruce at dbruce@gcta.net

The Columbus A and B teams are all smiles after winning the Jr. Davis/Whiteman Cup tournament again this year.

Please join us on Monday August 9, as the Babe Tennis Classic returns for the fifth year to the beautiful tennis facility of New Albany Country Club.  We will have the luxury of playing on three different surfaces (12 HarTru, 2 hard and 2 grass courts) at one of the Midwest’s premier tennis clubs.

The Ohio Valley Midwest Qualifier was held for the Girl's 16's at Upper Arlington High School. Inclement weather forced the tournament indoors at the Racquet Club on Saturday. The finals are Monday, June 14th. For complete draw information and tournament advancers, please visit www.usta.com click tennis link, then tournaments. Pictured here is tournament referee, Art Haus and Guy Parks, Director of Tennis at the Racquet Club of Columbus on the left.

The summer edition of the Midwest Tennis News features story on a local program - Buddy Up Tennis. Buddy Up Tennis is a high energy, adaptive tennis & fitness program for children and young adults with Down syndrome in Columbus, Ohio. Read all about this inspiring program in the Summer, 2010 Midwest Tennis News magazine. This program is partially funded by GCTA Grant monies.

For upcoming area tournaments for both Juniors and Adults, in the Columbus area, please visit www.cogp.com.

Upcoming events include 20th Annual Tennisfax Classic, Bexley Open, Columbus Open 1, Groveport Open, Midwest Hardcourt Championships and the Lancaster Open.

Columbus-area players won all four finals yesterday at Ohio State's Stickney Tennis Center. Kevin Metka of Worthington Kilbourne and Chris Diaz of Watterson won Division I and II singles, respectively. Billy Weldon and Stu Little of Upper Arlington won the Division I doubles final, and Andrew Enslen and Chad Buchanan of Columbus Academy won the Division II doubles championship. For the entire article, please visit the link below; http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/05/30/central-ohio-players-shine.html?sid=101

The endorsement lists to the 2010 OVTA District Championships can be found by clicking on the "Endorsment List - 2010 Area Qualifier" link below. 

A Quick Start demonstration will take place at the Columbus Clippers home game on Wednesday, July 28Th. Midwests mascot "Ace" will also be on hand to get kids excited about tennis. For more information, please contact Terri Jones at tjones@gcta.net