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Industry News
PTR opens an Orlando offi ce
Hilton Head Island, SC — Professional Tennis Reg-
istry (PTR) is pleased to announce the opening of a
satellite offi ce in Orlando, Florida. PTR opened the
offi ce to continue to work closely with the USTA at
their new National Campus in Lake Nona.
PTR will maintain its International Headquarters on
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. PTR Director of
Education, Brian Parkkonen, and Director of Devel-
opment, Isaac McBroom are headquartered at the
new locale.
6900 Tavistock Lakes Blvd Suite 400
Orlando, FL 32827
PTR is the largest global organization of tennis teaching professionals with more than 16,000
members in 125 countries. It has the greatest percentage of multicultural and women members of
any such organization. PTR is dedicated to educating, certifying, and serving tennis teachers and
coaches around the world in order to grow the game.
New York Open chooses Dunlop
Greenville, S.C. — Dunlop announced today it has reached a multi-year agreement with GF
Sports, LLC and its New York Open to be the offi cial ball, racquet and string for the new ATP Tour
event. Dunlop Fort All Court balls will be used for play, Dunlop stringing machines will be used to
string player racquets, and Dunlop will have a retail presence at the tournament, which runs from
February 11-18, 2018. The tournament will be hosted at the NYCB LIVE Nassau Veterans Memo-
rial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
“Dunlop sponsors some of the biggest ATP tournaments across the globe, including Rome, Madrid,
Monte Carlo and Shanghai,” said Kai Nitsche, V.P. and General Manager for Dunlop Sports. “So
when the opportunity presented itself to sponsor this new event in New York, we were fully pre-
pared to commit. This is going to be a great opportunity to introduce our legendary Fort ball and
new Dunlop Srixon racquets to the largest media market in the U.S.”
“Our goal is to align our New York Open with the world’s top Tour events, and the partnership with
Dunlop supports the mission,” said Tournament Director and GF Sports EVP Josh Ripple. “The
Dunlop brand is legendary in the game of tennis, and current Tour players recognize the quality of
the Fort ball in particular. Several of the biggest ATP Masters 1000 events use the ball, and that
association along with the confi dence we have in the Dunlop brand raises the stature of our tourna-
ment with the players and the public.”