USTA Training Center East

Closed, the USTA moved its junior training to Orlando

Flushing Meadows, United States

One of today's pros grew up on these courts.

• Louisa Chirico #553 WTA

The USTA's Player Development centre inside the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing ran invite-only training for selected juniors from 2010. It is no longer on the USTA's site, and the USTA's junior training weeks now run in Lake Nona, Orlando.

The facts

• Opened: 2010 (Jan 13, 2010, inside the BJK National Tennis Center, for high-performance juniors and pros)
• Outdoor hard courts: 22 (at the BJK National Tennis Center that hosted the centre, incl. the three US Open show courts)
• Indoor courts: 12 (at the National Tennis Center, plus 12 more outdoor courts in the park next door)
• Feeder Program ages: 9–13 (merit-based after-school group with open tryouts, started in 2013, handed to the NTC in July 2016)
• After-school hours: 4–7 pm (the last group listed on their page, for high-level juniors)
• Training weeks now: Lake Nona (the USTA's junior pathway (14 to 18) now trains in Orlando, not New York)
• Boarding: No
• School on site: No, home schooling arranged by families
• From age: Was 9 (Feeder, 2013); closed
• Adults: No
• Visits: No, no longer listed
• Campus: No longer on the USTA site

Coaches

• Gavin Johnston, Coordinator of Training Center – East
• Joe Ceriello, Manager, opened the centre in 2009–10
• Scott Hausthor, Coordinator, junior programmes (from 2013)
• Erik Kortland, National coach, ran the 2013 Feeder Program

Where it is

Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368.

Also in United States

• John McEnroe Tennis Academy 8 km, New York (Randall's Island). 3 pros raised, best Aleksandar Kovacevic #82 ATP
• CourtSense Tennis Training Center 22 km, Tenafly. 2 pros raised, best Ava Markham #660 WTA
• Robbie Wagner Tennis 22 km, Glen Cove. 1 pro raised, best Jack Kennedy #398 ATP
• The Masters School 29 km, Dobbs Ferry, New York. 1 pro raised, best Oren Vasser #2295 ATP
• Newark Academy 43 km, Livingston, New Jersey. 1 pro raised, best Alexander Kotzen #1452 ATP
• Garden State Tennis Center 46 km, Edison. 2 pros raised, best Samir Banerjee #650 ATP
• IA Tennis Academy 49 km, Little Silver. 1 pro raised, best Elvina Kalieva #113 WTA
• Nassau Tennis Club 77 km, Skillman. 1 pro raised, best Ronit Karki #888 ATP

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