Hello dear readers, friends, and racket sports enthusiasts.

Welcome to the August edition of Racket Business. We are pleased to announce that the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) has joined us as a new advertiser. We are honored to have many of our readers as members of this prestigious organization and we are excited to share newsworthy information in each edition of Racket Business.

This month, Racket Business is featuring a broad selection of topics from Wimbledon to Indian Wells and from tennis to padel and pickleball. Rich is questioning why some U.S. organizations get away with never disclosing basic information about their ownership and corporate structure. During his research, he discovered activities that made him ask whether there may be a ‘silent coup’ to overthrow our established racket professional organizations right in front of our eyes.

Tim Farthing gives us some amazing numbers from the BNP Paribas Open in California’s Indian Wells, a tournament many U.S. tennis fans love to call the ‘5th Grand Slam’ for good reason. Rod Heckelman is reminding us that isolating any sport is never a good idea. Gary Horvath is looking at the current tennis workforce and the needs in the marketplace. Robert Davis discovered that Asia’s premier tennis training center is in Japan. Benjamin Zilnicki argues that there’s an opportunity for tennis to start monetizing its huge fanbase.

So much more this month. We hope you find a lot of new information you can use.

Have a good August!

Rich & Tim

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