Professional tennis is making its return to Decatur this summer, with the Robison Family serving as the Presenting Sponsor of the Illinois Women\u2019s Pro Tennis Championships. Scheduled for June 9\u201315, 2025, the event will take place at the Decatur Park District\u2019s Fairview Tennis Complex and mark the city\u2019s first-ever professional women\u2019s tennis tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTennis is a game that brings communities together, allowing people of all ages to learn, improve, and enjoy the sport,\u201d said Keri (Robison) Roth. \u201cAs a young girl growing up in Decatur, I spent endless hours each summer playing on the courts at Fairview. It was like a second home to me. I hope other young girls in our community come out to watch these world-class athletes, feel inspired by the same dream, and develop their own love for the game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tournament is sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Pro Circuit and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour. The event will feature 70 players from over 20 countries competing for a $30,000 prize purse and valuable WTA (Women\u2019s Tennis Association) world ranking points. The Decatur Community Tennis Foundation will be the tournament organizer as well as overseeing sponsorship opportunities.
ABOUT DECATUR COMMUNITY TENNIS FOUNDATION
The Decatur Community Tennis Foundation was founded in 1985 and its mission is to support community tennis in the Decatur, Illinois area. From 1999-2023, the organization ran the USTA\/Ursula Beck Pro Tennis Classic which featured professional male players competing for ATP ranking points and $25,000 in prize money. The proceeds from this tournament and other donations enabled the organization to financially support all facets of tennis in the Decatur area. Juniors, adults, schools as well as the Fairview Tennis Complex are benefactors of our 501 (c) 3 organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ABOUT THE USTA PRO CIRCUIT
The USTA Pro Circuit, established in 1979, was created to help players earn the professional ranking points necessary to compete on the major pro tours. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2019, the circuit has evolved into the world’s largest developmental tennis platform, featuring around 100 tournaments and nearly $3 million in prize money annually. The women’s circuit includes events offering prize money of $15,000, $30,000, $60,000, $80,000, and $100,000. ITF World Tennis Tour 15s provide $15,000 in prize money and ITF World Tennis ranking points, while tournaments at the $30,000 level and above award WTA ranking points. Follow the USTA Pro Circuit at #USTAProCircuit and www.usta.com\/procircuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information, contact:<\/strong> June 9 – 15 \/ Fairview Tennis Complex Professional tennis is making its return to Decatur this summer, with the Robison Family serving as the Presenting Sponsor of the Illinois Women\u2019s Pro Tennis Championships. Scheduled for June 9\u201315, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1760"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1762,"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760\/revisions\/1762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Chuck Kuhle, Tournament Director
Cell (217) 433-8864
kuhletennis@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"