USA TAP OPEN explained

USA TAP OPEN was the first International Adaptive Standing Tennis tournament to take place in the United States in American history.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

The inaugural tournament was held in Houston, Texas in 2016 and organized by Cindy Benzon, Jeff Bourns, Harold Graham, Enzo Amadei Jerez, and Ana Maria Rodriguez with support from the United States Tennis Association of Texas, the Houston Tennis Association, Tennis Express, and Houston's Memorial Hermann Hospital. 28 players from 11 different countries came to participate in the inaugural tournament.[8] [9] 1987 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Dennis Ralston served as tournament ambassador.[10] The tournament served as the adaptive standing tennis world championships from 2016 to 2019 before being interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

The USA TAP OPEN is part of an international tennis circuit, the TAP World Tour. The TAP World Tour was the first International circuit for professional standing adaptive tennis players.[12] [13] [14] The tour was founded by Enzo Amadei and Ana Maria Rodriguez of Santiago, Chile.[15] The United States, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Dominican Republic all have players who have competed on the tour.

The USA TAP Open helped cultivate and grow adaptive standing tennis programing and more organized tournaments in the United States and across the world.[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Notes and References

  1. News: 10 September 2018 . Amputee Eyes Recognition for Adaptive Tennis . Houston Chronicle . PressReader . 18 March 2022.
  2. Web site: 'If I'm an inspiration because I refuse to quit – I'm happy with that' – Jeff Bourns . 2022-05-17 . babolat.com . en.
  3. Web site: January 2017 . USA TAP OPEN . 18 March 2022 . Inside Tennis Magazine.
  4. Web site: 1 March 2019 . ADAPTIVE STANDING TENNIS: A New Way to Play . 18 March 2022 . United States Tennis Association National.
  5. Web site: 2017-02-01 . Adaptive Stand-up Tennis Comes to Texas . 2022-03-19 . The O&P EDGE Magazine . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2017-01-24 . Houston Tournament Shows Off New Form Of Adaptive Tennis . 2022-03-19 . Athletes Roll . en.
  7. Web site: Garofalo . Suzanne . 2018-09-09 . Clear Lake amputee tennis pro Jeff Bourns pushing for recognition of adaptive sport . 2022-06-02 . Houston Chronicle . en-US.
  8. Web site: USTA Texas, the Texas Tennis & Education Foundation and the TAP Foundation present USA TAP World Championships . 2022-03-18 . CultureMap Houston . en.
  9. Web site: Stand Up Tennis Empowers . Tennis Now . 25 June 2022 . YouTube.
  10. Web site: In Memoriam: Hall of Famer Dennis Ralston . 2022-03-19 . usta.com . en.
  11. Web site: TAP USA TOUR Championships 2017 . 2022-03-19 . usta.com . en.
  12. Web site: TAPWORLDTOUR . 2022-03-19 . tapworldtour.com.
  13. Web site: 2018-10-01 . Free Fitness Prosthetic Leg for Special Olympics Amputee Tennis Player from St. Kitts and Nevis . 2022-03-19 . SpecialOlympics.org . en.
  14. Web site: Strong Showing from Midwest Players at USA TAP Open . 2022-03-19 . usta.com . en.
  15. Web site: Returning to Tennis after Amputation . 2022-03-18 . usta.com . en.
  16. Web site: 2019 . JASTA . 18 March 2018 . JASTA.
  17. Web site: 2019 . CAST-Carolinas Adaptive Standing Tennis . 18 March 2022 . GRETA.
  18. Greensboro Hosts First Standing Adaptive Tennis Tournament in North Carolina . 2022-03-18 . YES! Weekly . en.
  19. Web site: 2022-01-20 . A Grugliasco il 1° Training Camp di adaptive standing tennis organizzato in Italia . Associazione Volonwrite . 2022-03-19 . it-IT.
  20. Web site: Midwest Adaptive Tennis at the Western & Southern Open . 2022-03-19 . usta.com . en.
  21. Web site: 2018-04-26 . San Antonio Amputees Stay Active, Competitive on Tennis Court . 2022-03-19 . San Antonio Report . en-US.

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