Menu
Leagues and Governing Bodies

WTA CEO Stacey Allaster 'Couldn't Be Happier' With Tennis Growth In China

Chinese tennis is "in a boom period" and WTA CEO & Chair Stacey Allaster, "couldn't be happier," according to Sun Xiaochen of the CHINA DAILY. Boasting "huge market potential and government support," China has become an ideal host for prestigious tennis events and the WTA has slated five high-level tournaments in the country in '14 -- "with one more big one possibly to come." However, the sport, which draws massive participation throughout the world, "remains in its infancy here." Allaster said, "Eight or nine (including lower-level events) is not that many. We have nine tournaments in the U.S., which has a much smaller population base. I think we have seen an incredible commitment by the CTA [Chinese Tennis Association] and local government to invest in infrastructure. It gives the WTA an incredible opportunity to have the China Open as our foundation and to then build around that event with Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Hong Kong, combined with the WTA 125 (lower-tier events)" (CHINA DAILY, 3/7).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2013/03/08/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/tennis.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2013/03/08/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/tennis.aspx

CLOSE