THE USTA (UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOC) TO RENAME ITS PRESS CENTER IN HONOR OF NOTED TENNIS JOURNALIST AND HISTORIAN BUD COLLINS

Written by: Staff on 5th August 2015

THE USTA (UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOC) TO RENAME ITS PRESS CENTER IN HONOR OF NOTED TENNIS JOURNALIST AND HISTORIAN BUD COLLINS |

THE USTA TO RENAME ITS PRESS CENTER IN HONOR OF NOTED

TENNIS JOURNALIST AND HISTORIAN BUD COLLINS

“Bud Collins US Open Media Center” Will be Officially Named Over

Labor Day Weekend

The USTA today announced that the press center at the US Open will be officially named the “Bud Collins US Open Media Center,” to honor the noted tennis journalist and historian. The concept was approved unanimously by the USTA Board of Directors earlier this year.

The press center servicing the US Open is located on the ground level of Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. A plaque featuring the Tennis Hall of Famer will be unveiled at a special ceremony on Sunday, September 6, in the West Media Room. Collins, his wife Anita, and other members of their family are expected to attend the event. More than 1,000 journalists from more than 60 countries annually cover the US Open, making the tournament one of the top sports media destinations in the world.

“Few people have contributed as much to the sport of tennis as Bud has,” said Katrina Adams, USTA Chairman of the Board and President. “He is a special person, a friend and mentor to many in the industry, and one who has spread his passion for the sport in so many ways. The span of his career is breathtaking, and we are privileged to name our media center in his honor.”

Though best known for his long-standing tennis column in the Boston Globe, which he started writing in 1963; Collins’ career has touched nearly all major journalistic outlets across seven decades. He became one of the first print reporters to become a sports television announcer when he joined WGBH-TV for its national tennis broadcasts, and his work in television reached its pinnacle when he joined NBC Sports, where he was the face of “Breakfast at Wimbledon” for 35 years. He is considered tennis’ pre-eminent historian and is the author of eight books, including Bud Collins: History of Tennis.

A recipient of numerous honors and awards, Collins was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in July 1994. In addition to reporting on the sport, Collins was a fine competitive tennis player who won the U.S. Indoor Mixed Doubles Championship in 1961 with Janet Hopps and reached the final of the French Open Senior Doubles in 1975.

This year’s US Open is scheduled from August 31 through September 13.

10sBalls _com Editors Note: The team here is all thrilled. Bud is a true ‘one of a kind’ and he has the clothes to prove it. We have been fortunate to have known Bud well for a really long time. He once called “Geezer” a walking tennis encyclopedia … That’s an amazing remark from a guy that always spoke it as he saw it. We were fortunate enough to have played some barefoot tennis on grass with Bud. And even better he and his wife Anita put his footprints in our walk of fame.( Anita Watched ) Instead of his hand prints he put in his two index fingers. Bravo dear Bud. Good call USTA! (LJ)

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