American Tennis Association

Not to be confused with United States Tennis Association.

American Tennis Association
SportTennis
Abbreviation(ATA)
Founded1916[1]
LocationLargo, Maryland
Official website
www.yourata.org
United States

The American Tennis Association (ATA) is based in Largo, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C., and is the oldest African-American sports organization in the United States.[2][3] The core of the ATA's modern mission continues to be promoting tennis as a sport for black people and developing junior tennis players, but the ATA welcomes people of all backgrounds.

  1. ^ Lawrence, Novotny (2014). From Compton to Center Court: Venus and Serena and the Black Female Experience in Professional Tennis. In: Documenting the Black Experience: Essays on African American History, Culture, and Identity in Nonfiction Films, ed. Novotny Lawrence. ISBN 978-1-4766-1963-7
  2. ^ "Grand Slam: history of blacks in tennis - Special Section: 1994 Black Enterprise/Pepsi-Cola Golf and Tennis Challenge". Black Enterprise. September 1994. Retrieved June 30, 2007.
  3. ^ Dr. Franklyn Scott. "The American Tennis Association (ATA)". BlackTennisHistory.com. Retrieved July 19, 2021.