Support Team USA Tennis at 2012 London Olympics

"Pro Amore et Patria" ~ Latin: For Love and Country

These athletes play for no prize money; only the love of their game and representing the honor of their country. What greater glory can be achieved in sports than that?

With matches played at Wimbledon, it will be the first time that the Olympics will be held at a Grand Slam venue. May the best grass court players prevail! Congrats to Murray, Federer and Del Potro!

Team USA gifts and souvenirs from the Olympics

Want a Team USA souvenir tennis hat to remember the 2012 games?

Or maybe a Team USA Nike Dri Fit Athletic T-shirt? (I like the red one myself)

USA Women - Serena Williams going for triple gold: Singles, Women's Doubles (with sister Venus) & Mixed Doubles??

Plus the #1 Ranked Women's Doubles team of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond will be the other women's doubles team.

USA Men - A pair of very strong singles players and also the winnest Doubles Team ever. Roddick and Isner provide possibly the fastest serving guys in the game along with the unstoppable Mike and Bob Bryan Brother Twins to play for history.

Cheer on Andy Roddick and our other American Olympic Athletes in London

Check out this Youtube Video of Andy Roddick's Q&A on Olympics: Very funny commentary as usual from Andy. I hope he can help bring some medals home. Available are official gifts from the Team USA website. Matches will be TV broadcasting on Bravo and then NBC later in the week.

Should be an exciting next couple of weeks!
Go Team USA!

The Art of Ticket Resell - secure great US Open Tickets (even for "sold-out" sessions)

TicketMaster is the key to safe exchanges. Recommended for fans who are still trying to get into sold-out sessions or even looking to shop for a better deal than the full retail price.

Most importantly, these tickets are verified as genuine by Ticketmaster and reissued in your name - so someone cannot simply print out multiple copies and sell them.


My advice: Buy only from sellers with good ratings and reviews or accept only digital tickets that can only be used on your mobile phone!

Sun 9/1	Round of 16 Men's/Women's	12:00pm	TICKETS
	Round of 16 Men's/Women's	7:00pm	TICKETS
Mon 9/2	Round of 16 Men's/Women's	12:00pm	TICKETS				Ground
	Round of 16 Men's/Women's	7:00pm	TICKETS			💰💰
Tue 9/3	Quarterfinal Men's/Women's	12:00pm	TICKETS		💰		Ground
	Quarterfinal Men's/Women's	7:00pm	TICKETS
Wed 9/4	Quarterfinal Men's/Women's	12:00pm	TICKETS		💰
	Quarterfinal Men's/Women's	7:00pm	TICKETS
Thu 9/5	Women's Singles Semifinals	7:00pm	TICKETS
Fri 9/6	Women's Db-Final/Men's Semis	12:00pm	TICKETS	🔥
Sat 9/7	Men's Singles 2nd Semifinals	12:00pm	TICKETS
Sun 9/8	Men's/Women's Singles Final	1:00pm	TICKETS	🔥

Last Minute Tickets - Transfer possible after gates open at 10AM?

Note: Ticketmaster stops ticket sales for that day once the event starts...

Some possible ways around to make a mid-day purchase?

• StubHub has fewer tickets - but sometimes a deal or two
  • TM has the originals, but some fans trade tickets here indirectly
  • Make sure you check the totals *after all fees*
     
• SeatGeek shows their lowest listed price for each day
  • Use our "TENNISBARGAINS" $20 OFF $100 Code

Q: Need to switch to a  different ticket? How do you "exchange" Tickets?

A: Officially, Ticketmaster will not let you refund or exchange directly back to them.

However, if someone decides they cannot attend and wants tickets for a different date, the best way is to try to resell them through Ticket Exchange and buy ones you can use with your credit. This is basically the best way you can "trade" tickets for the US Open. It is a huge marketplace.

1) After you create and log in with your Ticketmaster account, go to "My US Open Account Manager," and it will show electronically what tickets you have available to be sold or transferred.


2) Select the seat that you want to sell and the price you want to sell it. After your tickets are sold, you will receive credit for most of the sale price you set - which you can use to buy other tickets that you can watch!

Setting your Ticket Price

My advice is not to set the sale price too high, if you want to get your money back fast. If you are one of the lowest prices, your tickets will get bought even faster. Do a little research on the "Buy Tickets" page to see how much they are going for, and try to beat that price by a few dollars.

Seller's Tip:
You can even set it so that if nobody buys your ticket at your price within a certain time, you can get an email notification so you can still go use them instead! Good when the weather is iffy. Also, you can forward them to your friend's email (as a last-minute tennis gift).

Tennis-Bargains Tip for Season Plans and Mini-Plans Holders

For those who want to see several consecutive sessions of tennis. In the past, what I have done is bought the full plan season tickets and after selling or gifting away half of my unused tickets, I had enough credit to buy a full 2nd year of season tickets! This is useful if you want to sell night tickets and just keep the day tickets, for example.

Tennis-Bargains Giveaways - Email Tickets to our Fans

TicketExchange is what I used to offer free tickets instantly to our Tennis-Bargains winners.

• Miguel S. (Queens, NY) - last week 7/15
• Piyush (Hoboken, NJ) - this week 7/22.
  In the example above, I just select the tickets I want to send, and just forward them to their email address. Both of them received Men's/Women's QF tickets. They just print them out and show them at the gate with their unique bar-codes and enjoy!

Try Resale Tickets from other fans - check in Aug for great bargains!

USTA promos and events

**USTA Southern has a 15% OFF promo link for Tennis-Warehouse**

See all our coupons and promo codes here:
http://jc10s.com/TennisCoupons

We also have an updated USTA promo code:
$30 USTA membership + free hat promo code

Thanks to USTA Southern for helping sponsor and promote the Atlanta Open last week. Part of the US Open Series of tournaments.

Atlanta, GA is also home to the " largest tennis-based community organization in the world."
Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) with about 80K current members (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Lawn_Tennis_Association)

They have always been a very strong force behind promoting tennis even back during the days I was attending Georgia Tech. Many great tennis players originate from this section of the country.

USTA Virginia hosted another USTA tennis block party at the 9th Annual Asian Festival.

With the Mobile Smashzone arena for the kids with free Citi Open tickets for volunteers. They have generously supported multi-cultural tennis and active military members and families in the Washington, DC area. USTA VA is also the strongest voting member of the USTA Mid-Atlantic Section. 

Tennis Injury or Strain? How to recover quickly for tennis players

Almost all regular tennis players - even Rafael Nadal - will eventually get one form of injury or another

Q: How do you properly treat, recover and heal quickly so you can play tennis again?
A: Below is what my doctors in the past have recommended when I had mild tennis injuries in the past.

Fortunately, I've never had any injuries that lasted more than 2-3 weeks.

Disclaimer
I would advise you to seek advice from a medical professional if you experience any lasting pain while playing tennis to make sure it is not something more serious. See our full medical disclaimer.

Legg Mason = Citi Open 2012 ATP 500 and WTA Event in DC

Get Tickets here! Family 4-packs less than $35/ticket

2012 Citi Open, an ATP World Tour 500 and WTA International Level Event (formerly the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, DC) to be played Saturday, July 28 - Sunday, August 5.

Tennis-Bargains Tip
Check out the opening weekend July 28-29 and watch many of the players on the practice courts surrounding the stadium. Tickets are usually as low as $10 which you can use to go to any outside courts (plus watch qualifying round action on center court).

This year it will be its first-ever combined Men's and Women's event so there will be plenty of photo-opts and autographs from the players. For Sunday, July 29, LivingSocial is also doing a deal to include a backstage tour of the facilities for $25.
Tickets also allow you to watch all other side court matches including the all-new "Grandstand" court on a first come, first serve basis. Arrive early and get a front row seat!

10% OFF Prefered Citi Card Owner code for Ticketmaster: 546616 for individual tickets. Also save big, by getting a Family 4-pack for ~$35/ticket (save $10-$20)!


National Parks Recreation Family Day
Saturday, July 28
Gates open at 9am

Families (up to six persons with a minimum of one child under 18 years of age) will be admitted for FREE at this year’s National Parks Recreation Family Day! The first 3,000 people to attend will receive a free reserved seat ticket and lunch voucher courtesy of Guest Services, Inc. at the North Gate.


2-for 1 Bonus:

USTA Member Appreciation Day is July 30. Get Tickets Here!
USTA Members who show their USTA card will receive a 2-for-1 ticket discount with their reserved ticket. Get your special USTA membership here!

Volunteers - free tickets, get close to the action. Help wanted at the event: http://www.citiopentennis.com/volunteers

Military Members Discount

All active duty and retired military members and families will receive a 2-for-1 discount (limit four [4] free tickets per person) on reserved tickets throughout the entire week of the tournament (redeemable at the box office).

Individual Session Pricing:

Session #	Box Seats	Reserved Seats
1	$20	$10
2	$45	$20
3-6	$70	$45
7-9	$75	$50
10	$80	$55

Reserved Seats 

Reserved Seats are available for purchase during the Citi Open Presale with an exclusive offer for Citi Credit cardmembers to purchase single-session tickets in rows A & B, which are typically reserved for weeklong packages.

Please visit the Citi Open Ticketmaster page to purchase your Reserved Seats today.