As What’sUpNewp first reported, Newport Will Welcome PowerShares Series Tennis Event in July.
The PowerShares Series, the tennis circuit for champion players over the age of 30, announced its slate of player fields for its 12-city circuit that begins April 8 in Chicago. Competing players in 2016 are Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, Jim Courier, Mark Philippoussis, James Blake and Mardy Fish.
Andy Roddick, James Blake and 2 champion players to be announced will play at the International Tennis Hall Of Fame on July 17th. The match will coincide with the International Tennis Hall Of Fame Tennis Championships.
Each PowerShares Series event features two one-set semifinal matches and a one-set championship match. For the second straight year, players will make their own line calls, with assistance of electronic line-calling.
Ticket and VIP experiences information – including play-with-the pros opportunities – can be found at www.PowerSharesSeries.com.
In 2015, Roddick won the PowerShares Series points title in his second year of competing on the series with 1,600 points. Roddick won a record eight events Los Angeles, Lincoln, Chicago, Austin, Little Rock, Dallas, Richmond and Minneapolis. Blake finished second in the points rankings with 1,200 points, winning events in Boston and Cincinnati. Philippoussis finished in third with 1,100 points, winning titles in Salt Lake City and Vancouver. The year before in 2014, McEnroe won the points title for the first time in the nine-year history of Champions Series tennis by winning events in Kansas City, Indianapolis, Nashville and Charlotte
*Editor’s Note – A previous version of this story incorrectly included Andre Agassi in the hyperlink.