New Haven to become WTA-only event 25/10/2010 |
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New Haven’s professional tennis tournament is becoming a women’s-only event, with Yale University among a number of organisations replacing a single title sponsor.
The tournament, which had been one of just four sanctioned by both the men’s ATP Tour and the women’s WTA Tour, will be called the New Haven Open at Yale and will feature a field of 28 women, along with a doubles draw.
Yale, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Aetna and American Express have agreed to sponsor the event for the next three years, said Anne Worcester, the tournament’s director.
“This announcement is an out-of-the-box, good news solution to ensure that this large-scale, international sporting event will stay in our region for a minimum of three years,” she added.
Pilot Pen had been the tournament’s main sponsor for 15 years, but ended its relationship, citing economic factors, after moving the company’s headquarters from Connecticut to Florida last year.
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