The Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1934
that is devoted to the development of
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
for recreation and physical fitness and is pledged to maintain the rules of play and high standard of sportsmanship based in
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
. The primary function of ALTA is scheduling league play for adult and junior teams in the five-county Atlanta metro area. A facility annexation program was developed in 1988 to include qualifying facilities in counties adjacent to the metro counties.
The Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association was first registered with the
United States Lawn Tennis Association
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, ...
in 1934. The purpose of the organization at that time was to promote tennis tournaments and junior tennis development in the Atlanta area.
ALTA started league play in 1971
with less than 1,000 members. It grew to almost 10,000 in 1975, 35,000 in 1982, over 51,000 in 1988 and 71,000 in 1992.
Today, ALTA has approximately 80,000 members. It is the largest tennis-based community organization in the world.
References
External links
ALTA official site
Tennis organizations
Tennis in Georgia (U.S. state)
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