Tennis laughs at your recession!

Posted on June 9th, 2009. Written by Emmett Jones.

When you think of sports unaffected by the recession, what do you think of first?

Football?

Baseball?

What about United States Tennis.  Yes, tennis.  The first day for the general public to purchase tickets for the 2009 U.S. Open was yesterday.  Needless to say, they sold like hotcakes.

The first day of ticket sales to the general public yesterday for the ‘09 U.S. Open Tennis Championships was the second-best opening day in tournament history, the USTA said.  With nearly 35,000 tickets sold, it was only the second time that opening day ticket sales topped 30,000 tickets. The ‘09 total is surpassed only by first-day sales in ‘08.

“Considering today’s economic climate, the U.S. Open proves it has staying power,” said USTA Chair & President Lucy Garvin. In the five days leading up to the public on-sale date (June 2-6), the U.S. Open pre-sale for American Express members set an all-time sales record of more than 31,000 tickets.

Did somebody say something about a recession, because apparently tennis isn’t listening.  Why the sudden rise?  Maybe everyone is thinking Roger Federer will break the record for most majors won at the Open (what about Wimbeldon, people?) I don’t know, and probably similar to Tour organizers, I don’t care.  I am just happy, as they are, to see people supporting tennis, even in a recession.  Apparently though, I should only be moderately surprised.  The Billie Jean King Cup, which took place in March, still pulled in 12,000 people…and some of those tickets were $1,000 a piece.

Sports Business Daily — U.S. Open records second highest-ever opening day of ticket sales

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