By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennisnow | Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Photo Credit: Usta
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Tennis participation in the United States has increased to a new height of 25.7 million players after five consecutive years of growth, Usta announced today citing data from “third -party search firms”.
25.7 million players are nearly two million players from 2023, with 1.9 million out of 23.8 million, according to USTA data.
If you have played tennis in US courts over the past year, then you not only save those courts from a full pickleball abduction, you may have noticed that you were not alone.
One in every 12 Americans played tennis in 2024 – the highest proportion to the record, reports Usta.
This total exceeds the average five-year ratio of one in 16 Americans.
It also is an encouraging sign for the tennis that the sport has increased its base by playing domestically in other sports, including picletball, basketball, football and video games have also increased player bases.
Here are other findings from the release of USTA to increase local players participation in America:
Held and returning players are growing With a five percent increase in retention rates above 2023 reaching a five-year high, while those who returned to the game after a break of at least one year increased nine percent. The first and return players brought 6.3 million players to the game in 2024 and tennis lost the smallest number of players from year to year since 2020. This balanced moment represents an ideal scenario for the sport – while cultivating dedicated players While expanding the extension.
Tennis is increasingly attracting a new player base As players below 35 possible tennis enlargement in 2024, contributing nearly two -thirds of all growth (+1.2 million players). The influence of young people is especially clear among those under 25, who run 45 percent of total profits. This focused increase among new segments underlines the strong attraction of sports for younger generations and suggests a promising trajectory for the future of tennis in America.
The game is increasingly diverse With 26 percent increase in black / African -American participation, representing an increase in 662,000 players, and Hispanic players increase 15.4 percent, to 4.54 million players over 2023. Older players are also increasing with a 17 percent growth growth at 302K participants. These tendencies suggest that tennis is strengthening its position as a cornerstone of community engagement and healthy lifestyle choices.
Tennis reached a new milestone in the engagement in 2024, With the top players (those who play 10+ times in the last 12 months) growing up to a 13 million record, representing 50 percent of all participants. This expansion to the dedicated players exceeded 2023 by 11 percent and signals deepening of commitment throughout this sport. The growth of frequent players has helped run total games to 575 million, a nine percent increase over the previous year.
