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OHSAA state tennis tournaments to return to Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason
On Thursday, June 26, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced that next Ohio state tennis tournaments will be returning to the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason for the first time since 2022.
The deal is for the next three years.
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The tournaments were hosted at the Lindner Center from 2014 to 2022, but moved to the College of Wooster for the past two seasons while the Lindner Center was under renovation. The facility annually hosts the Cincinnati Open.
'We're proud to welcome back the OHSAA state tennis tournaments to the Lindner Family Tennis Center,' said Bob Moran, President of Beemok Sports and Entertainment. 'After a major transformation, our campus will be a year-round public facility where Ohio's best high school players will compete on the same courts as the world's best. It is an opportunity that will inspire them throughout their season and serve as a great reward for their hard work.'
About 12,000 new seats have been added to Center Court at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason. The new seats are part of of a $260 million to enhance the facility over the next two years. The center hosts the Cincinnati Open.
The renovations cost $260 million and increased the total number of outdoor courts at the facility to 31. It also added a six-court indoor facility, pickleball and padel courts, new locker room facilities and a clubhouse that includes a restaurant and function room space.
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'The Lindner Family Tennis Center is one of the finest tennis facilities in the country and we are thrilled that our student-athletes will be able have the experience of competing there for state championships,' said Doug Ute, OHSAA Executive Director. 'We would like to thank the College of Wooster for hosting the state tournaments for the last two years. We had a great experience at Lindner previously and are looking forward to being back.'
The OHSAA girls tennis state tournament will be held October 16-17, 2025. The next OHSAA boys state tennis tournament will be held May 28-29, 2026.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: OHSAA state tennis tournaments returning to Lindner Family Tennis Center
