Service winner: Sports exec overcomes long odds to pull off premier event

In tennis, love means nothing, and nothing is what longtime USTA and WTA executive Stacey Allaster had to work with, in terms of precedent, when staging the U.S. Open amid a global pandemic.

Courtesy. Stacey Allaster at the 2020 U.S. Open in New York. The event was played in a bubble and without fans in attendance because of the COVID-19 crisis.
Courtesy. Stacey Allaster at the 2020 U.S. Open in New York. The event was played in a bubble and without fans in attendance because of the COVID-19 crisis.
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In June, Stacey Allaster, a St. Petersburg resident and the U.S. Tennis Association’s chief executive of professional tennis, became the first woman to be named tournament director of the U.S. Open in the prestigious event’s 140-year history. 

 

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