GSE Worldwide, a leading sports and entertainment marketing and management company today announced the expansion of its wildly successful Global Pro-Am Tennis Series to include stops in Indian Wells CA, London, England, and Southampton, NY in 2020. The series launched in 2019 with the Hamptons Summer Tennis Classic and will continue to feature top ATP pros, a women’s event in London and New York, various national sponsors including Mr. Porter, Heineken, 15SOF, and 60 West, with a donation of a portion of proceeds to local charities in each city. The original Hamptons Summer Tennis Classic, a 16 team doubles Pro-Am featured the biggest stars in the game including, Stan Wawrinka, Karen Khachanov, Stefanos Tsitsipas and took place just days before the start of the US Open.
GSE operates as a full-service talent agency and sports management and marketing practice, representing professional athletes, coaches and personalities, brand consulting, and managing and executing world-class sporting events and activations. The newly expanded tennis series is part of a continuation of an aggressive growth strategy for the firm which started in 2019.
“GSE is executing on its commitment to pursue an aggressive growth strategy with the expansion of our events division, the continued development of our existing businesses, and a deeper dive into the NBA and NFL.” said Michael Principe, CEO, GSE Worldwide. “We are extremely proud of the expansion of the Hamptons Summer Tennis Classic into a global tour and look forward to our first stop this March in Indian Wells, followed by London and New York, in late June and August.”
The Tour takes participants out of the stands and puts them on the courts with the best players in the world. GSE gives tennis players of all levels the opportunity to test their skills in a tournament setting with world class ATP pros competing in the highest profile tournaments around the globe. The first event in 2020 takes place three days prior to the BNP Paribas and includes a 16 team Pro-Am tournament held at the Vintage Club. In all, the field of pros will include 6 players currently in the top 20, 15 in the top 100, and 28 Grand Slam titles and 45 Masters Series titles are shared between them.
The following two tournaments in the series are scheduled for London, England as the Grass Court Championships – June 24th/25th 2020 – 4 days before Wimbledon – and in Southampton NY as the Hamptons Summer Classic August 22nd/23rd – one week prior to the US Open.
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GSE is a leading sports marketing and management company which represents high-profile sports, entertainment and broadcasting personalities; advises brands and businesses in their marketing and business objectives; and delivers unforgettable, world-class sporting events from intimate gatherings to sold out stadiums.
