You Are a HERO to Hundreds of Kids
PTR and PTR Foundation founder, Dennis Van der Meer, dedicated his life to tennis, more importantly to coaching. He was a teacher of teachers – a coach of coaches [...]
December 2023 –
You are a big part of our 2023 success stories!
Thank you for giving the life-changing gift of tennis in 2023! Your support benefited 200+ children, 100+ adults, and 40+ tennis professionals (25 women) around the world. PTR Foundation [...]
November 2023 –
Virtual Conference speakers
PTR hosted the PTR Foundation’s Learn with Legends virtual conference led by the distinguished International Master Pros. Proceeds from the conference were donated to the foundation. The IMP speakers, [...]
October 2023 –
Lots of hugs, smiles and thank yous
The PTR Foundation is very proud to sponsor SONA Championships for 20 years in a row. For the first time I (Radhika), volunteered to work at the tournament. They [...]
September 2023 –
Members, Thank you for your continuing support….
The PTR Foundation was thrilled to volunteer at Arthur Ashe Champions Day, part of the Taube tennis series at Mountain View, CA. 200 kids, ages 6-15, participated in the clinic. [...]
August 2023 –
Congratulations!, Kendall Moody; We got your back, Maui Tennis Community!
We are pleased to share that the Southern Tennis Foundation 2023 recipient of the PTR Foundation/VDM scholarship is Kendall Moody from Columbus, Mississippi. She is an NJTL student with [...]
July 2023 –
Hats Off to our Sponsors for Their Dedicated Support
The PTR Foundation explored a creative way to engage with the tennis community. For the first time, the Foundation conducted a July 4th silent auction on Instagram. The silent [...]
June 2023 –
Members, You’re Amazing!
Enthusiastic contributions are contagious and can inspire the people around you and the world to make a difference. Some of the US PTR members made a thoughtful donation to [...]
May 2023 –
Drum Roll to Lancaster, PA High School Tennis Team!
We are all immensely grateful for the gift of tennis in our lives. Dennis Van der Meer established the Professional Tennis Registry Foundation (PTRF) in 1978 to make [...]
April 2023 –
Have You Tried to Write a Poem About Tennis?
Well, we received a few cool poems written by our NextGen tennis players and Special Olympics athletes. We realized writing poems isn’t really tennis players’ favorite thing to do, so [...]