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For anyone who watched the final Shelton vs. Humbert in Frankfurt (and the previous matches of course), these words by Patrick Mouratoglou will definitely ring a bell. Can't be prouder of our field and of the commitment of the players for the fans.

Bastide Medical UTS Nîmes is set to become the fastest-ever sell-out event on the UTS Tour as organizers today announced 98% of Saturday tickets (category 1 & 2) have been sold in the first four days on sale. With top ten stars Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud confirmed, as well as French favourites Gael Monfils and Ugo Humbert announced to take part and more exciting names to be added, the tournament is on course to be a complete sell-out in record time.  Held at the stunning Arenes de Nîmes, the historic venue will transform into the ultimate battleground for world-class tennis from April 4-5, 2025.  The strong ticket sales are a testament to the growing global appeal of the UTS Tour which has successfully captured a diverse audience by combining elite competition with an interactive, fast-paced, entertainment-filled atmosphere. These are thrilling news for our partners BASTIDE LE CONFORT MEDICAL and Ville de Nîmes who help us to make this dream possible. The UTS Grand Final London has also recorded a sell-out for Saturday all-day tickets and afternoon session tickets for Saturday and Sunday are 95% sold out. This weekend the UTS Tour returns to Frankfurt from 18-20 October and will feature some of the most exciting talent in tennis, including Ben Shelton and Lorenzo Musetti. The field will be playing for a place in UTS Grand Final London which this year will be played at the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 6-8 December.

For the first time, our competition will be played in front of fans in France! 🇫🇷 Ville de Nîmes will stage a UTS event in 2025 on April 4th and 5th 2025. Eight of the world's top players, including Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev, will compete in the $1 million Bastide Médical UTS Nîmes, at the Arènes de Nîmes, heralding the start of the European clay-court season. French stars Gael Monfils and Ugo Humbert have also signed up for UTS Nimes, which will be the second stop on the UTS Tour in 2025, following on from UTS Guadalajara, which will be played on hard courts from February 14-16. Four more players will be named in due course. BASTIDE LE CONFORT MEDICAL is the main partner of the event, designing the officiel name of the event : Bastide Médical UTS Nîmes. Bastide Medical UTS Nimes will mark the return of tennis to an iconic venue. Built 20 centuries ago, les Arenes de Nimes has hosted several tennis events,  including France’s famous Davis Cup quarter-final victory over Australia, a year it went on to win the title (1991). "Nîmes is renowned for its involvement in the organisation of world-renowned sporting events such as the Tour de France, the Vuelta and the International Archery Tournament," said the Mayor of Nîmes, Jean-Paul Fournier. “This makes our city one of the world's leading sports destinations." “Thanks to the good relationships we have with Jérémy Chardy, and thanks to inspiring talks we had with Patrick Mouratoglou, we could suggest to the mayor Jean-Paul Fournier, this big project of an international tennis tournament in Nimes”, said Vincent Bastide, CEO of Bastide Médical, official partner of the event. “Les Arenes de Nîmes is a perfect venue for a competition of the intensity as UTS,” Mouratoglou said. “People from Nimes will attend a breathtaking show. We share the same vision as our partners.” Bastide Medical UTS Nimes will be a knockout event, played out over two days. The quarter-finals will be played on Friday April 4, with the semi-finals and final to be played on Saturday April 5. The winner of the event will be assured of a place in the 2025 UTS Grand Final. Tickets sales open on October 11th, at noon on our website. Thanks again to our partners BASTIDE LE CONFORT MEDICAL Ville de Nîmes ZENITH Watches Finseta

We are proud to announce our first stop in Latin America. It will be in Guadalajara, Mexico, next February. UTS Guadalajara will be the inaugural event of the 2025 UTS season, thanks to a great partnership with GS Sports Management Eight of the very best players in the world will compete from February 14th to 16th on the centre court of the Centro Panamericano de Tenis. Among them, four are already confirmed : - Wimbledon finalist and popular showman Nick Kyrgios, from Australia - Triple Grand Slam runner-up Casper Ruud, from Norway - Wimbledon semi-finalist and career-high n.10 Denis Shapovalov, from Canada - Rising star Flavio Cobolli, from Italy. Guadalajara is already deeply-rooted in women’s international tennis, being the location of the WTA GDL Open Akron (follow it this week!) and having previously hosted the prestigious WTA Finals back in 2021. UTS, the brainchild of celebrated coach Patrick Mouratoglou, is an innovative, fast-paced competition, designed to showcase tennis to both historical and new audiences. The three days of competition on Mexican soil will be split into two round-robin days (the 8 players competing on both February 14th and 15th February), as well as a traditional Final Four showdown (semi-finals and the final on February 16th, with the iconic Zeus trophy on the table) – maximising the enjoyment of both the players and fans alike. - cc Baptiste Kern Emilien Bordet Patrick Mouratoglou

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Creativity is at the heart of UTS! With just one serve, you have to find other ways to win points, and that leads to amazing on-court battles between the players! We can't wait to see the show in New York! 🙌🏻😍🇺🇸

To feel like an insider is so cool for tennis fans! We can't wait to see more coaching moment during UTS New York in August!! 😍

We are proud to announce that Stefanos Tsitsipas joins the field of the UTS event held at Forest Hills Stadium in New York City on August 22-23, just before the US Open. “El Greco”, his new nickname, is a double Grand Slam runner-up. Seeded fourth in the competition, he will meet Alexander Bublik in the quarter-finals, with the full draw now revealed. The first ever UTS New York event is set to begin with fireworks with Nick Kyrgios, “King Kyrgios”, set to play No 2 seed Casper “The Ice Man” Ruud on day one. Kyrgios returns to the Tour after more than a year out through injury. Three of the world’s top 10 will be in action on the hard court of New York, as the players hone their games for the US Open in the unique, fast-paced format, played out over four quarters of eight minutes each. Top seed Alex de Minaur, “The Demon”, faces Denis Shapovalov, “Shapo” In the semi-final, the winner will meet the winner of the quarter final between “El Greco” and “The Bublik Enemy” Third seed Andrey “Rublo” Rublev takes on Gael Monfils, “La Monf” In the semi-final, the winner will meet the winner of the quarter final between “King Kyrgios” and “The Ice Man”. This stellar line-up will compete for a total prize money of $1.million, with $301.000 for the winner of the iconic Zeus trophy. Since it switched to a Tour formula last year, this will be the first UTS event to have a knockout format. Each player is guaranteed at least two matches. The quarter-finals will be played on August 22 The semi-finals, final and classification matches to be played on August 23. Forest Hills is one of the most iconic venues in tennis history, having staged the US Open for more than 60 years until its move to Flushing Meadows in 1978. New York will be the second UTS event in 2024, following on from Oslo in February, with Frankfurt to come in October. The winners of each event qualify directly for the season-ending UTS Grand Final in London in December. Rublev heads the 2024 UTS race rankings after winning in Oslo - making him the first man to win two UaTS events. The Russian is automatically qualified for London. UTS, the brainchild of celebrated coach Patrick Mouratoglou, is an innovative, fast-paced competition. Played out over four quarters, lasting eight minutes each, competitors have just 15 seconds between points and can use a special UTS card to earn bonus points. Tickets are now on sale on uts.live, with day passes available priced at just $39 upwards. Come and enjoy the show there!

We are proud to announce that we will join with international payments specialists Finseta as our official currency partner in a multi-year deal.   Finseta, with its headquarter in the UK, will support UTS with multi-currency accounts and assist with international payments for UTS events around the world, with its global roster of players.   The 2024 UTS season comprises events in Oslo (which took place in February), New York in August, Frankfurt in October and a Grand Final in December in a city yet to be announced.    UTS Tour is the brainchild of tennis super coach Patrick Mouratoglou, who has worked with a string of big name players, including Serena Williams. The event features the best male players from around the world, battling it out in a groundbreaking, fast-moving format which delivers tennis like never before.   UTS’s next event in New York, which will be held at the historic The West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills NY on 22nd and 23rd August, will boast a total prize money pool of $1 million USD. The winner will receive $301,000 USD, with each player receiving a minimum $60,000 for two days of matches.    At last year’s UTS Grand Final in London, champion Jack Draper of Great Britain enjoyed the biggest payday of his career, taking home $546,800 USD for five matches in his home city.    Andrey Rublev is the current 2024 UTS Tour leader, having triumphed in Oslo. Other players competing in 2024 include Australians Nick Krygios and Alex de Minaur, Denmark’s Holger Rune, Norway’s Casper Ruud, Frenchmen Gael Monfils and Benoit Paire, Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik and American Francis Tiafoe.   UTS founder Patrick Mouratoglou said: “The success of UTS and its growth into a major international tennis league means that we need a foreign exchange partner which delivers fantastic advice and world class service. Finseta and UTS really is the perfect match.”   Finseta CEO, James Hickman added: “We are thrilled to be partnering with UTS given the great synergies between our two organisations. As an expanding international payments business we are looking forward to working closely with UTS as their schedule of international events also grows.”    The partnership was negotiated by Playfly Sports and Progressive Sports & Entertainment #sports #sportsbusiness #fintech #tennis

Today we are happy to announce that UTS is coming back to Frankfurt! History will be made later this year when the German city becomes the first to host a UTS Tour event for a second time. After the incredible success of last year’s tennis competition, when a sell-out crowd embraced the innovative, fast-paced tennis format, Frankfurt’s 5,000-seat Suwag Energie Arena will host another star-studded field, from October 17-20, 2024. Total prize money of $1.665 million will be on offer, with a maximum of $421,800 available to the winner. Grand Slam champion Dominic “Dominator” Thiem returns, after playing in UTS Oslo this year, while Frances “Big Foe” Tiafoe and Frenchman Gael “La Monf” Monfils have also signed up for the eight-man event, one of four on the UTS Tour in 2024. The winner will qualify for the season-ending UTS Grand Final in December. Who can forget last year’s Frankfurt extravaganza, when Andrey “Rublo” Rublev beat Grigor “G-Unit” Dimitrov in a sensational final and Monfils’ slapped forehand return - the UTS Shot of the Year - almost broke the internet. “I loved Frankfurt, I loved the atmosphere. It was like a cauldron, with people very close to us,” says Monfils. “I remember of course this incredible match against Rublev. German people didn’t know what to expect at the beginning but they quickly let themselves go and I know that they will be at the next level this time, now that they know what UTS is about. I can’t wait” His rivals will be former US Open champion Thiem, who will make his third UTS appearance, and Tiafoe, who is back after making his debut in Los Angeles last year. The 2024 Frankfurt edition will be held over four days, with more sessions added to meet the demand for action. Rublev leads the current 2024 UTS race rankings, having beaten Alex “The Demon” de Minaur, in the final of Oslo, the first stop of the UTS Tour in February. UTS will also be in New York for the first time, on August 22-23, before Frankfurt takes center stage. The eight men in Frankfurt will compete in two round-robin groups, with the top two in each group moving through to the semi-finals. Fans will get to see the players across four days, including Thursday, when they will compete in the All Star Game. The brain-child of Patrick Mouratoglou, UTS is tennis like never before. With four eight-minute quarters and just 15 seconds between points, players have one serve and can use unique bonus cards throughout.  “At UTS, we have at the same time the combination of the two things that we are looking for in this special event: the incredible fight of the players to win what is a real competition that matters, and a super entertainment based on the fans’ experience”, highlights Patrick Mouratoglou. Tickets go on sale on Friday 5 April, at noon, with prices starting at 29 Euros per day. Tickets for the All Star Game, plus two matches on Thursday 17th, start at 19 Euros. They can be purchased directly from www.uts.live.