Tennis Week was an American

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 sport

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s magazine

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 owned by media

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 conglomerate IMG

IMG (business)

IMG, originally known as the International Management Group is a global sports and media business headquartered in New York City.-History:...

 covering the world of tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

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History

Founded in 1974 by Eugene L. Scott, a former US Davis Cup

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

 player who was ranked within the world top 15.
In December 2004, Tennis Week and the spirit of Eugene L. Scott traveled the American tennis ideals across the Atlantic, collaborating with a Greek tennis magazine called “Tennis Insider: the Greek edition of Tennis Week USA”.
The historical US magazine was acquired by IMG in December 2006, seven months after Scott’s death.

They were partnered with the USPTA

USPTA

USPTA is the world's oldest and largest association of tennis-teaching professionals and was founded in 1927. With more than 15,000 members worldwide, USPTA offers more than 60 professional benefits to its members, including certification and extensive educational opportunities...

 through 2008; to be offered as part of the USPTA membership subscription.

The print magazine was discontinued in March, 2009 "to focus on its online web site".

IMG removed the website December 1, 2009.

Staff

A number of famous tennis players have joined the staff over the years; Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...