NEW ORLEANS (November 11, 2024) – The Allstate Sugar Bowl Tennis Classic returned to the New Orleans from Saturday, November 9, through Monday, November 11. The tournament was played at five locations (City Park Tennis Center, Atkinson Stern Tennis Center, Audubon Tennis Center, UNO Tennis Center, and Joe Brown Park). The finals took place at City Park Tennis Center on Monday, November 11.
 
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The Allstate Sugar Bowl Tennis Classic is a United States Tennis Association national tournament for female and male players throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Over 900 youth from 32 states registered for the event, competing in boys and girls age groups at 12 & under, 14 & under, 16 & under and 18 & under.
 
The 32 states represented were: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, as well as Puerto Rico.
 
The Sugar Bowl has a long history with the sport of tennis. It sponsored a junior tennis tournament from 1948-1993. It evolved into a collegiate and international tourney from 1994 to 2001. The junior tennis tournament debuted in 2016 and was contested for four years before COVID forced its cancellation in 2020 and 2021. Damages to the City Park Tennis Center from Hurricane Ida cancelled the 2022 event. However, last year, it returned to the elite level with a high-quality, entertaining event.