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Flashback: Olde Providence Racquet Club as new complex may bring stars to Charlotte

U.S. Davis Cup captain Tom Gorman, right, discusses with Andre Agassi during the practice at Olde Providence Racquet Club in Sept. 23, 1993. The U.S. faces the Bahamas beginning Friday.
U.S. Davis Cup captain Tom Gorman, right, discusses with Andre Agassi during the practice at Olde Providence Racquet Club in Sept. 23, 1993. The U.S. faces the Bahamas beginning Friday. GARY O'BRIEN

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Olde Providence Racquet Club shone bright especially in the early 1970s, host to major events like the Davis Cup and the NCNB Tennis Classic. The club was founded in 1962.

This week, we learned a new tennis and entertainment complex could again attract the sport’s very best.

“One of the world’s most prestigious tennis tournaments, with 350,000 global ticket buyers and a $275 million economic impact, is considering moving to Charlotte’s budding River District. The Western and Southern Open attracts the world’s top men’s and women’s players, ranking just behind Wimbledon, the French Open, Australian Open and U.S. Open in prestige,” the Observer reported Wednesday.

This story was originally published May 11, 2023 at 3:15 PM.

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Anna Douglas is The Charlotte Observer’s deputy managing editor and previously worked as an investigative reporter and news editor in the newsroom. Prior to joining the Observer, she worked as a local news reporter for The (Rock Hill) Herald and as a congressional correspondent in Washington, D.C., for McClatchy. Anna is a past recipient of the South Carolina Press Association’s Journalist of the Year award and the Charlotte Society of Professional Journalists’ Outstanding Journalism Award. She’s a South Carolina native, a graduate of Winthrop University, and a past fellow of the Dori Maynard Diversity Leadership Program, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. Anna has lived in Charlotte since May 2017.
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