Tennis is booming.

Among the people ages six and up who live in the USTA’s Missouri Valley Section, an estimated 6.0 percent, or roughly 1 million, indicated playing tennis at least once during 2022. Across the United States as a whole, 23.6 million people aged 6+ played tennis in the past year. That means our section is responsible for 4 percent of the entire United States population of tennis players. Compared to 2021, tennis grew 0.3% in 2022, which is well ahead of the section’s pre-pandemic levels. Dating back to 2018, only 4.8 percent of people played tennis in USTA Missouri Valley.