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When children's eyes light up:

1,000 tennis rackets for 1,000 girls

Great young talent campaign continues

1,000 tennis rackets for 1,000 girls is the biggest initiative for young talent in Austrian tennis to date. The campaign, which was launched at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz in 2021, aims to encourage children to take part in sport in general and therefore also fulfils a social benefit. The organisers provide a total of 1,000 tennis rackets, which are "raffled off" to 1,000 girls between the ages of 6 and 10. The registered girls received their Dunlop tennis rackets on the final day of the tournament. This included a taster session on Matchcourt 1 and a bulging "goodie bag". The three best participants also received a special prize from Linz Airport, our promotional partner. All this under the eyes of special guest Ana Ivanovic, the two-time Linz winner and former number 1 in the tennis world.

Tournament director Sandra Reichel is pursuing a major goal with the campaign: "My wish is for every girl in Austria to have the chance to own a tennis racket at least once. This would overcome the first hurdle to playing tennis. Through contacts with coaches, clubs and associations and other training programmes, we are also creating sustainability.

 
That was the 1,000 tennis rackets campaign 2024
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"We are delighted that Austria's most important women's sporting event is now also launching the largest junior initiative for women's tennis in our country."

Markus Achleitner, State Councillor for Sport 

 

This campaign is kindly supported by Linz Airport.