WTA Finals in Fort Worth All Week, a First for Texas

The last time the best women’s tennis players in the world staged the year-end tournament in the United States was in 2005.

The matches will be broadcast in 160 countries to a projected viewing audience of 900 million people.

This is just the latest prestigious event to be held at Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena. Since it opened in late 2019, Dickies Arena has hosted the first and second rounds of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, the USA Gymnastics’ US Championships, the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships, the AAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Conference Championships, the Professional Bull Riders’ World Championships, as well as many major concerts, and the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.

“We have shown a great track record of successful events from NCAA championships to USA gymnastics team trials, Olympic events, all kinds of different events we have hosted here,” said Jason Sands, the Executive Director of the Fort Worth Sports Commission. “We are building a reputation, and the word is getting out that Fort Worth is a world-class sports destination.”

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