Joshua Bright for The New York Times
Professional tennis is returning to the Bronx this summer, with a women’s tournament in August, before the start of the United States Open.
The new event, the N.Y.J.T.L. Bronx Open, will be held at the Cary Leeds Center in Crotona Park and hosted by New York Junior Tennis & Learning, a nonprofit tennis and education program for underserved youth that was founded in 1971 by Arthur Ashe and Lewis Hartman.
The hardcourt tournament will be played Aug. 16 to 24 and essentially replace the Connecticut Open in New Haven on the calendar.