Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex

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Linder Stadium at
Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
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Location Gainesville, Florida
Coordinates 29°39′0″N82°21′24″W / 29.65000°N 82.35667°W / 29.65000; -82.35667 Coordinates: 29°39′0″N82°21′24″W / 29.65000°N 82.35667°W / 29.65000; -82.35667
Owner University of Florida
Capacity 1,000 [1]
Field size 7,163 sq ft (665.5 m2)
Surface Hard court surface
Construction
Opened 1987
Renovated 1999
Tenants
Florida Gators men's tennis
Florida Gators women's tennis
Outside Linder Stadium UF ScottLinderStadium.jpg
Outside Linder Stadium

Linder Stadium at the Ring Tennis Complex is the intercollegiate tennis facility at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. It is home stadium and training facility for the Florida Gators women's tennis and the Florida Gators men's tennis teams.

University of Florida Public research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States

The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. The university traces its origins to 1853 and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.

Gainesville, Florida City in Florida, United States

Gainesville is the county seat and largest city in Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The population of Gainesville in the 2017 US Census estimates was 132,249, a 6.4% growth from 2010. Gainesville is the largest city in the region of North Central Florida. It is also a component of the Gainesville-Lake City Combined Statistical Area, which had a 2013 population of 337,925.

Florida Gators womens tennis womens tennis team of the University of Florida

The Florida Gators women's tennis team represents the University of Florida in the sport of tennis. The Gators compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They play their home matches in Linder Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, and are currently led by head coach Roland Thornqvist. In the thirty-nine-year history of the Gators women's tennis program, the team has won twenty-five SEC championships and seven NCAA national tournament championships.

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Stadium

Linder Stadium is a 1,000-seat tennis stadium within the Ring Tennis Complex located on S.W. Second Avenue on the northern edge of the University of Florida's Gainesville, Florida campus. The stadium, named for donor R. Scott Linder, was built in 1987 [2] and includes six lighted courts and a spectator grandstand.

Stadium place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events

A stadium is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

Renovation

In 1999, the Linder Stadium was renovated as part of a $1.7 million project that created the Alfred Ring Tennis Complex, named in honor of Dr. Alfred A. Ring, a university benefactor. [3] A pressbox was constructed atop the grandstand, and scoreboards were added for each of the original six courts. New restrooms and concession stands are located under the grandstand.

A second row of nine courts was built, with three of the courts covered by the new Ring Pavilion. This building is the primary training facility for the men's and women's teams, and includes training rooms, locker rooms and coaches' offices. Overall, the building covers 7,160 square feet (665 m2). A 3,000-square-foot (280 m2) courtyard was also constructed. [1]

Facility awards

Following its renovation, the Ring Tennis Complex received a Silver Award for beautification from the city of Gainesville. Also in 1999, the United States Tennis Association named the Ring Tennis Complex as an Outstanding Tennis Facility. The complex also was honored with the Facility of Merit Award from Athletic Business magazine in 2001. [1]

United States Tennis Association organization

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grass-roots to the professional levels. The association was created to standardize rules and regulations and to promote and develop the growth of tennis in the United States.

See also

Bryan Shelton American professional tennis player, college tennis coach

Bryan Shelton is an American college tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Shelton played collegiately for Georgia Tech from 1985 to 1988, and then played professionally from 1989 to 1997. He subsequently returned to his alma mater to coach the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's tennis team, which won the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship in 2007. He is currently the head coach of the Florida Gators men's tennis team of the University of Florida.

History of the University of Florida

The history of the University of Florida is firmly tied to the history of public education in the state of Florida. The University of Florida originated as several distinct institutions that were consolidated to create a single state-supported university by the Buckman Act of 1905. The earliest of these was the East Florida Seminary, one of two seminaries of higher learning established by the Florida Legislature. The East Florida Seminary opened in 1853, becoming the first state-supported institution of higher learning in the state of Florida; the University of Florida traces its founding date to that year.

Roland Thornqvist Swedish-American college tennis player, college tennis coach

Roland Thornqvist is a Swedish-born American college tennis coach and former college tennis player. Thornqvist is the current head coach of the Florida Gators women's tennis team of the University of Florida. He is best known for leading the Florida Gators to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national championships in 2003, 2011, 2012, and 2017.

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