The New York Open: Failure From Day 1
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New Stadium. New Court Surface. Major Tennis Area. What could go wrong? Well... everything.
Launched in 2018 as the 'NEXT BIG THING' for professional tennis, the New York Open ATP tennis tournament has ultimately gone down in history as a major failure, having been CANCELLED after only 3 years of operation. For such a promising and hyped event, why did the New York Open flop so spectacularly?
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My dad actually went to this tournament and the stadium was so empty that he got to sit in the players box of Victor Estrella Burgos after chatting it up with his coach and wife đ
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@Jurtez Lupa hit that stfu
Really?
I live in New York. Another problem with this event was that nobody knew it existed. I only went the final year in 2020, and the bigger names (Isner, Anderson, Raonic) all lost in their opening matches. The crowd was more enganged in the doubles match where Opelka and Johnson were partners than in the singles matches.
Lmfao I live here too and this is literally the first Iâve heard of it. Itâs like they didnât even try advertising.
Yeah, about those appearance fees, collect yo' money then just have a bad opening day.
no, I thought this video is about US open, which is walkable to the stadium from where I live.
@@darkhalo153 Also live in NYC. Go to US Open every year. Never heard of this. It is outside the city though
Who knew that New Yorkers would socially distance themselves at this event before it became mainstream?
Never thought of that.
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This is literally the week that everyone I know started social distancing though IIRC so maybe?
6:57 "and future top 10 player Donald Young"
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Lol maybe top 10 among U.S. players.....
Was this some kind of joke or is this dude just an idiot?
Several weird obvious mistakes in this video.
@@wj7867 itâs a running joke on the channel
@@wj7867 Clear mistake, everyone here knows Donald Young is not a top 10 player, but the greatest one in 21st century.
@@wj7867 I'm guessing sarcasm isn't your strong suit.
I live on Long Island, work right near where the tournament was held. NOBODY in the area knew this tournament existed! No advertising anywhere beyond Tennis Channel. Didn't even have traffic issues in the area, something that normally existed when the Islanders played.
i only hears about it though instagram,
they need to advertise more because i live 20 mins away from it and i havent heard of it since last year
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You should get out there and give it a go! Great exercise and fun no matter your level. It can get frustrating but that's only if you take it seriously which obviously isn't required
Same. I work at a boxing gym and am thinking about trying tennis as cross-training.
If youâre into sports and fitness, once you tried tennis⊠itâll become a lifetime sport.
Same! Tho I would love to try.
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I remember this tournament because in it there was a match with record breaking amount of aces in a best of 3 match. Opelka vs Isner. Opelka hit 43 and Isner 38 if my memory serves me.
If half the points played were aces, it must be the most boring tennis match ever.
Dayum
Cant believe I can say this but I was there that day. I'm kiiinda proud for staying back for the night session, even though I technically only had the ticket to the day session. I just decided to hide in the corner, quietly watching the doubles players practice on the other court. The match was a lot of fun too, Isner played really well taking the first set. But Reilly just hung in there and impressed us right away by showing some surprising shot tolerance and ability to grind despite his size. Some clutch groundstroke winners were the difference. Also, the crowd seemed to really be backing "Ry-guy". Great match, although a bit predictable until the tie-breakers.
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I ballboyed for this event and my lord was it empty lol. Gotta say it was pretty cool to hang with the players in such an intimate atmosphere
I went to the last 3 days of the 2020 Event. It was kind of fun being at such a small high level tennis tournament. I didn't realize it was going to be the last days of the whole event, or possibly the last three days of the Coliseum in general.
As someone who lives near NY, I was so upset when I found out that this was canceled forever. Thanks for telling me why!!
A guy I know paid ~ $7 for court side seats and saw Nishikori and some other pretty well known players there. Yeah, $7 ain't sustainable.
Wow that's very interesting, never heard of this tournament before!
P.S: your level of editing is just getting ridiculous now... specially that bit with the empty crowd, insane!
Always such kind words.. Thank you!!
Never heard of this or they failed to market new york open. Do we have LA Open
Yeah I always questioned the scheduling. New York winter is no joke. The best place for this tournament would have been directly before the US Open. Like Sydney before the AO, Lyon before the FO and Eastbourne right before Wimbledon. Youâd capitalize on fans already being in NYâŠ
I don't think the players and the ATP would accept an indoor tournament just before the US Open. The run ups to the US Open are all outdoors so playing conditions replicate those of the Open and in fact the US Open organizers would never allow it as it would siphon ticket sales away from the Open, especially among middle class people.
Yeah, like I imagine nobody is going to travel to NYC, then find a way to Nassau, in winter.
If it was more IN the city it probably would have done better but nah, they decided to go to a stadium that every major leauge sport has left.
@@williamford9564 us open and all grand slams. Demands exceed supply
The investors were idiots that didn't know much about the tennis calendar.
That black court is beautiful, the perfect colour contrast. I hope another tournament uses this idea.
It isnât really black though is it .
Meh, I just see a grey/dark brown look
I'd preferred a jet black court with white borders and maybe make the seating white or neon green to give that contrast
It all looked just grey and dull
I think perfect would be actual black and yellow lines
@@savioblanc it might be hard to see ball if seats neon
As long as it's inside because if that was in the sun....whew.
The home of the black court will be missed. RIP
no it wont..its fugly and looks depressing
@@user-be5qg7mr1s its black. what do you expect
I was one of the 2111 people at the final in 2019, caught a ball signed by Reilly
cool :)
@@nizzo4211 wasn't the most entertaining final tho...
I was there just the day before on semifinals day! It was fun but yeah, had to drive like 3 hours from New Jersey to get there. The setting was extreeemely awkward and remote.
I went to the championship match the year Opelka won. I brought my GF. I live in BK. It took so long to get there by public transport and then eventually Uber. The town we landed in by the Long Island Railroad was so ugly, and if she wasn't there with me, I would have really regretted buying the tickets. The Stadium was actually a cool place to see tennis, but the crowd was low even for the final match. So, in the end, don't regret going but planned to never go again. Great video. You hit the nail on the head.
Love how your editing is getting better and better with every video. Some good stuff I just watched right here đ
I remember seeing this on my TV channel guide ( I didn't even know there was a tournament) and tuning in to a match in 2020. My first two reactions were " Who are the dudes playing in the match ( both had rankings outside the Top 100)?" and "there are no people in the seats". ( It was played before the pandemic shut down).
I went one year with my sister during the day. It was a GHOST TOWN in the coliseum. It felt like a practice session for a sporting event, not a sporting event.
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You didn't even watch the video
@@jmn4276 lmao.
@@jmn4276 How do you know?
@@aidanking1501 when this guy commented the video was only 3 minutes old. how could this guy have watched the vid in 3 minutes.
Not really if someone calls Donald Young a future top 10.
DUDE WHEN IT USED TO BE THE MEMPHIS OPEN IT WAS SO FUN! PEOPLE ACTUALLY WENT TO MEMPHIS OPEN!
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Its a real shame because wood courts are really great to play on. I'd love to see a masters level tournament adopt it as a surface.
I'm sitting in bed, eating Subway and watching a new video uploaded by the GOAT himself. Bliss.
Wooden tennisfloor sounds really interesting. Hope to see it one day in a more prominent tournament.
Australian open uses wood
Australian Open is played outdoors. They are not wooden courts.
These courts were used in the barn storming PTO tours of the 1930s-1950s. The courts were packaged and carried along from city to city.
Hard courts on wood is a norm for most indoor tournaments these days, including the ATP Finals
ATP finals in London have not been on wood (and itâs been there for 10 years)
@@bengray5013 you are wrong. Just double checked with the guy who has played it đ€·ââïž Itâs a classic thing to paint hard surface and have wood underneath. Almost all indoor tournaments are this way right now. All French ones, Vienna, St Petersburg, Moscow. Only Stockholm has a regular hard and Memphis from what Iâve played I believe.
@@Illya_Marchenko sorry but the atp finals in London are not layed over wood... So no, I'm not wrong, you are.
Lol, whatever đ€Łđ€Šđ»ââïž
@@Illya_Marchenko you can literally watch a video on the atp channel of the surface being laid at the atp finals in London at the o2 arena, there is no wood beneath it...
I'm always so glad to see you upload..! Hope you continously get new content to work on for some while.
7:04 that transition to from article snippets to T-line was *chef's kiss*
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feel like âfuture top ten player donald youngâ is underselling him, heâll be #1 soon
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Good one.
He could be #1 American soon. But then again so could anyone with a racquet and two feet.
Are u serious Donald young is hopeless player now
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If only New Yorkers realized that New York winters are almost perfect, you have snow, and your 'freezing' temperatures are ones most of the northern hemisphere would kill for. Not too cold, not too warm.
I remember hearing about this tournament and I live in the Midwest. It's just that hearing. They should have done massive advertising and didn't. Btw great history you presented, learned a lot , thanks.
They actually gave our college tennis club free tickets to the event in 2019âŠI see why now! Great video đ©
Did u went to the event?
@@marlon7826 Unfortunately no, Iâm pretty far from the city. Someone in our club did though!
Wow this video is so accurate! I went to the 2020 ny open, early rounds on a week day, and I remember being shocked at how empty the stands were. And I remember the large groups of school kids and thinking that it was kind of random. It was a cool experience, as a tennis fan, in that it was so different than the us open. You could sit where ever, get autographs from the players, take your time doing whatever because not a whole lot was happening. And there really is nothing in the area other than a McDonaldâs across the street, which we went to because the food was super expensive. It reminded me of us open fan week/qualifiers minus all the fans.
How can someone dislike such a good video
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Very interesting! Thank you for making a video on this. đ
I think you also forgot to mention something regarding the New York Open's timing: it is held practically immediately after the Australian Open series has ended, and is on the other side of the world. I'm not saying that people would have had their fill of tennis from one of the Grand Slam tournaments (and its associated tournaments), nor am I saying that tennis players wouldn't be prepared to travel to the other side of the world after such a major tournament, but I can't imagine it would help.
It's actually held around the second or third week of February, usually along with the ABM Amro Open being played in Rotterdam and a South American clay event. And usually, February is when there are tons of indoor HC or South American clay tournaments being played.
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I'm glad the NY Open is being replaced with a new tournament in Dallas, Texas. It'll be great to have a pro level tournament in this region of the U.S.
When I was 10, they had this Memphis open qualifier for the top players in tennessee(10U) and I was one of them and I was lucky enough to qualify to play in the Memphis open, obv not the professional tourney, but there was another tourney at the same time as the pro one one that I played in. Professional matches usually are later in the day, so I always had really early matches. It was the most amazing experience Iâve ever had in my tennis career. Got to meet a bunch of pros behind the scenes too. The Memphis open always holds a special place in my heart.
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say, for example, it ran in the same week as the Atlanta Open, or directly after the US Open/in the second week of the US Open. Would that give the tournament more traction, do you think, since it would be more likely to net players that didn't do too well in Flushing Meadows? Or was this tour just destined not to succeed?
This tournament was just never destined to succeed. It wouldn't work having this played in the summer during the lead-up to the USO due to the fact that all the tournaments are played on outdoor hard courts, using Decoturf.
This tournament was meant to be a replacement to the Memphis tournament, which was always played in February. Perhaps had this tournament been able to be played at the Barclay's Center or MSG, it could have done better, as there would be plenty to do in NYC. But there was no chance of being able to have any of those venues free for a week.
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wow! this is something that I actually attended. even though I only knew a couple of the players, I thought it was high quality tennis in comfortable indoors. food was overpriced and average though
God I love this channel, Iâm an avid tennis lover but without watching this video I would have never known about the backstory of the New York Open. From the perspective of an on-looker like myself it seemed like any other reasonably successful tournament!
4:39 nice editing, you can even hear that very high pitched noise just like when a tube TV turned on
I'm from Long Island, and I never knew that the New York Open was a thing. Sure, I'm not a fan of tennis, but I think I would've heard about this prior.
But I think most people here on Long Island just don't care about tennis, especially during February where we focus more on the Islanders (Or, if you're a fake Long Islander, the Rangers), or the Knicks or Nets.
The other issue, the one you stated, is that city folks would not want to drive there. But the bigger problem is that there isn't a reasonable train station from the city to Nassau Coliseum via the Long Island Rail Road. The closest ones are Hempstead on the Hempstead Branch, or Carle Place on the Main Line, both being about 2 miles away from the stadium. Besides, city elitists would never dare to sit near plain Long Island folk, on the train or in the stadium.
Semi-jokes aside, now that UBS Arena in Elmont is finished, and especially with a direct train connection that is especially useful to bring city folks to the stadium, maybe they could try a second shot at the New York Open? Maybe bring more of a connection to the local area in the name. The Long Island Open? Maybe the Belmont Open, to associate it closer to Belmont Park and the famous Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown?
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as someone who lives on long island and went to the NY Open twice, this video was painful to watch
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The SA Open in South Africa was only hosted for 2 years in a row. Itâs the shortest lives ATP Tournament ever
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Mannarino's quote really sums it up perfectly. Fans seemed like they'd rather shoot themselves than go.
7:02 ooh, stylish transition :)
Bruh the non stop abuse of Donald young and tomic is hilarious
The tournament was a failure the moment it announced the Nassau Coliseum would be the venue. Had it been played at the Barclays Center or MSG, or anywhere within Manhattan or Brooklyn, the story would have been completely different.
Superbly edited and so well written. Kudos!
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Donald Young as future top 10 player reminds me of little Simba strutting around telling the hyenas that he is their future king.
I played high school tennis and one school had wood under a thin layer of hard court and it was terrible there were dead spots and extra extra bouncy spots and in general it was way bouncier than normal
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Yes, the attendance numbers were low but somewhat similar of this level event. Hard to compare to the US Open which trumps all other tournaments. Great event. Sad to see it leave Long Island.
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Basically this was the new SAP Open, I remember right after the Australian Open this tournament would take place so players who didn't do well in Australia would come and get some matches before Indian Wells/Miami Combo. It was indoors, at a hockey arena with a temp surface and even would use courts nearby to host some of the "lesser" known players for singles and doubles. At least that was in a major city, in downtown and gave players and fans stuff to do.
Class as always. Who even dislikes these videos? I would like to sit down with anyone who has a reason to press the dislike button and discuss
What editing software do you use? Great video!
The last point is the biggest: 250s are very difficult to keep running. Tennis is all about the big names. Los Angeles used to have 1 in the summer; incredible list of former champions - Ashe, Connors, etc. Agassi and Sampras played it. Edberg. UCLA Campus with very nice 5000 seat stadium. But as top players started only playing the 1000s as warmups to the US Open, the field quality dropped dramatically. Then they had problems keeping title sponsors and⊠off to Bogota. Which also didnât last long and itâs now in Cabo.
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I read the thumbnail and thought "well it IS November". Then I realized it's December and this was posted in August.
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wow, it's hard to feel bad about it since I've never even heard about this tournament... but plywood court? I'm curious how was it.
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As someone who has spent a lot of time living/working in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Nassau, there is a glaring unmentioned reason why "Home of the Black Court" would be a problematic title . ESPECIALLY in Nassau.
Outstanding and enjoyable production about an event I've never even heard of.
How do you transfer a tournament to a different place? Isn't the Dallas open just a different tournament happening in the same time slot on the ATP tour as this one? I mean is Dallas open also the same surface at least?
same tourney different venue
Your editing skills are through the roof.
Dallas seems to be doing well. Good move.
Howard Stern sold out the Nassau Coliseum for a tennis match against his producer in 1989; they sold16,000 tickets for $22.50 each on under 4 hours. Then they released the event on home video, titled U.S. Open Sores.