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The Los Angeles Tennis Center is a tennis facility located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. The center opened May 20, 1984, and hosted the demonstration tennis event of the 1984 Summer Olympics. The UCLA Bruins tennis teams moved to the facility in 1985 (men) and 1997 (women). The NCAA Women's Tennis Championships were held at the LATC in 1984, 1987, and 1988, and the Men's Championships took place there in 1997. The center hosted the Los Angeles Open, an ATP World Tour 250 event. The main grandstand surrounds three courts, and has a capacity of 5,800 spectators. There are eight lighted, hard-surface courts at the center, which can hold 10,000 spectators. The Straus Stadium was named for Leonard Straus, the former chairman of Thrifty Drugs; the Center court was called the Times-Mirror Center Court; the drawboard was named for Johnny Carson; and the scoreboard was named Union 76 Scoreboard. The Center hosted for many years the annual "Spring Sing", UCLA's student talent show and the presentation of the George and Ira Gershwin Award. Winners included Angela Lansbury (1988), Ray Charles (1991), Mel Torme (1994), Bernadette Peters (1995), Frank Sinatra (2000), Stevie Wonder (2002), k.d. lang (2003), James Taylor (2004), Burt Bacharach (2006), Quincy Jones (2007), Lionel Richie (2008), Julie Andrews (2009) and Brian Wilson (2011). For many years, graduation ceremonies and celebrations were also held at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. The Center hosted the 1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships, MTV Rock N' Jock, and the 2011 Coldplay concert.〔Kyle Anderson, (Coldplay debut new song, pay tribute to Amy Winehouse on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' ), ''Entertainment Weekly'', August 4, 2011〕 Presidential candidate Ron Paul spoke at the center before a large crowd on April 4, 2012.〔(Ron Paul speaks at UCLA ), ''The Washington Times'', April 4, 2012〕 The 2015 JazzReggae Festival @ UCLA will be held at the Tennis Center on April 25, 2015. The Southern California Tennis Association (SCTA) has offices at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. ==Gallery== Image:Countrywide Main Entrance.jpg|Main Entrance to the Countrywide Classic at UCLA's L.A. Tennis Center. Image:Tennis Center.jpg|Straus Stadium at the L.A. Tennis Center, on the UCLA campus. Image:Grandstand Countrywide.jpg|Grandstand court at the LA Tennis Open. Image:LA Tennis Center.JPG|The LA Tennis Center 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Los Angeles Tennis Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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