The 2014-15 Ladies Pro Racquetball Tour (LPRT) season starts this weekend, and it's scheduled to be the largest women's professional season ever as there will be 14 Grand Slam or Tier 1 events. There have been 12 events in seasons past, including last season as well as 2002-03 and 2001-02, 1996-97. But 14 events is a first.
The expansion can be explained by the popularity of Paola Longoria, the LPRT's number 1 player, in her home country of Mexico (she has almost 100,000 followers on Twitter). Four of the first six events this season will be in Mexico starting with this weekend's Torneo Fenapo in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
In addition to those events, the Mile High Pro/Am is back on the schedule. The other nine events were also on the schedule last year, including the US Open in Minneapolis and the LPRT Pro Nationals in Virginia, where the season will come to a close next May.
Here's the complete season schedule.
2014/2015 LPRT Tour Schedule (Grand Slams & Tier 1 events)
DATE - TOURNAMENT - LOCATION
Aug 15-17 - Torneo Fenapo 2014 Paola Longoria - San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Sept. 18-21 - Albiertos Mexicano de Racquetas - Huixquilica, Mexico
Oct. 8-12 - US OPEN - Minneapolis
Oct 17-19 - Ektelon Stockton Pro Am - Stockton, Calif.
Oct 31-Nov 2 - TBD - Mexico (Hermosillo or Guadalajara)
Dec. 5-7 - Paola Longoria Invitational - Monterrey, Mexico
Dec. 12-14 - Christmas Classic - Arlington, Virginia
Jan. 23-25 - Wilson Tour for Hope - Cincinnati
Feb. 20-22 - Winter Classic - Overland Park, Kansas
March 6-8 - New Jersey Open Warren, NJ
March TBD - California Regionals Reseda, Calif.
April TBD - Battle at the Alamo - San Antonio
April 17-19 - Mile High Pro/Am - Denver
May TBD - Ektelon LPRT Pro Nationals - Virginia
Follow the bouncing ball....
Monday, August 11, 2014
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