In the News

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Love All: The Liberty Open Returns as a Powerful Statement for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Tennis

Metropolitan Tennis Group

March 9, 2026

2025 US Open celebrates LGBTQ+ community during Open Pride

The US Open

August 28, 2025

Pride Month Special: LGBT Ballers

The Rally Report

June 27, 2025

He was pushed onto NYC subway tracks and nearly died. How tennis became this gay player’s salvation.

Out Sports

April 17, 2025

Past Mentions

MTG featured on Open Pride Day at the US Open — September 2023

Original Penguin by Munsingwear to sponsor the Metropolitan Tennis Group's Liberty Open — June 2023

[WPIX-TV PIX11] Metropolitan Tennis Group encourages LGBTQ+ players to hit the court — June 2022

Liberty Open puts Pride on grandest stage at the home of the US Open — May 2021

[NY Tennis Magazine] GLTA Hosts Annual Liberty Open — October 2018

USTA Pride Spotlight: Metropolitan Tennis Group — June 2018

[NY Tennis Magazine] Metropolitan Tennis Group Brings Liberty Open to National Tennis Center — October 2016

[NY Tennis Magazine] CTA Spotlight: Metropolitan Tennis Group (MTG) — February 2012

[Village Voice] Match Point (Liberty Open article) — June 2009

Out of the Center's Gay and Lesbian Sports Leagues in New York — June 2009

[Outsports.com] Winning at Love: Matthew Shepard JAM Raises Money, Awareness — September 2005