IMG retained as US Open media consultant outside Americas

The IMG agency has been retained by the US Tennis Association to serve as the national governing body’s media consultant outside the US, Canadian and Latin American territories for the US Open grand slam tournament.

The deal will run for nine years, from 2017 to 2025.

IMG has represented the governing body since 2013, and will continue to focus on media-rights negotiations across Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.

The 2014 US Open was watched in 200 countries and received more than 60,000 hours of domestic and international television coverage.