Take a look at what's new with Programming!
Choose from the links below to learn about the programming features added in a specific release. Then, to learn more about a feature, click the link below each description.
Release on April 16, 2026
Court Bookings
Player view of court bookings within a venue has been updated.
Booking and Canceling a Court as a Player
Release on March 19, 2026
Events| New event Category
A new "Wheelchair Tennis 50th Anniversary" event category has been added to the Events module. Admins can now view the category, access its detail page, and create events within it. On the PlayTennis search page, a new "Wheelchair Tennis 50th Anniversary" checkbox filter has been added to the "I'm looking for" section, allowing users to filter events by this category. The category also appears in the USTA National Programs section on the admin home page, complete with a celebratory 50th anniversary description.
Create and Edit Events and Sessions
Events| Updates to USTA Events
Cardio Tennis description under the National Tennis Month category has been refreshed to better spotlight Cardio Tennis as a structured, music-driven group fitness experience ideal for May promotion.
HTBF Day event creation is now restricted to May 15th–17th only.
HTBF public event description has been updated to reflect the collaborative, inclusive nature of the event, highlighting Adult Red Ball and Cardio Tennis Triples as the featured activities.
Create and Edit Events and Sessions
Release on February 19, 2026
Website admin| Order of sections
Homepage section order has been reconfigured.
Website Admin| Design Page
Design Settings page has been modified to add a Logo section
Website admin| Navigation Text
Navigation text will be limited to 30 characters, numbers and letters.
Court booking admin| Updates to booking design
A breadcrumb has been added when clicking into a booking, along with changes to the edit and cancel buttons now found when clicking Options.
Editing and Deleting a Court Booking
Release on January 22, 2026
Website| Navigation Layout
Admin can choose between light and dark as well as varying positions for the menu bar.
Release on December 15, 2025
Payments Module| Orders and Payments
Design updates made to the Orders tab and including placement, sorting, styling.
How to Create an Invoice / Payment Request within Serve Tennis
Release on November 13, 2025
Website| Updates
Website content editors will now see "There are unsaved changes" message in the sticky footer, next to the Save Page button, when edits are made. The message disappears upon saving and reappears with new edits, helping users prevent content loss.
Welcome to Your Website Module
Payments| Payment request/Invoice
Create a one-off payment request / invoice or recurring payment request within the Payments module. This will give you the ability to invoice and request payment from your players / members or coaches, which can be used over a range of products.
How to Create an Invoice / Payment Request within Serve Tennis
Website | Members Only Pages
The Website Manager now includes a "Members Only" toggle for custom pages, restricting access to signed-in, active organization members. Non-members or unsigned users attempting access are prompted to sign in, where non-members will see a "This page is only for members..." message. Enabling the toggle on a parent page automatically restricts child pages, though child pages can be toggled independently. The feature is Off by default and configurable at both tenant and organization levels.
Website | More Custom Pages
Website administrators can now create new custom pages via an "Add Custom Page" button in the Website Module. This button opens a modal prompting for a page name. Clicking "Create Page" generates a blank, unpublished custom page with "Show in Navigation" set to off. These new pages function identically to existing custom pages and can be configured at the tenant and organization levels.
Release on October 16, 2025
Website| Homepage Header Banner Design Options
Admins now have nine hero banner layout options for venue websites, offering unique and visually appealing homepages. Options include gradient overlays, split-screen layouts, boxed images, overlapping panels, fixed-size images, and text-only banners, all with customizable color schemes, text, and image placement.
Serve Control| Coaches Module
Admins can now view comprehensive coach profiles in Serve Control, including personal details, registration status, Safe Pay status, and tabs showing all affiliated organizations and programs.
Coaches Module in Serve Control
Programming| Move player Order update
Admins will now see programs ordered by newest first when moving players to another program.
Moving a Player to Another Program
Release on September 25, 2025
Serve Control| Coaches Module
New Coaches Modules for USTA Admins to track SafePlay status across sections and districts. Includes hierarchical filtering, search functionality, and coach details with SafePlay expiry, certifications, and registration status.
Coaches Module in Serve Control
Serve Tennis| Website Enhancements
Enhanced home page layout, so introduction text extends full width when no gallery is present, eliminating empty gallery space. Updated gallery with latest version, including additional image controls for better content management.
Serve Tennis| Membership Add-ons
Organizations can now offer product add-ons during membership renewal for additional revenue. This is a multiple phase feature. Currently, admins can create product add-ons in the Payments Module. Coming soon, users will be able to purchase these products when they purchase or renew a membership.
Release on August 14, 2025
Serve Control| Events and Programming Module
National administrators can now track the progress of USTA events and programs across all organizational levels.
Programming and Event Modules in Serve Control
Release on July 24, 2025
Website| Website Settings and design
Admins can update design settings for their website, including customize their branding with logos, navigation layouts, and favicons.
Court Booking| Widget
Admins can create a widget to display on external websites. After generation, the widget preview displays alongside embedding instructions for external sites and a schedule link to the booking sheet.
Booking a Court using the Court Booking Widget
Court Booking| Cancel Court Bookings
Admins can cancel bookings with enhanced options - allowing them to specify and choose whether to cancel for the selected date only, selected and future dates, or all bookings in series.
How to Cancel a Court Booking
Court Booking| Add to Calendar and Share booking
Registrants can share booking confirmations and downloading to personal calendars.
Booking a Court using the Court Booking Widget
Programming| Cost field
Updates to the cost fields on the recurring and single session forms to provide clarity.
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Release on June 26, 2025
Programming| Camps
Coaching administrators can now cancel individual camp sessions from player bookings via a "Remove session" modal.
Canceling and Refunding/Applying Credits for Camps
Admin Area| Website design
The admin homepage was redesigned to improve new organization onboarding. It includes a welcome panel, admin messages, quick links, a CAN panel, USTA program categories (8 tennis programs), and a help section with support resources - all using existing USTA styling without organization checklists.
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Release on May 29, 2025
Events | Registration
Redesigned checkout process with auto-selected single sessions, individual session cards with sequential navigation, and enhanced validation to simplify event registration.
Programming | Camps
Added a Sessions tab for coaches to view participant bookings with session details including date, time, payment status, and session type (Full Day/AM/PM). For multi-player bookings, a dropdown allows coaches to select individual players and view their specific session assignments.
Viewing Participants and Participant Sessions
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Release on April 28, 2025
Court Booking | Multi-use resources
The enhanced court management functionality now allows booking a single physical space for multiple activities. Admins can manage resources and booking sheets in separate tabs. Linked resources share the same physical space, enabling admins to schedule multiple activities on them. Booking a linked resource automatically makes all other linked resources unavailable for the same time slot.
Managing Your Courts for Court Booking
Programming | Multi-player discount and Bulk session discount
To promote multiple player bookings, administrators can apply a sibling discount to all programs. The discount will be applied to each player's fee when multiple players from the same family are enrolled in a program. Additionally, discounts can be applied for recurring sessions.
Release on April 7, 2025
Programming | Blackout Dates
Administrators will be able to Use blackout dates to prevent sessions from being created on days when there will be no coaching (e.g Christmas day).
Program | Filtering for events in Search
Events Administrators will be able to enable filtering on the public website by event category and venue.
Events | National Tennis month
Administrators are be able to edit the name of the National Tennis month events.
Create and Edit Events and Sessions
Release on January 21, 2025
Programming | Move Player
Administrators can move players from one course to another within programming.
Moving a player to another Program
Serve Tennis | Navigation updates
Within Programming, the white bar across the top of the page was removed and links have been moved into a new column to the right of the modules.
Administrator Area of Serve Tennis
Release on December 3, 2024
Programming | Stripe Checkout
A new, enhanced Stripe Checkout system for payment processing has been implemented to improve security and functionality for customers signing up for camps, programs, and events.
Release on November 5, 2024
Programming | Linked Facilities
USTA Customer Care will oversee the creations of new facilities. Tournament Directors and Program admins can search our database of over 65,000 facilities and add a facility to programs and tournaments. If they are unable to locate the desired facility, they can submit a facility request form.
Release on September 12, 2024
Events | Discounts
Discount Codes are now available for Events in additional to Programming/camps. Players will be able to apply codes in the cart when registering.
Discount Codes for Programming, Camps, Court Booking, Events
Access Tennis | Organizations
A Users linked organizations will show link venues and now linked schools on the Access Serve Tennis Page. The links will redirect the user to that venue or school.
Release on July 30, 2024
Membership | Membership Package
Members can be moved from on membership package to another.
Move Member to Another Membership Package
Release on July 2, 2024
Events | Website
Admins can now display their Events on their Serve Tennis Website, Events tab. Players can also view event bookings on their USTA profile.
Programming | Age Validation
Age validation was added to the short course, Recurring sessions and singles sessions for USTA Youth Team league and Adult Red ball programs.
Release on May 9, 2024
Stripe Payment Account Identity Verification
Enhanced security measures by implements additional identity verification when creating/linking a payment account with Stripe to mitigate potential breaches.
Connecting To Stripe Express for Serve Tennis
Programming | Sub-type
Ability to add sub-type in program search & to multi select a program sub type for camps and events which will provide users ability search and to filter by program sub-type: Wheelchair, Para Standing, Blind/Visually Impaired, Cognitive/Developmental Disabilities, Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Searching and Registering for Programs, Camps and Events on USTA.com
Programming | Custom Form | Capacity
For programs with Custom Forms, system will now complete a capacity check prior to sending users to complete the form. For programs without custom form, system will complete a capacity check before Stripe payment information is input.
Release on April 8, 2024
Events Module | Public View Live
Events module public view is live to support the National Tennis Month and 'Hit to be fit' day. Additionally, this feature will be available throughout the year for organizations to use and promote their events.
Programming Category | Adult Red Ball
Administrators will be able to create a Red Ball Adult Program