The Connecticut Open women’s tennis tournament over the weekend in New Haven saw strong increases in attendance and ticket revenues from last year.
Ticket budget and revenues increased 16 percent over 2014, according to the tournament. The women’s professional tennis tournament also reached 78 sponsors this year, up from 60 last year.
Attendance broke 50,000 for the first time since 2012. The final number of 51,946 was an 8 percent increase from 2014.
This is the second year that the tennis tournament has operated as a nonprofit, since it was taken over by the state after 24 years of operating independently.
