The PowerShares Series announced today that Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has become a new sponsor of the North American tennis circuit for champion tennis players over the age of 30.
As part of the three-year sponsorship, HSS will receive on-court signage, TV inventory and will provide a Tour Medical Director to provide musculoskeletal consulting services to the athletes participating in each event. Hospital for Special Surgery will be designated the “Official Hospital of the PowerShares Series”. HSS physician Joshua Dines, MD, of New York, N.Y. will serve as Tour Medical Director.
“As an avid tennis fan, I’ve always had a passion for caring for tennis players, who I see frequently in my practice. I believe it’s important for elite athletes to be treated by physicians who understand the sport and can truly be advocates for the athlete while upholding our medical ethical standards,” said Dr. Dines. “I know I speak for my HSS sports medicine colleagues when I say that we are looking forward to providing the highest level of player care for the PowerShares Series.”
Dr. Dines is a sports medicine surgeon at HSS, specializing in conditions of the shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle. With an interest in arthroscopic surgery, Dr. Dines has developed novel techniques to improve surgical results. He has long-standing relationships treating elite athletes and is currently an assistant team physician for the New York Mets, an orthopedic sports medicine consultant for the New York Rangers and a consultant for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Additionally, Dr. Dines is a consultant for USA Tennis and previously served as a doctor for the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.
HSS is a world leader in orthopedics, rheumatology and rehabilitation – ranked No. 1 in orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report – and has a longstanding connection to world-class athletes, including many Olympic athletes. HSS is the Official Hospital of the New York Giants, New York Knicks, New York Mets, New York Red Bulls, Brooklyn Nets, USA Basketball, UFC and New York Road Runners for the TCS New York City Marathon. Physicians and rehabilitation specialists from HSS also work closely with many collegiate and other athletic organizations.
“We are excited to add HSS as a PowerShares Series sponsor,” said Jim Courier, co-founding partner of InsideOut Sports and Entertainment and the PowerShares Series. “Tennis has become more and more of a physical sport at all levels with players of all ages so the services and information provided by HSS are vital not only to our PowerShares Series player but to the millions of tennis players of all ages around the world.”
The 2018 PowerShares Series will kick off on April 7 in Charleston, S.C. with ten events including a first-ever event in Hawaii. The series of one-night tournaments, featuring two one-set semifinal matches and a one-set final-round match played between tennis legends, will feature for a fourth straight year players making their own line-calls with the assistance of electronic line-calling.
The full 2018 schedule will be announced March 1. Each PowerShares Series event features special VIP experiences, including hit-with-the-pros opportunities and special back-stage access. All ticket, experience and event information can be found at www.PowerSharesSeries.com.
In 2017, the year-long points championship was decided in the final match of the season when Andy Roddick defeated James Blake in the Los Angeles final at the Sherwood Country Club. Roddick, the 2003 U.S. Open champion and world No. 1, won four PowerShares Series titles in all in 2017, winning in Birmingham, Ala., Chicago, Lincoln, Neb., and Los Angeles. Blake, the former world No. 4 and former U.S. Davis Cup star, won PowerShares Series titles in Charleston, S.C., Winston-Salem, N.C. and in Lynchburg, Va.
In 2016, Mark Philippoussis won the PowerShares Series points title with 1600 points and tournament titles in Memphis, Tulsa, Newport, Winston-Salem and New Haven. Roddick finished in second place, also earning 1600 points but losing the head-to-head tiebreaker with Philippoussis 5-2, while winning titles in Charleston, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Orlando. Blake finished in third place with 1100 points and tournament titles in Chicago, Portland and Brooklyn.
In 2015, Roddick won the PowerShares Series points title in his second year of competing on the series with 1,600 points. Roddick won a record eight events Los Angeles, Lincoln, Chicago, Austin, Little Rock, Dallas, Richmond and Minneapolis. Blake finished second in the points rankings with 1,200 points, winning events in Boston and Cincinnati. Philippoussis finished in third with 1,100 points, winning titles in Salt Lake City and Vancouver. The year before in 2014, McEnroe won the points title for the first time in the nine-year history of Champions Series tennis by winning events in Kansas City, Indianapolis, Nashville and Charlotte.
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About HSS | Hospital for Special Surgery
HSS is the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. At its core is Hospital for Special Surgery, nationally ranked No. 1 in orthopedics (for the eighth consecutive year) and No. 3 in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report (2017-2018). Founded in 1863, the Hospital has one of the lowest infection rates in the country, and was the first in New York State to receive Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Service from the American Nurses Credentialing Center four consecutive times. An affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, HSS has a main campus in New York City and facilities in New Jersey, Connecticut and in the Long Island and Westchester County regions of New York State. In 2017 HSS provided care to 135,000 patients from 80 countries, and performed more than 32,000 surgical procedures. In addition to Patient Care, HSS leads the field in research, innovation, and education. The HSS Research Institute comprises 20 laboratories and 300 staff members focused on leading the advancement of musculoskeletal health through prevention of degeneration, tissue repair, and tissue regeneration. The HSS Innovation Institute was formed in 2015 to realize the potential of new drugs, therapeutics and devices; the global standard total knee replacement was developed at HSS in 1969, and in 2017 HSS made 130 invention submissions (more than 2x the submissions in 2015). The HSS Education Institute provides continuing medical curriculum to more than 15,000 subscribing musculoskeletal healthcare professionals in 110 countries. Through HSS Global, the institution is collaborating with medical centers worldwide to advance the quality and value of care, and to make world-class HSS care more accessible to more people.
