Professional tennis is coming to Indianapolis, and we need our community to be part of making it real. The American Professional Tennis League — a division of Re-Emerging Athletes, Inc. — is building something this country has never seen: a league where women and men compete on equal structural footing, where overlooked athletes finally get the stage they were always owed, and where your city is more than a stop on a tour. We are raising $50,000 from people who believe Indianapolis deserves a seat at this table.
Our Story
My name is JoAnn Myers, CEO and Co-Founder of the American Professional Tennis League. We created APTL because we saw something broken in professional tennis: talent being left behind. Players who stepped away to raise families, recover from injury, or simply fell outside a narrow system that never made room for them. Our Co-Founder and Athlete Jordan Myers is one of them — a former Division I soccer goalkeeper who stepped away from competitive athletics and is now in active training, preparing to compete professionally as a tennis player. His story is not behind him. It is happening right now. And it is exactly what this league is built for.
APTL is a single-entity, franchise-driven professional league launching in four cities: Indianapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Louisville. Every team roster carries ten players — four women, four men, two alternates — competing side by side in every match. Women's singles and men's singles carry equal weight in every competition. This is not a women's league. This is not a men's league. This is professional tennis, finally built the right way — equal courts, equal stakes, equal standing.
Alongside the league, our nonprofit arm — The Curlew Institute, featuring Where's Your Racquet? — is a program created by Paul Fontana, our VP of Tennis Operations. Where's Your Racquet? collects new and used racquets, restrings them where needed, and redistributes them directly to community youth organizations at our matches — putting equipment in the hands of young people who want to play but have never had the means to start.
Where Your Money Goes
Every dollar raised for Indianapolis stays connected to Indianapolis.
40% Event & Activation Costs
Court setup, staffing, and operations for APTL's community activation
35% Where’s Your Racquet?
Racquet collection, restringing, and redistribution to youth organizations in Indianapolis through The Curlew Institute.
25% Player Support Fund
Travel and transitional housing for re-emerging athletes competing in Indianapolis. Real people with real costs.
APTL Indianapolis — Help Bring Pro Tennis Home
Indianapolis is our founding city — and the heart of everything we are building. Sports Business Journal just ranked Indianapolis the No. 3 Best Sports Business City in the nation for 2026, an eight-spot climb from No. 11 just three years ago. This city is not arriving at a sports identity — it is accelerating one. APTL's May 2027 league launch is being planned for Georgia Street, the site that defined Super Bowl XLVI and became the activation model every host city has studied since. Those conversations are underway, and they are directly tied to our ability to demonstrate real community support, investor confidence, and player and fan interest. This campaign is part of that proof.
Beginning in December 2026, APTL will host community activation and investor engagement events in Indianapolis — bringing together local supporters, civic leaders, and prospective investors to build the foundation this league deserves before the first match is ever played. Every donor to this campaign is part of what makes that table possible. We want our community to be the reason this league exists — not just the place it happens to land.
Donor Recognition & Call to Action
When you give, you are not just donating — you are founding something. Every supporter is recognized by name in our inaugural event program and on the APTL Founding Community page.
We are not asking for charity. We are asking for belief. If you believe Indianapolis deserves professional tennis — the real kind, built for our community — this is how you say so.
Share this page. Tell someone. Let's build this together.
— JoAnn Myers, CEO & Co-Founder, Re-Emerging Athletes, Inc. | American Professional Tennis League