Nasdaq-100 Key Biscayne Tennis Tournament

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IN GOD WE TRUST

With the exception of one day of rain, the weather was, as usual, perfect for world class tennis for the ten days of the Nasdaq-100 on Key Biscayne Florida. Andre Agassi wins his 6th and Serena Williams wins her 2nd Nasdaq-100 tournament.
There is one way on and off of Key Biscayne and this road, the Rickenbacker Causeway (which becomes Crandon Blvd. at the entrance to that Village of Key Biscayne) passes in the front of the Crandon Tennis Center, that is the facility where the Nasdaq-100 is played every year around this time and as you can imagine, there was traffic, and plenty of it. A 15 minute ride on or off the island takes much longer than that now.

Nasdaq 100 on Key Biscane crossing the Rickenbacker Causeway

Key Biscaine's Nasdaq 100 entrance to world tennis tournament

Fans park miles away, or right across the street at the Crandon Park and get shuttled to the entrance to the Nasdaq 100. From there, they will have to cross the street. Off duty police officers man the traffic signal oblivious to the traffic tie up that goes on for miles while a stray fan slothfully makes their way across the road and into the tournament. There is a bumper sticker that reads "Some of us are not on vacation".

The Goodyear Blimp over Key Biscayne's Nasdaq 100 tennis tournament

Key Biscayne Nasdaq Tennis Tournament Food Court

It is all here though. The Goodyear blimp, exhibition matches, food courts, beer, Bacardi, Mercedes, and you can also sign up to get on the local phone companies mailing list while you agree to the terms and conditions to have your serve 'clocked' by a radar gun to see how fast it is that you really serve. From a chair in the shade you can enjoy your $4.00 hot dog and watch the jumbotron showing live action from Center Court 100 yards away and see otherwise respectful looking businessmen set down their mixed drink and give it all that they have got to beat their friends serve speed. After complaining about the racquet, the sun, the speed gun, the balls, and how you cannot serve fast in loafers then watch in disbelief that their serve is just over the 70 mph mark, a 14 year old girl will clock an 86 mph serve. The businessmen check their pagers as they head to the Mercedes Benz tent scanning the horizon to see if anyone else saw. Everyone else checks their pagers. The jumbotron has matches in the background. Applause from various matches sporadically breaks the silence.

Key Biscayne Bell South Fast Serve Competition

Jumbotron at Nasdaq 100 Key Biscayne Tennis tournament

Men's competition at Nasdaq100 Key Biscayne florida

The tournament has become a fixture of the tennis world and is one of the 5 top tournaments in the world. Finding a place to stay on the Key is typically booked solid months and months in advance with waiting lists for this period of time. The players, the coaches, the press, the sponsors and of course the fans love to enjoy all that Key Biscayne has to offer and use this spring break tournament as an excuse to spend a couple of weeks here.

centercourt at key biscane nasdaq 100 tennis tournament Miami

mens tennis on Key Biscaine FLorida Miami Florida Nasdaq100

Serena Williams on Key Biscayne at the Nasdaq 100 with her 2nd win here

Nasdaq-100 Open Title Tennis Tournament Results

Andre Agassi wins 6th Nasdaq-100 victory by beating Carlos Moya (6-3,6-3)
Men's Doubles - Roger Federer and Max Mirnyi defeat Leander Paes and David Rikl (7-5,6-3)
Serena WIlliams wins 2nd consecutive Nasdaq-100 title by defeating Jennifer Capriati (4-6,6-4,6-1)
Women's Doubles - Liesel Huber and Magdalena Maleeva beat Shinobu Asagoe and Nana Migagi (6-4,3-6,7-5)

Reserve your vacation home or rental condo on Key Biscayne for 2004 now and be certain that you can stay on the Key and beat the traffic and enjoy the Island!

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