Signa Sports United, a sports e-commerce and tech platform, today announced a binding agreement to acquire Tennis Express, an online tennis retailer in the United States. The closing of the acquisition is subject to certain conditions. Together with the acquisition of Midwest Sports that closed in April, SSU and its global tennis destination Tennis-Point, SSU has sought to establish a leading online tennis platform in the U.S.

“We see significant opportunity to replicate our successful European tennis platform strategy in the U.S. market, which is benefitting from a surge in participation yet remains fragmented and under-served from an e-commerce and community engagement perspective,” said Stephan Zoll, CEO of Signa Sports United. “Adding strong players like Tennis Express accelerates our U.S. expansion and opportunity to create value for SSU and the broader U.S. tennis ecosystem.”

“We are glad to see SSU is expanding within the U.S. market so quickly. The scale of their tennis platform capabilities brings significant advantages to the entire ecosystem,” Said Hans-Martin Reh, global general manager of racquet sports at Wilson Sporting Goods.

“Tennis-Point has a long track record of growing tennis in Europe, which has made it the global #1 online tennis destination, and we intend to do the same in the U.S.,” said Sascha Beyer, future chairman and president Tennis-Point, North America. “Brad and his team have long championed grassroots tennis and have built a growing and profitable business around their passion. We look forward to working together to achieve these shared goals.”

Brad Blume, Tennis Express founder and president, “We founded Tennis Express with the vision to inspire players and support the tennis communities we serve. I could not be more excited that we will be joining the world-class SSU and Tennis-Point teams to help fuel the realization of that vision. Today is a proud day for the Tennis Express team.”