Stacey Allaster US Open's 1st female tournament director

Allaster is a former CEO of WTA women’s tour and has worked at U.S. Tennis Association since 2016, pushing for changes such as serve clock and warmup clock and lobbying for coaching to be allowed during matches.

She will stay on as USTA's chief executive of professional tennis, association said Wednesday.

This is a pivotal time for group that oversees tennis in United States.

USTA anunced Monday that it h eliminated 110 positions from its national staff and is expected to

Allaster is replacing David Brewer, who joined USTA in 1997 and became Open’s tournament director in 2012. USTA said last year that Brewer would be stepping down after 2019 Open.