February 20 -

Bella’s Open 2026

Bella’s Open is an unsanctioned team tennis tournament.

Registration

Registration will open in October 2025. Space is limited. The captain will register and pay for the entire team. At registration, the team captain will need each player's USTA number and shirt size.

Details

Bella’s Open is an unsanctioned team tennis tournament:
Women’s 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0+
Men’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0+
Each team needs a minimum of 6 players. The tournament will use players 2025 ranking. Food and drinks for the entire weekend are included in your registration fee.

The Cause

The Bella Bowman Foundation’s mission is to create and support research initiatives for pediatric brain cancer, fund new and continuous educational opportunities, and offer comfort care to children diagnosed with cancer and the families who care for them. Since 2013, the Foundation has focused on fostering research to prevent treatment side effects in children with cancer. The Foundation provided seed funding to instigate an entirely new research laboratory, exclusively focused on radiation necrosis. The laboratory is led by Professor Wayne Newhauser, a medical physicist and at LSU and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, and includes a multidisciplinary team of scientists and students. The research has already revealed exciting new avenues to make cancer therapy gentler for children, without compromising its ability to eradicate tumors. The team’s cutting-edge findings have been reported in scientific journals and at international conferences. The Foundation’s support has been critical to the research group’s success in obtaining additional research support from the National Science Foundation. Proceeds of the third annual Bella’s Open will support students who serve as research assistants and are engaged in this project as part of their graduate studies.

Frequently Asked Questions

There is plenty of free parking at LSU Tennis Complex and at Alex Box Stadium.

In-Kind Needs

Below are some general categories where we are actively looking for in-kind partners. • Catering & Meal Vendors • Water and Electrolytes • Snacks • Raffle Prizes • Tournament Winner Prizes • Large and Small Format Printing • Volunteer T-Shirts • Onsite Photographer • Tennis Balls • Score Cards