Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres in length, up to 80 kilometres in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about 145 kilometres south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs".
Founded in 1999 and traditionally held the week before the U.S. Open, Taste of Tennis is an event where top chefs and the world’s greatest tennis players showcase their culinary skills.