Junior Handicap Results
Philadelphia hosted a junior handicap weekend on February 28 and March 1. After two days of play, Erik Barker of Washington defeated Chase Motz in the final.
Philadelphia hosted a junior handicap weekend on February 28 and March 1. After two days of play, Erik Barker of Washington defeated Chase Motz in the final.
The 113th Gold Racquets Court Tennis singles featured the world’s top amateur…Kieran Booth. Would the top American based amateurs step up to the challenge of facing the Australian? On paper, the potential challengers to the Australian were in no particular order… Peter Cipriano from the Racquet & Tennis Club Bradley Allen, Bill Barker & Danny McBride from Prince’s Court in Washington D.C. Jon Crowell from the Philadelphia Racquet Club Guy Devereux from the Tuxedo Club Peter Cipriano after a 6/2 6/3 win in the quarter-finals over Bradley Allen earned his shot at the Australian in the semi-finals in the top… Read the Full Story >
The U.S. Open will be held Feb. 18th-27th at the Tennis & Racquet Club in Boston. We will have a special dedicated U.S. Open page on the website shortly. In the meantime, you can find the draws and schedule below.
The Greevy Cup: Handicap 20-29…Racquet Club of Philadelphia By John Lumley Alex Spence def. Christian Bullitt 6-4,6-3 Back Draw: Vu Hoang def. Dick Tanfield 8-6 The Racquet Club of Philadelphia hosted this year’s Greevy Cup where we had 13 people enter the tournament. Alex Spence the #1 seed got through his first round match against Ryan Carey is three sets finding good form in the third to take it 6-2. John Madzin with the home court advantage took out Al Gordon in a good match 6-4 6-2 but then was stopped by John Patton 6-1 6-2. Patton and Spence had… Read the Full Story >
A fantastic weekend of action on both the racquets and tennis courts as we wrap up the Etchebaster and Kendrick Cups. Congratulations to Ben Stein (R&T) on defeating Matt Breuer in the final of the Etchebaster 6/3 6/2. And to our own David Tedeschi on defeating Ben Stein in the Kendrick Cup 15/8 15/5. We also had two great back draw final matches; McCabe Walsh def. Craig Corrance in the Kendrick Back Draw and Ken Forton defeated Harsha Gopal in the Etchebaster Back Draw. Great support from the T&R folks and a big thanks to Lucas Walsh and Dan Herrick with… Read the Full Story >
The Tuxedo Club kicked off the 2015 USCTA calendar hosting the National 40’s single and doubles competition January 9th – 11th. A number of factors may have contributed to participants consisting of players from the NY metropolitan area… A holiday hangover for many players? The notoriously ‘deep’ Tuxedo tambour scaring off many of the players from other parts of the country? Devereux with a new ‘hip’ and his always-fearsome railroad? The infamous ‘rock hard pellets’ put on court by the Tuxedo professional staff? The author may never know the real reasons for the ‘metropolitan’ feel to this National Championship weekend;… Read the Full Story >
The seventeenth annual USCTA Dinner and Auction was held on the Friday of the Whitney Cup weekend in New York. A packed house gathered for an evening of conversation and awards, capped off by a live auction to benefit the Charleston Court project. A silent auction was held during the cocktail hour. USCTA President – Jeremy Wintersteen – presented the 2014 USCTA Awards during the dinner. Ranging from sportsmanship to literary achievement, the awards are the highest honor the Association presents on an annual basis. This year’s award winners are listed below. George Plimpton Award (for Literary and Artistic Achievement)… Read the Full Story >