The 27th USCTA Annual Dinner, Awards and Auction will occur on Friday, December 13, 2024, at the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York. The cocktails will start promptly at 6:30 PM, followed by dinner, awards and a live auction at 7:30 PM. Attire is black tie.
The 2024 Hall of Fame inductee will be Graham Hyland (1956- ). Hyland served as head professional at the Racquet & Tennis Club from 1978 to 1982. He was a multiple time U.S. Open singles and doubles champion and he captured the inaugural World Doubles title at the official reopening of the Newport court in 1980.
The USCTA’s George Plimpton Prize for Literary and Artistic Achievement will be awarded to John Shneerson. Shneerson is the author of several court tennis books including: Two Centuries of Real Tennis, a history of tennis at Newmarket (1997); Real Tennis: Today and Yesterday (2015); and MCC More than a Cricket Club: Real Tennis and Other Sports at Lord’s (2020).
Several exciting auction lots are lined up, including golf outings at Fishers Island, Piping Rock, and Round Hill and in Nantucket and Aiken. Additional items include tennis books, posters, prints, a custom USCTA backgammon board, a week-long stay in a London flat, a weekend in Maine, and the Lot 12 (National Fund) paddle raise to support our Tennis Professionals.
The auction catalog can be found here: www.32auctions.com/uscta2024
Online pre-event bidding starts on December 10 at 7:00 AM EST and ends on December 13 at 1:00 PM EST.
On Saturday, December 14, the USCTA is sponsoring the luncheon, so make sure to stop by the buffet as you take a break from watching or playing in the Whitney Cup matches.
If you plan to attend the Annual Dinner, please visit the annual dinner page to purchase your dinner tickets as soon as possible.
