Apr 14, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
The Boston Marathon weekend was a fitting backdrop for the 2019 US Amateur Court Tennis Championships. Due to the fantastic depth of the draw, there was no easy path through to the final and the players’ mental and physical strength was truly tested. Some notable results included a win for Ben Hudson, a T&R up-and-comer, over Shawn Herlihy 6-3, 6-2; Jeremy Wintersteen fought off a strong Alex Spence 5-6, 6-4, 6-2; Jon Crowell defeated Todd Meringoff 6-5, 6-3 and the backed that up with another 6-5, 6-3 win over Patrick Winthrop. Then there were two… Jon Crowell and defending champion,… Read the Full Story >
Apr 14, 2019 | Tournament Results
By Brenda Sabbag Newport hosted the Ladies Invitational on the weekend of April 12th. The tournament was well-attended with twenty players from the home club, Philadelphia and Boston. There were five round robin groups with the top two finishers from each group moving on to the main draw. The first semifinal featured Philadelphia’s Melissa Purcell versus Newport’s Brenda Sabbag. Purcell played nearly flawlessly with great defense and speed, and the wily veteran Sabbag simply did not have enough weapons to counteract Purcell’s fantastic play. Purcell won the match 6-3, 6-3. Sara Lacombe, after a brief absence from the game, came back as… Read the Full Story >
Apr 14, 2019 | Tournament Results
by John Lumley With a start to the tournament having Henry Smith (#2 seed) pull out due to illness it shook up the event from the get-go! To kick off the day Krish Chawla (St. Joes prep player) took on another St. Joes prep – Michael Barton. Barton, a much more experienced player, played a good game with Krish crushing some volleys but it wasn’t enough as Barton cruised through 6-2 6-0. To follow Luke Snyder (another St. Joes prep player) played Chase Motz but Motz was too strong for Snyder and took it 6-0 6-1. In the quarterfinals, things… Read the Full Story >
Apr 1, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Josh Dodgson The Tuxedo Club had the great pleasure of hosting The U.S. 60s & 70s Singles and Doubles Championships. The tournament was very well represented nationally, with seven out of the nine active courts in America having at least one member taking part. For many years these have been esteemed tournaments and players arrived days before the event to familiarize themselves with the Tuxedo court. Whilst some players would argue that not enough practice had been had, the event was underway midday on Friday. The first match was between Steve Hufford (#1 seed) and Dick Tanfield (playing in… Read the Full Story >
Mar 27, 2019 | US Events
by Gary Barnes Georgian Court University and The Racquet Club of Philadelphia co-hosted an extraordinary Gould Invitational on March 16th and 17th Due to its goal of promoting Georgian Court to the entire court tennis community, this event was not only a celebration of the amazing strides the partnership of GCU and Preservation Foundation have made together, but generated more ideas for how we can continue to expand the appreciation for this historic court as well as for us to host additional sanctioned USCTA events going forward. Although play occurred at both locations on consecutive days, we had 22 players… Read the Full Story >
Mar 20, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by John Lumley We had the biggest Percy Cup to date with ten teams entering the battle for the coveted Percy Cup trophy. Play started early on Friday as Philadelphia 3 narrowly took down Aiken on countback to play Philadelphia 1 later in the day. Boston played well to beat Washington 1 — two matches to one. The match between Jeff Smith and Daniel Hsu versus Temple Grassi and Brendan Welsh was a barn burner with Smith and Hsu taking it 8-7 in the final point! Philadelphia 1 played a solid match against Philadelphia 3 to advance to the quarterfinals… Read the Full Story >
Feb 26, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Mit Carothers – Aiken Tennis Chair The Aiken Tennis Club was pleased to host the 2019 edition of the Wharton Cup. Players from New York, Washington, Philadelphia and Charleston joined local players to form a field of 12 players to compete for the title. First round winners included the experienced Matt Dupee over Frank Mullins, playing in his first tournament, and Mit Carothers over Martin Whitmer who was working his way back into the game after an absence. In very tough 3 set first round matches Claire Voegele defeated Tom Sargent and Adam Yaari defeated R.J. Tesi. Claire continued… Read the Full Story >
Feb 18, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Charlie Michele Over President’s Day weekend, The Tuxedo Club hosted the 117thGold Racquets, as well as the US Pro Singles Rackets Championship. Event Chairs Kim Kilgore, Laura Tillsley and Charlie Michele pulled out all of the stops with a full itinerary. On Friday night, there was a delicious pasta bar for players and guests served at the Tennis House. The galleries were packed throughout the evening, with many patrons utilizing the Club-brewed “Tuxedo Ale” on draft to loosen up the vocal chords. Matches went well into the night with the last tennis ball being hit just before 1:00am. With… Read the Full Story >
Feb 11, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by John Lumley We had a fantastic turnout for the 2019 Noll Cup with twenty entrants ready to fight it out for the 30-39 level championship. The first round matches were pretty straight forward with the first battle of the day going to Morgan Purvis taking it five-games all 40-all against Dick Tanfield in the final set. The other barn burner of the day was between Charles Buaron and Anders Cohen, with Buaron taking it 5-6 6-3 6-5! Saturdays play saw the no.1 seed Max Drake go down in a tight match to Morgan Purvis 6-5 6-4. Both played superb… Read the Full Story >
Feb 11, 2019 | National League
On Thursday, February 7th, the Racquet Club of Chicago hosted the New England team in the debut of the 2019 USCTA Court Tennis National League. A partisan crowd of 75 members was keen to cheer on Chicago to victory over an in-form New England team. The first match would see the #1s face off–Local pro-Steve Virgona taking on Newport’s Nick Howell. The match started fairly even with both players hitting the ball crisply and finding their targets. At 3-all in the first set, there was a slight momentum shift as Steve somewhat fortuitously managed to win a point defending a… Read the Full Story >
