Jan 19, 2020 | Tournament Results
by Wells Ross Photos by Barney Tanfield A great time was had by all at the 2020 edition of the Etchebaster Trophy & Kendrick Cup. Throughout the weekend, the galleries and stand were full of the 30 players that came into New York for the weekend, plus many local supporters. Representatives from the clubs in Boston, Philadelphia, DC, Chicago, Tuxedo, Montreal and of course New York were all present with trophies on their minds. On the Tennis side, the #1 seed Tolly Krusen made things look easy, marching to the finals with a victory over Tyler Sloan in the semis.… Read the Full Story >
Dec 15, 2019 | Overseas Events, Tournament Results, Uncategorized, US Events, USCTA News
by Peter Pell 2019 Whitney Cup by the Numbers… 5 The number of consecutive Whitney Cups won by New York prior to this year. The Greentree team ended the streak on the back of remarkable wins in the finals by Addison West & Ben Stein (over Spike Willcocks & Lex Miron), Dylan Patterson & Hugh McDonald (over Bruce Manson & Jonathan Larken), and Simon Aldrich & Rob McLane (over Greg Van Schaack & Lincoln Frank). 0.08 The differential in the ratio of games won to games lost, which sent Greentree to the finals over New England and Washington. The three… Read the Full Story >
Nov 30, 2019 | Tournament Results
Twelve competitive teams entered the 2019 Calhoun Witham Tournament hosted by the Aiken Tennis Club. When it was all said and done, the story was the undefeated march through both tournament brackets from the guests and winners from Newport! In a three-set final in the Calhoun Division, Beth Winthrop and Amy Wintersteen defeated Tom Sargent and Laurie de Graaf 3-6 6-2 6-4. And in the Witham Division final, James Chamberlain and Brad Dellenbaugh defeated Andrew Burrow and Mit Carothers 6-5 0-6 6-3. James joined his grandfather and trophy presenter John Murphy as tournament champions.
Nov 26, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by James Asher This year’s Jimmy Dunn had record numbers across the park with 51 doubles teams filling out eight separate draws. We had players from across America as well as players from England and France, which was fantastic to see. The play started on Thursday at noon and finished on Sunday at 6 pm. The longest Jimmy Dunn in history! As well as being the biggest draw the Jimmy Dunn has seen, it was also one of the best-fielded draws in terms of talent we have seen for many years. The Open division final pitted Rob Whitehouse and Steve… Read the Full Story >
Nov 10, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
Silver Racquet Invitational Tennis A great deal of high-quality play characterized this year’s Silver Racquet Invitational. The draw consisted of players from clubs across the U.S. and England. The draw began with tightly-contested qualification rounds. Dylan Patterson secured the first spot, overcoming a relentlessly scrappy player in Shep Skiff. The second qualifying spot went to Philip Stockton whose bash and dash style edged out the methodical play of Queen’sClub’s Nick Warner. Looking for his third Invitational title in a row, Philadelphia’s Jon Crowell was the top seed and favorite. Crowell faced a draw filled with many talented amateurs pulled from… Read the Full Story >
Nov 4, 2019 | Tournament Results
Noelle Shiland defeated Suzy Schwartz in the finals of the Anne Boleyn tournament. Amy Wintersteen won the consolation division over Shirley Freitag. Story to follow .
Oct 29, 2019 | Tournament Results
By any measure, Hadden Tomes 2019 was a huge success. Unlike Gold Racquets, Tuxedo’s annual formal event focused on high-quality court tennis, Hadden Tomes is about dressing up, having fun and playing a bit of court tennis. Last year the theme was James Bond; this year guests got to dress up as their favorite music idol or band. The fun began Friday night, with Rich Mueller, Tuxedo’s highly talented guitar player, leading a multi-hour Karaoke session in the Greevy Room at the Tennis House. Multiple participants eagerly performed crowd-pleasing renditions of songs such as Take It Easy, Free Falling, Dancing Days and… Read the Full Story >
Oct 27, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
Over the weekend the T&R hosted the US 40s. This is a National Championship with the highly coveted USCTA gold and silver medals on the line. The quality of play was extremely high all weekend which was further highlighted in two fantastic finals on Sunday. First up was the doubles featuring Todd Meringoff and Alex Spence against Todd Martin and Jeremy Wintersteen. The ball striking was exceptional with each player bringing their own flavor to the match. Alex Spence and Todd Meringoff came out on top 6/2 6/2, although this scoreline doesn’t reflect the plethora of extended rallies quality on… Read the Full Story >
Oct 22, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
This year the T&R expanded the Jimmy Knott to include three new divisions of singles. The thought behind this was that there are very few chances to test your mettle in a level singles tournament outside of the national level championships or in-house club championships. This proved to be very well received with draws that were so large that we had to create a new format! The standard pro set (first to 8 or 10 games) can sometimes be a little too rewarding to the “fast starter” so instead we played best of three sets to 4 games… This explains… Read the Full Story >
Sep 1, 2019 | Tournament Results
A strong tightly contested Open division included World Doubles Champion Tim Chisholm playing with his colleague from Tuxedo Park Josh Dodgson. Tim and Josh won the round-robin group without losing a match to make it to the final on Sunday. The second-place team of Mike Gooding and John Lumley were only edged out narrowly 6-5 in the third in the round-robin action by Tim and Josh this only heightened the anticipation for the final. The match began with Tim rifling a volley return down the line off a railroad from John, that whizzed past Mike making a long chase but… Read the Full Story >
