May 1, 2019 | Tournament Results, USCTA News
by Trevor Jones, Founder, and Captain – Salve Regina University Court Tennis Team Recently, the Salve Regina University Court Tennis Team was privileged to have its first-ever match in team and university history. With many thanks to Mike Gooding, we were able to schedule a match with the members of the National Tennis Club at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. So, on the morning of, we feasted on breakfast together in the clubhouse and suited up in our whites to take the court for our first match in programme history. After many cold, early Wednesday morning and late Friday… Read the Full Story >
Apr 30, 2019 | Tournament Results
by Mit Carothers Seven teams entered the 2019 Northrup Knox Tournament and seven teams entered the Aiken Spring Handicap at the Aiken Tennis Club played April 18-21. The Northrup Knox featured 2 groups in round robin play with the top two teams in each advancing to the semifinals played on Easter morning. Group A winners Michael Sullivan and Robert Glance moved on to play Dan Villiers and Pete Roessler, advancing to the finals with a 6-3, 6-5 win. The second semifinal saw Thad Gray and partner Morgan Purvis defeat Group B winners George Handy and Matthew Mackin 6-4, 6-4. In… Read the Full Story >
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 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 >
