Feb 10, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
By A Supporter Of The Ladies’ Game The 2019 Anne Boleyn was graciously hosted by the Racquet Club of Philadelphia over the weekend February 9/10. Eleven ladies did battle over the two days and thanks to John Lumley’s creativity with the draw they all were able to spend lots of time on court. Saturday’s matches were played in a round robin format with all the competitors dueling in first to six games contests. Rachel Heslop and Linda Rice secured themselves top seeding for Sunday’s knockout stage by winning all their matches. However, Mr. Lumley’s format meant that all the players… Read the Full Story >
Feb 8, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
2019 Greevy Cup @ The Tuxedo Club The 2019 Greevy Cup (for handicaps 20-29) was dominated by entrants from the home club of Tuxedo, with 7 of the 10 entrants from Tuxedo. The (4) semi-finalists were all expected based upon their handicaps, and represented (4) different clubs. Prince’s Court & Radley – Benedict Yorston Boston Tennis & Racquet Club – Ben Hudson The Tuxedo Club – Nick Sonne New York Racquet & Tennis Club – Matt Mackin The first semi-final pitted Yorston and Hudson, and the fans were treated to a nip and tuck first set with Yorston getting over… Read the Full Story >
Feb 7, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Arthur Horowitz The 2019 Hickey Cup, 60s level tournament, was hosted by the Georgian Court University over February 1stweekend. The tournament drew a field of 16 players from Philadelphia, Washington, DC, New York, Tuxedo, Newport, and Georgian Court University. The Philadelphia players dominated the tournament play, but it was also the impressive debut of a number of Georgian Court athletes and athletic coaches. Kyle Reap from the Racquet Club of Philadelphia won the tournament by defeating Dave Christensen from Tuxedo in an outstanding 6-3, 5-6, 6-3 match. Both Kyle and Dave played with skill and determination. Dave often dominated the… Read the Full Story >
Feb 4, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Nick Howell Newport hosted the Burke Cup this year. We had twelve entries with six from Newport and the other six coming from DC & Boston. The Burke Cup kicked off with a great match between two of our members — Sewall Hodges & James Chamberlain. James is college student and the grandson of former NTC president, John Murphy. He has been playing the last few months and it’s hard to keep him off the court. Despite James being eight points weaker on handicap, he really made Sewall work hard to grind out a win 6-4 6-5. Four more… Read the Full Story >
Jan 21, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
From a keen observer…. The Etchebaster trophy was keenly contested at the Racquet Club of Chicago from January 18th-20th 2019. Although it was very cold with lots of snow falling over the weekend, we had 5 players coming in from New York and Washington. There was also a strong field of Chicago players and some notable performances go to Ben Olson and Jonathan Lewis who both had good runs to the semi-final. Chapin Lee, who was on the wrong end of a three-set thriller in the main event, went on to win the back-draw final against Trout Kinney 8-6. The… Read the Full Story >
Dec 5, 2018 | Tournament Results, US Events
Dec 1, 2018 | Tournament Results, US Events
Aiken hosted the Calhoun Witham Doubles in November. Twelve teams competed in two divisions. The results … A Division Jason Rabun & Vaughan Massie defeated Adam Haselkorn & Ken Forton 6-4, 6-2 B Division Matt Dupee & Tom Sargent def Chip Marvin & Cissie Sullivan 5-6, 6-4, 6-3
Nov 28, 2018 | Tournament Results, US Events
2018 USCTA Amateur Doubles @ The Tuxedo Club November 30– Dec 2, 2018 By Dawson Lane A small but very talented group of doubles teams competed @ The Tuxedo Club for the 18’-19’ USCTA Amateur Doubles Championships. With only 7 teams in the draw; top seeds Will Hopton & Jon Crowell moved through to the semifinals without having to play a match. Quarterfinals Local favorites but decided underdogs Dan Laukitis & Nick Shumaker started the tournament off playing the #2 seeds Peter Cipriano & Tom McGinnis. Some spirited play from the Laukitis & Shumaker team made for a very fun… Read the Full Story >
Nov 19, 2018 | Tournament Results, US Events
by James Asher The 2018 Jimmy Dunn Doubles had a record number of participants with over 174 players vying for time on the court tennis, rackets and squash courts. With 44 teams entered for the tennis, we had to change from having a D and E event for tennis to D1, D2 and E draws. Matches were played each day from 7AM to midnight – sixteen hours of tennis per day – a record! Combined with the Jock Soutar and squash draws there were 246 matches played over the weekend. Such was the hype for this year’s event that we… Read the Full Story >
Nov 6, 2018 | Tournament Results, US Events
2018 Silver Racquet Tennis Draws Report Silver Racquet Invitational This year’s Silver Racquet Invitational Tennis Singles featured a strong qualification draw which attracted entrants from clubs across the country, as well as from England and France. The first qualification spot was secured by Jeremy Wintersteen who beat up-and-coming Brits, Freddie Dixon and Mike Bailey en route. Brook Hazelton took the other spot in the main draw, beating Shep Skiff then Matt Mackin in two tightly contested matches. The Invitational Tennis main draw featured the majority of the top-ranked amateurs in the country, with last year’s finalists Jon Crowell and Tom… Read the Full Story >
