May 1, 2022 | Tournament Results, US Events
From an Interested Observer: The Racquet Club of Chicago welcomed over 20 competitors from Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Aiken, Washington, New York, and Manchester. In the Singles draw, after rather convincing straight-sets victories by the top-seeded competitors in the early rounds, the quarterfinals action saw some very spirited and close matches. In the top half of the draw, Ben Stein narrowly edged Todd Meringoff in two sets after a number of very long deuce games, 6-4, 6-5. Jon Crowell also outlasted an inspired and energetic onslaught by Erik Barker in two tight sets and strategically avoided a third, winning, 6-5, 6-5,… Read the Full Story >
Mar 14, 2022 | Tournament Results, US Events
by James Asher March 11th-13th, the Racquet Club hosted the Annual Percy Cup. The Percy Cup is a team event featuring three levels (25-40, 40-55, and 55+). We had 2 New York teams, 2 Aiken teams, 2 Washington teams, 2 Philadelphia teams, Tuxedo and Newport. Due to the size of the draw, we started at 8 am on Friday, with Aiken 2 and Newport doing battle. Newport got off to a strong start, winning their 3rd and 2nd strings, 8-4 and 8-3 respectively. The #1 strings did battle in the dead rubber match with Robert Glance and Mike Sullivan getting… Read the Full Story >
Mar 1, 2022 | Tournament Results, US Events
by James Asher On February 4th-6th, the Racquet Club hosted the Greevy Cup, a 20-29 Level tournament for USCTA members. We had a fantastic turnout for the event, with eighteen entrants descending on Philadelphia. The first-round matches had great battles with Washington’s Steve Hufford against Kenny Soffer and Philadelphia’s Norris Jordan against Ross Bolling. Hufford played a fantastic first set over Soffer to take the initiative and grab the set 6-4. Soffer responded decisively to take the second set 6-1, forcing a final set. Soffer continued his momentum to take the third set 6-4. In the other first-round close match, … Read the Full Story >
Feb 27, 2022 | Tournament Results, US Events
By Ivan Ronaldson The U.S. 50s took place at Prince’s Court for the last time, February 25th-27th. The 14 entries mainly were from DC and Philly with a tiny Newport contingent. In the singles, both Jeremy Wintersteen (1) and John Motz (2) cruised to the finals without dropping a set. Unfortunately, Jeremy pulled his hamstring in the semifinal, so the Motz/Wintersteen showdown was not as close as the crowd hoped for. John’s brutal cut volley and pinpoint serving helped destroy the gimpy New Englander 6-2 6-0. Having to cover less of the court, Jeremy was far more effective in the… Read the Full Story >
Feb 1, 2022 | Tournament Results
by Pierre Lorillard The Wharton Cup for handicaps 50-59 was held at the Tuxedo Club this past weekend January 29th & 30th. The draw was a relatively modest 11 competitors who endured a “bomb cyclone” blizzard to attend. Despite the small draw and the weather challenges, the matches were highly competitive and featured players ranging in age from 14 to 75. In the first main draw semifinal Paul Brooke of the Tuxedo Club faced Adam Yaari from New York who survived a three-set nail biter (5/6, 6/1, 6/4) in the quarterfinal against youngster Hazel Christensen from Tuxedo to advance. In… Read the Full Story >
Feb 1, 2022 | Tournament Results
by Matthew Ronaldson An exciting weekend commenced with a last minute change of venue due to the Nor’easter coming through Jersey and New England, so from Lakewood to Princes Court we moved! Drama continued as both the top 2 seeds were knocked out in the round of 16 with great performances from Gavin Wilson and Patrick Chitic respectively. Gavin came undone against a very solid Stan Scott from the Philadelphia Club, whilst Patrick continued his fine form knocking out John Knox to reach the final. The plate competition kept everyone busy and the court and club buzzing. Martin Whitmer played solid… Read the Full Story >
Jan 23, 2022 | Tournament Results, US Events, USCTA News
By an interested observer The Etchebaster trophy was keenly contested at the Racquet Club of Chicago from January 21st – 23rd 2022. Although it was very cold over the weekend, we had 7 players coming in from New York, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia and California. There was also a strong field of Chicago players and a notable performance goes to Jared Isenthal, who had a great run to the semi-final before losing to Philadelphia’s Tim Carroll 6/3 6/2. Chicago’s Chase Cochran, who was on the wrong end of a three-set thriller in the main event, went on to win the back… Read the Full Story >
Jan 1, 2022 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Jeff Horine Team New England, after a 12-year drought, beat New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC to win the 2021 Whitney Cup during the weekend of December 9-12 at New York’s Racquet and Tennis Club in Midtown. The Payne Whitney Memorial Cup is a doubles competition among all of the court tennis clubs in the United States, with each team fielding five doubles teams for each competition, including one senior (55+) team. Team New England is comprised of the best players from the T&R in Boston and the NTC in Newport, and this year’s team members were: George Bell… Read the Full Story >
Jan 1, 2022 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Mit Carothers Tennis Chair – Aiken Tennis Club The Aiken Tennis Club welcomed out-of-town players and local participants this month in the U.S. 40’s USCTA age-group tournament. As well as some outstanding tennis, members, players, and guests were treated to a dinner on Saturday night and Sunday brunch. In singles semifinal play the number 1 seed Rakesh Jasani defeated Chip Marvin and in three exciting sets, Vaughn Massie prevailed over Geoff Ellis. Sunday’s final saw Jasani defeat Massie for the championship. The doubles draw had Charlie Bostwick and Ginny Goodyear defeating Tiger Riviere and Dieter Voegele before losing to… Read the Full Story >
Dec 1, 2021 | Tournament Results, US Events
by James Asher November 18th-21st marked the Jimmy Dunn return following the postponement last year due to the Pandemic. There was great excitement and buzz around the club, with 20 players from Boston coming. We also had players from Washington, Aiken, Manchester, New York, and Chicago. We had a record number of participants for the return of the Jimmy Dunn, with 126 participants playing numerous sports. Due to the size of the event, we had matches running from Thursday at 10 am until Sunday at 5 pm, with matches going to Friday at 1 am. In the Open Division, Jon… Read the Full Story >
