* National League – September 7

National League Kick Off September 7th, 2013 New England vs. Tuxedo/Philadelphia Venue – The Tuxedo Club New England travels to Tuxedo and emerges with 5/2 victory over Tuxedo/Philadelphia. A bit of a Tuxedo reunion this past weekend in Tuxedo as former Tuxedo Senior Professional Tony Hollins and former Summer Professional Camden Rivière (and frequent training partner with Chisholm) arrived during the week to practice and visit. New Tuxedo Professional Josh Dodgson and Hollins took the court first at ~5 pm.  Hollins looked much more comfortable to start the match playing very steady tennis while Dodgson showed a bit of nerves… Read the Full Story >

* French Open Singles & Doubles World Championship

The French Open and World Doubles Championship are being played in Paris. French Open Singles Final – Thursday, September 19 Camden Riviere def. Steve Virgona 6/0,6/4,6/0 World Doubles Final…best of 7 sets – Saturday, September 21 @ 2PM (Paris Time) – first 4 sets Sunday, September 22 @ 2PM (Paris Times) – remaining sets Rob Fahey & Steve Virgona def. Camden Riviere & Tim Chisholm 6/5 6/4 6/1 1/6 0/6 6/5 4/6 5/6 6/5

* Riviere #1

* Riviere #1

As of September 1st, Camden Riviere will become the Number 1 Ranked Player in the World! Since the world ranking system was created in 1991, no American has been ranked number one in the world. Rob Fahey has been number one for the last twenty years but in late August 2013 Camden Riviere passed Fahey.   Riviere has had a spectacular year, since coming off an injury that sidelined him for most of the 2011/12 season. His tournament wins include: 2012 & 2013 U.S. Pro Singles, 2013 U.S. Open, 2012 National Open, 2012 IRTPA Championships and the 2012 French Open.  … Read the Full Story >

* Pell Cup Results

The 2013 Pell Cup was held in Newport on August 14-18. A full field of players representing clubs from the U.S, and overseas were in attendance for Newport’s signature event. The final results were:   Open Division Rob Fahey and Matthew Ronaldson def.  Steve Virgona & Rob Whitehouse  6/3,6/1   A Division Josh Bainton & Ryan Carey def.  Adrian Kemp & Pat Winthrop  6/5,6/3   B Division Jonathan Pardee & David Boenning def.  Richard Gilder & Amanda Avedissian  6/3,6/2   C1 Division Paul Harkins & Chris Vigrass def.  Sheila Reilly & Anders Cohen  6/3,6/4   C2 Division John Murphy &… Read the Full Story >

* The Velvet Rope

* The Velvet Rope

  The 2013 Velvet Rope was held in Newport on July 19-20. The doubles tournament attracted a sporty group of players for a weekend of doubles play and parties.  The tournament was organized by Marc Lewinstein and Brian Owens.  A special shout out to Marc…who not only was a tournament organizer, but played a match at 8:30 on Saturday morning and then raced across the bridge to do the Save the Bay Annual 2 mile swim! Word has it that he completed the swim and made it to the Saturday night festivities. The results of the tennis were: Wharton Division… Read the Full Story >