DAY 1 RESULTS Will Burns def. CJ White 4/6,3/6,6/1,6/4,6/3 Bryn Sayers def. Gabe Kinzler 6/1,6/2,6/0 First Round matches continue on Monday. The draw is posted below. All matches will be live streamed at…VIDEO COVERAGE For ticket and sponsorship information Main Draw Back Draw 3/4 Playoff
The court restoration is moving along very well at the Racquet Club of Chicago. Under the direction of Bill Bickford with help from John Cashman and Ally Bulley and other RCOC members, work has gone well all spring. Chris Ronaldson, Colin Lumley and Peter Lucke-Hille have been providing expert advice on the proper detailing of such elements as bandeau height, tambour angle and gallery and dedans openings. The Middlesex University court in London has been used as a model. The RCOC has been following the original 1924 blueprints for the court, which have produced a couple of interesting issues.… Read the Full Story >
On Tuesday May 22 there was a lunch/exhibition at Prince’s Court in honor of Diana and Fred Prince, benefactors of Prince’s Court. Haven Pell and Temple Grassi, old friends and tennis colleagues of Fred’s were there to represent the early days of Prince’s Court. Playing in the exhibition and representing the present days were Rich Moroscak, Ryan Carey, John Motz , and Kris Motz. All of these players learned how to play court tennis at Prince’s court and they all expressed their appreciation to The Princes after the match. Ivan Ronaldson did his usual stellar job of marking. The match… Read the Full Story >
Let’s proceed with this story on the assumption that the average court tennis player probably doesn’t speak much Basque. If so, most will stumble over at least the middle one of these three names: JOSEBA ETXEBESTE OTEGI. But what if you are given the hint that the “X” sounds like “CH”? It becomes the Spanish Basque version of Etchebaster. JOSEBA ETXEBESTE OTEGI teaches Basque sports, games and culture at the University of the Basque Country in Vitoria, Spain. His fascination with all manner of traditional Basque games both for adults and children led him to Prince’s court, where he saw and… Read the Full Story >
Date: 5 May, 2012 Location: Georgian Court in Lakewood, NJ Event: The Jay Gould Cup Format: Handicap (40+) Novice Doubles The 2012 Jay Gould Cup was held on May 4th & 5th in Lakewood, NJ at the famed Georgian Court. As always, a lot of great tennis was played by all, with teams coming in from Boston, Newport, Tuxedo and Philadelphia. After a competitive round of group play during the day, under the watchful eye of our neighboring pro Gabe Kinzler, a hard fought victory was won in the final by the team of Gary Barnes and Chris Bernabei, winning… Read the Full Story >
Date: 24 April, 2012 Location: RCOP, Philadelphia PA Event: 2012 Collegiate Challenge Match Format: Georgian Court University Women’s Team vs. RCOP Women’s Team On April 24th, 2012 five brave undergraduate women from Georgian Court University – women that have participated all year long in our inaugural GCU Intramural Court Tennis Club Clinics run by omnipresent Neil Smith – these five women came to Philadelphia for a challenge match with the RCOP women. A hybrid format was used to evenly match the women from both clubs, and suffice it to say the match finished in a well-fought draw. This is the… Read the Full Story >
The Board of Governors, professional staff and membership of the Racquet Club of Chicago are pleased to announce the addition of Steve Virgona as Head Tennis Professional beginning June 30th 2012. Steve comes to us via the Racquet Club of Philadelphia where he has been Senior Professional since 2006. Steve is the World number two-ranked player and just competed in the World Real Tennis Championship at Queen’s Club in London last month. Steve is the winner of many championships that include the national opens in Australia, US and the UK. He is the current World Doubles Champion (with World… Read the Full Story >
The US 60’s Singles and Doubles were played in Tuxedo on the weekend of May 4-6 Greg Van Schaack defeated Charlie Johnstone in the singles final 6/0,6/2 and Van Schaack & Peter Clement defeated Johnstone & Chris Cline in the doubles, 6/3,6/3 The draws are below SINGLES DOUBLES
Rob Fahey held on to his World Champion title by winning 2 sets on the final day of play, bringing the score to 7 sets, Rob and 3 sets to Steve. Rob Fahey retains World Championship – T&RA The second day of play ended up with Rob and Steve each winning two sets, bringing the score to 5-3 Rob. The first to 7 sets contest will resume on Saturday. Information on video coverage can be found below. Also links to the latest stories: WC Challenge Day 2 photos and notes from the T&RA and from the IRTPA Play begins at… Read the Full Story >
The 2012 Anne Boleyn, ladies national handicap championship was held concurrently with the U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship at the International Tennis Club of Washington April 19th through 22nd. The Anne Boleyn featured players from Aiken, Boston, Newport and Washington with handicaps ranging from 32 to 94. The quickness of Boston’s Suzy Schwartz, who played more like a 45 rather than a 55 was too much for the power game of Sara Lacombe and Suzi won in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. Cecilia Forbes won the plate defeating Boston’s Nancy Multer 10-7. There were five teams that competed in the mixed doubles… Read the Full Story >
