National League – Philadelphia @ Tuxedo December 16, 2011 Gabe Kinzler (PH) defeated Tony Hollins (TUX) 6/3 6/3 Steve Virgona (PH) defeated Tim Chisholm 5/6 6/3 6/5 Doubles: Chisholm/Hollins def. Kinzler/Virgona 8/7 Philadelphis 6 points Tuxedo 1 point Next Match – Tuxedo vs. New England @ Newport on December 20
National League Results – New England @ New York December 13, 2011 Stout def. Smith 6/1,6/1 Gooding def. Bainton 6/2,6/2 Gooding/Stout def. Smith/Bainton 8/5
Steve Virgona won the 2012 National Open in Washington. Virgona played Mike Gooding in the final – the score was 6/1,6/2,6/1. The draw is below…story and pictures to follow. 2011 National Open Draw
Auction List now Available. Click here for details. Can’t make the dinner? You can still bid on the items. Send your bids to usctaauction@gmail.com. You are cordially invited to the United States Court Tennis Association Annual Dinner and Hall of Fame Induction Friday December 9th The Racquet and Tennis Club 370 Park Avenue 6:30 pm Cocktails and Silent Auction 7:30 pm Dinner, Awards and Live Auction Class of 2011 Penny Lumley Rob Whitehouse RSVP to Brian Owens
A large group of players turned out for the annual Jimmy Dunn Doubles tournament in Philadelphia. Full Results
Top 25 List as of 11/7/11 Winthrop & Hombrecher tied for first…for full list
The National Tennis Club played host to the 2012 U.S. Ladies’ Open over the weekend of November 4. Seventeen players from Newport, Aiken, Washington, Boston and the UK descended upon Newport for the singles and doubles events. By all accounts, it was a phenomenal success! Current Ladies’ World Champion, Claire Vigrass, successfully defended her singles title by beating Karen Hird in the final 6/3, 6/3. Hird came out strong, winning the first two games, before Vigrass found her rhythm. Serving railroads and piques, Hird was able to play some effective floor returns. Vigrass, up 4/3 in the first set, changed… Read the Full Story >
This season’s Hadden Tomes Tournament in Tuxedo celebrated the recent passing of the Volstead Act. All of the swells were spiffed up for the fete– and let me tell you it was the cat’s pajamas. A full field of hoofers got started early Friday and played into the wee hours (last scheduled match was at 12:45am), and would have Saturday, too, but for the whoopee kicking up in John Russell Pope’s ritzy new clubhouse. The Anti-Saloon League shut the place down but the party found its way to Bugsy Devereux’s speakeasy, where there was hooch and gambling and music to… Read the Full Story >
The Aiken Tennis Club was pleased to host the twelfth Annual Calhoun Witham Cup beginning on Tuesday November 1 and concluding on Sunday November 6, 2011. The Tournament was previously known as the Aiken 30+ Handicap and was renamed the Calhoun Witham Cup following the death of A. Calhoun Witham, MD a devotee of high handicap court tennis and a beloved member of the Aiken Tennis Club. This year the Witham Cup had a sold out field of twenty-four teams from Boston, New York, Washington, Newport and England and one representative from Australia as well as many Aiken players. The… Read the Full Story >
The Silver Racquet Invitational and New York Open Handicap were played in New York at the Racquet and Tennis Club on November 10th – 13th. In total there were 8 draws contested over the weekend in 3 sports; 4 in Court Tennis, an Invitational Squash Doubles draw featuring most of the best players in the country and 3 Racquets draws. Notably, Addison West (NY) won the Squash Doubles with partner Whitten Morris (NY). The stag dinner on Thursday night had over 30 in attendance and the Silver Racquet Dinner Dance accommodated 475 for a sit down dinner with an additional… Read the Full Story >
