Jul 1, 2022 | International News, US Events, USCTA News
On June 20, 2022 the court tennis community celebrated International Tennis Day, from Ballarat to Newport, the tennis courts were busy with singles and double matches. Players proudly posed for the now traditional photo holding the ITD banner. Also, in celebration of International Tennis Day, the USCTA announced the launch of its new introduction to court tennis page, “Get Involved in Court Tennis”. Watch the video on the new page at https://uscourttennis.org/get-involved/ We look forward to ITD 2023, Tuesday, June 20. Click here to Visit the International Tennis Day website for more!
Jul 1, 2022 | Tournament Results, US Events
The 2022 US Mixed Doubles and Anne Boleyn tournaments were held jointly on June 17-19th at the Tuxedo Club. The mixed doubles had a draw of 11 teams and Anne Boleyn saw 6 participants. The tournaments included players from across the country representing Tuxedo, Aiken, New York, Boston, Newport, Philadelphia and DC. Two international players joined from Seacourt and Prested. Play started Friday at 1pm with mixed doubles and Anne Boleyn singles (handicap/round robin) matches each day. Pat and Alex Winthrop (Newport) were the top of the draw with Xanthe Ranger (Tux) and Will Hopton (DC) on the other side. The rest of the field saw… Read the Full Story >
Jun 1, 2022 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Ivan Ronaldson The USCTA parent/child doubles went ahead at the beautiful Lakewood court in New Jersey on May 21st despite a couple of teams dropping out at the last minute due to illness. This year’s format was a level round-robin and a handicap round-robin. Dick and Parker Brickley won the level tournament division, beating Stijn and Paul Van Nieuweburgh 6/0 6/5 and Peter and James Cannon 6/0 6/1. The handicap final was tight until four games before the cannons ran away with it 8/4 against the Van Nieuweburghs.
Jun 1, 2022 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Neil Smith The 2022 Women’s U.S. Open got off to an excellent start on Friday and barely took a breath until the last ball was struck Sunday afternoon. Fifteen players competed in the singles and eight pairs in the Doubles. All but one U.S. Club was represented – and one special player traveling from overseas, with many of the players competing in their first U.S. Open (two of them being only fourteen years old). The early rounds of the singles went to form, which set up the semi-finals between the current World Champion Claire Fahey and Helen Grassi Vest.… Read the Full Story >
Jun 1, 2022 | Juniors, Tournament Results, US Events
by Peter Dickinson May 29th – 30th, the Racquet Club was proud to host the National Under 26, Singles and Doubles, Championships. With the Van Alen and Clothier Cups approaching fast, players from Philadelphia and Washington came eager to spar in tight head-to-head battles. Henry Smith and James Greenley led the weekend off, with Smith taking a commanding 6-1 6-2 win to push on to the semifinal. Newcomer Eli Segal made his first tournament appearance against Pete Dickinson in the next match that ended with Dickinson moving on to play Noah Motz in the semifinal. Motz had no issues adjusting… Read the Full Story >
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 >
May 1, 2022 | US Events
by Mit Carothers, Tennis Chair Aiken Tennis Club The Aiken Tennis Club welcomed back the 2022 Northrup Knox after a two-year hiatus. The eight teams were drawn into two groups with each having two former champions as well as former finalists, all of whom had new partners. Fifteen matches later, nine of which went three sets, four wonderful social events, and a mathematical determination of one semifinalist, there was one team left standing. It could be argued that if you were to visit the Aiken Tennis Club just once do it during the Knox Tournament on the Thursday Oyster Night.… Read the Full Story >
Apr 27, 2022 | US Events
by Rob Whitehouse Philadelphia hosted the 2021-22 Women’s Invitational Level Championships on April 22nd – 24th. We had twelve ladies enter this year’s event, and most were brand new players to the game. Friday night saw four Level matches played, and all were highly contested, with two of the matches going to 9 all. Kelly Patrick, who is brand new and playing in her first event, had a bunch of game balls but could not convert against the steady Kitty Cook. Brittany Wakim and Shirley Freitag had a barn burner with Freitag nipping her 10-9. Kaytlynn Gorson went up against… Read the Full Story >
Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorized, US Events
by Rob Whitehouse The Racquet Club was proud to host the U.S. 60s & 70s this past weekend. Even though they may have been missing some usual suspects, the draws were extremely competitive throughout the weekend. The 70s singles draw had a barn burner in the quarters between John Schellenberg & Phil Straus, with the match seeing both players trying to construct nice rallies and exposing the open court when presented. Schellenberg prevailed with a 6-5 win in the third set. The semis saw Greg Van Schaack play too tidy for Steve Sader with a 6-2 6-0 win. The other semi… Read the Full Story >
Mar 31, 2022 | National League, US Events
Report by an interested observer The Racquet Club of Chicago was thrilled to see Professional Court Tennis return with the season’s first National League Challenger Series match. This season, the 2022 National League will take on a slightly distinct look, with competitive matches organized at different venues between various professionals. It had been two years since the members were treated to a match of this caliber – that event being the 2020 US Open, so it was a keenly anticipated battle. The doubles match proved to be a 5 set classic that pitted Steve Virgona and Adrian Kemp against Conor… Read the Full Story >
