Dec 15, 2019 | Overseas Events, Tournament Results, Uncategorized, US Events, USCTA News
by Peter Pell 2019 Whitney Cup by the Numbers… 5 The number of consecutive Whitney Cups won by New York prior to this year. The Greentree team ended the streak on the back of remarkable wins in the finals by Addison West & Ben Stein (over Spike Willcocks & Lex Miron), Dylan Patterson & Hugh McDonald (over Bruce Manson & Jonathan Larken), and Simon Aldrich & Rob McLane (over Greg Van Schaack & Lincoln Frank). 0.08 The differential in the ratio of games won to games lost, which sent Greentree to the finals over New England and Washington. The three… Read the Full Story >
Nov 26, 2019 | US Events, USCTA News
The 22nd USCTA Annual Dinner, Awards and Auction will take place Friday, December 13th, 2019 at the Racquet and Tennis Club, 370 Park Avenue. Please join us to welcome William T. Vogt to the Hall of Fame Class of 2019 and award the 2019 Plimpton Prize to Richard Travers who is traveling from Australia for the evening. The cocktails and silent auction will start promptly at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner, awards and live auction at 7:30 pm. Brook Hazelton will once again handle the live auction and we look forward to some fierce bidding. The link for the auction catalog… Read the Full Story >
Nov 26, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by James Asher This year’s Jimmy Dunn had record numbers across the park with 51 doubles teams filling out eight separate draws. We had players from across America as well as players from England and France, which was fantastic to see. The play started on Thursday at noon and finished on Sunday at 6 pm. The longest Jimmy Dunn in history! As well as being the biggest draw the Jimmy Dunn has seen, it was also one of the best-fielded draws in terms of talent we have seen for many years. The Open division final pitted Rob Whitehouse and Steve… Read the Full Story >
Nov 10, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
Silver Racquet Invitational Tennis A great deal of high-quality play characterized this year’s Silver Racquet Invitational. The draw consisted of players from clubs across the U.S. and England. The draw began with tightly-contested qualification rounds. Dylan Patterson secured the first spot, overcoming a relentlessly scrappy player in Shep Skiff. The second qualifying spot went to Philip Stockton whose bash and dash style edged out the methodical play of Queen’sClub’s Nick Warner. Looking for his third Invitational title in a row, Philadelphia’s Jon Crowell was the top seed and favorite. Crowell faced a draw filled with many talented amateurs pulled from… Read the Full Story >
Oct 27, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
Over the weekend the T&R hosted the US 40s. This is a National Championship with the highly coveted USCTA gold and silver medals on the line. The quality of play was extremely high all weekend which was further highlighted in two fantastic finals on Sunday. First up was the doubles featuring Todd Meringoff and Alex Spence against Todd Martin and Jeremy Wintersteen. The ball striking was exceptional with each player bringing their own flavor to the match. Alex Spence and Todd Meringoff came out on top 6/2 6/2, although this scoreline doesn’t reflect the plethora of extended rallies quality on… Read the Full Story >
Oct 22, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
This year the T&R expanded the Jimmy Knott to include three new divisions of singles. The thought behind this was that there are very few chances to test your mettle in a level singles tournament outside of the national level championships or in-house club championships. This proved to be very well received with draws that were so large that we had to create a new format! The standard pro set (first to 8 or 10 games) can sometimes be a little too rewarding to the “fast starter” so instead we played best of three sets to 4 games… This explains… Read the Full Story >
Jun 9, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
“Ecstatic to have won my 10th CONSECUTIVE US Professional Singles title! Never imagined it would get to this point, but honored to be here holding the trophy today after an epic final! Time for some RandR!” Camden Riviere by Trevor Jones The 2019 U.S. Pro Singles Playing for the Schochet Cup in Newport saw a solid field again this year, eight out of the top ten players took the court at the National Tennis Club at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. High-level tennis filled the Main Draw and overflowed into the Satellite Draw played this year in memory of… Read the Full Story >
May 31, 2019 | International Events, US Events
After two weeks of play, May 10-24, at four US clubs (New York, Newport, Philadelphia, Tuxedo Park) eighteen new World Masters champions emerged from the battles, including ten from the US. Great Britain’s teams all won championships, both Australia and France played extremely well in short-sided situations, and the US teams can celebrate well-contested finals, exemplary support by all clubs, and warm hospitality extended to a field of over ninety players. For photos from the World Masters Dinner by Marco Calderon, click here Recaps of the individual tournaments, including draws, click below 50s & 55s Individuals 60s & 65s Individuals 70s &… Read the Full Story >
May 30, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Ivan Ronaldson In the first semifinal Prince’s Court’s #1 seed Danny McBride dominated Tom Brownlie from Philadelphia 6/0 in the first set. Playing a similar game of control, both players battled hard till midway through the second set when Tom’s ironman fitness started to show. Brownlie took the second and third sets 6/4 6/4. John Motz had an easier time handling Kenny Soffer in the bottom half of the draw. The new court and John’s devastating cut volley proved too much, and Motz won 6/2 6/1. The final looked set to be a battle of Motz’s aggression versus Brownlie’s control… Read the Full Story >
May 1, 2019 | Tournament Results, US Events
The U.S. National Open was hosted by the Racquet and Tennis Club April 26th to 28th. Fourteen players competed in the Main Draw, eleven US-based professionals were joined by three of the country’s top amateurs. World #1 Camden Riviere led out a world-class field of entrants, which also included top-seeds Steve Virgona, Nicky Howell and John Lumley. The first match of the tournament featured Mike Noll, a finalist in the inaugural National Open in the late ‘90s. He was able to roll back the years to produce several periods of brilliance but was outdone by the consistency of Leon Smart.… Read the Full Story >
