Jun 1, 2018 | US Events
The Racquet Club of Chicago proudly hosted the 2018 U.S. 40s Singles and Doubles from May 11-13. The tournament was very evenly matched with the top seven players in the draw within 4 handicap points of each other and winning would come down to who performed at their best in the pivotal moments. Ryan Carey was in dominant form from the start as he dispatched British hopeful Nick Browne 6-5, 6-2. Carey followed that up by beating the in-form local, Max Drake, by the same score line. The wide-open bottom half of the draw featured excellent matches. In one first-round… Read the Full Story >
May 1, 2018 | US Events
By David Caldwell Across April 28th and 29th, the Anne Boleyn was held at Georgian Court (Lakewood, NJ); 10 enthusiastic players traveled from Newport, Boston, Tuxedo, and Philadelphia to compete for the coveted trophy. Sunday’s main draw was driven by Saturday’s round robin match play: Group 1 Amy Gold – 1st Jeannie Heffernan – 2nd Priscilla Person 3rd Petra Napolitano — 4th Ayca Yesim — 5th Group 2 Helen Grassi — 1st Beth Winthrop — 2nd Shirley Freitag — 3rd Laura Tillsley — 4th Arianae Tsavaris — 5th Beth Winthrop, in the end, was the winner of the tournament, snatching… Read the Full Story >
Apr 30, 2018 | US Events
By Mit Carothers, Tennis Chair Aiken Tennis Club With five teams entered in the 2018 Northrop Knox Tournament, a round robin format with each team playing 4 matches offered the most tennis for the teams entered and for the galleries attending. Teams entered included last year’s finalists, first time visitors to the Aiken Tennis Club, returning out of towners and first time participants. Play began on Thursday evening but not before players and 65 guests were treated to the traditional Thursday Oyster Night. In the evening match locals Charles Bostwick, Jr and Jason Rabun played Peter Dunne and Max Drake… Read the Full Story >
Apr 22, 2018 | US Events, USCTA News
by John Lumley We had a very strong turnout for the U.S. Amateur in Philadelphia. Nineteen players arrived on Friday for a full day’s play. As with any court tennis event the first two matches took over four hours and put us two hours behind schedule. Alex Spence took down Henry Smith in a great match 6-5 5-6 6-0. Noah Motz had the win of his career to date taking down Jeremy Wintersteen 5-6 6-5 6-4 and generating some scary pace when forcing. Jamie Giddins and Jon Crowell both made there way through to the semifinals with relative ease. With… Read the Full Story >
Apr 17, 2018 | US Events
THE CHERRY BLOSSOM DOUBLES ‘18 By Ryan Carey As always, we theme the Cherry Blossom to the current year, which is “18”, but we decided to also have the sport of Jai Alai as a focus of the weekend. Jai Alai is the North American version of the game of Basque Pelota. Basque Pelota is a cousin of Court Tennis, and, just like Court Tennis, it was originally played in a courtyard with handball and paddle variations. However, in the mid-1800s, a curved basket with a sewn glove evolved as the equipment of choice and quickly became the popular style… Read the Full Story >
Apr 12, 2018 | US Events
Mar 27, 2018 | US Events
By John Lumley We had eight strong teams descend upon Philadelphia for the 2018 Percy Cup. Friday’s play saw a great start from Newport only dropping 1 game from the maximum they could have gotten. Philadelphia 1 team also had a dream start winning all of their matches in their first game. New York 2 even though they lost 2 of their matches got to 6 in 2 of them meant it kept them in it leading into Saturday. With all of the players around it was a great atmosphere down in the basement and everyone was excited for the… Read the Full Story >
Mar 19, 2018 | US Events, USCTA News
By Chris Aley Prince’s Court welcomed players from Newport, New York, Boston and Philadelphia to the 2018 USCTA Amateur Doubles championship – the draw boasted some of America’s finest players, and the standard of play was exceptional. Early rounds all went the way of the seeded players, with local pair Dan Sternberg and Vu Hoang having set points against the number 2 seeds Danny McBride (Princes) and Todd Meringoff (Boston) – eventually losing 5-6 1-6. The final was a treat, played over the best of five sets, it allowed for an incredible comeback. Number one seeds Pat Winthrop (Newport) and Lex… Read the Full Story >
Mar 19, 2018 | US Events, USCTA News
by Mit Carothers The U.S. 60s & 70s were hosted by the Aiken Tennis Club Friday, March 16th – Sunday, March 18th. Sixteen players, eleven of whom played in multiple events, booked the court for ten hours of practice on Thursday prior to the start of the tournament on Friday morning. Singles matches kicked the tournament off at 8:30 Friday morning. In the 70s singles Dick Tanfield defeated Temple Grassi 6-1, 6-0. Four matches in the 60’s singles followed with Steve Hufford over Rowan Carroll 6-4, 6-3, Greg Van Schaack a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Ginny Goodyear, Peter Vogt defeated… Read the Full Story >
Mar 7, 2018 | US Events
2018 USCTA 50’s Singles & Doubles The Tuxedo Club The Tuxedo Club hosted the 2018 USCTA 50’s Singles & Doubles Championships March 2nd—4th. This event had a decidedly Tuxedo feel to it as 6 of the 8 participants were from The Tuxedo Club. In the singles, there were no real surprises in the quarter-finals as Dan Laukitis, Shawn Herlihy and Alan McHugh booed their spots in the semi-finals. The Laukitis/Cohen match was much closer than the score as Cohen led 3/2 in the first set with game points for a 4/2 lead along with numerous close games for the duration… Read the Full Story >
