Mar 23, 2015 | US Events, USCTA News
Vive la France!! by Simon Aldrich The 2015 US Amateur and US Over-50 Championships were played in New York at the Racquet & Tennis Club March 19-22, 2015. Participation in the event was terrific and play was very competitive throughout the weekend. The Amateur included 18 players in the singles and 10 teams in the doubles. The 50s attracted 15 singles players and 8 doubles teams. A particular highlight was that Adrian Kemp, current assistant pro at the Racquet & Tennis Club and former head professional at the Société du Jeu de Paume et Racquets (Paris), was a key factor… Read the Full Story >
Mar 22, 2015 | US Events, USCTA News
Newcomer wins the 2015 Anne Boleyn by Sheila Reilly As has often happened in this tournament’s 30-year history, the winner was a relative newcomer to the game, Sarah Hamilton of Boston’s T&R, who bested a field of 17 players from across the US. Congratulations to Sarah and all the players. The Anne Boleyn was created by Edward Hughes, a past president of the USCTA and the person responsible, along with Barry Toates, for the original restoration of the Lakewood Court. In its earliest years, the trophies were electroplated gold and silver hatchets and the hatchet logo remains the signature image of… Read the Full Story >
Mar 19, 2015 | US Events
The Percy Cup lasted 3 days with 8 teams of 6 clubs battling it out for the coveted Percy Cup. The matches were fought in great spirit with every point battled out fairly. Division 1 it was Washington 2 who came out victors with #1 seeds Greg Faron/Vernon Cassin, #2 seeds Brit Elmore/Dan Sternberg and #3 seeds Melanie Clarke/Jason Bennett who overcame Philadelphia 1 and New York winning by 3 games. Division 2 Washington 1 won with Vu Hoang/Eric Barker the 1 seeds, Noah Motz/Connor Reilly #2 Seeds and Temple Grassi/Chase Motz #3 Seeds came out winners of the round… Read the Full Story >
Feb 28, 2015 | US Events
Philadelphia hosted a junior handicap weekend on February 28 and March 1. After two days of play, Erik Barker of Washington defeated Chase Motz in the final.
Feb 12, 2015 | US Events
The 113th Gold Racquets Court Tennis singles featured the world’s top amateur…Kieran Booth. Would the top American based amateurs step up to the challenge of facing the Australian? On paper, the potential challengers to the Australian were in no particular order… Peter Cipriano from the Racquet & Tennis Club Bradley Allen, Bill Barker & Danny McBride from Prince’s Court in Washington D.C. Jon Crowell from the Philadelphia Racquet Club Guy Devereux from the Tuxedo Club Peter Cipriano after a 6/2 6/3 win in the quarter-finals over Bradley Allen earned his shot at the Australian in the semi-finals in the top… Read the Full Story >
Feb 4, 2015 | International Events, US Events
The U.S. Open will be held Feb. 18th-27th at the Tennis & Racquet Club in Boston. We will have a special dedicated U.S. Open page on the website shortly. In the meantime, you can find the draws and schedule below.
Feb 2, 2015 | US Events
The Greevy Cup: Handicap 20-29…Racquet Club of Philadelphia By John Lumley Alex Spence def. Christian Bullitt 6-4,6-3 Back Draw: Vu Hoang def. Dick Tanfield 8-6 The Racquet Club of Philadelphia hosted this year’s Greevy Cup where we had 13 people enter the tournament. Alex Spence the #1 seed got through his first round match against Ryan Carey is three sets finding good form in the third to take it 6-2. John Madzin with the home court advantage took out Al Gordon in a good match 6-4 6-2 but then was stopped by John Patton 6-1 6-2. Patton and Spence had… Read the Full Story >
Jan 18, 2015 | US Events
A fantastic weekend of action on both the racquets and tennis courts as we wrap up the Etchebaster and Kendrick Cups. Congratulations to Ben Stein (R&T) on defeating Matt Breuer in the final of the Etchebaster 6/3 6/2. And to our own David Tedeschi on defeating Ben Stein in the Kendrick Cup 15/8 15/5. We also had two great back draw final matches; McCabe Walsh def. Craig Corrance in the Kendrick Back Draw and Ken Forton defeated Harsha Gopal in the Etchebaster Back Draw. Great support from the T&R folks and a big thanks to Lucas Walsh and Dan Herrick with… Read the Full Story >
Jan 9, 2015 | US Events
The Tuxedo Club kicked off the 2015 USCTA calendar hosting the National 40’s single and doubles competition January 9th – 11th. A number of factors may have contributed to participants consisting of players from the NY metropolitan area… A holiday hangover for many players? The notoriously ‘deep’ Tuxedo tambour scaring off many of the players from other parts of the
country? Devereux with a new ‘hip’ and his always-fearsome railroad? The infamous ‘rock hard pellets’ put on court by the Tuxedo professional staff?
The author may never know the real reasons for the ‘metropolitan’ feel to this National Championship weekend;… Read the Full Story >
Dec 31, 2014 | US Events
The Aiken Tennis Club hosted eleven professionals and two amateurs Dec 5-7 to compete in The U.S. National Open. Tournament Director Dacre Stoker received plenty of technical support from Camden Riviere to organize the Main draw and he also assisted in adding a Satellite and Pro Am event. Members of the ATC bought up many of the available tickets. Social Chair Michael Sullivan and his able committee put together two fabulous evenings of drinks and heavy hors d’oeuvres to sustain the galleries during the long hours and late nights of non-stop tennis action. Highlights of the early rounds included a… Read the Full Story >
