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Boston Hosts 2022 U.S. Ladies Open
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 -...
2022 US 26s
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...
2022 U.S. Amateur **UPDATED**
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...
National League Challenge Series – Matches 2 & 3
The Racquet & Tennis Club hosted matches on April 7 and April 26 for the National League Challenge Series. APRIL 7 MATCH On Thursday, April 7th the Racquet and Tennis Club hosted its first inter-club match since the pandemic began. It was yet another reminder of...
2022 Knox Back After a Two-Year Hiatus
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...
Christensen Wins 2022 Womens Invitational
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...
2022 U.S. 60s and 70s
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...
National League Challenger Series
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...
2022 Burke Cup Goes to Jones
by Camden Riviere The weekend of March 25th, the T&R was excited to host the Burke Cup 40-49 Singles Championship. The makeup date, which was announced only three weeks prior, forced the draw to be slightly smaller, but that didn’t affect the quality of play! Dick...
New York “2” takes 2022 Percy Cup
by James Asher March 11th-13th, the Racquet Club hosted the Annual Percy Cup. The Percy Cup is a team event featuring three levels (25-40, 40-55, and 55+). We had 2 New York teams, 2 Aiken teams, 2 Washington teams, 2 Philadelphia teams, Tuxedo and Newport. Due to the...
Smith wins 2022 Greevy Cup
by James Asher On February 4th-6th, the Racquet Club hosted the Greevy Cup, a 20-29 Level tournament for USCTA members. We had a fantastic turnout for the event, with eighteen entrants descending on Philadelphia. The first-round matches had great battles with...
2022 US 50s – Motz X 2
By Ivan Ronaldson The U.S. 50s took place at Prince’s Court for the last time, February 25th-27th. The 14 entries mainly were from DC and Philly with a tiny Newport contingent. In the singles, both Jeremy Wintersteen (1) and John Motz (2) cruised to the finals...
Wilson wins the 2022 Wharton Cup
by Pierre Lorillard The Wharton Cup for handicaps 50-59 was held at the Tuxedo Club this past weekend January 29th & 30th. The draw was a relatively modest 11 competitors who endured a “bomb cyclone” blizzard to attend. Despite the small draw and the weather...
Chitic wins the 2022 Hickey Cup
by Matthew Ronaldson An exciting weekend commenced with a last minute change of venue due to the Nor'easter coming through Jersey and New England, so from Lakewood to Princes Court we moved! Drama continued as both the top 2 seeds were knocked out in the round of 16...
Peabody wins the 2022 Noll Cup
2022 Noll Cup By an interested observer The Racquet Club of Chicago was proud to host the 2022 Noll Cup in January. The draw comprised 19 players with visitors from Aiken, Washington, Boston, Charleston and the University of Georgia joining the local contingent vying...
FINAL CALL FOR US SENIORS TEAMS FOR FRANCE
Steve Hufford, USCTA Seniors Committee chair (racquetswinger@gmail.com) The US teams are almost formed for the 2022 Court Tennis World Masters Amateur Championships, to be played in France May 14-29, 2022. Captains will consider expressions of interest received...
Martino wins 2022 Etchebaster
By an interested observer The Etchebaster trophy was keenly contested at the Racquet Club of Chicago from January 21st – 23rd 2022. Although it was very cold over the weekend, we had 7 players coming in from New York, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia and California....
World Masters – May 2022 **UPDATED SCHEDULE**
***UPDATED SCHEDULE as of January 10, 2022*** France To Host World Masters, May 14-29, 2022 The Comite Francais du Jeu de Court Paume recently released the detailed schedule for the 2022 World Masters amateur championships of court tennis. These team and individual...
USCTA Annual Dinner
by James Zug In mid-December 2021, the Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the twentieth-fourth annual United States Court Tennis Association dinner and auction during the traditional Whitney Cup weekend. One hundred and eighty-four people came to the dinner. The...
New England Captures 2021 Whitney Cup
by Jeff Horine Team New England, after a 12-year drought, beat New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC to win the 2021 Whitney Cup during the weekend of December 9-12 at New York’s Racquet and Tennis Club in Midtown. The Payne Whitney Memorial Cup is a doubles...