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Aiken hosts 2021 US 40s
by Mit Carothers Tennis Chair - Aiken Tennis Club The Aiken Tennis Club welcomed out-of-town players and local participants this month in the U.S. 40’s USCTA age-group tournament. As well as some outstanding tennis, members, players, and guests were treated to a...
2021 Silver Racquet Weekend
By Adrian Kemp Tennis Invitational This year’s Silver Racquet Invitational Tennis Singles featured a strong qualification draw which attracted entrants from clubs across the country, as well as from England and France. Three slots in the main draw were up for grabs on...
2021 Jimmy Dunn
by James Asher November 18th-21st marked the Jimmy Dunn return following the postponement last year due to the Pandemic. There was great excitement and buzz around the club, with 20 players from Boston coming. We also had players from Washington, Aiken, Manchester,...
Aiken Hosts 2021 Calhoun Witham
by Mit Carothers The Calhoun Witham Doubles Tournament saw its return after a year hiatus on November 13-17 at the Aiken Tennis Club. Sixteen teams participated with out-of-town players and guests welcomed to a full slate of tennis and social events that we had not...
Rivirere wins 11th US Pro Singles
by Mike Gooding The return of the US Professional singles playing for the Schochet Cup was a very welcome addition to the USCTA calendar. Typically held in June, the postponed 2021 version took place in October. At the prescribed time, six weeks before the event's...
2021 Jimmy Knott
by Tony Hollins A big thank you to everyone who played in this year's event. We had a fantastic crowd to watch some incredible court tennis, which was a breathe of fresh air after a long hiatus from national court tennis events during COVID-19. This was the event of...
2021 Hadden Tomes
In the Racquets world, the third weekend of October signifies the annual Hadden Tomes event in Tuxedo Park. However, as we all managed through a global pandemic for the past two years, dreams of themed parties and on-court competition remained a [caterpillar] pipe...
Philadelphia hosts 2021 US Open
by John Lumley The Racquet Club of Philadelphia was the proud host of the 2021 U.S. Open, and what a week we had! Pros from around the country descended upon the Racquet club to compete in singles and doubles. Barney Tanfield had the tournament of his career, taking...
2021 Senior Challenge
We had a great turnout for the first tournament back at the RCOP! Eight teams descended upon the club split into two groups. One group had the higher handicaps in it with the other group consisting of the lower handicap pairings. Both groups had some fantastic matches...
2021 National Open and Below Zero Report
by Barney Tanfield The Racquet and Tennis Club hosted the 2021 U.S. National Open and Below Zero 22-27 September. A total of seventeen players competed between the two draws with the Below Zero acting as a feeder event for the National Open. Thirteen US-based...
2021 Pell Cup
2021 PELL CUP REPORT by Mike Gooding What had angered the gods so much in order to place 2021 Pell Cup between Scylla and Charybdis, in our terms, a once in a hundred-year pandemic and a once in a thirty year hurricane. We had already waited a long two years since the...
International Tennis Day 2021
June 20, 2021, marked the eighth anniversary of International Tennis Day. There was plenty of on-court activity in the US and overseas both on Sunday, June 20, and Monday, June 21. Tennis players celebrated the day with continuous play that included handicap...
Latest News from the USCTA Scheduling Committee
USCTA Scheduling Committee Report May 14, 2021 The Scheduling Committee met May 4th and conversed about the activity at each club and the viability for returning to tournament play. As one can imagine, there is some variance in the rules for each club's usage, but...
USCTA Handicap & Ranking Committee Report
In coordination with the tennis associations across the globe, the usual dormancy adjustment has been suspended in Real Tennis Online with effect from March 23, 2020 and until such time as there are no government-imposed restrictions upon the play of both singles and...
Clarence A. “Otto” McGowan, Jr.
Clarence A. “Otto” McGowan, Jr. 1935-2021 We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Mr. Clarence "Otto" McGowan, a 54 year Life Member of the Racquet Club. Clarence Aloysius McGowan, Jr., 85 of Chestnut Hill, died on Tuesday April 6, 2021 due to...
Scheduling Committee Report – March 17, 2021
Hear ye, hear ye, signs of hope. Herein you will read that Covid continues to have us mostly mired in a waiting game as the world inches toward inoculation. Yet, there are significant movements afoot and hopeful signs of pathways forward. Here is a summary of what was...
World Championship Moved to 2022
The International World Championship Committee (IWCC) met and unanimously agreed the 2020 World Challenge will now be held over until September 2022 with the challenger remaining as Camden Riviere. We have the full support of all sponsors, associated third parties,...
Battle Of Team New England
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Scheduling Committee Report – 16 January 2021
The status quo continues for amateur play. There are rays of hopeful light shining on our game. Georgian Court University remains closed, and Newport and Boston have suffered regional restrictions and closures. But, at the other courts the amount of intraclub play is...
USCTA 23rd Annual Dinner
By James Zug The USCTA's 23rd Annual Dinner was a fantastic, if remote reunion for the game of tennis in America. Nearly a hundred members from across the country attended the Zoom call. After much conversation and admiration of the special Annual Dinner...