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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...
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...