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U.S. 60s & 70s
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...
U.S. 50s
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...
Final Eliminator – Leg 2 & 3 Information
Prested Hall has sent us the following information in advance of Legs & 3 of the FInal Eliminator: Final Eliminator at Prested Hall - Legs 2 & 3 - Wednesday 7th & Friday 9th March - 6.30pm start 1st Leg Result : Rob Fahey bt Steve Virgona 4/6 6/4 6/3 6/1...
2018 Ladies Invitational
by Mary Livingston This past weekend the Racquet Club of Philadelphia hosted the 2018 Ladies Invitational, a level singles tournament for U.S. based players. Seventeen women entered from Boston, D.C., Newport, Tuxedo, and of course, the host club, and there were a...
116th Gold Racquets Weekend
Over President’s Day weekend, The Tuxedo Club hosted the 116th Gold Racquets as well at the US Pro Singles Rackets Championship. Event Chairs Kim Kilgore and Laura Tillsley pulled out all the stops for the Saturday night dinner by bringing in a first class band named...
2018 Level Championships
Level Championships – Singles Greevy Cup – Handicaps 20-29 - Washington Erik Barker def. Noah Motz 6-4, 3-6, 6-5 Consolation Dan Sternberg def. Vu Hoang 6-1, 6-0 By Chris Aley Princes Court hosted the 2018 Greevy Cup from January 2nd to January 4th. The level singles...
2018 Junior Handicap
by John Lumley Thirteen juniors headed to Philadelphia for the 2018 Junior Handicap tournament. Friday & Saturday were the group stages where we saw Riley Herriman, Bob Wang & Jack Hnat come out on top of their own groups! On Saturday we also held three...
Hudson wins 2018 Etchebaster Trophy
By Adrian Kemp...Photos by Barney Tanfield The Racquet and Tennis Club hosted the Etchebaster Trophy and its Racquets equivalent, the Kendrick Cup, over the weekend of January 19th-21st. A large group of R&TC members & summer guests were joined by competitors...
2017 USCTA Awards Dinner & Auction
By James Zug Last week the Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the twentieth annual United States Court Tennis Association dinner and auction during the traditional mid-December Whitney Cup. The platinum dinner, originally conceived in 1998 and chaired for many years by...
Calhoun Witham
Sixteen teams battled it out in the 2017 Calhoun Witham Doubles Tournament hosted by the Aiken Tennis Club November 2-5. Four former championship teams, eight visiting players from Great Britain, Newport, Washington D.C., Boston and New York competed in two divisions...
Jimmy Dunn – FINAL RESULTS
by John Lumley We had a fantastic turnout for the 2017 Jimmy Dunn tournament with 6 full divisions and some of the matches starting on Wednesday night due to such a large turnout. In the Open Division home pro team of Rob Whitehouse and James Asher In the final match...
Silver Racquet Weekend – UPDATED STORY
Photos by Barney Tanfield 2017 Silver Racquet Invitational Tennis This year’s Silver Racquet Invitational Tennis included a strong Qualification draw which attracted entrants from clubs across the country, as well as England and France. The first qualification spot...
Hadden Tomes – Game of Thrones
Spence wins the Jimmy Knott
The T&R hosted the Jimmy Knott Memorial Singles; an event formerly known as the Boston A Invitational that was renamed in 1996 the year after Jimmy Knott won the event and passed away. This year's event saw a slightly different format, with the tournament adopting...
Pell Cup 2017
One would suppose that after thirty-seven years of running an event, the managers would have it down to a science. Well, given the feedback we have received, we can say with a substantial degree of confidence that the 2017 Pell Cup tourney was one of, if not the,...
2017 JIMMY KNOTT
U.S. U19,17,15,13 Singles
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U.S. Under 23s, Under 26s Draws
By John Lumley We had players from Australia, the UK & the USA all battling it out for the U.S. Nationals U23’s & U26’s titles! In the U23 Singles Erik Barker and Freddie Bristowe had one of the matches of the tournament with Bristowe taking it 5-6 6-5 6-5 to...
Newport Handicap Doubles
by Nick Howell & Mike Gooding This sold-out event saw 4 fantastic days of tennis and social events with 32 teams and players participating from more than 20 clubs played in the tournament. Friday Night we had the raw bar at Racquets pub on the outside porch. It...
Riviere Wins 8th Straight U.S. Pro Singles Title
Photo: From left to right: Dan DiBartolomeo Northfield Information Services, Presenting Sponsor, Rob Fahey Runner Up, Mike Gooding Head Professional, Camden Riviere Champion, Suzie Schochet Founding Sponsor, John Murphy National Tennis Club President. Camden Riviere...