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2018 Jimmy Knott

2018 Jimmy Knott

by Tony Hollins The Jimmy Knott Memorial Singles is the season opening event for the mid-to-upper level players. This is a great opportunity to shake off the rust and get three guaranteed competitive matches. The T&R got a well rounded draw of 14 players which...

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2018 National League Final

2018 National League Final

2017/18 National League Final   Team New England/Philadelphia took on Tuxedo in the final of the National League hosted at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. First up was John Lumley vs Josh Dodgson which started at a quick pace. Both players retrieved well with...

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Tanfield Wins 4th Invitational

Tanfield Wins 4th Invitational

2018 Fall Invitational by John Lumley We had a great field for this year’s Fall Invitational held at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. With the first round matches underway the best match of the day was Tony Hollins vs Tom Brownlie. Brownlie, with home court advantage...

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2018 Pell Cup – Final Results, Draws, Program & Photos

2018 Pell Cup – Final Results, Draws, Program & Photos

It would be hard to imagine that the 2018 Pell Cup would be larger than last year’s event - but it exceeded it by two teams and seven more matches which added at least seven extra hours of court time! We were very pleased to welcome Nick Wood back, coming all the way...

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2018 Newport Handicap Doubles

2018 Newport Handicap Doubles

by Nick Howell The Newport Handicap Doubles is the second of three big tournaments The National Tennis Club @ITHF hold in the summer and for the second year in a row it was sold out. We had sixty-four players or thirty-two teams. Twenty players travelled from out of...

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2018 U.S. Mixed Doubles

2018 U.S. Mixed Doubles

Tuxedo hosted the 2018 U.S. Amateur Mixed Doubles. Will Hopton and Xanthe Ranger defeated Pat Winthrop and Phoebe Livingston. The score was 4-6,6-2,6-1. Rich Mueller and Jeannie Heffernan won the back draw over Dan Laukitis and Mary Livingston. [gview...

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2018 US U19 Doubles – Lieb Cup – and Parent/Child

2018 US U19 Doubles – Lieb Cup – and Parent/Child

The Racquet Club of Philadelphia was pleased to host the U.S. Junior Doubles U19 Lieb Cup, U17 and U15 in conjunction with the National Parent Child. The field consisted of twelve juniors ranging from 14 to 18 years old, so the RC Proshop had every player in the U19...

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2018 U23, U26 National Championships

2018 U23, U26 National Championships

by Ivan Ronaldson What a great turnout this year. Fifteen entries, six of whom were in serious contention for gold medals in the main events. Friday's A division matches were all nail-biters, going three sets in the singles and 9-8, 9-7, or 9-6 in the doubles....

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2018 Spring Invitational

2018 Spring Invitational

The fourth annual Spring Invitational and Pro-Am was hosted by the Racquet and Tennis Club May 3rd to 6th.  Sixteen players competed in the Main Draw, of which eight were professionals and eight were amateurs. Shep Skiff and Matt Mackin won the two Qualifier spots...

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R.D. Sears Cup

R.D. Sears Cup

Last month the Tennis and Racquet Club hosted another edition of it's flagship event, the Sears Cup. There were upward of 150 matches played, spread over the three sports (court tennis, racquets, and squash). Alongside the athletics the participants and members...

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2018 U.S. 40s

2018 U.S. 40s

The Racquet Club of Chicago proudly hosted the 2018 U.S. 40s Singles and Doubles from May 11-13. The tournament was very evenly matched with the top seven players in the draw within 4 handicap points of each other and winning would come down to who performed at their...

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2018 Anne Boleyn

2018 Anne Boleyn

By David Caldwell Across April 28th and 29th, the Anne Boleyn was held at Georgian Court (Lakewood, NJ); 10 enthusiastic players traveled from Newport, Boston, Tuxedo, and Philadelphia to compete for the coveted trophy.  Sunday's main draw was driven by Saturday's...

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2018 Northrop Knox

2018 Northrop Knox

By Mit Carothers, Tennis Chair Aiken Tennis Club With five teams entered in the 2018 Northrop Knox Tournament, a round robin format with each team playing 4 matches offered the most tennis for the teams entered and for the galleries attending. Teams entered included...

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2018 U.S. Amateur Singles

2018 U.S. Amateur Singles

by John Lumley We had a very strong turnout for the U.S. Amateur in Philadelphia. Nineteen players arrived on Friday for a full day’s play. As with any court tennis event the first two matches took over four hours and put us two hours behind schedule. Alex Spence took...

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2018 Cherry Blossom Doubles Report

2018 Cherry Blossom Doubles Report

THE CHERRY BLOSSOM DOUBLES ‘18 By Ryan Carey As always, we theme the Cherry Blossom to the current year, which is “18”, but we decided to also have the sport of Jai Alai as a focus of the weekend.  Jai Alai is the North American version of the game of Basque Pelota....

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World Championship 2018

World Championship 2018

Real Tennis World Challenge 2018 Updated: 04 Apr 2018 Press release Published: 14 Nov 2017 THE REAL TENNIS WORLD SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE PLAYED AT LONDON’S QUEEN’S CLUB FROM TUESDAY 24TH to SATURDAY 28TH APRIL This is the oldest continuous world championship in...

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Philadelphia wins Percy Cup

Philadelphia wins Percy Cup

By John Lumley We had eight strong teams descend upon Philadelphia for the 2018 Percy Cup. Friday’s play saw a great start from Newport only dropping 1 game from the maximum they could have gotten. Philadelphia 1 team also had a dream start winning all of their...

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