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22nd USCTA Annual Dinner, Awards & Auction
The 22nd USCTA Annual Dinner, Awards and Auction will take place Friday, December 13th, 2019 at the Racquet and Tennis Club, 370 Park Avenue. Please join us to welcome William T. Vogt to the Hall of Fame Class of 2019 and award the 2019 Plimpton Prize to Richard...
2019 Jimmy Dunn – Outstanding Weekend
by James Asher This year’s Jimmy Dunn had record numbers across the park with 51 doubles teams filling out eight separate draws. We had players from across America as well as players from England and France, which was fantastic to see. The play started on Thursday at...
Silver Racquet Weekend
Silver Racquet Invitational Tennis A great deal of high-quality play characterized this year’s Silver Racquet Invitational. The draw consisted of players from clubs across the U.S. and England. The draw began with tightly-contested qualification rounds. Dylan...
Shiland Captures Anne Boleyn Trophy
Noelle Shiland defeated Suzy Schwartz in the finals of the Anne Boleyn tournament. Amy Wintersteen won the consolation division over Shirley Freitag. Story to follow .[gview...
2019 Hadden Tomes…Play it Loud!
By any measure, Hadden Tomes 2019 was a huge success. Unlike Gold Racquets, Tuxedo’s annual formal event focused on high-quality court tennis, Hadden Tomes is about dressing up, having fun and playing a bit of court tennis. Last year the theme was James Bond; this...
Salve University Team is “Official”
by Trevor Jones On October 15, after two and a half seasons of play, the Salve Regina University Court Tennis Club was finally recognized as an official student organization by the university. In 2018, I had transferred to SRU as a sophomore and was playing varsity...
Merignoff wins US 40s…
Over the weekend the T&R hosted the US 40s. This is a National Championship with the highly coveted USCTA gold and silver medals on the line. The quality of play was extremely high all weekend which was further highlighted in two fantastic finals on Sunday. First...
2019 Jimmy Knott
This year the T&R expanded the Jimmy Knott to include three new divisions of singles. The thought behind this was that there are very few chances to test your mettle in a level singles tournament outside of the national level championships or in-house club...
Lumley & Gooding Win 2019 Pell Cup
A strong tightly contested Open division included World Doubles Champion Tim Chisholm playing with his colleague from Tuxedo Park Josh Dodgson. Tim and Josh won the round-robin group without losing a match to make it to the final on Sunday. The second-place team of...
“American Sportsman – Long Island’s Pete Bostwick may be the greatest athlete you’ve never heard of” From Met Golfer Magazine
U.S. Junior Doubles and Singles
Tuxedo hosted the 2019 U.S. Junior Singles and Doubles on July 25 -28. Over 25 juniors participated in five divisions - U19, U17, U15, U13 and U11and a total of 72 matches were played! The tournament was preceded by the 6th Annual Court Tennis Academy which was also...
TEAM USA WINS VAN ALEN & CLOTHIER CUPS!!!!
by Noah Motz The 2019 Van Alen and Clothier Cup trip was terrific for team USA. The tournament week began with a practice day on Monday which consisted of the team playing doubles practice matches and getting used to sharing a court with fellow teammates. Choosing who...
One Last Newport Handicap Doubles
by Trevor Jones This year's Handicap Doubles tournament was another smashing success. In a completely sold out draw, the club saw four solid teams rise to the top of their respective brackets. Players representing many of the U.S. clubs and a few from the U.K. took...
2019 U.S. Mixed Doubles
Camden Riviere wins 10th Consecutive Schochet Cup!
"Ecstatic to have won my 10th CONSECUTIVE US Professional Singles title! Never imagined it would get to this point, but honored to be here holding the trophy today after an epic final! Time for some RandR!" Camden Riviere by Trevor Jones The 2019 U.S. Pro Singles...
2019 World Masters Individuals- 50s & 55s
by Adrian Kemp The Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the World Masters Over 50s and 55s in early May. A strong US-based contingent was joined by the top amateur players in their age-groups from Australia and the U.K. We were delighted that the event also attracted a...
A Note From the World Masters: The Heart of the Matter
A Note from the World Masters: The Heart of the Matter by George Bell This is the story of a single frightening shot in an unimportant match. The ball struck and felled our opponent such that he lay on the floor flopping -- but it is also the story of a reverie...
USCTA Annual Meeting
President's Report by James Zug Last month the USCTA gathered for its annual general meeting. The venue was Tuxedo Park, which was hosting the World Masters. The meeting was very robust, with representatives of the other three national governing bodies and many...
2019 World Masters Emerge
After two weeks of play, May 10-24, at four US clubs (New York, Newport, Philadelphia, Tuxedo Park) eighteen new World Masters champions emerged from the battles, including ten from the US. Great Britain’s teams all won championships, both Australia and France played...
Chicago Hosts 57th Bathurst Cup
By Mason Drake The Racquet Club of Chicago was proud to host the 2019 Bathurst Cup from May 13th – 18th. After two days of practice to get acclimated to the court, the players were more than ready to go. Australia, ably led by captain Al Ramsay, were drawn to play the...