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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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
2018 U.S. Pro Singles Playing for the Schochet 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...
U.S. Amateur Doubles
By Chris Aley Prince’s Court welcomed players from Newport, New York, Boston and Philadelphia to the 2018 USCTA Amateur Doubles championship – the draw boasted some of America’s finest players, and the standard of play was exceptional. Early rounds all went the way of...
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...