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2025 USCTA Annual Awards Dinner
by James Zug In mid-December 2025, the Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the twenty-eighth annual United States Court Tennis Association dinner and auction during the traditional Whitney Cup weekend. Over two hundred people came to the dinner. It was ably chaired...
New England Wins 2025 Whitney Cup
by RTNYC The 91st annual Payne Whitney Memorial Intercity Tennis Doubles (“Whitney Cup”) featured a remarkable gathering of the country’s top amateur players for three days of exceptional competition in early December. Washington aimed to replicate last year’s...
2025 Jimmy Dunn
by Rob Whitehouse The Racquet Club of Philadelphia enjoyed an extraordinary weekend hosting the 2025 Jimmy Dunn Tournament. With 191 players competing in 294 matches, every draw across the Club’s four distinguished sports was filled—many athletes even took...
2025 Silver Racquet Weekend
by R&TC Professionals Silver Racquet Invitational Draw 2025 The 2025 Invitational Draw saw playing excellence exceeding previous iterations of the...
2025 Calhoun Witham
By Nick Howell This year’s Calhoun Witham Cup featured the largest field in recent memory, with 20 teams competing across two divisions for doubles handicaps of 35 and higher. The 12 lowest-handicap teams played for the Calhoun Witham Cup, while the eight...
2025 Anne Boleyn
by Ben Taylor-Matthews Westwood hosted the 2025 edition of the Anne Boleyn Ladies Handicap Singles, with 9 participants. With seven names in the draw, the odds were in favor of a Westwood winner. Players were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format,...
2025 IRTPA Players Championship
For the first time in the United States, the Aiken Tennis Club proudly hosted the IRTPA Championships under its new title, the IRTPA Players Championship, sponsored by the Johnston Howell Academy. This event marked the third major international tournament Aiken has...
2025 Martin Cup
By Haven Pell On October 24-26, Westwood Country Club (aka Washington) successfully defended its title in the 2025 Martin Cup versus senior teams from Philadelphia and New York/Greentree. Now in its third year, the Martin Cup aims toward becoming a senior...
2025 Hadden Tomes
By Dawson Lane Hadden Tomes 2025; one of the staples of the court tennis calendar at The Tuxedo Club was held October 17th – 19th…. with another oversubscribed contingent of court tennis players. Historically, the Tuxedo Club’s themed party during this event is a...
2025 Senior Challenge
By John Lumley Senior Challenge 50’s Doubles – 2025 Recap The 2025 Senior Challenge 50’s Doubles delivered another exciting weekend of competitive play, camaraderie, and great sportsmanship. All matches were played off half handicap, with each contest decided over a...
World Doubles Championship
Organise your trip to the World Doubles Championship, 22-26th April 2026 Moreton Morrell Tennis Court Club is delighted to host the World Doubles Championship on 22-26th April 2026. The details below outline the main tournament schedule and the supporting activities...
History of Tennis
Fifth International Conference on the History of Tennis ITHF Casino Theatre, Newport, RI 24 & 26 September, 2025 by Frederika Adam On the occasion of the men’s 2025 Real Tennis World Championship, the Real Tennis Society held the Fifth International...
The Court: Art in Play
The Newport Art Museum (NAM) With loans from the International Tennis Hall of Fame September 24, 2025 – April 26, 2026 by Fredrika Adam An exciting addition to this year’s World Championship week was the opening of a new exhibition inspired by court tennis featuring...
Dawn to Lights Out: Mueller & Serotta at Holyport
by Linda Serotta The Holyport Real Tennis Club, tucked in the Berkshire village of Holyport, has long been a stage for the sport’s rising stars. This September, two young Americans—Kurt Mueller of Tuxedo Park and Jonah Serotta of Philadelphia—stepped onto that court...
Georgian Court Clinic Days
2025 Plimpton Prize Winner – Tim Edwards
By James Zug During the World Championship Challenge in Newport, the USCTA gave the 2025 Plimpton Prize to Timothy Edwards. He is the world's leading tennis photographer. For nearly twenty years, Edwards has taken stunning action photographs of court tennis. Based in...
Riviere Wins 2025 World Championship
by James Zug Day Two Camden Riviere beat John Lumley 5-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. He retained his world championship title 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, 5-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. It was a slightly different Day Two at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. It had rained most of Wednesday and...
WC 2025 – Riviere Leads After Day One
First Day: Camden Riviere leads John Lumley 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 By James Zug This was the sixty-third playing of the open World Championship, dating back to the first recorded Challenge in 1816. But in the past thirty years, world championships are a common occurrence...
2025 Pell Cup
By Tony Hollins We had a wonderful weekend at the 2025 Pell Cup. Each of the U.S. clubs was represented as well as an overseas traveler. It is great to see the enthusiasm which has built around this tournament, so much so that next year we will be running two summer...
Ivan Ronaldson
Ave Atque Vale Ivan Ronaldson 1974 – 2025 The world court tennis community was shocked at the unexpected death in mid-August of Ivan Ronaldson, 51, Head Court Tennis Professional at Westwood Country Club. He leaves a wife, Christy, two young children, Liliana...