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2016 Payne Whitney Memorial Intercity Doubles
2016 Payne Whitney Memorial Intercity Doubles They said it couldn’t be done. They said even if Greentree-Aiken brought back Morris Clothier and fielded a U.S. Amateur Doubles Champion in all five pairs and New York lost Spike Willcocks to injury and Will Thompson to...
Riviere wins the National Open
Camden Riviere defeated Conor Medlow 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 to win the 2016 National Open title at Prince's Court in Washington, DC. A full report is forthcoming, but you can watch the Final below. Click here to go to the National Open page for full results. ...
2016 National Open Draw
2016 Jimmy Dunn Draws
Jimmy Dunn Recap: This year’s Jimmy Dunn was another big one with 154 entrants playing in 16 different categories through Racquets, Doubles Squash, Singles Squash and Doubles Tennis. The Singles Squash was the biggest we have ever had due to the 3 new courts. The...
Silver Racquet Weekend Results
2016 SILVER RACQUET by the Committee The Racquet & Tennis Club hosted The Silver Racquet November 9th-13th. In addition to 7 fully-subscribed draws in Racquets, Tennis and Squash, the weekend included the Second Leg of the World Racquets Doubles Championship, a...
2016 Hadden Tomes
Over the weekend of October 21st – October 23rd, The Tuxedo Club hosted the 2016 Hadden Tomes handicapped doubles tournament. Competitors and guests alike were encouraged to dress up (both on and off court) for the ever popular 1970s-themed event. The Tennis...
2016 National League – Tuxedo def. Chicago/Philadelphia 2-1
CHICAGO / PHILADELPHIA VS TUXEDO THURSDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2016 @ PHILADELPHIA Lumley def. Dodgson 6-2, 6-1 Chisholm def. Virgona 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 Doubles - TUX def. CHI/PHL 8-1 Recap by John Lumley The Philadelphia/Chicago team took on the Tuxedo team at The Racquet Club of...
U.S. Ladies Open
The first match of the tournament saw Elizabeth Browning play Kim Kilgore. First set Elizabeth use the home court advantage and win the first set 6-2. Kim fought back in the second set to take it to 5 games all but Elizabeth held on with some great serving to take the...
Meringoff wins Jimmy Knott Memorial Singles Tournament
Meringoff wins Jimmy Knott Memorial Singles Tournament By Jeffrey Horine Second seeded Todd Meringoff weathered 14 sets on court on Saturday and a 4-2 first set deficit on Sunday to defeat the top seeded Brook Hazelton 6/4 6/2 in the finals of the Jimmy Knott Memorial...
World Masters Entry Form
World Masters Amateur Championships 2017 Individual Competitions Monday, 16th January to Friday, 20th January, 2017 (50s & 55s) and Tuesday, 24th January to Sunday, 29th January, 2017 (60s, 65s, 70s & 75s) at The Royal Melbourne Tennis Club [gview...
Lieb Cup kicks off the Season
Over the weekend of October 7-9, 2016, junior players gathered in Newport at the National Tennis Club to play in the Lieb Cup National Junior Doubles. The tournament attracted 12 players from Newport, Washington and Tuxedo. With Tim Chisholm and Camden Riviere running...
2016 National League Final – Report
2016 National League Final Chicago / Philadelphia vs. New England Wednesday, August 17th, 2016 By John Wykeham #2 Singles – John Lumley (CHI/PHL) def. Leon Smart (NE) – 6/1, 6/1 #1 Singles – Steve Virgona (CHI/PHL) def. Nick Howell (NE) –...
2016 Pell Cup Results
2016 Pell Cup Results National Tennis Club Newport, RI Pro Division - Riviere/Hollins def. Chisholm/Cipriano 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 A Division - Jasani/G. Ellis def. Curren/Riviere (Righty) 6-1, 6-5 B Division - Van Schaack/Batstone def. Pickin/Ursprung 6-5, 6-3 C Division -...
Pell Cup Draws – REVISED
The Pell Cup begins this week in Newport. Attached are the times and draws. As always, schedules are subject to change so please confirm your times with the pro shop. [gview...
U.S. Junior Results
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2016 U.S. Mixed & Greevy Cup Draws
2016 U23s & U26s
by John Lumley We had players from across the country coming to Philadelphia to take home the National Under 23's & Under 26's trophies. In the singles Erik Barker was the no.1 seed for both 23's & 26's. In the 23's he had a good match against Chase Motz but...
2016 World Championship – “The Wait is Over”
by James Zug The Wait is Over It has been forty-two years since an American won the world championship in tennis singles. In the years since Jimmy Bostwick took the title in 1974, two British men and two Australian men have reigned as world champion. Today in Newport,...
2016 World Championship Report – Day 2
The Second Day By James Zug The crucial moment, perhaps, in the day’s play and in the 2016 world championship in general, came in the eighth set. It was 3-3. Rob Fahey had taken the previous, seventh set and now had roared back from a 1-3 deficit. He was up...
2016 World Championship Begins – Day 1
by James Zug The 2016 Men’s World Championship began with great pomp, circumstance and sadness at the National Tennis Club. Jonathan Howell, president of the International Real Tennis Players Association, introduced the challenger, Camden Riviere, the defending...