News & Results
2015 Etchebaster Results
A fantastic weekend of action on both the racquets and tennis courts as we wrap up the Etchebaster and Kendrick Cups. Congratulations to Ben Stein (R&T) on defeating Matt Breuer in the final of the Etchebaster 6/3 6/2. And to our own David Tedeschi on defeating...
2015 USCTA 40’s SINGLES & DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP by Dawson Lane
The Tuxedo Club kicked off the 2015 USCTA calendar hosting the National 40’s single and doubles competition January 9th – 11th. A number of factors may have contributed to participants consisting of players from the NY metropolitan area... A holiday hangover for many...
2014 USCTA Annual Dinner & Awards
The seventeenth annual USCTA Dinner and Auction was held on the Friday of the Whitney Cup weekend in New York. A packed house gathered for an evening of conversation and awards, capped off by a live auction to benefit the Charleston Court project. A silent auction was...
2014 National Open
The Aiken Tennis Club hosted eleven professionals and two amateurs Dec 5-7 to compete in The U.S. National Open. Tournament Director Dacre Stoker received plenty of technical support from Camden Riviere to organize the Main draw and he also assisted in adding a...
2014 Whitney Cup
The Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the 81st annual Payne Whitney Intercity Doubles competition December 12th – 14th. The tournament included six teams of ten players each with nearly all of the top-50 US amateurs represented. Matches were best of three set affairs...
34th Annual Jimmy Dunn
34th Annual Jimmy Dunn Tournament Weekend This year’s Jimmy Dunn hit record numbers with 25 draws and over 218 matches played starting Thursday at noon and ending Sunday at 6pm. There was record numbers in the squash draws and the tennis as always was sold out 3 weeks...
Witham Handicap Doubles 2014
Witham Handicap Doubles 2014 by Dacre Stoker The Aiken Tennis Club hosted the 2014 Calhoun Witham Handicap Doubles Tournament Nov. 14-16. We attracted a field of 20 teams with players representing the following clubs: Prince’s Court Washington, National Tennis Club...
U.S. Ladies Open Results
The Singles Championship: The 2014 Ladies US Open kicked off with four round of 16 singles matches on Friday November 7th. Helen Grassi and Alex Klara were the first match of the championship at high noon with Grassi prevailing in straight sets. Rackets aficionado...
Silver Racquet Weekend
The New York Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the 22nd annual Silver Racquet Invitational and New York Open Handicap on November 5-9, 2014. In conjunction with the court tennis, the weekend included an invitational squash doubles tournament, paired doubles racquets,...
2014 Hadden Tomes
2014 saw the return of one of Tuxedo’s annual Racquets events: the Hadden Tomes (HT) Invitational. The 2014 HT committee introduced a Rackets portion to the festivities, which proved to be very successful. The 2014 HT had 46 players...
Fowler Hamilton Cup
Followers of court building projects will recognize the name Francis Hamilton. He was deeply involved with the Washington effort in the 90s, the saving of the building at Troon from threatened demolition and with the near win in Edinburgh. Fewer will know that he is a...
* 2014 U.S. Under 19 Doubles
The first medals of the 2014/15 season were awarded in Newport on October 12 at the USCTA Under 19 Junior Doubles. Known as the Lieb Cup, in honor of the late John Lieb, the event attracted nine players from Newport and Washington. The weekend began on Friday...
* NL – NY vs. TUX/PHL
On the evening of Wednesday October 8th The New York Racquet and Tennis Club hosted the first National League match of the season against the combined team of Tuxedo and Philadelphia. With generous sponsorship from The USCTA, The Jesters and Harrow as well as...
* U.S Mixed & Jimmy Knott
The Winthrops are coming, the Winthops are coming! by Jeremy Wintersteen Players from Aiken, New York, Newport, and Boston played in the dual tournament weekend in Boston for the U.S. Mixed...
* Chicago Results
The Racquet Club was proud to host the 2nd Annual Chicago Invitational from October 1st -5th 2014 The tournament commenced on Wednesday night with Chicago members getting the tournament going with some great matches among the locals. The tournament officially kicked...
* 2014 RD Sears
The Tennis and Racquet Club of Boston hosted the first annual Sears Cup Tournament in honor of Richard Dudley “Dick” Sears (October 16, 1861 – April 8, 1943). Sears started his career in “Lawn Tennis.” There he was undefeated in the U.S. Championships. He won the...
* Court Tennis Charleston News – Website Launched
Court Tennis Charleston is going beautifully. The fundraising campaign is now at $670,000 and increasing daily. The exciting news is about one hundred percent: 100% of the USCTA board and 100% of the Preservation Foundation board have pledged to CTC, and just this...
* 2014 Pell Cup – Link to Results
* International Tennis Day
The inaugural International Tennis Day was a huge success. The annual date is 20 June, the anniversary of the Tennis Court Oath at the start of the French Revolution. Modeled after World Squash Day, the first ITD came off wonderfully. All four playing nations...
* Newport Hdcp Dbls – Final Results
The Newport Handicap Doubles was played this past weekend. Click here for full results. A Final: D.Aldrich/P.Cipriano def O.Buckley/S.Goss 10/2B Final: M.Shellim/V.Williams def B.Rowe/T.Rowe 10/4C Final: P.Napolitano/J.Harkins def B.Rives/D.Ford 10/4D Final:...