News & Results
* Palmetto Challenge & Calhoun Witham
The 2013 Palmetto Challenge took place at the Aiken Tennis Club on the 16th of November. The match featured the top two ranked players in the world, current World Champion Rob Fahey and World no. 1 Camden Riviere. The event was hosted to support the efforts of Court...
* Silver Racquet Weekend – Updated
The Racquet and Tennis Club played host to the 21st annual Silver Racquet from November 7 - 10. The weekend began with a well-attended and fittingly boisterous stag dinner on Thursday night in memory of Edward F. Ulmann. Generations of fellow batsmen shared hilarious...
* National Open Entry Form
The National Open will be held in Boston on December 2-5. For entry information, click here.
* U.S. Ladies Updated
The 2014 United States Ladies Open was held at Prince’s Court November 1-3. The field consisted of ten ladies including top U.S. player Amanda Avedissian and featuring the ladies world number one player, Claire Vigrass. The early rounds in singles held true to...
* Chase the First – November
* National League – Oct 30
Tuxedo/Philadelphia @ New York October 30, 2013 Chisholm (Tux) def. Stout 4/6,6/3,6/4Tanfield (NY) def. Whitehouse 6/2,6/1Stout/Tanfield def. Chosholm/Whitehouse 8/2NY 5, Tux/Ph 2
* Boston – “Raise the Roof” Party
Roof Raised by Matt Mitchell Click here to read! For photos from Friday & Sunday by Melissa Quintal, click here. Looking for the finals draws? Click here!
* Chicago Invitational Results
The Chicago Invitational Doubles was held on October 17-20. Open Division 1st Place: Steve Virgona & Greg Van Schaack 2nd Place: Rich Smith & Jeremy Wintersteen A Division Jamie DeYoung & Anders Cohen def, Adam Inselbuch & Rowan Carroll 8/5 B Division...
* 2012/13 Annual Report
The 2012/13 Annual Report is on its way! The” story of the year” was Chicago and is featured in the report in an article by James Zug. Thank you to all of the individuals who sent in photos, club reports and draws. Thank you to our advertisers. And finally, thank you...
* Under 12s & Under 15s
The Under 12 and Under 15 —singles and double—were played in Newport. Eight juniors from Washington and Newport competed in the weekend event which featured non-stop tennis from start to finish. Erik Barker, age 12, dropped only one game on his way to winning both the...
* National League – New York vs. New England
October 2nd, 2013 New at New England in Newport, RI The first match up was Barney Tanfield (NY) against Tony Hollins (NE). Barney has been one of the most on form players in the National League for the last year, but Tony has also been improving and...
*National League: Chicago vs. NY
Chicago vs. New York at Philadelphia On Monday 30th Chicago took on New York in a National League match at Philadelphia. John Lumley playing #1for Chicago took on James Stout world #1 at Racquets. With James getting some unbelievable shots back and being solid from...
* Chase The First – October 2013
* USCTPF Annual Meeting
At the Sept 13, 2013 board meeting of the USCTPF, the following officers were elected to one year terms. Board Chairman - William F. McLaughlin, Jr. Vice Chair - Jim Zug President - P.J. Yeatman Treasurer - Jane C. Lippincott Secretary - Charles C. de...
* 1812 Cup
The 1812 was a huge success. For those who don't know, the 1812 is a 50+ years of age handicap doubles, US vs UK that was played for the fourth time in 6 years. The Americans took the fight to British soil and beat the bloody British at Lords in handicap doubles 13...
* Lakewood Invitational
For our fifth anniversary, it was a small but rabid group of players. Nine of us played our favorite game in the “Casino” at Georgian Court. As I have expounded in the past, this building is just not to be believed. Besides court tennis, it has a...
* National League – New England vs. Chicago
The second National League match of the 2013/14 season featured a contest between Camden Riviere and Tony Hollins of New England vs. John Lumley and Will Hopton of Chicago. The match took place on the Saturday of the Jimmy Knott tournament and the combination of...
* Jimmy Knott Results
An amateur singles contest, the Jimmy Knott is traditionally the first tournament of the year and kicks off the USCTA fixture list. The tournament was formerly known as the Boston A Invitational. It was renamed after Jimmy Knott passed away the year after...
* National League – September 7
National League Kick Off September 7th, 2013 New England vs. Tuxedo/Philadelphia Venue - The Tuxedo Club New England travels to Tuxedo and emerges with 5/2 victory over Tuxedo/Philadelphia. A bit of a Tuxedo reunion this past weekend in Tuxedo as former Tuxedo Senior...
* French Open Singles & Doubles World Championship
The French Open and World Doubles Championship are being played in Paris. French Open Singles Final - Thursday, September 19 Camden Riviere def. Steve Virgona 6/0,6/4,6/0 World Doubles Final...best of 7 sets - Saturday, September 21 @ 2PM (Paris Time) - first 4 sets...