News & Results
* Top 25 List – Season Finale
The Top 25 list has some changes! Pat Winthrop regained his #1 spot, while some new faces cracked the Top 4. Click here for the complete list.
* Newport Handicap Doubles Results
Once again the Newport Handicap Doubles drew players from around the country and around the world to the National Tennis Club to compete in four divisions. In the B, C & D divisions eight teams per division played in a round robin format with the top two team of each...
* AB Martin Cup
The inaugural AB Martin Cup was held in Tuxedo. The tournament is a team doubles competition, similar to the Whitney Cup, for seniors. Team New England beat New York 2/1. Members of the winning New England team included Alex Walsh, Jonathan Pardee, David Boenning, Tom...
* US Parent Child Results
The US Parent Child Doubles was played in Tuxedo on June 16 & 17. Christian & Nick Sonne beat Howard & Gordon McMorris in the finals of the Open Division. David & David Ford defeated Bob & Cameron Buettner in the finals of the handicap division. The draws...
* US 70’s Results
The US 70's Singles were played in New York. In the final, Michael Flinn defeated John McLean 6/3,6/4.
*Assistant Pro Job – Philadelphia
Opening for an Assistant Professional at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. See attached document for details.
*US Pro RECAP
The 2012 US Professional Singles playing for the Schochet Cup is now in the record books. After nine days of exciting matches, Camden Riviere took top honors, defeating Bryn Sayers in a four set final – 6/1, 5/6, 6/2, 6/3. Riviere got off to a fast start in the first...
* US Pro Singles – Day 2 Results
2012 US Pro Singles - Results from Day TwoBen Matthews def. Tony Hollins 6/1,6/3,6/1 Camden Riviere def. Josh Dodgson 6/4,6/0,6/2 Rich Smith def. Lewis Williams 6/1,6/0,6/1 Tim Chisholm def. Barney Tanfield 6/2,6/2,6/2 John Lumley def. Josh Bainton 6/5,6/5,6/1 Pro Am...
* US Pro Singles Results & VIDEO COVERAGE
DAY 1 RESULTS Will Burns def. CJ White 4/6,3/6,6/1,6/4,6/3Bryn Sayers def. Gabe Kinzler 6/1,6/2,6/0 First Round matches continue on Monday. The draw is posted below. All matches will be live streamed at...VIDEO COVERAGE For ticket and sponsorship information Main Draw...
* RCOC Restoration Making Progress
The court restoration is moving along very well at the Racquet Club of Chicago. Under the direction of Bill Bickford with help from John Cashman and Ally Bulley and other RCOC members, work has gone well all spring. Chris Ronaldson, Colin Lumley and Peter Lucke-Hille...
* Prince’s Court Reunion
On Tuesday May 22 there was a lunch/exhibition at Prince's Court in honor of Diana and Fred Prince, benefactors of Prince's Court. Haven Pell and Temple Grassi, old friends and tennis colleagues of Fred's were there to represent the early days of Prince's Court....
* Basque Visitor to Prince’s Court
Let's proceed with this story on the assumption that the average court tennis player probably doesn't speak much Basque. If so, most will stumble over at least the middle one of these three names: JOSEBA ETXEBESTE OTEGI. But what if you are given the...
* Jay Gould Doubles
Date: 5 May, 2012 Location: Georgian Court in Lakewood, NJ Event: The Jay Gould Cup Format: Handicap (40+) Novice Doubles The 2012 Jay Gould Cup was held on May 4th & 5th in Lakewood, NJ at the famed Georgian Court. As always, a lot of great tennis was played by...
*2012 Collegiate Challenge: GCU vs. RCOP
Date: 24 April, 2012 Location: RCOP, Philadelphia PA Event: 2012 Collegiate Challenge Match Format: Georgian Court University Women’s Team vs. RCOP Women’s Team On April 24th, 2012 five brave undergraduate women from Georgian Court University - women that have...
* Virgona to go to Chicago
The Board of Governors, professional staff and membership of the Racquet Club of Chicago are pleased to announce the addition of Steve Virgona as Head Tennis Professional beginning June 30th 2012. Steve comes to us via the Racquet Club of Philadelphia where he...
* US 60’s – Final Results
The US 60's Singles and Doubles were played in Tuxedo on the weekend of May 4-6 Greg Van Schaack defeated Charlie Johnstone in the singles final 6/0,6/2 and Van Schaack & Peter Clement defeated Johnstone & Chris Cline in the doubles, 6/3,6/3 The draws are below...
* World Championship – Fahey wins 7-3
Rob Fahey held on to his World Champion title by winning 2 sets on the final day of play, bringing the score to 7 sets, Rob and 3 sets to Steve. Rob Fahey retains World Championship - T&RA The second day of play ended up with Rob and Steve each winning two sets,...
* US Mixed and Anne Boleyn Results
The 2012 Anne Boleyn, ladies national handicap championship was held concurrently with the U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship at the International Tennis Club of Washington April 19th through 22nd. The Anne Boleyn featured players from Aiken, Boston, Newport and...
* US Junior Singles
On the 1st weekend in March 15, juniors descended on Washington DC for the 2012 National Championships. Surprisingly, the Under 12's had the most entries. Harry Simonds, Blanche Devine, and Arthur Browne started their Court Tennis tournament careers in fine fashion...
* Pro Squash Player Visits Prince’s Court
Jonathon Power, former world number one squash player, visited Prince's Court at the end of March 2012 to try his hand at court tennis. A Canadian, Power lives in Toronto now and runs a squash academy. The second former world number one squash player to pick up the...