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Ranger wins 2023 Women’s Invitational
2023 KNOX
Aiken hosted the annual Northrup Knox Doubles tournament on March 16-19, 2023. Morgan Purvis and George C. Handy, III defeated Rakesh Jasani and Jason McAlhaney. [gview...
119th Gold Racquets
After 4 days of play and 104 matches between Court Tennis and Rackets the 119th Gold Racquets concluded! The Court Tennis singles saw (2) of the top young players in the game, Max Trueman of Seacourt and Noah Motz from the Westwood Country Club, take the court to...
2023 Noll Cup Goes to Massie
by John Lumley We had a fantastic turnout of 21 players, ready to battle for the 2023 Noll Cup! The tournament's second match was a battle between Tim Carroll and Dan Villiers, with Carroll taking it 6-5 in the final set. Both players were retrieving everything and...
Wintersteen Claims 2023 Greevy Cup
by Jacob Faulise The 2023 Greevy Cup was held on January 28-29th at the National Tennis Club, on the grounds of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. This year’s USCTA level championship for the 20’s handicap division displayed some extremely...
Eder Wins 2023 Wharton Cup
Fourteen players entered the national 50-plus level Wharton Cup at Westwood in January. Nine traveling from other US clubs. All three seeds made it to the semi-finals. The tournament's biggest upset came in the first semifinal when unseeded John Eder from Boston beat...
2023 Hickey Cup Goes to Calcagno
by James Greenley The Hickey Cup was played at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, NJ. There was a total draw of sixteen players from Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Tuxedo, and Newport. There was some fantastic tennis from everyone in the tournament....
2023 Burke Cup – “Nobody Beats The Entire Yannuzzi Family!”
by Dawson Lane Play in the 2023 Burke Cup started Friday afternoon the 27th of January with Theo Yannuzzi from The Tuxedo Club taking on Christopher Gould of the New York Racquet & Tennis Club. Twenty matches later Theo Yannuzzi was playing Gordon McMorris in the...
2023 Parent Child & Junior Handicap Weekend
by an Interested Observer The 2023 Parent-Child and Junior Handicap Singles were contested at the Racquet Club of Chicago from January 14th – 16th, 2023. Families from three US clubs made the trip to Chicago; guests from New York, Tuxedo Park, and Westwood Country...
Wil Hagen wins 2023 Etchebaster
By Barney Tanfield and Pete Dickinson On Friday January 20th players from eight clubs arrived in Midtown for the 2023 Kendrick/Etchebaster weekend to display what is surely a promising future for all participants. The round of thirty-two kicked off on Friday afternoon...
25th Annual USCTA Dinner, Awards & Auction
by Jim Zug In mid-December 2022, the Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the twenty-fifth annual United States Court Tennis Association dinner and auction during the traditional Whitney Cup weekend. Two hundred and sixteen people came to the silver anniversary dinner. It...
2023 Ladies World Championship – April 10-16
2023 Ladies World Championship Singles & Doubles April 10-16 The Oratory School Click Here for Entry Form
Jimmy Dunn of East Falls
by George Bell A lesson with Jimmy Dunn 45 years ago was nothing like a lesson today. The legendary Racquet Club of Philadelphia head pro entered the court in sneakers, gray flannels, and a white sleeveless sweater, a small man with the arms of a blacksmith, usually...
Washington to Host 2023 World Singles Championship
From the IRTPA: On behalf of the International World Championship Committee (IWCC) the IRTPA Executive are delighted to announce their acceptance of the bid from the Westwood Country Club in Washington, DC. The dates of the challenge matches are Sunday 17th, Tuesday...
Philadelphia & Aiken to Host Eliminators
The first round of the Eliminators will be held in Philadelphia and Aiken in March to determine the challenger for the World Championship. The best of nine set competition will be played over two days – on the first day, four sets will be played, and five sets or...
2023 National Open
The 2023 National Open was played in Aiken on December 2-4, 2022. John Lumley defeated Steve Virgona in straight sets. 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 Click here for a link to the draw and streaming.
Washington Wins 2022 Payne Whitney Memorial Cup
by Erik Barker The Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the 88th annual Payne Whitney Intercity Doubles competition December 9-11. The tournament was comprised of six teams, (Greentree, New England, Tuxedo-Aiken-Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington), and was,...
Celebrating Westwood
2022 Jimmy Dunn
by Rob Whitehouse The 41st annual Jimmy Dunn saw its biggest turnout in history, with 186 entrants competing in Court Tennis, Singles Squash, Doubles Squash & Racquets! Two hundred forty-four matches were played in four days at the Racquet Club. We had players...
2022 Calhoun Witham
by Mit Carothers, Tennis Chair Aiken Tennis Club The Witham returned to the Aiken Tennis Club with ten teams in 3 brackets playing 18 competitive matches. Thirteen of the matches went three sets; handicap tennis was back! From the defending champions (Mount &...