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2022 Silver Racquet Weekend
Silver Racquet Freddie Bristowe def. Ben Stein 6-2, 6-2 NY Open Handicap A Division Winston Simone def. George Wheatley IV 8-5 B Division Browning Platt def. Henry...
Bathurst Cup 2022
by Jon Crowell Arriving in London at 6:40 am on Saturday morning the excitement of match play was still two days away. Despite not having slept at all on the plane, I arrived surprisingly awake with the possibilities of this fabulous tournament at the top of my mind....
2022 Jimmy Knott
by Leon Smart On October 13th – 16th, The Tennis and Racquet Club hosted the annual Jimmy Knott Memorial Singles. This year’s field included 31 players with representation from the USA, England, and France. The Open Division was highly contested with Whitey Cup...
The Soldier – A Recollection of Jimmy Knott
THE SOLDIER A RECOLLECTION OF JIMMY KNOTT by George Bell He was stocky, feral in his gait, wild-eyed with one brow often arched as he strode down the third-floor hallway of the R&T on his way to the locker room. But he was dapper too, arrayed with his pocket...
2022 Hadden Tomes
by Dawson Lane The carriages and holsters on the 3:10 to Tuxedo were fully loaded with passengers from near and far for Hadden Tomes 2022. Cowboy Chisholm kicked off a jam-packed schedule of tennis on Friday, complete with unique orange and yellow balls designed to...
2022 Junior Singles
by Tim Chisholm A small but enthusiastic group of Juniors and their parents descended upon The Tuxedo Club on October 8th & 9th for the rescheduled USCTA Junior Nationals. With juniors from The Tuxedo Club, The Racquet Club of Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and...
2022 Bathurst Cup
The Bathurst Cup matches begin on Monday. Representing the USA are: Jon Crowell, Freddie Bristowe, Peter Dickinson & Pat Winthrop for the men and Freddie Adam & Xanthe Ranger for the women. Lots of great info in the attached program. Watch The Bathurst Cup...
2022 Below Zero Tournament
Freddie Bristowe wins 2022 Below Zero - defeating Tony Hollins 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 The Racquet and Tennis Club hosted the 2022 Below Zero from October 3rd through the 6th. A total of sixteen of the country's professional and top-amateur players competed for the prize of...
Plimpton Prize
by James Zug photo by Tim Edwards In September 2022 the USCTA was proud to award Kathryn Ronaldson McNicoll the 2022 George Plimpton Prize. The ceremony was held at Prested Hall during the Fourth International Conference on the History of Tennis. Frederica Adam, on...
YANKS TO ENGLAND FOR 100TH BATHURST CUP
by Jeremy Wintersteen The 100th anniversary of the Bathurst Cup will take place in England at Marylebone Cricket Club (Lord’s) from October 8-15. An international amateur team competition between France, Australia, England, and the United States, the Bathurst Cup was...
Mike Gooding
MEMORIAL SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS ARE POSTED AT THE END OF THE STORY Mike Gooding January 1, 1965 - September 28, 2022 Michael H.J. Gooding died on Tuesday. He was fifty-seven years old. Mike Gooding was a beloved leader in court tennis for the past forty years. He grew...
Samuel P. Howe III
Samuel P. Howe, III (1938- 2022) Sam Howe died on September 15, 2022 at the age of eighty-four. Beginning in the mid-1960s, he was a leader on and off the tennis court. He won the U.S. Open doubles in 1972 (with Ed Noll) and 1974 (with Gene Scott). With his brother...
Riviere Wins World Championship
by James Zug Third Day 6-3, 3-6, 5-6, 6-2 FINAL Riviere 5-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3, 5-6, 6-3, 3-6, 5-6, 6-2 It was an even colder, damper Thursday afternoon at Prested for Day Three, upper fifties and raining. Everyone, though, was happy to gather again,...
World Championship – Day Two
by James Zug Day Two 2-6, 2-6, 3-6, 6-5 Day Two was quite different than Day One at Prested Hall. There were new faces onsite. Owner Mike Carter, who dreamed up Prested twenty-eight years ago, returned from Spain. Former world champion Penny Lumley appeared. A second...
World Championship – Day One
by James Zug First day 6-5, 1-6, 6-4, 2-6 It was an extraordinary first day to the 2022 World Championship. Or rather the twice-postponed 2020 World Championship. We waited exactly 1,597 days from the astonishing third and final day of the 2018 Challenge Round at...
Philpott Wins U12 British Singles
Elliott Philpott traveled to Queen's Club for the British Juniors and came home as the Under 12 Champion! The lone American entry, Elliott, plays out of Prince's Court in Washington. The seven participants were divided into two round-robin groups. After some tight...
Pell Cup 2022 Recap
by Jacob Faulise The Pell Cup is an annual court tennis tournament held at the National Tennis Club located on the grounds of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The Pell Cup is named in honor of C.C. Pell Jr.’s contributions to the game of court tennis, which...
US World Masters Teams Place Third
by Steve Hufford The pandemic-delayed World Masters amateur court tennis championships were held in France in May and the US fielded teams for all age brackets contested (Over 50s, Over 60s, Over 70s). In addition, Jules Zacher represented the US in the Over 80s...
TEAM USA SCORES DOWN UNDER
by Ivan Ronladson At the end of June, the USA national junior team (Freddie Bristowe, Pete Dickinson, Erik Barker, Chase Motz, and coach Ivan Ronaldson) left for Australia to play in four major events. The first was the Australian U26 Open, held at Hobart in Tasmania....
George H. Bostwick, Jr.
LINK TO GEORGE H. BOSTWICK OBITUARY AND MEMORIAL SERVICE DETAILS George H. Bostwick, Jr. August 22, 1934 - July 7, 2022 by James Zug George H. Bostwick, Jr., former world champion, died on 7 July 2022 at the age of eighty-seven. Pete Bostwick was one of the...