News & Results
Scheduling Committee Report – March 17, 2021
Hear ye, hear ye, signs of hope. Herein you will read that Covid continues to have us mostly mired in a waiting game as the world inches toward inoculation. Yet, there are significant movements afoot and hopeful signs of pathways forward. Here is a summary of what was...
World Championship Moved to 2022
The International World Championship Committee (IWCC) met and unanimously agreed the 2020 World Challenge will now be held over until September 2022 with the challenger remaining as Camden Riviere. We have the full support of all sponsors, associated third parties,...
Battle Of Team New England
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Scheduling Committee Report – 16 January 2021
The status quo continues for amateur play. There are rays of hopeful light shining on our game. Georgian Court University remains closed, and Newport and Boston have suffered regional restrictions and closures. But, at the other courts the amount of intraclub play is...
USCTA 23rd Annual Dinner
By James Zug The USCTA's 23rd Annual Dinner was a fantastic, if remote reunion for the game of tennis in America. Nearly a hundred members from across the country attended the Zoom call. After much conversation and admiration of the special Annual Dinner...
Charles Wade – tennis enthusiast who established a handicapping system for real tennis…
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Philadelphia Wins Percy Cup
by John Lumley Eight teams competed for the 2020 Percy Cup. Three from Philadelphia, two from New York, and one each from New England, Washington, and Tuxedo. We used a knock-out draw format for the weekend, with first-round losers going into a back draw. On Sunday,...
Ranger Captures Ladies Invitational
Ladies from Philadelphia, Tuxedo, Newport, and Boston took to the court at the Tennis & Racquet Club for the 2020 Ladies Invitational. Congratulations to Xanthe Ranger on winning the main draw over Amy Wintersteen; a result that will likely crown Xanthe the #1...
Vrabel wins 2020 Noll Cup
By an interested observer The Racquet Club of Chicago was proud to host the 2020 Noll Cup in February. The draw comprised 16 players with visitors from New York, Philadelphia, and Newport joining the local contingent vying for the title. The matches began on Thursday,...
2020 US 50s
by John Lumley We had an excellent turnout for the US 50s singles and doubles championships with twenty-one players. In the first round singles, Guy Elzey & Jon Auerbach was the highlight match with Elzey taking the win 3-6, 6-5, 6-3 with some very long and...
2020 Greevy Cup Goes to Hudson
The top two players, Ben Hudson from Boston and Dylan Patterson from New York made it to the last match of this year's Greevy Cup without dropping a set to the DC locals. Dylan took the first set of the final 6-3 dominating from the service end with a wide variety of...
Burke Cup goes to Chamberlain
By Nick Howell Newport hosted the 2020 Burke Cup with matches starting on Friday for the local players. Amy Wintersteen had a solid win over Bill Rives 6-1 6-0. In the second match, there was nearly an upset with Tim O’Shea taking the first set off Dan Robillard Jr....
Cipriano wins 3rd Consecutive Gold Racquets
The Tuxedo Club hosted the 118th Gold Racquets over Presidents Day weekend, as well as the US Pro Singles Rackets Championship. Event Chairs Kim Kilgore, Laura Tillsley and Charlie Michele pulled out all the stops with a full itinerary both on and off the court....
Chase the First – In Review
In preparation for our 100th issue of Chase the First, I took some time to go back and read the past ninety-nine issues. I have prepared a quick synopsis of all that we have covered since our first issue on November 1, 2011. Wow - has our game grown and changed for...
Washington Hosts 2020 Junior Handicap
The USCTA National Junior Handicap tournament took place at Prince's Court on January 17-19. Thirteen entrants played in their age category (U13, U15, U17, U19), and in one big side tourney, we called "The Main event." Many thanks to Asher Ricci and Aidan Russo, who...
Tuxedo Club July 2020 Junior Court Tennis Camp & Nationals
Krusen wins 2020 Etchebaster Trophy
by Wells Ross Photos by Barney Tanfield A great time was had by all at the 2020 edition of the Etchebaster Trophy & Kendrick Cup. Throughout the weekend, the galleries and stand were full of the 30 players that came into New York for the weekend, plus many local...
IMPORTANT 2020 SCHEDULE CHANGES AS of Feb 1, 2020
The following changes have been made to the 2020 Schedule. These changes impact the Hickey Cup, U.S. Mixed Doubles and the U.S. Ladies Open MARCH 20-22, 2020 @ Georgian Court Hickey Cup - National level Singles Championship for handicaps 60+ APRIL 17-19, 2020 @...
2018-19 USCTA National League Final
2018-19 USCTA National League Final New England v. Tuxedo. It was a moonlit, bitterly cold night in Newport, Rhode Island, but inside the National Tennis Club at the International Tennis Hall of Fame there could not have been a warmer reception by the packed house for...
The 22nd USCTA Annual Dinner, Awards and Auction
by James Zug In mid-December 2019, the Racquet & Tennis Club hosted the twenty-second annual United States Court Tennis Association dinner and auction during the traditional Whitney Cup weekend. One hundred and ninety-four people came to the dinner. The evening,...