Dec 1, 2021 | US Events
By Adrian Kemp Tennis Invitational This year’s Silver Racquet Invitational Tennis Singles featured a strong qualification draw which attracted entrants from clubs across the country, as well as from England and France. Three slots in the main draw were up for grabs on Wednesday, with Shep Skiff and Bill Barker both sealing their place in the main event before John Beam edged out Kenny Soffer to secure the final slot. The Invitational Tennis main draw featured a host of the top-ranked amateurs in the country. Peter Cipriano was the top seed and hoping to win the Silver Racquet title for… Read the Full Story >
Dec 1, 2021 | Tournament Results, US Events
by James Asher November 18th-21st marked the Jimmy Dunn return following the postponement last year due to the Pandemic. There was great excitement and buzz around the club, with 20 players from Boston coming. We also had players from Washington, Aiken, Manchester, New York, and Chicago. We had a record number of participants for the return of the Jimmy Dunn, with 126 participants playing numerous sports. Due to the size of the event, we had matches running from Thursday at 10 am until Sunday at 5 pm, with matches going to Friday at 1 am. In the Open Division, Jon… Read the Full Story >
Dec 1, 2021 | US Events
by Mit Carothers The Calhoun Witham Doubles Tournament saw its return after a year hiatus on November 13-17 at the Aiken Tennis Club. Sixteen teams participated with out-of-town players and guests welcomed to a full slate of tennis and social events that we had not seen since play was interrupted. Players, club members, and guests were treated to Oyster Night on Thursday, Cocktails, and Tennis on Friday, Saturday night dinner, and a Sunday brunch. At the conclusion of 24 matches, we had a champion in Jerry Mount and Rob Silvay. The undefeated bracket winners of brackets A and B were… Read the Full Story >
Nov 1, 2021 | Tournament Results, US Events
by Mike Gooding The return of the US Professional singles playing for the Schochet Cup was a very welcome addition to the USCTA calendar. Typically held in June, the postponed 2021 version took place in October. At the prescribed time, six weeks before the event’s start, the entry went out with hopes of a full draw. Hopes were dashed on the 10th of September when the IWCC removed the World ranking and race points from the tournament due to covid restrictions and cost of travel. Now, with that disappointing decision, the US Professional singles was going to be an all-domestic… Read the Full Story >
Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
by Tony Hollins A big thank you to everyone who played in this year’s event. We had a fantastic crowd to watch some incredible court tennis, which was a breathe of fresh air after a long hiatus from national court tennis events during COVID-19. This was the event of the up-and-comers with both events won by unseeded players. Pete Dickinson defeated Ben Hudson 6/3, 5/6, 6/4 in another epic match to claim the A Division. Wes Traub defeated Connor Richmond 6/5, 6/5 in a very tight affair to win the B division. CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RESULTS
Nov 1, 2021 | US Events
In the Racquets world, the third weekend of October signifies the annual Hadden Tomes event in Tuxedo Park. However, as we all managed through a global pandemic for the past two years, dreams of themed parties and on-court competition remained a [caterpillar] pipe dream. Cue Friday, October 15th. On a perfect fall day, Hadden Tomes ramped back up into full force with an Alice in Wonderland themed weekend. As the matches kicked off Friday, costumes adorned the court of rabbits, Alices, Queens of Hearts, and more. That evening the tennis house was filled with live music courtesy of Rich Mueller,… Read the Full Story >
Oct 31, 2021 | Tournament Results, US Events
by John Lumley The Racquet Club of Philadelphia was the proud host of the 2021 U.S. Open, and what a week we had! Pros from around the country descended upon the Racquet club to compete in singles and doubles. Barney Tanfield had the tournament of his career, taking down Tim Chisholm in the round-of-16 in a tremendous four-set match. Barney then beat Tony Hollins in the quarterfinals in a five-set battle to reach his first U.S. Open semi-final. In the singles final, Camden Riviere took on John Lumley. Both players looked pumped and ready for the match, ensuring an exciting… Read the Full Story >
Oct 2, 2021 | Tournament Results, US Events
We had a great turnout for the first tournament back at the RCOP! Eight teams descended upon the club split into two groups. One group had the higher handicaps in it with the other group consisting of the lower handicap pairings. Both groups had some fantastic matches with Group 1 being decided on the last point between Steve Hufford & Mark Philpott vs Greg Van Schaack & Peter Clement. 9 games all, 40 all game point with both teams playing it safe but Van Schaack & Clement prevailing to take them into the final. In Group 2 Arthur Horowitz &… Read the Full Story >
Oct 1, 2021 | Tournament Results, Uncategorized, US Events
by Barney Tanfield The Racquet and Tennis Club hosted the 2021 U.S. National Open and Below Zero 22-27 September. A total of seventeen players competed between the two draws with the Below Zero acting as a feeder event for the National Open. Thirteen US-based professionals were joined by four of the country’s top amateurs. World #1 Camden Riviere led a world-class field of entrants, which also included top seeds Steve Virgona, Tim Chisholm, James Stout and John Lumley. Below Zero The sixth annual Below Zero began with Shep Skiff upsetting top U.S. Amateur, Jon Crowell. Shep’s relentless pursuit of the… Read the Full Story >
Aug 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
2021 PELL CUP REPORT by Mike Gooding What had angered the gods so much in order to place 2021 Pell Cup between Scylla and Charybdis, in our terms, a once in a hundred-year pandemic and a once in a thirty year hurricane. We had already waited a long two years since the last Pell Cup was held and as such, those tournament results had already faded from memory. There was a glimmer of hope in early May that we would be able to hold this year’s Pell Cup, with the dropping of restrictions that included playing without a mask and… Read the Full Story >
