Mar 24, 2015 | US Events, USCTA News
The Racquet Club held its last weekend event of the calendar year this past weekend. The draws were a bit small but extremely competitive on court. The singles draw saw three hard fought Quarter Final matches on Friday with David Boenning over taking Jules Zacher 6-0, 6-1, Peter Vogt winning 6-0, 6-2 over Steve Fazzini and Al Gordon out lasting Sewall Hodges 6-0, 6-3. The Semi’s on Saturday saw Greg Van Schaack have a classic floor game battle against David Boenning. Greg Van Schaack hit many openings to win 6-3, 6-3.The second Semi saw Peter Vogt play a flawless game… Read the Full Story >
Mar 24, 2015 | US Events, USCTA News
Jonathan Pardee won the U.S. 70s Singles & Doubles in Newport earlier today. Pardee teamed up with Michael Flinn to win the Doubles over Tom Rowe and Frank Oliveira 6-5,6-5. Earlier Pardee defeated Oliveira 6-0,6-0 to capture the singles title. Details and pictures to follow.
Mar 23, 2015 | US Events, USCTA News
Vive la France!! by Simon Aldrich The 2015 US Amateur and US Over-50 Championships were played in New York at the Racquet & Tennis Club March 19-22, 2015. Participation in the event was terrific and play was very competitive throughout the weekend. The Amateur included 18 players in the singles and 10 teams in the doubles. The 50s attracted 15 singles players and 8 doubles teams. A particular highlight was that Adrian Kemp, current assistant pro at the Racquet & Tennis Club and former head professional at the Société du Jeu de Paume et Racquets (Paris), was a key factor… Read the Full Story >
Mar 22, 2015 | US Events, USCTA News
Newcomer wins the 2015 Anne Boleyn by Sheila Reilly As has often happened in this tournament’s 30-year history, the winner was a relative newcomer to the game, Sarah Hamilton of Boston’s T&R, who bested a field of 17 players from across the US. Congratulations to Sarah and all the players. The Anne Boleyn was created by Edward Hughes, a past president of the USCTA and the person responsible, along with Barry Toates, for the original restoration of the Lakewood Court. In its earliest years, the trophies were electroplated gold and silver hatchets and the hatchet logo remains the signature image of… Read the Full Story >
Mar 19, 2015 | US Events
The Percy Cup lasted 3 days with 8 teams of 6 clubs battling it out for the coveted Percy Cup. The matches were fought in great spirit with every point battled out fairly. Division 1 it was Washington 2 who came out victors with #1 seeds Greg Faron/Vernon Cassin, #2 seeds Brit Elmore/Dan Sternberg and #3 seeds Melanie Clarke/Jason Bennett who overcame Philadelphia 1 and New York winning by 3 games. Division 2 Washington 1 won with Vu Hoang/Eric Barker the 1 seeds, Noah Motz/Connor Reilly #2 Seeds and Temple Grassi/Chase Motz #3 Seeds came out winners of the round… Read the Full Story >
Mar 12, 2015 | International News
The IRTPA announced today that the National Tennis Club in Newport, RI has been awarded the 2016 World Championship. More details to follow! Congrats Newport!
Feb 28, 2015 | US Events
Philadelphia hosted a junior handicap weekend on February 28 and March 1. After two days of play, Erik Barker of Washington defeated Chase Motz in the final.
Feb 12, 2015 | US Events
The 113th Gold Racquets Court Tennis singles featured the world’s top amateur…Kieran Booth. Would the top American based amateurs step up to the challenge of facing the Australian? On paper, the potential challengers to the Australian were in no particular order… Peter Cipriano from the Racquet & Tennis Club Bradley Allen, Bill Barker & Danny McBride from Prince’s Court in Washington D.C. Jon Crowell from the Philadelphia Racquet Club Guy Devereux from the Tuxedo Club Peter Cipriano after a 6/2 6/3 win in the quarter-finals over Bradley Allen earned his shot at the Australian in the semi-finals in the top… Read the Full Story >
Feb 4, 2015 | International Events, US Events
The U.S. Open will be held Feb. 18th-27th at the Tennis & Racquet Club in Boston. We will have a special dedicated U.S. Open page on the website shortly. In the meantime, you can find the draws and schedule below.
Feb 2, 2015 | US Events
The Greevy Cup: Handicap 20-29…Racquet Club of Philadelphia By John Lumley Alex Spence def. Christian Bullitt 6-4,6-3 Back Draw: Vu Hoang def. Dick Tanfield 8-6 The Racquet Club of Philadelphia hosted this year’s Greevy Cup where we had 13 people enter the tournament. Alex Spence the #1 seed got through his first round match against Ryan Carey is three sets finding good form in the third to take it 6-2. John Madzin with the home court advantage took out Al Gordon in a good match 6-4 6-2 but then was stopped by John Patton 6-1 6-2. Patton and Spence had… Read the Full Story >
