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Wednesday 24th April through to Sunday 28th April The Racquet Club of Chicago 1365 North Dearborn Parkway, Chicago, Illinois 60610 The finalists will be the defending champions Tim Chisholm and Camden Riviere against the number 3 seeded pair of John Lumley and Steve Virgona.  The first 4 sets will...

Wednesday 24th April through to Sunday 28th April The Racquet Club of Chicago 1365 North Dearborn Parkway, Chicago, Illinois 60610 First up yesterday were the 2nd and 3rd seed pairs – Rob Fahey and Nicky Howell versus John Lumley and Steve Virgona.  It would be interesting to know whether...

The draw of the singles and doubles plus the qualifying draws will be done today, 1st February at 18:00 EST and can be seen on the USCTA’s You Tube Channel.

U.S. OPEN 22ND – 29TH FEBRUARY Declared Prize Fund Singles and Doubles:  $65,000 Initial Singles Prize Fund:    $42,250 Initial Doubles Prize Fund:  $22,750 As at the closing time of 48 hours prior to entries closing which was5:00pm EST on Monday 29th January, the tournament committee have decided not...

The World Championship Doubles, like the World Championship Singles challenge is a biennial event and has until now happened in uneven years. Due to the pandemic the original scheduled date in 2021 was postponed and the event is now being held from the 29th June – 3rd July 2022...

  This important Open event is being held from 22nd – 29th February. This is the first Open to allow the initial prize fund declared on the entry form to be increased. The Prize funds declared on the entry form generate the world ranking and race points available to...

Further information on the event will be updated when received  

With amazing streaming provided by Ryan Carey, those of us unable to be present in Philadelphia were able to watch this fascinating evening of tennis.  Great commentary being provided throughout by Barney Tanfield with guest commentators joining him throughout the 4 sets being played. This was ‘new territory’ for...

The British Open is nearly concluded for the 2022 event. The singles final is tonight, 21st November, between the world champion, Camden Riviere and the GOAT, Rob Fahey.  The match starts at 18:00 GMT.   The doubles final is at the same time, tomorrow, 22nd November between Camden Riviere...

The dates for this year’s 2022 French Open have been changed to Wednesday and Thursday 21st and 22nd September. The main event dates remain the same

Riviere and Chisholm after losing the first two sets of the final day’s play won the required 5th set 6/4 to retain their world doubles title which they have held since defeating Fahey and Virgona in the 2015 championships held at The Tuxedo Club.  Riviere and Chisholm have now...

The world rankings run over a 3 year period.  Because of the pandemic there were no ranking events from the conclusion of the U.S. Open 2020 until the British Open 2021. During the three year period points diminish on each annual anniversary date of that tournament’s conclusion: First year:...

As of the 12th November we are having a glitch with our database site.  It is this site which creates the draws and currently this glitch is affecting some of the historic draw results. We have been told there will be streaming of the event from Sunday, but the...

  The draws have now been published  Singles Draw Doubles Draw Spectator tickets are obtained via the T&RA by following this link  

Ranking and race points on resumption of events The IWCC considered the proposal from the Executive that if 8 or more of the top 15 players are able to enter an event, irrespective of whether they do or not then this event will receive full points.  The IWCC requested that the...

Following the tsunami of the pandemic last season on events it had been hoped that calmer waters would occur in 2021. Sadly, news was received today that the French Open has been cancelled in September joining The Champions Trophy, and the World Doubles has been postponed until 2022. The...

The world doubles championship is run on a biennial basis and rotates between the four countries, U.S.A., Australia, U.K. and France.  It was the turn of the French to host in 2021. Due though to the pandemic, although it appears to be receding, the uncertainty of travel and quarantine...

Nick Wood, Head Professional at The Royal Tennis Court has just announced the following: Given the current difficult circumstances the world finds itself, we all have to take stock of how COVID 19 is effecting all. This is true for Historic Royal Palaces also, who have been in long...

The IRTPA Championships are being held from 9th – 14th October  

This exciting tournament, with a draw format different from any other event returns for the 3rd year to The Royal Tennis Court. The title has been won by Rob Fahey who defeated John Lumley in 3 sets 6/2 6/4 6/4.     An image of the completed draw will...

The U.S. Professional Singles playing for the Schochet Cup is underway. There are 19 players, one of whom, Matthieu Sarlangue is France’s leading amateur player ranked #12 in the world.  Amateur players ranked in the top 20 have to be invited to play in ‘professional’ only events in order...

Bryn Sayers and Ben Taylor-Matthews win the event The draw for this was staggered in such a way, it is not possible for it to be shown in a normal fashion as for instance, there were only 2 quarter finals instead of 4.  So the result of this was...

18th – 22nd July 2018 Venue:  The Royal Tennis Court The draw for this event is below.  Now!  There is a difference as you will see in that you might lose a match but you can still progress in the tournament.  The top 6 players who have entered qualify...

  This year’s British Open sees the World Race close for the top four players to play off in a series of eliminators for the right to challenge Camden Riviere, the world champion in April 2018.  The challenge will be taking place at the Queen’s Club on the 24th,...

UK Real Tennis Professional Doubles 21st-24th July UK Pro Doubles Flyer Information Prested is hosting the Real Tennis Professional Doubles for the 2nd consecutive year and if the recent World Doubles Championship was anything to go by we will be in for a spectacular week of tennis. We are...

The IRTPA Championships Week 2017   The IRTPA Championships (formally the UK Professional Singles) along with the US Professional Singles has a different format. The top 8 players entering the event go straight into the main draw and the remaining competitors play in a Satellite tournament with 8 players...

The 2016 Neptune British Open singles is the strongest field of any event in recent times. The top 10 world ranked players, plus the 11th, 12th and 13th ranked players 1          Camden Riviere 2          Rob Fahey 3          Steve Virgona 4          Bryn Sayers 5          Tim Chisholm 6          Ben Taylor-Matthews 7         ...

The IRTPA UK Professional doubles is being held at Prested Hall July 8th – 11th. It is hugely exciting to have this tournament back on the calendar and the UK’s top professionals will be gracing the court to battle it out for the title.  This tournament was last run...

  This is the tournament loved by all the players, it attracts the elite players, plus the young up and coming players of the future by running two tournaments.  The format is the same as the IRTPA Championships held in the UK with the main event comprising the top...

  This main draw is being played from the 3rd June – 7th June at The Tuxedo Club. Web Streaming can be picked up here The draw can be seen below

Camden Riviere defeated Rob Fahey in the US Open Final 6/0 6/1 4/6 6/3.  His tournament statistics are compelling as were Rob Fahey’s until Riviere became the dominant player.  He now only has to win the remaining two Open events this year and he will have his first grand slam;...

Camden Riviere today won the US Professional Singles, playing for the Schochet Cup for the fifth time in succession.  He defeated Rob Fahey in four sets 6/4 2/6 6/4 6/0. Ricardo Smith reached his first semi final of a major ranking tournament.  He took Rob Fahey to four sets in the...

If this event was not on your radar, it is over!  The British Challenge final is played over the best of 13 sets and what a final it was. A quick reminder on the overall format of this new tournament.  The best 8 players are eligible if they are British...

Ricardo Smith was in his element today and could hardly do anything wrong.  The play was always “full throttle” and I think Bryn Sayers was a little taken aback by the way Ricardo started playing and could not find an answer.  Ricardo has played very few tournaments in the...

Background To The Event For the last 28 years the world champion has been Australian.  There has not been British Champion since 1987 when Chris Ronaldson lost the title to Wayne Davies. With the massive success of Team GB in the Olympics MURTC feel there is need for a...

The Browning Cup is a handicap singles tournament for professional players only. It is always a fun tournament with a great atmosphere created by the professionals themselves.  Some of the professionals are great at playing off handicap, others are not quite so good and often look bemused and sometimes...

Inspite of a wet floor Camden Riviere won the title tonight 6/2 6/4 6/1 and regains the US Open title, which he first won in 2009 when he defeated the same opponent, Steve Virgona. What about that wet floor? The roof leaks! It must have been pretty wet outside and...