June 29, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the nine boys and eight girls who have been accepted into the main draw and the qualifying draw at the 2012 Junior Championships at Wimbledon. Among those selected is Rockville Centre, N.Y.'s Noah Rubin, a quarterfinalist at the recent 2012 Boys French Open Junior Singles Championships ...
June 29, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Long Island Tennis Magazine takes a special look at local tennis apparel stores, highlighting Grand Slam Tennis in Commack, Solow Sports in Huntington, Tennis East in Southampton and East Hamption, and Topspin Tennis & Fitness in Syosset.
June 27, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Former world number six tennis pro Chanda Rubin will be on hand to instruct the participants in this year’s USTA Eastern LI Region Kids Day benefitting the USTA National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) Program.
June 27, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tuesday-Sunday, Aug. 9-12 marks the First Annual Summer Charity Tournament, a fundraiser for Cure Mommy's Breast Cancer to be held at Long Beach Tennis Center.
June 26, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Inwood Country Club is one of the premier family-oriented country clubs on the South Shore of Long Island. Founded in 1901, Inwood played a significant role in the history of golf. Bobby Jones won his first major at Inwood, the 1923 U.S. Open, and Walter Hagen won the first of his five PGA Championships at Inwood.
June 26, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the 12 players nominated to the U.S. Olympic Tennis Teams for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, set for July 28-Aug. 5. U.S. women’s tennis coach Mary Joe Fernandez nominated a six-person team, with four singles entries and two doubles teams.
June 21, 2012
By Lonnie Mitchel
April 15th marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic during its Transatlantic maiden voyage. Certainly the loss of 1,500 lives and tennis are not to be compared, but you can still gain lessons from it.
June 15, 2012
By Jeffrey A. Greene
If you came of age as a tennis player some time during the early days of the Open Era, eventually you came into contact with Vitas Gerulaitis.
June 14, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has joined with New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Queens officials to release details of a proposed strategic vision for future development at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, site of the U.S. Open.
June 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA Eastern Long Island Region's Junior Tennis Team Tournament will be played Saturday, Aug. 4 at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, N.Y. (rain date is Sunday, Aug. 5).
June 11, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tickets to the 2012 U.S. Open to the general public are now available, as the event is set to be played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 27-Sunday, Sept. 9. Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day, presented by Hess, a full-day tennis and music festival for children and families, will kick off the U.S. Open for the 17th consecutive year and will take place on Saturday, Aug. 25.
June 6, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Court 14 was the scene this morning at Roland Garros as Noah Rubin of Long Island took to the court for the third round of the 2012 Boys French Open Junior Singles Championships. The weather outside was windy, cold and drizzling at times, and the16-year-old Noah came in as the underdog against 18-year-old and third-seeded Liam Brody of Great Britain.
June 6, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA Eastern Long Island Region Kids Day, benefitting the USTA National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) Program, has been scheduled for Friday, July 13.
June 5, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Thursday, June 21, the 2012 U.S. Open Ballperson Tryouts will take place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
June 5, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Noah Rubin continued his impressive play in Paris with a straight set 6-2, 6-3 upset win against the 15th seed from Italy, Stefano Napolitano, in the second round of the French Open Juniors.
June 1, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Forever 9-The Robbie Levine Foundation has announced that it will host its 1st Annual Golf, Tennis and Mah Jongg Outing on Monday, July 30 at the Glen Head Country Club, located at 240 Glen Cove Road in Glen Cove, N.Y.
June 1, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 Suffolk County Boys High School Tennis Awards Dinner took place May 29th at Villa Lombardi's in Holbrook, N.Y. The event was organized by Joe Arias and the Suffolk County Junior Tennis League (SCJTL) management staff for the third straight year.
May 31, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the eight girls and seven boys who have been accepted into the main draw and the qualifying draw at the 2012 Roland Garros Junior French Championships. The main draw will be played June 3-10 at Roland Garros in Paris; qualifying will be played May 31-June 1. Among the group is Rockville Centre, N.Y.'s Noah Rubin. Rubin is ranked a career-high 17th and reached the semifinals at both the USTA International Spring Championships and the Easter Bowl.
May 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Fans in attendance at the World TeamTennis matchup between the New York Sportimes and the Philadelphia Freedoms on July 19 at Sportime Stadium on Randall's Island will have the opportunity to take part in an attempt to set the official mark for “Most People Bouncing Tennis Balls on Tennis Rackets"
May 30, 2012
By Adam Wolfthal
While many Queens County residents ran for shelter from the rain on Thursday May 24th, Over 650 students from the Far Rockaway district were running after tennis balls in the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.
May 24, 2012
By Neil Amdur
You don't have to be a New Yorker, or a New Yorker who plays tennis to savor the pleasure of Tennis in New York by Dale G. Caldwell and Nancy Gill McShea, a delightful addition to any library, or even as a surprise gift for that doubles partner or singles rival who has everything.
May 21, 2012
By Steve Abbondondelo
The 2012 Long Island Winter Junior Team Tennis season ended after two exciting weekends of competition. On April 28th, Point Set Racquet Club’s (Oceanside, N.Y.) 14 & Under intermediate team captained by David Nisenson, prevailed in the round robin to be crowned champions.
May 15, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Wednesday, May 9, the USTA Eastern Long Island Region Annual Awards Dinner was held at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, N.Y. There were more than 300 in attendance to honor all of the award recipients for all of their hard work on behalf of the tennis community over the past year.
May 11, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 Suffolk County Boys High School Tennis Awards Dinner will take place Tuesday, May 29th at 6:30 p.m. at Villa Lombardi's, located at 877 Main Street in Holbrook, N.Y.
May 10, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Below is a transcript of a interview with Melanie Oudin and Brian Baker. Both have received wild card entries into the upcoming 2012 French Open and a open forum question and answer was held.
