The final leg of the Long Island Tennis Magazine Challenge was the most successful of all, as the tournament, the magazine and the sport of beach tennis continues to grow. Thirty pro beach tennis teams, between the men’s and women’s draws, competed on Saturday, Aug. 7 and another 20 amateur teams competed on Sunday, Aug….
Eleanor Dwight’s story of the life of Jimmy Van Alen, the man who gave tennis the tie-breaker, presents a much more versatile and accomplished figure than I’d expected to encounter. I’m a hardcore tennis fan, sure, but if the only interesting thing Jimmy Van Alen did in his life was to invent the tie-breaker, I…
Watching tennis players sign their name to oversized tennis balls, hats, ticket stubs and various other items after each match at the U.S. Open, I am often asked, “What’s it worth?” by those who know about my autograph business. I hate such a loaded question as there are too many variables to consider, but it’s…
The USTA has announced the field for the 2010 U.S. Open Wheelchair Competition. The event, in its fifth year, will be held Sept. 9-12 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. The competition will feature 20 of the top wheelchair tennis athletes from around the globe. The 2010 US Open…
Jericho High School Juniors Samantha DeBello and Amanda Hyman recently hosted “Tennis Fun Night” at Sportime Roslyn, a charity event where all the proceeds went to the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless (LICH). This fundraiser for LICH was sponsored by Sportime who graciously provided the courts free of charge; Long Island Tennis Magazine, who…
The United States girls’ teams continued its string of dominance at the 2010 World Junior Tennis Finals, winning its fourth consecutive title at the 14-and-under version of Fed Cup and Davis Cup, in Prostejov, Czech Republic, Aug. 2-7. It is the first time in the history of the event that one country has captured four…
In the final match of the 2010 Long Island Professional Tennis League (LIPTL) season, Pine Hollow Country Club was able to end on a good note by beating rival North Hills 17-14. In the first match of the day, Pine Hollow’s Blair Seiderman was pitted against Hill’s Katka Sevikova. Seiderman, who won the New York State…
“Vilas go to court one, Wade go to court four, Connors … I will have a court for you in a minute …” There I was, a local Long Island tennis pro telling some of the legends of tennis what to do as we all raised money for a worthy cause. My journey to being the…
The Adult, Senior and Super Senior USTA League is underway. Play began the week of May 17 for most divisions and will run until August. We have a record number teams with 268 this year. Just a reminder to all captains that in addition to entering the scores on the USTA site within 24 hours…
The life of a college tennis player is different in many respects and similar in many respects. Here are some nuggets of information about college tennis life. More nuggets will be available in the next issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine. In a team match, also known as a “duel match,” there are three doubles…