In 2009, World TeamTennis started a new scholarship program to recognize Katherine Willette, who has helped run the WTT Junior Nationals Tournament in San Diego for over 14 years. The scholarship annually awards $300 to one male and one female attendee of WTT Junior Nationals. Winners are chosen based on essays that they submit which…
Take the fun and fast-paced sport of tennis, and combine it with the sun, sea and sand of the beach … and you have beach tennis, the most electrifying new sport to hit the U.S. Beach tennis merges the worlds of tennis and beach volleyball into one exciting sport. It can be played both competitively…
The "Hit for Haiti Presented by Oracle" exhibition will feature a lineup of Grand Slam champions that includes Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport, Steffi Graf, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin. Proceeds from ticket sales and viewer contributions will support American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. The Tennis Channel will run…
For the first time in school history, the Vassar College men’s tennis team has earned a national ranking. In the most recent Men’s National Team Rankings, which is administered by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), the Brewers secured a number 22 national ranking. “To be ranked nationally for the first time in program history is very…
The International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Tennis Federation have announced that Heinz Grimm of Switzerland is the 2010 recipient of the prestigious Golden Achievement Award. The Golden Achievement Award is given jointly by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Tennis Federation. It is presented annually on a worldwide basis…
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Cable industry veteran, Ken Solomon, was sworn in as a member of President Barack Obama’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Stephen Breyer administered the oath to committee members, including Solomon, who is currently chairman of Ovation, the only television network dedicated to art and contemporary culture, and…
Martina Hingis has announced her engagement to lawyer boyfriend, 38-year-old Andreas Bieri. Hingis a former world number one ranked women’s player, who won 43 tournaments in singles and 37 in doubles. She retired earlier in her career and then made a succesful comeback. However, things took a negative turn at the Wimbledon in 2007, as she…
Girls 16 Singles Final Round
Men’s National Team Rankings Administered by the ITA Rank Team 1 University of Virginia 2 University of Tennessee 3 Ohio State University 4 University of Texas 5 University of Southern California 6 UCLA 7 University of Florida 8 University of Kentucky 9 Stanford University 10 California 11 University of Georgia 12 University…