John Austin, Wimbledon mixed-doubles winner in 1980 along with his sister Tracy, recently stopped by Point Set Indoor Racquet Club to take part in a clinic for tennis players who suffer with MS. Before passing away three years ago, Dan Dwyer, Point Set’s former managing partner, started a weekly clinic for people with MS. After…
The Queens College Tennis Players Association (QCTPA) held their inaugural charity tournament at the Queens College Indoor Tennis Center on Nov. 13. David Rand and Sara Just-Michael, founders of the QCTPA, organized a round robin doubles tournament, comprised of 20 teams of Queens College students. Not only was the attendance high, but all participants were excited…
For the sixth time, New Jersey native and former tennis phenom Justin Gimelstob will host a tennis exhibition to raise money for a variety of children’s charities, including The Valerie Fund, a non-profit organization supporting comprehensive healthcare services for children with cancer and blood disorders. The Justin Gimelstob Children’s Fund (JGCF) Tennis Exhibition, set for…
USTA Serves, the national charitable foundation of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), has announced it will host its second annual Pro-Am in the Hamptons, Thursday, Aug. 22 in East Hampton, N.Y., beginning with a doubles round robin tournament, and an evening reception sponsored by Sotheby’s Auction House. Both events will serve to raise money…
The First Annual “Whack it with a Racquet” tennis tournament will feature Coach and Pro Glenn Nathan, and the St. Joseph’s College men’s and women’s tennis teams on Sunday, Aug. 25 from 3:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s College. The JB Davis Group, having worked with the Ronald McDonald Houses of Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn., wanted…
Late in the night on Sunday, Oct. 28, Hurricane Sandy roared through Long Island and the East Coast and destroyed everything in its path. Superstorm Sandy was officially only a Category One Storm, but what it lacked in force it made up for in sheer size and more effectively, timing. Had Sandy come through during…
The 13th Annual Jana Hunsaker Wheelchair Tennis Tournament finished up on June 9, as wheelchair tennis players from all over the country turned out to compete in this prestigious event at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Congratulations to all of the following winners in their respective divisions: ►Winner of the Men’s Wheelchair Open…
The USTA Eastern Long Island Region, along with United Way of Long Island, will hold the Second Annual Club & Corporate Tennis Challenge Fundraiser on Sunday, Dec. 9 from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the Port Washington Tennis Academy, located at 100 Harbor Road in Port Washington, N.Y. This event will raise money to provide rehabilitative and…
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and former three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten both scored in a charity soccer game played before a Brazilian league match in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. The exhibition was organized by Djokovic’s fellow Serbian, Dejan Petkovic, who starred for several Brazilian clubs in the past decade. Former Brazil stars Zico and Bebeto…
The USTA has announced donations of goods and money to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts totaling more than $400,000. Clothing, bottled water and other beverages, and needed supplies such as shampoos and soap, were collected from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and the USTA’s White Plains corporate headquarters and loaded on 16 pallets for…