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2018 Champions Trophy (real Tennis)
The 2018 Champions Trophy was the 2nd edition of the Champions Trophy. It was held at the Royal Tennis Court from 16 to 22 July. It was a qualifying event for the 2022 Real Tennis World Championship. The tournament was won by former World Champion Camden Riviere, defending his title from 2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the .... He beat Chris Chapman in the final, it what would be Chapman's only Champions Trophy final appearance. Draw and results ''Amateur players are marked as (A)'' Qualifying The qualifying was one group of four players, with the top two players progressing to the main draw. Main Draw The Champions Trophy operates a repechage format for the first four seeds, where the first round losers progress to a second quarter final against the winne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Real Tennis Professionals Association
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John Lumley (real Tennis)
John Colin Lumley (born August 7, 1992) is a British professional real tennis player currently ranked at number 2 in the world. He unsuccessfully challenged Camden Riviere for the 2023 Real Tennis World Championship at Westwood Country Club in Vienna, Virginia. He currently works as the assistant professional at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. Career John Lumley started playing real tennis as a junior at Holyport Real Tennis Club. His father, Colin Lumley was a real tennis professional and two-time Australian Open champion while his mother, Penny Lumley was a 6-time Ladies Real Tennis World Champion and 28-time Open Champion. His sister, Tara Lumley would also compete in both real tennis and Rackets, winning two Open Championships and two doubles World Championships in the former sport. As a junior, John Lumley won the British Junior Open at the Under 16 level against future top 10 Frenchman Matthieu Sarlangue, and at the Under 18 level against future professional Nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Taylor-Matthews
Ben Taylor-Matthews (born 27 July 1984) is a professional British Real Tennis player based at Bristol Real Tennis Club. His career high ranking is world number 4, and his current ranking is 5. To date, he is yet to win a major singles title but has contested two Australian Open finals, as well as an IRTPA Championships final, plus four Champions Trophy finals. He unsuccessfully challenged for the World Championship on three occasions, most recently in 2023. He is due to challenge again for the World Championship in 2025. Career Taylor-Matthews began his real tennis career as a trainee professional at the Hyde Real Tennis Club in Bridport, Dorset. He quickly rose through the ranks of the game, dropping his handicap below 20.0 in 2004. He played his first top-level tournament at the 2004 IRTPA Championships at The Oratory School, defeating Craig Greenhalgh in qualifying, but losing to Ricardo Smith in the first round. In 2006, he moved to the Royal Tennis Court at Hampton Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Howell (real Tennis)
Nick Howell (born 10 September 1986) is a professional real tennis player based at the Aiken Tennis Club in Aiken, South Carolina. Howell currently ranked number 3 in the world in singles and 2 in the world in doubles and won the French Open in 2023. Howell has challenged for the Real Tennis World Championship on two occasions, playing in the First Round Eliminator in 2020 and the Final Eliminator in 2023. Career Nick Howell was born in Bordeaux, France where his father, Jonathan Howell, worked as the real tennis professional. Jonathan Howell won the Australian Open Doubles in 1989. In 1990, Jonathan Howell was appointed as head professional at the newly built court at The Oratory School in Woodcote, Oxfordshire. Both Nick Howell and his brother Benny Howell were educated at the Oratory School. Benny Howell went on to play county cricket for Hampshire and Gloucestershire. Nick Howell grew up playing real tennis and participated in the IRTPA Satellite when it was held at the Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieran Booth
Kieran Booth (born 12 July 1980) is an amateur Australian real tennis player currently based at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club. He has won the Australian Open doubles on four occasions, most recently in 2022 Australian Open (real tennis), 2022. He reached the final of the Australian Open singles in 2020 and 2025 Australian Open (real tennis), 2025, and semi-finals at the French and US Open. Booth is also the current Australian Amateur Champion, having won the title 12 times. Career Booth began playing real tennis at the Hobart Real Tennis Club as a junior. He won the World Junior Championships in 2003 at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club, beating Barney Tanfield in the final. Booth's first major international competition was the Bathurst Cup in 2004 at the Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club, where he represented Australia in the predominant international amateur team competition. Booth lost his first round match to Great Britain's Julian Snow (real tennis), Julian Snow, but won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Durack
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Idaho * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts and entertainment * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel), a 1969 novel by Hes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Long
Darren Long (born 26 September 1988) is a British professional real tennis player, currently the head professional at the Moreton Morrell Tennis Court Club. He is currently ranked thirteenth in the world at singles and twelfth in the world at doubles. He has reached an Open doubles semi final on three occasions, most recently at the 2024 US Open and the 2024 Australian Open. Career Long grew up as a squash player and took a job as a squash coach at Canford School. There, he learned real tennis under the head professional Steve Ronaldson. Long improved quickly – after picking up the game in 2009, he won the Category B Open at Hyde Real Tennis Club in 2010. Later that year, he won the Taylor Cup – a tournament for new professionals – in Manchester, beating John Lumley in the final. Long started competing in the Opens in 2011, losing in the first round of the US Open, and failing to progress from qualifying in the French and British Opens. Long would reach t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthieu Sarlangue
Matthieu Sarlangue (born 14 August 1992) is an amateur French real tennis (jeu de paume) player currently based at the Société Sportive du Jeu de Paume et de Racquets in Paris. He has won the Raquette d'Or – the French Amateur Championships – on 14 occasions and the British Amateur singles on two occasions. In Open play, he is a former World Championship Doubles semi finalist and was formerly ranked as high as eighth in the world at singles, notably reaching the semi finals of the 2020 Australian Open. He is currently the number one ranked French player, professional or amateur, and ranked number 11 in the world. Career Sarlangue began playing real tennis as a junior at the Société Sportive du Jeu de Paume et de Racquets in Paris. A promising young player, he was twice a finalist at the British Junior Open Under 16 championships in 2007 and 2008, losing both times to future World Championship Challenger John Lumley. He made his debut at the Raquette d'Or – the Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Chapman (real Tennis)
Chris Chapman (born 23 April 1985) is an Australian professional real tennis player formerly ranked world number 3 and currently based at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club. Chapman challenged for the Real Tennis World Championship on 3 occasions, reaching the Final Eliminator in 2020. Over his career, he won 3 Open singles titles, 2 at the Australian Open and 1 at the French Open. He also holds 5 Open doubles titles. In 2023 during the British Open, he announced his retirement from international competitions, although he still competes in Australian competitions, notably winning the 2025 Australian Open Doubles. Career Chapman began his career as a squash player, playing in the Victorian Open Championships in 2004. In 2007, he began playing real tennis as a professional at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club. After just five months playing the sport, he competed at his first Australian Open in January 2008, winning his first competitive match against Patrick Winthrop in 5 sets, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace is a Listed building, Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Opened to the public, the palace is managed by Historic Royal Palaces, a charity set up to preserve several unoccupied royal properties. The building of the palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York and the chief minister of Henry VIII. In 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the cardinal gave the palace to the king to try to save his own life, which he knew was now in grave danger due to Henry VIII's deepening frustration and anger. The palace went on to become one of Henry's most favoured residences; soon after acquiring the property, he arranged for it to be enlarged so it could accommodate his sizeable retinue of Courtier, courtiers. In the early 1690s, William III of England, William III's massive rebuilding and expansion work, which was intended to rival the Palace of V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Champions Trophy (real Tennis)
The 2017 Champions Trophy was the inaugural edition of the Champions Trophy. It was held at the Royal Tennis Court from 11 to 16 July. It was a qualifying event for the 2018 Real Tennis World Championship. The tournament was won by incumbent World Champion Camden Riviere. Riviere would go on to win the 2018 edition as well. In the final, he beat Ben Taylor-Matthews, his first of four finals appearances. The two also met in the first round, with Riviere also the victor. Draw and results ''Amateur players are marked as (A)'' Qualifying The qualifying was one group of four players, with the top two players progressing to the main draw. Main Draw The Champions Trophy operates a repechage format for the first four seeds, where the first round losers progress to a second quarter final against the winners between the fifth and sixth seeds and the qualifiers. Australian amateur Kieran Booth Kieran Booth (born 12 July 1980) is an amateur Australian real tennis player curren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Tennis World Championship
The Real Tennis World Championship is the main competition in real tennis. Start year # Men's singles: 1740 # Men's doubles: 2001 # Women's singles: 1985 # Women's doubles: 1985 Men's singles Men's singles in real tennis was the first world championship in any sport: it also predates the use of the term "real tennis," as the sport was called just "tennis" until lawn tennis gained popularity. The championship has always been on a challenge basis – the champion retains the title until losing an official challenge, except in cases where the champion has retired. Originally, the champion had the right to accept or reject a challenge, usually depending upon the prize money put up by the challenger's sponsor: several years could thus go by between challenge matches. The top four ranked players in the world (excluding the champion himself) playoff for the right to challenge, with the champion and challenger playing a match of up to 13 sets over three days (4 sets, 4 sets and up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
