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Grand Slam (real Tennis)
A Grand Slam in the sport of real tennis is earned by a player who holds the following titles in the same calendar year: * Australian Open * U.S. Open * French Open * British Open The concept was borrowed from lawn tennis's Grand Slam. In 1984 Chris Ronaldson, then in 2000 and 2001 Robert Fahey earned back-to-back Grand Slams, and Fahey earned his third Grand Slam again in 2008. For ladies, Charlotte Cornwallis made it twice. Men's singles Men's doubles See also * List of real tennis world champions Men's singles Men's singles in "real" tennis is the first world championship in any sport. It predates the use of the term "real tennis," as the sport was called just "tennis" until lawn tennis gained popularity. Except in cases where the champ ... References {{reflist Real tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Chisholm
Tim Chisholm (born October 31, 1969) is a semi-retired American real tennis player. He is Racquets Director at The Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo Park, New York. Career A former lawn tennis player, Chisholm switched to the original game of tennis around the year 2000. He became the head professional at the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York City. In 2001, he won the first World Doubles Championship, partnered by Julian Snow. Although technically not a Grand Slam, at one point in 2003 Chisholm held all four major open titles at the same time. Chisholm challenged former World Champion Robert Fahey three times for the singles title. The 2002 challenge was the closest, going the full 13 sets. In 2004, Chisholm lost the challenge 7–1 sets. He then retired as head professional at the Racquet Club and took an office job in Boston, Massachusetts, only playing in American tournaments. In January 2006, he decided to attempt the World Challenge again, and although he won his preliminary ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Matthews (Real Tennis)
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 4. As of June 2016, he is also the British number 1. 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 a Champions Trophy final. In 2010 he won the US Open doubles championship, partnered by Steve Virgona Steve Virgona (born 25 September 1978) is an Australian professional real tennis player based in Chicago. , he is ranked number three in the world. Virgona's victories include the Australian Open (four times), the British Open (twice) and the U .... He contested in the 2012 World Championship eliminators, the sports biggest prize, which takes only the top four players over a two-year period leading up to the challenge itself. He was defeated in the first round of eliminators but became the first pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lumley (real Tennis)
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John Lumley may refer to: * John L. Lumley, Professor Emeritus, Graduate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering * John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley (c. 1533 – 1609), English book and art collector * John Lumley (Arundel MP) (c. 1703 – 1739), British Army officer and politician * John Stuart Penton Lumley, former professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of London * John Lumley (real tennis), British real tennis player See also *John Lumley-Savile (other) John Lumley-Savile may refer to: *John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough (1761–1835), British peer *John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788–1856), British peer and politician *John Lumley-Savile, 2nd Baron Savile (1854–1931), Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Chapman (Real Tennis)
Chris Chapman may refer to: * Chris Chapman (rugby league, born 1966), former rugby league footballer * Chris Chapman (seismologist) (born 1945), British seismologist * Chris Chapman (producer) (born 1981), television producer, director and writer * Christine Chapman (born 1956), Welsh politician * Christopher Chapman Christopher Chapman (January 24, 1927 – October 24, 2015) was a Canadian film writer, director, editor and cinematographer. Best known for his award-winning 1967 short film '' A Place to Stand'', he also pioneered the multi-dynamic image tech ... (1927–2015), Canadian filmmaker * Chris Chapman (real tennis), Australian real tennis player {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryn Sayers
Bryn is a Welsh word meaning hill. It may also refer to: Places United Kingdom See also UK location England * Bryn, Greater Manchester ** Bryn (ward), an electoral ward in Wigan ** Bryn railway station * Cornwall Wales * Bryn, an electoral division of Conwy County Borough Council * Bryn, Llanelli in Carmarthenshire * Bryn, Neath Port Talbot * The Bryn, a village in Monmouthshire Elsewhere * Bryn, Akershus, Bærum, Norway * Bryn, Oslo, Norway ** Bryn Station * Bryn, Ukraine, a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine Other uses * Bryn (given name), includes a list of people with the given name * Bryn (surname), includes a list of people with the surname * ''Bryn'', a 2003 album by Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel * "Bryn", a 2008 song by Vampire Weekend from ''Vampire Weekend'' See also * Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, U.S. * Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. * Brin (other) * Bryne (other) * Brynn (other) Brynn is an Anglicised spelling of the Welsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stout (real Tennis)
James Stout, born 16 August 1984, is a world-ranked professional squash, rackets and real tennis player from Bermuda. Stout was the World Champion of Rackets between 2008 - 2017, and is also ranked within the top ten in the world in Real Tennis and Squash Doubles. He previously played professional squash on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world tour, achieving a career high ranking of world #116 in 2004. Alongside his pro athlete career, he has been a teaching professional at the New York Racquet and Tennis Club since 2006. Career Stout began playing squash in Bermuda at the age of 4. At 13, Stout moved to England to attend boarding school at Cheltenham College, where alongside squash he also began playing the sport of rackets, coached by Mark Briers. Stout’s early promise in rackets was shown when he won both the esteemed Foster Cup and the First Pairs Cup two years in succession, in 2000 and 2001. In 2003, at the age of 19, he moved to Belgium to pursue his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camden Riviere
Camden Riviere (born 1987) is an American left-handed real tennis player and current world champion. He became 2016 Real Tennis World Championship, world champion on May 21, 2016, defeating long-time holder Robert Fahey 7 sets to 2 at Riviere's home court, the National Tennis Club, Newport, Rhode Island. Two years later, at Riviere's first defense of the title, Fahey reclaimed the title beating Riviere by 7 sets to 5 at Queen's Club, London. Riviere regained the title from Fahey at the 2022 Real Tennis World Championship, 2022 World Championship played at Prested Hall, Feering, Prested Hall in Feering, Essex, England, winning by 7 sets to 5. Since September 2013, Riviere has been ranked world number 1. Early life Camden Scott Riviere was born May 20, 1987 in Charleston, South Carolina, but was raised in nearby Aiken, South Carolina. He started playing real tennis at age 5 with his father Rhett and grandfather Hank, and played his first tournament at age 7. Camden's first coach wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruaraidh Gunn
Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the ga, Ruairí/''Ruaidhrí'' and gd, Ruairidh and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given name "Rory". The meaning of the name is "red king", composed of ''ruadh'' ("red") and ''rígh'' ("king"). In Ireland and Scotland, it is generally seen as a masculine name and therefore rarely given to females. History An early use of the name in antiquity is in reference to Rudraige mac Sithrigi, a High King of Ireland who eventually spawned the Ulaid (indeed, this tribe are sometimes known as ''Clanna Rudhraighe''). Throughout the Middle Ages, the name was in use by various kings, such as Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin, Ruaidrí na Saide Buide and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland. As well as this, Ruairí Óg Ó Mórdha, the famous King of Laois, and his nephew Ruairí Ó Mórdha, who was a leader in the Irish Rebellion of 1641, held the name. Rory has seen increasing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Virgona
Steve Virgona (born 25 September 1978) is an Australian professional real tennis player based in Chicago. , he is ranked number three in the world. Virgona's victories include the Australian Open (four times), the British Open (twice) and the US Open. Career Virgona started his career as a professional at the Ballarat real tennis club before moving to Melbourne at the age of 18. Steve gained much success early by playing doubles, and reaching the final of the British Open in 2001. Virgona worked as a professional in London, primarily at the Burroughs club, before moving back to Melbourne in 2004. After securing a position in Philadelphia in 2006, Virgona's tennis improved markedly and his ranking rose to world number 2. He defeated world champion Robert Fahey twice in 2006, but lost his world championship campaign to Tim Chisholm that year. Steve's tennis continued to improve, winning the Australian Open, and entered the 2008 world championships as the favourite to challenge F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Male
James Male ( – January 15, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Male was born in around 1896 in New York City, New York. He attended Townsend Harris High School, the City College of New York, and Fordham University, graduating from the latter school with an LL.B. He then began an active law practice in New York City. In 1921, Male was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the New York County 19th District. He served in the Assembly in 1922, 1923, and 1924. He lost the 1924 re-election to Republican Abraham Grenthal. He then worked as assistant district attorney and assistant corporation counsel. He later moved to Pelham Manor, where he worked in the real estate business and served as Town Justice in 1936. Male was a member of the Improved Order of Red Men. Male died while vacationing in Havana, Cuba on January 15, 1947. He was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum is located at 280 Secor Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Tennis
Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (also called "lawn tennis") is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United States, formerly royal tennis in England and Australia, and ''courte-paume'' in France (to distinguish it from longue-paume, and in reference to the older, racquetless game of ''jeu de paume'', the ancestor of modern handball and racquet games). Many French real tennis courts are at ''jeu de paume'' clubs. The term ''real'' was first used by journalists in the early 20th century as a retronym to distinguish the ancient game from modern ''lawn'' tennis (even though, at present, the latter sport is seldom contested on lawns outside the few social-club-managed estates such as Wimbledon). There are more than 50 active real tennis courts in the world, located in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and France. Other countries have c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
