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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] |
2025 Australian Open (real Tennis)
The 2025 Real Tennis Australian Open was the 93rd edition of the Australian Open (real tennis), Australian Open. It was held at the Hobart Real Tennis Club in Hobart, Tasmania between January 6–14, 2025 and was organised by the Australian Real Tennis Association. The men's event was the first event in the qualifying series for the 2027 Real Tennis World Championship. The event was held alongside festivities for the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Hobart club. The men's draw was the first Grand Slam (real tennis), grand slam event of the year. The men's singles draw was won by incumbent Real Tennis World Championship, World Champion Camden Riviere in his return to the event after a five-year absence. He beat Australian amateur champion Kieran Booth in the final, the latter's second Open final appearance. It was Riviere's 32nd Open title, overtaking Penny Lumley to become the third most titled player, male or female. Defending men's champion John Lumley (real tennis), John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Willcocks
General (United Kingdom), General Sir James Willcocks, (1 April 1857 – 18 December 1926) was a British Army officer who spent most of his career in India and Africa and held high command during the First World War. Early life and education Willcocks was born in Baraut, Meerut District, British India, the son of an officer in the Honourable East India Company, East India Company's army. He was educated in England and passed out from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in January 1878 (having only got in on the third attempt), being commissioned into the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot, 100th Foot in the Punjab (British India), Punjab. Military career as a company and field officer In late 1879, shortly after being promoted lieutenant, Willcocks persuaded his superiors to send him to the Second Afghan War (although his regiment was not engaged there), where he served as a transport officer. In 1881 he again served as a transport officer in the Mah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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 Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racquet And Tennis Club
The Racquet and Tennis Club, familiarly known as the R&T, is a private social and athletic club at 370 Park Avenue, between East 52nd and 53rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. History The Racquet Court Club was organized April 28, 1875 and opened May 27, 1876 at 55 West 26th Street. It had two racquets courts, an indoor running track and two bowling alleys. In 1890, it merged into the newly incorporated Racquet and Tennis Club, which planned to build a tennis court, moving the following year to a second, larger club house at 27 West 43rd Street (1891). This second club house had two racquets courts, one fives court and one court tennis court. The Club moved to its third, and current, home in 1918. Building The R&T's current clubhouse was designed by William Symmes Richardson, a partner at McKim, Mead, and White. The facility was built on a parcel offered for lease by a member of the club, Robert Goelet. Richardson, who had primary design responsibility for Penn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Filippelli
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Robert Fahey
Robert Leo Fahey (born 30 April 1968, in Hobart, Tasmania), nicknamed "Bag", is an Australian real tennis player and the former World Champion of the sport, holding the title from 16 March 1994 to 21 May 2016 and again from 28 April 2018 to September 2022. Career On 27 April 2006, at the Oratory Tennis Club in Woodcote, South Oxfordshire, he matched the great Pierre Etchebaster's feat of seven consecutive defenses of the real tennis singles World Championship. The defence was against Tim Chisholm in the latter's third consecutive challenge. In May 2008 he again successfully defended his title, thus breaking Etchebaster's record, against Camden Riviere on the historic court at Fontainebleau Palace, France, winning 7 sets to 5 (6/1 3/6 5/6 6/4, 6/2 6/3 5/6 6/0, 6/1 2/6 1/6 6/5). In May 2010 he retained his title for a record ninth time, defeating Steve Virgona 7 sets to 2. In April 2012 he retained his title for the 10th consecutive time, again defeating Steve Virgona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Gooding
Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries Arts * Mike (miniseries), a 2022 Hulu limited series based on the life of American boxer Mike Tyson * Mike (2022 film), a Malayalam film produced by John Abraham * ''Mike'' (album), an album by Mike Mohede * ''Mike'' (1926 film), an American film * Mike (musician), American rapper, songwriter and record producer * ''Mike'' (novel), a 1909 novel by P. G. Wodehouse * "Mike" (song), by Elvana Gjata and Ledri Vula featuring John Shahu * Mike (''Twin Peaks''), a character from ''Twin Peaks'' * "Mike", a song by Xiu Xiu from their 2004 album ''Fabulous Muscles'' * mike. (musician), American rapper and baseball player formerly known as Mike Stud Businesses * Mike (cellular network), a defunct Canadian cellular network * Mike and Ike, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stout (rackets)
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 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryn Sayers
Bryn Sayers (born April or August 1985) is a British professional real tennis player currently ranked at number seven in the world. He unsuccessfully challenged for the Real Tennis World Championship on four occasions, reaching the Final Eliminator in 2014 against Camden Riviere. He holds two singles Open titles, having won both in 2012. He works as the senior professional at the Queen's Club in London. Career Sayers began playing real tennis at the Seacourt Tennis Club on Hayling Island. He was very successful in the junior ranks, winning age group championships at the British Junior Open at Queen's every year between 1996 and 2001, where he competed against future World Champion Camden Riviere. Aged 17, he entered qualifying for his first British Open in 2002, beating Ged Parsons but losing to Andrew Fowler. He won the British Under 21's Open at Middlesex University from 2003 to 2005, and was a losing finalist to Riviere in 2006. He later won the British Under 24's Open i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bret Richardson
Bret Richardson (born 23 January 1971) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Richardson, a Tasmanian, was ranked amongst the world's top 20 juniors. He competed on the professional tour in the early 1990s and reached a best world ranking of 361, with two main draw appearances at the ATP Tour's Queensland Open. In 1993 he featured in the men's doubles main draw of the Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl .... ATP Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) References External links * * 1971 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Tasmania Sportspeople from Launceston, Tasmania Sportsmen from Tasmania {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...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 and winning the doubles at the 1998 US Open. 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 Robert Leo Fahey (born 30 April 1968, in Hobart, Tasmania), nicknamed "Bag", is an Australian real tennis player and the former World Champion of the sport, holding th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |