Save the date for the ECTA’s 2024 Spring Doubles Round Robin—our first outdoor event of the year—to be held Saturday, April 27, at Lovelace Park in Evanston! Refreshments, giveaways, and prizes will be provided. Enter up to two events:
Men’s Open Doubles
Women’s Open Doubles
Open Mixed Doubles
Registration details coming soon!
Sign up by noon on Sunday, December 31, to participate in our first event of the New Year!
When: Saturday, January 6; 4-6 p.m. (check-in starting at 3:30 p.m.; play will begin promptly at 4 p.m.)
Where: A.C. Nielsen Tennis Center, 530 Hubbard Road, Winnetka, IL
Match Rules: Entrants will be scrambled each round. You’ll play 20-minute, no-ad matches, with a different partner for each rotation.
No partner needed! 3.0/3.5 rating or higher, please.
To Enter: Email Richard Bell at rsbell@ameritech.net by noon on Sunday, December 31.
Cost: $25 per player, plus yearly (rolling) ECTA dues (Not sure of your membership status? Email ECTA Membership Chair Patrick Brennan at audgrad@yahoo.com.)
To Pay: Send a check made out to “ECTA” for $25 (if your membership is up to date) or $50 (if your membership is not up to date) to:
ECTA Treasurer
1313 Cleveland Street
Evanston, IL 60202
You may also pay your membership dues online, here.
Must be age 16 or older to enter
Register now for the ECTA’s 2023 Thanksgiving Weekend Doubles Scramble!
When: Saturday, November 25, 3-5 p.m. (2:30-2:45 p.m. check-in, with courts available for warmup)
Where: Northwestern University’s Combe Tennis Center (in Henry Crown Sports Pavilion), 2311 N. Campus Dr., Evanston
Match Rules: Entrants will be scrambled each round. You’ll play 20-minute, no-ad matches, with a different partner for each rotation. Open to both men and women! No partner need to enter!
*Cost to Enter: $25 per player, plus yearly (rolling) ECTA dues (Not sure of your membership status? Email ECTA Membership Chair Patrick Brennan at audgrad@yahoo.com.)
To Enter: Email Richard Bell at rsbell@ameritech.net by end of day Sunday, November 19. Space is limited! 3.0/3.5 rating or higher, please.
To Pay: Send a check made out to “ECTA” to:
ECTA Treasurer
1313 Cleveland Street
Evanston, IL 60202
Giveaways for all entrants! Prizes for top-performing place men and women!
*Must be age 16 or older to enter
Thanks to everyone who participated in the ECTA’s 2023 Fall Tournament! The results from our modified round-robin are as follows:
Men’s 3.5 (Intermediate) Singles: Vidanovic
Men’s Open Singles: Woldenberg
Men’s 3.5 (Intermediate) Doubles: Loewy/Thaker
Men’s Open Doubles: Ginsberg/Nazario
To those who entered the tournament, stay tuned for this weekend’s draws. We will email you.
Congratulations to those who made it to the finals of the 2023 Fourth of July Tournament and a special shout out to the winners! (Photos to come soon.) We hope to see you all again at our next event, which will be the Fall Doubles Tournament in September (date TBA).
Men’s 3.5 Singles: Espinosa def. Bogden (6-2, 6-2)
Men’s Open Doubles: Guthrie-Martin def. Ginsberg-Gordon (6-3, 5-7, 7-5)
Mixed Doubles: Ritter-Guthrie def. Galinska-Postel (6-0, 6-3)
Men’s Open Singles: Gordon def. Espinosa (6-2, 6-0)
Men’s 40 Singles: Raya def. Kerr (7-5, 6-0)
Century Doubles: Burks-Miller def. Allen-Bogdan (7-6, 6-1)
Men’s 60 Singles: Smart def. Kuntz (7-5, 6-2)
Men’s 40 Doubles: Ginsberg-Kerr def. Nano-Raya (6-4, 6-1)
If you are an adult looking for a drop-in tennis class in the evenings this summer, look no further than Camp Walton!
Drills will take place on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6 to 8 p.m., June 20-July 13 (except for July 4), at ETHS’s Lake Street courts.
No registration required! Balls and water will be provided.
$30 per session; money will go toward Evanston’s junior tennis programs. All levels welcome!
Questions? Contact ECTA board member Don Walton at donpie1@att.net.
Men’s Open Singles
Early Self-Arranged Match Schedule:
Round 1 must be completed by July 2
Round 1
A. Gordon vs Graft (Gordon d. Graft wd)
Championship
Winner A. vs Espinosa
Men’s 40 Singles
Early Self-Arranged Match Schedule:
Round 1 must be completed by June 10
Round 2 must be completed by June 23
Round 3 must be completed by July 2
Round 1
A. Bogdan vs Thaker (Bogdan d. Thaker 6-4, 1-6, 1-0(3))
B. Burks vs Smart (Burks d. Smart 6-1, 7-5)
Round 2
C. Allen vs Raya (Raya d. Allen def(wd))
D. Kerr vs Mereu (Kerr d. Mereu 6-0, 6-1)
E. Winner A. vs Postel (Postel d. Bogdan 6-2, 6-2)
F. Winner B. vs Nano
Round 3
G. Winner C. vs Winner F.
H. Winner D. vs Winner E. (Kerr d. Postel 6-2, 3-6, 1-0(5))
Championship
Winner G. vs Winner H.
Men’s 60 Singles
Early Self-Arranged Match Schedule:
Round 1 must be completed by June 23
Round 1
A. Boyer vs Kuntz (Kuntz d. Boyer 6-0, 6-2)
B. McMahon vs Smart (Smart d. McMahon 6-3, 6-0)
Championship
Winner A. vs Winner B.
Men’s 3.5 Singles
Early Self-Arranged Match Schedule:
Round 1 must be completed by June 19
Round 2 must be completed by July 2
Round 1
A. Allen vs Ford (Allen d. Ford 6-2, 6-4)
B. Pearson vs Houg (Pearson d. Houg 6-4, 6-2)
Round 2
C. Winner A. vs Bogdan
D. Winner B. vs Espinosa (Espinosa d. Pearson 7-5, 6-0)
Championship
Winner C. vs Winner D.
Men’s Open Doubles
Early Self-Arranged Match Schedule:
Round 1 must be completed by July 2
Round 1
A. Chaudhari & Graft vs Ginsberg & Gordon (Ginsberg & Gordon d. Chaudhari & Graft 3-6, 6-0, 7-5)
B. Guthrie & Martin vs Nano & Raya (Guthrie & Martin d. Nano & Raya 6-2, 6-1)
Championship
Winner A. vs Winner B.
Men’s 40 Doubles
Early Self-Arranged Match Schedule:
Round 1 must be completed by July 2
Round 1
A. Graft & Postel vs Nano & Raya (Nano & Raya d. Postel & Graft 0-6, 6-3, 1-0(3))
Championship
Winner A. vs Ginsberg & Kerr
Mixed Doubles
Early Self-Arranged Match Schedule:
Round 1 must be completed by June 19
Round 2 must be completed by July 2
Round 1
A, Burks & Miller vs Pearson & Peterburs (Pearson & Peterburs d. Burks & Miller wd)
Round 2
B. Winner A. vs Guthrie & Ritter (Guthrie & Ritter d. Pearson & Peterburs 6-0, 6-0)
C. Galinska & Postel vs Grabow & McMahon (Galinska & Postel d.Grabow & McMahon wd)
Championship
Winner B. vs Winner C.
Century Doubles
Early Self-Arranged Match Schedule:
Round 1 must be completed by June 19
Round 2 must be completed by July 2
Round 1
A. Allen & Bogdan vs McMahon & Thaker (Allen & Bogdan d. McMahon & Thaker 6-0, 6-1)
Round 2
B. Winner A. vs Boyer & Fenn (Allen & Bogdan d. Boyer & Fenn 6-3, 6-3)
C. Burks & Miller vs Murphy & Pearson (Burks & Miller d. Murphy & Pearson 6-0, 6-1)
Championship
Winner B. vs Winner C.
Thanks to everyone who played, including for your patience with our rescheduled date due to weather and further delays the day of the tournament! Here are this year’s results:
Mixed Doubles Winners: Maggie Galinski and Danny Postel
Men’s Doubles Winners: Andrew Ginsberg and Danny Postel
ACEing Autism is coming to Evanston! The organization, currently running programs in 125 communities in 34 states., has a new location at the Lovelace Park tennis courts. Classes for kids ages 5 to 18 will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. starting April 23. It will run every Sunday through June 4, except on May 21. For full details or to register a child, visit the ACEing Autism website.
ACEing Autism is on a mission for children with autism to grow, develop and benefit from social connections and fitness through affordable tennis programming, uniquely serving individual needs while filling a national void for this growing and worthy population.