Rackets (sport) - Tournaments

Tournaments

The world championship for singles (and doubles) is decided in a challenge format. If the governing bodies accept the challenger's qualifications, he plays the reigning champion in a best of 14 games format (best of 7 games on each side of the Atlantic). If each player wins seven games, the total point score is used as a tie breaker. The current singles champion is James Stout. The current doubles champions are amateurs Alex Titchener-Barrett and Tim Cockroft, who beat amateurs, and World Title holders, Mark Hue Williams and Harry Foster in a two-legged challenge in March / April 2011. The first leg was played in the Montreal Racquet Club, and was won by the challengers 4 games to 3 The second occurred in London's Queen's Club, and was also won by the challengers 4 games to 2

The tournament system for Rackets is being revolutionised by a new World Ranking System, developed by Richard Spender and ex-New York professional, James Beaumont. The scheme is on a year experiment with the Tennis & Rackets Association and can be found at T&RA Rackets World Rankings The development of the rankings model and the online system has been sponsored by Robinson McColl Architects+Designers, founded by former doubles World Champion, Alister Robinson.

There are various tournaments that are hosted in North America and the UK.

These are:

In North America

• The Canadian Amateur Championships
• The US Amateur Championships
• The US Open
• The Western Open
• The Tuxedo Gold Rackets

In the UK

• The British Amateur
• The British Open
• The Invitational Singles
• The Manchester Gold Rackets