Chapel Hill Magazine Blogs Doubles Tournament

The annual Chapel Hill Tennis Club Indoor Doubles tournament has found its way onto the Chapel Hill Magazine & The Weekly Blog.  Check it out!

2012 CHTC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (DAY 3)

Day Three was an early 8:00 a.m. start for a lot of the players, some of whom were out playing their semifinal matches until nearly 2:00 a.m.  Brent Bennett opened the desk at 7:30, which happened to be five hours after his head hit the pillow the night before.  Lauren Herman provided some desk relief around 11:00 and the tournament was over and the trophies all awarded by 1:30 p.m.  It was a hectic 44-some hours between Friday and Sunday, but overall everyone enjoyed themselves and that's what matters.  We've made some notes to make next year's tournament better, but please contribute your thoughts in the comments section.

Below are all of Sunday's results with the draws to the side.

Women's Open Doubles 

Macy Fisher and Dawn Kitner went 3-0 in the round robin and won the event.

Leslie Boggs, Stacie Luders, and Taylor Faulkner also competed in the Women's Open Division.

Women's 4.0 Doubles


Mandy Harmon and Angela Miller
defeated Kinga Vereckzy and Kathy Orr      (7-5, 1-6, 6-4)

Mixed Open Doubles

Glen and Dawn Kitner
defeated Mrinal Das and Macy Fisher

Mixed 4.0 Doubles

Joshua George and Taylor Faulkner-Kessler
defeated Kelly Faulkner and Rob Kessler     (6-0, 6-0)

[The tournament director assures me this is the right score : ) ]

Men's Open Doubles

Ben Cooke and Rich McClenny
defeated Glen Kitner and Ryan Degnan

Men's 4.0 Doubles

Christopher Chang and Steve Wray 
defeated Joshua George and Larry Sterling (6-3, 7-6)

2012 CHTC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (DAY 2)

CHTC INDOOR 2012 (Day 2)

Day Two opened with the Women's Open Doubles, which followed a round-robin format since there were only 4 teams entered. Mixed Open Doubles also had an early start with a couple matches going the distance, making for an interesting scheduling snafu. By the time your author arrived at 1:00 on Saturday, we were already a couple hours behind. Thankfully the players involved still enjoyed their matches, even if waiting between matches wasn't great.  

Anna Creissen smacks a serve

Outside it was dreary and wet and there was no play on any of the outdoor courts. Instead players cycled between the indoor building's less-than-expansive reception area--or they hung out in the clubhouse watching Australia Open highlights. The tournament officials sat in the uber-luxurious seat pictured above. Also pictured above is the Court Board.  We use this board (and others like it) to coordinate when and where matches go. The tiny pieces of paper are the match cards.

Your author's desk shift ended at 7:00 on Saturday night, and Brent Bennett took over for what was supposed to be, roughly, a three hour shift.  However, as 2:00 a.m. rolled around and Brent was finally walking towards his car to drive home, it became fairly apparent that "things" had gotten backed up.  Finishing up around 1:30 a.m., the two 4.0 Mixed Doubles Finalists had to get home to bed and rest.  They are scheduled to play the 4.0 Mixed Doubles Finals in a mere seven and a half hours.  

2012 CHTC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (DAY 1)

The CHTC Indoor Doubles Tournament started with the Men's 4.0 Doubles.  Overall, there are six separate categories for the tournament with 3 categories dedicated to 4.0 level play and 3 categories slated for Open participants.  As one might expect the 3 categories are Women's Doubles, Men's Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.

The Women's Open Doubles only has 3 teams and will consist of a round robin.  The rest of the fields, however, will have a full tournament draw with each match following a best of 3 sets format.  If required, the participants will play out the 3rd set.