Racquets Director’s Diary

Tennis Committee Elections 2025

Following receipt of nominations, elections are required for the Tennis Committee. There are two vacancies and three nominations for the Tennis Committee.

Candidate biographies and voting papers are available from Reception. Biographies and voting papers may also be downloaded here:

Click here for the Tennis Committee candidate biographies and voting papers

To be eligible to vote you must be an adult Member in a membership category that entitles you to play tennis. I.e. Other Sports Members may not vote in the Tennis Committee election. When voting, Members should consider whether their level of participation in the sport warrants them voting in the election.

Votes should be cast in the ballot box provided. Postal votes should be addressed to the Chief Executive to be cast in the ballot box on receipt. Voting closes on Monday 27th October at 8pm.

Results will be announced on Monday 3rd November at the Tennis Annual Meeting.

Wingfield Smart Court

This week we have had the Wingfield Smart Court (AI-powered cameras) installed on court 1 in the ITC for Members to use. Please see information below about Wingfield and how to use it.

What Wingfield Does

Wingfield is a smart tennis court system that uses cameras and AI to record, track, and analyse your matches or practice sessions.

It automatically:

◊ Records video from multiple angles
◊ Tracks shots, serves, rallies, and errors
◊ Calculates stats (serve speed, shot accuracy, rally length, etc.)
◊ Creates highlight videos and performance summaries
◊ Uploads everything to your Wingfield app for easy review

How Club Players Use It

  1. Book a Wingfield court at your club.
  2. Log in via the Wingfield app or scan the QR code on the Wingfield Box.
  3. Choose your mode – match, training, or drills.
  4. Play as normal – cameras and sensors track everything automatically.
  5. Review after – watch highlights, check stats, and see where to improve.
  6. Great for sharing clips or analysing matches

For more information on the system please visit: https://www.wingfield.io/en/products/video-suite

2025 Tennis Club Championships

Click here for the 2025 roll of honour

Click here for photos from the 2025 Finals Day

Social sessions

Ladies’ Tennis Morning

Ladies’ Morning is a fun and social session held every Thursday morning, open to all female Members of any age and ability. Led by a coach, this session provides a great opportunity to meet fellow Members and enjoy friendly doubles matches.

◊ No pre-registration required – simply drop in on the day.

◊ No player limit – everyone is welcome to join.

◊ Flexible participation – stay for the full 90 minutes or just pop in for a game.

The session takes place on Courts 2 to 5, with play both indoors and outdoors as needed.

Tennis Club Night

Tennis Club Night is the main social evening for all tennis Members—a great opportunity to meet fellow players, enjoy organised doubles matches. Led by a coach, this session ensures a mix of opponents and plenty of good games.

◊ No pre-registration required – just turn up and play.

◊ No player limit – all Members are welcome.

◊ Extended session time – now running for two hours (6pm – 8pm).

◊ Flexible participation – stay for the full duration or drop in for a game whenever it suits you.

The session takes place on Courts 1 to 5, with play both indoors and outdoors as needed.

Email Dan Lott, Racquets Director at dan.lott@roehamptonclub.co.uk with any queries.

Use of Ball Machines

Please note that the tennis committee have decided that the ball machine can now only be used on indoor courts at off peak times. Therefore between 9am and 12pm on weekends and 9am to 12pm and 4pm to 9pm on weekdays indoor court 1 should not be booked if you plan on using the ‘Slinger’ ball machine. The ball machines can be used at anytimes on the allocated outdoor courts which are courts 6 and 11.

Ladies Team National Champions

 

The Ladies First Team have been crowned the National Club Champions.

 

Olivia Gadecki, Eliz Maloney, Danielle Daley, Danielle Hack and Anastasia Rentouli defeated Bristol, Sutton and David Lloyd Raynes Park (national flagship David Lloyd team).

 

This is the first time the ladies have won the National title since 2012 and has completed a fantastic year after completing the NPL (winter) and National League (summer) double, the first time the ladies team have ever achieved this feat.

 

A special thank you to all the girls who played over the year and to Laura Deigman for captaining the side.

Arthur Fery Wins in Davis Cup Debut

 

Arthur Fery is having quite a summer (2025).

 

After defeating world number 19 Alexei Popyrin as a Wimbledon wildcard and winning his first ATP challenger even in August, Arthur was called up to the Davis Cup Team alongside Cameron Norrie, Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash who have all represented Roehampton Club over the past 10 years.

 

Arthur who was initially called up as a reserve was substituted in for Jacob Fearnley who picked up a late injury to face Poland.

 

Arthur put on an impressive display winning 6-4 6-2 which clinched victory for GB.

National Club League Finals

 

Congratulations to our Ladies First Team – 2025 national champions!

 

They claimed victory at the National Club League Finals in Bournemouth beating David Lloyd’s Raynes Park 4-0.

 

The Men’s First Team were runners up, just losing out on a tiebreaker break shoot out to Raynes Park after splitting the match rubber 3-3.

 

Ladies First Team:
Eliz Maloney, Danielle Daley, Anastasia Rentouli (Capt.), Danielle Hack, Olivia Gadecki.

 

Men’s First Team:
Alastair Gray, Nik Snapes (Capt.), James Beaven , Michael Shaw, Anton Matusevich, Ben Gusic-Wan, Liam Broady, Emile Hudd.

NPL Womens’ Doubles’ winners 2025

 

Congratulations to our Women’s First Team on winning the NPL Doubles’ title recently at St George’s Hill LTC – the trophy is in the new trophy cabinet at the top of the Clubhouse stairs. Our Men’s Team also performed really well but just losing a tight final to Stoke Poges LTC.

 

Tennis pictures from: Women winners and men’s runners up in NPL Doubles Champs at St George’s Hill LTC on Sunday 26th May.

 

The Ladies’ Team is Freya Christie, Mariam Bolkvadze, Alicia Barnett and Eden Silva. Not pictured- Alexia Wilson, Lara Bakhaya and Laura Deigman (c). The Men’s Team is Nick Brookes, Michael Shaw, Nik Snapes, Oscar Weightman and David Stevenson.