Greater Columbus Tennis Association
The Greater Columbus Tennis Association is a non profit organization that "grew" out of the Upper Arlington Tennis Association. GCTA supports tennis in the central Ohio area and is comprised of volunteers.
The GCTA is the USTA Community Tennis Association for Central Ohio. The hierarchy of the USTA organization is: GCTA, Ohio Valley Tennis Association, USTA Midwest Section, and USTA. The GCTA has a long history of providing organized summer tennis for the Columbus area adults and juniors, as well as running events for the Ohio Valley Tennis Association. A fundamental part of the GCTA is its support of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department tennis program.
Greater Columbus Tennis Association Blog
OSU Kids Fun Day
Peg Knasel, OVTA District League Coordinator, and Terri Jones, GCTA Executive Director, set up shop at the Ohio State Varsity Tennis Center for a Quick Start Demonstration and Kid's Fun Day. The Lady Tennis Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks 4-1.
Kirsten Flower Named Big Ten Women's Athlete of the Week
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State senior and Upper Arlington , Ohio , native Kirsten Flower has been named the Big Ten Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week, the Big Ten Conference announced Tuesday. Flower helped lead the 33rd-ranked Buckeyes to three team victories over Top 50 opponents last week, with a home win over No. 34 Kentucky and road victories over No. 50 William & Mary and No.
Chris Diaz wins the Columbus Indoor National Boy's 18 & Under Tournament
Chris Diaz defeated Kyle Roth from New York, 6-1, 6-2, to win the Columbus Indoor National Boy's 18 & under tournament at Wickertree Tennis Club. Diaz, an unseeded player, defeated the 3rd, 4th and 5th seeds in the tournament. Well done Chris!
2010 Women's Kick Off Party
A great time was had by all who attended the first Women's Kick Off Party of 2010. Both Brenda Phillips and Naomi Fukimori did a fantastic job of organizing this round robin tennis event.
Umpire Certification
Columbus needs certified umpires! There will be an umpire certification on March 13 & 14Th at the Racquet Club. For more information, please contact Art Haus at hausag@aol.com.
2009 Award Ceremony
On Sunday, September 20th the GCTA handed out the following seven major awards, as well awards to season and Champ of Champs winner. The major awards are as follows.Margo Mansfield Female Player of the Year, Nicole Flower; Male Player of the Year Kevin Metka; Promotion of Tennis, Kathy Eisnaugle; Promotion of Tennis, Christine Feinstein; Umpire, Paul Rowley; Special Recognition, Susan Smiley; Columbus Recreation and Parks, Beniva Ganther. Click on the picture to see additional photos of the event. Also linked below is a file describing each award winner.
Chris Feinstein wins the OVTA Kay Schubert Award
Congratulations to Chris Feinstein, who received the OVTA Kay Schubert award given to an outstanding USTA captain. She also was the recipient of the "Promotion of Tennis" award given by the GCTA in September.
Ohio Valley Tennis Association Annual Meeting
Kathy Eisnaugle was the recipient of the Lee Gillespie Award at the Annual OVTA Meeting held in Charleston, West Virginia. This award is given to a non-tournament player who has done the most for tennis.
Buddy Up Tennis
The Greater Columbus Tennis Association is a proud sponsor of the Buddy Up Tennis Program, held at Wickertree Tennis Club. Buddy Up Tennis, Fitness & Fun is a weekly, high-energy 90-minute program focused on adaptive tennis, fitness, and fun for children and adults with Down syndrome in Columbus, Ohio and the surrounding areas. For more photo's, please visit www.buddyuptennis.com
Men's Silver Champ of Champs
Congratulations to Colin Jones(left) and Dennis Stasiak of Northam Park #2 who defeated WHCC in the 2009 Silver Champ of Champs tournament finals.