Past Tournaments Archive

2023

We saw our 2nd largest field in the 16 years with a total of 285 entries.

11 Divisions were able to run (14 offered). High School Boys Doubles ran for the first time ever.

There were 179 matches played over the 9 day tournament fortnight.

8 of the 11 Divisions played crowned first time champions

Rain on Championship Sunday affected the tournament for the first time ever. Players waited through 3 separate rain delays. Some matches were able to be played Sunday, some on Monday, some scattered throughout the week. Unfortunately the rain resulted in multiple walkover finals.

The tournament most importantly raised $5,000 for rescue dogs and was proud to present a check to One More Dog Rescue on Championship Sunday, With this donation, the tournament has raised over $25,000 for rescue dogs since 2017.

Tournament Director Matt Wayton (L), Chrissie Foster of One More Dog Rescue (middle), and Joanna Wayton (R). Joanna and Matt presenting a $5,000 check to One More Dog Rescue at the conclusion of the 2023 Tournament

  • Mixed A Doubles Final: Mark Habek / Cara Habek d. Duggan/O’Neil W/O

    Unfortunate ending to a highly skilled division of players. Due to the rain on Sunday and scheduling conflicts the final could not be played. There were no good solutions to this and unfortunately a decision had to be made. This is team Habek / Habek’s second title in this division and third final appearance

  • Mixed B Doubles Final: Luke Howes / Alex Rivera d. Matt Wayton / Alexa Rinaldi 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

    Team’s first title in first attempt together. Fantastic run in this division as they faced numerous tough opponents. Awesome tournament for both Luke & Alex as both players won titles in two separate divisions. Team Wayton / Rinaldi’s first final appearance.

  • Men’s B Singles Final: Matt Wayton d. Alim Rodican W/O

    Another unfortunate ending in a highly anticipated matchup. Due to rain, wet courts, timing, both players making multiple finals, and scheduling conflicts the following two days, the match unfortunately could not be played. Both players had a great tournament. This is Wayton’s 4th title in the division and Alim’s first appearance in the final.

  • High School Boys Singles Final: Luke Howes d. Christopher Brown 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.

    Match was played over two days due to rain on Sunday. They came back and finished on Monday evening restarting in the second set. Chris started strong in the restart, winning 5 games in a row to win the set. Then Luke regrouped and took the match in a tight 3rd set on his 5th championship point.

  • Men’s B Doubles Final: Alim Rodican / Andris Reba d. Brady Dulitsky / Alex Hu 6-2, 6-2, 6-2

    This was team Rodican/Reba’s first title in the division. They took out former champs and many quality opponents on their route to the championship. The two teams were determined to get this match in. Working on a wet court with squeegees and waiting through multiple delays to try to play. They were lucky to get play in less then ideal conditions.

  • Men’s A Doubles Final: Stefan Jones / Dylan Avena d. Kevin Ho / Andy King 6-4, 6-1

    This is team Jones / Avena’s 2nd title and third overall finals appearance. In a rematch of last years championship, they reversed the result.

  • Men’s A Singles Final: Stefan Jones d. Dylan Avena 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.

    This is Stefan’s first title in his first finals appearance. He had a fantastic run defeating two former champs (including the defending one) and two former finalists in his four matches en route to the title. This was Avena’s 4th appearance in the final (2-2)

  • Women’s Singles Final: Alex Rivera d. Talia Viger 6-0, 6-1.

    Alex’s first division title and second finals appearance. Had to battle and come from behind in 3rd set breaker in the SF.

  • Women’s Doubles Final: Megan Fitzgerald / Evelyn Lavertue d. Alexa Rinaldi / Brooke Rinaldi 6-2, 6-3.

    Team Fitzgerald / Lavertue’s first title in first attempt in the division. Team Rinaldi’s first finals appearance .

  • High School Boys Doubles Final: Christopher Brown / Eli Benoit d. Sriram Pyneni / Joshua Nguyen 6-2, 7-6(4).

    First time division has run. Good opportunity for a bunch of high school teams to compete against peers.

2022

YEAR 15 of the Wayton Open Tennis Tournament saw our largest field to date with 290 entries across 10 divisions. Not a single drop of rain fell during the 9 days of the tournament and for the first time ever, ALL 196 matches were played as scheduled with nothing having to be moved due to weather. The level of play and the quality tennis was the highest it’s ever been and 8 of the 10 divisions crowned first time champions. Big thank you to the ladies of Bristol Central tennis for their volunteering efforts throughout the week! The tournament most importantly raised $6,000 for rescue dogs and was proud to present a check to One More Dog Rescue on Championship Sunday, our largest single donation. With this donation, the tournament has raised over $20,000 for rescue dogs since 2017.

  • Men's A Singles: (4) Jack Davis d. (2) Eric Henne 6-3, 6-0, 6-3

    This was Davis's first win in his first appearance. Davis did not lose a set throughout the tournament. Henne has now made the finals 6 times and is 4-2 in those matches.

  • Men's B Singles: (1) Matt Wayton d. (2) Dave Fahey 6-2, 6-0, 6-0

    This is Matt's 3rd title in the division. Fahey has now made the final 3 straight years and 4 overall. He is 0-4 in those matches.

  • Men's 45+ Singles: (1) Ben Doolittle d. David Borek 6-3, 6-0

    Ben's 3rd division title

  • Sippel d. Fitzgerald 6-2, 6-4

    Lisa won the division in her first appearance and did not drop a set doing so.

  • Santhanam d. S. Singh 6-1, 6-2

    In a matchup of Farmington High School teammates, Gautham took the title in straight sets.

  • Ho/King d. (1) Jones/Avena 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4

    Team Ho/King defeated the #1 seed and defending champions in a 5 set thriller, high level doubles final. The championship went the full five sets in its first year of the format change.

  • Arora/Murali d. (1) Fahey/Suzio 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3

    Team Arora/Muarli won their first title as a team, Alok’s second doubles title overall. They defeated the #1 seed and former champions in doing so. The championship match went the full five sets in the first year of the format change.

  • Kamenoff/Kirk d. Bandak/Conroy 6-4, 6-4

    Team Kameoff/Kirk won their first title in a matchup of 4 first-time finalists.

  • O'Neil/Duggan d. (2) Doolittle/Doolittle 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

    Team O’Neil/Duggan (Stonington HS) won the division in their first attempt at doing so. They took out the defending champions in the SF and former champions in the Final. All while driving from Stonington daily for matches.

  • A.Rinaldi/Cruz Perez d. B. Rinaldi/Badillo 6-1, 6-4

    In the first year that HS Mixed has ran, team A.Rinaldi/Cruz Perez won the title in an all Bristol Central final.

2021

YEAR 14 of the Wayton Open Tennis Tournament saw our third largest field with 217 entries across 9 divisions. We got very lucky with the weather; ducking, dodging, and weaving around some bad weather reports all week. For the first time in years, ALL 156 matches were played as scheduled with nothing having to be moved due to weather. Championship Sunday had a short rain delay for the first time ever but the courts quickly dried due to the heat and humidity. The fields were so deep this year with very high quality tennis, we certainly have come a long way since that first year at Recreation park. The community atmosphere this year was amazing! The tournament also blew away its fundraising effort, raising $6,000 for rescue dogs. Three different rescue organizations were able to benefit from your generosity. One More Dog Rescue was presented with a $3,000 check on Championship Sunday, a donation was made to Long Island Bulldog Rescue to completely fund Lollypop’s medical care, and a donation was made to Thank Dog Rescue’s fundraiser for Lily’s cracked molar medical care.

  • Men's A Singles: (6) Kunal Kataria d. (1) Dylan Avena 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

    Kunal won his first ever singles title. Kunal had a very tough draw and only lost one set on route to the title. He defeated the 2x defending champ in the final.

  • Men's B Singles: Loong Voong d. (1) David Fahey 6-0, 6-1, 6-2

    Loong won the division in his first time ever participating in the tournament. He defeated 3x finalist and #1 seed Fahey in the final.

  • Women's Singles: Leah Nguyen d. Alex Rivera 6-3, 2-6, 6-0

    Nguyen's 1st title in 1st attempt. Rivera's 1st ever tournament.

  • Men's 45+ Singles: (1) Ben Doolittle d. Jeff Korp 6-0, 6-2

    Doolittle's 2nd title in the division and 4th overall. Ben won the division losing only 4 games on route to the title.

  • High School Boys Singles: Mukhil Olinilavan d. Aryan Singh 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-2

    Olinilavan's 1st title and saved 6 championship points after being down 0-6 in the 2nd set tiebreaker.

  • Men's A Doubles: Dylan Avena/Stefan Jones d. Mark Habek/Eric Henne 6-2, 6-0

    Team Avena/Jones's 1st team title and they are the first team ever to beat 6x champs Habek/Henne in tournament play. Team Habek/Henne had a 24 match win streak coming into the match.

  • Men's B Doubles: David Fahey/Cameron Fahey d. Sean Hussey/Tyler Hussey 6-4, 2-6, 7-5

    Team Fahey/Fahey's 1st team title. Dave won the division last year with a different partner. The team also saved a M.P. in their SF match and had to go 3 sets every round.

  • Women's Doubles: Stephanie Canales/April Regan d. Sue Henne/Susan Anderson 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)

    Team Canales/Regan's 1st official doubles title. (They won last year in a double walkover).

  • Mixed Doubles: Mark Habek/Cara Habek d. Stephen Pec/Meghan Fitzgerald 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

    Team Habek's 1st ever Mixed title and 2nd finals apperance.

 2020

 Year 13 saw the tournament delayed a month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Back in March/April we didn't even know if we could hold or have enough entries to run the event. We ended up with a total of 170 entries across 6 divisions. I'm very proud of that turnout considering there is a global pandemic going on, luckily tennis is a perfect sport for social distancing. This year sort of felt like back when we were first starting out; no t-shirts, no water, no goodies, just people coming out to play some tennis for the love of the sport! We were able to raise $2020.20 for Thank Dog Rescue!

 
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Men’s A Singles

(1) Avena d. El Turkey 6-3, 6-3, 6-2

Avena successfully defended his title and did not drop a set

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Men’s B Singles

Loveland d. (1) D. Fahey 4-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0

Loveland won his first division and overall title in a match that lasted almost 4 hours.

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High School Boys Singles

Naworol d. (2) Roy 6-2, 6-4

Naworol did not drop a set to win his first title

 
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Men’s A Doubles

(2) Datsko/Spear d. Ajello/Ajello 6-1, 6-3

First team title in first attempt for Datsko/Spear

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Men’s B Doubles

(1) Fahey/Suzio d. (2) Tirolo/Toscano 6-2, 6-4

First team title in first attempt for Fahey/Suzio

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Mixed Doubles

(1) Doolittle/Doolittle d. (2) Henne/Henne 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4

2019 Runners-Up took the next step and won their first title

2019

Year 12. The tournament continued to give all proceeds to rescue dogs, specifically Thank Dog Rescue. The tournament was able to present the group with a check for $2,385 on Championship Sunday, bringing the total raised to $7,485 for the dogs. The Rathore family even took it upon themselves to set a small booth selling food and drinks to raise additional funds for the dogs. Total entries were 172 for the year. Tournament ran smoothly was no issues. Divisions will now have to have at least 8 participants to run.

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Men’s A Singles

Dylan Avena d. (1) Eric Henne 6-2, 6-4, 1-6, 6-7(4), 6-2

Dylan’s first title in the division. Took out the 2x defending champ in the final in a 5 set 4 hour affair. Eric’s made a valiant effort to push the match to a fifth set, saving a match point in doing so. Eric’s first loss in a final match in tournament play.

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Men’s B Singles

Rohan Kataria d. Miller 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-1

Rohan’s first division and overall title.

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Women’s Singles

(1) Varsha Rathore d Lauren Sell 6-3, 6-3

Varsha successfully defended her title and now has two titles in the division without dropping a set.

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Men’s A Doubles

(1) Habek/Henne d. (3) Kumar/Mohan 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)

In their most challenging match to date team Habek/Henne found a way to win their 6th consecutive title. They faced tough competition and were down 3-0 in the second set and 4-1 in the tiebreaker but kept their composure and fought back to take the crown. This is Eric’s 11th overall title in the tournament.

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Men’s B Doubles

Bhandari/Arora d. Balaoing/Balaoing 6-3, 6-3

Team’s first division title in first appearance. Both team’s first finals appearance.

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Mixed A Doubles

(1) Rathore/Rathore d. Stock/Gudleska 6-0, 6-3

Team Rathore successfully defended their title and have now won 2x in a row in the division.

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Mixed B Doubles

Baron/Ajello d. Horvath/Horvath 6-3, 6-0

1st division title for team and entire bracket was played in one day.

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High School Boys Singles

Kade Huang-Savino d. (1) Sion Moon 6-2, 6-2

Match was played at 5:30am due to schedule conflicts. Kade took out the defending champ in his 1st division and overall title.

Women’s Doubles

Regan/Canales d. Lavoie/Blanchette W/O

Always disappointing to have a walkover final. Regan/Canales won the division without playing a match.

2018

Year 11. The tournament continued to give all proceeds to rescue dogs and Thank Dog Rescue. The tournament presented the group with a check for $3,100 on Championship Sunday, bringing the total given to rescue dogs to $5,100 since 2017. The tournament offered 12 divisions and saw a total of 178 entries making it the 5th largest tournament to date. The tournament also implemented some new rules for scheduling on Championship Sunday.

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Men’s A Singles

(1) Eric Henne d. (3) Saurabh Kumar 6-7(6), 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4

Eric came back from the brink down 2 sets to zero to win his 4th division crown and 9th overall tournament title. Saurabh played a great match in his first finals appearance and pushed Eric over almost four hours on court. Eric is now 4-0 in division finals.

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Men’s B Singles

Phil Gordon d. Erik Chupron 7-5, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2

Both players were unseeded to make it through to their first final. Even though this was a long grueling match in the heat, Phil decided to drink coffee during changovers. Phil will be moving up to the A division next year.

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Women’s Singles

Varsha Rathore d. (1) Ellie Doolittle 6-1, 6-1

Varsha's first title in first year of playing the division. She didn't drop a set and defeated the defending champ in the final.

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Men’s A Doubles

(1) Habek/Henne d. (3) Sanford/Schade 6-3, 6-4
This is team Habek/Henne's 5th consecutive division title. They have made the final every year the division has existed. This is also Eric’s 10th total tournament title and he is now 10-0 in finals.

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Men’s B Doubles

Duan/Duan d. Triolo/Toscano 6-2, 6-4
First division title for Duan/Duan in first attempt.

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Mixed A Doubles

Rathore/Rathore d. (2) Doolittle/Doolittle 7-5, 6-3
First Division title for team Rathore/Rathore. They won the B Division in 2017.

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High School Boys Singles

Moon d. Kudla 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3

First Division title for Moon in first attempt.

 
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Women’s Doubles

Lavoie/Blanchette d. (2) Baron/Siebert 6-7, 7-6, 10-8
First Division title for Lavoie/Blanchette 

2017

Year 10. This was the 10th year anniversary of the founding of the tournament. The tournament again had over 200 entries (212) and was the third largest field to date. The tournament expanded to 12 divisions, now offering High School Boys Doubles. The tournament switched its charitable aspect to rescue dogs. All proceeds benefited a local dog rescue group, Thank Dog Rescue, and presented them with a $2,000 check on Championship Sunday.

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Men’s A Singles

(1) Eric Henne d. Matt Balaoing W/O

The final was not played due to a scheduling issue. Eric won via a walkover. Eric now has won the division 3 times and has 7 tournament titles overall.

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Men’s B Singles

Yaro Ivanyulk d. Aphonso Gordon 6-1, 6-4, 6-4

Both players made their finals debut in the division. Yaro won the title without dropping a set in the tournament. He will be moving up to the A division next year.

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Women’s Singles

Ellie Doolittle d. Opal Bravo 6-4, 7-5

Ellie won the division without dropping a set in her first appearance.

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Men’s A Doubles

(1) Habek/Henne d. Kataria/Kataria 6-1, 6-3

Team Habek/Henne successfully defended their title and won the division for the 4th time in a row. Team Kataria/Kataria made the final in their first division appearance.

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Men’s B Doubles

(1) Yawgel/Loveland d. Pfanzelt/Daigle 7-6(5), 6-1

Team Yawgel/Loveland made it back to the finals for the second year in a row and won the title this time.

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Women’s Doubles

Smith/Fisher d. Baron/Baron 6-1, 6-0

Smith/Fisher won the division in their first attempt and only appearance.

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High School Boys Singles

Nick Cristante d. Ridhwan Abdulsalam 6-3, 6-3

Nick won the division in his first attempt.

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Men’s 45+ Singles

Ben Doolittle d. Jeff Blumberg 6-1, 6-0

Ben won the division for the first time and his second overall title. Ben will be moving back to the A division next year.

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Mixed A Doubles

McCarthy/Dougherty d. Garg/Smith 6-3, 6-4

Team’s first division title in first appearance. Team did not lose a set in the tournament.

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Mixed B Doubles

Rathore/Rathore d. Titolo/Mauri 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Team’s first division title in first appearance. Rathore/Rathore will be moving up to the A division next year.

 
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Charity

The tournament was proud to be able to present a $2,000 check to Thank Dog Rescue on Championship Sunday

2016

Year 9. The tournament expanded to 11 divisions. The tournament saw record growth in entries breaking the record with a total of 244. The tournament continued its charitable aspect giving scholarships from The Wayton Open Scholarship Fund. The tournament continued to recieve positive local media coverage and community support. A sizable pot luck breakfast was offered on Championship Sunday.

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Men’s A Singles

(5) Joe Albiach d. Kunal Kataria 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)

This was a crowning achievement for Joe. He made the final in the inaugural tournament and had been making deep runs ever since and now has finally got over the hump. Joe took out (4) seed in the QF and the 2x defending champ and (1) seed Henne in the SF. In a tight four set match that lasted almost 4 hours Joe was able to close out Kunal in a 4th set breaker.

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Men’s B Singles

(1) Matt Wayton d. (2) Prassana Sahoo 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-1

Matt won the division for the second time, coming back from a 2015 QF upset. Prassana made it to the finals for the second year in a row. The first two sets were very tight and hotly contested under scorching temperatures. Eventually the heat got the better of Prassana and he had nothing left in the tank for the 3rd and 4th sets. Matt will be moving to the A division next year.

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Women’s Singles

Bianca Horvath d. Angela Hage 7-5, 6-1

Bianca won the division in her first and only attempt.

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Men’s 45+ Singles

(1) Rohn Heidgard d. (2) Jeff Blumberg 6-1, 6-2

Rohn won the division for the second time in a row in the same matchup from the 2015.

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Men’s A Doubles

(1) Habek/Henne d. Spear/Kohut 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Team Habek/Henne won their third title in a row and have made the finals in all 5 years of the existence of the division. This was Eric’s 6th overall trophy at the tournament.

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Men’s B Doubles

Barmore/Filipek d. Yawgel/Loveland 7-5, 6-2

Former SHS football standout Steve Barmore tried his hand at tennis entering the division for the first time with Filipek and winning it in their only attempt.

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Mixed A Doubles

(1) Kataria/Hage d. (2)Albiach/Barmore 6-0, 6-4

Team Kataria/Hage made it back to the final again this year, this time claiming the crown.

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Mixed B Doubles

(1) Brown/Bravo d. Kataria/Rodman 6-2, 7-6(4)

Team Brown/Bravo entered the A and B divisions but lost first round in A while winning B. The team will be moving up to A next year.

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High School Girls Singles

Jasmine Nappi d. Ellie Doolittle 6-1, 6-1

Jasmine won the division in her first and only attempt.

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High School Boys Singles

Joe Delgado d. James Delgado 6-4, 7-6(6)

Joe defeated his older brother James in the final. This was both players only appearance in the tournament to date.

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Women’s Doubles

(1) Thompson/Hage d. Barmore/Barmore 6-4, 6-2

Team Thompson/Hage finally got over the hump and won the division in their 5th try. They had previously finished runners-up for the past 4 years.

2015

Year 8. The tournament expanded to 10 Divisions. New divisions included Men’s Doubles (A & B) , High School Boys’ and Girls’ Singles. We continued to see tremendous growth breaking our record of tournament entries with 220. The tournament continued to give to charity with all proceeds benefiting The Wayton Open Scholarship Fund.

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Men’s A Singles

(1) Eric Henne d. (2) Ben Doolittle

Eric successfully defended his title without dropping a set and his overall tournament title count stood at 4 after this match. Ben made the finals for a 3rd time and his record in finals now stands at 1-2.

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Men’s B Singles

Luke Pfanzelt d. Prasanna Sahoo 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-1

This match lasted 3.5 hours in very hot conditions. This is Luke’s first division title in first attempt. Luke will be moving into the A Division next year.

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Women’s Singles

Alex Barmore d. Samantha Piekes 1-6, 6-4, 6-3

This is Alex’s title in first apperance in the division. Even though she could have played in the high school division she played up into the Women’s Division.

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Men’s 45+ Singles

Rohn Heidgard d. Jeff Blumberg 6-1, 6-3

Rohn’s first division win in his first appearance.

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Men’s A Doubles

(1) Habek/Henne d. Filipek/Tannenbaum 7-6(2), 6-3

Team Habek/Henne successfully defended their title and have made the finals every year the division have existed. This is Eric’s 5th overall tournament title.

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Men’s B Doubles

Kataria/Kataria d. Fortunati/Eng 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(1)

Team Kataria won the inaugural division in their first attempt. The brothers saved a championship point late in the third set, forced a tiebreaker and closed it out for a thrilling conclusion to the final. The brothers will be moving up to the A division next year.

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Women’s Doubles

Nash/Kilpatrick d. Thompson/Hage

Team Nash/Kilpatrick won the division for the third year in a row beating the same team in the finals all three years.

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High School Boys Singles

Luke Pfanzelt d. Frankie Fortunati 6-4, 6-1

Luke won his second title of the tournament. In his first and only attempt Luke won the division. He will be playing Men’s A Singles next year as he is a graduating senior.

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High School Girls Singles

Angela Balaoing d. Catie Wormer W/O

Angela won the division without playing a match. Unfortunately both matches she had resulted in walkovers due to some scheduling issues with opponents. Never like to see a walkover final.

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Mixed Doubles

Fortunati/Hoover d. Kataria/Hage

Team Fortunati/Hoover won the division in their only attempt to date.

2014

Year 7. The tournament expanded to a 7 Division 10 Day format. The Men’s Singles division was separated into 3 separate divisions due to size and skill level (A, B, and 45+). We saw our second largest field to date with a total of 175 entries. All proceeds continued to support The Wayton Open Scholarship Fund. Eric Henne won 3 titles on Championship Sunday which also featured a breakfast for players and spectators.

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Men’s A Singles

Eric Henne d. Dennis Scarpa 7-6, 7-5, 6-4

This was Eric’s first division win and overall title and a well deserved one at that. He defeated the defending champion in straight sets.

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Men’s B Singles

Matt Wayton d. David Fahey 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3

Matt’s first win and first time playing the B Division. Hard fought 3.5 hour battle with many rallies going over 30 shots. Matt was down 5-0 in the third set and turned the match around winning 10 games in a row.

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Women’s Singles

Meaghan Fitzgerald d. Kayla Fitzgerald

This was an all family affair with Meaghan defeating her sister Kayla in the final for her first division title.

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Men’s 45+ Singles

Bruce Fiermonte d. Jim Sheehan Sr.

Bruce defeated the top 2 seeds (Doolittle and Sheehan) to claim the title in the inaugural division.

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Men’s Doubles

(2) Habek/Henne d. (1) Sheehan/Sheehan

This was the third consecutive year that these two teams made the final but it was the first time the match was actually played. Habek/Henne dethroned the 2x defending champs and claimed their first title in the division. This was Henne’s second title on the day

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Women’s Doubles

(1) Nash/Kilpatrick d. (2) Thompson/Hage

Team Nash/Kilpatrick successfully defended their title in the same finals matchup from the previous year.

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Mixed Doubles

Henne/Henne d. Habek/Higgins

Team Henne/Henne won the title in their first time entering the division. Doubles champion teammates Eric and mark squared off in the final on opposite sides of the net. This was Eric’s third title of the day and had some people suggestion that this was now called the Henne Open.

 

2013

Year 6. The tournament again saw a record breaking growth with entries totaling 200. The tournament continued to expand, adding a Mixed Doubles division. The tournament moved to a week long format expanding from just weekend play. This was also the first year that the tournament had an official committee to help organize the enormous growth. The tournament continued to receive positive press in the local media. The Wayton Open also became a completely charitable tournament with all proceeds going to the Wayton Open Scholarship Fund which was presented to two scholar athletes from the SHS boys’ and girls’ tennis team. The tournament also saw a growth in the number and amount of sponsorship donations. With growth and enormous amount of players playing in multiple divisions throughout the tournament came challenges with the schedule. New tournament rules were implemented so matches would not exceed Championship Sunday and matches played in a timely manner.

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Men’s Singles

Dennis Scarpa d. Ben Doolittle 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

Dennis won a hard fought battle in a championship match that for the second year in a row went the distance. Ben was 2 games away from the match at 4-4 in the third and fourth set but Dennis was able to close out both sets and then the match. Match was played at Avon Old Farms due to scheduling issues.

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Women’s Singles

Alexandra Cifone d. Sarah McNamara 6-0, 6-0

Alexandra won the title in her first and only appearance in the division. Sarah repeated her run to the finals for the second year in a row but was no match for Alexandra on this day.

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Men’s Doubles

Sheehan/Sheehan d. Habek/Henne W/O

For the second year in a row the championship match was not held in this division. It was a repeat of the same matchup of last year with team Sheehan/Sheehan winning the title for the second year in a row. The matchup was not played due to scheduling issues.

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Women’s Doubles

Nash/Kilpatrick d. Thompson/Hage

Nash/Kilpatrick won the division for the first time in their first attempt.

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Mixed Doubles

Nitz/Garry d. Filipek/Gimenez

Team Nitz/Garry won the inaugural division in their first attempt. The final was played on a Monday night due to scheduling conflicts and weather issues. This was Nitz’s 4th title overall.

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2013 Committee

This year our committee was made up of: Matt Wayton (Tournament Director/Founder, James Nitz, Matt Downes, and Gianna Gurga). Big thanks to all who helped organize in 2013!

2012

Year 5. The tournament continued to expand and see growth. The tournament added a Men’s and Women’s doubles division to bring the total number of divisions to 4. Total entries again broke the record and hit 166 across the 4 divisions. The tournament continued to see local press coverage and the final Sunday was dubbed “Championship Sunday”.

 
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Men’s Singles

Ben Doolittle d. Mark Habek 4-6, 5-7, 6-0, 6-1, 3-1 (Retire due to injury)

Ben won the division in his first year of playing the tournament. Mark made the final for the third year in a row and made a valiant effort but unfortunately tweaked his knee about halfway through the match and was forced to retire in the fifth set and could not continue. This was the first time the final went the full five sets.

 
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Women’s Singles

Mackenzie Blair d. Sarah McNamara

Mackenzie won the division in her first and only attempt at playing the division.

 
 
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Men’ s Doubles

Sheehan/Sheehan d. Habek/Henne (W/O)

Mark made both the singles and doubles finals and due to his injury in the singles final he unfortunately was not able to compete in the doubles final that took place immediately following and team Sheehan/Sheehan won the inaugural event in a walkover.

 
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Women’s Doubles

Gurga/Brown d. Thompson/Hage

Team Gurga/Brown won the division in their first try.

 

2011

Men’s SinglesJames Nitz d. Mark Habek 6-0, 6-2, 6-4Nitz successfully defended his title and won the division for the third year in a row. This was a repeat of the championship match from the previous year.

Men’s Singles

James Nitz d. Mark Habek 6-0, 6-2, 6-4

Nitz successfully defended his title and won the division for the third year in a row. This was a repeat of the championship match from the previous year.

Women’s SinglesCara Higgins d. Wendy DamFirst division title for Cara in inaugural year of the division.Year 4. This is the year the tournament saw an explosion of growth and truly began to feel like a community and state wide tennis event. The tour…

Women’s Singles

Cara Higgins d. Wendy Dam

First division title for Cara in inaugural year of the division.

Year 4. This is the year the tournament saw an explosion of growth and truly began to feel like a community and state wide tennis event. The tournament expanded to 2 divisions: Men’s Singles & Women’s Singles and moved to Southington High School handle the large amount of players. The tournament for the first time provided balls, waters, and official tournament t-shirts for all players. The tournament also acquired 10 sponsors to help with tournament finances for the first time from the community. Total entries: 144

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2010

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Singles

James Nitz d. Mark Habek 6-0, 6-1, 6-2

Year 3. Nitz successfully defended his title. The tournament again took place over a 2 day weekend format at Panthorn Park. The tournament saw growth again with total entries at 46.

2009

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Singles

James Nitz d. Dennis Scarpa 6-3, 7-5

Year 2. Tournament expanded to a 2 day weekend format and relocated to Panthorn Park. Total entries: 32.

2007

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Singles

John Waters d. Joe Albiach

Year 1. Inaugural Wayton Open. We started as a 1 day, 1 division tournament. Grassroots word of mouth effort to bring back some SHS alumni for a few games of tennis. This was the 4th match of the day for both players. Tournament took place at Recreation Park. Total entries: 24.