SAC Club Tournament: Pam Duffin takes women's singles trophy; Victoria & Raphael win mixed doubles
SAC's tennis tournament finished on Saturday in sweltering heat with Pam Duffin taking the Women's Singles trophy and Victoria Migliore and Raphael Imbert winning a hard-fought victory to claim the Mixed Doubles prize.
In the Men's Singles, it was Raphael again a winner, while in the Men's Doubles, the winners were Melvin Cooke and Philippe Vignal by a walkover.
Full details and photos in the main article.
The SAC internal tennis tournament is now underway with early wins for Pamela Duffin in the Women's singles and Guillaume Darrieus in the Men's. Congratulations!
Please see the posters by the bar and this (pdf) document for the draws.
All players should please try to get their first-round matches played by early next week.
Players who just can't find time for their matches will have to be scratched in the interests of not holding up other players and getting through the draw by the end of June and the start of the holiday season. There will be more tournaments in the future!
And there is more Social Mix-in tennis on the calendar this Sunday: 2:15 pm at the club for a 2.30 pm start. See you there.
The Tennis Committee
The Standard tennis team claimed victory in their first Division 3 departmental match with a 4–2 win over Sèvres, whose players were ranked between 15/2 and 15/4. The win was secured thanks to three dominant singles performances: Romain Vicarini (6–1, 6–1), Benjamin Sharp (6–1, 6–1), and Alban Vicarini (6–0, 6–3). The Vicarini duo also clinched the decisive doubles point. Timothée Sharp and Melvyn Cooke were very unlucky in their doubles, losing in the super tie break.
The team will travel to Rueil this Saturday afternoon for their second match of the season. Rueil will be a tougher test, with players ranked 15 and higher. But with a strong team this year, the club is aiming for promotion to the next division. Members who feel they can compete at this level are more than welcome to join the team.
The Standard tennis team secured promotion to Division 2 on Sunday, 1 June, capping off an almost flawless campaign with four wins and a draw.
The team — made up of Benjamin Sharp, Melvyn Cooke, Thimothée Sharp, Alban Vicarini, and Romain Vicarini — sealed qualification by defeating Rueil this weekend. Benjamin Sharp and Tim Sharp won their singles matches, and two doubles victories — a special mention for doubles specialist Melvyn — rounded off a great team performance!
Motivated players are welcome to join and strengthen our squad next season. Please get in touch at
A big thank you to all those who took part in the season-opening friendly tournament last Sunday. What a pleasure it was to be back on our clay courts in such brilliant spring weather!
Note also the Team's win over Sèvres last Sunday (See here).
We're not sure who to credit for the sunshine, but for the courts, a big thank you goes to Caroline Lambert, who looks after the grounds, Philippe Ayme-Jouve on the TC and Roland Tchertoff on the MC for all the work getting them ready.
With those tennis muscles flexed, we hope everyone is warmed up for some more organised friendly tennis, with our first Sunday Tennis Mix-In taking place this Sunday, 4 May. Just register by court #1 at 14:15 for a 14:30 start (first come, first served). We'll assign partners so everyone gets a good game during the afternoon as well as a chance to meet other tennis players with some friendly women's, men's and/or mixed doubles.
On the competition front, thanks to all those who have entered the Club's internal knock-out competition. If you have not received notice of your first opponents in the different draws, you will do so soon -- look out for emails from tournament organisers Christine Butterworth and/or Victoria Migliore. The knock-out tournament runs through May and June. Players are responsible for arranging their own matches and letting the organisers know the results. You'll get full details by email.
The Tennis Committee
To celebrate the opening of the clay tennis courts and mark the start of the spring-summer tennis season, please sign up for the Sunday 27 April round-robin social tennis tournament.
All adult tennis-playing members are welcome. It's a round-robin, mix-in format, so everyone is guaranteed plenty of fun doubles tennis.
Your master of ceremonies on the day is the irrepressible Philippe Ayme-Jouve.
The tournament starts at 10:30. Please arrive on time in your best tennis whites - SAC tennis dress code applies.
This is the HelloAsso registration link: SAC 27 April Round Robin Social Tennis Tournament or use the QR code in the main article and see the poster.
The Tennis Committee is delighted to say we had a fantastic response from members to our 2025 tennis survey. (See the full survey results here - pdf)
Tennis is the main reason why around half of members join the club, while the level of tennis and interest in the sport is tilted toward the family, social, intermediate players versus advanced, competitive players. There is a strong desire for the club to improve the all-weather availability of the courts.
The enthusiastic response to the survey certainly encouraged the TC to press ahead with more organised tennis this year.
First up is the round robin tournament on Sunday 27 April (see here). If you have not signed up yet, please do so here via this HelloAsso link. Details are also available at the club.
We will be announcing details of the club's internal tennis tournament to run through May and June very soon, and we will be announcing plans for regular Sunday social tennis too and are looking at the logistics for setting up a tennis ladder.
Our coaching partner, Tennis Academy has children's tennis camps planned for the coming holidays.
Full details in the main article.
It's time to sign up!
Registration is open for the SAC Internal Tennis Tournament, which will run from the week of 28 April until Finals Day and prizegiving on Saturday, 28 June.
Members (16yrs +) are welcome to sign up for the singles and/or doubles draws using this link or the QR code in the main article. There's a five euro entry fee each for doubles and 10 euros for singles.
The entry deadline is 6 pm on Sunday, 27 April.
We will adapt the format according to the number of players who enter each draw but expect that there will be a mixture of round-robin and knock-out rounds to make sure that everyone gets at least a couple of matches.
Read the main article for full details.
The Club has a busy tennis schedule this Sunday.
For those who would like to see some competitive tennis, our men's team has its first match of the season against Sèvres. Benjamin Sharp is the team captain, with William Sharp, Timothé Sharp and Melvyn Cooke making up the rest of the squad. The singles matches are due to start at 08.30, with doubles from 11:00. There is sure to be some good tennis on show so if you are at the club please give the team your best support!
Our season-opening social tennis tournament starts at 10:30. There is still time to sign up using this link (see also this article) for a day of friendly tennis to catch up with your tennis partners and meet new ones. Philippe Ayme-Jouve will be our master of ceremonies.
Finally, please don't forget to enter SAC's annual knock-out tennis tournament, set to run until the end of June. Register for the singles and doubles using this link or see this article. If you are looking for a doubles partner -- mixed, women's or men's -- please get in touch with the Tennis Committee and we will try to find somebody for you.
The TC
See the main article for some pictures taken during the tournament.
The Tennis Section held its annual meeting last Saturday to review the past year and elect a new Tennis Committee.
For the 2025 season, the new Tennis Committee is: Matthew Curtin (chairman), Victoria Migliore (tournaments), Christine Butterworth, Philippe Ayme-Jouve (master of ceremonies, tennis courts), Michael Golub, Aymerick Chastenet, with observers Georgina Marrison (Friday night social tennis) and Sarah Whitley (liaison with Children’s Section, holiday camps).
Please see the main article for a fuller report.
Shake off the winter blues and get ready for spring with some tennis coaching!
On behalf of Team Ambition, which provides tennis lessons at SAC, we would like to announce a special offer of tennis lessons for adults during the upcoming February school holidays.
Gregory and Heissen propose two evenings of coaching a week for groups of up to five at a rate of 75 euros a group.
As for when, we are talking about the weeks of 17 Feb and 24 Feb; Tennis Ambition suggest either Monday and Tuesday or Wednesday and Thursday, with 90-minute sessions starting at either 18:00 or 19:30.
Please sign up with Tennis Ambition here: (phone: 0624208027)
Your new Tennis Committee (see photo in the main article) is making early progress preparing for an absolutely smashing season ahead.
Full details will be forthcoming in the weeks ahead, but prepare yourselves for our annual clay-court opening social tournament, the annual club knock-out tournament, and news on Team and other competitive and social tennis.
We will soon be sending round our second SAC Tennis Survey to canvas members' views on tennis at the club. So stay tuned.
Tennis Academy Ambition News
* 2025/6 Coaching Season Registration: please use this Google Docs link
* Summer Camps: Registration is still open, a few places are available, and there's an extra week from 21 to 25 July. Please email Grégory at Tennis Ambition <>; or send a message via the Children's WhatsApp group.
* Group classes ended on 28/29 June and will resume at the beginning of September.
Grégory (Tennis Academy Ambition)
The Finals were played over two days:
- Mixed Doubles Final on Friday at 7 pm: Clotilde & Arnaud Paquier defeated Maximilien & Georgina Marrisson.
- Men's Doubles Final on Saturday at 4.30 pm: Philippe Vignal & Melvin Cooke defeated Raphael Imbert & Paul Rebaud
Read on for a picture of the winners!
Here's a new message from our coaching team about the start of the new coaching season.
To introduce ourselves and to start the season 2024/2025 in the best possible way, we would like to offer you a presentation of our Team’s coaches, our structure, our teaching method and the various activities, tournaments and actions implemented.
We can't wait to start this new adventure with you, and we hope to see many of you on Saturday, September 7th at 7 p.m. at the club.
You have the possibility of coming for a test on Wednesday, September 3rd and Saturday, September 7th between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. with the coaches, to determine your tennis level and to be able to find a group.
Team Tennis Ambition
Please go to the main article to download a description of the tests, the details of the tariffs and a registration form.
