Steven Scharff and Sue Greene won their third Century Doubles national titles in the Open and women’s divisions with first-time co-champions Adrian Griffin and Hope Crosier, respectively, at the Christopher “Kit” Tatum U.S. Century Squash Doubles Championships, January 16-18, in New York City.
More than 150 players on seventy-nine teams competed in the nineteenth edition of the “Tournament of the Century”, requiring the combined age of each team to be one hundred years or greater.
The tournament was held throughout the city at the University Club, Racquet & Tennis Club, Apawamis Club, Union Club and Heights Casino. Watch live stream replays on the US Squash Youtube Channel. View all results on the Century Doubles tournament page. Tournament photography is available on the US Squash Smugmug page.
The Open division saw both finalist teams upset the draw’s top two seeds on the way to the final. In the top half of the draw, PSA legend Wael El Hindi and SDA legend Gary Waite came back from 2-1 down in the semifinals to defeat top seeds and defending champions Charlie Humber & Martin Heath in five games. Scharff & Griffin defeated two seeds and 2024 champions Jeff Stanley & Carl Baglio in a 3-0 semifinal. In the final, Scharff & Griffin came back from losing the first game to clinch the title in four games 11-15, 15-6, 15-10, 15-8.
Greene & Crosier topped a five-team women’s division with pivotal 3-1 wins over Kara Kardon & Glynis Gozigian and Julie Kessler & Beth Fedorowich. In the decisive match against runners up Kessler & Fedorowich, Greene & Crosier prevailed 11-15, 15-12, 5-11, 15-4 to win their first Century Doubles title together.
Unseeded Thomas Harrity and Radhika Cobb won their first Mixed Century title together by knocking out the top two seeds in the semifinals and finals. Harrity clinched the national title without dropping a game, culminating in a final win against Phoebe Trubowitz & George Polsky 15-9, 15-7, 15-10.
The Grand Champions (80+) division came down to a five-game final between Bill Hubbard & Rahul Sehrawat and Griffin Manley & Scott Griffin. In a remarkable display of stamina, eighty-four-year-old Hubbard earned his first Grand Champions national title with Sehrawat by coming back from 2-0 down and a simultaneous match point 8-15, 13-15, 15-14, 15-7, 15-14.
Century Masters (70+) top seeds John Brazillian and Kush Kumar earned the national title without dropping a game all tournament, but endured a close final against two seeds Robert Parker & Tim Griffin 15-14, 15-12, 15-12.
