page_title: Rackets (sport)
section_title: Tournaments
hierarchical_section_title: Rackets (sport) / Tournaments
caption_attribution_description: English: The interior of the Racquet Hall at Eglinton, Ayrshire, Scotland. Oldest Racquet Hall in the World. Oldest covered sports hall in Scotland.
context_page_description: Rackets or racquets is an indoor racket sport played in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. The sport is infrequently called "hard rackets", possibly to distinguish it from the related sport of squash.
context_section_description: The Rackets World Championships for singles (and doubles) is decided in a challenge format. If the governing bodies accept the challenger's qualifications, he plays the reigning champion in a best of 14 games format (best of seven games on each side of the Atlantic). If each player wins seven games, the total point score is used as a tie breaker. The current singles champion is James Stout. The current doubles champions are amateurs James Stout & Jonathan Larken, who beat World Title holders, Alex Titchener-Barrett and Christian Portz in a two-legged challenge in November 2016. The first leg was played in London's Queen's Club, and was won by the challengers 4 games to 1. The second occurred in The New York Racquet's and Tennis Club, and was also won by the challengers 2 games to 1, reaching a two match aggregate of six games.
  The tournament system for Rackets is being revolutionised by a new World Ranking System, developed by Richard Spender and ex-New York professional, James Beaumont. The scheme is on a year experiment with the Tennis & Rackets Association. The development of the rankings model and the online system has been sponsored by Robinson McColl Architects+Designers, founded by former doubles World Champion, Alister Robinson.
  There are various tournaments that are hosted in North America and the UK.
  These are:
  In North America
  The Canadian Amateur Championships
  The US Amateur Championships
  The US Open
  The Western Open
  The Tuxedo Gold Rackets
  The North American Invitational Singles
  In the UK
  The British Amateur
  The British Open
  The Invitational Singles
  The Manchester Gold Racket
caption: The old court at Eglinton Castle.
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