The IC of GB takes home the Gottfried von Cramm Trophy 2025

The Frankfurt Tennisclub 1914 Palmengarten was the venue at the end of August for the second Gottfried von Cramm Trophy, a team competition in which one women's singles, one men's singles and a mixed doubles are held in each match. While the two singles are played normally, the mixed doubles is a championship tiebreak. In each match between two teams, the winner can reach a maximum of 3 points. For example, if a team wins both singles but loses the championship tiebreak, 2 points go to the winner and 1 point to the loser.

In Frankfurt, five teams from six nations participated: Spain, Great Britain, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland in conjunction with Canada. Due to the odd number of teams, the format required all teams to play everyone else.

After three rounds, the teams from Spain and Great Britain were in the lead. In the last game of the tournament (against Germany), the British took the points to pass Spain and win the trophy. Below is the final ranking and the individual players:

Great Britain (Emily Arbuthnott, Pedro Ocana)
Spain (Isabel Fernandez, Carlos Garcia Villanieva)
Germany (Natali Gumbrecht, Tim Richter)
Luxembourg (Tatiana Silbereisen)
Switzerland / Canada (Kasia Poplawski)

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IC Week 2019 France - Entry Forms

In conjunction with its 90th anniversary, the IC of France are hosting the 25th IC Week.

The 2019 IC Week will take place on the 8th - 12th of September at the wonderful Le Touquet Tennis Club, in the North of France. The week will include a Windmill Trophy & Orsini Trophy, as well as a Mercelis Trophy & Winnie Woolridge Cup, alongside an array of social activities and dinners.

All ICs should have received the factsheets and entry forms via email but these can also be found below. Registrations must be sent to Marine Piriou at piriou.marine@gmail.com and fees must be paid to the IC of France by January 31st 2019.