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Anyone for Tennis? A CT Fall Classic

On a crisp late-October afternoon, a crew of 40 New Yorkers descended upon Old Greenwich Tennis Academy, a family-run tennis club quietly sitting on one of the best party hacks of all time: rent the whole place, bring your friends, and call it a “tennis party.”

By Sara Morano

3:35 PM EDT on October 27, 2025

In New York City, parties are easy to come by. But five clay courts to play on all afternoon? That felt almost too good to be true. So I—an avid tennis player with Connecticut roots—decided to put out a big invite with the essentials: who, what, when, where, and most importantly, why. (Because tennis is fun.)

Joe Burns. (Danté Crichlow/BFA.COM)