TUDOR TENNIS TROPHY 19 years of tennis at the Tudor's
Edition 19 7-19/08/17
Volume 1 / Issue 1 Summer 2017 EDITOR Maria Tudor CONTRIBUTORS Paul Tudor, Besta Sports Club PHOTOGRAPHY Paul Tudor, Maria Tudor, Vlad Virban, The Storyalist, Daniela Oancea, Radu Fugarescu, d-studio, Catalin Opritescu DESIGN M16 Studio
TUDOR TENNIS TROPHY Is a competition owned by Besta Sports Club with address in Bucharest, 8 - 10 Sergent Constantin Apostol Street.
ABOUT Tudor Tennis Trophy is a private social & sports event, a tennis tournament for amateurs, presented by the Tudor family since 1999. We mix the love for tennis with socialising in a friendly environment. This year we are hosting the 19th edition of gentlemen's singles and doubles along with the dedicated events.
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CONTENTS 06 | Save the Date Which date?
The TTT final, of course!
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08 | 19ON19 Editorial.
10 | the Story TTT story and history about how it all started and where it got to 19 years later.
12 | the Mission Why we do what we do and what we’re looking to accomplish.
14 | the Tennis Who can play at TTT and how to get on our super selective list, the rules we play by and the level of tennis we’re talking about.
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18 | the Mood What to expect at TTT.
24 | behind The Cover TTT17 and TTT18 winner, amateur tennis player at his best 26 | 19ON19 Objectives Did anyone say US Open???
28 | TTT Appearances Who write about TTT, when and why
30 | Partnerships & Friendships Our partners and sponsors, the coolness of getting onboard and what we offer.
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Save the date! 19th Edition* Final
Tudor Tennis TrophY on 19th of August 2017
* Tournament date are 7th - 19th of August
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T T T 9 1 N O 19
TTT 19ON19
memories together, we meet new players, friends and partners, we watch greater matches and we generally have more and more fun. And all of this because we’ve created an ubercool community along the 18 years we’ve hosted TTT. As usual, each year we’ve been creating new materials for the promotion of the event for our audience, like presentations and promotional packages. For edition 19 we’re
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presenting The Best of TTT because we want
very year there is a story
to show off our work and because we’d like for
and a click behind it all. For
you to explore your imagination and partner
example, this year, the 19th
with us to make it even better.
final will take place on August 19th. I thought
We lay out our concept and mission, the rules
there won’t be any charm to
we play by and our objectives so everyone can
promoting this one, and there it was. 19 will be
get a clear picture of our social-tennis-event
big just because it’s before the great 20.
called Tudor Tennis Trophy.
It’s like birthday, Christmas and New Years Eve into one event — that's what they say. That’s
Maria Tudor
what I say too. We’re all loving it more and
TTT Director
more because by each TTT we all grow
@mariatudor
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TTT supports Mihaela Marculescu @US Open
The Story 99 - 17
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e’re big on traditions, as everyone has probably noticed. Tudor Tennis Trophy is one of the Tudor’s longest lasting one and its getting more exciting by the year. Tradition In 1999 Mr. Paul Tudor, founder of Besta Sports Club, organised the first tournament with friends and business partners, an inaugural event of the tennis court in SamCity and with the occasion of St Maria, on August 15. Since then, we have been playing tennis every year around the date of August 15. Starting the 13th edition onwards, the Tudor Tennis Trophy became a project run by Maria Tudor under close supervision of father Tudor. The event grew more and more with the years, the partnerships
became more interesting and the level of tennis higher. Supporting young talents Along with the tennis fun and socialising, our events have a main focus on fund raisers for different cultural and charitable causes, lately focusing on the Romanian young generation tennis talents who train for becoming professionals. The funds are raised from donations from the players and guests. We always try to attract interesting partnerships so our friends, people who donate, get something in return. Our Custon For 15 years TTT was a singles only tournament. Starting TTT16, we expanded our approach: singles and doubles. Some years we even play singles in groups. The tournament lasts for about two weeks;
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players show their best tennis; supporters cheer on; everybody meets everybody; it’s really great. On Saturday, around August 15th is the day of the final! The custom is that players and guests arrive around 18h. Everyone’s wearing white. The evening starts with a demo by the professional junior tennis players. After watching a set of ‘how its supposed to be done’, the finalists step in. They play. And play. And sometimes even argue. The public picks sides and place bets. By the final game of the Set, everyone is anxious, nervous, maybe a little hungry, and excited. Match ball. Game. Set. Match. We have a winner! The Tudor Tennis Trophy is awarded to the champions. We take group photos, interviews, more photos, listen to speeches and congratulations.
Party to celebrate the tennis achievements, the long and hard matches, the champions and good company of all our guests. It’s a fashionable, social and entertaining event. Supporting young talents Along with the tennis fun and socialising, our events have a main focus on fund raisers for different cultural and humanitarian causes, lately focusing on the Romanian young generation tennis talents who train for becoming professionals. The funds are raised from donations from the players and guests. We always try to attract interesting partnerships so our friends, people who donate, get something in return.
Sincerely yours, Besta Sports Club
The Players’ WHITE Party After the final match festivities are over, all the guests are invited to the Players’ White
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TTT Mission
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At TTT, our mission is to offer a unique and diverse social-tennis experience to our players, guests and partners, as well as to support the young up-coming professionals to reach their dreams.
Our responsibility is to keep on developing the friendly but competitive community where we all share the love for tennis. Our family-oriented environment encourages new members to join TTT and to get involved in all ways they can so we can have an even bigger impact on our society by the year.
We encourage fairness, professionalism and respect on and off court!
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The Tennis players & Rules
Tudor Tennis Trophy competitors are entrepreneurs or professionals from Romania and around the world, tennis amateurs and supporters of humanitarian causes, who compete and put on a great show for the audience. It’s a pretty cool package deal for us all. Every year the traditional players introduce newbies. We welcome new players based on recommendations only.
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The TTT: The tournament will start on August 7th and end on August 19th. The PLAYER: The player is a tennis amateur and of age between 20 and 50 years old. In doubles, one player is an amateur and of age between 20 and 50 years old and the second player can be a retired professional. REGISTRATION: Please send us your registration by Tuesday, July 15th. PARTICIPATION: The player will make a donation of 200 Lei per Trophy (singles or doubles). The COURT: Hard surface. The Official BALL: will be provided by Wilson, our traditional partner. The number of balls for play is 4. The ball will change after each match. The GAME: Singles will play in 4 groups of 3 to 5 players, two qualifiers per group will play quarters, followed by semis and the final. Doubles will play qualifying rounds, quarters, semis and the final. The SCORE: The match will be played to the best of 3 sets (a player/team needs to win 2 sets to win the match). The group matches, due to time restraints, the will play Super-Tie Break (instead of the 3rd set).
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The Club
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#mood #SocialTennis #AllWhite #GardenParty #raffle #Bbq #FoodStations #Cocktails #Vino #DJ #PhotoBooth #Fashion
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#tags
#TTT18
The Schedule 19ON19
Date
Day
Activity
7 August
Monday
Draw
8 August
Tuesday
Singles Groups
4
15
9 August
Wednesday
Singles Groups
4
15
10 August
Thursday
Singles Groups
4
15
11 August
Friday
Singles Groups
4
15
12 August
Saturday
Singles Groups
4
15
13 August
Sunday
Rest
14 August
Monday
Doubles OF
4
20
15 August
Tuesday
Singles OF & Doubles Semis
6
30
16 August
Wednesday
Singles Semis & Doubles Final
3
20
19 August
Saturday
Singles Final
1
150
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No of Matches
No. of Ppl 35
#TTT18 15 - 27 August 2016
#AstamparaSETea
Behind the cover Cosmin Cimpoeru Cosmin is a 31 year old father, husband and tennis amateur player. Not so amateur if you ask us, because he could've had a profession career given the passion and talent. He joined TTT in 2015 at the 17 edition, introduced by a TTT player and friend, Andrei Alecu. Andrei called up before the 17th edition started to announce his doubles’ partner and said that he’s bringing a “secret weapon”. He definitely knew what he was talking about!
Stay tuned to find out juicy details about Cosmin Cimpoeru, our latest TTT star.
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Objective 19ON19 We do like to play for fun but we also admire the tennis professionals and support the young ones who are working super hard to reach their goals and make their dreams come true. Let’s give a round of applause for Mihaela, the only junior girl who attended Australian Open 2017 and who’s goal for this year is to qualify and attend all 4 Slams. Hot, ei? Our main objective at TTT19 is to raise funds for this beautiful and ambitious young lady to attend US Open. More detailed information about Mihaela and her career can be available upon request. Don’t be shy!
Get involved in supporting Romanian talents! TUDOR TENNIS TROPHY PAGE 26
TTT supports Mihaela Marculescu @US Open
We’re Famous We really are! Starting from the
thanks to our partners, enough
new players who see our photos
food and beverage to serve them
and make it all possible to come
with. :)
play to people trying to get on the
Whoever’s crossed our gates, either
guest list. Good thing we love to meet new people and socialise, we have more than enough space and,
took and posted photos, wrote comments or even articles on blogs or published magazines.
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The valued. . . Partners
Together with the partners we create and manage each edition of Tudor Tennis Trophy.
Only with the partners’ involvement we were
able to have our players and guests enjoy each day by the court, the pool or in the garden. We care very much about our traditional partners and we thank them dearly for sticking next to us by the years. We welcome with open arms new, cool and fresh partners with whom to plan new and unique experiences.
Thank you!
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Are you in?
Friend up with us for many reasons:
- we expose you to our public - we talk about you online and offline - we encourage our friends to try your product or service - we pretty much become your promoters - our guests become your promoters - we host campaign photoshoot for your product or service - our players in your ads - associate with a tennis talent - play tennis with a pro - have lunch with a pro - you name it, and we’ll do our best to accommodate your wishes.
#TennisLovers #SocialTennis #WeLikeYou
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Thank you! For taking your time to read our Story.
TTT is organised by Besta Sports Club in partnership with M16 - Sports Management & Events & Louise Communications and Directed by Maria Tudor.
More details about TTT on www.tudortennistrophy.com www.instagram.com/tudortennistrophy
For enquiries, please drop us an email hello@m16.ro
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