Mt. Washington Resort at Bretton Woods
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While The Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods has been offering
guests a wide variety of recreational diversions since 1902, it wasn't until
1973 that the sport of tennis put Bretton Woods on the map. The Mount Washington
Hotel's red-clay stadium court, ringed by 18,000 spectacular acres of White
Mountain National Forest, was the perfect setting for the Volvo International
Tennis Tournament. Twenty thousand fans gathered to witness the first tournament,
as an Indian youth of nineteen named Vijay Amritraj defeated another nineteen
year old, Jimmy Connors. Other tennis greats who have graced the courts of
Bretton Woods include Ron Laver, Roy Emerson, Arthur Ashe, Fred Stolle and
Bobby Riggs.
Although the Volvo International took place at Bretton Woods
for only two years, the Resort continues its reputation as a major tennis
center, and was recently named one of the four best family tennis resorts
in the country by Tennis Magazine. The Resort offers a dozen red-clay courts
and a variety of lodging packages. The full-service Pro Shop offers round
robins, clinics and private lessons. Custom-designed individual programs
are also available.
Renowned for hosting the first Volvo International Tennis
Tournament in 1973, The Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods has become
a perennial favorite with the tennis fraternity. A dozen red clay courts
welcome players of every age and ability to compete on the same courts once
graced by Jimmy Connors, Arthur Ashe and other tennis greats. Now it's your
chance to learn or return that big serve from many of the greatest names
in tennis!
The Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods
Route 302
Bretton Woods, NH 03575
800-314-1752
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