About the Kellner Cup History This book chronicles the 15 editions of the
Kellner Cup, a pro doubles tournament co-hosted by three Manhattan
private clubs --- namely the University Club of New York, the Union
Club and the Racquet & Tennis Club --- that, through a confluence
of chronology. geography, finance and tradition has become during its
quarter-century existence the unofficial but universally acknowledged
heavyweight championship of the squash-doubles world. Some of the
greatest players in the history of professional doubles squash are on
its Champions List and, for that matter, some of the best players as
well have never won this most coveted of championships. Every pro
doubles season has multiple marquee stops --- due to a combination of
venerability, prize-money offering, placement in the schedule and other
factors --- but the Kellner Cup is universally placed in the very top
tier by both the tour's players and fans.
The manuscript describes in impressive detail the close matches,
spectacular rallies and late-match heroics that have given this
tournament its flavor and prominence, thereby putting the reader in the
gallery in prose that is both entertaining and insightful.
