2022 Coach Gene Gould Tournament

The past weekend the Coach Gene Gould Tournament was held at SPORTIME Schenectady. 

About Coach Gould


So many great Capital District players played under Coach Gould. He had so many great teams, talented players, and more than 500 wins as Boys High School Tennis Coach at Shenendehowa - probably the most wins ever for a high school tennis coach in New York State. He was the Section 2 Coordinator for many years. It was a pleasure to have known him.    

"I still have the most wonderful memories of a caring and thoughtful coach and a smart and dedicated master. I have a book by my bedside that he inscribed to me and a picture of my daughter with him. His spirit lives on." Cay Hanley

The Tournament

From the opening gun, there was great tennis and exciting tennis. The first match out - between Michael Versaci and Vivek Lanka - went to a 9-7 deciding set tiebreaker. In the Boys 14's, Ian Jin won more games than tournament winner Renat Gosmanov in their opening round match-up. The score was 5-4 (2), 1-4, 1-0 (the tiebreaker was 7-4). Hope Brown - Girl's 16 winner - was pushed hard by Bryn Fitzmorris in the first round -the most exciting match of the tournament. The final score was 5-4, 1-4, 1-0. The first set tiebreaker was 14-12, and the match tiebreaker was 10-8.  

Congratulations to the Winners of this year's Coach Gene Gould Tournament.  

Boys 12 WINNER - Shlok Prabhushettar; RUNNER UP - Vachan Prabhushettar
Boys 14 WINNER - Renat Gosmanov; RUNNER UP - Austin Li
Boys 18 WINNER - Michael Versaci; RUNNER UP Vivek Lanka

Girls 14 WINNER - Angela Li; RUNNER UP - Meghan Uzzilia
Girls 16 WINNER - Hope Brown; RUNNER UP - Rayka Kogut










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