The Prentice Cup

The Prentice Cup started in 1921 as the first international intercollegiate tennis event ever held and stands today as the oldest truly amateur tennis competition played on an international scale. It is a match between a joint Oxford/Cambridge Team and a combined Harvard/Yale Team.

 

THE FORMAT

It takes place every two years alternately in the UK, where it is held at the All England Club, and in the USA, where it is held at the Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club. The visiting side of six players tour the host country for a total of 6 weeks, playing at some of the most prestigious tennis clubs in the United States or the UK. Every two years, three Oxford players are chosen to play in the match.

RECENT SUCCESSES

In the summer of 2008, we sent three players (Marc Baghdadi, Tim Weir and Greg Weir) over with three Cambridge players to compete in the Prentice Cup. In an historic encounter, the dominant Oxbridge team managed to triumph 16-5 over a very strong American side. With the best scoreline for a British side in nearly 80 years, the match showed the strength that both Oxford and Cambridge Tennis teams have. Special congratulations must go to Greg Weir for being the only Oxford player to remain undefeated in the match. In 2010 three Oxford players (Marc Baghdadi, Tim Matthewson and Greg Weir) played the Harvard/Yale Team in the home match played at the All England Club. Harvard/Yale won 12-9.

1921 Harvard/Yale 5-4 1922 Harvard/Yale 15-6
1923 Harvard/Yale 13-8 1924 Oxford/Cambridge 15-6
1925 Harvard/Yale 11-10 1927 Oxford/Cambridge 11-7
1929 Oxford/Cambridge 15-6 1931 Oxford/Cambridge 16-5
1933 Oxford/Cambridge 12-8 1935 Harvard/Yale 11-9
1937 Harvard/Yale 11-10 1939 Harvard/Yale 12-6
1948 Harvard/Yale 8-2 1950 Oxford/Cambridge 13-8
1952 Oxford/Cambridge 13-8 1954 Harvard/Yale 12-9
1956 Harvard/Yale 7-5 1958 Harvard/Yale 15-6
1960 Harvard/Yale 17-10 1962 Oxford/Cambridge 15-6
1964 Oxford/Cambridge 18-9 1966 Oxford/Cambridge 14-7
1968 Oxford/Cambridge 16-8 1970 Oxford/Cambridge 12-7
1972 Oxford/Cambridge 18.5-6.5 1974 Harvard/Yale 11-10
1976 Harvard/Yale 14-13 1978 Harvard/Yale 19-2
1980 Harvard/Yale 14-13 1982 Harvard/Yale 20-1
1984 Harvard/Yale 20-7 1986 Harvard/Yale 20-1
1988 Harvard/Yale 16-5 1990 Harvard/Yale 15-6
1992 Harvard/Yale 11-10 1994 Harvard/Yale 17-4
1996 Oxford/Cambridge 12-9 1998 Harvard/Yale 18-3
2000 Oxford/Cambridge 14-7 2002 Harvard/Yale  
2004 Harvard/Yale   2006 Harvard/Yale  
2008 Oxford/Cambridge 16-5 2010 Harvard/Yale 12-9
2012 Harvard/Yale 18-3 2014 Harvard/Yale 14-7