Long Island Tennis Magazine opens summer series with packed Quogue challenge
The Quogue opener sold out across 18 Har-Tru courts, with Rauskauskas-Katz, Orozco-Genzone and Mueller-Winter setting the early doubles pecking order.
Presented by Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Group, Long Island Tennis Magazine’s 2026 Summer Series opened at SPORTIME Quogue with a sold-out June Tennis Challenge that immediately set the tone for the East End summer. On 18 Har-Tru courts, round-robin doubles fed into playoff rounds, and the results gave Hamptons players an early read on who is handling the opening stretch of the season best.
Agne Rauskauskas and Lindsay Katz won one women’s doubles division, while Carissa Orozco and Joanne Genzone took another. Barbara Mueller and Theresa Winter claimed the highest women’s doubles level, rallying from 1-4 down in the final and finishing it off in a tiebreak. That kind of finish is exactly why Quogue keeps drawing the summer field: it rewards teams that can grind through a full day, not just survive a single bracket match.
The setup matters as much as the scoreboard. SPORTIME Quogue sits on 15 acres on the South Fork of Eastern Long Island and includes 4 indoor and 22 outdoor Har-Tru courts, plus fitness, pickleball, a pool and other amenities. For Hamptons players, that makes it one of the few places where a serious adult tennis event can feel fully staged from first warm-up to final ball. The Challenge format also gives a wider range of levels a real day of competition, which is a big part of why the series has built such a loyal following over more than a decade.
The social side was unmistakably part of the appeal. Players were treated to a catered lunch of heroes, salads, pizza, pasta, garlic knots, brownies, cookies and fruit, then a happy hour with themed drinks. That combination of tennis and hangout time has become the formula at Quogue, and it is a big reason the event keeps selling out.
The summer run at Quogue has already shown staying power. Long Island Tennis Magazine’s 2025 June Tennis Challenge at the same venue also sold out and used 22 Har-Tru courts, while a 2023 edition drew 85 players. With this year’s opener already in the books, the early doubles ladder is starting to take shape fast, and Quogue once again looks like the place where the Hamptons summer season gets its first real competitive signal.
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