Belton Tennis Association - Hall of Fame Classic

Hall of Fame Classic

The Chick-fil-A of Anderson Hall of Fame Classic is a girls high school invitational tournament which was started by the Belton Tennis Association in 1987.  Eight of the state's top teams compete for 2 days in late September or early October each year.  The tournament is flighted rather than team-against-team competiton.  Players earn points for their team when they win matches. Every singles player and doubles team plays 3 matches during the weekend.

The 2023 tournament was won by Spartanburg while Belton Honea-Path was named the team sportsmanship recipient.  The other 6 teams competing included Clinton, AC Flora, Chapin, Christ Church, TL Hanna and Greenville.  The results of the championship matches were.:

  • #1 Singles:  Sophie Clayton (Spartanburg) def. Ally Jones (TL Hanna) 6-1, 6-2
  • #2 Singles:  Ti'arri Watkins (Spartanburg) def. Lani Sturgeon (AC Flora) 6-1, retired-injury
  • #3 Singles:  Lexie Sobocinki (Christ Church) def. Emily Smith (AC Flora) 4-6, 6-1, 10-8
  • #4 Singles:  Ella Williams (Christ Church) def. Catherine Smith (AC Flora) 6-1, 6-3
  • #5 Singles:  Mary Wesley Few (Greenville) def. Lauren Yaekoub (TL Hanna) 6-2, 7-5
  • #1 Doubles:  Sophie Clayton & Ti'arra Watkins (Spartanburg) def. Caroline Bruner & Lexie Sobocinski  (CC) 6-0, 6-1
  • #2 Doubles:  Ellison Bray & Laney Palmer (Greenville) def. Lowndes Laffitte & Elsie Homewood (AC Flora) 7-6 (8), 6-2  

Myrtle Beach has won the most team championships with 8 followed by Christ Church with 7, then Irmo, Bishop England, J. L.Mann and T. L. Hanna with 3 each.  The tournament is sponsored by Chick-fil-A of Anderson.