Camden Riviere

Who is Camden Riviere?

Camden Riviere is an American left-handed real tennis player. As of September 2013, he is ranked first in the world for the sport. In March 2007, paired with Tim Chisholm, he unsuccessfully challenged the reigning world doubles champions, Robert Fahey and Steve Virgona. Between May 20 and 24, 2008 at the Château de Fontainebleau, Riviere challenged Fahey for his world championship singles title, losing the match in the twelfth set. He won his first major tournament, the U.S. Open, in Philadelphia on March 1, 2009.

Riviere learned to play tennis in his hometown of Aiken, South Carolina under Mark Devine at the Aiken Tennis Club. He worked as a trainee professional at the Royal Tennis Court in 2005.

Camden was born in Charleston, South Carolina in May 1987 but was raised in nearby Aiken, South Carolina. He started playing real tennis at age 5 with his father and played his first tournament at age 7. Camden's first coach was the Aiken Professional at the time, Mark Devine. As a junior Camden competed on the American Junior Squads including the Clothier Cup team and the Van Allen team. During his early teens Camden competed as a top level amateur winning such tournaments as the US Amateur and the Tuxedo Gold Racquet. Camden also played for the United States on the Bathurst Cup Team. In May 2005, at age 17, Camden moved to the UK and turned Professional, working at Hampton Court Palace under Chris Ronaldson. After a year in the UK Camden returned to the US due to some personal family issues and became a Touring Professional. The last few years have been a constant progression for Camden winning many tournaments and even challenging for the 2008 World Championship where he was narrowly defeated by Rob Fahey 7 sets to 5. All this work has made Camden the #1 player in the world. In September 2008 Camden joined the team at the Tennis and Racquet Club as a Real Tennis, Racquets, and Squash Professional.