Fairfield Tennis Club

05/27/2025

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04/28/2025

🐸🎾The tradition continues🎾🐸

Mark your calendars for Frog Island Tennis Camp, June 2nd - 6th!!!

11/27/2024

The Fairfield Tennis Club would like to recognize two amazing women in our local Tennis community that we have lost recently.

These two women worked together for years to help grow the sport of tennis in Fairfield. As well as shape the lives of young athletes through the Fairfield Tennis Club's summer programs.

They had a true love for the game, while showing so many that tennis is a life long sport. For years after they retired you could still find them at the courts playing the game they enjoyed with their friends.

We are so thankful to have had the pleasure of having these two women in our community and we are keeping all of their family and friends in our prayers.

Pat Gale - September 6, 2024

Helen Miller - November 22, 2024

02/21/2024

Long time Fairfield teacher and tennis coach passed yesterday. I know she was loved by many coaches and friends from other towns as well. Please pass along to anyone that may have knew this wonderful person.

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Jane A. Best, 65, of Fairfield, died at 4:10pm on Monday, February 19, 2024, at her home.

Jane was born on May 6, 1958, in Fairfield, IL, to Donald G. and Lorene (Blades) Johnson. On July 15, 1990, she married the love of her life, Jerry Lee Best.

Jane had been a teacher for the Fairfield Public School District #112 for 34 years. She was very proud of being able to go back to college as an adult to earn her master’s degree from Eastern Illinois University. Jane had been the head coach of the girls and boy’s tennis teams at Fairfield Community High School for 7 years. She loved her job as coach. She became a member of the retired teacher's association in Fairfield. According to her family, she was a great wife, mother, cook, and golfer, as her and Jerry loved to play in golf tournaments.

Survivors include her husband Jerry Best and her daughter Jillian Best, both of Fairfield, two sisters Beverly Johnson and Carolyn Johnson both of Oshkosh, WI, a brother David (Jennifer) Johnson of Fairfield, along with several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and a brother Don Johnson.

Funeral services for Jane Best will be at 10am on Saturday, February 24th at the New Beginnings Church in Fairfield, with burial to follow in Maple Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5pm-7pm on Friday, February 23rd at the New Beginnings Church. Memorial donations can be made to the Jane Best Memorial Scholarship Fund, with funds being awarded to eligible students on the tennis team at FCHS. Donations will be accepted during the service times or at the Johnson and Vaughn Funeral Home which is in charge of the arrangements.

10/28/2023

10/21/2023

Lisa wins!! 6-1 6-1

This was the girl that originally beat her but Lisa came out today strong and won in commanding victory... Great Job!

She will now play for the 5th place medal match about 11:00 a.m.

10/21/2023

Coin toss is underway and the match will begin...

10/20/2023

Lisa will play for the consolation semifinal tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. if she wins she'll advance to the medal match for 5th/6th place.

She had three big wins today in the backdraw. I know there's been a lot of questions around how big this bracket is (yes it is big) and how it works but now that we're down to the finalist hopefully it makes sense so you can see it on one page.

10/20/2023

Lisa will start at 8am in the morning playing the third set against her opponent for third round at state.