In modern day, we find people of all sizes, sexes, and colors taking to the court for good-natured competition. Tennis is no longer the sport of exclusion, but the sport of unity. Sportsmanship is still the order of the day, but competition still reigns supreme. In the fall of the year of our Lord, two-thousand and one, Brett Alexander Schmitz and David Eligio Pascual began a series of informal matches on the hard court surface of the Post Forest Complex in Fairfax, Virginia. Both struggled to improve their games, often meeting early on weekend mornings, and even after work during the week, all for the love of the sport.

As fall rolled in, the two had seemingly mastered the intricacies of each other's games, and decided to take the game in its time-honored natural progression. They decided to form a league of players dedicated to sport, dedicated to unity, dedicated to competition… dedicated to tennis.

Thus, the Fairfax Amateur Lawn and Tennis Series was born. The FALTS was created to encompass a series of Open-style matches, in which amateur tennis players would be welcome to compete in its series of events, held at public and private facilities throughout the Greater Fairfax Areas. The inaugural competition was set for late October of the year, held on the very court where the FALTS began, dubbed the Post Forest Invitational, the crowning jewel of the series.

Gone are the conventions of old. This is the era of FALTS. It's time to play.