The 2017 USA Senior Cup Teams have been announced. This page will have links to Cup draws, links to daily blog posts, links to the individual draws once posted, links to photos and more. They play in Miami, Florida October 29-November 3, 2017. November 4-11 the individual world seniors championships will take place, also in Miami.
The 2017 ITF Super Seniors World Team Championships are taking place from October 8-13 in Lake Nona, Florida, USA. The ITF Seniors World Individual Championships will be held the 14-22 of October, also in Lake Nona. The event is taking place on green clay.
Dear Seniors Tennis Administrator, I am pleased to inform that the Four Points by Sheraton and Holiday Inn have been confirmed as replacements for the Deauville as the official hotels […]
The USTA Women’s 40/50 Clay will be held as scheduled in Naples, Florida in October.
Sue Bramlette, the Tournament Director for the USTA National Women’s 35/45/55/65/75/85/90 Clay Courts in Houston has announced the 2018 dates for this wonderful tournament. This tournament is open to all […]
Tuesday Sept 5, 207 Flushing Meadow, NY I was lucky enough to get an invitation into Arthur Ashe today and saw Pablo Carreno Busta (PCB) of Spain take out Diego […]
Young Seniors Mendoza, Argentina 1-6 April 2018 7-14 April 2018 Seniors* Miami, USA October/November Super Seniors Umag, Croatia 16-21 September 2018 22-29 September 2018 *The 2018 Seniors World Team and […]
Monday at the Open is the last day grounds passes are held but I got full value despite arriving mid-afternoon. It was a beautiful day to watch or play tennis. […]
Sunday morning it rained in NY but by early afternoon the skies, well didn’t clear but stopped crying rain. I got out to the open around 3pm, just in time […]
Today, Sept.2, 2017 is the first Saturday at the US Open. I’ve been coming to the Open every year since 1999 and this is the first time I was wearing […]
Today, Saturday, was my last day in Seattle. My doubles partner, Susan Wright, her dad Enver Mehmedbasich and I decided to see the iconic Space Needle and the Chihuly Glass […]
There are two new ITF Seniors Tournaments in Florida this year. They offer valuable ITF Grade 3 points (80 points to the champions). ITF rankings will primarily be used to […]
Today, Saturday, Susan Wright and I played for the gold balls in Seattle against Andrea Barnes and Leslie Murveit and won 63 63 in a very fun match with lots […]
Susan Wright is a triple threat in Seattle. Today she beat Leslie Murveit 60 64 in a good match. Leslie had game points in four of the six games she […]
Today, Wednesday, I finally played a match. Susan Wright and I played Janice Hostetler and Bonnie Paasche from Washington state. We won 62 60. There was one point that was […]
Here is a link to the Step by Step Instructions by the ITF: Entry Details – Step by Step guide. Note that once you enter you still have to PAY […]
Super Seniors: Here is a link to the Step by Step Instructions by the ITF: http://www.itftennis.com/media/264187/264187.pdf You have to have a current IPIN to enter which costs US$ 25. Note […]
Today I hit with Diane Barker in the morning, worked out, etc. then walked back to my lodging. Susan played her first match and won easily. After lunch we walked […]
Today was a long and very nice day in Seattle. The weather was gorgeous from sunrise to sunset and we were busy practicing, viewing the eclipse and then taking a […]
Today, Sunday, I walked to the club, a nice walk of less than 15 minutes and met up with my doubles partner Susan Wright. We warmed up a bit, then […]
Hello from Seattle, Washington. I am here to play in the 60 national indoors at the Seattle tennis club. The club is right on Lake Washington and is beautiful. It […]
Clay Courts (W50) – Maria Esther Bueno Cup – North Shore, Miami Beach (W60) – Alice Marble Cup – Crandon Park Tennis /Golf Club, Key Biscayne (M60) – Von Cramm […]
Tuesday was our last day in France and it was another busy one. We started with breakfast at a patisserie, followed by a bike ride about half as long as […]
Monday Erin, Hannah and I planned a bike ride to Chambourd Castle (Chateau de Chambourd, Loire-et-Cher, one of the grandest in France. It was around 20 kilometers to the castle, […]
Sunday morning, Erin Boynton, her daughter Hannah and I packed up our rental car, thankfully left our nightmare of a rented apartment and took off for the Dune of Pilat. […]
Saturday I played the 60 final in Bordeaux against Hildegarde Bruggaber from Austria. We played in the semis in Austria last month, so I knew her game pretty well. It […]
Today ended up being a rest day for me. The tournament began on Monday and so far I’ve played only three matches, 2 singles and a doubles. It’s a rather […]
It was a beautiful day in Bordeaux. We took the bus to the club midday and began a day of waiting to play. I was a “2nd match after a […]
Erin Boynton and I had our daily adventure. This time it involved renting a car. I arranged a rental car in a downtown location. We took Uber to the Enterprise […]
Today I played my first round match and our apartment adventures continued. My match was not before 5pm, but due to temps in the high 90s my 5pm match was […]
Today Erin Boynton and I had our first practice in Bordeaux, though it was not easy! First we (and by “we” I mean “I” since Erin would sensibly have been […]
Yesterday I won the 60 singles in Barcelona, beating the British Clay Court champion, Kim Reed, 62 61 in the final. I played very consistently, but the match was closer […]
