Brenda Carter, Fred Drilling, Dorothy Matthiessen, Mary Boswell and Graydon Nichols all won singles titles in Christchurch this year. For Carter, Drilling and Boswell it was their first ever world […]
Brenda Carter upset top seeded Carol Campling in straight sets today, a reversal of the outcome of their match a week ago during the Alice Marble Cup. It was her […]
Women’s 70s: The All American Semifinals are set. Unseeded, Roz King edged her Gibson Cup teammate Burnette Herrick in three sets, dropping the first before rallying to win the 2nd […]
The Individual World Championships began Sunday in Christchurch. The women’s 70s team has fared well there, causing three upsets already: Burnette Herrick upset the 3rd seed and top Aussie player, […]
USA won the Von Cramm Cup (men’s 60s); Gardnar Mulloy (men’s 80s); Kitty Godfree (women’s 65s) and Althea Gibson (Women’s 70s). USA finished 2nd in four other cups, Men’s 65s […]
USA has reached the final of eight of the nine cups contested in New Zealand, failing to reach the final only in the Alice Marble Cup (in which the USA […]
USA Queens’ Cup came roaring back after dropping the #2 singles match against Canada (to whom they lost 2x last year in Turkey, 2-1 both times). Mary Boswell played a […]
Hello from SUNNY Christchurch! I’m at Wilding Park today and the Marble Cup team beat Japan today, with Betty Wachob winning the #2 singles point and Brenda Carter playing a […]
USA remains in contention in all divisions as of Wed night. Del Campbell and Fred Drilling won in singles in the Britannia Cup in Ashurton and Rudy Hernando/Alan Carter won […]
BRRRRR! That’s the weather report for today…breezy, low 50s, cloudy and some rain. The men’s and women’s 70s and men’s 75s swept their singles at Hagley Park. The […]
USA has nine teams in New Zealand. All are seeded; all but the women’s 60s are seeded 1 or 2 (the women’s 60s are seeded 4) Men’s 60s, […]
USA teams did really well today. The men’s and women’s 65s and the men’s 60s and 70s did not play today, having received byes. The women’s and men’s 75s, and […]
Hello from Christchurch, NZ. The American teams arrived here, seven in all (two are playing in Ashburton). Opening ceremonies are tonight. Many of the teams were out twice practicing (Mary […]
Click here to view all of the photos from Carolyn Wei’s album. Below are NorCal team photos.
Click here to see which players participated. (click on team rosters, 11/7) Click here to see how your team did. Final results: 75s: Florida d. Mid Atlantic 3-0 […]
USTA Hawaii Pacific Section Announces Annual Award Winners Former University of Hawai’i tennis coach Jim Schwitters and Hattie Somerville were inducted into the USTA Hawaii Pacific Section Tennis Hall of […]
Southern lost in a tight match today to SoCal and Florida beat Texas in the 35s. Julie Cass beat Trish Riddell soundly at #1 for Texas but they didn’t win […]
A few intersectional results: 75s: Florida upset Mid Atlantic. Lucile Kyvallos handed Mary Boswell her first loss of the year in the 75s, beating her in straight sets on […]
Andy Lake handed Oren Motevassel a rare loss in the final of the 35 clay courts. He also won the doubles, with Kline Sack, beating Disbergen/Schlorf in the final. Motevassel won […]
The weather cleared up in Winter Park after Thursday and by Sunday, a beautiful day, the rain was a distant memory. Trish Riddell showed she can multitask with the […]
Hello from rainy Florida. I overheard one player comment that she could tell anyone who asked her what she did today and she could answer, "played tennis from 10:30 […]
Hello this week from Winter Park, Florida, (a suburb of Orlando). I’m here for the Grandes Dames Cat II 35-75. Play starts tomorrrow in all age divisions. I […]
Susan Wright won the 50 doubles final today and with it a "Gold Slam", which means she won the hard, grass, indoor and clay court 50 doubles titles in the […]
The semis were played today. The 40s, after long matches yesterday, played quickly today. Renata Marcinkowska showed off her shot variety in her 60 61 win over Kathy Vick (who […]
Kathy Vick and Renee Tharpe did finally finish…Kathy won 67 76 76, rallying from 2-5 down in the third. One onlooker said that Tharpe began to cramp at 3-5 in […]
It’s another beautiful day here in Pensacola…a bit toasty, but sunny and not too windy. The 50s semis are set in singles. Diane Fishburne beat Chris Ramsower-Pearlstein 61 62 […]
Hello from Pensacola, Florida…in the panhandle of Florida. It’s nice and toasty and dry here (well, a bit humid, but not raining). The 40/50 clay courts started today. The […]
Congratulations to Mary Boswell for completing a DOUBLE GOLD SLAM at the 75 Hard Courts. It was her first ever singles gold slam…she won 3 of the 4 nationals in […]
Charleen Hillebrand won their second straight Gold Slam today in Salinas, CA in 65 doubles. They beat the 2nd seeds, Cathie Anderson/Sinclair Bill 60 75. They dropped only one set […]