Southern 35s, SoCal 45s Win Titles in Boca Raton
Southern faced off against Texas in the 35s final yesterday. The weather was nice, not too warm or windy. Sophie Woorons-Johnston beat Patricia Zerdan 62 61 in a match that […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
35s: Texas vs Southern For the Title; 45s: SoCal vs Southern For the Trophy
The story of the day was RAIN! It rained all day in Boca Raton. The eight teams playing in the semis of the 35s and 45s were on hold till […]
A Day at the Beach!
Today my teammates Robin Harris and Tracey Thompson and I went to South (Miami) Beach for the day but up in Boca Raton there was still tennis to be played. […]
Southern Sweeps Singles to Win 55 Intersectionals; SoCal 35s Upset Top Seeded Intermountain
Southern beat Southern California (9 states vs 1/2 state…) 3/2, behind strong singles play by 55s World Champion Diane Barker, Sue Bartlett and Wendy McColskey. Diane beat 60s world champion […]
SoCal 55s Face Southern in 55 Intersectional Final; Florida Into 65 Intersectional Final
SoCal 55s swept #3 seed Florida today in the 55s. Tina Karwasky played a perfect match to beat Kerry Young 61 60 and Tracey Thompson won at #3 singles against […]
Semifinals are Set in 55s, 65s at Intersectionals
The USTA Women’s Intersectional Team Championships are being held this week in Boca Raton, Florida at the Boca Raton Swim and Racquet Center. Play began Monday in the 55s and […]
2014 USTA Women’s Category I National Schedule
The USTA National Schedule has begun to post on USTA.com. Click here for the schedule. Men’s 2014 Cat I Schedule Click here to go to carolynnichols.com. Women’s 2014 Tentative National […]
2014 USTA Men’s Category I National Schedule
The USTA National Schedule has begun to post on USTA.com. Click here for the schedule. Click here to go to carolynnichols.com. Men’s 2014 Tentative Category I National Schedule Age Division […]
Chamisal Recap, 2013: Women’s 35/45/55/65/75/85 Hard Courts
The Chamisal tournament had a lot of great play, long matches, gorgeous weather and great parties. The National 35-85 Hard Courts take place at the Chamisal Tennis Club located between […]
USTA Semi Annual Meeting: Minutes from Adult Senior/Senior International Meetings
Any player interested in playing National USTA tournaments or on a USA Senior International Team should read these. Meeting One: Aug 31, 2013 Meeting Two: Sept. 1, 2013
Roz King, John Powless and Jane Lutz Win Singles Titles in Villach; Karwasky Into Singles Final in Klagenfurt
Roz King won her first ITF Singles World Championship in the 75s, and will go for the gold in doubles later today with Ria Graham. She beat world #1 Elisabeth […]
Powless, McCabe, King, Fales, Karwasky, Ginnard, Van Nostrand, Lutz and Price Vie for Singles Titles in Austria
Several Americans are still in the hunt for the prestigious title of ITF World Individual Singles Champion in Austria tomorrow and some players have already won world doubles or mixed […]
Roz King into Singles Final in Villach; Van Nostrand, Powless, McCabe, Ginnard, Karwasky, HIllebrand, Fales, Drilling Reach Semis
Roz King upset #2 seed and defending champion Inge Weber today in Villach, Austria, putting her into the final against Germany’s’ Elisabeth Von Boemmel, her conqueror in the team event […]
Americans Find Success in Individual World Championships: Wednesday Midday
A number of American Super Seniors are continuing to do well this week in the ITF Individual World Championships in Villach, Poertschach and Klagenfurt. Women: In the 60s, Mary Ginnard […]
Three Peat for Canadian Hart Cup Players; Individual Play Begins
The draws and match times can be found by clicking here Canada won the Doris Hart Cup for the third time. Rosie Asch was too strong at #2 singles. In […]
USA Wins SIX Cups in Super Seniors World Team Championships
USA came very close to sweeping the men’s events at the 2013 Super Senior ITF World Team Championships in Austria and Czech Republic today. They won the Von Cramm Cup […]
Ready Set Finals
USA Advances to Mulloy Cup Final in Villach; Reaches Final of Eight Cups
The USA Mulloy Cup won today 3/0 over Australia and play France, an upset winner over Canada today. Crutchet best Lorne Main 06 64 1/0(4). Gr. Britain upset Germany 2:1 […]
USA Queens Cup Defeats #2 Seeded Germany; USA in the Title Hunt in Nine Cups
The USA Queens’ Cup team had a tough but ultimately successful day against a determined German team today. Lyn Tietz started things off with a win over Brigitte Jung. Roz […]
USA Advances to Knockout Rounds in Eight Cups (Results for ninth cup TBA)
USA advanced to the knockout rounds in all but the women’s 80s (Doris Hart Cup). Both the men’s and women’s 65s (the Britannia and Kitty Godfree Cups) had to go […]
Mulloy & Queens’ Cup Teams Advance; Hart Cup Falls (Literally) to Netherlands; Godfree Cup Wins
The Doris Hart Cup team (women’s 80), literally fell to the Netherlands. Lucille Kyvallos won at #2 singles comfortably; then Margaret Canby, playing #1 singles for the first time, was […]
Rainy Monday
The weather forecast was unfortunately spot on: 100% chance of rain! The courts almost dried, and we were just getting ready for an 11 am start… When it poured again. […]
USA Seeded #1 or #2 in All Cups in Austria and Czech Republic.
The captains’ meetings were held today in Austria and Czech Republic. The USA was seeded #1 in the seven Cups for which it’s the defending champion: Von Cramm (M60), Britannia […]
Villach Saturday
Today was a day of practice for the players…I saw the women’s 75 and 80s practicing twice and the men’s 80s once at least. The Aussies were also very keen […]
Blogging from Villach Warmbad: Queens, Doris Hart and Gardnar Mulloy Cups; World Championships in Villach, Poertschach and Klagenfurt
Link to World Individual Championships For links to all Cup draws go to carolynnichols.wordpress.com. Munich and Arrival in Villach Villach Saturday: Getting Ready USA Seeded #1 in Seven Cups and […]
Munich on a Sunny Day; Arrival in Austria
I left NY on Wednesday…traffic was insane, but I was sitting on a comfortable bus, not driving, so it was ok with me! The airport had TSA pre check which […]
US Open Tuesday
Tuesday (again I had meeting!) was a smorgasbord of watching tennis at the Open. Carol Wood invited me to the President’s Suite (thank you Carol!) which is the best seat […]
US Open Monday: Rain Out; Gold Slam Awards
Monday the Gold Slam award recipients were honored at the US Open and other awards were given too. The players who won all four national championships last year were: Tina […]
US Open Sunday
Sunday I was in the President’s Suite with the SoCal Section. It’s always a treat to go there, the vantage point is fantastic and the suite is full of tennis […]
ITF Super Senior (Men & Women 60-80) World Team and Individual Championships
Men’s Cups Women’s Cups Von Cramm Cup (Men’s 60) Alice Marble Cup (Women’s 60) Britannia Cup (Men’s 65) Kitty Godfree Cup (Womens’ 65) Jack Crawford Cup (Men’s 70) Althea Gibson […]