Father/Daughter Finals Tomorrow!
Today Dad and I played the semis of the father/daughter in the 80+ division (the dads have to be 80 by Dec 31st). Dad is 89 so he qualifies. 🙂 […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Father/Daughter, Mother/Son Hard Court Nationals
San Diego, California (aka America’s Finest City) The USTA National Father/Daughter and Mother/Son Hard Courts began today at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego. There are four father/daughter divisions: […]
Hurlbut, Sack, Robinson, Seymour Win National Singles Crowns at Laguna Woods
Lester Sack won the 75 singles over Bob Quall, 63 34 retired (injury); Kaz Saito won the bronze by default over Herm Ahlers. In the 80s, Neil Hurlbut won his […]
Laguna Woods: Men’s 75-90 Hard Courts
The USTA Category I Men’s 75-90 Hard Courts is taking place in Laguna Woods, CA, in south Orange County, CA. It’s about an hour north of North County in San […]
Touring Chicago on a Beautiful Sunday…16000 Steps Later
The National Indoors at Homewood ended Saturday. Since both Susan and I had flights out Sunday morning we decided to play tourist and visit the “Windy City”. Our first order […]
Hurlbut Wins 80 Indoor Singles; Doss/Powless Take 80 Indoor Doubles Title
Neil Hurbut won the 80 Indoors in Vancouver, WA over George McCabe, while Richard Doss/John Powless continued their unbeaten streak in the USTA 80 doubles, taking their fifth straight title. […]
Tracy Houk Blog Friday May 15: End of the Road in La Jolla
Friday, May 15 The finals today. Woke up this morning, feeling the match from yesterday. Took a walk to Starbucks for my latte, then walked the beach, feet in the […]
Yulia Bolotova, Julie Cass and Susan Wright Win Indoor Singles Crowns at Homewood
Yulia Bolotova won the 35s singles, finishing off a round robin draw that was riddled with defaults. Kristen Diehl finished second. Yulia and Kristen also won the doubles. We need […]
Top-Seeded Ros Nideffer Defeats Second-Seeded Tracy Houk for 50s Singles Title
, via Top-Seeded Ros Nideffer Defeats Second-Seeded Tracy Houk for 50s Singles Title.
Semifinal Marathon Nets Slot in Final
Thursday, May 15 The heat has shown no signs of cooling, and today, the Santa Ana winds didn’t come up. Judy Newman and I were scheduled to play at 10:30am, […]
Indoor Champions; Singles Final Saturday
Today again was a terrific day for indoor tennis. Here’s the temperature reading when I got out of my car this morning around 7:30: Yes, that’s right, it was […]
Top-Seeded Ros Nideffer to Face Defending Champion Tracy Houk for 50s Singles Title at USTA National Senior Women’s Hard Court Championships
It will be a championship day on Friday as singles finals in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s divisions of the USTA National Senior Women’s Hard Court Championships are scheduled […]
Tracy Houk Blog Thursday Morning; Surviving the Heat to Reach the Semis
Wednesday, May 14 Temperatures rose to high 90’s, and it definitely made a difference for me in my singles. I played Ellie Hammargren on Court 1. There was no breeze, […]
Thursday in Homewood: Excellent Day to be Indoors
It was cold and wintry here today, in the low 40s and raining as I drove down to the courts to warm up. I was actually happy to be going […]
2014 ITF World Championships Results and Links
Draws from ITF Individual World Championships: ( click on “order of play” which brings up another menu; click on “draws” on this second menu.) Draws from the Cups & Results […]
Top-seed Ros Nideffer Advances to 50 and Over Semifinals of USTA National Senior Women’s Hard Court Championships
Defending 50 and over champion Tracy Houk of Montara, Calif., arrived at this week’s USTA National Senior Women’s Hard Court Championships at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club determined […]
Successful Start in Homewood; Chicago Air Woes Delay Players’ Arrival
Whatever you do, don’t follow Kathy Vick’s travel itinerary…ever! Kathy lives in Lubbock, Texas with her husband and dogs. She is the #3 seed here in the 55s and is […]
Tracy Houk Blogs from La Jolla May 13, Day 2, Tuesday
Today, the heat rose to high 80’s and will be into the mid 90’s tomorrow. The sad part, there’s a horrible fire going on, and people are being evacuated from […]
Homewood, IL: Last Practice Day Before the Indoors
The Indoors begins tomorrow here in Homewood (outside Chicago and only a dozen miles from the Indiana border). Susan and I practiced at the crack of dawn…ok 11 am, but […]
Indoor Practicing
It’s dark indoors, even on a sunny day! Actually, especially on a sunny day. I hit at the Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet Club today indoors with one of the pros first, John, […]
Homewood Indoors and La Jolla Hard Courts Preview
There are two Category I Championships this week: The USTA National Women’s Hard Courts in La Jolla CA for the 50/60/70/80/90 age divisions (Click here for the link during the […]
Tracy Houk Blogs from La Jolla, 50-90 Hard Courts
Tracy Houk will be a guest blogger this week from La Jolla. Read her first post below. Tracy is the defending women’s 50 singles champion and was a semifinalist in […]
USTA Women’s 30 Grass to Use One-Set per Match Format at Forest Hills
This is cut and pasted from the home page of the 30-80 Grass Courts (link below). This is just for your information; I did not create this verbiage. IMPORTANT […]
Parting Impressions of the ITF World Seniors Championships
1: Making lemonade from lemons award: Eoin Collins, who entered the World Championships to play doubles with Jeff Tarango (who withdrew after losing first round in singles) and ended up […]
Men’s 30/35 Grass to Use Compass Draw Format for Matches
Update 5/27/14: NEWLY POSTED INFORMATION REGARDING THIS EVENT! The format will be compass draw but A ONE SET FORMAT NOT BE USED. This is a change from the information […]
Tracy Houk Saturday May 3: End of the Road in Florida
Saturday, May 3 I lost my semi final singles match to the French player who beat me in the Team Competition. I really thought I could get her back, but, […]
World Doubles Champions!
My doubles partner, Pam Cooke and I won the ITF World Doubles title yesterday in the 55+ category, beating Mary Ginnard from Fort Lauderdale and Tina Karwasky from California. It […]
Fran Chandler, USA Wins Second World Title; Simona Bruetting/Gee Gee Garvin Win First World Title
Fran Chandler won the 50 singles over Marie-Christine Calleja of France today. She didn’t drop a set in five matches en route to the title. She is also in the […]
Tracy Houk Blog May 2, Friday: Into the Singles Semis!
I had my flight back home booked for yesterday, Thursday, May 1, but had to cancel it, after I won my quarter-final match against the #1seed, Brenda Foster, from Australia. […]
Doubles Friday at ITF World Championships
Today was the sixth day of the ITF World Individual Championships and my doubles partner (Pam Cooke, CA) and I finally played our first doubles match! Pam arrived so long […]