Trish Faulkner, BallenIsles Country Club, Retirement Ceremony
Trish Faulkner has been a part of the BallenIsles Country Club since its inception 25 years ago. Today marked the end of a remarkable run as the tennis director for […]
Author Archives: Carolyn Nichols
Category I & Super Category II Adult National Tournaments with ITF Status Suspended Through July 12, 2020
USTA Statment: “All Category 1 and Super Category 2 National Adult Tournaments with an ITF status, all ITF Junior events and all USTA Pro Circuit and professional events will align […]
2020 ITF Super Seniors Team Championship Application, Oct. 11 – 17, 2020 Age Divisions: 65,70,75,80,85 Mallorca, Spain
The 2020 ITF Super Senior Teams Application is now live. The deadline for applying is May 1, 2020. To apply click here.
Knee Meniscus Rehabilitation with Erin Boynton & Eric Wong (Coach E) & Precision Movement (Avoid the Knife Series)
Erin Boynton, you may know is a terrific tennis player, top ranked Canadian in her age division and getting better every year). She’s also an orthopedic surgeon who has worked […]
USTA Extends Suspension of USTA Sanctioned Tennis Events
USTA has suspended ITF sanctioned Senior events till June 7, 2020. USTA has suspended tournaments and programs including leagues which are not ITF sanctioned till May 3 The full statement […]
ITF Cancels All Events Until June 8, 2020; April 1 update: Events suspended till July 13, 2020
March 18, 2020 Updated April 1, 2020: Events now suspended until July 13, 2020. The ITF today announced that all ITF events, including seniors events, are cancelled until at least […]
2020 ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships are Postponed
From the ITF website: https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/2020-itf-seniors-world-championships-dates-locations-information/ 2020 ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships *POSTPONED* Location Team Championships: Boca Raton, Florida, USA Individual Championships: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA Dates […]
Houston Women’s Tournament (ITF Grade A/USTA Cat I) Postponed to September (Updated March 14th)
The ITF has cancelled all tournaments including all seniors tournaments till April 20th The notice today on the Houston website is: New tournament dates!! Due to the COVID-19 virus and […]
Young Seniors (M/W 35/40/45+) Cup Team Application Now Open
The application for the Men’s and Women’s 35/40/45 (Italia, Trabert, Dubler, Lenglen, Young & Court) Cups is now open. The deadline to apply is April 11th. Click here to apply: […]
Bermuda Breeze Tournament: Now a Super Cat II & ITF Grade 1: March 30-April 5, 2020
Due to Coronavirus this tournament is postponed, new dates TBA The popular Bermuda Breeze tournament is back as an ITF Grade 1 in 2020! To enter or go to the […]
Fort Lauderdale ITF Grade 1/USTA Cat II Sunday: The End
Writing from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida The last day of the Fort Lauderdale tournament was played under sunny skies. It was very windy, at least by the time I played […]
Fort Lauderdale ITF Grade 1/USTA Cat II, Saturday, Day 4
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida On a beautiful day for tennis (mid-70s, moderate breeze, thin cloud cover), play resumed in earnest at the Lauderdale Tennis Club. The 75s final started off […]
Rain in the Sunshine State: Fort Lauderdale ITF Grade 1/USTA Super Cat II Day 3, Friday
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida The forecast for today was for rain and the prediction was correct…it poured most of the morning in Fort Lauderdale. An hour north it also rained […]
Fort Lauderdale ITF Grade 1/USTA Super Cat II, Jabour Cup Day 2, Thursday
Palm Beach Gardens, FL On a warm (80s), windy, humid day, most players were in action in the 55/65/75 & 85 divisions. In singles the upsets were hard to come […]
Fort Lauderdale (Jabour) ITF Grade 1/USTA Super Cat II Women’s Tennis: Day 1
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida In 2020 the USTA scheduled the Palm Beach Gardens (for even age divisions) and Fort Lauderdale (for odd age divisions) back to back. The Fort Lauderdale […]
Palm Beach Gardens Grandes Dames ITF Grade 1/USTA Super Cat II Saturday, Day 5
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Jenny Klitch went three for three in Palm Beach Gardens, winning the 50 singles & doubles (with Lisa Bonder-Kerkorian) on Friday and adding the 40 doubles […]
Palm Beach Gardens Super Cat II/ITF Grade I: Bonder-Kerkorian, Klitch, Nichols & Dixon Win Singles Crowns on Friday Day 4
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Friday was a long and busy day at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center. Matches started early and were only halted after 7pm by a downpour. […]
Palm Beach Gardens Grade 1/Super Cat II Thursday, Day 3
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida So in the 80s all the seeds are gone; Inge Weber (CAN) the top seed and reigning world champion fell in her first match to Susanne […]
Palm Beach Gardens ITF Grade 1/USTA Super Cat II, Day 2, Wednesday
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida On another sunny, beautiful, breezy Florida day, there was lots of good tennis at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center. I warmed up early and played […]
Palm Beach Gardens USTA Super Cat II/ITF Tournament
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida This week there is a strong tournament going on at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center for women 30-80 (even divisions only). The courts are great, […]
2020 Category I Mixed Doubles Schedule
For official updates check USTA.com. Note that all Category I Mixed doubles tournaments except for the 30s are ITF Grade A tournaments as well as USTA Category I tournaments and […]
2020 Family Schedule
Updates will be made when tournaments are added by the USTA to its tennislink site.
2020-2021 ITF Seniors Committee Members
USTA Senior Teams (2020, Florida) Postponed
The USTA will reopen the application process for senior teams and deselect the teams at a later date. The world championships have been postponed. New dates will be announced later […]
Whitewater Preserve, Whitewater, CA
Palm Desert, CA Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the USA, is traditionally the start of the Christmas shopping season, where there are many big sales. It’s so named […]
Over the Hills, the Road to the End of the World, Four Flights and Three Drives to Thanksgiving
Palm Desert, CA It was 42 hours door to door to get from Torres del Paine, Chile to Palm Desert, CA for Thanksgiving. It was a pretty morning in Patagonia. […]
Hiking to the Mirador of the Base of the Torres del Paine
Santiago Airport, Chile Today and tomorrow will be marathon travel days: two different 2+hour drives to get to the airport in Punta Arenas, a two hour wait for a three […]
Kayaking Among the Icebergs
Punta Arenas Airport, Chile Photos aren’t loading well…I posted the ones that go with this post also on FB and Instagram (@seniortennisblog) So while we had no internet, how was […]
Patagonia Hike Day 4: 360 Degree View
Patagonia, Chile This morning we had a drive with stops for photos and at a lovely waterfall, before a hike up above condors’ nests. There we had a 360 degree […]
Mountain Biking..or Not & Lamb Barbecue
Patagonia, Chile Today, Saturday was the mountain biking day, which I did try, but flunked. So I walked the same route, which was lovely. We went through moss covered forests, […]