USTA Announces 2025 Masters Cup Team Members for Men & Women 30/35/40/45
Click here to view list of players. The 2025 Masters 30-45 will take place at Ali Bey Manavgat in Turkey. 2025 World Team Championships (Age Divisions – 30, 35, 40, 45) […]
Category Archives: 2014 USTA Women’s Category I Nationals
Into the Singles & Doubles Semis in Feld Am See
Draws are here. Today I played my singles and doubles quarters on a pretty nice day for tennis. It was cool but not too cold or breezy, a great day […]
Frankfurt to Graz to Feld am See on a Rainy Monday in Europe
Draws are here. Today I flew from Frankfurt to Graz, Austria, then drove in mostly heavy rain to Feld am See…the rain tapered off about when I arrived in Villach, […]
Helsinki Day 1: Practice & A Trip to the City Center
The draws are here. Today we did hit early, I hit with Luisa from Italy (the carry on passenger coming from Rome), and Leanne, her husband Wayne and her doubles […]
Helsinki, Finland by Car, Train, Plane & Van
The draws are here. Monday, July 22, 2024 Yesterday, Sunday, I took and early taxi to the Lugano Main Station, then the train to Milan-Malpensa airport (yes, there’s more than […]
Chamisal: End Game; Elkhorn Slough; Santa Cruz Boardwalk
Sunday, Pebble Beach, CA Today I met up with Anna and Allen Zimmermann and did some sight seeing. But first, a tournament update: The women’s 55 consolation finished today and […]
Chamisal Saturday: Unseeded Amanda Parson Siegel Wins 35 Singles; Top Seeded Diane Barker Cruises to 55 Singles Crown
Unseeded Amanda Parson Siegel dropped only a handful of games in winning her first national 35s crown. Siegel, from Henderson, NV, near Las Vegas has a beautiful one handed backhand […]
Training It From Baden-Baden to Poertschach
The European trains, at least in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, are pretty nice and punctual. Nonetheless, it’s an all day affair to travel from Baden Baden to the Woerthersee. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Houston Tuesday: Quick Update
Today is a quick one, I have an 8:30am match and 7:30 warm up with Susan and we had an NSWTA meeting which lasted till after 6…not late but it […]
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 […]