Nichols Wins 80 Clay Court Singles/Doubles
Graydon Nichols successfully defended his men’s 80 singles/doubles titles today, but not without a big battle. He beat Jason Morton in the semis and Clem Hopp, who has had a […]
Graydon Nichols successfully defended his men’s 80 singles/doubles titles today, but not without a big battle. He beat Jason Morton in the semis and Clem Hopp, who has had a […]
Brenda Carter won the 60 indoors over first time finalist Janet Watanabe. Watanabe upset Molly Hahn in straight sets to reach the final. Pat Keleman beat Hahn to place third. […]
This report came from Joanmarie Tully O’Connor (or as she says Bill calls her, #4 (of 9)) Bill Tully and his grandson, Brian O’Connor won the National Grass Court Grandfather […]
Julie Cass won her 4th straight grass singles and doubles titles in Germantown in July. She won the doubles with Michelle King and won the singles over King (who edged […]
At Forest Hills, Vesna McKenna won her first singles gold ball, winning the 40 singles. Erika Smith/Alissa Finerman cruised to the 40s doubles title. Yukie Koizumi spoiled Susan Wright’s attempt […]
http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf Carolyn Wei (who supplied the photos you see above), won her FIRST GOLD BALL at the 40 indoors today. She beat the #1 seed, Sue Kaleel, the quarters and […]
In Kansas City, the emergency room had a workout from tournament players. The 65 singles and doubles finals were no-gos because Charleen Hillebrand was ill and couldn’t play. Suella Steel […]
http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf View Album Get your own The Father/Daughter Open, Senior, Super Senior and Ultra Senior F/D hard courts and open Mother/Son finished up yesterday. The Brocks dominated the father/daughter, beating […]
Another warm and sunny day in La Jolla (80s!) and tons of good tennis. Dodo won gold ball #371…is 400 in within reach? She beat Jean Harris in singles in […]
Some players are in the semis and others are getting ready to play their first matches in La Jolla today. The sun came out too, and after a foggy Monday, […]
http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf View Album Get your own Brenda Carter, 60s; Irene Shepard, 80s and Dorothy Matthiessen, 70s, took home singles and doubles titles from the national clay courts in Huntsville. […]
The men’s 65 Clay Courts and men’s 60 Hard Courts were held last week, the former in New Orleans and the latter at Mission Hills near Palm Springs, CA. Jimmy […]
http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf Susan Wright won her first singles gold ball on clay in Pensacola. Seeded 2nd, she beat the 4th seed, Leslie Murveit in the rain delayed final. She then combined […]
http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf View Album Get your own There were some terrific finals played on Saturday under much better conditions than Friday…cool but relatively calm. The […]
It was a horrible day to play tennis in Houston, windy, gusts up to 30mph and cold, 30s and 40s and overcast till the late afternoon. But the senior players […]
It was a nice day in Houston, not too cold or windy…till about 3:30 when the thunder and lightening storms finally hit the Houston Racquet Club. Play was suspended in […]
Pam Cooke and Debbie Croft narrowly avoided a first round upset in the 45 doubles, rallying from 26 25 15-40 to beat Pam Dodman/Joy Passalaqua late yesterday. They played well […]
http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swfBrrrrr! That’s the official weather forcast for today….but the was shining. It was 40 for the 8:30 matches, and felt like 32. Anyway, one upset in the 45s, […]
Rain for most of the day forced play to begin after 3pm yesterday. It was cold after the storm came in, and very windy, horrible playing conditions, but there weren’t […]
The women’s 90 clay and grass courts will be held in the same week this year at Forest Hills. For more information, click here.
Click here to enter Campbell’s,The Tennis Channel, BMW, Diadora and Hawaiian Air Lines will present the 3nd annual USTA National Husband & Wife Senior Championships, March 10-15, 2008 at Mission […]
Manola Colter beat top seeded Ellie Hammargren to win her first 40s national, in La Jolla last month. She won the 35 hard courts the past two years. Gretchen Magers/Kathy […]
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 […]
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 […]