2022 ITF World Championships Dates and Locations
This page includes tournament information for the 2021 and 2022 ITF Young Seniors, ITF Seniors and ITF Super-Seniors World Team & Individual Championships. The page is regularly updated by the […]
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ITF Seniors Rankings Update
From ITFtennis.com: ITF Seniors Tour (updated 09 June 2021) From the 1st January 2021, all normal grades and ranking points for all existing tournaments were reinstated, subject to an ITF analysis […]
2021 Young Seniors (35/40/45) Cup Team Information
Draws for Team Championships Draws for Individual Championships (once posted) Location: Umag, Croatia Team Event: Sunday, Sept. 12 – Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 Individual Event: Saturday, Sept. 18 – Saturday, […]
Seniors (50/55/60) Cup Team Information 2021
Draws for Seniors World Team Cups Draws for Seniors Individual World Championships Applications closed January 10, 2021. Location: Umag, Croatia Team Event: Sunday, June 6 – Friday, June 11, 2021 […]
2021 ITF Seniors (50-55-60) To Be Held in Umag, Croatia June 6-19, 2021 (now 29 Aug to 11 Sept)
The 2021 ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships will take place in Umag, Croatia from Sunday 6 June – Saturday 19 June 2021. [Update: 29 Aug to 11 […]
ITF Adds New Age Divisions: 30s & 90s to Adult Tournament Play
The ITF will add two new age divisions to the seniors tour in 2021: 30+ and 90+ Read about the 90+ category here. This age category will be offered at […]
ITF PLANS FOR RETURN OF SENIOR TENNIS: No Senior Events Will Take Place Before September 1, 2020
July 22, 2020 Read the entire article here. The article reads in part: “No firm dates have yet been set for a return to play on the ITF Seniors Tour or the […]
USTA Announces Young Seniors International Teams
The USTA has announced the rosters for the ITF Young Seniors World Team Championships to be played in Umag, Croatia in September. 2020 Young-Seniors World Championships (35/40/45) Team Tournament: Sept. […]
USTA posts List of Super Senior International Team Applicants
Here is the link to the list of players who applied for the USTA Super Senior teams. The event is scheduled for Oct 11-16 in Mallorca, Spain. So far this […]
ITF Postpones 2020 Seniors World Championships to 2021; (Young Seniors & Super Seniors Remain on Calendar for Now)
23 April 2020 ITF Statement regarding ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ITF has suspended all Tours, including the ITF […]
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 […]
USTA Extends Suspension of USTA Sanctioned Tennis Events
April 1, 2020 USTA has suspended ITF sanctioned Senior events till July 13, 2020. USTA has suspended tournaments and programs including leagues which are not ITF sanctioned till June 1. […]
ITF Cancels All Seniors Events Through August 31, 2020
March 18, 2020 Updated April 1, 2020: Events now suspended until July 13, 2020. Updated May 15, 2020: ITF Cancels all events through July 31, 2020 (including all seniors events). […]
2020 ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships are Postponed to 2021
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* Updated April 23, 2020: Postponed till 2021, dates TBA Location Team Championships: Boca Raton, Florida, […]
2020-2021 ITF Seniors Committee Members
USTA Senior Teams (2020, Florida) Announced (World now postponed to 2021)
From USTA.com: (note that Robin Harris has replaced Diane Barker on the Women’s 60s team; Barker is injured.) From itftennis.com: 2020 ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships Location […]
National Clay Courts Day 2: Never in Doubt
It was a long day on the courts in Palm Beach Gardens today at the USTA National Clay Courts/ITF Grade A. Day 1 Blog Draws/results are here: I played Carolyn […]
ITF Announces Senior Tennis Ranking Changes
From ITFtennis.com/Seniors: A new Ranking Point table will come into effect from Monday 1 July 2019 to better recognise successful players at higher tier events. Until this time, the ITF […]
Dates, Locations of 2020 World Championships
2020 World Championships The ITF Seniors Committee are very pleased to communicate the following dates and venues for the 2020 World Team & Individual Championships. 2020 Young-Seniors World Championships (35/40/45) […]
Miami Beach to Host Regional ITF Seniors Tournament March 5-10
For more information on this tournament go to http://www.itfmia.com. This event is open to all USTA and ITF IPIN holders. Entry is via the USTA tennislink system (click here to […]
ITF Seniors Facebook Group
The ITF Seniors has a new, official, closed (ask to join) facebook group for those of you on Facebook. It will keep you up to date on the new ranking […]
Les Grandes Dames Palm Beach Gardens Cat II/ITF Grade I Finished with a Blast of Air
Fort Lauderdale, FL I’ll start today’s blog by wishing my dad a happy 94th birthday. He’s a tennis player and when I called to wish him a happy birthday he […]
USA Category I National Age DivisionTournaments Open in 2019 to All IPIN Members!
The USTA Category I Nationals (see the schedule here: https://seniortennisblog.com/2018/09/25/2019-usta-national-adult-tournament-schedule/) for ages 35-85 men and women, and mixed will have Grade A status in 2019. In addition, 10 other Super […]
2019 World Championships Dates & Sites (Seniors: Portugal; Super Seniors: Umag; Young Seniors: Miami Beach)
From the ITF Website: 2019 Seniors World Team Championships The ITF are pleased to confirm that the ITF Seniors World Team & Individual Championships 2019 will take place in Lisbon […]
USTA Category I National Championships in Men’s and Women’s 35-85 & Mixed Earn Upgraded (Grade A) ITF Points from 2019
Beginning in 2019, all USTA Category I National Championships in Women’s, Men’s and Mixed in the 35-85 age divisions will be Grade A tournaments for ITF ranking purposes. In addition, […]
Draws for Super Seniors World Championships
Please click on the following links below to view the draws and order of play for the 2018 ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships. Kitty Godfree Cup (W65) Althea Gibson Cup […]
There’s Always Doubles!
Today I played Diane Barker and it was a Groundhog Day situation…I keep playing her and the outcome never varies…Diane wins. This time it was 63 61. I played ok […]
Practice Day: Tennis & Driving
Today, Monday, all of the USA teams were off, after a successful opening day Sunday for all six USA teams. We were planning on practicing at 3pm till Diane contacted […]
Mt. Tremblant, Canada, Regional Championships: Entries Close May 21st
What: The ITF Regional Championships When: June 6-10, 2018 Where: Mt Tremblant, Quebec, Canada Deadline to Enter: May 21, 2018 (be aware of time of day) How to Enter: Via […]
Klitch, Rice, Barker, Hahn Claim National Singles Titles Saturday in Naples
There were four singles finals on Saturday (Roz King claimed the 80s title on Friday). One match stood out though, which was the nearly two and a half hour battle […]