Shopping & Practice Day
Draws are here. Today, Wednesday, Day 3 of the Barcelona ITF 700. I had another day off but play a good Spanish player (#2 on their bronze medal Cup team […]
Category Archives: ITF Tournaments
Barcelona Practice Day 2
Draws are here. Today was our first full day in Barcelona and it was pretty busy. After a late breakfast (quite a bit different in some ways from an American […]
Barcelona!
Today I arrived in Barcelona to bright sunshine after long flights and a 45 minute slog through customs. However once through the line my passport was quickly approved and stamped […]
Mallorca Open 2022
What: An ITF 1000 tournament or all age divisions, singles/doubles/mixed (two events only) Where: Beach Club Font de sa Cala, Mallorca, Spain Dates: Young Seniors (30-45): Oct 3-8 Seniors (50-60): […]
Sunshine & Tennis
Draws are here. Photos are here. The good news Saturday was that the sun made a determined appearance in Mont Tremblant, and LOTS of tennis was played, albeit in the […]
Return of the Rain & A Trip up the Mountain: Mont Tremblant Friday
Draws are here. Photos are here. Surprise, surprise, it rained in Mont Tremblant today! Eventually it led to a complete cancellation of play today. As a result, tomorrow there are […]
Mont Tremblant Champion as the Rain Stays Away
Draws are here. Photos are here. A weather forecaster is somewhat like a good baseball hitter…hitting .333 or forecasting correctly 50% of the time will let the hitter/forecaster keep one’s […]
The Sun Makes a Cameo Appearance in Mont Tremblant
Draws are here. Photos are here. I actually hit tennis balls today…not as much as I’d have liked, but that wasn’t the weather’s fault, but rather because I received a […]
Mont Tremblant!
The draws are here. Photos are here. Yesterday was a travel day and a pretty long one considering I was only about a six hour drive from Montreal to begin […]
Toronto!
I flew to Toronto yesterday. The checkin in San Diego for me was quick and smooth, though the people in front of me seemed to have issues. One must be […]
Palm Beach Gardens ITF S700/USTA Level 2: Buholz Takes 60 Singles Title
Palm Beach Gardens, FL; 1/30/22 Draws are here Photos are here. There were only a few matches on Saturday (yesterday) at the Grandes Dames Level 2/ITF 700 tournament which was […]
Beating the Rain in Palm Beach Gardens
Draws are here. Link to photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/HkeNaT6cGb7NiwUH7 Jan 16, 2022, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (Wednesday) My first match of 2022 was scheduled for today at 10am. Susan Wright and I […]
Wilson World Tennis Classic Date Change
The Wilson Tennis tournament, which normally is held in late January at the Shadow Mountain Racquet Club has new dates: April 1-10. To enter, and to learn more about the […]
2022 USTA Level 1, 2 & 3 Men/Women/Family/Mixed Tournament Schedules
2022 Men’s Level 1 Schedule 2022 Women’s Level 1 Schedule 2022 Men’s Level 2 & 3 Schedules 2022 Women’s Level 2 & 3 Schedules 2022 Mixed Level 1 Schedule 2022 […]
Mallorca Super Senior Open 1000 Champion
Draws are here. I played the final today in Mallorca. As usual I warmed up with Dagmar Sperneder at 8:30. We were scheduled to play at 10:30 and got on […]
ITF S1000, Font de Sa Cala, Mallorca: Into the Semis
Draws are here. I played the quarters of the ITF S1000 in Font de Sa Cala, Spain today, against Katrin Dippner. I warmed up early (8:30) with Dagmar Sperneder of […]
National 40-80 Clay: Practice Day
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Draws are here. The women’s tournament season in the USA basically skipped most of the summer for higher level tournaments (only 2 from June-mid-September), but now […]
Houston Clay Nationals Day 5: Klitch, Nichols, DeVries, Price Win Singles Titles; Buholz/Prejean Take 55 Doubles
National Women’s Clay Courts, Houston, Day 5 Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. It was another beautiful, sunny warm (but not humid) day […]
Barcelona Singles Champion
Saturday Morning July 17, 2021 I played my final tournament match in Barcelona last night. I had the “early” start time of 6pm, and we started right on time. I […]
Barcelona Doubles Success; Singles Final Tonight
Draws and order of play are here. Last night we were scheduled for doubles at 9pm but our match went on about 15 minutes early.. I was scouting my singles […]
Into the Singles Final; Doubles Final Under the Lights Tonight
Thursday July 15, 2021 Draws and order of play are here. Yesterday I practiced in the late morning (the earliest practice times are 11am) with Lisa B, then went back […]
Tennis Under the Lights in Barcelona
Wednesday July 14 (Happy Bastille Day), 2021 Draws, schedule of play and tournament information is available here. Last night I caught the tram just before midnight back to the hotel […]
Successful Tournament Start in Barcelona
Draws and order of play: https://itfseniorsbarcelona.com/en/cuadros. Yesterday, after I went to the club (via the tram) I went to El Cortez Ingles, a huge department store about a 10 minute […]
Hola Espana
This morning I left rainy Essen, Germany for sunny Barcelona, Spain. I flew Vueling airlines (affiliated with Iberia), a discount airline that had the best nonstop flight today to Barcelona […]
Essen Singles/Doubles Champion
Draws are here. I played the singles final, and the doubles semis and final both today. I played Jutta Boekmann in the singles final and won 60 60, though she […]
Into the Essen Final
Draws are here. I had a pretty easy semi today. The woman I played, Corrine Franoux (France) had a three hour semi yesterday and a two hour match the day […]
Successful Start in Essen
Draws are here I started today by somehow getting lost on the way to the courts (I think my gps was set to the wrong address)…somehow I got to the […]
Last Practice Day in Essen
Draws are here. Today was another practice day in Essen. I hit quite a bit, first with Heide Orth (what a beautiful backhand and deadly drop shot), then with Heidi […]
Practice Day 2 in Essen
Monday was a second practice day for me and another rainy day. Draws and results I ran errands early, grocery stores and picked up my newly strung racquet. I went […]
Practice Day #1 in Essen
Sunday in Germany is mostly a rest day…few stores are open other than at airports and railway stations, or gas stations, and restaurants are open. I had a pretty relaxing […]