2014 ITF World Championships Results and Links
Draws from ITF Individual World Championships: ( click on “order of play” which brings up another menu; click on “draws” on this second menu.) Draws from the Cups & Results […]
Category Archives: 2014 Florida Cups
Onto the Individuals
The individual world championships began on Sunday for the main draw. All the men’s 45, 50 and 55 players played and all the 35 and 40s men without byes. The […]
USA Wins Dubler Cup and Finishes Second in Austria & Bueno Cups Saturday
USA won the Dubler Cup, men’s 45, in dramatic fashion against top-seeded France. Oren Motevassel won the critical #2 singles point in three sets. Jeff Tarango fell to the French […]
Bueno Cup Blog: USA Finishes Second to France in Cup
By Tracy Houk Today we played France in the finals, and lost, 2-0, both our singles, so they don’t play the doubles. Fran, played at #2 singles, and played the […]
USA Margaret Court Cup Team Beats France to Win Cup!
Special to Senior Tennis Blog by Alissa Finerman Team USA women’s 45 showed up ready to play against France for the Margaret Court Cup Finals at the Polo Club in […]
Bueno Cup Blog Saturday Morning: USA Plays #2 France in Final Saturday
Friday, April 25 Today started off a bit rough, in our semi final march against Italy. Fran Chandler started out the matches, with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 win. She started […]
USA Wins Connolly and Court Cups Friday: Into the Bueno, Austria & Dubler Finals!
Updated Saturday Morning (see below) USA Connolly Cup beat GBR in a long match; we started play at 11:30 and it was already hot and muggy, a summer Florida day […]
USA Teams Advance to Playoffs in Nine Cups
USA teams successfully upheld their seeds in all but one group at the conclusion of the round robin portion of the team event yesterday (Wednesday). The Connolly Cup defeated Netherlands […]
USA Connolly Cup Team Into the Semis
The USA Connolly Cup team beat Netherlands today 3/0. Susan started us off with a convincing 63 60 win. Diane then won 60 60 at #1. After a brief delay […]
Tracy Houk Blog April 22, 2014
A great day for Team Maria Bueno !! After a Starbucks run, ( gotta have my Latte ) and breakfast. We headed out to Boca West CC for a team […]
All USA Teams Win in Florida Tuesday
USA Connolly Cup team blanked Turkey today at BallenIsles, winning each match 60 60. Diane Barker played #1 singles, Susan Wright played #2 singles and Carolyn Nichols/Tina Karwasky played the […]
USA Men’s 40s Survive, USA Women’s 40s Cruise, USA Women’s 35s Fall in Round Robin Cup Play Monday
The Connolly Cup team had the day off today: we practiced early, then watched the men’s 40s (Trabert Cup) play on Center Court against Canada. Ironically, the captain, Guillaume Gauthier […]
Tracy Houk Blog, Monday April 21, 2014
Competition started today, for most teams. We had a bye, so we practiced early, for a few hours, and watched our opponents, Mexico and Canada battle it out. We play […]
Tracy Houk Blog: Sunday April 20
Happy Easter Today was a great day. Team Maria Bueno started off with a great warm up. I was able to get a doubles practice match for Judy and Vicki, […]
Draws for Cups in Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Women’s Cups: Draws Men’s Cups (Draws) Suzanne Lenglen: 35s (USA is in Group C and Playoff 9-12) Italia: 35s (USA is in Group E and playoff 1-7) Young: 40s (USA […]
Saturday: Practice x 2
Saturday morning there were very noisy Florida thunderstorms, but we were able to practice at 11, on schedule. The maintenance crew at BallenIsles is amazing! We played some singles and […]
Tracy Houk’s Saturday Blog
Saturday April 19 I woke up to rain this morning. Fran had to get a racket strung up. So we headed over to the Boca West Country Club, where we […]
First Practice Day at BallenIsles
Friday was a busy day and a very nice one. Susan and I packed up my car (I had so much stuff I think it looked like I was moving […]
Carolyn Nichols Blog from Florida Cups & Individual World Championships
Link to all Team Draws: Draws for Cups in Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Photos from Cups Parting Thoughts World Doubles Champions!!! May 3, 2014: Rain Delay, […]
Rainy Thursday Leads to Retail Therapy Session.
It was another rainy day today in Fort Lauderdale, but I was lucky to get in a solid hour + of drilling before noon when the rain started falling in […]
Tracy Houk Blogs from Florida: ITF World Team & Individual World Championships
Background: Tracy Houk is the captain of the Maria Bueno Cup team for women 50 and over. She’ll be blogging from Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens Florida for the […]
Getting Ready for the Connolly Cup…Get Ready, Get Set…
I’ve been practicing in Fort Lauderdale since Houston. It’s been warm and muggy mostly…and right now is raining like crazy (it’s ok because it’s nighttime!). I played Monday with Vesna […]
Simona Bruetting and Susan Wright Named to Senior International Cup Teams
Simona Bruetting (Highlands Ranch) and Susan Wright (Grand Junction) have been selected to represent the USA in the 34th ITF (International Tennis Federation) Senior World Team Championships in Boca Raton […]
Twelve SoCal Players to Represent USA in Senior International Team Play in Florida
By Carolyn Nichols