ITF Seniors World Team Championships, Umag, Croatia Begins
Here’s an article with links to the draws from itftennis.com. Photos can be found here. Draws and results from the each of the cups across the team event are also […]
Category Archives: Senior Cup teams
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 […]
USTA International Team Selection: New Timelines Posted; Minimum Play Requirements Amended for 2020 & 2021; Application Deadlines Extended for Super Seniors & Young Seniors
The USTA Board has approved the Senior International Selection Committee’s extension and revision of the eligibility (minimum play) requirement and timelines as follows:The application deadline for the 2020 Young-Seniors and […]
USA Women’s 60 Team Into Finals in World Team Championships
The USA Women’s 60 Team, the Alice Marble Cup, is the first USA team into the final in Ulm Germany. Today we beat France 3/0 behind strong singles performances by […]
USA Marble Cup Team (W60) Advances to Semis in Ulm, Germany
The USA Alice Marble Cup team concluded round robin play by beating Argentina 2/1 behind strong singles performances of Susan Wright (winning 61 60 at #2) and Diane Barker (60 […]
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 […]
USA Marble Cup Team Beats Norway
The USA Marble Cup team won its first round robin match at the ITF World Team championships today against Norway. Susan Wright won at #2 singles 62 60; Diane Barker […]
2018 USA Senior (M/W 50/55/60) International Tennis Teams Announced
More information can be found here. I will update that page with fact sheets, photos and links to draws as they become available. Updates to team members, if any will […]
USA Wins Men’s 55, Women’s 60s in Miami
The USA women’s 60 team cruised past Great Britain to win the Alice Marble Cup. Diane Barker lost 2 games, Susan Wright 8, in 4 matches over 6 days. Germany […]
Semis and Finals of the Bueno Cup
Semi finals started off with a light rain, which had us begin our 9:30am match, at 10:30, #2 player Fran Chandler, going up against Sue Webb of Great Britan. Fran […]
USA Wins Three Cups in ITF Seniors World Team Championships and One Silver
The USA did well in the ITF Seniors World Team Championships, winning three of the four cups in which they were the top seed and finishing second in the Von […]
USA Into the Final in the Von Cramm Cup
The USA Men’s 60 team completed a dramatic come back win in the Von Cramm Cup to advance to the final tomorrow against Australia. Chris Bennett dropped the first singles […]
Friday: Practice and Cheering on the Bueno Cup Team
Friday was an off day and for once I didn’t rise early to practice at 7am! I did run into Kathy Vick though and she hit indoors at 7am because […]
Official Dinner in La Baule at ITF Seniors World Championships
Last night there was the Gala Dinner at the ITF Seniors World Team Championships. All the players were invited and so we had a chance to see the men’s teams, […]
Off Day in La Baule
Today the Marble and Connolly Cups have an off day, before the knockout rounds begin. As usual it’s extremely windy so it’s nice to have a few hours out of […]
USA Goes Undefeated on Day One of Seniors Team Championships in France
There were three USA teams in action today, the Maureen Connolly, Alice Marble and Austria Cups and all won today. The Connolly Cup beat Canada 3/0 with the only “upset” […]
Wednesday: 2nd Update; USA Advances into Medal Play in Young Cup
USA fell in the Men’s & Women’s 35, & 45, (Men’s 40 lost on Monday); the Young Cup advanced to the medal round. All teams will continue playing this week. […]
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, […]