National Women’s Clay Courts: Torrid Tuesday in Houston
Houston, Texas, USA Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. It was sweltering, torrid, hot, humid, oppressive, sultry…air temps around 100 with high humidity […]
Category Archives: ITF Seniors 700
Travel Day: Houston!
Today, Saturday, I flew from Florida to Houston got the national (Level 1, gold ball) 65 clay courts. I drove to Ft Lauderdale from Palm Beach Gardens, and parked my […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Westwood 65 Singles/50 Doubles Champion; More to Play
Austin, Texas, USA Click here to see draws, schedule and results. I played the 65 singles final and 50 doubles final today and both went well. I beat Mary Morgan […]
Westwood Level 2/ITF S700 Saturday: The Calm after the Thunderstorms
Austin, Texas, USA Click here to see draws and results (and playing times) Saturday was the calm after the storm…and it was a big one last night, complete with thunder, […]
Westwood Level 2 Tournament
Writing from Austin, Texas View the draws here. I’m here in Austin for the Memorial Day tournament at the Westwood Country Club in Austin. It’s a big tournament with age […]
Nideffer/Spence Nasim, Juliani/Pendo, McEvoy/Dixon & King/Wasser (corrected) Win Gold at the Level 1 Women’s Hard Courts Sunday
Click here to view draws and results. Ros Nideffer/Debbie Spence Nasim (1) beat Dina McBride/Tracie Currie (2) to win gold at the 50 Hard Courts. They dominated the division, never […]
Rice, Nideffer, Dixon & Hillebrand Win Singles Titles in La Jolla
Click here to view draws. Andrea Rice put on a dominating performance in the final of the 50 Hard Courts, beating top seeded Nancy Hilliard 61 62. Dina McBride finished […]
Semifinal Friday at the USTA Level 1 Women’s Hard Courts
Click here to view draws and results. The top seeds in the women’s 50 singles advanced by vastly different paths. Andrea Rice, the 2nd seed, had to rebound from a […]
Upset Day at the National Hard Courts in La Jolla
Click here to view draws It was quarterfinal day at the USTA Women’s Level 1 hard courts and there were a number of upsets. The 50s division did not have […]
Successful 2021 Level 1 Debut
Click here to view draws One thing I noticed today: The tournament for the first time in the 26 years I’ve played it, is using Wilson regular duty balls…normally reserved […]
USTA Level 1 Women’s Hard Courts: Day 1
Tuesday May 11, 2021, San Diego, CA Click here to view draws. Today the Women’s 50-80 Hard Courts , the first seniors Level 1 of 2021 began on a cool […]
USTA Level 1 Women’s 50/60/70/80 Hard Courts (& Men’s Level 5) Start May 11 with Strong Draws
Draws are here The first Level 1 tournament of the year for women is taking place this week at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in La Jolla, CA. […]
New Dates and Site for Men’s 40/45/50 Grass!
The Men’s 40/45/50 Grass will be held Sept 29-Oct 4 at the Agawam Hunt Club in Rumford, RI. Previously this event was to be held at the Germantown Cricket Club […]
2021 Gold Ball Champions (Complete)
This list is now complete (12/12/21) Women’s 90 Grass Joyce Jones 30 (M/W/Mxd) Clay M30 Doubles: K Brink/C Nash or P Kloc/R Łąkę M30 Singles: Christian Guevara v Tim Hewitt […]
Beating the Heat in Palm Desert; Singles/Doubles Champion
Click here to see all draws and results. On another 100 degree day I played a long singles match against Jennifer Shorr…whom I have played several times in NorCal tournaments […]
Thursday Update: Into the Final in 65 Singles & Doubles; Wendell Pierce Still Winning in his RH Comeback Tournament
Click here to see all draws and results We’ll start with women’s 65s today. I won my match against Andrea Barnes. We had not played singles in a tournament for […]
Wilson World Tennis Classic Tuesday, Where the Tennis was as Hot as the Weather
Click here to see all draws and results. Tuesday was another warm and sunny day in the Desert, but much calmer. I had a couple of hits, with my cousin […]
Manic Monday: Wilson World Tennis Classic Battles Continue in the Desert
Draws and results can be found here. Monday in the Desert brought high winds (fortunately, most were away from the main venue). The geography of the Palm Springs area with […]
Back in the Tennis Tournament Rythm
Click here to see the draws and results. The first Level 2/ITF S700 and Level 1 Mixed since early last March began Thursday in Palm Desert (just east of Palm […]
Wilson World Tennis Classic Covid Guidelines
This was sent to players today. Happy to get to play the event! WILSON WORLD TENNIS CLASSIC USTA HEALTH & SAFETY GUIDE Player Guidelines Physical distancing requirements: Maintain 6 ft […]
Draws Up for ITF S700/USTA Level 2 (plus Level 1 Mixed) in Palm Desert, CA
The first big USTA tournament since February of 2021 will take place in Palm Desert, CA April 1-11, the Wilson World Tennis Classic. Bookmark this link because the draws can […]
Update on Tournaments for 2021
Here is the link to the official USTA Level 1-3 Schedule to date: https://www.usta.com/en/home/play/adult-tennis/programs/national/adult-tournaments1.html April 30, 2021 New dates and site for the Men’s 40/45/50 Grass has been found: Sept. […]
2021 Men’s USTA Level 1 (Gold Ball) Tournament Schedule
The USTA schedule (as of 11/4/21) for Men’s Level 1 (Gold Ball) tournaments. For 2021 and going forward the Indoors will no longer receive Level 1 (formerly Category 1) points […]