Buholz, Nichols & Kimball Win Singles Gold in Palm Beach Gardens (Level 1 USTA & ITF MT 1000)

Draws are here, for USTA members only to view. Yesterday, Thursday…was a very long one. It began with 8am warm up with Anna Zimmermann as it always did this week […]

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Rens/Buholz Into 60 Singles Final & Wachob/Kimball into 80s Final in Palm Beach Gardens on a Beautiful Winter Day

Draws are here (only accessible to those who have a USTA membership). It was calmer and warmer today (temps are expected to reach mid-70s today) and the sky was blue, […]

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Palm Beach Gardens Day 2: Round of 16 & Quarterfinal Action on a Sunny Tuesday

Draws can be viewed here by USTA members only. (Sorry about that…I don’t make the rules though…) The obligatory weather report: it was sunny but cool today with lows in […]

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ITF MT 1000 Palm Beach Gardens: W 60/70/80

Draws are here but are only available for USTA MEMBERS unfortunately. The first ITF MT 1000 in the USA takes place this week in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. In contrast […]

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2026 USA Gold Ball Champions

This post will be updated frequently during 2026. Last update April 1, 2026 (no fooling) Mixed Hard Court Doubles Women’s 60-80 Clay H/W Grass Men’s 70/75 Indoors 55-95 Mixed Clay […]

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2026 USTA Adult National Schedule

Updated: September 18, 2025 Click here to view the entire page on USTA.com. Note that I have removed the comments about mixed not being ITF sanctioned. The ITF ranks mixed […]

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USTA National Women’s 40-80 Clay Courts, Palm Beach Gardens Day 2

Draws are here. It was another warm and lovely day in Palm Beach Gardens and there were a lot of competitive matches. Susan Love outlasted Sylvia Kodsi in a hard […]

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National Women’s Clay Courts, Palm Beach Gardens Day 1: Great Matches on a Sunny Day

Draws are here. (I think you need to log in to view with USTA.com) The USTA National Clay Courts Level 1 (and ITF MT1000) began today at the Palm Beach […]

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Gold Ball Champions 2025

2025 List of players who have won USTA National Championships in singles/doubles/mixed/family age division events from 30-95.

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Women’s 55/65/75/85/90/95 Clay to be Held in Pelham, AL April 1-6

The link to the tournament website is here. The women’s 55s will be held in Pelham, Alabama in conjunction with the 65/75/85/90/95 Clay April 1-6. Please note the date/location change […]

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Palm Beach Gardens Grandes Dames Day 3: Kaus/Boyer into 60s Final

Draws are here (need account (free) to view) The final of the 60s is set here after both semis went the distance. Top seeded/defending champion Susan Boyer outlasted Shelly Works […]

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2025 USTA Level 1 Men, Women and Family Tournament Schedules & Level 2 & 3 Men’s and Women’s Tournament Schedules & 2025 ITF World Championships Schedule.

Links will follow in October. Note that Level 1 Men/Women/Mixed are ITF MT 1000 for Hard and Clay and ITF MT 700 for Grass and Indoors. Many Level 2 are […]

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Dates/Venue for Men’s 40/45 Grass Nationals (Level 1/ITF 700)

Click here to view the details and enter. Dates: November 4-9 Venue: Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, CA In 2023 the Men’s 40 grass were not held, so this […]

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Women’s 30-85 Indoors & Men’s 30 Indoors

Click here to view 35-85 Women’s Draws Click here to view M/W 30 Draws Women 35-85 Winners are listed below: Notes: King won the 80 Hard Court doubles in California […]

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La Jolla: Women 50-80 Hard Courts (USTA Level 1, ITF MT 1000) Round Up: Parsons-Siegel, Keller, Karwasky & Castell Take Home Gold in Singles

Draws are here. The MT 1000/USTA Level 1 women’s tournament held at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club last week concluded the main draw on Friday and the consolation […]

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Houston Days 6 & 7: Julie Thu Wins 45 Singles/Doubles (with Alina Jidkova); Stephanie Wallace Takes 35s Singles & Doubles Titles (with Kaysie Smashey

Draws are here. Julie Thu cruised past opponents in the 45s, dropping a miserly three games in three matches. She beat Regina Balcune in the final. The doubles final was […]

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Singles Finalist/Doubles Bronze in Houston on a Beautiful Friday; Wright, Guerrant, Hartsock Win Singles Titles

Draws are here. Many thanks to Sue Bramlette, tournament director extraordinaire and Bob Bramlette, tournament supporter and tournament director supporter, to the Houston Racquet Club and to everyone who made […]

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Houston Day 4 at National Clays: 80s Turn to 50s (degrees); Into Singles final

Draws are here. Tennis was a mixed bag for me today…I won my singles and face Susan Wright in the final…but we were waxed in doubles..our opponents were very good […]

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Houston Day 3: Blowing Into the Semis on a Cool and Windy Wednesday

Draws are here. Today, Wednesday, was a long day on the court. My alarm did not go off, and I overslept but woke up in time to make it to […]

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Houston 24: Monday

Draws are here. Today was the last day before I play my first match at Houston. Susan Wright and I practiced for an hour early, practiced serving with Vicki Buholz, […]

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Houston Sunday: Practice Day 2

Draws are here. There was less drama today on the automobile front. Though having one’s tires stolen does result in a lot of comments in social media! My second, very […]

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Houston: National Clay Courts 2024

Draws are here. I arrived yesterday in Houston, TX for the 2024 USTA Level 1/ITF MT1000 Clay Courts for the women’s 35/45/55/65/75/85 divisions. I met up with my doubles partner, […]

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Men’s 45 Grass to be Held November 27-Dec 3 in Rancho Mirage, CA

The men’s 45 Grass will be held the 27 of November to the 3rd of December at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, CA. The USTA is looking […]

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Champions Crowned Sunday in Lexington: Ballou (M30); Galey (35); Ruben (45); Rowley (55); Cunningham/Morse-Karzen (M30); Charlton/Kaleel (45); Rowley/Rice (55); Nichols/Wright (65); Carter/Wachob (75); Marks/Yip (30 Xd)

Draws are here. Sunday, May 21, 2023, Lexington, KY Sunday was finals day for all but 35 doubles and 65/75 singles at the Indoors in Lexington. Susan and I won […]

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Tennis & Kentucky Horse Park; Takeuchi/Hoz de Vila Win 35 Doubles Gold

Draws are here. Today, Saturday May 20, 2023 was Day 2 of the Women’s 35-75 Indoors (the 30s don’t appear to have shown up except in the men’s divisions). See […]

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Versailles, Midway and a Kentucky Castle

Draws for the 30-75 Indoors are here. Matches started in the 30-75 Indoors at the Lexington Tennis Club today. Susan had a bye in singles and we had a bye […]

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Lexington, Kentucky: 30-85 Indoors

Draws are here. I arrived yesterday in Lexington from California…if it’s Wednesday it must be Kentucky? Or at least not the same state as the week before! I haven’t seen […]

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Men’s 40/45 Clay and Mixed 45 Clay Scheduled April 14-19, 2023: Cancelled; Also Barbara Cooper Level 3

Record rains on Thursday flooded the Fort Lauderdale Tennis Club, closed the Fort Lauderdale airport and set records for the amount of rain in a 24 hour period. As a […]

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Bleakley, Smashey/Thu Win 35s Crowns Sunday in Houston

Draws are here. The final gold balls of the 2023 Clay Court Championships in Houston were awarded on Sunday in Houston. The 35 singles gold went to unseeded Kristen Bleakely, […]

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National Clay Courts Day 6: Thu, Buholz & Wright Win Titles in Houston…no Fooling

Draws are here. Today, Saturday April 1st was a warm and humid day in Houston with only a light breeze, pretty good for tennis. Sue Bramlette was the TD for […]

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