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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
Draws are here. Friday March 31st, Houston, TX. Today was semifinal day in the women’s 65 singles and the matches were tough as were the conditions, very windy, and shadowy. […]
Draws are here. Thursday was a really busy day at the National Clays in Houston as all age divisions were in action from the 35s to the 85s. It was […]
Draws are here. There was a 15% chance of rain in Houston today…unfortunately this was one of those days when it did rain despite the odds and play was delayed […]
Draws are here. I played my first matches today in Houston at the National Clays. I played Gloria Stevens from the Austin, TX area and won in straight sets as […]
Draws are here. Play began in the 55/65/75 divisions at the National Clay Courts in Houston. The 85s begin tomorrow, the 45s on Wednesday. No seeds were in action in […]
Draws are here. This is the best women’s age division tournament you will find anywhere. 275 women in the 35/45/55/65/75/85/90 + divisions…275 women players in just eight divisions (this tournament […]
Writing from Palm Desert, CA: Draws can be found here. Charlotte Hartsock (5) won the 55 singles over Shelly Works (3); Hartsock beat the #1, 4 and 3 seeds en […]
Draws are here Diane Barker played a near perfect match today. (I did not but she didn’t let me!) This portends well for our success in the Kitty Godfrey Cup […]
Houston, TX, March 24, 2022 The draws can be found here. Sue Kimball and Ann Eaton contested the women’s 75 final today and what I saw of it was a […]
Draws can be found here. It was an early start after a late night today…some players finished closer to 10 than to 9pm and had to return to play 9am […]
Draws can be found here There was thunder (donner) and lightning (blitzen) and hard rain this morning, which soaked the courts. Play finally began on some courts around noon and […]
The draws and results can be found here. Monday March 21, 2022, Houston, Texas, 8:50 PM CDT There was a rainy, then windy, then rainy AND windy start to the […]
Sunday March 20, 2022, Houston, TX The draws can be found here. Today was another very nice day in Houston and a busy practice days for players competing in next […]
Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. Sunday was the final day of the 2021 Clay Courts in Houston, which was the 50th anniversary […]
Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. Last night I flew to Florida for the 60 national clay but the Houston tournament is still […]
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 […]
Houston, Texas Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. Brenda Carter mounted an impressive comeback in the second set to win the 75 singles […]
Houston, Texas Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. The weather changed from torrid to delightful overnight and today it was breezy, sunny, warm […]
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 […]
Houston, TX Today was my last practice day here in Houston. I practiced early (7;30!) with Jenny Klitch. It was HUMID (and warm) … by 9am I was soaked. After […]
The ITF has cancelled all tournaments including all seniors tournaments till April 20th The notice today on the Houston website is: New tournament dates!! Due to the COVID-19 virus and […]
April 4, 2019 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida The 49th National Women’s Clay Court Championships took place at the Houston Racquet Club last week. This is the best women’s senior tournament […]
Julie Thu of Austin won the 35 singles last year in Houston, under different circumstances…it was pouring down rain and she beat Nancy Hilliard then indoors last year on a […]
Julie Thu and Kaysie Smashey took different routes to the 35s final, but both arrived there in straight sets. Thu blasted her way past Julie Lessiter 61 60, in a […]
There were gold ball matches and main draw 35 matches going on all around the club today but the match of the day had to be the 45 consolation doubles […]
Jolene Watanabe avenged her 2015 loss here in the final to Julie Cass this year, beating Cass 76 64 to win the 45 Clay for the second time. Jean Marie […]
We had an early start today, 8:30, but it was overcast, so the shadows weren’t a factor today at least and the weather was fine, 60s in the morning and […]
There are two big tennis tournaments going on in Houston this week (along with some final 4 thing for basketball). One is an ATP (men’s) 250 at River Oaks CC. […]