Category Archives: Turkey
List of Applicants & Players for the USA 30/35/40/45/55 InternationalTeams Now Posted
Click here to see the list of players who applied for the 30-50 International Tennis Teams for play in Turkey in 2023 Click here to find more information about the […]
30/35/40/45/50 Masters Tennis International Teams 2022; Players Have been Announced
Players have been announced for the 30-50 M/W teams to represent USA in Turkey in March. More information: Date and venue for the 2023 World Team & Individual Championships Note […]
2023 World Championship Dates (New Dates for 55/60 in Portugal)
Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey: M/W 30/35/40/45/50 Team: Sunday March 19-Friday March 24 Individual: Saturday march 25-Saturday April 1, 2023 Lisbon/Oeiras & Estoril, Portugal: (NOTE NEW DATES): M/W 55/60 Team: August 13-August […]
Super Senior Application Information
From the USTA website today:https://www.usta.com/Adult-Tennis/USTA-Adult-Senior-Tournaments/seniorinternational/ SENIOR INTERNATIONAL Attention Super Senior Players: The USTA is aware of the travel warning posted by the U.S. State Department in regard to travel to […]
Stanford, Parson Siegel and Shirai Medal at Young Seniors World Championships
Kateriina Stanford of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida won a silver medal in Women’s 35 doubles and a bronze medal in Women’s 35 singles at the ITF Young Seniors World Individual […]
USA Final Wrap and Medal Photos
After a long week on the court, the final results. For results from the entire week and photos: http://seniortennisblog.com/itf-world-championships-young-seniors-seniors-super-seniors-2013-to-present/usa-young-seniors-world-championships/ Italia Cup, men’s 35s: They were seeded 5th and finished 7th. […]
Saturday Update 11:10 AM EDT: Lenglen Cup Finishes 6th; Italia & Dubler Cup Tied & In 3rd Set of Doubles
Lenglen Cup fell in three sets in the deciding doubles to Spain to finish 6th; it was a long day and hard fought. The Dubler Cup is into the deciding […]
Saturday Morning: USA Wins Bronze in Young Cup!
The USA Young Cup team rebounded from its loss to France yesterday by beating Great Britain for the bronze in the Young Cup. Simona Bruetting and Debbie Spence-Nasim both won […]
USA Young Cup Team Falls to France & Plays for Bronze Saturday; Court Cup Finishes Fourth
The only USA team in medal contention in the Young Seniors had a really tough match with France today. Simona Bruetting lost at #2 singles in straight sets but Debbie […]
Thursday: USA Wins in Lenglen & Court Cups; Italy vs USA in Trabert Cup
Thursday was an off day for the USA Dubler (men’s 45), Italia (men’s 35) and Young (Women’s 40) Cups. The USA Lenglen Cup won both singles matches against Argentina. They […]
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. […]
Wedneday Morning Update: USA Young Cup Team Wins
The bright spot of the day was the decisive win by the #4 seeded USA Young Cup team over #5 Canada today behind the singles play of Simona Bruetting and […]
USA Goes 6/0 on Tuesday, Day 2 in Turkey
The USA won 3/0 in the Lenglen Cup today behind the singles play of Meredith Walton and Katerina Stanford (at #2); Gee Gee Garviin/Amanda Parson Siegel won the doubles. They […]
Young Seniors Draws, USA Teams
Young Seniors Draws Including Group Allocation for USA Cup Teams Dates: Team: March 15-21; Individuals: March 22-29, 2015 Draws Posted For Each Cup Below Women’s Cups USA Group & Notes […]
Soggy End to World Championships in Turkey
It just kept raining in Turkey. But the ITF shortened the formats and many of the finals were completed today. Americans won several titles: Jane Lutz won the 85 singles […]
Long Way Home & First Day at Individuals
Today I said good-bye to Ali Bey. I had diner last night win one half of the Queens Cup team, Burnett and Ria and breakfast with the other half, Dori […]
Aspendos and Perge, Turkey
The World Team Championships ended, so I had the day to go touring. Bob and Sue Bramlette, Rita Giles and I got a taxi and went to Aspendos and Perge […]
Draws for Individual World Championships Now Posted
All Draws: http://itfseniors.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=1C765B54-823D-446D-B2F0-8A9638EFB82A Please click on the links below to view the Draws and order of Play for the 2014 Super-Seniors World Individual Championships, Anyalya, Turkey. Mens Singles 60 Mens […]
USA Plays for Gold in Five Cup and For Bronze in Three Cups on Saturday
The USA teams had a lot of success on Friday in Turkey. It was a picture perfect day for tennis, temperatures somewhere around 80 for a high and only the […]
Live Scoring Available for ITF Super Senior World Championships
Follow the game by game results from your computer at home, or smart phone by clicking here; http://www.tennisticker.de/tournaments/scoreboard.html
USA Advances to Elimination Rounds in Nine Cups on Wednesday; USA Men’s 75 Team Falls to Gr. Britain
USA advanced with less drama today in nine of the ten Cups today. The good news for Bob Quall, Bitsy Grant Cup team member, is that his suitcase and clothing […]
USA Remains Undefeated After a Challenging Day 2 on the Courts
USA won all ten ties played today, but it wasn’t an easy task in several Cups. The USA did cruise to victory in the women’s 65, 70 and 75s. The […]
USA Survives a Scare in the Doris Hart Cup, and Advances in Crawford, Godfree, Marble and Grant Cups; All USA Teams in Action Tuesday
USA swept the singles in the Crawford, Godfree, Marble and Grant Cups today. That was not the case in the Doris Hart Cup, women’s 80s. Jane Lutz won a hard […]
Team Photos Today
Today we have the captains’ meetings in the afternoon, followed by the opening ceremonies. We started early, with team photos at 8am. There were 39 players (Charleen Hillebrand got to […]
Team Practice Day; Bad Luck for USA Doris Hart Cup Again
Today I had an early start, practicing at 7:30 with Ellen Dawson, whose husband, Tony, is on the men’s 60 team. I saw several of the captains from various countries […]
Arrival in Ali Bey, No More Beach Courts!
Today I left Istanbul and when I boarded the plane immediately ran into Tom and Judy Hancy from Australia…I thought I had a long flight on Monday/Tuesday…they went from Australia […]
Ephesus, A Giant Ancient City
Ephesus is near Selcurk about an hour from Izmir on, the west coast of Turkey. It’s also near a the port of Kudsaadasi where a lot of cruise ships stop…so […]
Touring Ancient Turkey: Afrodisias, Parmakkule and Hierapolis
Turkey isn’t a small country. But it is an ancient one…what we measure in hundreds of years Turkey measures in thousands (Imaginary conversation: How old is that ruin: Californian: really […]
Travels to Turkey
Turkey is a long way from San Diego, let me tell you, especially when one’s routing is SAN-IAH-FRA-IST-Izmir. However, all my flights so far (I’m in Istanbul, where I had […]