USTA to Award Level 1 Points to ITF World Championships Held in Florida in April/May (50-90)

The USTA will award Level 1 points to the USTA players participating in the 2022 ITF Seniors and Super Seniors Individual World Championships in Palm Beach County, Florida. The dates […]

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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 […]

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2021 Adult Tournament Changes: Indoor Level 1 (gold ball) Nationals are Eliminated

The following information is courtesy of and reprinted with permission of the NWTO (National Women’s Tennis Organization (click here to go its website). Summary: The USTA Adult Competition Committee (ACC) […]

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USTA Cancels National Tournaments Through August 31st: July 14th Statement

Read the full USTA statement here: https://www.usta.com/en/home/stay-current/national/usta-statement-on-suspension-of-events.html I have included below excerpts related to SENIOR tennis only: USTA Statement on Event Cancellations – July 14, 2020 Due to the situation […]

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Designated Open Sectional Championship Schedule 2020

From USTA.com (read here). 2020 Tournament Recategorizations due to Covid-19  In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the USTA family would like to encourage local play as opposed to traveling […]

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2020 Tournament Recategorizations due to Covid-19

Press Release from the USTA: Designated Open Sectional Championship  In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the USTA family would like to encourage local play as opposed to traveling to […]

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USTA National Women’s Clay Courts: 40/50/60/70/80, DAY 1, Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center, Florida

Draws are here The women’s 60/70/80 National Clay Courts have a new location for the fourth time in the last five years and hopefully have found a more permanent home […]

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Smashey, Parson Siegel, Chandler, Karwasky, Orth, Kyvallos & Lutz Win Clay Singles Titles in Houston

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 […]

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Works, McColskey and Fales Take Singles Titles in Fort Lauderdale

Shelly Works can run….and hit a tennis ball too, she played a smart match and handled the wind very well and beat me in the 55s final in Fort Lauderdale. […]

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Miami Beach to Host Regional ITF Seniors Tournament March 5-10

For more information on this tournament go to http://www.itfmia.com. This event is open to all USTA and ITF IPIN holders. Entry is via the USTA tennislink system (click here to […]

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USA Category I National Age DivisionTournaments Open in 2019 to All IPIN Members!

The USTA Category I Nationals (see the schedule here: https://seniortennisblog.com/2018/09/25/2019-usta-national-adult-tournament-schedule/) for ages 35-85 men and women, and mixed will have Grade A status in 2019. In addition, 10 other Super […]

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USTA Category I National Championships in Men’s and Women’s 35-85 & Mixed Earn Upgraded (Grade A) ITF Points from 2019

Beginning in 2019, all USTA Category I National Championships in Women’s, Men’s and Mixed in the 35-85 age divisions will be Grade A tournaments for ITF ranking purposes. In addition, […]

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