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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friday was finals day at the USTA National Hard Courts at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. I didn’t get to see much tennis because I was on court […]
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Draws are here. Day 1 blog Day 2 blog The 40-80 Clay Courts continued at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center Thursday. It was warm, breezy […]
It was a long day on the courts in Palm Beach Gardens today at the USTA National Clay Courts/ITF Grade A. Day 1 Blog Draws/results are here: I played Carolyn […]
Dori DeVries won a long battle against her friend and doubles partner Roz King to win the gold ball at the USTA National 80 Hard Courts Sunday. She battled back […]
It was another gorgeous La Jolla day full of lots of great tennis from 8am to after 8pm. The finals are now set for most of the women’s divisions. In […]
Wednesday May 9, 2018 La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, CA The National Women’s Hard Courts continued on Wednesday, which was quarterfinal day for the women’s 50 & […]
On the second day of play at the National Hard Courts at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club (lbjtc.com), there were some close escapes by seeded players but only […]
The USTA National Women’s 50-90 Hard Courts are underway at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. For the first time, this tournament’s matches played on Court 1 will be […]
There were four singles finals on Saturday (Roz King claimed the 80s title on Friday). One match stood out though, which was the nearly two and a half hour battle […]
Roz King is peaking at age 80. The San Diegan easily beat a former nemesis, and good friend, Dori DeVries to win the 80 national clay courts and then teamed […]
Frances O’Sullivan upset #4 seeded Pat Purcell in a very very long match today at the National Clay Courts in Naples. This is not the first time the two have […]
I know those of you reading this from northern climes may not sympathize, but heat that sent at least one player to the hospital is nothing to take lightly. Carol […]
The USTA Women’s 40/50 Clay will be held as scheduled in Naples, Florida in October.
Sue Bramlette, the Tournament Director for the USTA National Women’s 35/45/55/65/75/85/90 Clay Courts in Houston has announced the 2018 dates for this wonderful tournament. This tournament is open to all […]
Today, Saturday, Susan Wright and I played for the gold balls in Seattle against Andrea Barnes and Leslie Murveit and won 63 63 in a very fun match with lots […]
Susan Wright is a triple threat in Seattle. Today she beat Leslie Murveit 60 64 in a good match. Leslie had game points in four of the six games she […]
Second seeded Christian and Kathy Settles won a rain interrupted marginal today, May 8th in Rancho Mirage. They beat defending champions Dina/Parker McBride 57 75 75. The McBrides led 75 […]
Dad and I played Cheryl & Bob Hicks today in Rancho Mirage in the 80+ Father Daughter category. Fortunately, the heat abated and it was only in the 80s, dry […]
The Father/Daughter (Open, 60,70 & 80+) & Mother/Son Hard Courts is taking place this weekend in Rancho Mirage, CA, near Palm Springs. I drove over on Wednesday from San Diego […]
Most senior players dream of winning a single gold ball; some become accustomed to winning them fairly often; but winning all four nationals, on four different surfaces, in one calendar […]
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 […]