Pelham, Alabama: Landing in the Rain, Leaving in the Heat; Ann Etheredge Sighting; Packing Lists: A Necessity

Draws are here. Spirit may have a horrible bag drop process but the plane and wifi were nice, and we arrived in Birmingham, Alabama on time. It’s a really good […]

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USTA Level 1/ITF MT1000 Champions Crowned at Women’s 40/50/60/70/80 Clay Courts: Thu Dominates; Rens Wins Maiden Clay Titles; Nichols Runs Past 70s & Kimball Dominates 80s

Draws are here (must have USTA membership to view) Julie Thu, #1 in the USA and World 50 singles rankings, thrashed her opposition in Palm Beach Gardens this week, beating […]

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USTA National Clay Courts, Palm Beach Gardens: Inoue (W40), Buholz/Rens & Jackson/Nichols Win Gold Balls; Finals Saturday for Remaining Divisions

Draws are here (USTA membership needed to view) Today was advertised to be windy and it was pretty breezy (though I have played at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center […]

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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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Cooper Cup: Kilburn, Nichols, Ward Win Singles Titles on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale

Draws are here (account required) Saturday was a warm, breezy day in Fort Lauderdale and the courts were quick green clay (with some suspect bounces…and very dry and slippery). In […]

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Cooper Cup Level 2/ITF MT700 Day 3, Friday: Rovner, Nichols/Wright, Clay/Fales Win Titles; Remaining Finals Set for Saturday

Draws are here. Unseeded Allison Rovner from NY won the 45 singles today over Jennifer Fiers the 2nd seed. She also beat the top seed yesterday. The 45 doubles is […]

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Cooper Cup Day 2: Into Doubles Final and Singles Semis

Draws are here. On another gorgeous February day in South Florida, there were quite a few matches to view and play at the Lauderdale Tennis Club. I played Lou Armstrong […]

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Fort Lauderdale Cooper Cup: Level 2/ITF 700

Draws are here. This week’s tournament is being held at the venerable Lauderdale Tennis Club in Fort Lauderdale and features women’s 45/55/65/75 age divisions. The tournament is smaller than in […]

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Tisha Kilburn Wins 50 Singles in Palm Beach Gardens

View results here. Tisha Kilburn won her third 50s singles titles at the Palm Beach Gardens Level 2/ITF MT700 today over Susan Wright 60 62. She had match points at […]

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Nichols, Kimball (corrected) Win Singles Titles; 50, 60, 70 Doubles Champions Crowned & More: Day 5 in Palm Beach Gardens Level 2/ITF MT700

Draws are here (create account to view) Today was the warmest yet in Palm Beach Gardens…high of 81 (about 27-28 Celsius), but quite windy, and very sunny…pleasant weather but tough […]

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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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Successful Start in Palm Beach Gardens on a Gorgeous Tuesday

Draws are here. (Need an account with USTA to access draws). Today was a Florida Chamber of Commerce type of day, sunny, light breeze, mid-70s (around 24 Celsius). It was […]

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2025 Grandes Dames Level 2/ITF MT 700 Day 1: Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Draws are here (though you may need to create a USTA account to view them) The cold, wet weather of last week has turned to warm and sunny weather in […]

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Fact Sheets Posted for ITF World Team Championships in Palm Beach Gardens, FL for M/W 60/65/70

Here is the link to all ITF Masters World Team and Individual World Championships for 2025. Fact Sheets for M/W 60s, 65s and 70s are now posted at the link […]

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List of applicants for the 60, 65, & 70 Cup Teams for 2025

This list is current as of December 4, 2024. The application deadline is December 11, 2024. Click here to apply for the 2024 masters 60/65/70 teams

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Southern Dominates 35 and 45 at the Women’s Intersectional Team Competition

Southern won the five team round Robin in the 35s on Sunday in Plantation Florida. Southern blitzed, Texas 5 to 0 in the finals of the 45s Click here to […]

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Intersectionals Friday/Saturday: Florida Wins 75; Pacific NW Takes 80s and SoCal Wins 85s; Texas vs Southern in 45s Final Sunday; Southern Leads in 35s RR Play

Draws are here. Results (individual) are here. 35s: There are only five teams and they are playing a round robin. So far Southern has taken a commanding lead, up 3/0 […]

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Silver & Bronze for 65/55 at Intersectionals; Southern (65) & Mid-Atlantic (55) Take Gold Medals

Draws are here. Results (individual) are here. It was a long but nice day at Veltri Tennis Center (Plantation, FL) yesterday for the SoCal and Southern 65 teams. We warmed […]

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Into the Finals for SoCal 65; SoCal 55 to Play for Third

Draws are here. Results (individual) are here. Today was semifinal day in Plantation, Florida for the 55s and 65s. Our team, the SoCal 65s, seeded 2nd, advanced 5/0 over Eastern. […]

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Intersectionals (USTA Level 2 Women’s Team Event): Day 2, Tuesday

Draws are here. Results (individual) are here. Today we had a bye as did the SoCal 55s. We practiced at 8:30 at the Lauderdale TC and even persuaded Mary Ginnard […]

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USTA Level 2 Women’s Intersectionals

Draws can be found here. Individual match results can be found here. What is intersectionals? I am playing for SoCal, we are seeded second in the 65s. We beat New […]

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Applications for M/W 60/65/70 Teams are now Open

Click here to apply to play in a USTA Masters International Team. The USTA selects four players to represent the USA in each Masters Age Division annually. The competition is […]

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2025 USTA Level 1, 2, 3 Photos of Schedule

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Mont Tremblant Champion on a Breezy, Sunny, Cloudy, & Sometimes Rainy Day

Draws are here. Today started early as I had a 9am final. Vicki Buholz and I warmed up at 8am, then I went to the red clay courts and Vicki […]

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Mont Tremblant Tournament Day 4: Into the Singles/Doubles Finals on a Sunny & Rainy Day

Draws are here. Today was an interesting one from a weather perspective…it was beautiful with the sun making an appearance; then the clouds came over and it poured…then as quickly […]

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Mont Tremblant Day 3: Into the Semis, Beating Bye

Draws are here. First off the weather report: There was no rain in Mont Tremblant today…not much sun either, though it did make a few brief appearances during the day. […]

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Mont Tremblant: Successful Start on the Slow Red Clay

Draws are here. Today I got up bright and early (good thing it’s light here by 5am!), to warm up with Vicki Buholz on the red clay. It’s pretty slow […]

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Mont Tremblant ITF 1000 Day 1: The Rain is Gone!

Draws are here. Today the rain was gone, though not the cool weather. It may seem odd to the sweltering west and south in the USA but here temperatures never […]

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Rain Tremblant

Mont Tremblant Draws. I woke up to rain. Mont Tremblant should be called “Rain Tremblant” I think! I did some exercises while listening to Radio Roland Garros call the Alcaraz-Zverev […]

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