Houston Saturday: Hartsock Wins 55 Singles & Thu Conquers 45s
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 […]
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Houston Day 5: Sue Kimball Takes 75 Singles Crown; Margaret Canby Wins 90 Singles Title
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 […]
Houston Day 3: Return of the Sun
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 […]
Donner, Blitzen & Rain Then Play into the Night
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 […]
Houston Day 1: Rain & Wind Did Not Stop the Senior Women’s Clay Courts!
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 […]
Houston Practice Day 2
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 […]
Houston! 35-90 Women’s Level 1 Clay Courts (ITF 1000)
Sunday morning March 20, 2022, Houston, Texas Draws can be found here. I took a VERY early flight (7am) from Florida yesterday (there used to be more flights, but…pandemic related […]
Houston Day 7: Smashey Wins 35 Singles; Morris/Toney Win 45 Doubles
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 […]
Houston Day 6: Julie Thu Blanks Field to Win 45 Clay; Kaysie Smashey/Thu Win 35 Doubles
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 […]
Houston Clay Nationals Day 5: Klitch, Nichols, DeVries, Price Win Singles Titles; Buholz/Prejean Take 55 Doubles
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 National Clay Courts Day 4: Carter Takes 75 Singles Crown (corrected); Jackson/Savitt Win 65 Doubles; Castell/Kimball Win 75 Doubles; Devries/Wood Win 85 Doubles
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 […]
National Women’s Clay Courts Day 3: Jones/Kuckhahn Win 90 Doubles
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 […]
National Women’s Clay Courts: Torrid Tuesday in Houston
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, National Women’s Clay Courts Day 1; Practice Day 2
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 […]
Houston, National Clay Courts, Practice Day
Houston, Texas (yes I AM in Houston),Sunday September 20, 2021 Link to draws and results (once tournament begins); seeds are posted in “overview”. Link to photos album. This tournament was […]
Travel Day: Houston!
Today, Saturday, I flew from Florida to Houston got the national (Level 1, gold ball) 65 clay courts. I drove to Ft Lauderdale from Palm Beach Gardens, and parked my […]
Date Change for Women’s 35/45/55/65/75/85/90 Clay Courts in Houston, TX
NEW DATES: September 20-26, 2021 for the Women’s 35-90 Clay Courts at the Houston Racquet Club Sue Bramlette TD off the Houston Women’s Clay Court Championships reported today that the […]
USTA National Senior Women’s Clay Courts (35/45/55/65/75/85/90) Cancelled for 2020; Will Resume in 2021
Sue Bramlette, the tournament director for the National Senior Women’s Clay Court Championships (NSWCCC) in Houston, Texas, after consulting with the COO of the Houston Racquet Club (HRC) and the […]
Over the Hills, the Road to the End of the World, Four Flights and Three Drives to Thanksgiving
Palm Desert, CA It was 42 hours door to door to get from Torres del Paine, Chile to Palm Desert, CA for Thanksgiving. It was a pretty morning in Patagonia. […]
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 […]
2018 Dates Announced for National Women’s 35/45/55/65/75/85/90 Clay Courts
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 […]
Thu, Smashey Advance to 35s Singles Final Saturday in Houston
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 […]
Barker, Downing, Fales, Lutz & Price Earn Singles Gold in Houston
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 Wins 45 Singles Gold in Houston; Finals Set for 55, 65 & 75s
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 […]
Houston Wednesday: On to the Semis and a Visit by Katrina Adams
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 […]
Julie Thu Wins 35s at the Clay Courts (Indoors!); Nancy Hilliard/Kaysie Smashey Win 35 Doubles
The rain in Houston threatened all week…and finally made good on its promise, drenching Houston today and forcing the tournament indoors on the final day at the Galleria Tennis and […]
BRRRRRRR…The Houston Weather Today Eclipsed the Tennis
Soooo..yesterday it was 81 degrees in Houston, a record at Hobby Airport…today it barely hit 40, and with the windchill it was in the 30s all day. Play was […]
Houston National Senior Women’s Clay Courts March 2nd, Day 1: In an Upset, Dry Weather!
The weather today in Houston was dry, cool and calm, a marked contrast to Sunday which was wet and cold. At the end of the day the only upsets were […]
Zerdan Claims 35 Singles Title; Meredith Walton/Julie Scott Thu Win 35 Doubles Crown
Patricia Zerdan, saying that she felt no pressure this year as she was playing “down” into the 35s (she’s 40) won the 35s singles title in Houston, beating Meredith Walton, […]
Martha Downing Wins 65 Singles (and Doubles); Walton & Zerdan Reach the 35s Final
Martha Downing edged Brenda Carter today 76 46 76, dominating only the tiebreakers in this outstanding final (according to Barbara Hubbard and Janet Watanabe…I wasn’t there). Carol Clay turned the […]