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 […]
From the ITF Website: 2019 Seniors World Team Championships The ITF are pleased to confirm that the ITF Seniors World Team & Individual Championships 2019 will take place in Lisbon […]
The USA women’s teams fell to tough opponents on the final day of play of the Young Seniors World Team Championships in Miami Beach on Friday. The Lenglen Cup dropped […]
The USA Margaret Court team faced Great Britain today at Flamingo Park. Julie Cass led off proceedings and lost 75 61. Nancy Hilliard, playing #1, fought valiantly but fell in […]
The USA Suzanne Lenglen (35) team beat France decisively to advance to the final at Flamingo Park Wednesday. Anda Perianu at #1 and Julie Thu at #2 dropped only six […]
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, […]
USA Women’s 35, 40 and 45 teams won 3/0 today in Miami Beach. The men’s 35 had a bye, men’s 40 won and the men’s 45 lost 2/1 to Chile. […]
USTA Category I National Tournament Schedule 2019 Women Men Mixed Family USTA Category II Tournament Schedule 2019 Women Men USTA Category I, II, III Schedule on USTA.com
Posted from San Diego, CA The USA ended a successful week in Umag Croatia with four gold and four silver medal winning teams. The USA won the Men’s 65 (Britannia), […]
Writing from the Munich Airport, Munich, Germany The USA was seeded #1 in eight of the nine cups in Umag. The Jack Crawford Cup team, Men’s 70s, was not only […]
Thursday September 14, 2018, Umag, Croatia It was a lovely day to play tennis today in Umag…a bit of cloud cover to make it feel cooler and no wind. I […]
September 12, 2018, Umag, Croatia GMP Cup 2018 I played singles and doubles today; singles against Radomila Martinicova and doubles with Ellen Neumann in the 55s. The singles was actually […]
I played my first match at the GMP Cup in Umag today, and beat an Austrian player, Ingrid Bruggraber. We played on Grandstand Court, and the match was live streamed […]
Umag, Croatia, Monday September 10, 2018 Umag, Croatia is in Istria, and is a summer vacation spot for Europeans…it has biking, hiking, tennis, water sports and golf. Umag also has […]
Robin Harris and I played Susan Wright and Patricia Medrado and came very close but fell 63 76(5) in the final of the 60 doubles. They made some good shots […]
Robin Harris and I won our 9:30 am doubles semi today over Aussies Susie Ellis/Judy Buzza. We played through intermittent rain showers. Susan Wright and Pat Medrado had just finished […]
Today I played Diane Barker and it was a Groundhog Day situation…I keep playing her and the outcome never varies…Diane wins. This time it was 63 61. I played ok […]
Wednesday August 22, Neu-Ulm, Germany Today was another warm and sunny day in Ulm and a busy one. Susan and I warmed up at 8 for our 11am matches; We […]
Tuesday August 21, 2018 The men’s women’s 60s are leading the charge in Ulm, but there are title contenders from the USA in multiple age divisions. Diane Barker took out […]
It was another early start today in Ulm, Germany. Susan Wright and I had 9am matches, so we left at 7:30. We had a half hour warm up then played […]
Sunday August 19, 2018, Ulm, Germany Susan Wright, Robin Harris and I took Pat Purcell to the bus station for her 7am bus, and the start of a very long […]
USA won the men’s 60, Von Cramm Cup, on a long, grinding day in Neu-Ulm Germany Friday. The team had to finish a doubles match started on Thursday (suspended due […]
The USA Women’s 50 had a terrific win versus France today. Jenny Klitch got the team off to a positive start with a 75 60 win at #2 singles (against […]
Today, Monday, all of the USA teams were off, after a successful opening day Sunday for all six USA teams. We were planning on practicing at 3pm till Diane contacted […]
The USA Marble Cup team won its first round robin match at the ITF World Team championships today against Norway. Susan Wright won at #2 singles 62 60; Diane Barker […]
The USA Women’s 60 team (Diane Barker, Susan Wright, Carolyn Nichols, Captain, and Pat Purcell) are seeded #1 in the ITF World Team Championships in Ulm, Germany. Australia is #2, […]
I bid Klosters adieu at 6:28 am, and five trains, four changes of train and one car rental later reached the rental house in a suburb of Ulm. Upon arrival […]
My first match today was at 9:30 and my last one finished in the dark as it started to rain sometime after 8pm. I played my singles under cool and […]
I played Rosemary Everett of Australia today not before 12:30 and we got on at 1:30 which wasn’t too bad. It was fun to play and I played pretty well..I […]
Today the 71st Annual Klosters Senior tournament began for me. I had a bye yesterday which was nice, since some of the late matches were rained out. I was the […]