Helsinki Day 5: Waiting to Play; Singles/Doubles champion
Draws are here. Saturday July 27, 2024 Helsinki, Finland Yesterday I played the singles and doubles finals in Finland. The scheduling here is similar to that in Lugano and other […]
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USA Men’s/Women’s 55 & Women’s 60 Advance to Semis in Portugal at ITF Masters World Team Championships
Draws are here. The USA Women’s 55 (Connolly Cup) advanced today over South Africa 3/0, not dropping a set but enjoying a competitive doubles match. USA faces Germany next, which […]
Singles/Doubles Champion in Lima
Draws are here. The synopsis: I won the 65 singles and doubles (with Anna Elmore, a club member) in Peru; Toni Novack avenged her loss to Leyla Musalem from Chile […]
Sunny Sunday Success in Alassio
Draws are here. Winners are listed here. Yesterday, Sunday, was a gorgeous day on the Italian Riviera. I practiced early with Gail Benedetti and Reinhilde Adams who were nice enough […]
Turkey Tennis Day 3: Doubles Day
Draws are here. Today, Wednesday, was a doubles only day…Sabine Schmidt, my opponent tomorrow was my doubles partner today and we won…Sabine is an excellent player and a super doubles […]
Action Packed Day 4 of the USTA Level 1 National Women’s Clay Courts in Houston: Into Doubles Final & Singles Semis
Draws are here. Thursday was a really busy day at the National Clays in Houston as all age divisions were in action from the 35s to the 85s. It was […]
National Women’s Clay Courts Tuesday, Day 2: Lots of Matches & NWTO Meeting
Draws are here. I played my first matches today in Houston at the National Clays. I played Gloria Stevens from the Austin, TX area and won in straight sets as […]
Preview, USTA Level 1 Women’s Clay, 35-85 & 90, Houston, TX
Draws are here. This is the best women’s age division tournament you will find anywhere. 275 women in the 35/45/55/65/75/85/90 + divisions…275 women players in just eight divisions (this tournament […]
ITF Masters World Team Championships: Tuesday, Wrap Up of Round Robin Matches: USA in Medal Rounds in M 30/45/50 & W 30/40/45
Note: I am not in Turkey, so am relying on the accuracy of the results posted on the ITF masters website. If there are errors…which happens occasionally. The schedule for […]
Cooper Cup Saturday: Nichols, Hartsock Take Singles Titles, Nichols/Wright and Vasconcellos/Esswein Win Doubles
Draws are here. Saturday was finals day for the 55 & 65; the 45 & 75 finished yesterday. The weather was nearly hot, mid to upper 80s, not much cloud […]
Barker Wins 60 Singles in Thrilling Final; Dickenson Wins 80s; Palm Beach Gardens Level 2 Wrap
Draws and Results are here. Diane Barker won the 60s singles over Erin Boynton of Canada yesterday, winning 63 76 (3). What the score does not show though is that […]
Quarterfinal Success in Mallorca as the Sun Shines
Draws are here. There was one little spot of rain on the radar, right on top of Font de sa Cala around 6am…but that early morning shower gave way to […]
Doubles Win & Singles Rainout in Mallorca
Draws are here. Today started out rainy and wet and turned into a nice albeit windy afternoon. Matches were delayed till noon and only the round of 16 matches were […]
2023 Schedule Starting to Post by USTA
Click here to see a partial 2023 USTA schedule. This link is updated frequently by USTA.
Into the Quarters at Mallorca 1000 65s (Edit #2)
Draws are here. It was a really nice day for tennis in Mallorca, temps in the low 70s, very slight breeze and overcast so no sun to bother anyone (the […]
First Round Success in Mallorca 65s
Draws are here. I played my first round match this morning in Mallorca 65s, against Monika Emmrich of Germany. She had a nice forehand and a 2-handed backhand, and hit […]
Font de Sa Cala: Mallorca Seniors Open
I am here in Font de sa Cala for two ITF tournaments, the 60s starting tomorrow and the 65s starting October 8th. Both are ITF MT 1000 events. Draws are […]
30/35/40/45/50 Masters Tennis International Teams 2023; Players Have been Announced; Draws
Draws for 2023 Masters World Championships in Turkey. Play begins March 19, 2023 Players have been announced for the 30-50 M/W teams to represent USA in Turkey in March. Updated […]
Correa (30) & Bratek (45) Win Gold Medals in Portugal at ITF World Individual Masters Championships
Click here to see the list of all medalists. Mariana Correa (USA) paired with Gonzalo Falcao (POR) to win the 30 mixed at the ITF Individual Championships in Portugal last […]
Successful Finish in Bad Breisig
Draws are here. Thursday I played the singles final against Jutta Labenski, the second seed. She was I think a bit nervous, and I won comfortably. We played on the […]
Into the Final in Bad Breisig
Draws are here. Today I practiced as usual with Stephan at 8am. It was so nice, cool, no wind, sunny. Then I returned to my accommodations for interesting things such […]
Bad Breisig Day 1
Draws are here. I played my first match on Tuesday the 9th in Bad Breisig against a Swiss player from Basel, Yvette De Roche. The tournament ran somewhat behind yesterday…temps […]
Hanko Success
Draws are here. It’s after 11 pm here in Hanko and the music from the party below me is making my room shake! But winter is coming…last few weeks here […]
USA Men’s 35 & Women’s 40 Teams Into the Semis in Portugal at the ITF Tennis Masters World Team Championships.
Draws are here. The USA Women’s 40s team was off today, having received a bye into the semis where they will play #2 seeded France. France beat Argentina 2/1, dropping […]
ITF World Tennis Masters Tour: 35/40/45 World Team Championships, Portugal, Day 2: USA Goes 2/0 on Day 2
Draws & Updated rosters are here. On Day 2 of the World Team Championships, only the USA Women’s 35 and Men’s 45 had matches, and both won 3/0, but took […]
Travel Day 2 to Hanko, Finland
Sunday was travel day #2 on my journey from Mallorca, Spain to Hanko, Finland. I arrived about three hours before my flight and though there was a long line, it […]
2023 World Championship Dates (New Dates for 55/60 in Portugal)
Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey: M/W 30/35/40/45/50 Team: Sunday March 19-Friday March 24 Individual: Saturday march 25-Saturday April 1, 2023 Lisbon/Oeiras & Estoril, Portugal: (NOTE NEW DATES): M/W 55/60 Team: August 13-August […]