Back in the USA
One last post to round out my Turkey/Italy/Spain/Italy/France trip! My trip back to the USA was long but uneventful. I walked from my Citizen M hotel (past all the bikes […]
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San Diego North County
Back in the USA… Last week was a busy one..Jenny Klitch from Florida visited for the week, Jenny Rens Keller and Christina Kaus, her 2025 gold medal winning Alice Marble […]
La Jolla: Women 50-80 Hard Courts (USTA Level 1, ITF MT 1000) Round Up: Parsons-Siegel, Keller, Karwasky & Castell Take Home Gold in Singles
Draws are here. The MT 1000/USTA Level 1 women’s tournament held at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club last week concluded the main draw on Friday and the consolation […]
Nideffer/Spence Nasim, Juliani/Pendo, McEvoy/Dixon & King/Wasser (corrected) Win Gold at the Level 1 Women’s Hard Courts Sunday
Click here to view draws and results. Ros Nideffer/Debbie Spence Nasim (1) beat Dina McBride/Tracie Currie (2) to win gold at the 50 Hard Courts. They dominated the division, never […]
Rice, Nideffer, Dixon & Hillebrand Win Singles Titles in La Jolla
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 […]
Semifinal Friday at the USTA Level 1 Women’s Hard Courts
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 […]
Successful 2021 Level 1 Debut
Click here to view draws One thing I noticed today: The tournament for the first time in the 26 years I’ve played it, is using Wilson regular duty balls…normally reserved […]
USTA Level 1 Women’s Hard Courts: Day 1
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 […]
USTA Level 1 Women’s 50/60/70/80 Hard Courts (& Men’s Level 5) Start May 11 with Strong Draws
Draws are here The first Level 1 tournament of the year for women is taking place this week at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in La Jolla, CA. […]
La Jolla Hard Courts: 40s Men & Women, Father/Son & Grandfather/Grandson Cancelled due to California Regulations
Sadly, the Men’s and Women’s 40 Hard Courts, Father/Son Hard Courts and Grandfather/Grandson Hard Courts have been cancelled, another victim of Covid-19. From the email I received yesterday (from Pierrette […]
Jane Lutz Wins 90 Singles and Doubles at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club Saturday
Jane Lutz, 90, played six sets of tennis today to win the USTA 90 hard court singles & doubles titles. Rita Price also played six sets of tennis today and […]
Finals Day, National Women’s Hard Courts, La Jolla: Two Marathons in One Day!
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 […]
Semifinal Day: Loooong Day on Court
I was on the court at least 6 hours today playing matches…started singles around 1:30, finished at 5pm then played doubles from about 6:15 to 9pm. That’s a lot of […]
Quarterfinal Day at the USTA National Women’s 50-90 Hard Courts
There were a lot of great matches at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club today in La Jolla, CA. In the 50s, Kristen Kepler edged #4 seeded Anna Zimmermann […]
National Women’s 50-90 Hard Courts: Tuesday, Day 2
Let’s start with the 80s…Lorna Brooks from Wyoming (but a SoCal native), playing her annual national tournament (where she meets up with friends from the Central Valley of California where […]
National Women’s 50-90 Hard Courts/ITF Grade A/USTA Cat I; La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club
The USTA Hard Court Women’s 50/60/70/80/90 National Championships began today at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in La Jolla, California. This year it’s also an ITF Grade A […]
DeVries Wins 80s Battle; Lutz Takes 90 Crown at National Hard Courts
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 […]
Finals Set for Women’s 50/60/70 Singles & Doubles
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 […]
National Hard Courts Day 3: Long Matches, Great Tennis
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 & […]
Nideffer, Wright, Carter & King Win Singles Crowns at Hard Courts in La Jolla
Today was a long day of tennis. Susan Wright and I started play around 11:30 and finished close to 2pm. Susan played really well, making few errors, moved really well […]
Into the Finals on a Sunny, Breezy California Day
Update: The women’s 80 final was not played on Thursday, it was an input error. The final is scheduled for Friday. Today, Thursday, was semifinal day for the national […]
Drizzly Day at La Jolla Spring HardcourtsÂ
It’s going to be a late night tonight due to morning drizzle and a packed schedule in La Jolla, so here is a late afternoon briefing. I won my singles […]
La Jolla Hard Courts on a May Gray Sort of Day
The weather today was a May Gray sort of day, mostly overcast though the sun tried to peak out. However, there was lots of tennis and no rain in the […]
Presidents’ Cup: USIC vs French IC in La Jolla, California
The USIC stands for the United States International Club. There are 38 members from Argentina to Uruguay to Singapore to South Africa (for a complete list go to ictennis.net). The […]
La Jolla Friday: DeVries wins 3:12 hour 80s Singles Final
Dori DeVries survived a 3:12 hour singles match with Dorothy Matthiessen to win the 80 Hard Court Singles today 75 67 64, then combined with Carol Wood to beat Matthiessen/Judy […]
Peter/Riley Smith, Tony Bujan & Matthew Sah/Poh Seng Tan Win USTA National Hard Courts in La Jolla
The top seeds prevailed in all three finals played Sunday at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. Tony Bujan’s title in men’s 40 singles was his third in as […]
USTA National 40 Hard Courts: Osswald Upset by Miller in R64; Amy Frazier Makes Successful Debut as a Senior (albeit a “Young Senior”)
The seeds began play today at the 40 Hard Courts and there was some good tennis! I won my match (the woman I played was recovering from abdominal surgery though…) […]
Finals Set After Rainy Friday/Saturday in La Jolla: Hurlbut Wins 80 Indoors
Tina Karwasky and Jan Kirkland-Cochran finished their rain delayed 60s semis about 6pm yesterday. It poured til mid-afternoon in the San Diego area but the staff at LJBTC had the […]
Fabulous Doubles Finals
The 50 & 60 doubles finals both went down to the wire yesterday, and featured terrific aggressive play and solid defense. Tracey Worley-Hagen and Wendy Mahaney gave the defending champions, […]