A Last Tennis Day in Turkey
Sunday was another all-day tennis fest at Ali Bey Manavgat with Aussie, Swiss, Irish, American, NZL, Canadian, and German players sharing the courts. I’ve been there many times and probably […]
Tag Archives: Manavgat
Buholz, Nichols & Kimball Win Singles Gold in Palm Beach Gardens (Level 1 USTA & ITF MT 1000)
Draws are here, for USTA members only to view. Yesterday, Thursday…was a very long one. It began with 8am warm up with Anna Zimmermann as it always did this week […]
2026 USA International Teams For 60/65/70 Age Divisions Announced
The USTA has selected and announced the 2025 USA National Cup teams for the 60/65/70 Divisions. The teams will play on red clay at Ali Bey Manavgat, about an hour […]
Applications Open for 60/65/70 Cup Teams for 2026; Close Oct 8, 2025
Click here to apply for the 60/65/70 Teams The 60/65/70 ITF Masters World Team Championships will take place at Ali Bey Manavgat in Turkey (an hour outside of Antalya) from […]
USTA Posts Timelines for 2026 Masters International Cups (Including Deadlines for Applications)
Note that the USTA has changed date applications open and dates the teams are announced to “week of” the dates shown below from a specific date. For example the 60/65/70 […]
Dates/Sites Now Final for All Masters Cups in 2026; 50/55 Cups: Rome, Italy, July 5-18
The final dates/venue have been announced for the 2026 ITF Masters World Team and Individual Championships: Rome, Italy for the Men’s Women’s 50/55 teams, to take place July 5-18 in […]
USA Young Cup (W40) Team Advances to Final in Turkey; USA W30 Place Third; ITF Masters World Team Championships Day 5: USA Teams Go 4/4
Draws are here. Click here for links to live streams and live scores from matches and some recordings of matches. Well worth a watch if you are in the correct […]
USA Goes 2-6 on First Day of ITF Masters World Team Championship Kmockout Matches; Still in Medal Hunt in W30 & W40s
Draws are here. Click here for links to live streams and live scores from matches and some recordings of matches. Well worth a watch if you are in the correct […]
USA Goes 4/1 on Tuesday in ITF Masters World Team Championships in Turkey; W 30 and M45 Win Group; Seven of Eight Teams Advance to Medal Rounds
Draws are here. Click here for links to live streams and live scores from matches and some recordings of matches. Well worth a watch if you are in the correct […]
Day 7, ITF Masters Tennis World Championships: Doubles Champion; Parker Wins 80 Singles; Davis/Kuhle, Polisky/Corley; Wright Win Titles
Draws for the ITF Masters Individual World Championships, Turkey (65-90 Divisions) Livestreaming link can be found HERE (four courts). Our doubles final seems like days ago now! Anne Frautschi and I played […]
Into the Singles Final in Turkey; Gwenda Ward, Carol Wood/Dorothy Wasser, Jimmy Parker/Fred Drilling, Carolann Castell Win Doubles Titles Thursday in Turkey
Draws for the ITF Masters Individual World Championships, Turkey (65-90 Divisions) Livestreaming link can be found HERE (four courts). Today was Groundhog Day 6 at the ITF Masters Tennis World Championships, more […]
Individual Championships Day 5: Into Doubles Final in Turkey
Draws for the ITF Masters Individual World Championships, Turkey (65-90 Divisions) Livestreaming link can be found HERE (four courts). Today was a doubles day in Turkey for most players, and I was […]
Individual Championships Day 3 (Monday): Into the Quarters
Draws for the ITF Masters Individual World Championships, Turkey (65-90 Divisions) Livestreaming link can be found HERE (four courts). Today was my debut at the 2024 ITF Masters World Individual Championships. I […]
Turkey: USA Women’s and Men’s 85; Men’s 80 Win Cups; Women 65/70 Play Finals Friday; M/W 75 Play for Bronze Friday
Draws for ITF World Team Championships, Turkey Live Streaming from Turkey The Women’s 85 team, led by Dorothy Wasser at #2 (captain) and Carol Wood at #1 won the Women’s […]
Day 4 of World Team Championships: W65, 70 Advance to Final; M80/85 Win; W85 Play for Gold Thursday
Draws for ITF World Team Championships, Turkey Live Streaming from Turkey Our team, the Women’s 65, Kitty Godfree Cup, won 2/1 over a tough French team…especially tough in singles.I lost […]
Day 3 at the ITF World Team Championships, Turkey: USA Advances in M 75 to Medal Round & W85 Win
Draws for ITF World Team Championships, Turkey Live Streaming from Turkey We had the day off today, Tuesday, practiced at 8am; scouted our opponents after (we play France), had lunch […]
Into the Semis in Turkey: USA Goes 7/1 on Day 2 at World Championships; Women 65/70/75 & M85 Advance to Medal Rounds
Draws are here. Live streaming information is here. Women’s 65: We beat Portugal 3/0 behind singles play of myself at #2 and Susan Wright at #1; Carolyn Lane/Anne Frautschi won […]
Early Practice, Peek into the Ali Bey Buffet: Day 2 in Manavgat
Today we had an early morning practice because it was supposed to rain in the afternoon. As it turned out, the threat of rain was bigger in the morning…we had […]
Teams Participating in Turkey (65-85) in March Announced by ITF
View the list here.
USTA Announces Timelines for 2024 65-85 Cups: 65-85 Applications Open September 10, 2023, Close October 10, 2023; Teams Announced November 20, 2023
2024 World Team Championships (Age Divisions – 65, 70, 75, 80, 85) Here is the list (with the initial, updated and second updated lists)
Turkey MT 1000 Day 5: Surviving the Rain
Draws are here. Today I awoke to find the ground wet, but I know how quickly the courts dry here so thought there might be no delay for my scheduled […]
Turkey MT1000 Day 4: Doubles Champions, Into Singles Final
Draws are here. Today I had an early start, warming up around 8 (I served then hit with Chris French after she finished warming up her husband Paul), then played […]
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 […]
Tennis in Turkey Day 2: Into the Singles Semis
Draws and results are here. Ali Bey Manavgat, Tuesday April 4, 2023 I played my first match in Turkey this morning against a German player (naturally), Iris Klag and won […]
New Week, New Tournament, New Country; Tennis in Turkey
Draws are here. Saturday I was in Houston playing a marathon clay court final…Sunday night I arrived in Turkey, Monday I was on court practicing and tomorrow I am scheduled […]
USA Wins Silver Medals in W40, M35 in Turkey; Bronze in W30. Italy Wins 4 Titles, Germany 3 at the ITF Masters World Team Championships in Turkey
Click here to see the list of the four teams which medaled in each division. Click here to see results of all teams from today. Click here to see the […]
W40 & M30 Play for Gold on Friday at the ITF Masters World Team Championships in Turkey; W30 Take Bronze
Match schedule/results for Friday can be found here. On Thursday in Turkey, the USA Young Cup team (W40) beat Spain 3/0 and now face Germany, a 3/0 winner over France. […]
USA M30 Into Final; W40 (Young Cup) Advance to Semis in Turkey on Wednesday.
See results from all matches here. The USA Men’s 30s team beat Argentina 2/1, with #1 Neil Bennett and doubles team Josh Bashal/Alan Regale winning the two points. They have […]
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 […]
USA Advances to Medal Rounds in Men’s 45/50 and Women’s 40/45 Divisions on Monday at ITF Masters World Team Championships in Manavgat, Turkey
Draws are here. Men’s 30: USA beat So Africa 3/0 behind the singles play of Jevin West and Neil Bennett; Bennett/Alan Regula won the doubles point. Women’s 30: USA was […]