Mallorca Open 2022
What: An ITF 1000 tournament or all age divisions, singles/doubles/mixed (two events only) Where: Beach Club Font de sa Cala, Mallorca, Spain Dates: Young Seniors (30-45): Oct 3-8 Seniors (50-60): […]
Tag Archives: red clay
Return of the Rain & A Trip up the Mountain: Mont Tremblant Friday
Draws are here. Photos are here. Surprise, surprise, it rained in Mont Tremblant today! Eventually it led to a complete cancellation of play today. As a result, tomorrow there are […]
USA Young Seniors Teams Announced
From USTA.com 2022 Young Seniors World Championships (35/40/45) Location: Lisbon, Oeiras and Estoril, Portugal Team Event: Sunday, July 31 – Friday, August 5, 2022 Individual Event: Saturday, August 6 – […]
Young Seniors ITF World Championships 2022: Portugal!
2022 Young Seniors World Championships (35/40/45); Also for individuals only, M/W 30s. Location: Lisbon, Oeiras and Estoril, Portugal Team Event: Sunday, July 31 – Friday, August 5, 2022 Individual Event: […]
2022 ITF World Championships Dates and Locations
This page includes tournament information for the 2021 and 2022 ITF Young Seniors, ITF Seniors and ITF Super-Seniors World Team & Individual Championships. The page is regularly updated by the […]
World Championships, Mallorca: The End: Waldman, Fales/Corley Win Gold on Saturday
Sunday Oct. 24, 2021 Draws are here. Photos are here The 40th ITF Super Senior World Championships ended with a whimper more than a bang as the final mixed doubles […]
Silver Medalist (x2); Fales Dominates 80s in Mallorca; Dittmer/Grossman, Liana Bryson, Dorothy Wasser Also Win Gold
October 22, 2021 Draws are here. Photos are here The good news today was that the weather forecasters were wrong about the rain today…it never came (80% chance of rain […]
Survived Doubles Semi; Finals Friday (Weather Permitting); Semis Results
Thursday October 21, 2021 Draws are here. Photos are here Today was a day off for singles but Sabine Schmitz and I played Hildegard Bruggraber/Christiane Deryckere. In contrast to our […]
ITF Super Senior World Championships; Into the Semis; American Results Update
Tuesday October 19, 2021 Draws are here. Photos are here Today I warmed up again with Sabine Schmitz even though I didn’t play till 2pm…it was good to hit early […]
Two Matches! Successful Start in World Championships
Monday October 18, 2021 Draws are here. Photos are here Today I played my first singles match at the ITF Super Senior World Championships, ten days after my last match […]
Last Practice Day (8)
Sunday October 17, 2021 Draws are here. Photos are here Today was the last practice day before the Individual World Championships for me. I checked on practice courts in the […]
Practice Day 7 & Castell de Capdepera
Saturday October 16, 2021 Draws are here. Photos are here The ITF Super Seniors Individual World Championships began today with a light schedule: Men’s 65 Round of 128 and mixed […]
Practice Day 6/World Team Championship Medal Ceremony
Friday October 15, 2021 Yesterday, Thursday was a rest day from tennis..I watched a bit of Spain vs France in the 65 Women’s division ( France won but only in […]
Practice Day 5, Wednesday
Writing Thursday Morning 10/14/21 Yesterday was my last practice day at Global Tennis, in Marraxti. I drove over in the morning, over the now familiar route, past the small agricultural […]
Draws Posted for Individual World Championships
The singles draws have been posted for the ITF Super Seniors Individual World Championships. View draws here. The doubles draws should be posted tomorrow. Play begins Saturday. Women’s draws begin […]
Practice Day 4 & Sineu & Petra
So Sineu and Petra are towns in Mallorca in the center of the Island. I had an early practice session…9:30 (remember that it doesn’t get light till about 8am and […]
Font de Sa Cala: Practice Day 3
Monday October 11, 2021 Today was day two of the teams event (the one the USA pulled out of for “various reasons”). I drove over to Marraxti near Palma to […]
Practice Day 2: Font de Sa Cala
Sunday in Font de Sa Cala, Spain The Super Senior World Team Championships started today in Font de Sa Cala, but of course the USA teams along with many others […]
Mallorca 1000 Wednesday: Into the Final
Draws are here. Photos are here. Wednesday was semifinal day in Mallorca. There were some ominous looking clouds in the not too distant sky as we waited for our court […]
ITF S1000, Font de Sa Cala, Mallorca: Into the Semis
Draws are here. I played the quarters of the ITF S1000 in Font de Sa Cala, Spain today, against Katrin Dippner. I warmed up early (8:30) with Dagmar Sperneder of […]
Mallorca, Font de Sa Cala ITF Seniors 1000
Font de sa Cala, Spain I arrived in Font de sa Cala at around 9:15, checked in (my room was to be ready at 10:30, had a bit of breakfast, […]
USA Women’s 45 Takes Bronze in Umag; Men’s 45s Take 4th (Copper)
Click here to see the Team Draws and the Individual Draws. The USA Women’s 45 team took bronze over Spain on Thursday. Sophie Woorons won the #2 singles 60 62; […]
USA Men’s 45 Advance to Semis, Remain in Gold Medal Contention; Men’s 40, Women’s 45 Fall
View the team and individual world championship draws here (plus a link to photos). The USA Men’s 45s team, led by Chris Groer, beat France 2/1 to advance to the […]
USA Advances To Medal Rounds in M40/45 and W45; M35, W35/40 Play for Fifth
Click here for a link to draws and photos. The USA Men’s 40/45 and Women’s 45 were unbeaten in the preliminary round robin play Sunday through Tuesday. Women’s 45: USA […]
USA Men’s Teams and Women’s 45 Remain Undefeated in Round Robin Play in Young Seniors World Championships, Umag, Croatia
Monday, August 13, 2021 Draws and a link to photos (provided to me by various players…I am not in Umag) can be found here. The USA Women’s 45 team remained […]
USA Goes 5/1 on First Day of Play in Umag
Draws and a link to photos are here. The USA Young Seniors overall had a good start on Sunday the 12th in Croatia. Women’s 35s: The Lenglen Cup team fell […]
Young Seniors World Championship Draws (35/40/45)
Italia Cup (M35) Tony Trabert Cup (M40) Dubler Cup (M45) Suzanne Lenglen Cup (W35) Young Cup (W40) Margaret Court Cup (W45) Photos will be here. See draws for individual “world” […]
Klitch Wins 55 Singles; Coulton, Prejean/Buholz &Tammen/Fedderly Win Doubles Titles in Umag
Jenny Klitch saw an opening this year, she trained hard and smart for the team and world championships and is now the 55 singles world champion. She beat Rosa Bielsa-Hierro, […]
Tammen/Fedderly & Klitch/Coulton Advance to Final
Photos by Denise Saiki Mike Fedderly and Mike Tammen advanced to the Men’s 60 doubles final in Umag. Stu Saiki fell in three sets in the semis but earned his […]
Klitch (55) & Buholz (60) into Singles Finals
Draws are here. The American players who stayed to play the individual world championships have adapted well to the slow red clay and are starring in the second week. Jenny […]