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Tag Archives: seniors tennis
USTA Reinstates Indoors as Level 1 Tournaments in 2023
From the National Senior Men’s Tennis Association (NSMTA) Newsletter: “The NSMTA is pleased to announce that the USTA’s Adult Competition Committee (ACC) recently reversed its prior decision that downgraded National […]
Mont Tremblant Champion as the Rain Stays Away
Draws are here. Photos are here. A weather forecaster is somewhat like a good baseball hitter…hitting .333 or forecasting correctly 50% of the time will let the hitter/forecaster keep one’s […]
The Sun Makes a Cameo Appearance in Mont Tremblant
Draws are here. Photos are here. I actually hit tennis balls today…not as much as I’d have liked, but that wasn’t the weather’s fault, but rather because I received a […]
Super Senior Individual Championships: Friday, Doubles Finalists
Busy day Friday: Doubles final, then a flight to California in the evening! Draws and results are here. We played the doubles final at 10:30 am. The 65 & 70 […]
2022 Gold Ball Winners
This list will be updated periodically. Last Update is 1/7/23. (If I have missed any tournaments in 2022, please let me know, and I will add them; otherwise this is […]
Houston Practice Day 2
Sunday March 20, 2022, Houston, TX The draws can be found here. Today was another very nice day in Houston and a busy practice days for players competing in next […]
Essen Singles/Doubles Champion
Draws are here. I played the singles final, and the doubles semis and final both today. I played Jutta Boekmann in the singles final and won 60 60, though she […]
Into the Essen Final
Draws are here. I had a pretty easy semi today. The woman I played, Corrine Franoux (France) had a three hour semi yesterday and a two hour match the day […]
Successful Start in Essen
Draws are here I started today by somehow getting lost on the way to the courts (I think my gps was set to the wrong address)…somehow I got to the […]
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 […]
Upset Day at the National Hard Courts in La Jolla
Click here to view draws It was quarterfinal day at the USTA Women’s Level 1 hard courts and there were a number of upsets. The 50s division did not have […]
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 […]
Manic Monday: Wilson World Tennis Classic Battles Continue in the Desert
Draws and results can be found here. Monday in the Desert brought high winds (fortunately, most were away from the main venue). The geography of the Palm Springs area with […]
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 […]
2021 Men’s USTA Level 1 (Gold Ball) Tournament Schedule
The USTA schedule (as of 11/4/21) for Men’s Level 1 (Gold Ball) tournaments. For 2021 and going forward the Indoors will no longer receive Level 1 (formerly Category 1) points […]
ITF Adds New Age Divisions: 30s & 90s to Adult Tournament Play
The ITF will add two new age divisions to the seniors tour in 2021: 30+ and 90+ Read about the 90+ category here. This age category will be offered at […]
USTA Cancels National Tournaments Through August 31st: July 14th Statement
Read the full USTA statement here: https://www.usta.com/en/home/stay-current/national/usta-statement-on-suspension-of-events.html I have included below excerpts related to SENIOR tennis only: USTA Statement on Event Cancellations – July 14, 2020 Due to the situation […]
Recent Category I Champions
Husband/Wife Grass: 100: Kathy/Paul Settles; 120: Mai Ichikawa Abel/Brent Abel; 140: Dean Corley/Randi Reznik 50/60/70/75/80 Hard Mixed: 50: Pat Crow/Tracie Currie; 60: Jonathan Fears/Shannon Carney; 70: Kathy Bennett/Jimmy Parker; 75: […]
USTA Senior Teams (2020, Florida) Announced (World now postponed to 2021)
From USTA.com: (note that Robin Harris has replaced Diane Barker on the Women’s 60s team; Barker is injured.) From itftennis.com: 2020 ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships Location […]
USA Wins W65, 70, 85, M 75/85 Friday in Umag; W75 & 80 Finish Second; M65,70, & 80 Place Third
Writing from California, USA The USA has won five gold medals in Umag so far by Friday, two silver and three bronze. What a fantastic effort by our “super” Super […]
Doubles Champions; Singles Final Saturday
Bordeaux, France It was another lovely day in Bordeaux. Sue Bartlett and I were rescheduled to the 6th match after 8:30 (not before 2pm)…we got on around 5pm. We played […]
Bordeaux Doubles Day
Bordeaux, France Today was a pretty relaxing one since I only had one doubles match, 2nd match on court 9 after 2pm. We started around 3:30 or so I think […]
Traveling…
Bordeaux, France, Wednesday (WiFi was down Tuesday….) After a long weekend watching my nephew getting married (The Carmel Mission Church is beautiful as was the wedding), I drove to SFO. […]
Successful Semis in Poertschach
June 13, 2019, Poertschach, Austria The order of play here was posted pretty late yesterday (about 9:30pm), due to the thunderstorms which delayed play. I was scheduled for 9am which […]
King Van Nostrand Sweeps 85s; San Diegans Win 75 Doubles
While in a rain delay during Thiem/Novack (and the Barty/Anisimova semi was…streaky). I won my singles semis against Gundi Wieland from Germany. She beat the #3 seed yesterday; I won […]
Last Practice Day
While NOT watching the French Open…. Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria Unlike Paris, where it rained all day, it was a warm, sunny day in Poertschach, and even a bit humid. […]
Biking Around
Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria While watching Wawrinka play another classic, this time against Federer….well, now in a rain delay at 3-3 in the fourth. Today was another warm and sunny […]
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 […]