Palm Beach Gardens USTA Super Cat II/ITF Tournament
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida This week there is a strong tournament going on at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center for women 30-80 (even divisions only). The courts are great, […]
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USTA Senior Teams (2020, Florida) Announced
From USTA.com: From itftennis.com: 2020 ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships Location Team Championships: Boca Raton, Florida, USA Individual Championships: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA Dates Team Championships: […]
Whitewater Preserve, Whitewater, CA
Palm Desert, CA Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the USA, is traditionally the start of the Christmas shopping season, where there are many big sales. It’s so named […]
Santiago Champion
Santiago, Chile The final day was a big letdown. I got to the club early for my 10:30 match (8:30) to warm up because there was only one warm up […]
Last Practice Day, Santiago
Santiago, Chile Today was a pretty mellow day. I practiced with Andrew M and Marc P in the morning, ran a few errands…got a little currency, hit the Unimarc supermarket, […]
Santiago Tennis: Into the Final
Santiago, Chile It was another beautiful day in Santiago, perfect for playing tennis. I played Graciela Donoso early and won 60 62. Afterwards I watched some tennis and warmed up […]
Wednesday: Singles & Laundry Successes
Santiago, Chile Today I played my first match, against Austria’s Shirley Friedl. She is a nice lefty player, but I played pretty well and the altitude helped my high balls […]
Santiago Tuesday: Last Practice Day
Santiago, Chile What a match between Thiem and Djokovic! Incredible offense and defense. Pleasure to watch both players compete (thanks to atptennistv app…worth it). Onto info from Chile. I scouted […]
Practice Day 2, Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile It was another warm (90ish) late spring day in Santiago. I practiced twice today, with a pro at the club and then with a Canadian I ran into. […]
First Practice in Santiago
Santiago, Chile The tournament I am playing next week is called the Alfredo Trullenque, an ITF Grade A. It’s been going on for a long time. It’s being played at […]
2020 Team Application and Selection Timelines Now Posted
2020 ITF Seniors World Championships, Men’s and Women’s 50, 55, 60 Team Tournament: April 26 – May 2, 2020 Individual Tournament: May 2 – 9, 2020 Location: Boca Raton (team) […]
2020 Women’s Category II Schedule (Partial, Tentative)
The USTA will publish the 2020 Cat II Schedule here. Or check on tennislink.usta.com. The table below has a list of Cat II tournaments; only the ones which have links […]
2020 Men’s Category II Schedule (Partial)
Note that this is not a complete schedule. USTA will publish the 2020 Category II schedule here.
USA Margaret Court Team (W45) Wins Bronze in Miami Beach; Young Cup (W40) Finish with Copper Medals
Last week the USA Margaret Court Cup team, Jenny Klitch, Nancy Hilliard, Tracie Currie and Sophie Woorons Johnson were edged by France in the semis (France went on to win) […]
France is on a Roll in Miami Beach; USA Falls to France in W40 & 45 on Thursday
Writing from California, USA France has taken out most of the USA teams in the past two days. Today France beat USA in the women’s 40s, winning both singles matches […]
USA W 40 & 45 Reach Semis in Miami Beach; M35, 40, W 35 Fall in Quarters
Writing today from California, USA; Oct. 23, 2019 The USA W45 team (Margaret Court Cup) were in action on Wednesday at the North Miami Beach Tennis Center. After having two […]
USA Goes 5/0 On Day 2 of ITF Young Seniors World Championships
West Palm Beach, FL Scores are at the end of the post. The USA women’s 35 overcame a 0/1 deficit vs Paraguay to win their Round Robin. They have a […]
USA Win Five of Six Matches on Day 1 of Young Seniors World Team Championships
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida The ITF Young Seniors (ages 35, 40 and 45 and over) World Team Championships began today in Miami Beach at the Flamingo Tennis Center and North […]
McColskey, Van Nostrand Win World Singles Titles; USA Shines in Doubles at World Championships
Writing from California, USA The ITF Individual World Championships concluded yesterday in Umag, Croatia. Though there weren’t many Americans in the draws, those that were there came home with many […]
USA Wins Althea Gibson Cup: Brenda Carter Reports from Umag
From Brenda Carter, Captain of the Althea Gibson Cup team: Amazingly, we did it. We won the Althea Gibson Cup by defeating the team from Great Britain. Both singles matches […]
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 […]
USA Men’s 75 Advance to Final in Umag; Men’s 70 Fall to Denmark; Women’s 80 Fall to Argentina; Men’s 65 Down 0-1 and Men’s 80 Up 1/0
Reporting from California, USA I will update the results of the Men’s 65 & 80 later today. Update, 10 pm CET: USA lost 2/1 to Chile in the M80 and […]
USA Wins Inaugural Women’s 85 Cup in Croatia
As told to me by Margaret Canby, W85 Captain: “We have won, today Rose [Austin] and I won the doubles 6-0 6-1. Really played well! Yea USA 85 Women Cup […]
Women’s 70, Althea Gibson Team Reaches Final in Umag
Benda Carter reports from Umag: Judy, Liane, Toni and I are very happy! We played Australia (#3 seed) today and were thrilled to come away with the victory. The script […]
USA Men’s 70s (Jack Crawford) Wins RR Group on Wednesday in Umag
Reporting from California, USA The USA Men’s 70s team beat Ireland 3/0 today, winning their round robin group. They move into the quarterfinals which begin tomorrow. Brent Abel #2 and […]
USA Women’s 85
Reporting from California, USA. The women’s 85 division is new in 2019. Some teams pulled out and only USA and Argentina are in Umag this year. Below is a report […]
USA W70 Squeak Out a Win in Umag
California, USA, Reported by Benda Carter, Captain of the USA team. As expected, the USA Women’s 70 team had a tough battle against Germany today. There are 13 countries vying […]
USA Wins RR Group in W65, 80, M65,75; First Monday Update; 2nd Monday Update: W75, M80 Win RR Group
Writing from California, USA around 5:15 pm Croatia Time Update 7pm Croatia time: USA Men’s 80 finished a 3/0 win over Sweden; Quall won 10-4 in a match tiebreak and […]
USA Super Senior Teams Go 9/9 on Day 1 in Umag
California, USA, Reporting from Afar The opening ceremonies of the ITF Super Senior World Team Championships (ISSWTC) in Umag took place yesterday, as well as the captains’ meetings, during which […]
Draws for 2019 Super Senior Cups in Umag Now Posted
Please click on the following links below to view the final draws for the 2019 ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships. Kitty Godfree Cup, W 65 (USA is in Group A); […]