USTA Announces New Timeline for 60/65/70 Teams for Turkey; Applications Now Open, Close August 2, 2026

The USTA has announced a new timeline to apply for the 60/65/70 teams for the rescheduled Masters World Tennis Team Championships. The link to apply is here. Note these important […]

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60/65/70 World Tennis (ITF) Masters World Team & Individual Championships Rescheduled for November 2026

Click here to view the TEAM factsheet (the individuals factsheet will be out not later than the 19th of July). The new dates are: Venue: Ali Bey Manavgat; details are […]

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USA Takes Silver in W50 in Rome; USA M/W 55 Take 5th; M50 Finish 9th; France (2), Spain and Great Britain Won the Cups; Individual World Championships Draws

Draws are here. (Team) Draws are here. (Individuals) The USA W50 team put it all out there but Spain, especially on the slow red clay in Rome was too tough […]

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USA W50 Advance to the Bueno Cup Final; M/W 55 and M50 Win in 5-8 and 9-12 Draws

Draws are here. The USA W50 team won 3/0 over Switzerland today with Amanda Parson-Siegel winning a four hour marathon and Julie Thu also advancing in three sets. They play […]

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USA W50 Advances to Semis; M/W 55 Fall in Quarters; M50 Win in 9-16 Group

Draws are here. The USA Women’s 50 (Maria Bueno) Cup team advanced with a 3/0 victory over France today in the quarterfinals today in Rome. Amanda Parson-Siegel won in three […]

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Rome 50/55 Cups Day 3: USA M50 Fall to Denmark 3/0; Remaining Teams Start Knockout Rounds on Wednesday

Draws are here. The Men’s 50 team fell to a tough Danish team 3/0 today in their final round robin match. They now will play in the 9-16 bracket starting […]

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Draws for World Tennis Masters World Championships 50/55) in Rome, Italy

Draws are here Format of play: The first three days of play, Sunday/Monday/Tuesday are round robin group play at the end of which the top finishers in each group always […]

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USTA Announces 75/80/85 Masters Cup Teams for World Tennis Masters Team Championships in Greece

The USTA announced the 75/80/85 Cup team members who will participate in the World Tennis Masters Team championships in Crete, Greece. The event will take place the 18-23 of October […]

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Thu, Archibald, Davis & Pisani Win Singles in La Jolla

Draws (for those with USTA accounts only) are here. The USTA National 50-90 Hard Courts (USTA Level 1/ITF MT 1000) finished a week in beautiful La Jolla, CA at the […]

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Applications Open for USTA Masters Teams in the 75/80/85 Age Divisions: Close May 17th.

Click here to apply. 75, 80, 85, 90 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CRETE, GREECE The 75, 80, 85, 90* World Team and Individual Championships will take place in Crete, Greece on the […]

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USTA M/W 40/45 International Tennis Teams Selected for Portugal & Fact Sheets for this Event

The 40,45 World Team Championships will take place in Lisbon and Oeiras, Portugal on the following dates: Sunday 2 – Friday 7 August 2026 The Individual World Championships for the […]

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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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Alassio ➡️ Ventimiglia ➡️ Nice

Yesterday I left Alassio by train. I had a nice workout at the club. I found a good spot up by the padel courts to use bands and the artificial […]

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Alassio Day 3: Arrival of the Sun!

Draws are here. Day three for me in the tournament semifinal day. It was Groundhog Day since I warmed up again with Ellen at 7 AM. She played first match […]

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Alassio MT700 Day 2

Draws are here Today I warmed up at 7 AM again with Ellen Neumann. I didn’t play until 2:30 and Ellen played at 11:30. We both won and both play […]

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Alassio, Italy & a Tennis Tournament

Draws are here. Today started early…as dawn broke…with a 7am warm up with Ellen Neumann from Germany, who is playing in the W65s. We had an excellent warm up…Ellen does […]

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Spain ➡️ France ➡️ Italy by Plane, Train & Automobile (& Bus)

I had my last day of training in Mallorca yesterday, and today is supposedly a “rest” day…if one considers a 9 hour trip to my tournament venue a”rest”. Yesterday I […]

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Ciao Italy, Hola Espana

Monday Susan, Tim, Tracey and I left our apartment in Florence well before dawn…at 3:45 am for our 6:30 flights…Susan, Tim and Tracey were off to Orlando via Frankfurt and […]

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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 […]

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Still Practicing in Turkey

Friday was another beautiful day in Turkey. More and more players are arriving who were to play in the World Championships and despite its cancellation, came anyway…from Australia, Germany and […]

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All Day Tennis; Also ITF MT 1000 Ali Bey Manavgat, Cancelled

The ITF MT 1000 for all age divisions, which was to have followed the Individual World Championships (which are cancelled) was also cancelled today by the ITF. The next issue, […]

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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 […]

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Rens/Buholz Into 60 Singles Final & Wachob/Kimball into 80s Final in Palm Beach Gardens on a Beautiful Winter Day

Draws are here (only accessible to those who have a USTA membership). It was calmer and warmer today (temps are expected to reach mid-70s today) and the sky was blue, […]

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ITF MT 1000 Palm Beach Gardens: W 60/70/80

Draws are here but are only available for USTA MEMBERS unfortunately. The first ITF MT 1000 in the USA takes place this week in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. In contrast […]

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2026 USA Gold Ball Champions

This post will be updated frequently during 2026. Last update May 28, 2026 Men’s 80 Grass Men’s 45 Hard Courts Men’s 40/45 Grass Men’s 65 Indoors: 35 Indoors Men’s 75-90 […]

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Applications Open for M/W 40/45 Teams, Portugal

Applications are now open for the Men’s and Women’s 40 & 45 Teams. Applications close March 3, 2026. Click here to apply for the USTA Senior International 40 & 45 […]

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Entries Now Open for ITF World Individual Championships in Türkiye for 60/65/70 Age Divisions & Fact Sheets Published

Fact Sheets for ITF World Team Championships (March 8-13) Fact Sheets for ITF World Individual Championships (March 14-21) Entries now open for the ITF Individual World Championships. Enter at ipn.itftennis.com […]

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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 […]

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Donna Fales Leads Pack of American Medalists at ITF Masters Individual World Championships in Bol, Croatia.

Draws and results are here. Donna Fales, W85, won four medals at the ITF World Championships: In week one she led the USA Women’s 85 Team to victory, playing singles […]

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USA Wins M80, W75/85, W80 Take Silver, M85 Take Bronze, M75 Take Copper (4th) in the ITF Masters World Team Championships in Bol, Croatia

The USA won half of the gold medals on offer in Bol Croatia and medaled in all six Cups, a super effort. Several people have asked about live streaming. From […]

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