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Click here to view the 2010 schedule for the west coast segment of the Florida Grand Prix. Another tournament has been added (how nice to see the St. Petersburg Tennis Center back!) so the season now extends to mid-March.
Kathy Langer, Chair of the Adult/Senior Competition Committee, reports that discussions between the USTA and the ITF won't be concluded until the end of the year. The main sticking point is over whether seeding will be strictly based on ITF ranking points or will follow our traditional "all factors" method.
Click here to view a new list of player's wives or companions. Please, please email with additions (add your buddies' wives too) or changes. Thanks to Carolyn Vredevelt for the concept and initial entries and to Jo Lunsford for dozens more.
Click here to read a thrilling (and lengthy) account of cold war espionage combined with tennis. It's Serge Kovaleski's account of his father, Fred's, exploits as a CIA officer during the 50s (as published in the Washington Post in January 2006).
Making doubles draws at the same time as singles is more widespread and more successful. (Click here to read a full analysis.) What helps is language like the following on applications and tournament web pages:
Doubles and singles draws will be made at the same time. Interested players should enter with or without a partner. Players without partners will be put in contact with each other and refunds will be given to those who remain unpartnered.
Gordy Nichol, following the Morristown Cat II, pointed out another advantage: "Also, starting doubles the first day is really great. A top singles player usually has nothing to do the rest of the day and often feels he didn't get a good workout. This way, he gets a flying start - everybody does."
2009 Major Championship Results
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Wheeling WV, June 17-21 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Fred Robinson Phil Landauer & Tom Smith 60 Mike Dahm Mike Dahm & Jerry McEwen 65 Evert Jonsson Phil Lucas & Steve Lunsford 70 W. Henry Baughman J.B. Hayes & Peter Homorody 75 George McCabe Joe Beeson & George McCabe 80 Tony Franco Dick Emmert & Newt Meade 85 Newt Meade Joel Arnold & Newt Meade 90 Doyle Royal Irvine CA, June 15-20 (65 & 70 Hard)
Seeding mostly prevailed in the 65s as top seed Leland Housman won gold with wins over #5 Allan Carter 6-0,6-3 and then over #3 Bill Bethard 6-2,6-4. Bethard had upset #2 C. Raymond Lake 6-3,6-4. Dean Corley & Mike Stewart, also seeded #1, edged out #3 Richard Ortiz & Tony Pausz 7-6, 7-6 and then dominated #2 Rich Anderson & Ken Robinson 6-3,6-1 in the final. Anderson & Robinson had won over #4 Bethard & Housman 6-2,6-1.
Help! The Aussies have arrived!. Bob Howes won the 70 singles with a string of five convincing wins. Howes lost a total of only 18 games en route to the title ending with wins over fellow Aussie (and doubles partner) Bruce Rehn 6-1,6-2 and then over Rudy Hernando 6-3,6-1. Hernando had ousted Fred Farzanegan 6-3,6-4. Howes & Rehn cruised through the doubles as well. They won comfortably over Don Biedeinger & Hernando 6-4,6-1 in the semis and then over top seeds Henry Leichtfried & George Sarantos 6-3,4-2,ret(inj) in the final. Leichtfried & Sarantos had defeated Farzanegan & Lenny Lindborg 6-2,6-4.
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Mill Valley CA, June 10-14 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Geoff Cykman Geoff Cykman & Andrew Stanley 60 Brent Abel Brent Abel & Steven Connell 65 Donald Long Rich Anderson & Ken Robinson -
Indianapolis IN, May 27-31 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Phil Landauer Joseph Lyden & Stephen Rotblatt 60 Mike Dahm Mike Dahm & Jerry McEwen 65 Donald Long Phil Lucas & Steve Lunsford 70 Bob Quall Robert Hicks & David Hodson 75 George McCabe Chuck DeVoe & George McCabe -
Austin TX, May 21-25 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Thomas Connell John Burmann & Michael Vogl 60 Hugh Burris Paul Cass & Dennis Reblin 65 Michael Stewart David Berg & Del Campbell 70 George Sarantos Lee Hamilton & Courtney Henderson 75 Courtney Henderson T.C. Chang & Scott Denison Rancho Santa Fe CA, May 18-22 (75, 80 & 85 Hard)
Neil Hurlbut extended his undefeated record in the 75s, but not without a scare in the final versus Buddy Lomax 0-6,6-4,6-3. Lomax had ousted the (improperly) top-seeded Saul Snyder 4-6,6-2,6-3 while Hurlbut was dominating #2 George McCabe 6-1,6-3. McCabe & Chuck Nelson formed a new partnership and claimed the gold ball with convincing wins over Richard Haskell & Lomax 6-1,6-3 and then over Hurlbut & Dennis Nielson 6-4,6-3. Hurlbut & Nielson had defeated Don Neuman & Snyder 6-2,6-1.
Clem Hopp garnered gold again in the 80s losing a total of only eleven games and concluding with wins over Eyup Tanman 6-1,6-1 and then over Graydon Nichols 6-2,6-4. Nichols had topped Marvin Maxwell 6-3.6-0. Len Bunge & Jason Morton won the doubles with wins over Addison Appleby & Don Bentz 6-1,6-0 and then over top seeds Wayne Hippenstiel & Nichols 2-6,6-4,6-4. Hippenstiel & Nichols had benefited from an injury walkover over Roald Flater & Jack Graham.
Marvin Henderson once again bested doubles partner Bob Sherman 6-4,6-2 to win the 85 singles. Henderson had bested Jim O'Connor 3-6,6-2,6-4 while Sherman was taking out Beong Paik 6-3,6-3. Henderson & Sherman won the doubles with straight-set wins over Vince Fotre & Don Tobey 6-3,6-4 and then over Dyle Anderson & Austin Sellery 6-4,6-1. Anderson & Sellery had defeated Jack Cairns & Sesto Lucci 6-2,6-2.
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Jackson MS, May 13-17 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Larry Saheim John Callen & Marvin Pearson 60 Padg Bolton Padg Bolton & Steve Duffel 65 Evert Jonsson L. Hill Griffin & Robert Johnston 70 Lester Sack W. Henry Baughman & Lester Sack 75 Gordon Hammes Robert Koenig & Joe Roberts 80 Bill Weathers Not Completed -
Morristown NJ, May 11-15 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 65 Joe Bachmann Jim Carlin & Dan Wszolek 70 Rudy Hernando Roy Anderson & Gordy Nichol 75 Dieter Gras Dieter Gras & Roger Kling 80 Tony Franco Tony Franco & Bob Meyerdierks 85 Larry McDonnell Larry McDonnell & Owen Roberts -
Atlanta GA, May 6-10 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Fred Robinson John Callen & Fred Robinson 60 Brian Cheney Brian Cheney & Armistead Neely 65 Jerry Kirk Bill Plummer & David Taylor 70 Rudy Hernando Don Biedinger & Rudy Hernando Vancouver WA, May 4-7 (80, 85 & 90 Indoors)
Top seed Roald Flater won the 80 singles title by defeating Gene Wilken 6-2,6-2 and then (overlooked and unseeded) Bill Davis 6-4,2-6,6-2. Davis had bested Lou Wick 6-3.6-3. Davis & Ed Kauder (overlooked and unseeded) scored up the doubles title with wins over top seeds Raymond Stange & Wick 6-2,4-6,6-4 and then Flater & Jack Graham 6-3,6-3. Flater & Graham had bested Dick Eitel & Vernon Larson 6-1,6-2.
In the 85s, fourth seed Don Tobey ousted Marvin Henderson 6-4,2-6,6-3 and nailed down the gold ball by besting Irving Tebor 6-4,3-3,ret(inj). Tebor had dominated perennial winner Bob Sherman 6-1,6-1. Henderson & Sherman, undaunted, won the doubles title with wins over Ted Heisler & W.T. Mathes 7-6,6-1 and then Jim Carleton & Ken Hayes 6-2,6-3. Carleton & Hayes had outlasted Dyle Anderson & Austin Sellery 7-5-3-6,6-3.
Howard Moffett doubled up in the 90s with singles wins over Thomas Whitlow 6-3,6-1 and Tudor Apmadoc 6-1,6-3. Apmadoc had topeed John Deurwaarder 6-3,6-1. Apmadoc & Moffett garnered the doubles gold ball by dominating the round robin without the loss of a set.
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Berkeley CA, April 27 - May 3 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Tony Dawson Cancelled 60 Brent Abel Cancelled 65 Douglas Sykes Stephen Booth & William Wagley 70 Larry Dodge Bob Jones & Bob Quall 75 Everett Riggle Everett Riggle & Martin Silverman 80 Leonard Malherbe Robert Johnson & Parton Keese 85 William Graham Robert Bulmore & Ken Hayes -
Baton Rouge LA, April 15-19 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Tom Smith 60 Larry Back William Hester & Steve Vaughan 65 Wojbor Woyczynski 70 W. Henry Baughman Thomas Casey & Lamar Hooker 75 Ronald Fenasci 80 Eyup Tanman Raymond Breaux & T. Sellers Meric New Orleans LA, April 4-10 (65 Clay)
Richard Johnson, seeded second in singles and doubles won both titles with a total of ten convincing victories without the loss of a set and with no opponent winning more than six games. Johnson bested Leland Housman 6-1,6-4 in the semis and then dominated Fred Drilling 6-1,6-2 in the final. Drilling had defeated Ray Lake 6-1,6-3. Johnson & Jerry Kirk sailed through the doubles draw finishing with wins over Eric Bojesen & John Popplewell 6-2,6-2 and then over Dean Corley & Mike Stewart 6-3,6-3 in the final. Corley & Stewart had defeated an injured Jimmy Parker & Ken Robinson after playing just one game.
Rancho Mirage CA, April 4-9 (60 & 90 Hard)
Brent Abel, seeded second, upset top seed Hugh Thomson 6-4,6-4 in the final to win the 60 singles championship. Abel had dominated #3 Terry Ehlers 6-1,6-3 in the semis while Thomson had edged Padg Bolton 7-6,6-4. In doubles the team of Neal Newman & Thomson bested top seeds David & Dan Bohannon 7-6,6-2 for the title. The Bohannons had edged Thomas Bozarth & Kenneth Upton 7-5,4-6,6-4 while Newman & Thomson were the beneficiaries of an injury to Abel & Kenneth Dahl 3-6,7-6,3-0,ret(inj).
Upsets abounded in the 90s as unseeded Howard Moffett bested unseeded Tudor Apmadoc 6-4,6-3 in the final. Apmadoc had squashed #2 Thomas Whitlow 6-2,6-1 while Moffett wiped out top seed Ed Osgood 6-0,6-0. The doubles was run as a four-team round robin but only one match was actually played: the team of Apmadoc & Robert Newman narrowly defeated Moffett & Otto Roemmich 6-4,4-6,7-6.
Boise ID, March 23-29 (55 Indoors)
Christopher Bennett, seeded fourth, won a tight semi-final match over Geoff Cykman 3-6,6-2,7-6 and then easily handled top seed Phil Landauer 6-1,6-2 to capture the gold ball. Landauer had won his semi when doubles partner Tom Smith was forced to retire with an injury after winning the first set 4-6. Undaunted, Landauer & Smith nonetheless managed to win the doubles title finishing up with wins over Brent Abel & Chris Morgan 7-6,6-1 and then Timothy Butorac & Tom Rettenmaier 6-3,6-2. Butorac & Rettenmaier had edged Cykman & Skip Walther 4-6,6-2,7-6.
Houston TX, March 23-28 (70 & 75 Indoors)
Youth (relatively speaking) prevailed in Houston as first year players Bob Quall (70s) and Neil Hurlbut (75s) won their respective national indoor singles titles (duplicating their wins at the January Cat II in Rancho Mirage). Quall won five matches without the loss of a set defeating Bob Duesler 6-1,7-6(6) in the semis and Rudy Hernando 6-3,6-4 in the final. Rudy had dominated 2008 three-time winner Fred Farzanegan 6-3,6-0 in their semi-final match. Hurlbut lost a set enroute (to Tom Springer in the quarters) before dispatching Russell Seymour 7-6(4),6-3 and Buddy Lomax 6-3,6-1. Lomax had narrowly defeated George McCabe 7-6(7),7-6(6).
Henry Leichtfried & George Sarantos, seeded second, prevailed in a deep 70 doubles draw. They defeated Don Biedinger & Hernando 6-4,6-3 in the semis and then Tom Brunkow & Sam Corso 6-4,7-5 in the final. Brunkow & Corso had upset perennial champs (and top seeds) Duesler & Jim Nelson 6-4,6-4. Top seeds Dick Doss & John Powless powered through the 75 doubles ending with wins over Hurlbut & Dennis Nielson 6-4,6-4 and then over current world champions McCabe & Jack Vredevelt 6-1,6-4. McCabe & Vredevelt had bested Don Neuman & Saul Snyder 6-4,6-3.
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St. Petersburg FL, March 2-7 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Joe Bouquin Larry Turville & Sam Vuille 60 Larry Turville Mike Dickens & Sam Gornto 65 Joe Bachmann Hank Irvine & Evert Jonsson 70 Fred Farzanegan Don Biedinger & Rudy Hernando 75 King Van Nostrand George McCabe & Jack Vredevelt 80 Clem Hopp Len Bunge & Jim Mackey 85 Ted Heisler Richard Collier & Ted Heisler -
Naples FL, January 25 - February 1 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Fred Robinson Fred Robinson & Larry Turville 60 Larry Turville Jerry Kirk & Hugh Thomson 65 Peter Adrigan Hank Irvine & Evert Jonsson 70 Rudy Hernando Tom Brunkow & Sam Corso 75 King Van Nostrand Chuck DeVoe & Russell Seymour 80 Clem Hopp Len Bunge & Jim Mackey 85 Ted Heisler Byron Lutman & Bud Slessinger 90 Vero Ajello Anthony Coker & Irving Converse -
Rancho Mirage CA, January 26 - February 1 Age Singles Winners Doubles Winners 55 Don Lesage Leonard Wofford & Paul Wulf 60 Ken Dahl David Bohannon & Dan Bohannon 65 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson & Fred Shuey 70 Bob Quall Bob Duesler & Jim Nelson 75 Neil Hurlbut Dick Doss & Roger Hing 80 Graydon Nichols Graydon Nichols & Hugh Stewart
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