Lawrence NY, September 10-16 (55 & 60 Grass)
Second seed Philip Landauer won the 55s gold ball with convincing wins
over Thomas Connell 6-0,6-4 and Tony Dawson 6-3,6-1. Dawson had bested Tom
Smith 6-2,7-5. Top seeds Brian Cheney & Bob Litwin won the doubles
finished up with wins over David Bryant & Connell 4-6,6-4,6-4 and then Peter
Bromley & Smith 6-3,6-7(1),4-3,ret(inj). Bromley & Smith had topped #2
Landauer & Neal Newman 6-4,7-6(3).
Brian Cheney completed an unusual double (55 doubles and 60 singles) with
solid wins over David Nash 6-4,6-2 and Jimmy Parker 6-1,6-3. Parker had
defeated Mike Beautyman 6-3,6-4. The team of David Bryant & Parker
won the doubles gold ball with wins over Diud Ahmed & Dean Corley 7-5,6-3 and
then over Beautyman & Nash 6-4,6-2. Beautyman & Nash had clobbered Ralph
Lennon & Edward Quinn 6-0,6-1.
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South Orange NJ, September 4-9 (75 & 80 Grass)
A healthy John Powless cruised through the 75 draws in singles and
doubles to win two more gold balls. Powless dominated Chuck DeVoe 6-1,6-2
in the singles semis and then won a tight final over dogged Joe Russell 7-6,7-5.
Russell had narrowly defeated Clem Hopp 6-3,6-7,5-3,ret(ill) and had previously
ousted top seed George McCabe 6-4,7-5 in the quarters. Powless &
Russell Seymour teamed effectively to garner the doubles title with a
walkover semi-final win over DeVoe & Hopp and a solid win over top seeds McCabe
& Peter Crewe 7-5,6-2.
Graydon Nichols continued his winning ways in the 80s by winning both the
singles and doubles titles. Nichols bested Phil Martinetti 6-4,6-2 in the
semis and then doubles partner Tony Franco 4-6,6-3,6-1 in the final.
Franco had handled Roald Flater 6-3,6-4. Franco & Nichols won the
doubles title easily concluding with wins over Richard Land & Joe Pitts 6-2,6-3
followed by a pasting of Bob Meyerdierks & Bill Tully 6-0,6-2. Meyerdierks
& Tully had bested Paul Roberts & Lee Smith 6-4,6-4.
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Philadelphia PA, September 4-9 (70 Grass)
Bob Duesler doubled up winning the singles win wins over Jim Landin
6-3,6-1 and Larry Sears 6-1,1-6,6-2. Sears had ousted a tired Herman
Ahlers 7-5,4-3,ret(em). Duesler & Jim Nelson continued their
dominance with convincing wins over Bob Helton & Karl Kamrath 6-3,6-4 and then
over Jim Landin & Len Lindborg 6-3,6-3. Landin & Lindborg had ousted Les
Dodson & Jack Vredevelt 6-1,6-4.
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Rumson NJ, September 4-9 (65 Grass)
Fred Drilling upheld his top seed with comfortable wins over Rudy
Hernando 6-2,6-3 in the semis and then Ted Hoehn 6-1,6-1 in the final.
Hoehn had bested George Sarantos 7-6(4),ret(inj). Sarantos & Michael
Stewart won the doubles with a close semi-final win over Drilling & Kelly
Hall 7-5,7-5 and then an easy final win over Robert Anderman & Thomas Brunkow
6-1,6-1. Anderman & Brunkow had ousted second seeds Hernando & Don
Biedinger 6-4,6-4.
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Chestnut Hill MA, September 2-7 (85 & 90 Grass)
Bob Sherman did it again winning another gold ball in the 85s.
Sherman reached deep down to overcome top seed Marvin Henderson in an extremely
close final match by the score of 4-6,7-6(6),6-4. Henderson had bested
Jules Plangere 6-4-6-2 while Sherman narrowly defeated Henry Tiberio
5-7,6-4,7-5. Sherman & Henderson teamed effectively to win the
doubles with wins over Dyle Anderson & Arnold Brotman 6-0,6-3 and then Ted
Heisler & W.T. Mathes 6-3,6-2. Heisler & Mathes had defeated Jack Bryson &
Stephen Parson 3-6,6-2,6-4.
Alex Swetka continued his dominance in the 90s with overwhelming wins
first over Jim Talman 6-1,6-0 then Anthony Coker 6-0,6-0. Coker had bested
Tracy Strong 6-1,6-2. Barrett Scallet & Norman Stoll, top seeded,
bested #2 Anthony Coker & Robert Mix 6-4,6-4 to win the gold ball in the 90
doubles. Scallett & Stoll had bested Walter Ralphs & Ted Zoob 1-6,6-0,6-2
while Coker & Mix defeated Ed Sleeper & Way Dong Woo 6-1,6-2.
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Chestnut Hill MA, July 23-25 (Grandfather-Grandson Grass)
Unseeded winners Greg Kohles & Gregory Janssen cruised to the finals
without the loss of a set. They defeated William Ellison & William
Mitchell 6-1,6-3 in the semis before going the distance to best top seeds Bill
Tully & Marty Moore 6-2,6-7(6),6-1 in the final. Tully and Moore had
defeated Paul & Jordan Kepler 6-2,6-1.
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Vancouver WA, August 7-12 (60 Indoors)
Seeding mostly prevailed as Brian Cheney doubled up. Cheney, seeded
first in singles, bested unseeded David Ranney 6-4,6-1 in the semis and then #2
Mike Beautyman 7-6,6-1 in the final. Beautyman had defeated #4 Hugh
Thomson 6-4,6-4 in the semis and Ranney had upset #3 Jimmy Parker 7-5,6-3 in the
round of 16. Cheney & Peter Bronson, seeded second, claimed the
doubles gold ball with a solid final win over top seeds Parker & Ken Robinson
6-3,6-4. Cheney & Bronson, who cruised without the loss of a set, had
bested David Bryant & Colin Robertson 6-3,6-3 while Parker & Robinson were
ousting Beautyman & Thomson 6-1,6-7,6-2.
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San Francisco CA, July 30 - August 5 (65 Indoors)
Congratulations to Leland Housman who prevailed in the 65 singles by
clobbering top seed Del Campbell 6-0,6-2 in the semis and then outlasting
doubles partner Mike Stewart 4-6,6-4,6-2 in the final. Stewart had bested
Jeff Schubert 6-3,6-3. Len Lindborg & George Sarantos won the
doubles with wins over David Berg & Robert Jones 6-2,5-7,6-2 in the semis and
then Mike Garza & Robert Quall 6-1,5-7,6-2 in the final. Garza & Quall had
ousted top seeds Housman & Stewart 6-4,6-2. Congratulations to Len
Lindborg for dropping down from the 70s to win in the 65s.
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Irvine CA, June 18-24 (65 & 70 Hard)
Top seed Allan Carter earned gold again with a dominating performance in
the 65 singles. Carter did not lose more than seven games in any of his
six matches enroute to the title including a semi-final win over Richard
Landenberger 6-3,6-2 and a final win over Del Campbell 6-3,6-3. Campbell
had bested Joe Bachmann 7-5,6-3. Carter & Geof Grant came up short in the
doubles final losing to Rudy Hernando & George Sarantos 7-5,4-6,6-1.
In the semis Carter & Grant ousted Michael Stewart & C.B. White 6-3,6-4 while
Hernando & Sarantos took care of Bachmann & Campbell 7-6,ret(inj).
Bob Duesler doubled up in the 70s with semi and final wins over current
gold-ball holders Gordon Davis 6-4,7-5 in the semis and then Herman Ahlers
6-3,3-6,6-3 in the finals. Ahlers had defeated Larry Sears 6-3,6-3.
Duesler & Jim Nelson resumed their winning ways (after a loss at the
Houston Indoors) in a dominating fashion that included a semi-final win over Don
Biedinger & Elmer Mangrum 6-1,6-3 followed by a final rout of Greg Kohles &
Henry Lancaster 6-2,6-1. Duesler & Nelson lost no more than four games in
any of their matches while losing just 15 games in total. Kohles &
Lancaster had bested Lloyd Goldwater & Rollin Odell 7-6,6-2.
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Rancho Santa Fe CA, May 14-19 (75, 80 & 85 Hard)
Familiar names prevailed this year at Rancho Santa Fe although a number were not
top seeds. In the 75s, Chuck DeVoe won gold by defeating Scott
Denison 6-2,7-5 and then Marvin Brown 7-6,6-3. Brown had bested #2 Tom
Springer 6-4,6-2 in the quarters and then Joe Russell 6-4,6-3 in the semis while
Denison had ousted #1 Russell Seymour 0-6,6-2,ret(inj) in the quarters.
The team of John Powless & Seymour teamed effectively to win the doubles
title without the loss of a set. They defeated Jason Morton & Tom Springer
7-5,6-3 in the semis before besting Bill Davis & DeVoe 6-0,6-3 in the final.
Davis & DeVoe had defeated Denison & Russell 6-2,7-6.
In the 80s, Graydon Nichols needed only five sets to win four matches
(and gain the title in the process). Top seed Nichols bested Leonard
Malherbe 6-1,6-3 in the semis and then Roald Flater 6-1,ret(inj) in the final.
Flater had defeated #2 Bob Seymour 6-4,6-2. The two singles finalists
paired effectively to win the doubles. Top seeds Flater & Nichols
defeated Don Bentz & Don Tobey 6-2,6-2 and then Paul Roberts & Lee Smith 6-3,6-3
in the final. Roberts & Smith had ousted Donald Schroader & Lewis
Stephenson 6-1,7-6.
Marvin Henderson won consecutive gold balls in the 85s as top seed Bob
Sherman was ingloriously ousted in the first round by Edwin Tyler 4-6,6-2,6-0!
Tyler went on to defeat Jim Carleton 6-2,6-2 in the semis before falling to
Henderson 6-4,6-3 in the final. Henderson had defeated Ed Selfe
6-4,3-6,6-4 in the semis. Form went out the window in the doubles and the
two top seeded teams were narrowly defeated in the semis. Dyle Anderson &
Fred Darling edged top seeds Jim Carlton & Ken Hayes 6-2,4-6,6-4 while George
Druliner & Tyler just bested Henderson & Sherman 4-6-6-4,7-5. Druliner
& Tyler won gold by clobbering Anderson & Darling 6-1,6-0 in the final.
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Vancouver WA, May 8-12 (80, 85 & 90 Indoors)
Roald Flater emerged as the 80s winner and Marvin Henderson
extended his domination over Bob Sherman in the 85s to three years in this
event. Flater defeated Dick Land 6-4,6-2 in the semis and then bested 2006
winner Bob Meyerdierks 6-4,7-6. Flater had edged Leonard Malherbe 6-2,1-6,7-5 in the quarters while Meyerdierks
had ousted Bill Nyhan 6-2,5-7,6-4 in the semis. The top-seeded team of
Land & Meyerdierks prevailed in the 80 doubles by clobbering Georege Lee &
Don Willner 6-0,6-1 and then besting #2 Paul Roberts & Lee Smith 6-2,6-3.
Smith & Roberts had defeated Don Bentz & Don Tobey 6-1,6-1.
As mentioned above, Marvin Henderson (unseeded) won the 85s by dominating #2 Ed
Selfe 6-1,6-3 in the semis and then defeating Sherman 6-2,3-6,6-2. Sherman
had bested Ted Heisler 6-1,6-2. The team of Arnold Brotman & Henderson
(again unseeded) won the doubles without the loss of a set by besting top seds
Jim Carleton & Ken Hayes 6-4,6-4 in the semis and #2 Selfe & Sherman 6-3,6-3 in
the final.
Form prevailed in the 90s as #1 Alex Swetka edged #2 John Morrison
6-2,6-7(5),1-0(6) in the final having previously ousted Robert Mix 6-0,6-1.
Morrison had dominated #3 Barrett Scallet 6-0,4-0,ret(quit). The team of
Mix & Swetka cruised to the doubles title by defeateding Tracy Strong &
Jim Talman 6-1,6-3 and then top seeds Scallet & Norman Stoll 6-1,6-0.
Scallet & Stoll had edged Howard Moffett & Walter Ralphs 6-7,7-5,1-0.
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Boise ID, April 29 - May 5 (55 Indoors)
Top seed Leonard Wofford prevailed in both singles and doubles at the
Boise 55 Indoors. Wofford bested partner Paul Wulf 6-1,1-6,6-1 in the
semis and Padg Bolton 6-3-6-1 in the final. Bolton had ousted Mark
Peterson 4-6,6-3,6-4. Wofford & Wulf had a dominating performance
in the doubles losing only four games in three matches! They bageled Joe
Grimm & Kevin Oneil 6-0,6-0 in the semis and then bested Timothy Butorac & Marc
Gelina 6-3,6-0 in the final. Butorac & Gelina had bested Bill Matthews &
Peterson 6-1,6-3.
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Rancho Mirage CA, April 16-22 (60 & 90 Hard)
In a 60s draw loaded with former gold ball winners, Brian Cheney doubled
up by winning both the singles and doubles titles. Cheney topped Terry
Ehlers 6-3,7-5 in the semis and then put the hurt on Hugh Thomson 6-1,6-0 in the
final. Thomson had ousted David Nash 6-3,6-1 in the semis and Ehlers had
narrowly upset top seed Michael Beautyman 6-3,7-6(4) in the quarters.
Cheney & Charles Hoeveler dispatched David Bryant & Richard Johnson
6-7,6-3,6-4 and then bested top seeds Jim Parker & Ken Robinson 4-6,6-4,6-1.
Parker & Robinson had barely defeated Peter Bronson & Jody Rush 6-3,1-6,7-5.
Alex Swetka doubled up in the 90s with a string of comfortable wins.
Swetka bested John Morrison 6-3,4-6,ret(inj) in the semis and Fererico Barbaza
6-2,6-1 in the finals. Barbaza had bested Howard Moffett 4-6,7-6,6-1.
Swetka & Anthony Coker cruised through the doubles draw defeating Barrett
Scallet & Norman Stoll 6-1,2-0,ret (inj) and then Barbaza & Claude De
Montgolfier 6-4,6-1. Barbaza & De Montgolfier had defeated #2 seeded
Irving Converse & Richard Mix (score not reported).
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New Orleans LA, April 9-15 (65 Clay)
Second seed Fred Drilling upset top-seed Joe Bachmann 4-6,6-3,6-1 to
win the gold ball in the singles as results to the quarter-finals went strictly
according to form. All eight top seeds made it to the quarters where the
top four prevailed as did the top two in the semis as Drilling bested #4 Allan
Carter 6-1,6-1 while Bachmann whitewashed #3 Ivo Barbic 6-0,6-0. The team
of Leland Housman & Michael Stewart notched two close straight-set wins
in the doubles to capture the title there. They edged top seeds Bachmann &
Del Campbell 6-4,7-6(5) in the semis before besting #2 Carter & Geof Grant in
the final 6-3,7-5. Carter & Grant had ousted Len Lindborg & George
Sarantos 6-2,4-1,ret(inj).
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Houston TX, March 26 - April 1 (70 & 75 Indoors)
Tom Springer took the field by surprise in the 75s by winning the singles
and reaching the doubles final. Springer defeated four seeded players in
succession enroute to his breakout victory: Norm Fitz 6-0,6-1, Chuck Devoe
6-4,6-2, Joe Russell 6-4,6-4, and (finally) George McCabe 2-6,6-4,6-4.
McCabe had ousted unseeded Neil Roberts 6-4,6-3 in the semis. Springer teamed up
with Earl Schalin to best Wayne Hippenstiel & Everette Riggle 7-5,6-2 in the
semis before falling in the finals to winners Scott Denison & Joe Russell
7-5,7-5. Denison & Russell had bested top seeds Bill Davis & Chuck Devoe
6-3,6-3.
In the 70s form prevailed in the singles (but not in the doubles!) as "Herminator"
Herman Ahlers repeated his 2006 win by defeating Buddy Lomax 6-3,6-2 in
the semis and then besting Bob Duesler 5-7,6-2,6-3 in the final. Duesler
had trounced Jim Landin 6-0,6-1 in the semis. The doubles saw Gordon Davis
& Bob Helton take out top seeds (and 2006 slam winners) Duesler & Jim Nelson
6-4,2-6,6-4 in the semis before losing to Landin & Len Lindborg
7-6(9),6-4 in the final. Landin & Lindborg had bested Chuck Nelson & Jim
Perley 6-2,6-2.
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