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Senior Citizen Sports
Senior International Tennis Dominated by U.S. Teams
Seniors, Super-Seniors win four championships in
Turkey
By Carol Wood,
USTA
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Althea
Gibson Cup: Blemar
Gunderson, Mary Boswell, Burnett Herrick and Dori DeVries. |
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November 28, 2006 - The area of Antalya Turkey was
the site of the 2006 ITF Super-Senior World Team Championships held the
week of October 23rd. The event was played on slow red clay and split
between two wonderful sites-the Ali Bey Club in Belek and the Ali Bey
Club in Manavgat.
The USTA fielded nine cup teams with four women’s
age divisions( 60 to75) and five men’s age divisions (60 to 80).
Twenty four countries were represented and a total
of 114 teams participated.
The US presented itself in the finals of six of the
nine cups winning four of them. The women won both the Kitty Godfree
Cup(65s) and the Althea Gibson Cup (70s).
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The Kitty Godfree team had a fairly easy route to
the finals without the loss of a match and then beat France in the final
2-1.
The Althea Gibson Cup retained their title by
defeating unseeded France in the final round 3-0.
But their biggest challenge came in the semi-final
against Great Britain. With a 1-1 tie in the singles and down one set in
the deciding doubles Dori DeVries and Mary Boswell pulled out all their
magic to win the last 2 sets 6-1 6-2.
The US has won the championship six times since the
initial event in 1998.
The men’s Von Cramm Cup (60s) and the Jack Crawford
Cup ( 70s) secured their gold medals by winning the final doubles- the
Crawford Cup against Australia and the Von Cramm Cup against the Swiss.
It was the fourth consecutive win for the Crawford Cup and the third
consecutive championship for the Von Cramm Cup.
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Jack
Crawford Cup: Bob
Duesler,Gordon Davis, Jim Nelson, Herman Ahlers.
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For only the second time in eleven years the US
Gardner Mulloy Cup team ( M 80s) did not take home the gold losing to
Austria in the final 2-1.
The men’s Bitsy Grant Cup ( 75s) lost it’s number
one player, Russell Seymour, after the first round to a severe muscle
pull in the chest. The team went on, however, to the final round losing
to the defending champion, Canada.
The Queens Cup ( W 75s) for the first time in the 5
year history of the event was not a medalist but did secure 4th place.
The women’s Alice Marble Cup ( 60s) lost in the
second round to the #1 seeded team, France and defeated Japan for 5th
position.
The men’s Britannia Cup ( 65’s) upheld it’s seeded
position by finishing in third place defeating Italy in the ¾ play-off.
In the semi-finals the US team lost to the eventual champion, Austria.
SUPER-SENIORS WORLD INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Von Cramm
Cup: Richard Johnson,
Hugh Thompson, Charlie Hoeveler, Michael Beautyman |
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Many of the Americans who stayed for the individual
championships, held during a very rainy week following the team events,
left Turkey with additional gold and silver medals.
The US players won three of the singles events and
four of double’s championships with two players winning both the
singles and doubles in their age divisions.
Charleen Hillebrand, San Pedro, CA defeated
teammate Suella Steel, La Jolla, CA in the 65 women’s final 6-7 6-2 6-3.
She then teamed with Suella to take the 65 doubles over the British team
of Felicity Thomas and Ruth Weston.
The other double gold medal winner was Anthony
Franco, Briarcliff, NY who took the 80 men’s single’s championship over
France’s Jean Delhomme 6-3 4-6 6-0 and squeaked by the Australian team
of Corbett and Hillier to win the doubles 2-6 7-5 (10-4) playing with
teammate Graydon Nichols, Hanford, CA.
In an all US final Hugh Thompson, Alpharetta,GA won
the 60 men’s singles beating Michael Beautyman, Flourtown, PA in a
closely contested match 7-5 2-6 6-3. And in another all US final Bob
Duesler, Newport Beach, CA and Jim Nelson, Palm Desert, CA won the men’s
70 doubles over teammates Herman Ahlers, Las Vegas, NV and Gordon Davis,
Enrico CA 6-4 6-2. The 75 men’s doubles silver medal went to Charles
Devoe, Indianapolis, IN and Joe Russell, Chagrin Falls, OH who lost 6-1
7-5 to the perennial winners Lorne Main and Ken Sinclair of Canada.
With continued support from the USTA American
players should be positioned to dominate senior and super-senior
international tennis for years to come.
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