2011 Events
Tentative Schedule
| IC Bahamas Week
Jan 9 -15, Bahamas
Doubles In The Desert
March, Indian Wells
Potter Cup
May 25-28, Spain
Juego de Pelote
July 31 - August 5, South Africa
N. American Junior Challenge
TBD, Toronto
Canadian Matches June, Toronto
Tennis & Golf Event
TBD, Spain
Presidents' Cup
Summer, USA
New Jersey Social
Summer, TBD
Amigos Cup
Fall, Mexico
Columbus Trophy
Fall, TBD |
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Gene Scott Scholars Win Big
Mary Joe Fernandez:
Lauren Davis shows off strong potential
Wh at (Gene Scott Scholar) Lauren Davis lacks in size she definitely makes up for in her speed, quickness, competitiveness and heart. Davis is 17 years old and an amateur, but Sunday in the women's final at the USTA Australian Open Wild-Card Playoff she played like a seasoned pro, taking down 19-year-old Coco Vandeweghe 6-2, 6-2. So now it's on to Melbourne Park for Davis for the coming year's first Grand Slam beginning Jan. 17. If this past weekend was any indication, Davis should do very well Down Under and could possibly pull off an upset or two, kind of like another young American who competed here this weekend, Beatrice Capra, did at this year's U.S. Open.
Davis was unstoppable Sunday at the Racquet Club of the South in Norcross, Ga., committing eight unforced errors. She's just so solid and consistent and gets everything back. She handled Coco's big serve and passed her every chance she got. Coco came out flat and probably had 35 or 40 unforced errors. It was just a classic case of an extremely hot player playing with an extraordinary amount of confidence. Coco also didn't serve very well, hitting around 50% of her first serves.
Excerpted from USA Today, for full article CLICK HERE.
Lauren catapulted to #3 in the year-end ITF rankings. In the Orange Bowl, 16-year-old wild card and Gene Scott Scholar Skylar Morton from Bethesd a, Maryland, produced the major shock
 in the girls' event as she swept away sixth seed Caroline Gar cia (FRA), a quarterfinalist at the US Open Junior Championship in September, who boasted the best WTA rank among the Orange Bowl participants at 273. American Morton looked in impressive form on the hard courts of the Crandon Park Tennis Center, playing at her highest level and securing a place in the second round with a straight-sets victory, 64 61.In November, Morton won her first ITF Tournament (pictured with trophy) at the South Carolina ITF Junior Championships defeating the #2 and #10 seed en route to the title.
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Amigos Cup - Great Tennis, Great Fun
By Mark Winters
The La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club was the site for this year's November 4-7 competition, (and nearby the US-Italy Fed Cup final was held at the San Diego Sports Arena). Clyde Barker (who recently had his knees replaced) and John Mangan teamed up to organize the matches, and William (Bill to everyone in tennis) J. Kellogg, President of La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, and until he was elected to the USTA Board of Directors in September, President of the Southern California Tennis Association, served as the host. 
Each evening the singles and doubles were followed by gourmet dining opportunities second to none. The highlight was the USIC Dinner that took place at The Marine Room Restaurant next to the Club. Among those in attendance were USTA President Lucy Garvin and members of the Board as well as San Diego native, Roy Barth, who is the Co-Chair of the US Davis Cup/Fed Cup Committee. The men who played for the US included: Larry Belinsky, Dean Corley, Geoff Cykman, Peter Davidson, Brent Davis, John Holladay, Kellogg, Lenny Lindborg, Mangan, Derek Miller, Graydon Nichols, Leland Rolling, Bruce Steel, Greg Washer and Mark Winters.
On the ladies side were: Linda Bucklin, Brandi Freudenberg, Debbie Higa, Diane Hoffman, Mariana Hollman, Carolyn Nichols, Jill Prolman, Pam Schultz, Sheila Weinstock and Tiffany Worst.
The USIC defeated Mexico in fantastic fashion. For full results, please visit http://www.usictennis.org/pastevent/46. |
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USIC Dominates At World Championships
Larry Turville and Donna Fales won both singles and doubles in the 60's and 70's categories at the World Championships in Turkey. Fales dominated all her opponents in singles never losing more than two games in any match and teamed with Doris Devires to win the doubles.
Larry defeated Jorge Camina in the final after losing to him in the team match so it was sweet revenge for Larry. He teamed with Neal Newman to win the doubles. They were undefeated in both the Team and Individual Championships and most likely will both be ranked number one in the World when the new rankings are published. Marietta Boswell won the 75 doubles and King Van Nostrand won his 12th World Title to continue his dominance in senior tennis.
Another milestone was the win of Jim Parker and Kenny Robinson in the 65 Doubles. They again proved that they are the premier doubles team in the World just as they are in the United States.
Congratulations to all these International Club members who represent their country so well.
In the team events, all nine United States teams qualified for the finals at the Super Senior Team Championships that were recently completed at Club Ali Bey Managvat in Turkey. This may be unprecedented in team history for this event and reflects the strength of the US teams sponsored by the United States Tennis Association. International Club members played key roles on these teams as six of them were victorious in the finals. Perhaps the most exciting and competitive final was the Von Cramm Cup (Men's 60). All four US team members are also IC Members. They were led by Brian Cheney and Larry Turville as well as Neal Newman and Padg Bolton. The final match against the Spanish was a nail biter and came down to the final doubles match where Newman and Turville survived a match point and a break down in the third set twice to pull out a fantastic victory in a third set tiebreak in front of a huge crowd. It was the last match of the day and culminated a great day for the Americans. Newman called this " a real life highlight to beat the two time defending champions".
In the men's 65 the US team did not lose a match on the way to the Britannia Cup Title. Jim Parker, Hugh Thompson, Chas Hoeveler and Ken Robinson were dominant all week.
The men's 70 final was a hard fought match with the Austrians finishing on top. The US team was represented by three IC members:Fred Farzanagan, Lester Sack, and Joe Bachman.
The men's 75 team was also dominant with John Powless and King Van Nostrand leading the way and bringing home the Bitsy Grant Cup.
Three of the four women's teams were victorious. Carol Clay and Brenda Carter played on the winning Alice Marble Cup team and Mary Boswell was on the winning Queens Cup for 75 and over. IC Board member and team captain Donna Fales led the Althea Gibson Cup team to victory over Germany in the women's 70 match. This one also came down to the final doubles match which the US won. Donna Fales said it well when she said " it is a honor to play for your country in the World Championships and to win".
All of these results can be found at ITFTennis.com Many of these players stayed for the Individual Championships and these results will be posted shortly.
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USIC Junior Team Enjoys Competition And Comraderie At World Finals
 The finals of the Junior Challenge event of the Council of International Clubs (ICs) sponsored by Airtel and DP World of India and the Compass Group have just finished in New Delhi with the team of the IC of Great Britain being victorious over Germany in a hotly contested tie. The finals are being held every two years with qualifying matches held in the previous year covering North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
The participating teams of two boys and two girls of 16 and under accompanied by an adult captain qualified from last year's regional challenges held on each continent. They were Germany, USA, GB, New Zealand, India and Brazil. At the last minute Brazil's team couldn't make the journey and India was invited to field a second team.
The USIC Junior Team was comprised of Jordan Portner, Quentin Monaghan, Austin Siegel, Sydney Rider, and Amy Zhu.
The tournament format resulted in some very exciting ties. In the round-robin India beat Germany by narrowly winning in a mixed doubles tiebreak, despite the latter having had 4 match points. Nevertheless both ICs managed to qualify for the semi-finals where Germany this time edged out India again in a deciding mixed doubles. The final was attended by Meira Kumar, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. Despite having lost to them earlier in the round-robin the IC of GB only just got the better of Germany in yet another champions' tie break to claim the title. The British players were Alannah Griffin, Harriet Dart, Tom Hill and Tommy Bennett with Helen Reesby and Chris Lewis as captains.
Full results will be posted on www.usictennis.org.
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