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JORDAN BREWER

2011 SENIOR HALL OF FAME

HILARY BARTE

DOROTHY MATTHIESSEN 2011 HALL OF FAME

MEN’S 4.0 SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSSTEVE JOHNSON

CHARLEEN HILLEBRAND AND SUELLA STEEL

The Whole Story…Almost(Click on the section you wish to view)

Introduction .................................................................1

Special People.............................................................2

Annual Meeting ..........................................................2

Service Awards ..........................................................3

LA84 Foundation/NJTL ..........................................3

Jr. Team Tennis .........................................................4

Junior Competition ..................................................4

National Showings ....................................................4

Competition Training Centers ....................... 6

Pete Brown “First Serve”.....................................6

College & University

Scholarship Seminars .........................................6

K-Swiss Summer Grand Prix ..............................7

Intercollegiate Play ..................................................7

Tennis On Campus ..................................................8

Diversity & Inclusion ...............................................9

League Tennis .......................................................... 10

WTT Recreational League Nationals .......... 11

San Diego District Tennis Association ........ 12

Youth Tennis San Diego ..............................12

Orange County Community

Tennis Association ........................................... 13

Inland Empire .......................................................... 15

Seniors ......................................................................... 16

ITF Cups & Individual Successes .................... 16

Super Senior North-South

Challenge Cup ................................................... 17

Senior Grand Prix Masters

Championships .................................................. 18

Desert Circuit ..............................................18

National Championships .................................... 19

Final Thoughts ..................................................20, 21

2011 Results

109th Southern California Junior

Sectional Championships

31st K-Swiss Summer Grand Prix

Masters Championships

14th Prince Doubles Grand Prix

Masters Championships

25th Central Coast Grand Prix

Masters Championships

7th Desert Cities Grand Prix

Masters Championships

29th Junior Satellite

Masters Championships

Novice Jamboree

125th Open Sectional Championships/

Farmers Classic Men’s Wild Card

Tournament

125th Senior Sectional Championships

29th Senior Grand Prix

Masters Championships

25th NTRP Sectional Championships

15th Wheelchair Sectional Championships

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The Whole Story…AlmostMark Winters

Preparing a Year In Review is a gargan-tuan project. It’s not just the writing, but

assembling the entire Southern California Tennis Association twelve-month story, and the necessary supporting photos. But, just in case any individual accomplishment or activity has slipped through the seine, the 2011 production has been titled, “The Whole Story…Almost.”

Greg Hickey probably has last year’s An-nual Meeting marked as a “Day To Rem-ember” on his calendar. The first Monday in March, he became the new SCTA Pres- ident, after having previously served as the organization’s Treasurer. A Pricewater-houseCoopers partner, beginning in 1983 and lasting until 2010, Hickey is adept with numbers as is evident in his updating the SCTA’s bookkeeping practices, and his involvement with the Farmers Classic, presented by Mercedes-Benz.

As a junior, he was a member of the storied Pasadena Foothill Tennis Patrons Pro-gram, and during his time at USC, he dom-

inated intramural tennis competition. Thanks to Jordan and Tori, his daughters’ partic-ipation in junior tennis, he has a consummate understanding of the game in the section.

Every two years, the Hall of Fame has an induction. Held August 5th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, the 2011 affair honored Pat Canning Todd (who was unable to attend), Dorothy Head Knode, Hugh Stewart, Dick Leach, Kathy May Fritz, Billy Martin, Franklin (Frank) Johnson and Billie

Jean King. Bill Dwyre, the former Los Angeles Times Sports Editor and now an appreciated columnist with the newspaper, served as the

Master of Ceremonies, and his recollections of those feted made the evening memorable.

The same can be said of the stories offered by each of the honorees. Many of those in the 16th induction class developed their games at public parks (As Dick Leach said, “We are parkies…”). Dwyre introduced King, saying, “She changed tennis forever.” After receiving a standing ovation, King admitted, “Where does one start? Tonight is like coming back to family. I could tell stories about everyone in the room.”

She did, but the best comment was made by Head Knode, who said in a note to the SCTA following the ceremony, “Many thanks for one of the happiest, most thrilling eve-nings of my life. So many people were in-volved in achieving perfection…”

Dan Dickenson, Elliott and Adrienne Horwitch, Danny and Jeri McKenna and Stuart Weitzman, made a special evening even more so by providing meaningful contributions to support the event.

Wednesday, July 27th was special for Cathie Anderson, Sinclair Bill, Gordon Davis, Tina Karwasky, King Lambert, Hank Leicht-fried, Lenny Lindborg, Judy Louie, George Sarantos and the late Robin Willner. The members of the third Southern California Tennis Association Senior Hall of Fame induction class were honored at a luncheon that took place at the James West Center on the UCLA campus during the Farmers Classic, presented by Mercedes-Benz.

Bill, Karwasky, Lambert and Louie were un- able to attend the celebration. As a result Eli Wooten, Bill’s son, accepted her award. Ben Gaither did the same for Karwasky, and Kimberly Smith, Lambert’s daughter, col-lected his trophy.

Anderson, Davis, Leichtfried, Lindborg and Sarantos attended and were delighted with the recognition. Willner, a one-of-a-kind individual, was there in spirit. Louie extended her regrets for missing a grand

afternoon.A member of the SCTA Board, Lesley

Waite, who covers the San Diego District Tennis Association for the section’s News publication, called attention to the San Di- ego Tennis Hall of Fame induction, which included Harper Ink, Sr., Angel Lopez, Gretchen Magers, Bobby Riggs and Valerie Ziegenfuss at Morley Field’s Balboa Tennis Club in late August. Thanks were extended to Larry Belinsky, an SDDTA Board member, whose dedicated vision and effort made the proceedings stellar.

Hugh Stewart and Billy Martin

SCTA President Greg Hickey with his daughter Jordan and Billie Jean King

Photos Cheryl Jones and Cynthia Lum

Dick LeachDorothy Head KnodeKathy May FritzFranklin Johnson

Cathie Anderson Gordon DavisEli Wooten accepted for Sinclair Bill

Ben Gaither accepted for Tina Karwasky

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Kimberly Smith accepted for King Lambert

Lenny Lindborg George SarantosHank Leichtfried

During the year, a number of individuals who are part of the section’s unrivaled

tennis history were honored. On Satur-day night of Labor Day Weekend, Rich-ard (Pancho) Gonzalez, the epitome of a professional tennis laborer, became the 21st player to be named to the US Open Court of Champions (an honor that recognizes the greatest singles champions in the tournament’s history). USTA Chairman of the Board and President Jon Vegosen, said of Gonzalez, who passed away in 1995 at 67, “Pancho Gonzalez was not only a great champion but also a true pioneer in the sport of tennis. He has served and will continue to serve as a role model for generations of Americans, especially Hispanic-American ath- letes, and I’m proud that his name will live

forever amongst the greatest US Open champions.”

At the International Tennis Federation Annual General Meeting, Franklin Johnson, an ITF Board member between 2005 and 2011, was made an Honorary Life Counselor. As USTA Board member Bill Kellogg said,

“Congratulations on your ap-pointment. It is an honor that is richly deserved, given the time and effort you have put in to furthering the goals of the ITF. Great going.”

Carolyn Nichols, the Chair of the Senior International Com- petition Committee, received the Seniors’ Service Award, at the USTA Annual Meeting. The

recognition is bestowed for the willingness, cooperation and participation, either in play or organizational work, for the betterment of senior competition.

Pancho GonzalezImage courtesy of the Fernberger Photo Collection

International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum, Newport, Rhode Island

Carolyn Nichols

Special People

At the Southern California Tennis Association’s Annual Meeting, the following were recognized:Annual Meeting

Allen FoxLifetime Achievement

The BellamysFamily Of The YearPhotos Cynthia Lum

Bruce FoxworthCurt Condon Spirit

Gretchen MagersPhoto Mike Loomis

Bobby Riggs Valerie ZiegenfussAngel LopezHarper Ink, Sr.

Melanie Bischoff reported that for the 26th consecutive year the LA84 Foun-

dation funded the NJTL Program. As a result, youngsters between the ages of 8 and 17 received tennis instruction at 135 locations in the Southland during the summer. Along with six-weeks of lessons, those taking part, many from economically disad-vantaged areas, received an NJTL tee-shirt, a Certificate of Partic-ipation, along with opportunities to at-tend a Special Activity Day and Champ- ionship Tournament. Some also had a chance to attend the Farmers Classic, held at the Los Angeles Tennis Center-UCLA in July. As Bischoff said, “A sincere thanks is extended to the LA84 Foundation. Without its support the SCTA would not be able to offer NJTL at so many sites during the summer as well as the Year-Round Program.”

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Service Awards

Barry HorowitzJunior Competition

Adam SteinbergTennis On Campus

Calif TrinhTennis On Campus

Ryan DePuit Tennis On Campus

Club Of The Year-UCSB

Don BlyDiversity

Judy TarreCommunity Tennis

Patty YooHigh School Tennis

Christen BarteltLeague Tennis

Teresa BrownDiversity

Wanda MarineDiversity

Delores SimmonsDiversity

Al Erby with youngsters in his LA84 Foundation/NJTL program

Sam Querrey with LA84 Foundation President, Anita DeFrantz and Melanie Bischoff

LA84 FOUNDATION/NJTL

If there is a national tournament and if Southern California juniors

weren’t part of the highlight package it would be a surprise. Local players were stars at the National Clay Court Championships with Alexios Halebian, who turned pro in June, and Gabrielle Andrews claiming the Boys’ and Girls’ 18 titles. Connor Hance was the Boys’ 12 champion. Gregory Garcia/Thomas Pura were the Boys’ 16 doubles fi-nalists. Emma Higuchi, who played with Maddie Pothoff of Tucson, was a Girls’ 14 doubles finalist, and Kayla Day was a Girls’ 12 finalist.

Marcos Giron and Gabrielle Andrews were 18s winners at the International Tennis Federation tournament in Claremont. David Doehring was a fi- nalist to Giron, and Lauren Marker was a Girls’ 18 doubles finalist with Dasha Ivanova of Beaverton, Oregon.

Giron continued his winning ways, taking the Boys’ 18 title at the Inter-

national Spring Championships played at Carson. Andrews was a Girls’ 18 doubles champion with Taylor Town-send of Boca Raton, Florida. Nikko Madregallejo was a Boys’ 16 finalist. Robbie Bellamy/Garcia won the 16 doubles, and Joesph Di Giulio, who teamed with Spencer Papa of Edmond, Oklahoma, lost to his SoCal mates. Yuki Chiang, the Girls’ 16 singles win-ner, was the doubles champion with Alexis Pereira.

Running his consecutive match win streak to 18, Giron was the Boys’18 Easter Bowl titlist, and the first player since Sam Querrey, in 2005, to score a Carson-Palm Springs tour- nament double. Andrews was a Girls’ 18 Easter Bowl finalist, but won the doubles, playing again with “Tay Tay” Townsend. Gage Brymer was the Boys’ 16 winner. Garcia and Jonathan Poon claimed the doubles. Ernesto Escobedo added his name to an

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JR. TEAM TENNIS

NATIONAL SHOWINGS

Last spring, Ken Grassel replaced Jeff Benito and became responsible for

the Jr. Team Tennis Program. A player and tournament director who had spent 10 years as a USTA official; he brought a wealth of tennis experience to the position. Grassel offered, “I have always enjoyed working junior tournaments and when the opportunity came up for the Jr. Team Tennis Program, I truly felt it would be great for me.”

His first Gar Glenney Cup, the annual Southern California versus Northern Cali-fornia battle for Jr. TeamTennis supremacy, was better than great. “I must say it was the teamwork of the three age divisions

that made the competition so thrilling and memorable,” he said. “The camaraderie and sportsmanship was truly outstanding. I went into the event hoping that everyone would have a great experience, and be ex-

cited about working and playing together. Southern California won 42-30, but given all that took place, the victory was just the icing on the cake.”

JUNIOR COMPETITION

Junior Award Winners

Evelyn Houseman Lifetime SportsmanshipDaniel Kosakowski and Lorraine Guillermo

Player of the YearGage Brymer and Gabrielle Andrews

Most Improved PlayerSahak Bazrganian and Tory Parravi

Triple Crown WinnersSangeet Sridhar and Jada Hart

Darren Potkey, Manager-Junior Compe-tition, reported that the 109th Southern

California Junior Sectional Championships, presented by Farmers Classic, as it does each year, set records — with 2,246 matches

played. The highlights, at the largest junior tournament in the world, were the repeat singles victories by Dennis Mkrtchian in the Boys’ 18, and Elizabeth Profit in the Girls’ 16 divisions.

Annually, during the tournament, the Junior Awards Banquet is held at Los Caballeros Racquet & Sports Club. Those honored for the 2010 season included:

Nicolas Cummins and Joanna Smith-18s Henry Gordon and Tracy Van-14s

Tyler Pham and Sarah Stadfelt-16s Timothy Sah and Ena Shibahara-12s

Leo Hibi and Claire Liu-10s

Age Group Sportsmanship Awards:

Alexios HalebianPhoto Mark Winters

Gabrielle Andrews and Taylor TownsendPhoto cameraworkusa

Ken Grassel Southern California won the Gar Glenney Cup.

Nicole GibbsPhoto Stanford Sports Information

Marcos Giron and David Doehring

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illustrious list by capturing the Boys’ 14 Easter Bowl title. He was also a doubles finalist with Eduardo Nava. Emma Higuchi and Amber Park were Girls’ 14 doubles finalists.

During the summer, Nicole Gibbs, a Stanford sophomore, was a National Girls’ 18 finalist. The All-American from Santa Monica was also a Girls’ 18 finalist in 2010. Garcia/Di Giulio were National Boys’ 16 doubles finalists. Alyssa Smith was a National Girls’ 16 finalist. Kalman Boyd, who played with Crews Enochs of Marietta, Georgia, was a National Boys’ 14 doubles finalist. Kayla Day and Michaela Gordon of Los Altos Hills were National Girls’ 12 finalists. Riley McQuaid was the National Girls’12 Sportsmanship Award winner.

In the fall, Smith and Dominique Schaefer traveled to Florida for the Eddie Herr International Junior Cham-pionships. Smith was a Girls’ 16 finalist in the singles and doubles with Dasha Ivanova of Beaverton, Oregon. Schaefer won both the Girls’ 12 singles and the doubles teaming with Anna Bright of Boca Raton, Florida. The division dom-inance continued when Claire Liu claim-ed the Girls’ 12 Orange Bowl title.

At the majors, the best result was realized by Andrews, who was a US Open Girls’ doubles finalist with Townsend. Gibbs was an Open singles and doubles semi-finalist with Kyle McPhillips of Willoughby, Ohio. Giron was a Roland Garros singles and doubles quarterfinalist with Hal-ebian. Halebian also made the last eight in singles in New York. Christina Makarova turned 15 on May 29th, which was a very good birth date because that was when the Junior Girls’ competition be-gan in Paris. Had her birthday been a day later, she would have been ineligible to participate. Krista Hardebeck played her way to the third round at Wimbledon.

Potkey called attention to the fact that the section’s 16s Intersectional team, playing on clay in conditions where the heat index for the week reached 110 degrees, downed Southern 7-2 in the final. Team members were Robbie Bellamy, Ashley Dai, Gregory Garcia, Abraham Hewko, Sivan Krems, Jana McCord, Ciro Riccardi and Alyssa Smith. Brett Masi, the men’s coach at University of San Diego, provided the group with positive direction.

Similarly noteworthy, as Potkey said, “The 16

Zonal teams finished first through fifth place. The 12s Zonal teams dominated play, finishing the competition as the winner and finalist.”

Speaking of domination, Southern Cali-fornia, which has only lost once against North California in the annual Maze Cup competition between the sections best 18 and 16 performers was victorious in the 38th encounter. Hank Pfister, Director of

Tennis and Fitness at the Stockdale Country Club, in Bakersfield where the event was held, noted, “Darren (Potkey) was his stellar self, not missing even the smallest detail. At the awards ceremony, after the matches, he thanked every player, coach, referee, dignitary and spectator by name. He did it off the top of his head with no notes. I think he could have spelled all their names, given you

Christina MakarovaPhoto cameraworkusa

Gregory Garcia and Robbie Bellamy

Maze Cup Team

Nike Junior Tour team Ryan Peus, Kenadi Hance, Ryan Seggerman, Coach Erik

Kortland and Eduardo Nava

Kayla Day 16 Intersectional Champions

Riley McQuaid

Alyssa SmithPhoto David Bro for

Orange County Register

Yuki ChiangPhoto Cynthia Lum

Dominique SchaeferPhoto Rob Varela

Krista HardebeckPhoto cameraworkusa

Claire LiuPhoto zootennis.com

Gage BrymerPhoto David Kenas

Connor Hance

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The Competition Training Centers (CTC), as Ai Takamori Malawy, who

works with Darren Potkey, pointed out, is part of the Player Development effort. The program brings the top twenty 13 & Under players, from specific geographic areas, together to practice and compete. The coaches responsible for organizing the program include:Vasile Beches-LA/South BayBarry Friedman-San Gabriel Valley

Hank Lloyd-Orange CountyEric Mann-San DiegoMark McCampbell-Santa Barbara/Ventura CountyGary Victor-North LA/ San FernandoThe CTC Team Cup, held at the Claremont Club and Biszantz Family Tennis Center in June, concluded with San Diego defeating Orange County 21-9 in the final. Friedman and his staff at the Claremont Club were praised for hosting a first rate event.

Competition Training Centers

San Diego was the 2011 winner.

their phone numbers and addresses too, if we had asked him. All (team captain Jim) Buck and I did was hand the kids the balls and point to the court.”

Kenadi Hance was the Girls’ 14 win- ner, and Ryan Peus captured the Girls’ 12 title at the Nike Junior Tour US Masters Championships, held in Boca Raton, Flor-ida. Eduardo Nava, who defeated the top Boys’ 14 seed, played his way to the

final where he lost. Ryan Seggerman won the Boys’ 12 consolation singles. Thanks to these outstanding performances, Sou-thern California, under the direction of Erik Kortland, easily won best team honors, which is given to the section with the best-combined results. Hance, Peus and Nava, representing the US, participated in the Nike Junior Tour In-ternational Masters in December.

El Segundo and Simi Valley High Schools

Westminster High School

Pete Brown “First Serve”

Once again, the Pete Brown “First Serve” Boys’ High School Team Tennis Tournament was held in the

spring. The following schools were victorious:Westminster d. La Quinta 4-2Valencia d. Buckley 5-1Simi Valley d. El Segundo 5-1Corona del Mar d. El Dorado 3-3 (40-31)

The Girls’ version of the tournament took place in thefall with trophies going to:

El Dorado d. Corona del Mar 5-1 d. Mater Dei 4-2Rowland d. West 6-0

Martin Luther King High SchoolTri-City Christian High School

COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY SEMINARS

The spring sessions are listed below:

Southern California is the only section in the country to have established and held College & University Scholarship Seminars in the spring and fall for more than 30 years. At these gatherings, which are free and do not require a reservation, individuals looking to play

intercollegiate tennis, along with their parents and coaches, receive step-by-step “How To…” tips concerning the way to go about gaining the interest of coaches across the country.

April 11th (Wednesday)Barnes Tennis Ce nter in San Diego at 6:30 p.m.Contact: Kerry Blum (619) 221-9000

Southern California teams were the 12s Zonal winner and finalist.

April 12th (Thursday)MountainGate Country Club in Los Angeles at 7:00 p.m.Contact: Doug Doss (310) 476-2291

April 18th (Wednesday)Sunset Hills Country Club in Thousand Oaks at 6:30 p.m.Contact: Paul Steele (805) 497-4314

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April 19th (Thursday)Seal Beach Tennis Center in Seal Beach at 6:30 p.m.Contact: Seal Beach Tennis Center (562) 598-8624

K-SWISS SUMMER GRAND PRIX

INTERCOLLEGIATE PLAY

For 31 years, Martha Katsu- frakis has been the over-

seeing backbone of the K-Swiss Summer Grand Prix. The 42- tournament circuit ran from June 1st to August 31st. At the end of the competition, the top eight point winners in each age division were invited

to participate in the Masters Championships held at the Lake-wood Tennis Center.

Alec Adamson, with 1,100 points in Boys’ 18 play and Ena Shibahara, who collected 1,200 in Girls’ 16 competition, became members of the prestigious K- Swiss 1000 Point Club.

Ena Shibahara collected 1,200 points in Girls’ 16 competition.

Alec Adamson earned 1,100 points in Boys’ 18 play.

This year’s Hall of Fame induction fea-tured a UCLA-USC sharing of sorts. The

Bruins had Franklin (Frank) Johnson and Billy Martin join the storied group. The Trojans matched their cross-town rivals with Dick Leach and Hugh Stewart taking their place among the section’s luminaries.

On the courts in 2011, the story was all USC. Peter Smith, who is becoming almost supernatural when it comes to preparing his men’s team to compete, collected another NCAA Team trophy with the help of Daniel

Nguyen, who won the deciding match in a 4-3 victory over previously undefeated University of Virginia. (Nguyen’s “magic” was seen again when he teamed with Jacqueline Cako of ASU to win the critical match in the 4-3 victory the US scored over France in the December final of the Master’U BNP Paribas in Rouen.) The three-peat triumph was the third in the school’s history, which had accomplished the improbable task in 1995-98 and 1962-64.The applause didn’t end there thanks to Steve Johnson who won the NCAA Men’s singles title. As Smith said,

“Steve, amazingly and incredibly, just refused to lose. He was down 4-2 30-40 in the round

of 16, and just hung in there. His desire and his ability to seize the moment were so impressive. It is his greatness.”

On the women’s side, Stanford took full advantage of playing on its home courts. Stacey Tan was a finalist in the singles, and Hilary Barte, for the second year in a row, was the NCAA Women’s doubles champion.

Division I All-American honors were earn-ed by Johnson (who was also the Campbell/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of the Year), Tan and Barte (a member of the Campbell/ITA Doubles Team of the Year), along with Kaitlyn Christian of USC, Nicole Gibbs of Stanford and Raymond Sarmiento of USC, along with Bradley Klahn and Ryan Thacher of Stanford, who were NCAA doubles finalists.

The talent of local players was also evident as Erik Elliott of UCSD earned Division II All-American honors. The Division III level All-American were: Kellen Alberstone of Bow-doin (the ITA Women’s National Division III Player of the Year), Jordan Brewer of Amherst (who was the Women’s Division III NCAA Doubles champion), Austin Chafetz of Am-herst, Andrew Giuffrida of Cal Lutheran, Hailey Hogan of Johns Hopkins, Erich Koenig of UCSC (the ITA National Men’s Division

USCPhoto Dan Avila

Daniel NguyenPhoto Dan Avila

Steve JohnsonPhoto Dan Avila

Hilary BartePhoto Stanford Sports

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Bradley Klahn and Ryan Thacher

Kristin Strimple

Stacey Tan Jordan Brewer

April 25th (Wednesday)Upland Tennis Club in Upland at 7:00 p.m.Contact: Steve Futchko (909) 985-2725

For more details about the College & University Seminar Program, contact Mark Winters at (310) 208-3838 Ext. 231

III Player To Watch), Alex Lane of CMS and Cameron Spearman of Redlands.

As good as Southern Californians were in other NCAA divisions, they were equally successful in NAIA competition. Chris Freeman of Embry-Riddle, the Ward-Ballinger Award winner at the National Championships (for performance, lead-ership and sportsmanship), was not only the Sun Conference Player of the Year, but also an All-American on the court and in the classroom. Jordan Kimura of Concordia and Kristin Strimple of Point Loma Nazarene were NAIA All-Americans, and both were Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Natalie McNall of Azusa Pacific was another who earned All-American status. David Goodman of Azusa Pacific University was named the Wilson Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year Award.

Community College All-Americans in- cluded: Trevor Campbell of Glendale, Moises Cardenas of Pierce, Krystal Hansard of Santa Monica, Sasha Hedberg of Ventura, Nakieta Hein of Saddleback, Torsten Keil-Long of Cypress, Sean Levesque of Ventura and Derek Siddiqui of Cerritos. Alex Sar-kissian of Glendale and Katerina Mozolyuk of Santa Monica were All-Americans and members of the ITA All-Stars.

Scott Davis of Stanford was one of the 2011 ITA Hall of Fame honorees. Bill Scanlon, a member of the SCTA Board of Directors, was named to the Trinity University Athletics Hall of Fame.

Last fall, at the Riviera Women’s All-Amer-ican Tennis Championships, Nicole Gibbs, who is from Santa Monica, must have felt like she was playing on her home courts because she teamed with Mallory Burdette to win

the doubles title. Christian and Sabrina Santamaria, the sophomore/freshman USC duo, won the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championships. Freeman showing that he is always formidable, even early in the season, was a singles finalist at the ITA National Small College Championships.

Others who qualified by winning the singles at their respective Regional Championships, were: Cardenas, Lane and Ava Sadeghi of Vassar, along with the doubles tandem, Devon Sousa/Austin West of UCSD.

Danny Harrington of UCLA sports infor-mation writing about the 55th Southern California Intercollegiate Championships said “Playing on his home courts, sophomore men’s tennis player Clay Thompson posted a straight-set victory in the singles final at the at UCLA’s Los Angeles Tennis Center.

“The third-seeded Thompson, who did not drop a set in five matches during the tourn-ament, took home the title after notching a 7-5, 6-4 win over unseeded Patrick Kawka of BYU. He becomes the first UCLA player to win the singles championship at the Southern California Intercollegiates since 2006, when Michael Look defeated teammate Mathieu Dehaine in the final that year.

“It marks the end to an impressive week for Thompson, who also reached the doubles final with teammate Alex Brigham. The Bruin duo came up just short, falling to USC’s Emilio Gomez and Yannick Hanfmann, 8-4.”

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Chris Freeman

Andrew Giuffrida

Erik Elliott

Alex Lane Natalie McNall Scott Davis

Clay ThompsonPhoto Danny Harrington, UCLA Sports Information

Hailey Hogan

KellenAlberstone

Raymond Sarmiento

Cameron Spearman

Bill ScanlonPhoto Trinity University Sports

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TENNIS ON CAMPUS

It is one of the fastest growing tennis pro-grams in the USTA’s stable of offerings,

and if you look at Linda Milan’s workload it is easy to see why.

As she explained, “April turned out to be a most memorable month for Southern California Tennis On Campus.

“UCLA won the National Championship in Cary, North Carolina. With the victory (which actually took place at Duke’s indoor facility because of rain)… the Bruins became the second Pac 12 team to capture the prestigious title in the history of the event, which began in 2000. University of California

was the 2010 champion. The University of California, San Diego was also in the spot-light after claiming the Spring Invitational Championship title in Tucson.”

Having what Milan called “A dream run…”, UCLA defeated University of Central Florida, 27-21 in the semifinals. In the final, they

Kaitlyn Christian

SabrinaSantamaria

Photo USC Sports Information

Jordan Kimura

handed University of Florida, only its second loss of the year, winning 30-19.

In Arizona, UCSD, which was looking to “three-peat”, marched through opponents as did Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a first time competitor. In the All-Southern California final, the three-in-a-row was achieved with a 23-18 victory over a feisty opponent. The title earned UCSD a spot in the 2012 National Campus Championship.

Other section TOC teams also performed impressively on the national level. University of California Santa Barbara, a finalist to UC-

LA in the Section Championship, finished fifth. The University of California Irvine, a late substitute for USC, which had to withdraw, was the Bronze Bracket winner.

As good as these results were, Michael Hui was an-other of the Tennis On Campus spotlight stories. After helping UCLA win the National Champ-ionship, he earned an opportunity to play under Billy Martin guid-ance on the men’s team.

For information concerning Tennis On Campus, the exciting club team program that is growing by leaps and bounds, contact Linda Milan at lmilan@scta.usta.com

Under Ronita Elder’s steward-ship Diversity & Inclusion spon-

sored a collection of fun and inno-vative tennis activities beginning in the spring and extending into the fall. Making full use of her creative talents, Elder partnered tennis and jazz in an October activity held at the Lawndale Public Library.

“Melissa McCollum, a Lawndale li-brarian, said she had over 65 kids and parents attend,” Elder noted. “They played tennis and listened to live jazz while learning about the important link between the two activities. Overall, the day was very improvisational.”

Elder, a former player, continued, “Pro-fessional athletes and jazz musicians are skilled to react quickly, both physically and mentally, to changing circumstances. Bobby Bryant and Bobby Pierce, who are both mus-icians, helped me demonstrate the concept through tennis games and short musical performances. Lawndale residents are now looking forward to learning more about tennis and jazz in 2012.”

(For more information about County of Los Angeles Public Library programs and services, visit www.colapublib.org)

Antelope Valley was the site of another at-tention drawing activity. “The event helped launch the Antelope Valley TeamTennis Association (AVTTA),” Elder said. “Lois Threats and David Goldschlag (AVTTA foun- der) hosted the tennis event where more

than 50 adults signed up for TeamTennis. The children on hand participated in the 10 and Under Tennis clinic that was offered.

“The Antelope Valley activity was one of the section’s kick- off events for Hispanic Herit-age Month. In September, other Hispanic Heritage celebrations

took place in East Los Angeles-Monterey Park, Huntington Park and San Diego.

“At Illusions ‘Game Changer’, The Bobby Bryant Band was featured, along with a screening of the Richard ‘Pancho’ Gonzalez documentary by Danny Haro.

Elder continued, “Tickets to the Farmers Classic, the Newport Beach Breakers and the Championship Series at Staples Center opened the doors and eyes of many of those in Southern California who hunger to see top flight professionals play.”

She concluded, “At the Southern Cali-fornia Tennis Association’s Annual Meeting, in the 100th Anniversary of the Year of the Women at the SCTA Annual Meeting the Diversity & Inclusion Award went to four stalwarts of the Los Angeles tennis com-munity – Delores Simmons, Wanda Marine, Theresa Brown and Don Bly.

“Next year gets off to great start with the Frank Simmons Doubles Tournament New Year’s day followed by the Martin Luther King Tournament and Community Service event in Burbank. Early in 2012, there will be a lot going on.”

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University of California San DiegoUCLA won the title.Photos cameraworkusa

Michael Hui

Tall Tale

LaRhonda Amos and Tonya Lewis

Chicano Park

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

“April turned

out to be a most

memorable month”

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LEAGUE TENNIS

The section distinguished itself when the Nellie Gail Ranch Tennis Club of Orange County won the

Men’s 4.5 and the LA-Inter-City Players from Rancho Cienega Park claimed the Men’s 4.0 Senior National Championship titles. The Men’s 4.5 Braemar Country Club team from the San Fernando Valley, and the Women’s 3.5 Live Oak Park team from Beach Cities were League National finalists. Men’s 4.5-Orange County-Nellie

Gale Ranch Tennis ClubMen’s 4.0-Los Angeles-Inter-City

Players-Rancho Cienega Tennis Shop

Fall Doubles Champions

Men’s 4 .0-Ventura-Arroyo Vista Men’s 3.5-San Gabriel Valley-Whittier Narrows Tennis Center

Women’s 3.0-Ventura-Ventura Tennis Club

Women’s 3.5-Orange County (Weekend)-Fullerton Tennis Center

Women’s 4.0-Inland Empire-Claremont Hotel

Men’s 3.0-San Gabrielle Valley- Whittier Narrows Tennis Center

Women’s 4.5-Beach Cities-West End Racquet & Health Club

Men’s 4.5-Orange County-Los Caballeros Racquet & Sports Club

Women’s 5.0-San Diego North County-Rancho Valencia Resort

Women’s 3.5-Beach Cities-Live Oak Park

Women’s 4.5-San Diego North County-San Luis Rey Downs

Country Club

Men’s 4.0-Orange County-Costa Mesa Tennis Club

Men’s 5.0-Los Angeles-Westchester Park

Men’s 4.5-San Fernando Valley-Braemar Tennis Club

Men’s 3.5-Orange County-La Habra Tennis Center

Women’s 4.0-Los Angeles-Fremont Park

Section Champions

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WTT RECREATIONAL LEAGUE NATIONALS

Rosie Crews reported that the WTT Recreational League National Champ-

ionships was held at Indian Wells Tennis Gar- den in early November. Southern California did a yeoman’s trophy collecting job.

In the 4.5 competition, David Gill, Mary Gunset (Captain), Stepanka Hastings, John Jeffries, Melinda Murray, Lisa Naumu, Doug Ronney and Ken Simpson were responsible for the Balboa Tornados of San Diego vic-tory. Thanks to the play of James Boone, John Carter, Joshua Kaye, Amy Moreno, Judy Rockland and Allison Sterett (Captain) PB Tennis Club of Encinitas was the finalist. Hellen Nguyen, Ann Lesser, Gloria Mar, Greg Mittenhuber, Chris Noto (Captain) and Megan Woods led The Racketeers of Irvine to the 3.0 title.

The Diehards of Long Beach, in a section versus section contest, defeated the Killer Beez of Hidden Hills, 29-27 in the Senior 4.5

division. Liz Wood, the non-playing captain, led the team that included: Gail Bancroft, Steve Eperthener, Alex Glowacki, Marianne Hartshorn, Mary Meister, Mark Mihalco, Cheryl Smith and Mike Vieane.

Linda Beisswanger captained the finalists. Her teammates were: Karen Cohen, Dave

Dreben, Barry Feldstein, Kristine Grant, Di-ane Perryman, Wendy Pillar, Joe Prado and Jeff Richards.

Bangers & Mash of La Jolla was a 27-26 finalist to Love Players of Miami in the Senior 3.5 Senior competition. Mike Hasan was the captain, and Paivi Burke, Robert Burke, Judy Rockland and Mike Rodley were members of his squad.

Team Davis of Encino was a finalist to KC Masters of Kansas City in round robin Super Senior 4.0 play. Cora Davis, the non-playing captain, organized an impressive team, which included Alan Berkowitz, Wilma Camera, Tina Clarfield, Michael Gardner, Diane Sex-ton and Gerald Tarlow.

In the 4.0 Corporate tournament, Steve Davis, Hans Lavik, Christina Markey, Susan Montgomery, Richard Petherbridge, Elaine Symonds and Donna Wolfe (Captain) were the reason Donchka Travel was victorious.

Senior 3.5-Bangers & Mash

Senior 4.5-Die Hards

Tri-Level Champions

Men’s 3.5-4.5-Orange County-Los Caballeros Racquet & Sports Club

Women’s 3.0-4.0-San Fernando Valley-Paseo Club-Team Rose

Super Senior Champions

Women’s 7.0-San Fernando Valley-Balboa Park

Women’s 8.0-Beach Cities-West End Racquet & Health Club

Women’s 9.0-Orange County (Weekend)-Lake Forest Beach & Tennis Club

Mixed 7.0-San Gabriel Valley-Whittier Narrows Tennis Center-Balz of Fire

Mixed 8.0-San Gabriel Valley-Palm Park Tennis Center

Senior Mixed ChampionsWomen’s 2.5-San Diego North County-Winners Tennis ClubWomen’s 3.0-San Diego-Salt Creek Racquet Club

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Lesley Waite, looking back on 2011 said, “The District held its Annual Meeting and

Awards Banquet, which was soldout, at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club. George, Susan, Alex and Nicole Yermanos were Family of the Year. Lois Sczepaniak received the Com-

munity Service Award for her volunteer ef-forts at the East County Community Tennis Association. Bradley Klahn of Stanford and Coco Vandeweghe were Players of the Year. Jim Winters and Masako Beppu were the Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year. The Mercury Insurance Open, held at La Costa Resort & Spa, was Tournament of the Year. La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club was Club of the Year. Ascent Real Estate was Sponsor of the Year.”

Waite reported, “San Diego will again be in the spotlight in February when the International Tennis Fed-eration World Seniors Cup team events (men’s and women’s 35, 40, 45, 50 and 55), are played at seven sites in the area. The Individual World Championships will take place at five locations the following week, and for the first time, mixed doubles will be offered.

“Thanks to the hard work of the San Diego Sports Commission, along with William J. (Bill) Kellogg, USTA Director-At-Large, and Carolyn Nichols, Chair of the USTA Senior International Competition Committee, these tournaments, featuring the top senior players from around the world, will be in town.”

Kellogg, who is President of the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, said, “I learned from

talking to Carolyn (Nichols) that the ITF felt it was time to bring the ITF World Senior Championships back to the United States and that there was an opportunity to submit a bid. We then talked to SCTA Executive Director Henry Talbert about the most likely sites in the section, including Palm Springs, Claremont, Orange County and San Diego. At first, it looked like it would go to the Claremont area because of the great new facilities at the Biszantz Family Tennis Courts at Claremont McKenna Col- lege and the Claremont Tennis Club. How-ever, after I mentioned this possibility to the San Diego Sports Commission, which was then planning the Fed Cup final in San Diego, they became very interested in the project.”

Kellogg, who has hosted both Davis Cup and Fed Cup events at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, will be the Tournament Director. “We began checking with facilities in Southern California to see if there was any possibility of holding the event in San Diego,” he recalled. “We identified a time of year that would be beneficial to host the

event and confirmed that these dates would be acceptable to the ITF. Then we had to set about getting commitments to provide 90 courts for the competition and enough hotels to host 1,000 players for two weeks. After the Sports Commission staff managed to successfully accomplish the task, we submitted an official bid. The ITF then scheduled a

site visit in December 2010, and they were favorably impressed by the facilities and or-ganization. During January and February, we reviewed and signed contracts, so now we are committed to moving forward.”

Some of the clubs that will host com-petitions include: La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, Rancho Valencia, San Diego Tennis & Racquet Club, Morgan Run, Singing Hills Tennis Club, The Balboa Tennis Club (Morley Field), and the Barnes Center.

Alison Roell, the Inland Empire Tennis Service Representative who composes her Court Notes column on a monthly basis for the News, pointed out, “The Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station Detachment Corona completed the renovation of its tennis courts thanks to a USTA National Military Outreach

program grant. USTA Military Outreach Co- ordinator, Captain Steve Kappes, US Navy Retired, Navy Captain Terry Auberry, Com- manding Officer of Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach and the Commanding Officer and Navy Captain and Commander Jay Kad-owaki, Executive Officer of the Corona De-tachment attended the ribbon-cutting court opening. Both of the captains, neither of whom is a tennis player, then christened the courts rallying with QuickStart Tennis balls (and they made playing tennis look easy). The Sport Court surface was installed with QuickStart Tennis blended lines as well as the USTA and Freedom Alliance logos, all of which made the good looking courts even more eye-catching.”

SAN DIEGO DISTRICT TENNIS ASSOCIATION

La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club

San Diego District award winners

Yermanos Family

Jim Winters

Masako Beppu

Youth Tennis San Diego

Kerry Blum, the Executive Director of Youth Tennis San Diego, said

“YTSD celebrated 58 years of service to the youth of San Diego County in 2011. The organization owns and operates the George E. Barnes Family Junior Tennis Center, the central site for After School Tennis, an outreach program now serving 10,000 youngsters throughout San Di-

ego County. The program provides a pathway for children to participate in multiple level tennis opportunities. AST programs are accessible, affordable and link tennis and education. In 2011 the program grew to over 100 schools, wel-coming four new sites: Crawford High School, El Toyon Park, Las Palmas Park and Roosevelt Middle School.

The inaugural tournament ex-ceeded participant expectations,

beginning with the sold out clinic, which was the weekend before the tournament. Michael and his brother Carl headed up a stellar group of pros, which included Eliot Teltscher, Kim Po, Debbie Graham, Adam Dav- idson, Robert Rye and Jerry Yu. Thanks to Michael’s infectious warmth and enthusiasm the atmosphere was family friendly. Everyone had a great time. Many of the participants

enthusiastically asked to sign up for the 2012 clinic. For more information check Changtennis.com

Michael’s, wife Amber (nee Liu, a two-time NCAA singles winner) and their daughter, Lani, made a guest ap- pearance. The facilities hosting the Tennis Classic included: Racquet Club of Irvine, Laguna Niguel Racquet Club, Mission Viejo Tennis Center, Costa Mesa Tennis Center and Newport Beach Tennis Club.

Typical of Michael, he helped dry

“Youth Tennis San Diego expanded the After School Tennis and Education. It became a model for serving students participating in activities at the Barnes Tennis Center during afternoon hours. They also received assistance with homework and were tutored.

“The message delivered every day at the Barnes Tennis Center is ‘Pride’ — in yourself and your ability, your classmates and your community. The setting gives youngsters a place to learn life’s important lessons through the culture of tennis.

It also gives them an opportunity to develop self-esteem and develop an understanding about things such as camaraderie and the spirit of sportsmanship. Students from the

Monarch School participated two days a week in the Tennis and Education program. Their involvement will continue and expand in the New Year.

“In addition, Youth Tennis San Diego host- ed a multitude of activities, programs and tournaments. Some of those, that took place in 2011, were the Billie Jean King World Team Tennis, National Girls’ 18 and 16, and the National Father/Daughter and Mother/Son Hard Court Championships. The Little Mo Tournaments, along with the

CIF individual and team finals, and the ‘First Serve’ competition, for high school players, also took place. And that wasn’t all. There were four Novice, five Satellite, eleven Open tournaments, as well as collection of intercollegiate matches. Over 1,000 juniors participated in the Barnes Center Summer Camps. Five new Jr. Team Tennis teams were established. And, a new High Performance workout program was introduced and over 800 juniors participate.”

Becky Edles-Rye, the Executive Director of the Orange County Community Tennis Association, offered the following facts relating to 2011.

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New After School site at El Toyon Park

Women’s winner Mazy Watrous with Michael Chang and women’s finalist Sabrina Man-Son-Hing

Tie-Dye Friday

ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY TENNIS ASSOCIATION

Senior Sirs Los Caballeros Racquet & Sports Club was the best for the second year in a row.

Los Caballeros 26 Racquet Club of Irvine #1 25 Lake Forest Sun & Sail 21Nellie Gail Ranch Tennis Club 20 Laguna Woods Tennis Club 17 Coto Golf & Racquet 13Racquet Club of Irvine #2 12 Los Cab #2 12Canyonites 12 Mission Viejo Tennis Center 6

LEDL (Ladies Evening Doubles League)Dana Hills was champion again.

Dana Hills Tennis Center 53

Lake Forest Beach & Tennis 40Coto Valley 37Racquet Club of Irvine 35Nellie Gail Ranch Tennis Club 20

3.5-4.0Rancho Niguel dominated play for the second consecutive year.

Rancho Niguel, The Club 56Dana Hills Tennis Center 38Lake Forest Sun & Sail 37Rancho Santa Margarita 34Mission Viejo Tennis Center, #1 34Newport Coast Tennis Club 22Mission Viejo Tennis Center, #2 9

Winter League4.0

Mission Viejo Tennis Center, #1 40Laguna Niguel Racquet Club 38Coto Golf & Racquet, #1 30Tustin Hills Racquet Club 28Dana Hills Tennis Club #1 26Mission Viejo Tennis Center #2 21Dana Hills Tennis Club #2 13

3.5Nellie Gail Ranch Tennis Club 32Dana Hills Tennis Center 28Mission Viejo Tennis Center #2 28Coto 3.5, 18Mission Viejo Tennis Center #1, 17Laguna Niguel Racquet Club 15

Leagues Results

Michael Chang Tennis ClassicTournaments

MEN’S Robert Yim d. Tim Kpulun6-1, 6-4

MEN’S DOUBLESRyan Cheung/Fabian Matthews d. Art Hernandez/Chris Kearney7-5, 6-3

WOMEN’S Julie Luzar d. Parris Todd 7-5, 4-6, 6-1

24th Top Gun

Every year the tournament becomes more significant. The 2011 version in-

creased to a total of 504 entries. The Open divisions offered $3,000 in prize money.

Rain postponed the finals, which were

eventually played at the Racquet Club of Irvine over two weekends. Matches were also played at The Tennis Club in Newport Beach. The downpour made it necessary to play some matches at the Costa Mesa

Tennis Center, Nellie Gail Tennis Club, and Palisades Tennis Club.

Sponsors include: Babolat, Sharo Fatehi, DDS, Snell & Wilmer Law Offices.

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MEN’S DOUBLESMika De Coster/Denis Nguyen d.Justin Agbayani/Francis Alcantara3-6, 6-1, 10-8

MIXED DOUBLESGarrett Snyder/Lynda Xepoleas d.Kaitlyn Christian/Josh Martin6-1, 6-2

MEN’S 5.5Michael Chang d. James Dao6-2, 7-5

MEN’S 5.5 DOUBLESTeet Ratsep/Brian Matek d.Steven Arnott/Douglas Mathews6-2, 6-2

MEN’S 4.5Rodolfo Jimenez d. Jeff Namkung6-4, 6-2

MEN’S 4.5 DOUBLESRichard Layon/Brian Nelson d. Ernest Oon/Brian Valparaiso5-7, 6-2, 6-1

MEN’S 4.0Adam Miller d. Tom Raymundo6-3, 7-5

MEN’S 4.0 DOUBLESAdrian Ang/Ismael Casas d.Benjamin Hammond/Greg Woodard3-6, 6-1, 6-2

MEN’S 3.5Frank Seo d. Eric Do7-6, 6-1

WOMEN’S 4.5Tina Vuong d. Lori Basheda6-3, 6-4

WOMEN’S 4.5 DOUBLESAshley Bradfor/Lindsay Chag d.Natali Cespedes Gonzalez/Linda Winston6-1, 6-1

WOMEN’S 4.0Angela Weaver d. Paulette Mashaka6-2, 6-2

WOMEN’S 4.0 DOUBLESAmy Dobson/Mimi Wagner d.Carolyn Boudreau/Cindy Lai6-4, 4-6, 7-6

WOMEN’S 3.5Patricia Deslauriers d. Joanna Grabarczyk 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

WOMEN’S 3.5 DOUBLESHeather McNabb/Hiromi Nishimoto d. Sophie Lam/Lena Loha 6-2, 6-1

MIXED 5.5 DOUBLESHenry Huynh/Kim-Trang Nguyen d.Jamil Atcha/Christen Bartelt 6-4, 6-1

MIXED 4.5 DOUBLESDavid Le/Tina Vuong d.Anne Marie Risquez/Teo Risquez 6-1, 7-5

MIXED 4.0 DOUBLESDina Crump/Simin Yang d.Diona Fonte/Rick Gebhardt6-2, 6-1

the courts at the Laguna Niguel Racquet Club when unseasonable showers soaked the courts during semi and final round action. He also passed out the trophies. One of those receiving recognition was his father Joe who finished at 10 p.m. on the

short end of the Men’s 3.5 doubles final, with Chung Lau. They lost to “youngsters” Eric Do/Dong Thai, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.

In the Men’s Open division, Robert Yim, who didn’t lose a set, faced his toughest match in the final where he defeated Denis

Nguyen 6-4, 7-5. El Toro High’s Mazy Wat-rous captured the Women’s Open division final downing California State University Northridge’s Sabrina Man-Son-Hing 6-3, 6-3. The other winners, in the three-day tournament, were:

MIXED DOUBLESHernandez/Kim-Trang Nguyen d. Desi and Dina McBride7-6, 4-6, 7-6

MIXED 3.5 DOUBLESLena Loha/Frank Seo d. Dong Thai/Shawn Whitmer 6-1, 7-5

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In September, record setting crowds watched Orange County native Steve John-

son defeat New Zealand’s Artem Sitak 6-3, 6-3 in the Costa Mesa Pro Classic Futures tournament final. Despite waking up thinking he had either food poisoning or the flu, Johnson was magnificent, mov- ing Sitak side to side and when the opportunity arose, hitting incredible forehand winners.

Before play started, his father, Steve Johnson, Sr. said, “We’ll see how long Stevie can last in this match.” Based on his play, it was long enough to produce a great hometown win.

Johnson, the defending NCAA singles champion, took a break from school during the fall. He played tournaments

to determine if he was able to handle the travel, along with physical and mental grind that is part of the professional game. He planned to return to USC, in the spring,

for his senior year. From all indications, the future appears bright once he completes his collegiate career.

Tournament Director Hank Lloyd, who is also the Tennis Director at the Costa Mesa Tennis Center, earned kudos for working tirelessly to organize another memorable event. “We try to provide a professionally run tournament, like the US Open,” he said. “During the week, we ran a lady’s round robin which netted $400 that was donated to a worthy cause — the American Cancer Society.”

In a down economy, the Pro Classic benefitted the local tennis community because it offered a free world class tennis event and it also donated to a deserving cause.

Alison Roell reported that the emphasis was on youth tennis all over the In-

land Empire in 2011. Riverside Community College hosted a fantastic 10 and Under Tennis Play Day followed by a QuickStart

Tennis Workshop. Over 80 participants (players and parents) ran through the basics and drills then got to try out their newly acquired tennis skills on appropriately sized courts. The ‘play to learn’ format was very popular as were the 10 and Under Tennis tee-shirts that were given away.

Thirty people (pros, college players, high school players, elementary school teachers, parents and community volunteers) attended the QuickStart Tennis Workshop that took place in the afternoon. Everyone enjoyed Nat- ional Trainer Karen Ronney’s fast-paced routines, which kept the courts lively, along with her great ideas and observations re-garding teaching tennis to the junior set. A number of the seasoned pros that were on hand commented, ‘I could really use that’, ‘Every time I attend one of these, I come away with more new ideas’.”

The third Tennis Block Party took place at Andulka Park Tennis Center in late May. The activities for all ages and abilities (including 10 and Under Tennis, racquet demos, a radar gun court, Beat The Pro and more) kept the crowd thoroughly engaged. The focus of the day was to raise funds for ‘Let’s Teach’, the organization organized by John Letts and Brian Teacher, whose mission is to provide meaningful life skills to socio-economically disadvantaged youth though education and tennis. ‘Let’s Teach’ is currently offering programs at three sites in Pasadena and one in Riverside.

The City of Temecula Parks & Recreation Department wrapped up summer camp sea-son with a Play Day at Temecula Valley High

School on August 6th. Approximately forty players took turns hitting on the 36’, 60’ or 78’ courts for ‘play to learn’ experiences and round-robin activities. Downtime was minimal as players quickly rotated from act-ivity to activity during the two-hour event.

The San Bernardino Tennis Patrons hosted another fun and informative workshop at Pacific High School in August. USTA National Trainer, Tom Fey captivated the participants. The gathering was noteworthy because

several of the attendees had never held a racquet before. The Patrons commitment to the game is clear since the organization developed the Tennis Buddies League in 1979 to provide junior tennis development and instruction for a nominal fee. In recent years, they have fielded teams for Jr. Team

Costa Mesa Pro Classic

Tournament Director Hank Lloyd, finalist Artem Sitak, winner Steve Johnson and Costa Mesa

Councilwoman Wendy Leece

Racquet Club of Irvine’s Teresa Caro worked feverishly with Orange County Jr. Team Tennis’s Heidi Stryker to promote 10 and Under

Tennis at various tennis facilities. Activities started at UCI with Men’s coach Trevor Kronemann offering enthusiastic support. The hope is to move around Orange County igniting interest in the program. For information about 10 and Under Tennis schedule in 2012 go to www.OC10andUnderTennis.com

Tennis After School

Tennis After School Coordinator Teresa Caro at Springbrook Elementary School.

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Tennis. Now, with the workshop under its belt, they will be offering 10 and Under Tennis as part of the teaching format. For more information, see their website - www.sbtennisbuddies.com

The 5th edition of the summer adidas Tennis Camp, with Redlands coach Geoff Roche, assisted by his team, took place in

July at the university. The weeklong daycamp, held under very mild weather conditions, was filled with on-court instruction, games and drills, along with classroom sessions covering topics such as nutrition and goal setting. A daily swim at the Thompson Aquatic Center, was part of the campers’ schedule too.

Players came from far and wide to attend, including Alamogordo, New Mexico, along with Redlands, Highland, San Bernardino, Murrieta and San Diego. On the final day, an awards ceremony, where players received camp photo, evaluations and recognition awards, took place. Ricky Chavez from San Bernardino’s San Gorgonio High School was named ‘Player of the Week’.

September was the month that a large group from the San Bernardino City Unified School District attended a joint QuickStart Tennis Workshop and School Tennis In-

Service hosted by Arrowhead Country Club in San Bernardino. Tom Fey put all those on hand through the paces. The PE teachers and grade level instructors plan to introduce tennis to over 7,000 students in the San Bernardino City elementary school system.

The International Tennis Federation holds senior team and individual world

competitions twice a year. Southern Calif- ornians always play significant roles, rep- resenting the US. Last spring, New Zealand

was the site of the championships, but dev-astating earthquakes savaged the country and disrupted the contests.

Nevertheless, Amy Alcini led the Women’s 40 Young Cup team to a 2-1 victory over France. JoAnne Russell was a member of the Women’s 50 Bueno Cup team that defeated Australia 2-1. Carolyn Nichols, the playing captain, and Tina Karwasky were the reason the US was “brilliant”, stopping Great Britain 3-0 in the Women’s 55 Connolly Cup final.

Willie Quest and his Men’s 40 Trabert Cup teammates were 2-1 finalists to France. Unfortunately, Rick Leach and Leland Rolling didn’t have a chance to play because the Men’s 45 Dubler Cup was canceled. The same thing happened to Gretchen Magers,

a Women’s 45 Court Cup competitor, and to Mike Fedderly who was on the Men’s 50 Perry Cup team.

Nichols, an SCTA Board member who has skillfully turned senior tennis committee work, competing and keeping her blog up-to-date into a profession, said of the fall Cup events, American players are supposed to be allergic to red clay, but don’t tell the Super Senior players who participated in the 31st

International Tennis Federation Super Senior World Team and Individual Championships in Turkey in October. The US won seven of ten events contested and had third place finishes in two others.

Hank Leichtfried, the playing captain, teamed with his regular partner George Sarantos to form the doubles anchor of the Men’s 70 Crawford Cup team. Seeded No. 3, they edged France 2-1 to reach the semifinals thanks to the duos match saving victory. The team then fell to Italy in a battle for a spot in the final and followed that with a loss to Great Britain in the playoff for third place, in part, because Sarantos fell ill.

Mel Lewis was a member of the Men’s 80 Mulloy Cup team that defeated France 3-0 and Canada, which is always formidable, 2-1 in the final. Lewis, who teamed with Jack Bradshaw of Indianapolis, earned the deciding point.

Cathie Anderson and Judy Louie, both 2011 Southern California Tennis Association Senior Hall of Fame inductees, were mem-bers of the Women’s 65 Godfree Cup team that finished third. The squad lost a heart-breaker to Great Britain in the semi-finals, but rebounded to down Germany 2-1 for the

bronze medal.Charleen Hillebrand and Suella Steel were

the No.1 and No. 2 singles players on the Women’s 70 Gibson Cup team. Both are new to the 70s this year and neither lost a set leading the team to the title, defeating Great Britain and Germany in the last two round. Hillebrand/Steel went on to win the doubles at the World Championships. In the singles, Hillebrand was a finalist while Steel earned third place honors.

As always is the case, Dorothy Matthiessen spearheaded the Women’s 75 Queens Cup effort. She went undefeated leading the US to victory over Germany in the final. Not to

SENIORS

ITF Cups & Individual Successes

Southern Californians who played in Turkey included: Hank Leichtfried, Mel Lewis and George Sarrantos Judy Louie, Suella Steel, Charleen Hillebrand, Dorothy Matthiessen

and Cathie AndersonPhoto Carolyn Nichols

Mike Fedderly

Rick Leach JoAnne Russell

Amy Alcini

The annual Super Senior North-South Challenge Cup should be named in

Bob Isenberg’s honor. The long-time captain of the South team, who is always assisted by his wife Betty, said of the 2011 contest, “The tournament, held at the Copper River Country Club in Fresno in mid-October, was great. Though the South again overwhelmed

the North, the point total doesn’t reflect the high level of play seen in many of the matches. At the end of the first day of competition, the South was ahead 21-8. The final score was South 18 and North 11.

“Thanks to the captains – Dennis Bowers-65’s; Bob Jones-70s; Chuck Nelson-75s; Jim Settles-80s and Bob Seymour-85s – my job was made easy. While I’m offering kudos,

the support of Henry Talbert, Annette Buck and Jim Bisch shouldn’t be overlooked.

“October 8 – 9 is being considered for the 2012 North-South contest. Since the South will be the host next year, Lenny Lindborg has indicated that he will put to- gether a program for the banquet enter-tainment. Everyone can hardly wait.”

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be overlooked, Chuck Nelson was a Men’s 75 World Championships doubles finalist with Alan Hocking of Australia.”

Matthiessen added to her gold ball col-lection, scoring a national championship Slam winning each of the Women’s 75 doubles. She played with a group of part-ners: Boots Van Nostrand at the clay courts; Burnett Herrick at the indoors; and Doris DeVries at the grass and hard courts.

Alan Messer noted on his Super Senior website, in a column called “Special Rec-ognition for 2011 Achievements”, that the following won three of the four USTA nat-ional championships in which they played. The select group included: Bob Duesler and Jim Nelson in the Men’s 75 doubles and Bob Sherman in the Men’s 90 singles.

Nichols pointed out that Karwasky, her Connolly Cup teammate, won three of the Women’s 55 nationals. Cathie Hall, also three-timed in the Women’s 85 with Elaine Mason, and Dodo Cheney, added to the “Dodo Count” claiming three Women’s 90

with Mary Mentzer, running her gold ball total to an unfathomable 391.

Annually, there are only three National USTA Husband & Wife 140 events played.

Dick Doss and Kathy Bennett, his wife, were as they usually are, stellar performers dominating the proceedings claiming all of the gold balls available.

SUPER SENIOR NORTH-SOUTH CHALLENGE CUP

North captain Bud Travers with South captain Bob Isenberg

Southern California Team

Carolyn NicholsGretchen Magers Leland RollingWillie QuestTina KarwaskyPhoto Pat Parsons

Dorothy Matthiessen Jim Nelson and Bob DueslerPhoto Pat Parsons

Dodo Cheney Dick Doss and Kathy Bennett

Cathie HallPhoto Pat Parsons

Bob ShermanPhoto Cheryl Jones

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SENIOR GRAND PRIX MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

DESERT CIRCUIT

Annette Buck, the Director of Adult & Senior Tennis, reported, “The players all enjoy coming to Morgan Run in December for the Senior Grand Prix Masters Championships (and all of those involved with the tournament appreciate the hospitality of the members

and management). Some great matches were played during the week, including a few upsets, which made things interesting. There were some participants at the 29th annual event who had played nearly every year – John Bennett, Bob Duesler, Mel Lewis and Lenny Lindborg, among them – and this tradition adds a special dimension to the tournament.

“One of the highlights of the week was the Awards Banquet, where players selected by the Senior Committee were recognized for their accomplishments during the year. Unfortunately, two of the winners were unable to attend the dinner, but all three received congratulatory applause from their fellow players.

The Desert Circuit, the four tourna-ments, that kick-off the year in Jan-

uary is a senior competitive tradition. The events – the 22nd Monterey Country Club Senior Tournament, with Andy Scorteanu in charge; 18th Plaza Senior Championships (by Ken Agee of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage), that showcased the talents of Kurt and Ana Haggstrom; 29th Palm Springs Tennis Club Senior Championships, featuring Glenn Erickson’s management skills; and the Babolat World Tennis Class-ic (Category II), where Ed Trost and Jayne Robertson earned kudos for their tournament organizing ex-pertise – drew players from around the section, around the country and around the world.

Scorteanu, said of his event, “We were fortunate to host over 150 senior players from all over. We are looking forward to growing the event,

and making it a great experience for all the participants.”

The always enthusiastic Ana Haggstrom offered, “We had the best tournament ever. When the players arrive at the Plaza, it’s like old home week. Friendships are rekindled and new ones are made. I know I’m not supposed to have a favorite, but I can’t help

myself. The party is my time to have fun. We can’t wait to see everyone next year!”

Word from Erickson’s tournament was, “The weather was fabulous. We had a good event.”

Trost also appreciated the conditions. “With unbelievably beautiful weather and the great tennis, this year’s Babolat World

Tennis Classic proved once again, that if you couldn’t be in Melbourne, Australia enjoying the Open, the place for tennis, the last week in January, was Mission Hills Country Club.

“The tournament’s signature par-ties, and an educational seminar hosted by Stryker (featuring Johnny Bench speaking about joint replacement), helped create an atmosphere over and beyond the tennis.”

Tournaments are made memorable by sponsor support. Each of the four has a group that provided 2011

Roz King-Senior Service Award“Roz has been the driving force behind organizing the Women’s Intersectionals for the past few years,

and does a great job appointing captains for the various age groups. She also makes sure that all the necessary arrangements are made for the women traveling to the competition. This year, the event took place on clay in Boca Raton, Florida, where SoCal won three age divisions, and did well in several others.”

Leland Rolling-Player Of The Year“Leland had a very strong year. He was a semifinalist at both Category 2 events in SoCal — the Babolat

and the Pacific Southwest. He won the San Diego District Championships, and reached the round of 16 in the National Men’s 45 Hard Court Championships at Westlake. And even more impressive, he represented the US as a member of the Dubler Cup team, which traveled to New Zealand in February for the World Team Championships. Unfortunately, the devastating earthquake cut short the competition. Luckily all the US players returned safe and sound.”

Tom Bryan-Most Improved Player“Tom has been moving up the standings, and currently is in the top twenty on the Men’s 65 national list.

Locally, he won the San Diego Metro and was a finalist at the La Jolla Championships, having some strong wins along the way. He won both of his singles matches when he represented SoCal at the North/South Challenge Cup.

Leslie Airola-Murveit, Sherri Bronson, Tina Karwasky and Mary Ginnard were Babalot World Tennis Classic

Women’s 55 doubles final contestants.

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backing. Among them was Ken Agee who has played a long-standing role in making the Plaza Senior Championships extraordinary. Trost was grateful for the involvement of Babolat, I-10 Toyota, Buy.com, LU Biscuits and Stryker Orthopedics. Maui Jim, Raw Revolution, KJJZ radio, Nuun, Tennis View magazine and the BNP Paribas Open that were part of the “make the tournament first rate” testimony.

Ana Haggstrom summarized the 2011 Desert Circuit saying, “The energy we get from just watching the players prance around the court at their mature ages is priceless. They seem to come alive when they are here in the desert. The weather during all four tournaments was outstanding this year. You can’t get better than 75 and sunny. That’s why they kept saying ‘It’s like paradise’.”Ana and Kurt Haggstrom

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Southern California has long been the home of USTA national championships.

All have very important places on “must play” calendars. As an example, the National Men’s 45 Hard Court Championships was held at the Westlake Tennis & Swim Club for the eleventh consecutive year. Tony Cowley and Carlos Cruz-Aedo, an SCTA Vice President, said, “Almost 80 players, from 12 states, participated in the event that was staged during ‘perfect-for-tennis’ coastal cool weather conditions. Over all, there were few surprises. Mario Tabares, the No. 1 player in the division from Miami, was rarely challenged. He swept through the field with a display of shot making and consistency that had the crowd applauding frequently.

Doubles was a different story as two 45 ‘rookies’, Brian Cory and Art Hernandez, teamed up for the first time. Their op-ponents hope that it will be a ‘one and done’

pairing. The reason was clear. They defeated John Letts/Bruce Man Son Hing, the former Stanford and UCI stars, who were the 2009 tournament winners, in three sets in the semifinals. In the final, they were 7-6, 6-3 better than Kyle Permut of Great Neck, New York/Tabares.

The Campbell’s National Husband & Wife Combined 100, 120 & 140 competition is the fastest growing national event. The 120s was record setting with 57 teams entering. An additional tournament highlight was the fact participants from 22 states and Canada took part. The winners were: Jennifer Lyons/John Lyons over Teresa Gehrig/Gilbert Schuerholz 6-1, 6-4 in the 100 final. Mas Kimball/Susan Kimball defeated Gary Doi/Kay Doi 7-5, 6-0 in the 120 division. Kathy Bennett/Dick Doss utterly dominated the 140 winning 6-0, 6-0 over Carolyn Henderson/Courtney Henderson.

As is always the case with Solomon events, there was a gourmet buffet luncheon, and an unforgettable dinner/dance. Tickets were provided for certain BNP Paribas Open matches, taking place at the same time across town at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Competitors also received a gift bag with a host of products from Campbell’s, Kraft and Bull Frog. In addition, every female contestant received a Prince warm-up jacket. The men were given a long sleeved performance shirt and a Tennis Channel hat.

Beside the treasured gold balls, the win- ners earned tickets to Hawaii from Ha- waiian Airlines and four-day stays at the newly renovated Wyndham Royal Gardens, in Hon- olulu. Finalists received Maui Jim sunglasses.

Third place and consolation winners, along with finalists were awarded three-day stays a various destination resorts.

According to Steve Solomon, “The Camp-bell’s National Men’s 60 Hard Court Champ-ionships was the biggest and best ever. We had 81 players in the singles draw, and the doubles field had an unbelievable number of good teams.

Larry Turville won the singles, as he had the year before. This time out, he defeated Paul Wulf in the final 6-2, 6-1. In the doubles Brian Cheney/Phil Landauer edged the 2010 champions, Tommy Connell/Tony Dawson, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1.”

“Everyone received great rewards,” Solo-mon continued. “The tournament gave the same gifts that the grass court participants received.”

While this was impressive, the Solomons, as they do with every tournament they run, also contributed funds, raised at the National

Co-tournament Directors Calle Hanse and Chris Dudeck with Art Hernandez, Brian Cory, Mario Tabares, Kyle Permut and Tony Cowley, also a co-Tournament Director

Mas and Susan Kimball, with Gary and Kay Doi and Tournament

Director Steve Solomon

Grass Court and Hard Court Championships, to the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Fund and the Palm Springs USO.

Were Pat Yeomans, a long-time member

of the SCTA Board of Directors, not such a force, National Women’s 90 competition would be in the wilderness. Fortunately, the ladies in this age division spent last

spring playing in lush conditions. Their grass court championships was held at Mission Hills Country Club. The clay court tournament took place at the Los Angeles Tennis Club, and the hard court event was held at the home of senior age group play, the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.

As Yeomans detailed in the Senior News, Mary Mentzer of Ft. Myers, Florida swept the singles and teamed with the inimitable DoDo Cheney, who turned 96 in September.

Most of the contestants were South-ern Californians through and through. Beside Yeomans and Cheney, they in-cluded: Eleanor Harbula, Mary Hill and Judy Stark (who passed away in early December). Everyone tipped their bon- nets to Cynthia Allen. Beginning in 2005, when the players were in the 85 division, Allen arrived in Houston from Mississippi, where the clay court championships was being played, to serve as the unofficial Director of Trans-

portation. This go round, she chauffeured Stark and Yeomans to La Jolla, and ran as-sorted errands for the classic’s cast.

Farmers Classic Tournament Director Bob Kramer and his able staff produced

another impressive event in July. Unseeded Ernests Gulbis, a performer that the supreme judge of talent Pancho Segura said to keep an eye on a few years ago, lived up to the “Watch Him” praise taking the singles title 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 over top seed Mardy Fish. For Mark Knowles, the former Bruin, it was “Old Home Week” as he won the doubles with Xavier Malisse 7-6, 7-6 over Somdev Devvarman and Trent Huey.

The Farmers Classic, presented by Mer-cedes Benz, was much more than great tennis matches. The tournament, which benefits Southern California Tennis Association pro- gramming, held a variety of fan friendly act-ivities. At one, the following high school coaches were honored: Brett Ackerman of Linfield Christian, Eric Biddle of Arlington, Randy Blalock of Palm Desert, Martin Garcia

of Hamilton, Sallie Kane of Bell, John Kessler of University, Travis Kikugawa of View- point, Bud Kling of Palisades Charter, Steve Kuechel of Campbell Hall, A.G. Longoria of Sage Hill, Ronald Machuca of San Marino, Simon Robertshaw of Granada Hills Charter, Sue Sherman of Buckley and Rick Trager of St. Margaret’s. Jim Buck, an SCTA Vice President and husband of Annette, the Director of Adult & Senior Tennis, who was the tennis coach at Van Nuys High School for 33 years before retiring, received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Peter Fleming, the LA men’s tournament winner in 1979, was the Tournament Honoree. William (Bill) Rombeau, was acknowledged for everything that he had done for the game when he served as President of the Southern Cali-fornia Tennis Association. Tracy Austin, Brad Parks and Pam Shriver, International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees, received their commemorative Hall of Fame rings

from Christopher Clouser, Chairman of the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum.

Bob and Mike Bryan earned the year-end No. 1 doubles ranking for a record sev- enth time in the past nine years. The duo, who grew up in Camarillo, won eight titles in 2011, including the Australian Open and Wimbledon, tying them with Todd Wood-bridge/Mark Woodforde with 11 Grand Slam tournament doubles titles.

Even before the season-ending World Tour Finals, the Bryans had already clinched the No. 1 ranking for the eighth time in nine

years. Even more impressive, the Bryans broke John McEnroe’s record of being No. 1 for 270 weeks. On December 12th, they recorded their 271st-week as the best doubles players in the world (which is more than five years). The following day the ITF named the

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Bob and Mike Bryan

Joan Furey, Wilson Fitzgerald, Aris Hovsepian and Cynthia Allen

Mary Mentzer, Dodo Cheney, Pat Yeomans and Judy Stark

Paul and Cheri Wulf with Larry Turville and Kelli Monahan

Tommy Connel, Tony Dawson, Phil Landauer and Brian Cheney

FINAL THOUGHTS

Ernests GulbisPhoto Cynthia Lum

Xavier Malisse and Mark KnowlesPhoto Cynthia Lum

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twins the 2011 World Champions.Not to be overlooked, Vania King, who

does little to draw attention to herself ex-cept go about quietly winning, reached the WTA Year-End doubles championships final in Turkey with partner Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.

Cecil Mamiit, who won the inaugural 2010 US Open National Playoff in South-ern California, was again, the champion of the Sectional Qualifying event. Macall Harkins claimed the women’s title, and Jeff Tarango/Patricia Tarabini captured the mixed doubles honors.

Stan Smith, who developed his game at the famous Pasadena Foothill Tennis Patrons Saturday morning clinics, replaced Tony Trabert, the 1955 Pacific Southwest singles winner the same year he was the amateur game’s top player, as the President of the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum.

Tom Gorman, a former Davis Cup cap-tain and player who is the Director of Tennis at La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST,

was the only American appointed to the International Tennis Federation’s Davis Cup Committee.

Florence Nakao, an active League player, joined the SCTA staff as Con-troller. Steve Riggs was the 2011 Delaine Mast WTT League Director of the Year. Though Ryan Redondo is now the Director of Tennis and the men’s coach at University of the Pacific, he grew up in San Diego and was an All-American at San Diego State. The pride of the District re-ceived the 2011 USTA/ITA Campus and Community Outreach Award.

Greg Hickey said, “The last 12 months have been a whirlwind of activity for the Southern California Tennis Association. Highlights for 2011 include implementation of a new Strategic Plan, a new website and a new committee system utilizing 100

volunteers and staff.“My first year as President would have been

much more difficult without the support of so many in the section. Kathy Willette, an

SCTA Board member, led the Strategic Plan Committee through 10 months of document drafting and redrafting until the Executive

Committee approved it on March 7th. The Plan addresses seven key priorities, including Diversity/Inclusion, Professional Tennis and Human Resources.

“The work of the Communications Com- mittee, led by Bob Shafer, affects the SCTA’s 46,000 members. Since late spring, the Com-mittee has made hundreds of changes to the website. Next year, the plan is to provide a monthly e-Newsletter to SCTA members, which is not only cost effective, but will offer readers more timely information.

“Ellen Ehlers leads the SCTA Junior Ten-nis Council. It is a group that oversees 16,000 junior members. On January 1st, three thousand 10 and Under tournament players will begin competing using different types of low-pressure balls and smaller racquets (depending on the age of a youngster), along with shortened courts and scoring rules.

“In recent years, the Farmers Classic, pre-sented by Mercedes-Benz, has faced financial challenges. However, it has remained a most highly rated ATP event by tennis fans, officials and players. A number of ‘creative’ additions, including concerts and legends

play, have been initiated to make the annual July affair an ‘event.’ In 2012, the tournament, which will take place around the time of the

London Olympics, still promises to be a first-rate tennis experience.

“Finally, I would like to recognize the Jack Kramer Family Foundation. Dedicated to the memory of the legendary player, promoter and tennis advocate, the Foun- dation has made its first donation, for what is to become a six figure Endowment Fund, this past June. The entire Southern California tennis community extends its sincere appreciation to the Kramer family for this wonderful gift.”

With all that took place in 2011 serving as a perfect example of just how good tennis is locally, the coming year holds even more promise, and that is truly exciting.

Vania KingPhoto John Martin, World Tennis Gazzette

Stan SmithPhoto Cheryl Jones

Florence Nakao

Steve RiggsRyan Redondo

Cecil Mamiit Macall Harkins

BOYS’ 14Eduardo Nava d. Brandon Yeoh6-3, 6-4

BOYS’ 16Garcia d. Garrett Auproux2-6, 6-1, 6-4

GIRLS’ 16Elizabeth Profit d. Lauren Marker6-3, 6-1

GIRLS’ 14 DOUBLES (Photo Not Available)Jada Hart/Ena Shibahara d.Paulina Ferrari/Emma Higuchi6-1, 6-3

GIRLS’ 14Kenadi Hance d. Raquel Pedraza6-1, 6-2

BOYS’ 16 DOUBLESAuproux/Tyler Lu d.Jayson Amos/Stefan Doehler6-2, 3-6, 6-2

BOYS’ 18 DOUBLES (November)Jonathan Poon/Seth Stolar (Pictured) d. Rickey Baylon/Caryl Hernandez6-3, 6-3

GIRLS’ 18 DOUBLES (Photo Not Available)Dai/Zoe Katz d. Gabrielle Andrews/Krawczyk (November)Walkover

RESULTS

109th Southern California Junior Sectional Championships

BOYS’ 18Dennis Mkrtchian d. Deiton Baughman6-1, 6-0

BOYS’ 18 DOUBLES (Photo Not Available)Robbie Bellamy/Gregory Garcia d. Denis Nguyen/Curtis Wu (June)6-3, 6-4

GIRLS’ 18 DOUBLES (Photo Not Available)Ashley Dai/Mayo Hibid. Guillermo/Krawczyk (June)6-2, 6-4

GIRLS’ 18Desirae Krawczyk d. Lorraine Guillermo6-3, 7-5

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BOYS’ 10 (Photo Not Available)Brandon Nakashima d. Brett Brinkman6-1, 1-6, 7-6

BOYS’ 10 DOUBLESTristan Boyer/Nakashima d.Stefan Dostanic/Matthew Sah7-5, 6-2

31st K-Swiss Summer Grand Prix Masters Championships

BOYS’12Kento Perera d. Robert Liu6-3, 6-4

BOYS’14Joseph Rotheram d. Victor Cheng7-5, 6-0

BOYS’ 16Kimo Barrere d. Graham Maassen6-1, 6-2

BOYS’18Tomas Aranguiz d. DaymonJohnson7-6, 0-6, 6-0

BOYS’ 12 DOUBLESPereira/Ivan Thamma d.Timothy Sah/Ryan Seggerman1-6, 6-1, 6-4

MIXED 14Brandon Holt/Raquel Pedraza d.Paulina Ferrari/Max Pham9-8(3)

MIXED 12 (Photo Not Available)Grace Danco/Bryce Pereira d.Michael Bott/Isabella Oedekerk8-3

GIRLS’ 12Ryan Peus d. Kayla Day1-6, 6-3, 6-1

GIRLS’ 12 DOUBLES (Photo Not Available)Jessica Anzo/Nnena Nadozie d. KatieChang/Annette Goulak6-1, 6-1

BOYS’ 12Connor Hance d. Bryce Pereira6-3, 6-7, 6-3

GIRLS’ 10 (Photo Not Available)Jennifer Gadalov d. Alexa Ryngler6-1, 6-1

BOYS’ 14 DOUBLESTaylor Fritz/Riley Smith d.Max Pham/Aiku Shintani6-1, 6-4

14th Prince Doubles Grand Prix Masters Championships

25th Central Coast Grand Prix Masters Championships

Boys’ 18Robbie Bellamy/Gregory Garcia-Winners

Joel Garcia/Jakob Karnopp-Finalist

Girls’ 18Zoe Katz/Lauren Stratman-WinnersFrancis Dean/Amber Park-Finalists

Boys’ 16Jake De Vries/Kenny Gea-Winners

Jay Leelavanich/Hank Workman-Finalists

Girls’ 16Melissa Baker/Christine Maddox-Winners

Riley Morgan/Nicole Scotten-Finalists

Boys’ 14Taylor Fritz/Riley Smith-Winners Konrad

Kozlowski/Evan Nguyen-Finalists

Girls’ 14Paulina Ferrari/Ena Shibahara-Winners

Tammy Van/Tracy Van-Finalists

Boys’ 12Roscoe Bellamy/Michael Bott-WinnersBen Goldberg/Connor Rapp-Finalists

Girls’ 12Isabella Draskovic/Katarina Draskovic-Winners

Emily Ackerman/Annette Goulak-Finalists

Boys’ 10Tristan Boyer/Colter Smith-WinnersStefan Dostanic/Matthew Sah-Finalists

Girls’ 10Chloe Bendetti/Eryn Cateyano-Winners

Lisa Wagner/Rachel Wagner-Finalists

BOYS’ 18Daymon Johnson d. Ethan Lopez4-6, 6-4, 6-2

GIRLS’ 18Emily Weisberg d. Victoria Troesch6-3, 6-2

BOYS’ 16Petar Jivkov d. Max Swerdlick6-1, 6-3

GIRLS’ 16Caisey Lee Emery d. Amber Petersen6-2, 6-1

GIRLS’ 12Delaney Roche d. Nicole Mossmer6-3, 6-0

GIRLS’ 14Joy Kim d. Ally McKenzie6-1, 6-2

GIRLS’ 16Ena Shibahara d. Andrea Kevakian6-7, 6-0, 6-3

GIRLS’ 18Suzy Tan d. Sarah Stadfelt6-2, 7-6

BOYS’10Ivan Smith d. Miles Jones6-2, 6-1

GIRLS’ 10Eryn Cayetano d. Chloe Bendetti6-4, 6-0

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7th Desert Cities Grand Prix Masters Championships

BOYS’ 14Bradley Cummins d. Alex Kuperstein6-0, 6-0

BOYS’ 16Jake Yasgoor d. Justin Thompson6-0, 3-0, Retired

BOYS’ 18Nicolas Cummins d. Austin Graham7-6, 6-0

GIRLS’ 14Danielle Garrido d. Alyssa Rudin6-2, 6-1

GIRLS’ 16Dominique Dulski d. Kelly Shaffer6-4, 6-1

GIRLS’ 18Cassidy Branstine d. Andrea Madrigal6-4, 6-2

BOYS’ 10Ethan Ha d. Wally Thayne7-6, 2-6, 6-3

GIRLS’ 10Gracie Mulville d. Monique Savner6-1, 6-2

BOYS’ 14Patrick Corpuz d. Ryan Luong6-4, 7-5

BOYS’ 12Kevin Ha d. Miles Hale7-6, 3-6, 6-3

GIRLS’ 14Mattea Kilstofte d. Sophia Whittle3-6, 7-5, 6-2

GIRLS’ 12Allison Mulville d. Alina Kupchak6-0, 6-1

29th Junior Satellite Masters Championships

BOYS’ 18Mason Lewis d. Mark Herrera6-3, 6-3

GIRLS’ 14Fei Kwan d. Emily Wang7-6, 6-3

BOYS’ 16Justin Thompson d. Victor Han6-1, 6-3

GIRLS’ 12Jennifer Gadalov d. Martina Bocchi6-2, 6-3

BOYS’ 14Alec Dardis d. Jackson Kogan5-7, 6-3, 6-2

GIRLS’ 18Sophie Gunter d. Shenelle Trujillo6-0, 6-2

BOYS’ 12Dimitri Colffer d. Isaac Altuna6-0, 6-3

GIRLS’ 16Lois Ho d. Brooke Ferslov-Jensen7-5, 6-4

BOYS’ 12Kevin Ha d. Jack Pulliam6-1, 6-4

BOYS’ 10Ethan Ha d. Cory Pham6-2, 6-3

GIRLS’ 10Camille Kiss d. Shekinah Daffon6-0, 6-4

GIRLS’ 12Hermehr Singh d. Melanie Eraso6-2, 6-3

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Novice Jamboree

BOYS’ 18/16Mitchell Johnson-WinnerKarlos Covarrubias-Finalist

GIRLS’ 18/16Sarah Maple-WinnerRegina Jimenez-Finalist

BOYS’ 14Ako Okoye-WinnerRonald Griffin-Finalist

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GIRLS’ 14Olivia Ghosh-WinnerBaylee Campbell-Finalist

BOYS’ 12Caleb Salguero-WinnerWilliam Palma-Finalist

GIRLS’ 12Claire Ha-WinnerTirzah Alexander-Finalist

BOYS’ 10Miles Jones d. Sebastian Prokic6-4, 7-6

BOYS’ 8Michael Andre d. Gabriel Borsuk6-0, 6-0

GIRLS’ 10Eryn Cayetano d. Nicole Mossmer6-7, 6-4, 7-6

GIRLS’ 8Lia Cappellari-Winner Maya Pitts-Finalist

125th Open Sectional Championships

125th Senior Sectional Championships

MEN’SLuis Perez d. Chris Kearney3-6, 6-3, 6-3

MEN’S DOUBLESArt Hernandez/Kearney d. Francis Alcantara/Rickey Baylon6-3, 3-6, 10-7

WOMEN’SSylvia Kosakowski d. Cierra Gaytan-Leach6-1, 6-3

WOMEN’S DOUBLESIvana King/Kosakowski d. Jordan Dockendorf/Gaytan-Leach6-2, 6-1

MIXED DOUBLESBaylon/Kosakowski d. Dockendorf/Christopher Ho6-3, 6-2

MEN’S 45Doug Failla d. Bruce Beinlich6-0, 6-2

MEN’S 40James Dao d. Albert Altuna6-7, 7-5, 7-6

BOYS’ 10/8Adam Lynn-WinnerJerry Huang-Finalist

GIRLS’ 10/8Amanda Nance-WinnerKathy Wang-Finalist

MEN’S 50 DOUBLESSteve Dawson/Jay Meyer d. Randy Houston/Roger Hulburt3-6, 6-1, 6-2

MEN’S 50Bill Moss d. Tom Schlack2-6, 6-4, 6-2

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MEN’S 65Richard Ortiz d. Paul Randall6-0, 5-5, Retired

WOMEN’S 50Tracey Thompson d. Margaret Smith6-0, 6-0

MEN’S 65 DOUBLESCraig Edgecumbe/Leo Fracalosy d. Doi/Tad Yukawa6-4, 6-4

MEN’S 60 DOUBLES (Photo Not Available)Tom Bozarth/Gary Doi d. Pete Margarita/Rob Roof6-2, 6-2

MEN’S 80 DOUBLESBud Foran/Wilson Fitzgerald d. Lewis/Martinez de Pison6-4, 6-1

MEN’S 80Mel Lewis d. Emilio Martinez de Pison6-1, 6-1

MEN’S 75 DOUBLESMike Carrico/David Inman (Pictured) d. David Folz/David Frandsen6-2, 6-2

MEN’S 70Pete Gerry d. James Toguchi7-6, 4-6, 6-3

MEN’S 70 DOUBLESGerry/Frank Webster won the Round Robin.

MEN’S 55Don Le Sage d. Houston6-2, 7-6

MEN’S 75Sy Moskowitz d. Fred Ruess4-6, 6-2, 6-2

MEN’S 45 DOUBLESPeter Davidson/Paul Settles d. Thomas Kekalos/Paul Sinuk6-3, 6-2

MOTHER & SON DOUBLESCynthia and Russ Decker (Pictured) d.Mandy and Marco DiAddezio6-3, 6-4

29th Senior Grand Prix Masters Championships

MEN’S 50Tom Schlack d. Pat Rea6-4, 4-6, 6-2

MEN’S 45Thomas Kong d. Doug Failla6-3, 6-2

FATHER & DAUGHTER DOUBLESTom and Drew Spinosa d. Pedro andPaula Chou6-3, 6-3

MEN’S 55Randy Houston d. John Flowers 6-2, 6-3

MEN’S 55 DOUBLESHouston/Randy Berg d. Roger Hulburt/Jerry Naumann 6-3, 5-7, 6-1

MEN’S 60Haig Bedrossian d. Charlie Pina 6-2, 6-4

MEN’S 65Paul Randall d. Tom Bryan6-2, 4-6, 6-4

FATHER & SON DOUBLESAdrian and Charlie Pina d.Bob and Jonathan Jason3-6, 6-1, 6-2

WOMEN’S 55Kandy Chain d. Susan Davis6-2, 6-1

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MEN’S 85Lew Stephenson d. Bob Seymour6-4, 6-0

MEN’S 80 DOUBLESJohn Peterson/Stan Quade d. Emilio Martinez-de Pison/Lewis6-3, 6-0

MEN’S 80Gerry Thomas d. Mel Lewis6-4, 6-2

25th NTRP Sectional Championships

MEN’S 5.5Christopher Criblez d. James Dao6-2, 6-4

MEN’S 4.5 Arthur Chen d. Neal Collins6-4, 6-3

MEN’S 75 DOUBLESSaul Snyder/Don Neuman d.Jim Perley/Chuck Nelson7-6, 5-7, 7-6

MEN’S 4.5 DOUBLESMichael Mehmedbasich/Minh- Quan Tran d. Collins Diana/Arvin Pila6-1 6-3

MEN’S 4.0Robert Le d. Tefft Smith6-1, 4-6, 10-5

MEN’S 75Bob Duesler d. Saul Snyder6-3, 6-4

MEN’S 70 DOUBLESPeter Smith/Bob Jones d. Dick Doss/Lenny Lindborg 6-3, 6-2.

MEN’S 65 DOUBLES (Photo Not Available)Dean Corley/Mike Stewart d. George Balch/Dennis Bowers6-7, 6-4, 6-2

MEN’S 70Bob Ouwendijk d. Bob Jones6-4, 7-6

15th Wheelchair Sectional Championships

OPEN SINGLESAnthony Lara d. Keith Concar6-3, 3-6, 6-4

OPEN DOUBLESBuck/Anthony Lara d. Concar/Todd Hanover2-6, 6-1, 6-3

A SINGLESSimon De Leon d. Tim Kelley6-3, 6-2

B SINGLESHadyanto (Jimmy) Sutandar d. Antonio Vico 6-3, 7-6

A DOUBLESKelley/Rafael Zamarripa d. Richard Draney/Axel Mena6-2, 6-2

C DOUBLESManning/Daniel Michener d. Pasinski/Art Schroeder6-2, 6-4

OPEN QUAD SINGLESRichard Draney d. Zamarripa 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

B DOUBLESSutandar/Vico d. Denise Esrey/Jerry Russell6-4, 6-2

C SINGLESGreg Manning d. Wendy Pasinski 6-2, 7-6

WOMEN’S 4.5Leslie Shuffleton d. Alice Moyo6-1, 6-0

MEN’S 3.5Eugene Kim d. Robert Moore6-3, 7-5

MEN’S 4.0 DOUBLESDavid Elman/David Lubnow d. Gerard Raiti/Shan Wickramasinghe6-0, 6-0

WOMEN’S 4.0Angela Weaver d. Barbara Bailey6-4, 7-6

WOMEN’S 4.0 DOUBLESVannia De La Cuba/Courtney Potkey d.Sandra Cover/Stephanie Dewitt6-4, 6-3

WOMEN’S 3.5Joanna Grabarczyk d. De La Cuba6-4, 2-3, Retired

MIXED 4.5 DOUBLESNeal Collins/Charise Karjala d.Enrique Dondonay/Lynsie Dondonay6-1, 6-1

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