DOCSLIB.ORG

Spotlight Programs & Scholarships

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Spotlight Programs & Scholarships Volume 11, Issue 4 • 4th Quarter 2011 • USTA Serves Inc. is the National Charitable Foundation of the USTA PROGRAMS THE SERVICE LINE SPOTLIGHT & SCHOLARSHIPS By Mary Carillo Portland After School It was truly a Tennis & Education remarkable US Open for USTA Serves. Danice Brown, executive director of Portland After- Hurricane Irene didn’t School Tennis & Education, Inc. in Portland, Oregon, dampen our spirits has put her “heart and soul” into the program, or our success at our because there is such need in the community. Opening Night Gala. It • In Portand, over 53% of high school students was an unforgettable, do not graduate from high school. In sold-out event with PAST&E, 100% graduate. more than 180 special • Gang activity and violence are on the friends and supporters, increase and at-risk children are vulnerable to including two New York City mayors, one US gang recruitment. In PAST&E, violence is not Senator, my buddy Robin Roberts, and the acceptable behavior. incomparable, Tony Bennett, who shared A record-breaking 11th Annual • Over 84% of the students at James John his 85th birthday with us - a celebration that Opening Night Gala at the US Open Elementary School are on free & reduced included cupcakes, champagne and singing. USTA Serves celebrated the start of the 2011 US lunch. Through PAST&E, all students receive Alec Baldwin did far more than make us Open with its 11th Annual Opening Night Gala, a healthy snack. laugh; he had donors bidding with gusto on honoring the legendary Tony Bennett and ABC’s Wimbledon and Olympic packages and gave us “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts. We all chances to visit him on the set of “30 Rock.” raised $500,000, with the help of our extraordinary We stopped traffic on the Avenue of Aces auctioneer Alec Baldwin, who raised $62,000 in just when 35 of our newest donors joined me to 12 minutes! commemorate the installation of their bricks MORE INFO & PHOTOS » and pavers in our newest neighborhoods. They got to move in with Agassi, McEnroe, Sampras, Look Who Moved into the Lendl and Billie Jean. It is a growing, giving, Neighborhood organic testament to tennis and education, and John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras and Andre next year, it could be you moving in. Agassi joined Billie Jean King to support fundraising Then, we honored the first female president of efforts for USTA Serves on the Avenue of Aces’, a The program is tuition free, but parent/guardians the USTA, Judy Levering, who was instrumental donor-supported brick and paver program at the are required to attend monthly family meetings, in establishing USTA Serves. The Judy USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mary maintain the PAST&E Family Garden, attend all Levering Leadership Initiative was established Carillo, USTA Serves President and Tennis Channel Student/Teacher conferences, turn in their child’s to accelerate the growth, expand the network commentator hosted a celebration, Thursday, report card, and attend their tennis matches. And, and improve the quality of grassroots NJTL September 1 recognizing our latest donors on they are very proud to report that for the past two tennis and education programs nationwide. To the Avenue. Personalizing a brick or paver in your years, they have had 100% participation from all date, we’ve raised close to $300,000 to support favorite player’s neighborhood is a great way to be PAST&E families! local NJTL programs. a part of US Open history, be a neighbor to a great www.pastande.org » champion and a champion of a great cause. I’d like to acknowledge our long-time MORE INFO & PHOTOS » supporters and welcome the new donors and friends we made this year. Welcome to the Champions Series Tour family. And I’d like to thank our USTA Serves Board and our USTA Serves staff, Deborah Slaner Larkin, Jackie Materasso, Karen Ford and Ginalysse Ingles; without them we could not have pulled it off! Dates to Remember Grace Trimble, a 2011 recipient of the Dwight Sep 22- Oct 22 Champions Tour Series F. Davis College Scholarship, recently spoke at the Events USTA Serves Opening Night Gala at the US Open. October 17 2nd Round - Grant A poised young woman from Winchester, Kentucky, Applications Deadline Trimble has a bright future and giving back through December 7 USTA Serves Board of USTA Serves and the Champions Series have tennis is definitely in her DNA. At the age of 17, Directors Meeting teamed up in an effort to improve the quality of life Trimble founded Smart Shots, a National Junior 2012 among our nation’s youth and people with disabilities Tennis and Learning non-profit organization that through the integration of tennis and education. enhances the lives of underserved youth in Central January 13-15 Community Tennis Youth from local programs will be featured on center Kentucky through tennis and education. Since its Development Workshop court at each tournament site and monies raised inception in 2009, Smart Shots has grown from by USTA Serves at each Champions Series event serving eight children to more than fifty on a weekly will go back to local communities to fund tennis and basis. Trimble is an incoming freshman at the Donate or Contact Us education programs. You can help support these University of Kentucky where she is also a member USTA Serves Mary Carillo, President efforts throughout the year: Text SERVES to 80888 of the women’s tennis team. 70 West Red Oak Lane to make a $10 donation. Reply YES to confirm your MORE » White Plains, NY 10604 donation. Donations are tax deductible. P 914 696 7223 • F 914 697 2307 [email protected] | www.USTAServes.com MORE INFO & PHOTOS » What five past US Open champions have a neighborhood on the Avenue of Aces, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center? find the answer here » The mission of USTAServes is to support, monitor and promote programs that enhance the lives www.USTAServes.com of at-risk children and individuals with disabilities through the integration of tennis and education. .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Doubles Final (Seed)
    2016 ATP TOURNAMENT & GRAND SLAM FINALS START DAY TOURNAMENT SINGLES FINAL (SEED) DOUBLES FINAL (SEED) 4-Jan Brisbane International presented by Suncorp (H) Brisbane $404780 4 Milos Raonic d. 2 Roger Federer 6-4 6-4 2 Kontinen-Peers d. WC Duckworth-Guccione 7-6 (4) 6-1 4-Jan Aircel Chennai Open (H) Chennai $425535 1 Stan Wawrinka d. 8 Borna Coric 6-3 7-5 3 Marach-F Martin d. Krajicek-Paire 6-3 7-5 4-Jan Qatar ExxonMobil Open (H) Doha $1189605 1 Novak Djokovic d. 1 Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-2 3 Lopez-Lopez d. 4 Petzschner-Peya 6-4 6-3 11-Jan ASB Classic (H) Auckland $463520 8 Roberto Bautista Agut d. Jack Sock 6-1 1-0 RET Pavic-Venus d. 4 Butorac-Lipsky 7-5 6-4 11-Jan Apia International Sydney (H) Sydney $404780 3 Viktor Troicki d. 4 Grigor Dimitrov 2-6 6-1 7-6 (7) J Murray-Soares d. 4 Bopanna-Mergea 6-3 7-6 (6) 18-Jan Australian Open (H) Melbourne A$19703000 1 Novak Djokovic d. 2 Andy Murray 6-1 7-5 7-6 (3) 7 J Murray-Soares d. Nestor-Stepanek 2-6 6-4 7-5 1-Feb Open Sud de France (IH) Montpellier €463520 1 Richard Gasquet d. 3 Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5 6-4 2 Pavic-Venus d. WC Zverev-Zverev 7-5 7-6 (4) 1-Feb Ecuador Open Quito (C) Quito $463520 5 Victor Estrella Burgos d. 2 Thomaz Bellucci 4-6 7-6 (5) 6-2 Carreño Busta-Duran d.
    [Show full text]
  • Antiguos Oficiales De La Federación Internacional De Tenis 97
    Constitution d’ ITF LIMITED 2018 Publicado por la Federación Internacional de Tenis CONSTITUCION DE ITF LTD BANK LANE ROEHAMPTON LONDON SW15 5XZ UK TEL: +44 (0)20 8878 6464 ITF LIMITED 2019 FAX: +44 (0)20 8878 7799 (Versión en vigencia el 27 de septembre de 2019) WEB: WWW.ITFTENNIS.COM QUE OPERA COMO REGISTERED ADDRESS: PO BOX N-272, NASSAU, BAHAMAS LA FEDERATION INTERATIONAL DE TENIS Escritura, Artículos y Estatutos de Constitución de ITF LIMITED Que opera como la Federación Internacional de Tenis 2019 (Versión en vigencia el 27 de septiembre de 2019) ÍNDICE Página número Escritura de Constitución 4 Estatutos de Constitución 1 Interpretación 7 2 Categorías de afiliación 8 3 Solicitudes de afiliación 9 4 Renuncia, suspensión de afiliación, terminación de afiliación y expulsión 12 5 Readmisión de socios 13 6 Suscripciones 14 7 Asociaciones regionales 14 8 Organizaciones reconocidas 16 9 Acciones nominativas 17 10 Transferencia de acciones nominativas 18 11 Derechos de voto exclusivos para los socios de clase B 18 12 Votaciones de los miembros afiliados 19 13 El Consejo 19 14 Asambleas o juntas anuales (ordinarias) 20 15 Asambleas generales (extraordinarias) 21 16 Aviso para asambleas generales 21 17 Aviso de resoluciones 22 18 Conducta de las asambleas generales 22 19 Composición del Consejo de Administración 26 20 El Presidente de la Compañía 27 21 Nominación, elección y condiciones de servicio de los directores 28 22 Facultades y obligaciones de los directores 31 23 Procedimientos del Consejo de Administración 33 24 Oficiales 34 25 Comités
    [Show full text]
  • Grand Slam Singles Title Leaders
    OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLE LEADERS SERENA WILLIAMS 23 STEFANIE GRAF 22 CHRIS EVERT 18 MARTINA NAVRATILOVA 18 MARGARET COURT 11 GRAND SLAMS Grand Slam Champions The Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open are the four Grand Slam tournaments. Winning the title at each major in the same year is known as the “Grand Slam”. Three women have completed the singles Grand Slam in a calendar year: 1953 – Maureen Connolly; 1970 – Margaret Court; 1988 – Stefanie Graf. A further seven women have won each Grand Slam singles title at least once in their careers (known as the career Grand Slam): Doris Hart, Shirley Fry, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, with Navratilova (1983-84) and Williams (2002-03, 2014-15) holding all four titles at the same time. Australia’s Margaret Court holds the record for all-time Grand Slam singles titles (men or women) with 24 titles, ahead of Serena Williams, who holds the Open Era record with 23 Grand Slam singles titles. In the Open Era, eight women have won three of the four Grand Slam titles: Lindsay Davenport, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Justine Henin, Martina Hingis, Angelique Kerber, Hana Mandlikova, Monica Seles and Virginia Wade. All-Time Grand Slam Singles Titles Leaders PLAYER (NAT) AO RG WIMB US TOTAL Margaret Court (AUS) 11 5 3 5 24 Serena Williams (USA) 7 3 7 6 23 Stefanie Graf (GER) 4 6 7 5 22 Helen Wills Moody (USA) 4 8 7 19 Chris Evert (USA) 2 7 3 6 18 Martina Navratilova (USA) 3 2 9 4 18 Billie Jean King (USA) 1 1 6 4 12 Maureen Connolly
    [Show full text]
  • August 7, 2020 Alan Lindy Lindy Communities 309 Old York Rd
    August 7, 2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Alan Lindy Gary Williams, Chairman Lindy Communities L. Alexander Hamilton III, Vice Chairman 309 Old York Rd, #211 James Shinehouse, Treasurer Jenkintown, PA 19046 Ned Rahn, Secretary and Legal Counsel BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dear Carolyn and Alan, Valarie Allen Mark Arrington Jonathan Bari I hope this note finds you healthy and well. Christine Beck Evan T. “Terry” Booker Ned S. Borowsky As a key stakeholder of Legacy Youth Tennis and Education, your consistent and David Broida impactful support is more critical now than ever. As you know, we had planned on Bruce Ficken hosting one of our biggest and best Annual LEGACY Benefits ever, honoring the Marion Halliday Mary Ellen Krober, Esq. legendary Billie Jean King and the Philadelphia Freedoms, however, things changed Alan Lindy quickly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Trevor McAndrew Maria McGarry We made the difficult decision to cancel the Benefit. However, our important work with Adam Meinstein Donna Murasko, Ph.D. young people must continue, even during these financially challenging times. We Heather Palmer created virtual learning and engagement for our participants. Honoring all state, local Orlando Rendon and USTA guidelines, we have opened our doors safely with mini tennis camps and Out of Lee Rudy Steven C. Savran School Time programming at our Center and Community Tennis programming at Lauren Shipley neighborhood sites across Philadelphia. Currently, we are preparing for safe fall Jonathan Spergel, Esq. programming. Henry J. Stursberg Stephanie Warnock Peter Zilper To honor and recognize your generous sponsorship, we will: ADVISORY BOARD • Provide temporary Naming Rights at both the Garden Court and Hunting Park Kenneth J.
    [Show full text]
  • NYJTL Appoints Joe Ceriello Cary Leeds Center Interim General
    58-12 Queens Boulevard, Ste 1 347.417.8100 Woodside, NY 11377 www.nyjtl.org Board of Directors Chairman Martin S. Goldberg NYJTL Appoints Joe Ceriello Vice Chairman Tory Kiam Cary Leeds Center Interim General Manager Vice Presidents Carlos Cuevas Steven Simkin For Immediate Release Treasurer Robert Horne New York (August 30) – Joe Ceriello, who developed extensive experience in facilities and program management with the United States Tennis Association (USTA), has been appointed Secretary Polly Scott Interim General Manager of the NYJTL Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning, it was President & CEO announced today by NYJTL President and CEO Deborah Antoine. Deborah Antoine “We are so fortunate that Joe has joined the NYJTL team at this time, Cary Leeds,” said Gary Brody Yvonne Buysman Antoine. “It is just one year since the Leeds Center opened, and Joe brings a wealth of Karen Chaikin David N. Dinkins experience from all aspects of the tennis industry. He will be the perfect complement to Craig Effron further position the Cary Leeds Center for new growth and expansion”. Howard Endelman Robert H. Harrison Karen Ikeda Ceriello will oversee NYJTL’s $26.5 million flagship community and tennis center in the heart of Miki Kagan Kyle Kliegerman Crotona Park finalizing the completion of the two new stadium courts later this fall. Deborah Slaner Larkin Fay Ann Lee Laurence Leeds He will be responsible for overseeing daily operations, programming and marketing for the Arlene Maidman center’s 22 tennis courts, including 10 covered for year-round play, and a community center Bruce Manson Randy Master with classrooms.
    [Show full text]
  • Hall of Fame 2019
    USTA EASTERN TO INDUCT TENNIS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2019 Kit Byron, Bid Goswami, Nick Greenfield and Carole Wright are this year’s inductees WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., (April 17, 2019) – USTA Eastern will induct four exemplary individuals into its Tennis Hall of Fame during a ceremony to be held Thursday, April 25th at the New Yorker Hotel in New York, N.Y. “Induction into the USTA Eastern Hall of Fame is our organization’s highest honor,” said USTA Eastern Executive Director and CEO Jenny Schnitzer. “Our four recipients have dedicated their lives to growing and enriching tennis in our region. Their achievements are vast and varied, and their contributions are innumerable. We are thrilled to celebrate their legacies and formally recognize each of them for a lifetime of service to the sport.” The members of the USTA Eastern 2019 Hall of Fame Class are: Kit Byron, a renowned tennis coach and club owner in the Eastern section. Byron helped develop and transform the games of over 150 juniors who would go on to become Eastern, USTA and WTA-ranked players, including former world No. 10 and two-time French Open Quarterfinalist Kathleen Horvath and French Open Quarterfinalists Terry Phelps and Melissa Brown. Today, Byron oversees 600 juniors and 450 adult players at Rye Racquet, the club he has owned since 1995. Bid Goswami, the head coach of the Columbia University men’s tennis team since 1982. Among the most successful coaches in college tennis history, Goswami has led Columbia to 13 NCAA tournament appearances and 13 Ivy League Championship titles—including the last five from 2014-18.
    [Show full text]
  • Vol. 3 Issue 2 1St Quarter.8
    VOLUME 4 # ISSUE 2 # 2ND QUARTER 2004 From Pam Shriver High School Scholars Get Foundation Dollars As usual, in the middle of the year so much is The USTA Tennis & Education Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2004 College happening around the tennis courts of the world. Educational Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to financially disadvantaged high school The Grand Slam season is in full bloom with new seniors who will be entering their first year of college and who have excelled academically, participated players and perennial favorites. At the Foundation, extensively in a USTA or other organized tennis programs, and performed significant community service. we cheer especially for the members of our The Dwight F. Davis Memorial Scholarship, a $10,000 award named after the founder of the Davis Cup, Professional Player Advisory Council who are was given to Cedric Hines of Newport News, Virginia. This scholarship was funded by the late Dwight playing on the tour because they support the children F. Davis, III, and his widow, AnneMarie. who benefit from our programs and scholarships. The Dwight Mosley Scholarships, named in memory of a USTA board member, were given to Veronica of Atlanta, Georgia, and Paul Quintela of Hobbs, New Mexico. Both Veronica and Paul will While the high profile tennis players are playing Maxam be given $10,000 toward their college educations. in Wimbledon and the US Open, our eyes also are The Eve Kraft Education and College Scholarships, named after a lifelong champion of recreational tennis, focused on kids who are taking to the courts, as were given to Jesse Bridley of Pine City, Minnesota, and Samantha Tremblay of East Longmeadow, well as participating in reading clubs and tutoring Massachusetts.
    [Show full text]
  • Massmutual Partners with USTA T&EF in College Scholarship Program
    VOLUME 4 # ISSUE 1 # 1ST QUARTER 2004 MassMutual Partners With USTA T&EF in College Scholarship Program More than $500,000 to be Awarded Nationwide During the Next Three Years MassMutual Financial Group has joined the USTA Tennis & Education education. MassMutual’s partnership with the USTA Tennis and Education Foundation’s College Scholarship program to fund a total of $525,000 in college Foundation is a natural outgrowth of our more than decade-long affiliation with scholarships over the next three years. Beginning with graduating high school the US Open as a corporate sponsor of that event and of the US Open Junior seniors in the “Class of 2005,” thirty-five $5,000 scholarships (two per USTA Championship.” Section) will be awarded annually by the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Since 1995, the USTA T&EF has awarded $760,000 in scholarships. The Company (MassMutual) to students who demonstrate academic excellence, tennis application process includes input from each USTA Section, which ranks candi- participation and expertise, and community service. dates from their respective region, and forwards the The MassMutual-USTA Tennis & Education applications along with their recommendations to the Foundation scholarship program builds upon Foundation Scholarship Committee. Led by MassMutual’s existing $250,000 annual Scholars Foundation Board Member Barbara S. Wynne, the Program and partners two organizations that share Committee, along with USTA National staff, reviews similar goals: encouraging academic achievement each applicant’s grades, essay, financial need, commu- and ensuring educational opportunities for disadvantaged, at-risk youth. nity service involvement, participation in USTA tennis programs and letters of MassMutual will provide $175,000 each year under the terms of the three-year recommendation before making their determinations.
    [Show full text]
  • View the 2020 National Dog Show Program
    The National Dog Show Hosted by A Thanksgiving Tradition NOVEMBER 14 & 15, 2020 Broadcast at Noon Thanksgiving Day November 26 WELCOME Welcome to the National Dog Show hosted by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia. On behalf of the members of the Kennel Club of Philadelphia, I thank you for joining us today as we once again celebrate showing purebred dogs in the Philadelphia area. The show was founded in 1879 and became an annual event in 1933. The Kennel Club of Philadelphia proudly supports a number of canine related organizations and has donated over $500,000 to these groups in the past 5 years. The National Dog Show, airing annually on Thanksgiving Day at noon on NBC, has been thrilling dog lovers ever since it began in 2002, and we estimate that since then, one quarter of a billion people have watched! Enjoy the dog show, and let us know about your experience at www.facebook.com/ kennelclubofphiladogshows/. Happy Thanksgiving! WATCH THE Wayne Ferguson, President Kennel Club of Philadelphia NATIONAL DOG SHOW THANKSGIVING DAY HOSTED BY AT NOON, NOVEMBER 26, ON NBC. 1 personnel will not have access to the premises of viewers over Thanksgiving weekend, delivering WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR? the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa. its third-best score in total viewers since the first Still, dog shows have been organized around the broadcast in 2002. The show is part of a five-hour country throughout the summer and many of the block of family programming on NBC, offering EXPECT ANOTHER GRAND CELEBRATION best dogs in America live with their owners and the country’s 65 million pet-owning households a OF THE CANINE, MAN’S BEST FRIEND handlers in the northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
    [Show full text]
  • NBC Telecast Hosts John O'hurley, David Frei, Mary Carillo Return
    *Images available The two-legged stars of the Beverly Hills Dog Show Inarguably, the dogs are the stars for the Beverly Hills Dog Show, with some Hollywood red carpet television and movie stars sprinkled in. But the folks hosting the national telecast on NBC also have come to have considerable star power amongst millions of dog show fans all over the country. This is the fourth year of the Beverly Hills Dog Show Presented by Purina and hosted by the Kennel Club of Beverly Hills, and once again this year, John O’Hurley and David Frei, the co-hosts, and Mary Carillo, the features reporter, have come to California this spring to be a part of this show, just as they have been with the hugely successfully and widely-watched National Dog Show Presented by Purina, and televised in Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Day for the past 18 years. When they are done with their work, the 2020 Beverly Hills Dog Show Presented by Purina will premiere on Sunday, May 17, from 8:00-10:00PM ET/PT. The broadcast will re-air on NBCSN throughout the year in 2020. All three of them manage to stay busy between their Beverly Hills appearances and their National Dog Show work. John O’Hurley John O’Hurley, while he continues to make an indelible role with the National Dog Show and the Beverly Hills Dog Show, will probably always be best known as J. Peterman on “Seinfeld,” now the #1 syndicated show in the world. John won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work on the show, now the #1 syndicated show in the world.
    [Show full text]
  • Teams by Year
    World TeamTennis - teams by year 1974 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: DENVER RACQUETS EASTERN DIVISION Atlantic Section Baltimore Banners: Byron Bertram, Don Candy, Bob Carmichael, Jimmy Connors, Ian Crookenden, Joyce Hume, Kathy Kuykendall, Jaidip Mukerjea, Audrey Morse, Betty Stove. Boston Lobsters: Pat Bostrom, Doug Crawford, Kerry Melville, Janet Newberry, Raz Reid, Francis Taylor, Roger Taylor, Ion Tiriac, Andrea Volkos, Stephan Warboys. New York Sets: Fiorella Bonicelli, Carol Graebner, Ceci Martinez, Sandy Mayer, Charlie Owens, Nikki Pilic, Manuel Santana, Gene Scott, Pam Teeguarden, Virginia Wade, Sharon Walsh. Philadelphia Freedoms: Julie Anthony, Brian Fairlie, Tory Fretz, Billie Jean King, Kathy Kuykendall, Buster Mottram, Fred Stolle. COACH: Billie Jean King Central Section Cleveland Nets: Peaches Bartkowicz, Laura DuPont, Clark Graebner, Nancy Gunter, Ray Moore, Cliff Richey, Pat Thomas, Winnie Wooldridge. Detroit Loves: Mary Ann Beattie, Rosie Casals, Phil Dent, Pat Faulkner, Kerry Harris, Butch Seewagen, Lendward Simpson, Allan Stone. Pittsburgh Triangles: Gerald Battrick, Laura DuPont, Isabel Fernandez, Vitas Gerulaitis, Evonne Goolagong, Peggy Michel, Ken Rosewall. COACH: Ken Rosewall Toronto/Buffalo Royals: Mike Estep, Ian Fletcher, Tom Okker, Jan O’Neill, Wendy Overton, Laura Rossouw. WESTERN DIVISION Gulf Plains Section Chicago Aces: Butch Buchholz, Barbara Downs, Sue Eastman, Marcie Louie, Ray Ruffels, Sue Stap, Graham Stilwell, Kim Warwick, Janet Young. Florida Flamingos: Mike Belkin, Maria Esther Bueno, Mark Cox, Cliff Drysdale, Lynn Epstein, Donna Fales, Frank Froehling, Donna Ganz, Bettyann Stuart. Houston EZ Riders: Bill Bowrey, Lesley Bowrey, Cynthia Doerner, Peter Doerner, Helen Gourlay- Cawley, Karen Krantzcke, Bob McKinley, John Newcombe, Dick Stockton. Minnesota Buckskins: Owen Davidson, Ann Hayden Jones, Bob Hewitt, Terry Holladay, Bill Lloyd, Mona Guerrant Wendy Turnbull.
    [Show full text]
  • GRAND SLAMS Grand Slam Champions
    OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLE LEADERS AO RG WIM USO SERENA 7 3 7 6 WILLIAMS 23 STEFANIE 4 6 7 5 GRAF 22 CHRIS 2 7 3 6 EVERT 18 MARTINA 3 2 9 4 NAVRATILOVA 18 MARGARET 4 3 1 3 COURT 11 GRAND SLAMS Grand Slam Champions The Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open are the four Grand Slam tournaments. Winning the title at each major in the same year is known as the “Grand Slam”. Three women have completed the singles Grand Slam in a calendar year: 1953 – Maureen Connolly; 1970 – Margaret Court; 1988 – Stefanie Graf. A further seven women have won each Grand Slam singles title at least once in their careers (known as the career Grand Slam): Doris Hart, Shirley Fry, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, with Navratilova (1983-84) and Williams (2002-03, 2014-15) holding all four titles at the same time. Australia’s Margaret Court holds the record for all-time Grand Slam singles titles (men or women) with 24 titles, ahead of Serena Williams, who holds the Open Era record with 23 Grand Slam singles titles. In the Open Era, eight women have won three of the four Grand Slam titles: Lindsay Davenport, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Justine Henin, Martina Hingis, Angelique Kerber, Hana Mandlikova, Monica Seles and Virginia Wade. All-Time Grand Slam Singles Titles Leaders PLAYER (NAT) AO RG WIMB US TOTAL Margaret Court (AUS) 11 5 3 5 24 Serena Williams (USA) 7 3 7 6 23 Stefanie Graf (GER) 4 6 7 5 22 Helen Wills Moody (USA) 4 8 7 19 Chris Evert (USA) 2 7 3 6 18 Martina Navratilova (USA) 3
    [Show full text]