Tennis champions crowned at The Meadows

By Jen Blanco
| 5:00 a.m. February 25, 2010

East County
Sports

More than 150 seniors from around the world gathered at The Meadows Country Club in Sarasota for the Meadows Super Senior Grand Prix Tennis Tournament Feb. 15-20.

The tournament, sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation, was the sixth stop on the Florida Grand Prix Senior Circuit, drawing 170 players to compete in men’s singles and doubles matches.

Top players from around the world included: Clem Hopp, ranked No. 1 in the world in men’s 80 singles, Joe Bachmann, ranked No. 1 in the United States in men’s 70 singles, and Larry Turville, formerly ranked No. 2 in the world in men’s 55 singles.

Players competed in 13 different age divisions for prize money. This year’s 55 doubles champion was The Meadows Country Club’s own tennis professional Jon Shaw. Other champions and finalists include:

Division: Champion Finalist

55 Singles Larry Turville Anders Johansson

60 Singles Wolfgang Jaeger Allan Thomsun

65 Singles Andrew Gladsen Richard Ferguson

70 Singles Joe Bachmann Ben Varn

75 Singles Oz Winters Dick Crawford

80 Singles Clem Hopp Joe Beeson

85 Singles Richard Collier Robert Klein

55 Doubles Jon Shaw/Larry Turville Joe Gratton/Dan McClure

60 Doubles Frank Bova/George Dalphon Bill Plummer/Arnie Vance

65 Doubles Richard Ferguson/Bill Plummer Richard McGrath/Charles Muntan

70 Doubles Joe Bachmann/Mike Davies Frank Hagelshaw/Leon Kennedy