Aussies excel in Super Seniors world champs
Australia enjoyed suucess at the recent ITF Super-Seniors World Individual Championships in Austria, picking up five titles across singles and doubles.
Austria, 23 September 2013 | tennis.com.au
There was plenty of success for Australia at the recent 2013 ITF Super-Seniors World Individual Championships in Austria, with Aussies picking up five titles across singles and doubles.
The event, staged on 15-22 September in the Austrian towns of Poertschach, Klagenfurt and Warmbad-Villach, saw 653 players from 35 countries competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles events in age categories spanning 60-and-over to 85-and-over.
See how the Aussies fared in the final results below:
Women’s 65 Doubles
Carol Campling (AUS)/Petro Kruger (RSA) d Brenda Carter/Betty Wachob (USA) 2-6 7-6(6) [10-4]
Men’s 70 Doubles
Evert Jonsson (SWE)/Jimmy Parker (USA) d Dennis Bindon/Alan Walsh (AUS) 6-2 6-0
Women’s 75 Doubles
Ria Graham/Roz King (USA) d Nola Collins/Joy Rigter (AUS) 6-7(6) 7-5 [10-7]
Men’s 75 Doubles
Peter Froelich (AUS)/King Van Nostrand (USA) d Kevin Crump/Ian King (AUS) 6-1 6-3
Women’s 80 Singles
Muffie Grieve (CAN) d Margaret Robinson (AUS) 6-2 2-6 [10-6]
Women’s 80 Doubles
Margaret Canby (USA)/Muffie Grieve (CAN) d Peg Hoysted/Margaret Robinson (AUS) 2-6 6-2 [10-6]
Mixed 80 Doubles
Margaret Robinson/Max Byrne (AUS) d Anne Williams (GBR)/Robert Barwick (AUS) 4-6 6-1 [10-4]
Men’s 85 Singles
Doug Corbett (AUS) d Michael Novik (RUS) 6-1 6-3
Men’s 85 Doubles
Doug Corbett (AUS)/Angelo Sala (ITA) d Clem Hopp (USA)/Guido Trevisan (ITA) w.o