This is an archive of the TennisPensacola.com Top Spins from 2009.

 
December 2009 2010 USPTA Certification Exam Schedule The United States Professional Tennis Association, the world's leader in tennis-teaching certification, provides tennis-teaching professionals with the opportunity to earn the sport's most respected certification by participating in one of more than 165 USPTA Certification Exams scheduled nationwide in 2010. ... (read more...)
 
November 2009 The 1st Annual Communities Caring at Christmas Tennis Classic was held November 20-21, 2009 at Roger Scott Tennis Center in Pensacola, FL. Tournament director Bruce Caton and chairman Jim Sanborn were pleased with the nearly 80 payers who participated in the event. ... (read more...)
 
November 2009 The Club in Gulf Breeze, Brian Sakey hosted the 14th Annual Special Olympics fund raiser on Nov 20-21 with a Pro-Am on Friday evening and a doubles and mixed doubles mixer all day Saturday. Gold Sponsor Sam's Club was instrumental in raising $11,000 for Special Olympics. Sakey had 24 Ams at his Pro-Am on Friday night and more than 40 playing on Saturday.
 
November 2009 Last week (November 16-22) Retsy Wilson of Pensacola traveled to Naples, FL to participate in the USTA National Women's Intersectional Team Championships as part of the Florida 65's team and they won the National Championships 3-2 over Southern California. ... (read more...)
 
November 2009 Thirteen Pensacola area junior tennis players traveled to Mobile, Alabama on November 13-15 to play in the Country Club of Mobile Junior Invitational. ... (read more...)
 
November 2009 The 25th Annual Pensacola City Clay Court Tennis Championships at The Club in Gulf Breeze, FL View the final results HERE.
 
October 2009 Local pros, Michael & Krysta Edge, finished 2^nd at the USTA National Husband/Wife Clay Court Championships this weekend. The tournament was held at the ATP Headquarters in Ponte Vedra, FL.
 
October 2009 Pfeifler, Man take The City Of Gulf Breeze's 39th Annual Sandspur Tennis Tourney ... (read more...)
 
October 2009 Pfeifler Wins Girls 18 Singles and Doubles at Seminole County USTA-FL Fall Sectional. ... (read more...)
 
October 2009 2009 USTA Gulf Breeze Super Series Jr Open. View the final results HERE.
 
September 2009 Bobby Curtis, Jr. Tennis Icon, to Retire from USTA Florida - Legendary Florida junior tennis organizer Bobby Curtis, who has touched the lives of thousands of Florida juniors over the years, ... (read more...)
 
September 2009 2009 USTA PJTA Jr Local Championship in Pensacola, FL at Roger Scott Tennis Center. View the complete results HERE.
 
September 2009 Birk, Broome, Pounders and Wise
Play In The Rosemary Beach NTRP Classic. ... (read more...)
 
September 2009 2009 Pensacola Fall School Junior Team Tennis League Including "Quickstart" gets started. (read more...)
 
September 2009 Day, Diaz and Johnson Win Titles at the 7th Annual Orange Beach Adult Championships in Orange Beach, AL... (read more...)
 
August 2009 The 1st Men's Doubles Summer Classic took place on August 29th & 30th at Shoreline Tennis in Gulf Breeze... (read more...)
 
August 2009 Mixed Doubles Is Baa-aa-aack! - Former UWF All-Americans Geoff Watts and Rick Regan and their partners, Jackie Kasler and Adriana Solarova respectively, faced off in the finals with Regan and Solarova taking top honors 2-6,6-2,6-3. The caliber of play was stellar with the fans erupting in applause on nearly every point. ... (read more...)
 
July 2009 Girl's 18 USTA National Clay Court
Tennis Championships - Gulf Breeze's Jackie Kasler was seeded 17-32 alphabetically at the 192 player Girl's 18 USTA National Clay Court Championships held last week at the Racquet Club of Memphis. ... (read more...)
 
July 2009 The North Florida Junior Designated tennis tournament was held July 18-20 at four different sites in Tallahassee: Jennifer Pfeifler Wins Tallahassee Designated; Stellar Performances turned in by Nowak, Acree, Neuner and Ephron ... (read more...)
 
July 2009 2009 USTA Regionals - Both the ladies and men did VERY well at the Regionals in Tallahassee. Many are headed to Daytona for Sectionals in August ... (read more...)
 
July 2009 Seventy-three players from around Florida and the South, including 24 from the Pensacola area, participated in the Tim Smith Towel Off Super Series Junior Tennis Tournament at the Fort Walton Beach Municipal Tennis Center. ... read more...
 
June 2009 There was some outstanding tennis played by our local junior players at the USTA Sloan Claypit Tournament this weekend at Roger Scott. Checkout the results. Also see more photos of the action in the Sloan Claypit Photo Album in the TP Gallery.
 
June 2009 Good shot, Kathleen! See more action shots from the Summer Slam at The Club this past weekend in the Summer Slam '09 photo album. ...read more...
 
May 2009 Michael Edge, Director of Tennis at Portofino Island Resort on Pensacola Beach, recently accomplished his goal of teaching tennis lessons for 24 straight hours. The event raised $2,300 for the American Cancer Society's "Making Strides for Breast Cancer." ... read more...
 
May 2009 The 2009 Derby Day tennis event went off on schedule Friday and Saturday May 1 and 2 at The Club in Gulf Breeze. If you didn't play, you sure missed a fun event. ... read more...
 
April 2009 The first time Larry Caton Memorial Tennis Tournament was a smashing success! Over $4,000 was raised, 100% of which went straight to Tennis-4-Everyone ... read more...
 
April 2009 The three time Florida Adult Tournament of the Year Helen Drake Invitational was held last Wednesday through Sunday at Tops'l Beach and Racquet Resort in Destin. Two hundred and sixty (260) players from around the South participated in this year's tournament... read more...
 
April 2009 Pensacola tennis players and fans who didn't come out to The Club on Friday and Saturday to watch the Women's 40-50 Clay Court Championships missed some world class tennis to the max. read more...
 
March 2009 The 1st Annual St. Patty's Day Tennis Tournament was held at The Club in Gulf Breeze, FL, Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15. One hundred Eight players participated in a rain drenched men's and women's doubles tournament. read more...
 
March 2009 Local players Retsy Wilson, Craig Broome, Jackie Kasler, Jennifer Pfeifler and Will Neuner all had some great tennis in 3 recent USTA events: the USTA Women's 35-85 Clay Court Championships, the Raymond James Super Senior Grand Prix - USTA Cat. II Men's Tournament and the USTA Junior Spring Sectionals. read more...
 
January 2009 The Club is pleased to announce that Brian Sakey and Geoff Watts have now joined The Club's staff of teaching professionals. read more...
 
January 2009 Congratulations to Ray Cocuy's Men's 5.5 Combo Team for winning the USTA Florida Section Adult Championships this past weekend!!! Extra kudos to Rob Patterson and captain Ray Cocuy for making it through undefeated AND without ever dropping a single set! Visit the TP Photo Gallery to see more fun tennis pics from the championships in Daytona Beach.
 
January 2009 Congratulations to the Pensacola Men and Ladies USTA 7.5 Combo Teams for being finalists in the 2008 Sectional Playoffs held in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 10 & 11, 2009. read more...
 
January 2009 USTA - Scholarship and Incentive Awards: The USTA Serves - Foundation for Academics. Character. Excellence. offers several scholarship and incentive award programs for both college and grades 6-11. Click HERE for more info and applications.