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June 07, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 65
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

When It Was …

Men's 3.5 -- Dave Houck/Robert Seferian def. Pete Clark/Andy Dion 6-4, 6-4; Women's 4.5 -- Julie Child/Michelle Clark def. Lori Bergmann/Pam Byrd 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Men's 3.0 -- John Maleski/Bob Sack def. Andrew Smith/Henry Simms 6-0, 5-7, 6-1.

... Was: The Banana Open 2000

Three-setters Rule the Day

THE BANANA OPEN -- Sailing into the Finals Sunday

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via Jackie Reynecke) -- Three-setters piled upon three-setters as The Banana Open slid through most of its quarterfinals and semifinals today at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center. Play will resume early Sunday and wrap up in the afternoon.

Here are today's results -- minus a couple late matches and some corrections from Friday. Players are from Hilton Head Island unless otherwise noted:

Men's Open Singles -- Round Robin 2 -- Steve Brady, Bluffton, d. Thomas Clement, Paris, France 6-4; 6-3

Men's Open Doubles -- Round Robin 2 -- Steve Brady, Bluffton - Scott Reznich d. John Jamieson, Alpharetta, GA - Will Jamieson, Alpharetta, GA 6-0; 6-0

Men's 3.0 Singles -- Round Robin 2 -- Greg Galvin, Bluffton, d. Todd Offen 6-0; 6-2; Don Morda d. John Parente, Bluffton, 6-3; 6-7(2); 7-5

Men's 3.0 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Mike Block - Gary Lauderdale d. Ray Hardy - Bruce Taylor 6-1; 6-0; Stedman Calvaresi - Denny Leinberger, Bluffton, d. Tom Larkin - Richard Santa Maria 6-2; 3-6; 6-3

Men's 3.5 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Josef Fodor d. Todd McGlamery 6-4; 6-1; David Martin, Saline, MI d. Jack Abernathy 6-3; 6-0; Philip Manigo, Walterboro, d. Robert Stockfisch 7-5; 6-4; James Combs, Beaufort, d. Chris Schmidt 7-6(5); 6-4; Semifinals -- Martin d. Fodor 6-2; 6-1; Manigo d. James Combs 7-5; 6-3

Men's 3.5 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Dave Dockum, - Jerry Jebo d. Steve Halpern - John Lewis 6-2; 6-1; Philip Manigo, Walterboro, - Mike Upchurch, Walterboro, d. Mark Carver, Savannah, - Allen Phan, Savannah, 6-2; 6-1; Bill Cale - Harold Stephens d. Scott Bernsten - Tom Werner 2-6; 6-0; 7-6(8); Alan Howell, Lexington, - George Walter, Kennesaw, GA d. Curtis Battistelli - Timothy Ryan 3-6; 6-4; 6-4; Semifinals -- Dockum - Jebo d. Manigo - Upchurch 6-4; 6-4

Men's 4.0 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Brian Casey def. Roy Farne 7-6(6), 6-7(7), 6-3; Quarterfinals -- Henry Morales d. Don DeGregoria 6-2; 6-4; Kyle Christensen, Hixson, TN d. Brian Casey 7-5; 6-1; David Hayes d. Rich Silver, Daufuskie Island, 6-7(5); 6-2; 6-2; Johnny Philoxene d. Terry Ashley, Baraboo, WI 7-6(2); 3-0 Ret (inj); Semifinals -- Morales d. Christensen 6-4; 6-4; Hayes d. Philoxene 6-2; 7-5

Men's 4.0 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Kevin McGuire, Beaufort, - Henry Morales d. David Camma - Robert Seferian 6-3; 6-3;

David Hayes - Derrick Williams d. Dave Dockum - Jerry Jebo 3-6; 6-3; 6-2

Men's 4.5 Singles -- Semifinals -- Eddie Goodson d. Bill McAbee 6-3; 6-2; Todd Holway, Bluffton, d. Bob Cooke 1-6; 6-1; 7-6(5)

Men's 4.5 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Eddie Goodson - Hank Iannuzzi d. David Martin, Saline, MI - Robert Martin, Saline, MI 3-6; 7-5; 6-4; Evan Bromley, Bluffton, - Mike Uchno d. Wes Breinich - Joe MacDermant 6-4; 6-2; Tapi Hayrinen - Ken Horup d. Kevin McGuire, Beaufort, - Matthew Straut, Beaufort, 6-4; 5-7; 6-3; Semifinals -- David Camma - Bobby Tillison d. Goodson - Iannuzzi 6-3; 6-4; Bromley - Uchno d. Hayrinen - Horup 6-3; 7-6(6)

Men's 5.0 Singles -- Round Robin 2 -- Bill McAbee d. Tapi Hayrinen Ret (quit); Joe MacDermant d. Bob Cooke w/o

Mixed 2.5 Doubles -- Round Robin 2 -- Bob Blohm, Bluffton, - Sharon Saupp, Bluffton, d. Fred Cyran, Evans, GA - Sharon Cyran, Evans, GA 6-3; 6-3; Frank Roberts - Lisa Roberts d. Leslie Ford - Andy O'Donnell 4-6; 6-3; 7-5

Mixed 3.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Ron Tucker, Beaufort, - Sandy Tucker, Beaufort, d. Bill Crabtree, - Susan Ramsey 6-1; 6-1; Patti Trobaugh - Tom Trobaugh d. Bernie Moscovitz, Beaufort, - Clare Taylor, Beaufort, 6-0; 6-4; Joe Dimaria - Teri Rohan d. Ray Hardy - Mary Martel 6-0; 7-6(4); 6-2; Gwen Ludvigsen - Bruce Taylor d. Bob Hand - Brenda Hand 7-6(3); 3-6; 6-3; Semifinals -- Tucker - Tucker d. Trobaugh - Trobaugh 3-6; 6-1; 7-5

Mixed 3.5 Doubles -- Quarterfinals --Christine Clark - Harold Stephens d. Brian Casey - Yza Shady 6-2; 6-0; Julie Jilly - Timothy Ryan d. Joanne Ferry - Steve Halpern 4-6; 7-6(4); Ret (ill); Martha Upchurch, Walterboro, - Mike Upchurch, Walterboro, d. Curtis Battistelli - Valerie Parsons 3-0; Ret (inj); Justin Francis - Penny Ruckno d. Cindy Knight, Savannah, - Allen Phan, Savannah, 6-2; 7-5; Semifinals -- Francis - Ruckno d. Upchurch - Upchurch 6-4; 6-7(3); 6-3

Mixed 4.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Caroline Greenwood - Mike Kline d. Todd Offen - Wendy Watanabe, Bluffton, 6-0; 6-1; Alan Howell, Lexington, - Jill Swanker d. Anne McClintock - Rich Silver, Daufuskie Island, 7-5; 6-1; Kent James - Meg James d. Alan Blake, Lilburn, GA - Debra Blake, Lilburn, GA 6-3; 6-3; George Walter, Kennesaw, GA - Jill Walter, Kennesaw, GA d. Virginia Crutchley - Don DeGregoria 6-1; 6-3

Women's 2.5 Singles -- Round Robin 2 -- Lynsey Rini d. Lynda Halpern 6-1; 6-1

Women's 3.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Heather Rath - Teri Rohan d. Penny Brissenden - Linda Ginsburg 6-2; 6-2;

Amy Abernathy - Fran Parker d. Doreen Miller, Bluffton, - Laura Perkins 7-5; 6-1; Mary Clark - Patty Diggs, d. Sharon Cyran, Evans, GA - Gwen Ludvigsen 6-2; 6-1; Erin Knutson - Libby O'Regan d. Lynda Halpern - Jan Iannuzzi 6-3; 7-5; Semifinals --

Abernathy - Parker d. Rath - Rohan 6-3; 4-6; 6-4; Clark - Diggs d. Knutson - Libby O'Regan 6-2; 6-0

Women's 3.5 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Kerri Cooke d. Nancy Warner 6-4; 6-1; Christine Clark d. Valerie Parsons 6-1; 7-5; Anneliza Itkor d. Megan Tracey, Bluffton, 7-5; 6-2; Jill Locker d. Gary Sabbatino 6-3; 6-0; Semifinals -- Clark d. Cooke 5-7; 6-3; 6-2; Locker d. Anneliza Itkor 6-4; 6-2

Women's 3.5 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Kerri Cooke - Jill Locker d. Linda Chancio - Alene DeLoach 7-6(9); 6-0; Amy Abernathy - Karen Benedict, Bluffton, d. Jane Allen - Carolyn Kraus, Bluffton, 6-0; 6-4; Joanne Ferry - Linda Richards d. Cathy McGill, Beaufort, - Dawn Richard, Beaufort, 7-5; 6-1; Jennifer Lozan - Gary Sabbatino d. Judi Casey - Cynny Evanisko 7-6(4); 6-0; Semifinals -- Ferry - Richards d. Lozan - Sabbatino 6-4; 6-3

Women's 4.0 Singles -- Semifinals -- Donna Bierschenk, Bluffton, d. Alice Boland, Beaufort, 6-0; 6-0; Keli Greenwood, Atlanta, GA d. Wendy Watanabe, Bluffton, 6-1; 6-3

Women's 4.0 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Donna Bierschenk, Bluffton, - Keli Greenwood, Atlanta, GA d. Jackie Reynecke - Jill Walter, Kennesaw, GA 6-3; 6-1; Carol Fitch, Salem, VA - Marsha Grey, Salem, VA d. Debra Blake, Lilburn, GA - Susan Royal, Lilburn, GA 6-1; 6-7(8); 6-1

Women's 5.0 Doubles -- Round Robin 2 -- Mary Jackson - Billie Trotter d. Carol Fitch, Salem, VA - Marsha Grey, Salem, VA 6-1; 6-2

Singles at 10 a.m. Sunday

Two Weekends, Two Finals, Same Players: Cecil vs. Logar … This Time at Van der Meer

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via VdM's Justyn Schelver) -- Last Sunday in the Palmetto Pro Open in Sumter, Mallory Cecil of Spartanburg went three sets to defeat her opponent Theresa Logar. It was the first pro circuit final for both players. Sunday at 10 a.m., the two will face off in the finals of the Kaelin/Diadora Championships at Van der Meer Tennis Center. Admission is free to spectators.

Cecil was last Sunday's match 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4. She defeated Megan Moulton-Levy 6-3, 6-0 to advance to the final. Meanwhile, Logar won 6-2, 6-3 over Nicola Slater of Great Britain.

The Kaelin/Diadora doubles final today pitted two Hilton Head Island trainees, Nadia Gilchrist and Keri Wong, against each other. Gilchrist and Jennifer Elie defeated Won and Carolina Salge 6-1 0-6 [10-5] for the championship.

Men, Women Score Key Wins

Islanders Continue Pacing South Carolina Senior Cup Team in Georgia

COLUMBUS GA (TENNIS E-News via STA's Marilyn Sherman) -- South Carolina men and women continued on their pace into the finals of the Southern Senior Cup, with crucial wins posted by Hilton Head Island and Bluffton players. Finals will be Sunday with overall championship and men's and women's champion teams to be determined.

Here are today's results involving HHI and Bluffton players:

Women's 45s -- Consolation Semifinals (SC d AL 3-0) -- #1 Singles -- Nancy Szen (HHI) def. Cindy Lucus 2-6, 6-1, 6-1

#2 Singles -- Donna McKenna (Bluffton) def. Jennifer Nylen 6-0, 6-2

Women's 65s -- Semifinals (SC d GA 3-0) #1 Singles -- Julia Levering (HHI) def. Rita Barton 6-2, 6-0

#1 Doubles -- Levering/Ann Hunt (HHI) def. B. Camanaro/E.Boykin 6-2, 6-0

Men's 45s -- Semifinals (SC d. AL 2-1) -- #2 Singles -- Scott Nichols (HHI) def. Scott Shepherd 6-1, 6-2

Men's 55s -- Semifinals (SC d. TN 2-1) -- #2 Singles -- Pat Child (HHI) def. Chuck Maland 6-3, 6-2

#1 Doubles -- M.Parker/D. Strickler TN def. Keith Whitlow (HHI)/Henry Dowd 5-7, 7-6, 6-2

Men's 75s -- Semifinals (SC d AL 2-1) -- #1 Singles -- Richard Lawson AL def. Bob Widerhorn (Bluffton) 6-4, 6-1

#2 Singles -- Bob Koenig (Bluffton) def. Herman Thrash 6-0, 6-1

#1 Doubles -- Koenig/Wiedenhorn def. R. Lawson/M.Buchanan AL 6-4, 6-3

Top State Tournament

HHI Juniors Advance to Semifinals in Palmetto Championships

BELTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Five Hilton Head Island junior girls today advanced to the singles semifinals of the Wachovia Palmetto Championships, the premier tournament for South Carolina players. Several others are advancing in doubles.

#1 seeds Molly O'Koniewski in Girls' 16s and Hayley Carter in Girls' 14s advanced, as did Michelle Green #2, Jeri Reichel #3 in Girls' 18s and unseeded Leyla Erkan in Girls' 16s.

O'Koniewski defeated #5 Meghan Blevans 6-2, 6-2. Carter beat #5 Katherine Lee 6-0, 6-1. Green won 6-1, 6-2 over Sally Bartelmo. Reichel went 7-5, 6-3 over #5 Amanda Malatek. Erkan won 7-6(3), 6-2 over #5 Carin Hallman.

Falling in the quarterfinals among HHI juniors were Zach Sprouse, #5 in Boys' 18s, losing to #4 Cal Hinsman; Nicholas Kunz #4 in Boys' 16s, losing to #4 Joel Cook; Connor Burke, co-#5 in Boys' 12s, losing to #3 Austin Heinz; Jared Woodson, co-#5 in Boys' 12s, lising to #2 Wood Benton; Amanda Schwarz, #5 in Girls' 18s, losing to #4 Alex Martin; Ashley Kitchen, #4 in Girls' 14s, losing to Meagan Evans; Brooks Busby, #5 in Girls' 14s, losing to #3 Ansley Speaks; and Natalie Kitchen, #5 in Girls' 12s, losing to #1 Ivey Welborn.

Upcoming Tournaments:

June 1-8 – Women’s Satellite $10,000 Kaelin/Diadora Championships at Van der Meer Tennis Center. 785-8838.

June 6-8 -- The Banana Open at Palmetto Dunes T.C./rated men's/women's singles/doubles & mxd. 785-1152.

June 12-15 -- Sun City Senior Doubles Tournament -- USTA-sanctioned age/rated; Tournament ID# 704100908

June 27-29 – Beaufort Summer Splash!! USTA-sanctioned; rated divisions in Adults (ID# 704110608); age divisions in Juniors (ID# 704116008) (ADULTS, Tournament ID #704110608); Online registration now open. Info: Cathy McGill 843-271-0074

June 28 -- TAHHI Wimbledon Member Social at South Beach R.C. For information contact: Pat Leinberger 705-6014.

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