Fort Worth Men's Tennis

Spring League Team Numbers
Are now available to captains through the Captains' Area (link found to the right).

Senior League
The 2012 men's senior league schedules are now available from the schedules page of this website. The schedules are now available on TennisLink.

Fall Results
The playoffs for the fall league (3.5 and 4.0) have now concluded. The fall league winners are:
4.5 - Hilton
4.0 - Pecan Plantation
3.5 - ATC Spoilers
3.0 RTC Mangy Dogs

Fort Worth 4.0 Senior Men Take Fourth at Nationals
October 14-16 in Indian Wells, CA, the Fort Worth men's senior 4.0 team captained by Mike McBurney finished fourth at the 2011 National Championships. The team won the only five team flight of the competition by defeating Intermountain (Meridian,Idaho) 3-0, Midwest (Springfield, IL) 2-1 and Florida (Tallahassee, FL) 2-1. They lost the fourth match of their flight to Southern (Boca Raton, LA) 1-2 but the one line won clinched the semi-final advancement. A 2-1 loss to Southern California (Los Angels, CA) was all she wrote for the forward advancement on Sunday. Sunday then ended with a loss to Pacific Northwest (Olympia, Washington) 3-0. All in all, it was a fun event at a great location.

TCU McBurney takes Men's 4.0 Senior Sectionals Title
The 2011 Senior Sectional Championships were held in Tyler, Texas on September 16-18. Fort Worth had teams competing at 3.5 (TCU captained byGary Wright/Rusty Hall and Ridglea Siegel captained by Aaron Siegel), 4.0 (TCU McBurney captained by Mike McBurney) and 4.5 (TCU Franklin captained by Steve Franklin). Of these teams only the 4.0 team made it out of their flight. TCU McBurney defeated SETX (3-0), NOHO (3-0) and Amarillo (2-1) to advance to the semi-finals. There they beat Waco (2-1) and then Corpus Christi (2-1) in the finals to advance to the National Championships in Indian Wells, CA on October 14-16.r

2013 League Restructuring
The USTA has announced it's restructuring plan for the USTA League Tennis program set to start for the 2013 League Championship Year (beginning Fall 2012). Part of this initiative is the pilot league that is just finishing - 40 and over. To learn more about this restructuring and why it's been pursued follow this link to the USTA website.

Fort Worth Men's Spring League Comes to a Close with Five Teams Heading to Sectionals in Dallas
Father's Day weekend at ATC found Fort Worth 3.5 and 4.0 men's teams competing for the privilege to represent Fort Worth at the 2011 Adult Sectional Championships.

Representing the 3.5 league are the ATC Spoilers captained by David Barclay. Six teams out of fourteen advanced to the 3.5 playoffs, three teams each from two flights of seven. ATC Spoilers won the six team round robin playoff with a 4-1 record by defeating the RTC Coyotes 3.5 (4-1), the Hurst Deacons (3-2), McLeland (3-2) and the Southlake Smashers (3-2) while succumbing to the self-proclaimed “jinx” of Walnut Creek (2-3). Ironically, they slipped by Walnut Creek, captained by Stephen Marino, who also had a 4-1 record. ATC won 15 of 25 individual lines from their five matches while Walnut Creek won 13 of 25 individual lines resulting in an ATC victory by the first tiebreak (most individual lines won).

Representing the 4.0 league is “The Old Gang” who also plays home matches out of ATC. Eight teams out of twenty-two advanced to the 4.0 playoffs, four teams each from two flights of eleven. The eight teams were divided into two new flights of four so each team will play one team from their original regular season flight and two teams from the other regular season flight. The Old Gang is captained by Steve Miller. The Old Gang advanced to the 4.0 finals by winning their flight with victories over the TCU Cowtowners (5-0), Pecan Plantation (5-0) and Flower Mound LJP (3-2). In the finals they played RTC Sanger, captained by Jim Sanger, who made the finals by defeating the Argyle Tennis Xcelerators (3-2), Walnut Creek (3-2) and Shelingham (5-0). The Old Gang defeated RTC Sanger in the finals (5-0). The match was closer than the 5-0 score would lead you to believe as two of the lines when to three sets and two of the lines were 7-5, 7-5 and 7-5, 6-4.

Three other men’s teams will be representing Fort Worth at the USTA-Texas Adult Sectional Championships by winning their respective flights from round robin competition over the spring.

At the 3.0 level, River Crest, captained by River Crest tennis professional Jason Moore, won a three team triple round robin with a 4-2 record over teams from ATC and RTC (the RTC Coyotes 3.0).

At the 4.5 level, DFW Hilton, captained by Marc Rossouw, ended the season with a 9-0 record in their ten team league.

At the 5.0 level, Shelingham, captained by Shelingham pro Mike Bender, advances to Sectionals for the first time since 2006 by winning their four team league with a 6-3 record from a triple round robin.

The USTA-Texas Adult Sectional Championships will be held on August 5-7 for the 2.5 to 3.5 levels and on August 12-14 for the 4.0 to Open levels. .

Fort Worth 8.0 Sr Mxd Takes Second Place at the 2011 Sr Mxd Sectionals in Corpus Christi
Bill Stetzer and two players from last year's national championship team created a 2011 Senior Mixed team that advanced to Sectional competition on June 10-12 in Corpus Christi. This new defeated Waco (3-0), Austin (3-0) and San Antonio (2-1) to advance to the finals where they met Dallas. In a tough fought battle where the teams had won one line each, it came down to a third set tiebreak. Fort Worth, down 1-6 fought back to 8-9 but lost the final point for a 1-2 loss to Dallas and a second place finish.

Fort Worth 8.0 Sr Mxd Wins National Championship
ATC Stetzer won the National Championship in 8.0 Senior Mixed Doubles this weekend in Surprize, AZ by defeating the team from Hershey, PA representing the Middle States Section. The 2-1 win came after rain delays postponed play on both Saturday and Sunday. All three lines in the final went to third set tie-breaks with Fort Worth winning two - one by 10-8 and the other 11-9 after being down 3-8. Congratulations to the players: Bill Stetzer, Susan Hull, Bob Barrie, Martha Benson, Gina Tallent, Skip Butler and Cheryl Halpern. See the story by Lisa Kilborn on TennisFortWorth.com.