National Gold Slam Champions

ELIGIBILITY

Any adult/senior competitive player.

 

CRITERIA

Any adult/senior player who wins all four national championships on clay, grass, hard court and indoor in the same year.

 

SELECTION PROCESS

Tournament results determine recipients.

TIMETABLE

Recipients determined upon completion of tournaments played throughout the year.

 

CONTACT

USTA Adult/Senior Competition Committee

2500 Westchester Avenue, Suite 411, Purchase, NY 10577

(914) 696-7000 (Phone)

 

YEARBOOK DESCRIPTION

Established in 2002, the Gold Slam Award recognizes adult and senior competitive players who have won all of the national championships played in the same division throughout the year.  All such players are automatically selected for the awards.

 

RECIPIENTS

 

2002

Women's 75 Singles - Elaine Mason

Women's 75 Doubles - Elaine Mason

Women's 75 Doubles- June Dickey

Women's 80 Doubles - Dodo Cheney

Women's 85 Doubles - Dodo Cheney

Women's 85 Doubles - Jean Harris

Women's 85 Singles - Dodo Cheney

Men's 45 Doubles - Wesley Cash

Men's 80 Singles - Bob Sherman

 

2003

Women's 70 Doubles - Mary Boswell

Women's 75 Doubles - June Dickey

Women's 75 Doubles - Elaine Mason

Women's 80 Singles - Betty Eisenstein

Women's 85 Singles - Dodo Cheney

Women's 85 Doubles - Dodo Cheney

Women's 85 Doubles - Jean Harris

Men's 30 Singles - Andy Lake

Men's 60 Doubles - Jim Parker

Men's 60 Doubles - Ken Robinson

 

2004

Women's 65 Singles - Dorothy Matthiessen

Women's 65 Doubles - Katie Koontz

Women's 65 Doubles - Norma Veal

Women's 75 Singles - Louise Russ

Women's 75 Doubles - Louise Owen

Women's 75 Doubles - Louise Russ

Women's 80 Singles - Betty Eisenstein

Women's 85 Singles - Dodo Cheney

Women's 85 Doubles - Dodo Cheney

Men's 45 Singles - Vallis Wilder

Men's 70 Doubles - Richard Doss

 

2005

Men's 70 Singles - Gordon L. Davis

Men's 45 Singles - Mike Fedderly

Men's 70 Doubles - Leonard Lindborg / James H. Nelson

Women's 70 Singles - Dorothy Matthiessen

Women's 80 Singles - Betty Eisenstein

Women's 70 Doubles - Dorothy Matthiessen

Women's 85 Doubles - Dorothy B. Cheney

 

2006

Men’s 45 Doubles - Vallis F. Wilder / Mike Fedderly

Men’s 70 Doubles - Robert L. Duesler / James H. Nelson

Women’s 35 Doubles - Julie E. Cass / Michelle King

Women’s 55 Doubles - Kathleen Bennett

Women’s 65 Doubles - Suella H. Steel / Charleen Hillebrand

Women’s 70 Singles and Doubles - Dorothy H. Matthiessen

Women’s 85 Doubles - Dodo B. Cheney

 

2007

Women's 30 Singles - Patricia Zerdan

Women's 50 Doubles - Susan Wright

Women's 65 Doubles - Charlene Hillebrand / Suella Steel

Women's 75 Singles - Mary Boswell

Women's 75 Doubles - Mary Boswell / Louise Russ

Men's 45 Doubles - Mike Fedderly / Val Wilder

Men's 90 Singles - Alex Swetka

 

2008

Women’s 50 Doubles - Susan Wright

Women’s 70 Singles - Dorothy Matthiessen

Women’s 70 Doubles - Dorothy Matthiessen

Women’s 85 Doubles - Dodo Cheney / Betty Cookson

 

2009

Women's 60 Doubles - Kathleen Bennett

Women's 80 Doubles - Louise Russ / Doris Stephens

Men's 50 Doubles - Mike Fedderly / Vallis Wilder

Husband-Wife Combo Age 140 Doubles - Courtney Henderson / Carolyn Henderson

 

2010

Women's 35 Singles - Patricia Zerdan

Women's 75 Singles - Dorothy Matthiessen

Women's 75 Doubles - Dorothy Matthiessen

Women's 85 Doubles - Elaine Mason / Cathie Hall

Women's 90 Singles - Lucy Dettmer

Women's 90 Doubles - Lucy Dettmer / Dodo Cheney

Men's 70 Doubles - George Sarantos / Henry Leichtfried

Men's 90 Doubles - Bob Sherman / Alex Swetka

Super Senior Father-Son - Carl Erikson / John Erikson

Husband-Wife Combined Age 100* - John Lyons / Jennifer Lyons

Husband-Wife Combined Age 140 - Courtney Henderson / Carolyn Henderson

*Only three nationals were held in this division

 

2011

Men's 45 Singles - Mario Tabares

Women's 80 Singles - Doris Lutz

Mother-Son - Diane Barker and Matthew Hane

Super Senior Father-Son - Carl Erikson and John Erikson

Husband-Wife Combined Age 140 - Kathleen Bennett and Richard Doss

 

2012

Men's 55 Doubles - Mark Vines / Wesley Cash

Women's 55 Doubles - Susan Wright

Women's 60 Singles - Tina B. Karwasky

Women's 60 Doubles - Tina B. Karwasky / Mary Ginnard

Women's 65 Singles - Brenda Carter

Women's 85 Doubles - Pat Jackson / Rita Price

Husband-Wife Combined Age 140 - Kathy Bennett and Richard Doss

 

2013

Men's 55 Doubles - Wesley Cash

Men's 70 Singles - Jimmy Parker

Men's 80 Doubles - Richard Doss / John Powless

Women's 60 Singles - Tina B. Karwasky

Women's 85 Singles - Doris Lutz

Women's 90 Doubles - Elizabeth Cookson

Senior Father - Son Doubles - Brett Morse-Karzen / Jerry Morse-Karzen

Super Senior Mother - Daughter Doubles - Penny Powell / Leslie Tracy

Super Senior Mother-Daughter - Emily Schaefer and Bambi Schuette

Men’s 55 Doubles - Phil Landauer / Tom Smith

Men’s 65 Doubles - Jimmy Parker / Ken Robinson

Men’s 70 Doubles - Bob Duesler / Jim Nelson

Men’s 90 Singles - Alex Swetka

Men’s 90 Doubles - Alex Swetka

 

2014

Mens's 80 Doubles - Richard Doss / John Powless

Women's 55 Doubles - Susan Wright

Women's 60 Singles - Tina Karwasky

Women's 75 Doubles - Dori DeVries

Women's 85 Doubles - Doris Jane Lutz / Rita Price

 

2015

Men’s 85 Singles - Joseph Russell

Men’s 90 Singles - Anthony Franco

Men’s 90 Doubles - Anthony Franco / Graydon Nichols

Women’s 45 Singles - Julie Cass

Women’s 55 Doubles - Susan Wright

Women’s 60 Singles - Tina Karwasky

Women’s 70 Singles - Betty Wachob

Women’s 80 Singles - Burnett Herrick

Women’s 85 Singles - Doris Jane Lutz

Women’s 85 Doubles - Doris Jane Lutz / Rita Price

Women’s 90 Singles - Catherine Hall

Women’s 90 Doubles - Catherine Hall / Elaine Mason



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