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55 & Over Combo Champions & Finalists

Ron Cioffi / USTA Southern | March 05, 2018


USTA Southern crowned six champions at the 2017 55 & Over Combo Doubles Southern Sectional Championships, played March 2-4.

North Carolina was the clear winner, taking home half of the six championships. Louisiana had two champions.

The weekend event featured 58 men’s and women’s teams with nearly 600 players from nine states competing in three levels. The Yarbrough Tennis Center served as tournament headquarters. Other matches were played at Moore’s Mill Club Fitness Center, along with the Grand National Marriott Resort in Opelika, Ala.

Southern Combo 18 & Over and 40 & Over teams will compete March 9-12 in Mobile, Ala. More than 1,500 players are scheduled to play.

Here are the team photos of champions and finalists.

Champions and finalists were:

LevelWinner & Captains/Co-captains; Finalist & Captains/Co-captains; Score in Final

Men’s 6.5; Bossier, La. (A), Mark Roberts; Greenville, S.C., Jeff Forbes/Mikell Perry; 2-1

Men’s 7.5; Calhoun, Ga., Joe Stewart;  Greenwood, S.C., Bill Womb; 2-1

Men’s 8.5; Hilton Head Island, S.C.; Germantown, Tenn., Paul Fultz; 2-1

Women’s 6.5; Durham, N.C., Donna Webb/Leeann Rose, Little Rock, Ark., Joy Liaw; 3-0

Women’s 7.5; New Orleans, Cindy Hines/Jan Ahlemeyer, Matthews, N.C., Kathy King/Cyndie Hobson; 2-1

Women’s 8.5; Charlotte, N.C., Arlene Conger, Nashville, Tenn., Jeanne Moran-Jones; 2-1

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