~san/tennis/tennis.97 12/19/97 Tennis 1997 1/ 2/97 11:00 Dolores Ira 6-3, 3-6, 3-6 (a) 1/14/97 11:30 Noe Ira 6-7 [5-7], 4-6 (b) 1/17/97 12:30 Douglass Ira 7-6 [7-5], 4-6 1/23/97 15:15 Glen Park Ira 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 1/27/97 15:15 Day Ira 6-0, 6-4, 6-4 2/ 5/97 15:45 Glen Park Ira 7-6 [8-6], 3-6, 6-3 2/25/97 09:30 Noe Ira 6-2, 6-4 3/ 6/97 09:45 Noe Ira 3-6, 6-4, 1-6 3/11/97 09:00 Glen Park Ira 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 3/13/97 09:00 Noe Ira 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 3/18/97 10:00 Noe/Glen Park/Day Ira 3-6, 6-2, 5-7 (c) 3/20/97 08:45 Noe/Douglass Ira 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 [9-7] 3/25/97 09:00 Dolores Ira 7-6 [7-1], 5-7 (d) 3/27/97 08:45 Noe/Dolores Ira 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 4/ 8/97 09:00 Glen Park Ira 6-1, 6-7 [7-4], 6-4 4/10/97 09:00 Noe Ira 6-3, 5-7 4/15/97 09:00 Glen Park Ira 1-6, 6-7 [1-7], 5-7 4/22/97 09:00 Noe Ira 3-6, 2-6, 1-6 4/29/97 09:00 Glen Park Ira 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 5/29/97 16:30 Chaminade Chetan 8-9 [4-7] (d) 6/ 5/97 13:45 Noe Ira 6-7 [5-7], 3-6 (e) 6/10/97 09:45 Noe Ira 6-7 [5-7], 3-6, 3-6 6/12/97 13:15 Noe Ira 2-6, 2-6, 5-7 (e) 6/19/97 06:45 Noe Aidan 4-6, 6-1 6/24/97 06:45 Noe Aidan 3-6 6/26/97 06:45 Noe Aidan 2-6, 4-6 7/ 1/97 10:00 Glen Park Ira 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 7/ 5/97 08:00 Snow Flake Terry 3-6, 1-3 7/ 6/97 07:30 Snow Flake Daniel 6-1, 6-1 7/ 8/97 08:30 Snow Flake Jim 2-6, 0-6, 1-3 7/10/97 10:30 Noe/Day Ira 4-6, 2-6, 6-4 7/12/97 09:00 Snow Flake Jim 4-6, 4-6, 6-7 [7-9] 7/13/97 09:00 Snow Flake Jim 3-6, 2-6, 2-2 7/15/97 09:00 Noe Ira 3-6, 1-6, 1-6 7/17/97 09:15 Noe Ira 1-6, 7-6 [7-4], 5-7 7/19/97 09:00 Snow Flake w/Jim vs. Bob & Tom 6-4 w/Tom vs. Bob & Jim 3-6 w/Bob vs. Jim & Tom 3-3 7/21/97 18:45 Wilcox Tony 6-0, 6-2 [Philips] 7/22/97 14:15 Noe Ira 6-1, 7-6 [7-3], 7-5 7/26/97 09:00 Snow Flake w/Tom vs. Dick & Jim 6-3 Jim 4-6, 2-1 (f) w/Dick vs. Bob & Tom 6-3 7/27/97 09:00 Snow Flake Jim 6-1, 6-2 7/29/97 09:15 Noe Ira 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 7/30/97 18:00 Fair Oaks West Marc 6-0, 7-5 [Philips] 8/ 1/97 09:45 Noe Ira 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 8/ 4/97 12:30 Columbia Chetan 6-0, 7-5 [Philips] 8/ 5/97 13:45 Noe Ira 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 (g) 8/ 9/97 09:00 Snow Flake Jim 2-6, 3-6, 4-6 8/10/97 09:00 Snow Flake Jim 4-6, 7-6 [7-0] 8/13/97 17:30 Columbia Murali 6-2, 6-4 [Philips] 8/14/97 09:00 Dolores Ira 6-4, 7-5 8/16/97 08:00 Snow Flake Larry 7-6 [7-5], 7-6 [7-3] 8/17/97 09:00 Snow Flake w/Kendall vs. Larry & Jim 6-4 w/Larry vs. Kendall & Jim 4-6 w/Tom vs. Kendall & Larry 2-6 8/20/97 09:00 Snow Flake w/Chuck vs. Jim & Tom ??? 8/22/97 16:30 Snow Flake w/Linda vs. Laura & Lloyd 6-1 w/Susan vs. Linda & Ken 6-4 8/23/97 09:00 Snow Flake Alex 1-6, 1-6, 1-6 8/24/97 09:00 Snow Flake w/Tom vs. Don & Kendall 6-1 w/Don vs. Kendall & Tom 6-4 w/Kendall vs. Don & Tom 3-3 8/26/97 10:00 Dolores Ira 1-6, 6-2, 4-6 (g) 8/28/97 10:30 Noe Ira 4-6, 4-6, 2-6 9/ 8/97 16:30 Decathalon Frank 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 [Philips] 9/11/97 10:15 Dolores Ira 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 9/16/97 06:45 Noe Aidan 6-2, 2-4 9/16/97 09:00 Glen Park Ira 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 9/18/97 09:00 Noe/Dolores Ira 7-6 [10-8], 3-6 (h) 10/ 7/97 09:30 Glen Park Ira 4-6, 6-4, 5-7 10/ 9/97 15:00 Dolores Ira 7-6 [7-3], 2-2 10/14/97 09:00 Dolores Ira 6-4, 4-6, 5-7 10/15/97 17:15 Mango Frank 6-7 [6-8] [Philips] 10/17/97 09:00 Noe Ira 3-6, 0-6, 4-6 10/21/97 09:00 Noe Ira 3-6, 6-4 (i) 10/23/97 08:45 Noe Ira 3-6, 2-6 (i) 10/30/97 08:45 Noe Ira 5-7, 4-6 11/ 6/97 09:30 Noe Ira 6-3, 0-6, 3-6 (j) 11/18/97 09:30 Noe Ira 3-6, 5-7, 3-6 11/20/97 09:00 Dolores Ira 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 12/ 2/97 09:30 Noe/Dolores Ira 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 12/16/97 08:45 Noe Ira 3-6, 4-6 12/18/97 08:45 Dolores Ira 4-6, 4-6, 6-7 [5-7] Cumulative 1997: vs. Ira, 17-26-5 in matches, 54-77 in sets, 599-667 [8-5] in games. Won: 1-0 1 2-0 2 2-1 11 3-0 3 Lost: 0-2 4 1-2 13 0-3 9 Tied: 1-1 1 vs. Aidan, 1-2-1 in matches, 2-4 in sets, 27-31 in games. vs. Jim, 1-4-1 in matches, 3-9 in sets, 62-88 [1-1] in games. vs. Philips tennis ladder, 5-1 in matches, 10-2 in sets, 69-35 in games. Aidan: Aidan Smyth [SF] Alex: Alex ??? [Livermore; 5.5 player, killed me] Bob: Bob ??? [Jackson; topspin, controlled spin serve] Chetan: Chetan Seghal [Sunnyvale] Chuck: Chuck ??? [Big Trees] Daniel: Daniel ??? [San Leandro; plays racketball, weak tennis Dick: Dick Goggins [San Diego / Arnold] Don: Don Stebbins [Arnold] Frank: Frank Drobot [Philips] Ira: Ira Kahn [SF / Eureka Valley] Jim: Jim Held [Sun City West AZ / Arnold] Ken: Ken Churchill [Oakland hills; wife Susan] Kendall: Kendall Stebbins [Discovery Bay; Linda's daughter] Larry: Larry Alden [Los Altos / Arnold] Laura: Laura ??? [Arnold; oldster] Linda: Linda Stebbins [Arnold] Lloyd: Lloyd Loeffler [Arnold] Marc: Marc Berger [Philips / Sunnyvale] Murali: Muralidhar Gorur [Philips / Sunnyvale] Susan: Susan Churchill [Oakland hills; husband Ken] Terry: Terry Brown [Milpitas / Arnold] Tom: Tom Cahill [Arnold] Tony: Tony Tong [Philips / Sunnyvale; overhits, no control] Chaminade: Chaminade, Santa Cruz Columbia: Columbia Park, Morse/Glendale, Sunnyvale Day: Upper Noe Valley playground, Day/Sanchez Decathalon: Decathalon Club, Sunnyvale Dolores: Dolores Park, 18th/Dolores Douglass: Douglass Playground, 26th/Douglass Fair Oaks West: Fair Oaks West apartments, Fair Oaks at Old SF, Sunnyvale Glen Park: Glen Park Courts, Diamond Heights Blvd./Chenery Mango: Mango Courts, Remington at Mary, Sunnyvale Noe: Noe Courts, 24th/Douglass Snow Flake: Snow Flake Lodge, Arnold Wilcox: Wilcox High School, Sunnyvale [Philips] Philips tennis ladder. (a) Using Head Prestige 300, Ira using Dunlop Revelation. (b) Cold. Ira resuming after layoff due to lower back/leg spasms. (c) New contact lenses, considerable improvement. (d) Hot! (e) Very windy. End of month-long layoff with Ira returning from Asian trip. (f) Jim retired after pulling muscle in back; better by following day. (g) Windy. (h) Pulled right calf muscle during second set. Tried playing again 9/23, obviously not right yet, took two weeks rest before resuming 10/7. (i) Mild pull of same right calf muscle during second set; did not play third. (j) Ira broke string in second set, finished with my backup Head Prestige 300.