~san/tennis/tennis.98 12/16/98 Tennis 1998 1/ 6/98 10:00 Noe Ira - 2-6, 7-5 (a) 1/ 8/98 09:30 Noe Ira - 5-7, 7-6 [7-4], 3-6 1/13/98 09:30 Dolores Ira + 7-6 [7-4], 7-6 [7-1], 7-6 [7-5] (b) 1/20/98 16:00 Dolores Ira - 3-6, 2-1 (c) 1/22/98 14:00 Noe Ira - 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 1/27/98 13:15 Dolores Ira + 2-6, 3-6, 6-4 1/30/98 10:30 Dolores Ira + 5-7, 6-4, 5-7 2/24/98 10:30 Dolores Ira - 6-4, 7-5 (d) 2/26/98 12:15 Noe Ira - 3-6, 4-6, 2-6 (e) 3/ 3/98 09:00 Noe Ira - 5-7, 4-6, 6-1 3/10/98 09:45 Dolores Ira - 6-7 [5-7], 2-6 3/12/98 09:00 Dolores Ira - 0-6, 3-6, 0-6 3/17/98 10:00 Noe Ira - 3-6, 6-2, 5-7 4/ 7/98 09:00 Dolores Ira - 6-3, 4-6, 6-6 [2-1] (f) 4/28/98 10:00 Noe Ira - 7-6 [7-3], 5-7 4/30/98 10:45 Noe Ira - 7-5, 6-2 5/ 7/98 13:30 Noe Ira + 2-6, 6-1, 1-6 5/14/98 09:15 Noe Ira - 6-4, 7-6 [7-1], 6-4 5/19/98 11:00 Noe Ira + 6-3, 4-6, 3-6 5/22/98 08:45 Noe Ira - 4-6, 7-5, 2-6 6/ 2/98 10:00 Noe Ira + 7-6 [7-0], 3-6 (g) 6/ 4/98 09:30 Noe Ira - 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 [2-7] 6/ 9/98 09:30 Noe Ira - 5-7, 6-3, 1-6 6/11/98 09:30 Noe Ira + 5-7, 7-6 [7-5], 6-2 6/18/98 09:30 Dolores Ira + 1-6, 4-6, 7-6 [7-3] 6/30/98 11:45 Noe Ira + 5-7, 2-6, 6-2 7/ 7/98 09:00 Noe / Dolores Ira - 6-3, 6-3, 2-6 7/ 9/98 15:30 Noe Ira - 2-6, 6-7 [6-8], 6-3 (h) 7/23/98 13:00 Noe Ira - 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 (h) 7/27/98 14:15 Chaminade Frank + 2-6 7/28/98 06:30 Chaminade Frank - 6-7 [5-7] 7/29/98 09:30 Dolores Ira + 2-6, 3-6, 6-4 7/31/98 10:00 Snow Flake Tom 5-7 8/ 4/98 10:00 Snow Flake w/Chuck vs. Dick & Jim 3-6, 4-6 8/ 5/98 10:00 Snow Flake w/Chuck vs. Dick&Lloyd 3-6 w/Dick vs. Chuck&Lloyd 7-5 8/ 6/98 10:00 Snow Flake Jim 2-6, 3-6 8/ 7/98 16:30 Snow Flake Twilight 6-2 8/ 8/98 08:00 Snow Flake Jim 6-4, 6-3 8/ 9/98 08:00 Snow Flake w/Gary vs. Chuck & Jim 5-7, 6-7 [4-7] 8/11/98 09:00 Forest Meadows w/Irwin vs. Gary & Tom 3-6, 2-6 w/Gary vs. Irwin & Tom 6-4, 7-6 [7-3] 8/12/98 10:00 Snow Flake Larry 6-2, 6-3, 6-5 [7-3] (i) 8/14/98 10:00 Snow Flake w/Chuck vs. Irwin & Tom 6-3, 1-6, 0-6, 3-4 8/15/98 08:00 Snow Flake Jim 7-5, 6-3 8/16/98 09:00 Snow Flake w/Vict. vs. Jack&Susan 6-7 [5-7], 6-1, 3-6 8/17/98 10:00 Snow Flake w/Jim vs. Chuck & Tom 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 8/18/98 08:00 Snow Flake Jim 6-7 [3-7], 4-6 8/20/98 11:00 Snow Flake w/Tom vs. Chuck & Jim 7-6 [8-6], 4-6, 4-3 [8-6] 8/21/98 10:00 Snow Flake w/Tom vs. Jim & Lloyd 5-7 w/Lloyd vs. Jim & Tom 3-6 w/Jim vs. Lloyd & Tom 6-3 8/21/98 16:30 Snow Flake Twilight 5-4, 4-3, 6-3, 6-2 8/22/98 15:00 Snow Flake w/ASN vs. Kendall & Derek 6-4 8/23/98 09:00 Snow Flake Kendall 1-6, 7-6 [7-3] 8/25/98 13:00 Noe Ira + 6-0, 6-4 8/27/98 09:00 Noe Ira - 6-0, 7-6 [7-4] 9/ 1/98 11:00 Noe Ira - 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 [6-8] 9/ 3/98 09:00 Noe Ira - 6-4, 6-3 9/ 5/98 08:00 Snow Flake Jim 4-6, 4-2 9/ 5/98 09:00 Snow Flake w/Chuck vs. Jim & Lloyd 6-7 [5-7], 4-6, 6-1 9/ 6/98 09:00 Snow Flake Jim 4-6, 6-3 9/ 7/98 08:00 Snow Flake w/Lloyd vs. Chuck & Jim 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 [7-5] 9/10/98 09:15 Noe Ira - 6-4, 7-6 [9-7], 7-5 9/15/98 09:15 Day Ira - 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 9/17/98 09:15 Noe Ira - 3-6, 4-6, 1-6 (j) 9/22/98 09:15 Day Ira + 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 9/24/98 09:15 Noe Ira + 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 [7-3] 9/29/98 11:15 Dolores Ira + 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 10/20/98 09:15 Noe Ira + 6-3, 7-6 [7-5] (k) 10/22/98 09:00 Noe/Dolores Ira + 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 (l) 10/25/98 11:00 Los Altos w/Vict. vs. Bob & Naomi 7-1 w/Vict. vs. Jack & Rose 2-6 w/Vict. vs. Jack&Susan 5-3 (m) w/Vict. vs. David&Debi 5-3 w/Vict. vs. Jack & Rose 0-1 [5-7] 10/27/98 13:45 Noe Ira - 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 (n) 10/29/98 09:00 Dolores Ira - 7-6 [7-5], 6-4 (o) 11/ 3/98 09:00 Day Ira - 6-4, 6-2 (p) 11/ 5/98 09:00 Noe Ira - 6-4, 6-4, 0-6 11/10/98 09:45 Noe Ira + 2-6, 6-4 (q) 11/12/98 09:00 Dolores Ira + 4-6, 6-3 11/17/98 11:00 Dolores Ira - 4-6, 4-6 11/19/98 09:00 Dolores Ira - 5-7, 3-6 12/ 1/98 14:00 Glen Park Ira + 5-7, 7-6 [7-4] 12/ 8/98 13:45 Glen Park Ira + 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 12/15/98 09:00 Dolores Ira + 6-4, 2-2 (r) Cumulative 1998: Matches Sets Games Tiebreaks vs. Ira: 24-22-7 75-61 687-694 [15-4] Won: 1-0 1 2-0 8 2-1 9 3-0 6 Lost: 0-1 1 0-2 3 1-2 15 0-3 3 Tied: 1-1 7 vs. Frank: 0-2 0-2 8-13 [0-1] vs. Jim: 3-3 6-6 58-57 [0-1] vs. Kendall: 0-0-1 1-1 8-12 [1-0] vs. Larry: 1-0 3-0 18-10 [1-0] vs. Tom: 0-1 0-1 5-7 [0-0] Doubles: 13-19 149-166 [4-3] (not including Twilight, Los Altos) ASN: Alexander Ness [SF / Arnold] Chuck: Chuck Carlson [Washington DC / Big Trees] Derek: Derek George [Discover Bay / Arnold] Dick: Dick Goggins [San Diego / Arnold] Frank: Frank Drobot [Philips] Gary: Gary Holmes [Modesto / Forest Meadows] Ira: Ira Kahn [SF / Eureka Valley] Irwin: Irwin Chantieri [Forest Meadows] Jim: Jim Held [Sun City West / Arnold] Kendall: Kendall George [Discover Bay / Arnold] Larry: Larry Alden [Los Altos / Arnold] Lloyd: Lloyd Loeffler [Arizona / Arnold] Tom: Tom Cahill [Arnold] Victoria: Victoria Alden [Los Altos / Arnold] Chaminade: Chaminade, Santa Cruz Day: Upper Noe Valley playground, Day/Sanchez Dolores: Dolores Park, 18th/Dolo Forest Meadows: Forest Meadows, Murphys Glen Park: Glen Park Courts, Diamond Heights Blvd./Chenery Los Altos: Los Altos High School, Los Altos Noe: Noe Courts, 24th/Douglass Snow Flake: Snow Flake Lodge, Arnold (a) Using Head Prestige 300, Ira using Dunlop Revelation. (b) Damp, played with wooden rackets; used Tad, Ira used Kramer. (c) Stopped early due to worsening drizzle; Ira used Tad briefly. (d) Resuming during break due to rainiest Feb. on record for SF. (e) Windy. (f) Ira retired during 3rd set tiebreaker due to rotator cuff problem (right shoulder). (g) Rain delay due to sprinkles at 4-3 first set; resumed ca. 20 min. later. (h) Very windy. (i) Played third set tiebreaker at 5-5. (j) Replaced Grip 9/15/98: Wilson Cushion-Aire Contour. Heavy low fog, wind. (k) Wearing right knee brace due to recent minor knee pain (TruFit size L $16). (l) Ira broke string in last game of third set, finished with my nylon Prestige. (m) Broke string during warmup, finished with my nylon Prestige. (Broke at bottom of last RHS pair when racket held facing up.) (n) Using nylon Prestige, Ira using demo loaner. (o) Using nylon Prestige, Ira using restrung Dunlop Revelation. (p) New strings: Babolat VS all season gut 16 gague #56 ($52 @ Las Palmas 408-732-2130), also replaced bottom grommets. Slightly damp, so switched to old nylon Prestige after 1st set. (q) New shoes, Asics identical to previous. Damp, used both rackets. (r) Ira strained back in second set, retired immediately to ice it.