Tennessee Combos Champs• Friday-Sunday in Chattanooga5.0 adult women: Knoxville (Maples). 5.5 adult women: Knoxville (Brown/Lemoncelli). 5.5 adult men: Knoxville (Doak). 6.5 adult women: Knoxville (Nelson/Lemoncelli). 6.5 senior women: Knoxville (Trewhitt/Petersen). 6.5 super senior women: Murfreesboro (Hoens). 6.5 adult men: Chattanooga (Shields). 6.5 senior men: Chattanooga (Bartley). 7.5 adult women: Memphis (Rauscher). 7.5 senior women: Chattanooga (Davis). 7.5 super senior women: Knoxville (Pearson-Criss/Whitehead). 7.5 adult men: Jackson (Goodfellow). 7.5 senior men: Knoxville (Thompson). 7.5 super senior men: Memphis (Fultz). 8.5 adult women: Nashville (Faulkner). 8.5 senior women: Nashville (Gibney). 8.5 adult men: Chattanooga (Proffitt). 8.5 senior men: Chattanooga (Snyder). 9.5 adult women: Nashville (Freas).
Hometown teams won five titles as the USTA Combos Tennessee Championships concluded Sunday in Chattanooga.
The identical 6.5 teams with Gary Shields and Tony Bartley as captains got away with their Sunday morning gamble and simultaneously clinched men’s adult and seniors berths in the Southern Sectionals next March in Mobile, Ala. Each gave up a forfeit in one doubles match but won the other two, and they went a combined 10-0 in the two divisions.
Chattanooga won men’s 8.5 adult and seniors titles as well. That was the highest men’s division in the district (state) tournament. Tennessee has one 9.5 combo men’s team this year, and that Memphis group already has been awarded a berth in Mobile.
One local women’s team won. That was the 7.5 senior team headed by Linda Davis, including also Libby Dixon, Karen Ellis, Beverly Geismar, Faye Hope, Jane Marsh, Maureen Morrison, Shana Patten, Mary Jo Richie, Kathy Tugman, Pat Weddle and Barbara Zellner. They went 5-1.