National Championships – and what it took to run the Men’s and Women’s Nationals and Presidents Cups

Celebrating 60 seasons of Platform Tennis - The 55th National Championship Program. Fox Meadow Tennis Club, March 15 -19, 1989
Celebrating 60 seasons of Platform Tennis - The 55th National Championship Program. Fox Meadow Tennis Club, March 15 -19, 1989
What it took back then to run the events - under $15,000 and the APTA received a check for $3,800!

APTA Guidance and Reporting Requirements
(Reporting requirements for inclusion in PTN Update; procedures in the event a seeded team withdraws after the draw has been completed)

Tournament Committee Planning Documents
(Planning documents, budgets, sponsorship, tournament tickets, tournament committee, Men's draw, publicity report)

Final Financial Statement sent to APTA

Tournament Stats:
88 Men's and 48 Women's Teams
365 Matches
727 Balls
Number of Games Broken and Percent: Men - 61 (41%), Women - 16 (28%)
Paid Admission Tickets: 650

1989 Nationals Food Service
Food service at the Nationals

1989-2

PTN Spring 1989 had the coverage of the Men’s and Women’s Nationals.

The top two seeds never saw the light of day in the Women’s Nationals finals, as Bobo Mangan and Sarah Krieger rose from their third-seeded position to lay claim to the title of Women’s National Champions for 1988-89.

Before a sun-drenched crowd at the “Home of Platform Tennis” at Fox Meadow in Scarsdale, NY, Mangan and Krieger eked out a 7-6, 6-3 triumph over fellow up-setters Sue Aery and Mary Ginnard, who had overcome one of the strongest women’s teams in recent years, Robin Fulton and Diane Tucker, in the semis.

After a year beset by change in the world of men’s platform tennis, the National Championships changed all that by going according to form. In a grueling, almost three-hour final, top-seeded and six-time champions Rich Maier and Steve Baird overcame the rising brother combo of Bob and Jack Kleinert, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 in a best-of-five final. Baird and Maier took everything one of the strongest Nationals fields ever could throw at them, and refused to yield. They never lost a set and lost just 11 games in 10 sets prior to the final.

Source: Platform Tennis News, Spring 1989