National Championships

Cliff Sutter and Sidney Wood (right) beat Addison Wilson and Gordon Sanford.
Cliff Sutter and Sidney Wood (right) beat Addison Wilson and Gordon Sanford.
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Left to Right: Sidney Wood, Cliff Sutter, Will Price (APTA President), Gordon Sanford, Addison Wilson

1950

Elfie Carroll, from the Seminole Club,Forest Hills, NY, won her second straight Mixed title with her husband Ronald, and the Women’s with Louise Ganzenmueller.

Elfie Carroll (APTA Honor Award in 1970) was a former New York State tennis champion and she and Louise had been New York State tennis doubles champions; both had picked up the game very quickly. Louise was also a two-time Women’s Doubles Indoor Tennis finalist (1940 and 1955).

In the Men’s long-time tennis rivals Sutter and Wood (a former Wimbledon champion) teamed up to win. This was the fourth title for Sutter but the first, and only one, for Wood.

Sutter received the APTA Honor Award in 1967.

Source: Fessenden S. Blanchard, Platform Paddle Tennis, 1959