APTA adds more tournaments

Ethel Kennedy (center) presents the trophy at the 1971 Women's Nationals in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to (from left) B. J. Debree, Gloria Dillenbeck, Peggy Stanton, and Charlotte Lee.
Ethel Kennedy (center) presents the trophy at the 1971 Women's Nationals in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to (from left) B. J. Debree, Gloria Dillenbeck, Peggy Stanton, and Charlotte Lee.

With growing interest, the number of tournaments sanctioned by the APTA increased dramatically.

In 1969, there were 25 listed tournaments, but a decade later, the APTA offered more than one hundred events.