National Championships and inaugural Men’s Senior (45+). NBC broadcasted commentary on Men’s Nationals

Don McNeill and Rob Carlisle taped an on-the-spot Men’s Nationals commentary from Fox Meadow Tennis Club which was later broadcast over NBC’s “Monitor” program

The Nationals now included a Men’s senior event, the 45 or over (this was changed to 50+ in 1965 as too many 45+ players were still very competitive in the Men’s).

Fittingly the new APTA President James Carlisle won the inaugural Men’s Senior with partner Berkeley Johnson, and was a finalist in the Mixed.

The Women’s final pitted two-time champion Louise Ganzenmueller against her sister-in-law Louise Raymond.

The sister-in-law won.

Source: Fessenden S. Blanchard, Platform Paddle Tennis, 1959, and Paddle World Feb/Mar 1979