San Francisco Tennis Club Tourney's

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by eastbayliz

Singles and doubles regular scoring. 2 out of 3 sets with a tie breaker in lieu of third set (lame IMO).

Anyone with a USTA membership can play in the tournaments. Friday-Sunday. This year it looks like there is one nearly every month.

Here is the link to the next tournament:

http://tennislink.usta.com/tournamen....aspx?T=125744

The way to get here is as follows:

Go to USTA.com
Click on NORCAL section
Click on Adult link
Click on Tournaments
Click on Schedule
Then choose NTRP (if that is what you are interested in)
This gives you by the month all NTRP tournaments.

Thanks EBLiz, I might check 'em out, used to be a member there a while back.

[Raul_SJ]

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[Fintft]

Originally Posted by LeeD

Those courts in the alley at 19th and Valencia are great, but noise from the pool can sometimes be distracting.
GGPark is a public pay court, the fees something like 5 bucks per hour per player, which usually causes time constraints.

What pool? Don't remember one...There is a soccer field, that in the past had been noisy, but not as much recently + a playing area for kids and basketball court.

Thanks about GGPark!

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by Fintft

What pool?

Larsen Pool, 19th Ave. & Vicente.

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by tennis tom

Larsen Pool, 19th Ave. & Vicente.

That court is actually quite terrible. One side is slow and bouncy, the other side is kind of fast, with many funny bounces on both sides.

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by Say Chi Sin Lo

That court is actually quite terrible. One side is slow and bouncy, the other side is kind of fast, with many funny bounces on both sides.

Haven't played on it since I was a kid, just see it driving by, but after decades of neglect they finally resurfaced it relatively recently, you could see the weeds growing from the cracks from the boulevard--but maybe duh mayor didn't do such a good job--the city that used to know how--frisco.

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by tennis tom

Haven't played on it since I was a kid, just see it driving by, but after decades of neglect they finally resurfaced it relatively recently, you could see the weeds growing from the cracks from the boulevard--but maybe duh mayor didn't do such a good job--the city that used to know how--frisco.

I've been there since they resurfaced it, and I'm telling you, one side plays like Roland Garros, and the other side plays like Wimbledon.

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by Say Chi Sin Lo

I've been there since they resurfaced it, and I'm telling you, one side plays like Roland Garros, and the other side plays like Wimbledon.

Hey, I believe you, maybe the guy from park/rec who was in charge of the project was stoned or the brother-in-law of one of duh mayor's mistresses.

[LeeD]

19th AVE and Vicente is rough, unfinished, butt ugly.
19th STREET and Valencia is two courts that were recently resurfaced, play within the confines of 3 story houses, and is also next to a public swimming pool.

[slowfox]

Originally Posted by Say Chi Sin Lo

I've been there since they resurfaced it, and I'm telling you, one side plays like Roland Garros, and the other side plays like Wimbledon.

Split which way? Long ways, or does the net bisect the different surface feel?

[LeeD]

Guys, there's an informal tournament at Watergate in Emeryville, put on by RonnieLouie (2nd oldest of the Louie clan from SanFrancisco) around 11AM on Sunday this weekend. Ronnie was a former lower level A Norcal player. There are 6 courts there, but I don't know the format.
I can't show, my g/f want's to go windsurfing by 1PM.
Oh, back in the mid '80's, I'd played maybe 40 sets of singles on the 19th Ave courts, watching cars speeding by.

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by slowfox

Split which way? Long ways, or does the net bisect the different surface feel?

Net bisects the difference surfaces. Like this.

[esgee48]

Correction regarding cost of play at GGP:
M-F $2.00 per court for 90 minutes
Sat & Sun $5.00 per court for 90 minutes ($6.00 if reserved)

[LeeD]

I suppose it's 2 bucks per player? So doubles matches lose out.
Just plain $2, hardly seems worth anything.

[Fintft]

Originally Posted by LeeD

19th AVE and Vicente is rough, unfinished, butt ugly.
19th STREET and Valencia is two courts that were recently resurfaced, play within the confines of 3 story houses, and is also next to a public swimming pool.

Ah the pool must be indoor then, correct? B/c outside I remember soccer, basketball fields + a structure for kids.

[LeeD]

There are NO outside public pools in SanFrancisco since Fleishacker closed a while ago.

[eastbayliz]

Tournaments..at The San Francisco Tennis Club..I am getting set up to win (!?) my first NTRP match at 4.0. My record as a 4.5 is 0-5. Coming back to tennis in adulthood has been much more difficult then I first thought it would be. From my vantage point I think the courts at the club are fantastic. BTW someone should start up a tennis in the bay area thread. I pretty much have given up that anyone here besides me is interested in tournaments at SFTC. Have I given up to soon?!

[eastbayliz]

[quote=Say Chi Sin Lo;7259609]Net bisects the difference surfaces. Like this.

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My first thought.....is this real?! Wow.

[tacoben]

Originally Posted by Say Chi Sin Lo

I do too. However:

Con:
- It's slow as hell there, courts are like sandpaper. Some people like it, but I don't.
- Some of the courts are simply uneven, ESPECIALLY the middle rows, court 9 and beyond. If you look at the lines from a certain angle, you can see the unevenness. And if you hit your spot right, you can get some monster kick serves without trying.
- Whoever positioned the courts need to be fired. Depending on the time of the day, one side of the court stares directly into the sun.

Heard from a reliable source that, SFSU courts will dwindle down to a few to make way for student housing. How soon, I don't know, but my source is an SFSU employee. I don't think they have a tennis team anymore?...I don't even know if they have a club team? Rumors that the Channing courts in Berkeley will also go the way for student housing.

[LeeD]

While Channing courts are nicely green, well surfaced, and conveniently located, they're seldom used, take up 1/4 block of prime real estate, and the public get's kicked out if any students want the courts. Good riddance.