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The 2002 Summer Singles League ended its fifth year with a five-day tournament, held September 26-30 at the Walnut Creek Tennis Center. The tournament included over 225 of the league’s 450 total participants, each who played at least six regular season matches to qualify.
On the Men’s side, #2 seeded Bob Walgren successful defended his 4.0 title by posting an 8-0 record in the regular season, then successfully working his way through the tournament draw and beating top-seeded Rich Favreau in the final 6-3, 6-4. Antioch’s Jerry Garcia went 9-1 during the regular season in Men’s 3.5, with his only loss to Walnut Creek’s Larry Fredricks. Garcia and Fredricks, the tournament’s top seed, met again in the quarterfinals, with Garcia avenging his earlier defeat by a 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 score. He defeated #3 seed Allan Richardi in the final, 6-4, 6-1.
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Women's 3.5 Winner & Runner-Up
Jane Ladrech & Jennifer Scriabine
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Women's 4.0 Runner-Up & Winner
Maria Ley & Heidi Belton
Men's 3.5 Runner-Up & Winner
Allan Richardi & Jerry Garcia
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In the Men’s 5.0-5.5 division, Shane Jones proved that, often, regular season results don’t mean much come tournament time. After posting a 4-5 record this summer, Jones saved his best tennis for last, winning four straight matches, including a 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 win over #1 seed Kent Lindeman in the final. Jackson Riker won the Men’s 4.5 championship with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Michael Paden.
Chris Ramsower-Pearlstein became the first two-time winner on the Women’s side, posting a 6-0 regular season record in the Women’s 4.5-5.0 division and gaining the tournament title with a hard fought 6-4, 6-4 win over Karen Presnell. Ramsower-Pearlstein also won the division in 2000.
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Heidi Belton was runner-up in the 2001 Women’s 4.0 division, but took the next step this year by winning the tournament, albeit the hard way. Top seeded Belton lost the first set to #2 seed Maria Ley in about 15 minutes, then rebounded to capture an 0-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory. Jane Ladrech steamrolled her way through the Women’s 3.5 regular season and tournament, winning 11 consecutive matches (while not losing more than 6 games in any one match) and beating #5 seed Jennifer Scriabine in the final 6-3, 6-2. Karen Sonobe was unseeded in the Women’s 3.0 tournament, yet put together five wins in a row including victories over the #5 and #2 seeds before beating previously undefeated and top-seeded Hilary Anderson in the final, 2-6,6-2,6-2.
Special thanks to: Jennifer Scriabine, Kent Lindeman, Mike Jetland, Tammy Chan, Josh Svendsen, Shari Huber, John Bondon, Lynne Weinshelbaum, Neil Dawson, Bob Walgren, Jim Farber, Sean Zhang and Nat Bitton for their assistance in running the tournament.
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Women's 4.5-5.0 Runner-Up & Winner
Karen Presnell & Chris Ramsower-Pearlstein
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