National Gold Slam Champions
ELIGIBILITY
Any adult/senior competitive player.
CRITERIA
Any adult/senior player who wins all four national championships on clay, grass, hard court and indoor in the same year.
SELECTION PROCESS
Tournament results determine recipients.
TIMETABLE
Recipients determined upon completion of tournaments played throughout the year.
CONTACT
USTA Adult/Senior Competition Committee
2500 Westchester Avenue, Suite 411, Purchase, NY 10577
(914) 696-7000 (Phone)
YEARBOOK DESCRIPTION
Established in 2002, the Gold Slam Award recognizes adult and senior competitive players who have won all of the national championships played in the same division throughout the year. All such players are automatically selected for the awards.
RECIPIENTS
2002
Women's 75 Singles - Elaine Mason
Women's 75 Doubles - Elaine Mason
Women's 75 Doubles- June Dickey
Women's 80 Doubles - Dodo Cheney
Women's 85 Doubles - Dodo Cheney
Women's 85 Doubles - Jean Harris
Women's 85 Singles - Dodo Cheney
Men's 45 Doubles - Wesley Cash
Men's 80 Singles - Bob Sherman
2003
Women's 70 Doubles - Mary Boswell
Women's 75 Doubles - June Dickey
Women's 75 Doubles - Elaine Mason
Women's 80 Singles - Betty Eisenstein
Women's 85 Singles - Dodo Cheney
Women's 85 Doubles - Dodo Cheney
Women's 85 Doubles - Jean Harris
Men's 30 Singles - Andy Lake
Men's 60 Doubles - Jim Parker
Men's 60 Doubles - Ken Robinson
2004
Women's 65 Singles - Dorothy Matthiessen
Women's 65 Doubles - Katie Koontz
Women's 65 Doubles - Norma Veal
Women's 75 Singles - Louise Russ
Women's 75 Doubles - Louise Owen
Women's 75 Doubles - Louise Russ
Women's 80 Singles - Betty Eisenstein
Women's 85 Singles - Dodo Cheney
Women's 85 Doubles - Dodo Cheney
Men's 45 Singles - Vallis Wilder
Men's 70 Doubles - Richard Doss
2005
Men's 70 Singles - Gordon L. Davis
Men's 45 Singles - Mike Fedderly
Men's 70 Doubles - Leonard Lindborg / James H. Nelson
Women's 70 Singles - Dorothy Matthiessen
Women's 80 Singles - Betty Eisenstein
Women's 70 Doubles - Dorothy Matthiessen
Women's 85 Doubles - Dorothy B. Cheney
2006
Men’s 45 Doubles - Vallis F. Wilder / Mike Fedderly
Men’s 70 Doubles - Robert L. Duesler / James H. Nelson
Women’s 35 Doubles - Julie E. Cass / Michelle King
Women’s 55 Doubles - Kathleen Bennett
Women’s 65 Doubles - Suella H. Steel / Charleen Hillebrand
Women’s 70 Singles and Doubles - Dorothy H. Matthiessen
Women’s 85 Doubles - Dodo B. Cheney
2007
Women's 30 Singles - Patricia Zerdan
Women's 50 Doubles - Susan Wright
Women's 65 Doubles - Charlene Hillebrand / Suella Steel
Women's 75 Singles - Mary Boswell
Women's 75 Doubles - Mary Boswell / Louise Russ
Men's 45 Doubles - Mike Fedderly / Val Wilder
Men's 90 Singles - Alex Swetka
2008
Women’s 50 Doubles - Susan Wright
Women’s 70 Singles - Dorothy Matthiessen
Women’s 70 Doubles - Dorothy Matthiessen
Women’s 85 Doubles - Dodo Cheney / Betty Cookson
2009
Women's 60 Doubles - Kathleen Bennett
Women's 80 Doubles - Louise Russ / Doris Stephens
Men's 50 Doubles - Mike Fedderly / Vallis Wilder
Husband-Wife Combo Age 140 Doubles - Courtney Henderson / Carolyn Henderson
2010
Women's 35 Singles - Patricia Zerdan
Women's 75 Singles - Dorothy Matthiessen
Women's 75 Doubles - Dorothy Matthiessen
Women's 85 Doubles - Elaine Mason / Cathie Hall
Women's 90 Singles - Lucy Dettmer
Women's 90 Doubles - Lucy Dettmer / Dodo Cheney
Men's 70 Doubles - George Sarantos / Henry Leichtfried
Men's 90 Doubles - Bob Sherman / Alex Swetka
Super Senior Father-Son - Carl Erikson / John Erikson
Husband-Wife Combined Age 100* - John Lyons / Jennifer Lyons
Husband-Wife Combined Age 140 - Courtney Henderson / Carolyn Henderson
*Only three nationals were held in this division
2011
Men's 45 Singles - Mario Tabares
Women's 80 Singles - Doris Lutz
Mother-Son - Diane Barker and Matthew Hane
Super Senior Father-Son - Carl Erikson and John Erikson
Husband-Wife Combined Age 140 - Kathleen Bennett and Richard Doss
2012
Men's 55 Doubles - Mark Vines / Wesley Cash
Women's 55 Doubles - Susan Wright
Women's 60 Singles - Tina B. Karwasky
Women's 60 Doubles - Tina B. Karwasky / Mary Ginnard
Women's 65 Singles - Brenda Carter
Women's 85 Doubles - Pat Jackson / Rita Price
Husband-Wife Combined Age 140 - Kathy Bennett and Richard Doss
2013
Men's 55 Doubles - Wesley Cash
Men's 70 Singles - Jimmy Parker
Men's 80 Doubles - Richard Doss / John Powless
Women's 60 Singles - Tina B. Karwasky
Women's 85 Singles - Doris Lutz
Women's 90 Doubles - Elizabeth Cookson
Senior Father - Son Doubles - Brett Morse-Karzen / Jerry Morse-Karzen
Super Senior Mother - Daughter Doubles - Penny Powell / Leslie Tracy
Super Senior Mother-Daughter - Emily Schaefer and Bambi Schuette
Men’s 55 Doubles - Phil Landauer / Tom Smith
Men’s 65 Doubles - Jimmy Parker / Ken Robinson
Men’s 70 Doubles - Bob Duesler / Jim Nelson
Men’s 90 Singles - Alex Swetka
Men’s 90 Doubles - Alex Swetka
2014
Mens's 80 Doubles - Richard Doss / John Powless
Women's 55 Doubles - Susan Wright
Women's 60 Singles - Tina Karwasky
Women's 75 Doubles - Dori DeVries
Women's 85 Doubles - Doris Jane Lutz / Rita Price
2015
Men’s 85 Singles - Joseph Russell
Men’s 90 Singles - Anthony Franco
Men’s 90 Doubles - Anthony Franco / Graydon Nichols
Women’s 45 Singles - Julie Cass
Women’s 55 Doubles - Susan Wright
Women’s 60 Singles - Tina Karwasky
Women’s 70 Singles - Betty Wachob
Women’s 80 Singles - Burnett Herrick
Women’s 85 Singles - Doris Jane Lutz
Women’s 85 Doubles - Doris Jane Lutz / Rita Price
Women’s 90 Singles - Catherine Hall
Women’s 90 Doubles - Catherine Hall / Elaine Mason