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USTA Announces Teams For 2012 ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships

United States Tennis Association (USTA) today announced the players who will represent the United States at the 32nd International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super-Seniors World Team Championships hosted by the Hrvatski Teniski Savez (Croatian Tennis Association) on September 10-15 in Umag, Croatia. The tournament is the senior tennis equivalent of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup, with the top American tennis players representing their country in the 60, 65, 70, 75 and 80 and older age groups. The ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships is the most prestigious team event on the ITF Seniors circuit.

Las Vegas local player, Herman Ahlers, will be part of the Bitsy Grant Cup Team in the Men's 75 & over division. Click here for a complete list of the players representing the United States at the 2012 ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships

The Americans will enter the event as the defending champions in nine divisions: defending four Cups in the men’s divisions, including the Von Cramm Cup, Britannia, Bitsy Grant Cup and Gardnar Mulloy Cup; and three in the women’s division, including the Alice Marble Cup, Althea Gibson Cup and Queens’ Cup.

Since the inception of the ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships in 1981, the number of competitors taking part in the tournament has increased each year. In 1993, the ITF made the decision to divide the Seniors World Championships into two groups ? Seniors (35-55) and Super-Seniors (60-80).

The ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships, the World Individual Championships will take place September 16-23.
 
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