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Van Lawn Masters Indoor Championships - 2008
Ed
Bakker of Victoria, above centre, serves for match point to win the final in the men's 50 singles of the 31st Masters Tournament April 4 - 13 at the
Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club. A record number of 321 players competed in
28 categories,
with the women's 45 doubles the most popular category.
Photo 1(left): Stefano Walker, left, and George Lea. Stefano and
his partner, J.J. Mahoney, lost in the semis to doubles specialists and
winners of men's 35 doubles, Michael Hopkinson and
Arne Raabe. George Lea beat Ken McBean, 7-6, 0-6, 7-6
to win the men's 55 singles title. However, he fell short to defending his men's 60
singles title, losing to David Ranney in the finals, 6-4, 6-4.
Ken Dahl,
the 2007 winner of men's 55 singles, skipped this year's
event to play in the U.S. Nationals, where he reached the
quarter-finals of that tournament.
Photo 2: Josef Brabenec, the winner of 2007 Canadian National
Men's 50 Singles, retired in the semis
against
Ed Bakker, the eventual winner of the men's 50 singles. Russ
Hartley, the winner of the event last year had knee surgery and was
side-lined for this tournament.
Photo 3: Good food, good friends, good wine. From left to
right: Ann Oakey, Jack Dorward and George Whitfield at the Players Reception.
George Whitfield and his partner, Bruce Fraser, lost in the men's 55
doubles semis to Al Lawry and
Warren Lore. For more pictures at the
reception, click here.
Photo 4: Max Brown beat his doubles partner Julien Heine of Laguna Beach, California, in
the final of the men's 35 singles. .
Photo 5: Rudy Derton, left, and Lubomir Chobot playing in
the men's 75 singles. Rudy lost in the semis to unseeded Brian Roy, 6-4, 6-4.
Brian later lost to Lubo, the defending champion, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Lubo teamed up with
Gordon Verge
in the men's 75 doubles,
but lost to Norman Hughes and Walter Toffoli in a close three-set match.
Hughes and Toffoli in turn lost the final to Chuck Underhill and
Howard Lowe. Chuck also won the men's 70 singles.
Photo 6: Patricia McLachlan (left) and Francesca Azim lost in
the semis to Janice Holloway and Pamela Rosenbaum, the eventual winners of women's 55
doubles. Patricia McLachlan later went on to win the women's 60 singles
title.
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Event
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Entries
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2007 Winner
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2008 Winner |
Men's 35 Singles
Men's 40 Singles
Men's 45 Singles
Men's 50 Singles
Men's 55 Singles
Men's 60 Singles
Men's 65 Singles
Men's 70 Singles
Men's 75 Singles
Women's 35 Singles
Women's 40 Singles
Women's 45 Singles
Women's 50 Singles
Women's 55 Singles
Women's 60 Singles
Women's 65 Singles
Women's 75 Singles
Men's 35 Doubles
Men's 45 Doubles
Men's 55 Doubles
Men's 65 Doubles
Men's 70 Doubles
Men's 75 Doubles
Women's 35 Doubles
Women's 45 Doubles
Women's 55 Doubles
Women's 65 Doubles
Women's 70 Doubles
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16
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35
32
30
17
11
10
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40
24
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Israel, Neville
Richards, Glenn
Kimoff, Stephen
Hartley, Russ
Dahl, Ken
Lea, George
Dammholz, Horst
Underhill, Chuck
Chobot, Lubomir
Aardmaa, Margit
Kadler, Katherine
Blackwood, Marjorie
Holloway, Janice
Fraser, Jandi
Andrews / Hopkinson
Hartley / Macken
Dahl / Main
Nahnsen / Robinson
Lowe / Underhill
Aardmaa / Knutson
Cameron / Wills
Holloway /Rosenbaum
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Brown, Max
Tuhten, Trevor
Kimoff, Stephen
Bakker, Ed
Lea, George
Ranney, David
Bojesen, Eric
Underhill, Chuck
Chobot, Lubomir
Stuart, Shiera
Lydon, Anne
Li, Vivian
Wills, Cora
Berry, Micheline
McLachlan, Patricia
Hopkinson / Raabe
Devine / Yesowick
Harvey / Koren
Dammholz / Ling
Lowe / Underhill
Stuart / Walker
Holloway / Rosenbaum
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