Erin Larner Wins MCB Girls’ 14 Championships

Dallas, Texas…Erin Larner (#4 seed) from Portland, Oregon won the 39th annual Maureen Connolly Brinker Girls’ 14 National Championships at T-Bar-M Racquet Club in Dallas, Texas. She defeated Alexis Pereira from San Gabriel, California 6-3, 6-2. The event was held from Friday, March 19 – Sunday, March 21, 2010.

Alexandra Bourguignon (# 3 seed from Issaquah, WA) defeated Peggy Porter (#1 seed from Dallas, TX) for third Place and fourth Place: 6-3, 7-6 (8). Marie Norris (Burdett, KS) defeated Sydney Young (Austin, TX) for fifth and sixth place: 6-2, 6-1. In the consolation final, Madison Bourguignon (Issaquah, WA) defeated Macy Vonderschmidt (McKinney, TX) 5-7, 6-2, 10-4. The Sportsmanship Award was presented to Sydney Young (Austin, TX)

Invitations were sent to the top players who are 14 & under from each section of the USTA. This singles-only event featured 32 of the top USA players in Girls’ 14 & under and is sanctioned by the USTA. The tournament has achieved a gold standard rating by being featured on the official USTA National Junior Tennis Schedule.

Cindy Brinker Simmons, president of the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation and daughter of the late Maureen Connolly Brinker, presented the trophies.

The MCB Girls’ 14 Championships is one of the many events the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation organizes to promote junior tennis development. The foundation was co-founded by Maureen Connolly Brinker and her dear friend, Mrs. Frank A. Jeffett, in 1968. Mrs. Jeffett has led the foundation for over forty years and continues to serve as chairman emeritus together with Cindy Brinker Simmons, president, Brenda Brinker Bottum, vice president, Elizabeth Jeffett, vice president, Carol Weyman, executive vice president, and a capable Advisory Board.

“Little Mo” was the top ranked woman’s player in the world in the early 1950s, winning Wimbledon in 1952, 1953 and 1954. In 1953, she became the first woman (at age 18) to win the Grand Slam. She remains the youngest player and the only American woman to ever win the Grand Slam. Only five players in the history of tennis have achieved this significant tennis milestone. She won nine successive majors from 1951-1954. Little Mo died of cancer in 1969 at the age of 34.

For more information, contact Carol Weyman (214) 352-7978 or email: Cartennis@aol.com.
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