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Barbara Chandler

Barbara Krase Chandler (b. 0000) is an American professional tennis player. She was the 1946 National U.S. Women’s Clay Court & National Junior Hard Court Champion in Calif.

History

Father Robert Jordan?

Career

In 1941 she was a national ranked junior player in singles and doubles.

Post-Career

Barbara married Bill Chandler and moved to Boise in 1952, where she promptly went to work for the Boise City Rec. Department as the supervisor. Starting in 1952 she was the Idaho Women's Open champion for 15 years, for 9 of those years she was the women's singles, doubles and mix doubles champion in the Intermountain section. Barb was the first president of the Idaho Tennis Association and one of the original founders of the Boise Racquet and Swim Club 41 years ago. She founded and managed the Boise School Tennis Program from 1953–2000, and was also the co-founder of the Youth Tennis Foundation, and the first supervisor of the Boise City Recreation Tennis Program. Barbara Chandler is largely responsible for the construction of over 30 public tennis court facilities now existing in Boise, and has often been called "Idaho's First Lady of Tennis." In 2001 Barb was honored by being chosen as the first inductee in the Idaho Tennis Hall of Fame. She plays tennis to this day.

Results

• 1951 results

Awards

She won the USTA "Service Bowl Award" in 1960.

• Idaho Humanitarian Award
• USTA Service Bowl Award
• San Fran State Hall of Fame 1991
• Capture the life of Barbara Chandler whose profound influence helped shape tennis in Idaho.
• David Freed award, USTA Intermountain
• Sports Illustrated Western U.S. Senior Hard Court Championships at Salt Lake City, "Faces in the crowd", October 16, 1961
• California Interscholastic Federation of San Fran

Legacy

• Tennis Tournament named after her: "Barbara Chandler Classic" - BUY Cougars Tennis
• Courts named after her: Boise Parks:Julia Davis

About the clay court Championships

• US Clay Court Championships around 1977
• USTA National Men's & Women's 30's Clay Court Championships
• women's 35 doubles at the 2007 USPTA Clay Court Championships
• Family Circle Clay court championship; Seattle?
• NY Times article on 1985 US Women's clay court championships
• Funny article about "Highlights of tennis", Chris Evert takes the singles title at the U.S. Clay Court Championship in Indianapolis.
• America's feet of clay Without enough emphasis at home, U.S. players slide out of sight abroad

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 BY DAVID WALDSTEIN Star-Ledger Staff // Virtually all high school and college teams play on hard courts, and there are only three pro tournaments on clay: the Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, and women's events in Charleston, S.C., and Amelia Island, Fla.

• US Clay court championships Arthur Ashe, Manuel Orantes, Chris Everett, Nancy Richey, and Jimmy Connors have all played at IRC. These players participated in the U.S. National Clay Court Championships, which IRC hosted for five years when the club had outdoor clay courts.

Other Players

• Andrea Temesvári Winner 1983, 1985 - Indianapolis
• Althea Gibson 1957 US Clay court Singles and Doubles Champion
• Dana Gilbert the 1978 United States women's Clay Court championship.1978 Women's Champion
• Nancy Richey Gunter She won the singles title at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships a record six consecutive years, from 1963 to 1968.
• Obit for Carole Caldwell Graebner; She also won doubles titles at the U.S. Clay Court Championships in 1965 and 1966 and was a finalist in singles at the 1964 U.S. Championships.