Garza/Whiting played the clay courts for the first time in the 45's and won the event. Nichols won her first title at Houston.  Kathy Foulk won her first USTA ball, a bronze, in the singles.

Singles Seeds:

  1. Nichols, Carolyn - Lodi, CA, USA
  2. Hausman, Karen - Boca Raton, FL, USA
  3. Fendig, Lu - St. Simons Island, GA, USA
  4. Ramsower-Pearlstein, Chris - Walnut Creek, CA, USA
  5. Bramlette, Susan - Houston, TX, USA
  6. Foulk, Kathy - Geneva, FL, USA
  7. Ernest, Sheila - Clemmons, NC, USA

Doubles Seeds:
  1. Nichols, Carolyn - Lodi, CA, USA
    Ramsower-Pearlstein, Chris - Walnut Creek, CA, USA
  2. Garza, Rosie - Austin, TX, USA
    Whiting, Sue - Dallas, TX, USA
  3. Fendig, Lu - St. Simons Island, GA, USA
    Strnadel, M. - Houston, TX, USA
  4. Bramlette, Susan - Houston, TX, USA
    Lerner, Daryl - Houston, TX, USA

Results:
Singles:
F (1) Carolyn Nichols d. (2) Karen Hausman 6-1; 6-0
PL (6) Kathy Foulk d. (5) Susan Bramlette 5-7; 7-6(2); 6-2

SF (2) Karen Hausman d. (5) Susan Bramlette 6-1; 6-1
SF (1) Carolyn Nichols d. (6) Kathy Foulk 6-1; 6-0

32 Cindy Babb d. Susan Liberto 6-3; 7-5 32 Sally Graham d. Dina Ingersole 6-2; 6-1 32 Wendy McColskey d. Marcia Bennett 6-0; 6-0 32 Judi Lehman d. Barbara Sasser 7-5; 7-5 32 Suzanne Siegler d. Bobbie Miles 6-1; 6-3 32 Daryl Lerner d. Ramona Wong 4-6; 6-0; 6-0 32 (6) Kathy Foulk d. Mary Morgan 6-2; 7-5 32 Alison Clemente d. Carolyn Burch 6-3; 6-2 32 Susan Bushman d. Shelby Torrance 7-6(6); 6-1 32 (7) Sheila Ernest d. Patti Burns 6-0; 6-0 32 Jeannie Mullen d. M C Hyink 6-2; 6-2

QF (2) Karen Hausman d. Wendy McColskey 7-6(1); 6-3 QF (5) Susan Bramlette d. (4) Chris Ramsower-Pearlstein 6-1; 7-5 QF (6) Kathy Foulk d. (3) Lu Fendig 4-6; 6-1; 7-5 QF (1) Carolyn Nichols d. (7) Sheila Ernest 6-1; 6-0

16 (2) Karen Hausman d. Cindy Babb 6-2; 6-0 16 Wendy McColskey d. Sally Graham 4-0 Ret (em) 16 (4) Chris Ramsower-Pearlstein d. Judi Lehman 6-3; 7-6(5) 16 (5) Susan Bramlette d. Suzanne Siegler 6-2; 6-1 16 (6) Kathy Foulk d. Daryl Lerner 6-3; 7-5 16 (3) Lu Fendig d. Alison Clemente 6-3; 6-3 16 (7) Sheila Ernest d. Susan Bushman 7-5; 6-2 16 (1) Carolyn Nichols d. Jeannie Mullen 6-1; 6-2

Doubles:
F (2) Garza/Whiting d. (1) Nichols/Ramsower-Pearlstein 7-6(2); 6-3
PL (3) Fendig/Strnadel d. Graham/Hyink

SF (2) Garza/Whiting d. (3) Fendig/Strnadel 6-1; 6-4
SF (1) Nichols/Ramsower-Pearlstein d. Graham/Hyink 6-0; 6-0

QF (2) Garza/Whiting d. Bushman/Morgan 6-0; 6-2 QF (3) Fendig/Strnadel d. Foulk/Wheatley 6-1; 6-4
QF Graham/Hyink d. (4) Bramlette/Lerner 0-6; 7-6(1); 7-5
QF (1) Nichols/Ramsower-Pearlstein d. Carter/Meyer 6-0; 6-0

16 Bushman/Morgan d. Babb/Shaver 6-4; 4-6; 7-5 16 (3) Fendig/Strnadel d. Ernest/McColskey 6-2; 6-4 16 Foulk/Wheatley d. Liberto/Torrance 6-0; 5-2 Ret (inj) 16 Graham/Hyink d. Bennett/Billings 6-4 16 (4) Bramlette/Lerner d. Miles/Wong 6-1; 6-0 16 Carter/Meyer d. Burns/Ingersole 6-2; 6-1

Lu Fendig

Karen Hausman is playing in her first year in the 45's.

Sheri Bronson