Former professional tennis player Jenny Klitch brought a bronze medal home to Mirasol after a strong showing in the Women’s 50 singles division at the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) Senior World Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. She lost to the eventual champion and World #1 player, Teresa Catlin, and is now the #2 ranked singles player in the world for women ages 50 and older.
Ms. Klitch has also been selected to represent Team USA in the upcoming Women’s 45 World Team Championships, which will take place October 20-25 in Miami Beach. This team event follows the Davis/Fed Cup format, with each country’s four-person team competing in best of three matches including two singles match and one doubles match.
Mirasol Director of Sports, Jeremy Barker, said, “The Mirasol community is extremely proud of Jenny’s accomplishments at the ITF World Senior Championships. It is very special for us to have a member who engages daily in the club’s tennis events and social programs and plays at the highest level of senior competition on the world stage.”
Ms. Klitch will compete on her home courts when Mirasol hosts the world’s highest-ranked seniors at the 40th ITF Individual Senior World Championships from May 2-9, 2020. The community also boasts seven active women’s teams in the Palm Beach County Women’s Tennis Association (PBCWTA) league, the most of any private residential club in Palm Beach County.
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