USTA News

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) recently announced the selection of Lee Delfausse of Waitsfield, Vermont, as a member of the U.S. Kitty Godfree Cup Team for women 65 and over.

Delfausse will represent the United States at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super Seniors World Team Championships on grass and artificial grass in Perth, Australia, November 2-7. The cup teams for super senior players are comparable to the Fed Cup and Davis Cup competitions for professional players.

Delfausse is one of a four-woman team chosen from the top American players in her age division. Her teammates include Suella Steel (La Jolla CA), Donna Fales (Coral Gables FL), and Cathie Anderson (Del Mar CA). She won the 50 Grass Court National Doubles Championship four times and the 50 Nationals Indoor Singles Championship once.

Delfausse is a 1969 graduate of University of California, Berkeley and is working toward a master’s degree at the University of New Hampshire. She has been the president of the New Hampshire Tennis Association and a state representative to the New England Tennis Association. An inductee in the New England Tennis Hall of Fame, she also won a Sportsmanship Award at a National Mother/Daughter Championship event. Currently she works as a writer and as a tennis coach in the QuickStart program in Portsmouth NH.

This is Delfausse’s first experience on a USA team in an international tennis competition. As a former national ski champion, she takes great pride in being a representative of the USA in international competition in two sports – skiing and tennis.