Judy Dixon

Competition Resumes: Hardcourt Nationals!

On May 8, I flew cross country to play in the first national USTA Category 1 tournament since the onset of Covid. The last time I competed was January 2020 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and now, 3,000 miles away, I hoped I was ready (or ready enough) to play a national event. With 16…

Women’s Equality in Sport: One Step Forward, Two Back?

More than 46 years ago, when Title IX was an obscure law that had little bearing on athletics, I sued Yale University. I sued on behalf of the women coaches and women athletes who were mired in a system of inequities, involving the use of part-time coaches, meager coaches’ salaries, lack of facilities, lack of…

Featured Speaker on Northampton Neighbors Online Today at 3pm

I’ve been invited to speak by Northampton Neighbors today at 3pm. Here’s the group’s announcement with the Zoom link for anyone who did not receive my newsletter. My wife Suzanne will be interviewing me about my life and about my experiences dealing with inequities within the world of women in sports. I hope some of…

Suspended Play

On July 1, I was named to the 2020 Super Senior 70 World Team scheduled to compete in Mallorca, Spain, October 11-16. On July 15 the event was cancelled. There have been so many disappointments these past five months: weddings, vacations, birthdays, graduations, and now another added to the list. The ITF ( International Tennis…

Courts Closed, While We Wait…

The past five weeks have been like living in a disaster movie — unbelievably frightening and anxiety provoking. While we all are coping with the unfathomable loss and distress so many in our community, our country, and the world are facing due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we also are figuring out how to continue our…

2020 Competitive Season Begins: Bring it!

Preparing for national tournaments is always an interesting experience, particularly when practicing indoors on hard courts and then having to transition to outdoor clay courts. I am never sure what to expect, therefore I arrived in Florida three days before the start of the event. This was the first tournament of 2020 for the 0’s…

The opportunity of pressure: U.S. World Championships

A recent USTA New England News story includes this quote from me: “We were over the moon we won and a bit surprised we played so well. We had a rag-tag team. I was battling a chronic Illness, Brenda tore her ACL last year, and Liane played in a tournament a couple weeks prior and…

Competing at Doubles and Singles at the National Women’s 50-90 Championships in La Jolla

A few days before I was to compete in the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS in La Jolla, California, severe back pain kicked in. I had recently recovered from a pulled hamstring preceding the tournament, but, unlike the types of pains and injuries many of us who love to play tennis face regularly, the back pain was related…

A new chapter? Moving On Up: Youth tennis program needs you!

Retirement may not be the correct word for this stage of my life. Perhaps “a new chapter” or “self-scheduled time” is a better way to describe my days. Aside from continuing to prepare for tennis competition, I have been quite busy as a board member of two non-profits, Moving On Up with Tennis and Education, and…

2018 National Championships: Opponent, teammate, friend

I recently returned from the 2018 National Women’s Intersectional Team Championships in Phoenix, Arizona. I played #1 singles and #1 doubles on Team New England’s 65 and over team. There were 15 teams from different USTA sections in our division and 6 different divisions: 35 and over, 45, 55, 65, 75, and even an 80-and-over…