Paul Bauman

Paul Bauman has more than 30 years of professional journalism experience, including the past 11 years at his hometown newspaper, The Sacramento Bee. He has covered hundreds of professional tennis tournaments, including Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the Davis Cup, the Fed Cup and the Japan Open. Bauman earned third-place awards in the 2008 and 2009 United States Tennis Writers’ Association contests and was nominated for the inaugural class of the Sacramento Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009. He wrote “Agassi & Ecstasy,” a biography of Andre Agassi published in 1997, while working at the Las Vegas Review-Journal in Agassi's hometown and was named the 1986 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year during a stint at the Reno Gazette-Journal. He also served as the editor of the ATP World Tour newspaper. Bauman graduated from Stanford University.

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Stanford women to play for NCAA title; rankings, etc.

May 21, 2013

   NOTE TO READERS: This story will be updated with the result of the NCAA women's final between Stanford and Texas A&M at about 2 a.m. Wednesday.    The 12th-ranked Stanford women are scheduled to play No. 3 Texas A&M for t...

Tursunov returns, stays unbeaten in doubles this year

May 20, 2013

   NOTE TO READERS: This story will be topped tonight with the result of the NCAA women's semifinal match between No. 12 Stanford and No. 1 Florida, the two-time defending champion, in Urbana, Ill. The dual match is scheduled to begin at 3 p....

Stanford wins, Cal falls in NCAA women’s quarters

May 19, 2013

  The Cal women couldn't knock off top-ranked and two-time defending champion Florida at the NCAA Team Championships in Urbana, Ill.   Now Stanford gets a chance.   The Gators eliminated the Bears 4-2 in today's quarterfinals. ...

Changes planned for Gold River Women’s Challenger

May 19, 2013
Changes planned for Gold River Women’s Challenger

Modesto product Maria Sanchez, left, beat Jessica Pegula in the final of last year'sinaugural $50,000 FSP Gold River Women's Challenger. Photo by Paul Bauman   Seeking a better field and more fans, organizers are making several changes for th...

Cal women advance to NCAA quarterfinals

May 17, 2013

   The eighth-ranked Cal women reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Team Championships for the second straight year on Friday, defeating No. 9 Alabama 4-1 in Urbana, Ill.   No. 8 Anett Schutting, a junior from Estonia, beat No. 34 ...

No. 18 Cal men ousted in NCAA round of 16

May 17, 2013

   Now it's up to the women.   The last remaining men's team from Northern California lost Thursday in the NCAA Division I Championships as No. 18 Cal fell to No. 3 Virginia in the round of 16 for the second straight year 4-0 in Urb...

Tursunov hurt; so what else is new? Rankings, etc.

May 14, 2013
Tursunov hurt; so what else is new? Rankings, etc.

Dmitry Tursunov, shown at Indian Wells in March, will miss one totwo weeks with a strained hamstring muscle. Photo by Paul Bauman   Right on cue, Dmitry Tursunov got hurt.   In his next tournament after winning the Munich doubles ti...

Klinger wins battle of top Bay Area juniors for title

May 13, 2013

   ELK GROVE -- Cameron Klinger and Lane Leschly, nationally ranked 15-year-olds, live about 20 miles (32 kilometers) apart in the San Francisco Bay Area.   So they've played each other since they were toddlers, right?   N...

Bay Area juniors upset top seeds in national tourneys

May 13, 2013

   Two juniors from the San Francisco Bay Area knocked off No. 1 seeds in the semifinals of national junior tournaments in Northern California on Sunday.   In the USTA National Open girls 16s at the Laguna Creek Racquet Club in Elk ...

Three NorCal teams reach NCAA round of 16

May 12, 2013

   Three Northern California teams advanced Saturday to the round of 16 in the NCAA Championships, while two others were eliminated.   Heading to Urbana, Ill., for the Sweet 16 are the No. 8 Cal women, No. 12 Stanford women and No. ...



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