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Barbara Krase Chandler (b. 0000) is an American professional tennis player. She was the 1946 National U.S. Women’s Clay Court & National Junior Hard Court Champion in Calif.
Career
In 1941 she was a national ranked junior player in singles and doubles.
Post-Career
Barbara married Bill Chandler and moved to Boise in 1952, where she promptly went to work for the Boise City Rec. Department as the supervisor. Starting in 1952 she was the Idaho Women's Open champion for 15 years, for 9 of those years she was the women's singles, doubles and mix doubles champion in the Intermountain section. Barb was the first president of the Idaho Tennis Association and one of the original founders of the Boise Racquet and Swim Club 41 years ago. She founded and managed the Boise School Tennis Program from 1953–2000, and was also the co-founder of the Youth Tennis Foundation, and the first supervisor of the Boise City Recreation Tennis Program. Barbara Chandler is largely responsible for the construction of over 30 public tennis court facilities now existing in Boise, and has often been called "Idaho's First Lady of Tennis." In 2001 Barb was honored by being chosen as the first inductee in the Idaho Tennis Hall of Fame. She plays tennis to this day.
About the clay court Championships
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
BY DAVID WALDSTEIN Star-Ledger Staff //
Virtually all high school and college teams play on hard courts, and there are only three pro tournaments on clay: the Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, and women's events in Charleston, S.C., and Amelia Island, Fla.
- US Clay court championships Arthur Ashe, Manuel Orantes, Chris Everett, Nancy Richey, and Jimmy Connors have all played at IRC. These players participated in the U.S. National Clay Court Championships, which IRC hosted for five years when the club had outdoor clay courts.
