Jim Nelson

Richard Dunn Lenny Lindborg and Jim Nelson, longtime friends and doubles partners, are an odd couple who make a great pair on the tennis court. "Jimmy's like a surgeon -- I'm like a hustler. It works pretty well," said Lindborg, a first-year player in the men's 65s division, along with Nelson, who plays at Palisades Tennis Club in Newport Beach. Both players are part of an amazing collection of coastal Orange County seniors who continue to roll up United States Tennis Association championships as if the gold balls awarded to winners are made of the real stuff.

Richard Dunn High school tennis gets top billing in local coverage (i.e., Orange County newspapers). The professional tours are handled by worldwide print and electronic media. And, in terms of growing the game for the future, organizations such as the United States Tennis Association budget tens of thousands of dollars each year for junior development. While all of the above facets certainly play a role in the Newport-Mesa community in one form or another, what seems to distinguish this area from other tennis hotbeds is the Super Senior level.