Hardbat champ Steve Berger:
Berger claiming the prestigious "Hardbat RR" certificate:
Runner-up Lily Yip:
Semi-finalist Loc Ngo:
Semi-finalist Derek May:
Doubles champions Larry Hodges and Ty Hoff:
Larry and Ty receiving their trophy:
Quarter-finalist Robert Mayer:
Quarter-finalist Ty Hoff is a fulltime hardbat player:
Quarter-finalist Nick Mintsiveris:
Quarter-finalist Larry Hodges:
Barry Dattel:
Marty Reisman:
Rudy Miranda has had a number of strong hardbat wins lately:
Rudy's win over Marty was one of the most exciting matches in the tournament:
Ashu Jain proves that hardbat IS fun!
Norman Bass is a fulltime hardbat player:
10-times U.S. Champ Dick Miles coached Berger to the title:
Bernie Savitz:
Dick and Marty - friends and rivals:
Don Varian and Berndt Mann:
Tim Boggan:
Ralph Stadelman does NOT look fun to play against here:
Loc and Ralph reached the semis of the doubles:
Don Varian of Hock TTC:
Tandy Goldberg doing a publicity shoot for the USATT:
John Jarema has a SERIOUS backhand:
Tim Kelly is a fulltime hardbat player:
Scott Gordon won the U2000 event:
Bruce Liu is a fulltime hardbat player and member of team Hock:
fulltime hardbatter Thanh Nguyen was top seed in U2000, but was upset by Oros:
D.G. Van Vooren:
Curt Newton is a fulltime hardbat player:
Ralph Muramoto is a fulltime hardbat player:
John Curd's hardbat rating is over 300 points higher than his sponge rating (most players average 200 points LOWER):
Tim Wright is a fulltime hardbat player:
Dana Hanson:
Al Papp is a fulltime hardbat player, founder of the Yahoo hardbat egroup, and an advocate of cork-surfaced paddles:
John Grinnell is the USATT committee hardbat vice-chair. On the newsgroup, he goes by JTE (John-the-Elder):
Jim McQueen, trying desparately to get arrested:
William James Brin:
Courtney Roberts:
Ernesto De Los Reyes:
Is this Scott Ryan?:
unknown #1 (check out the grip!):
unknown #3:
unknown #4:
unknown #6:
unknown #7:
For more 2001 U.S. Nationals photos, see Mal Anderson's photos by clicking here.