The Louisiana Family Medicine Clinic City Championships tournament concludes Sunday at the Bossier Tennis Center.
In the men’s singles final, No. 1 seed and former champion Anthony McMaster of Shreveport faces No. 2 seed Michael Pereira of Shreveport at 1 p.m.
In the women’s singles final, defending champion and No. 1 seed Frances Altick of Monroe takes on No. 2 Angelo Basto of Shreveport at 10 a.m.
At 12:30 p.m. before the men’s singles final, a ceremony will be held inducting three new members into the City Hall of Fame — multiple City champion Dr. Bill Borders, his sister Anne, and John Liles. Anne Borders and Liles are being inducted posthumously.
McMaster, a former Loyola College Prep and Centenary College standout, is looking for his fourth City singles title. He last won in 2022.
A financial advisor with Edward Jones according to his Linked-In profile, McMaster defeated No. 8 seed Lucas Richardson 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals and No. 5 Ridge Creech 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals.
Pereira, the Director of Tennis at Querbes Park Tennis Center, has blitzed through the draw. The former UNC Wilmington standout lost only one game in four matches.
Altick won her semifinal match without dropping a game. Basto defeated Nicoleta Anestiadi 6-1, 6-2.
In the men’s open doubles final, No. 1 seed Knox Stinson and Grady Wilson face No. 2 Kody Anderson and Marc Paz at 8:30 a.m.
In the women’s open doubles final, No. 1 Therina Steencamp and Mariia Brodii play No. 2 Daniela Perez and Pierina Lescher also at 8:30.
In the mixed open doubles final, No. 1 McMaster and Morgan Young play No. 2 Altick and Creech at 3 p.m.
Several City champions have already been crowned.
Among those are Anne Jenkins and Shelly Valiulis (8.0 women’s doubles), Bossier Tennis Center director Todd Killen and his son Kevin (father-son doubles), Kathryn and Margaret Elberson (mother-daughter doubles) and Jeffrey, Angela Basto (father-daughter) doubles and Shelia and Samuel Pernici (mother-son doubles).
All told, champions will be crowned in 23 divisions.
The three Hall of Fame inductees have had big impacts on local tennis.
Bill Border has won multiple City title, including men’s singles, and has been a mainstay of the tournament since its days at Querbes Park.
His sister Anne was one of the top junior and women’s players in Louisiana and the South.
She was a member of the powerful Captain Shreve team that won the National Interscholastics Championship in 1969.
Liles, a Byrd and Louisiana Tech graduate who passed away in 2024, was one of the founding members of the Northwest Louisiana Community Tennis Association in 1986, according to his obituary.
He ran the National 16’s Intersectional Championships when it was moved to Pierremont Oaks Tennis Club in 1994.
Liles was also a certified tennis official for more than 20 years. He was elected president of the USTA Louisiana in 2022.
He received multiple honors and awards during his 25 years of service and was inducted into the Louisiana Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019.