Junior Orange Bowl (tennis)

For other uses, see Orange Bowl (disambiguation).

The Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships is a youth tennis tournament, held in Coral Gables, Florida, for Boys & Girls in the "14 and under" and "12 and under" divisions. In 2024 the tournament will celebrate its 63rd anniversary. Robert Gomez is the tournament director.

History

The global Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships has as competitors the top-ranked boys and girls 12-and-under and 14-and-under junior players, from over 76 countries.[1]

The Orange Bowl tournament was founded in 1947.[2] The "14 and under" and "12 and under" tournaments began in 1962. Past champions include legends, Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert, Juan Martin del Potro, Steffi Graf, Andy Murray, Monica Seles, Tommy Haas, Coco Gauff and Miami great, Mary Jo Fernandez. [3][4] Winners have come from over 20 nations.[5]

Past champions

Year Boys Girls
14 & under1 12 & under 14 & under1 12 & under
1948 United States Jerry Moss Not held Not held Not held
1949 United States Jerry Moss Not held Not held Not held
1950 United States Mike Green Not held Not held Not held
1951 United States Donald Dell Not held Mexico Rosie Reyes Not held
1952 United States Butch Buchholz Not held United States Phyllis Saganski Not held
1953 United States Butch Buchholz Not held United States Donna Floyd Not held
1954 United States Ray Senkowski Not held United States Virginia Hess Not held
1955 United States Frank Froehling III Not held United States Virginia Hess Not held
1956 United States Curtis Myers Not held United States Roberta Alison Not held
1957 Puerto Rico Charlie Pasarell Not held United States Peachy Kellmeyer Not held
1958 Costa Rica Nicholas Kalo Not held United States Mary Arfaras Not held
1959 United States George Seewagen Not held United States Vickie Holmes Not held
1960 Mexico Marcelo Lara Not held United States Peaches Bartkowicz Not held
1961 Puerto Rico Alberto Carrero Not held United States Peaches Bartkowicz Not held
1962 Puerto Rico Stanley Pasarell United States Mac Claflin Mexico Susanna Selinger United States Ann Roberts
1963 United States Richard Stockton United States Dick Stockton United States Carol Hunter United States Marjory Gengler
1964 United States Richard Stockton United States Jimmy Connors United States Connie Capozzi United States Nancy Ornstein
1965 United States Eddie Dibbs United States Jeff Miller United States Emily Fisher United States Karin Benson
1966 United States Sandy Mayer Puerto Rico Freddy de Jesús United States Karin Benson United States Plums Bartkowicz
1967 Mexico Emilio Montaño United States Eugene Mayer United States Chris Evert United States Laurie Tenney
1968 United States John Whitlinger United States Billy Martin United States Laurie Fleming United States Jeanne Evert
1969 United States Billy Martin United States Howard Schoenfield Brazil Andréa Menezes United States Lynn Epstein
1970 Chile Hans Gildemeister United States Eddie Reese United States Jeanne Evert United States Sheila McInerney
1971 United States Walter Lentz United States Van Winitsky United States Lynn Epstein United States Sherry Acker
1972 United States Van Winitsky United States John Evert United States Zenda Liess United States Anne White
1973 United States Blaine Willenborg United States Mark Mees United States Jennifer Balent United States Elise Burgin
1974 United States Billy Nealon Canada Alan Racko United States Laura Starr United States Shelley Solomon
1975 United States Bruce Brescia United States Jim Pugh United States Elise Burgin United States Andrea Jaeger
1976 United States Bruce Pompan United States Jimmy Brown United States Shelley Solomon United States Lori Kosten
1977 Argentina Roberto Argüello United States Robbie Weiss Mexico Susana Rojas United States Karen Seguso
1978 Brazil Carlos Chabalgoity United States Aaron Krickstein United States Lori Kosten United States Kathy Rinaldi
1979 Chile José Fernández Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bruno Orešar Venezuela Lilian Drescher United States Claire Evert
1980 France Olivier Cayla United States Al Parker Hungary Andrea Temesvári United States Kerri Rieter
1981 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bruno Orešar Argentina Agustín Garizzio Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva Germany Steffi Graf
1982 Sweden Kent Carlsson United States David Kass United States Stephanie Rehe United States Mary Joe Fernández
1983 Mexico Eduardo Vélez United States Fritz Bissell United States Mary Joe Fernández United States Diane McKeon
1984 Venezuela Nicolás Pereira Sweden Johan Alvén United States Caryn Moss United States Luanne Spadea
1985 Sweden Nicklas Kulti United States Tommy Ho United States Luanne Spadea Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
1986 United States Frank Salazar United States Jason Appel United States Laxmi Poruri United States Jennifer Capriati
1987 United States Tommy Ho United States Jimmy Jackson Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
1988 United States Vince Spadea United States B.J. Stearns United States Nicole Hummel United States Chanda Rubin
1989 Czech Republic Filip Kascak Not held Germany Marketa Kochta Not held
1990 Sweden Magnus Norman Not held Germany Heike Rusch Not held
1991 United Kingdom Jamie Delgado Not held Italy Francesca Bentivoglio Not held
1992 Germany Tommy Haas Not held France Amélie Castéra Not held
1993 France Jean-René Lisnard Not held France Karolina Jagieniak Not held
1994 Russia Artem Derepasko Not held United States Jessica Lehnhoff Not held
1995 Belgium Olivier Rochus Not held Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Not held
1996 France Paul-Henri Mathieu Not held Belgium Justine Henin Not held
1997 Switzerland Stéphane Bohli Not held Croatia Jelena Pandžić Not held
1998 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janko Tipsarević South Korea Choi Dong-whee Mexico Melissa Torres Switzerland Romina Oprandi
1999 Chinese Taipei Wang Yeu-tzuoo United Kingdom Andy Murray Croatia Matea Mezak France Tatiana Golovin
2000 Russia Artem Sitak Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Katić United States Nicole Pitts Germany Laura Siegemund
2001 United States Clancy Shields South Korea Kim Cheong-eui Israel Shahar Pe'er[6] Bulgaria Sesil Karatantcheva
2002 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro Australia Andrew Thomas Belarus Olga Govortsova Canada Sharon Fichman
2003 Venezuela Roberto Maytín Georgia (country) Lazare Kukhalashvila Romania Sorana Cîrstea United States Mallory Burdette
2004 Lithuania Ričardas Berankis Australia Bernard Tomic Austria Tamira Paszek Russia Valeria Solovyeva
2005 United States Rhyne Williams United States Christian Harrison Russia Viktoria Kamenskaya Belarus Anna Orlik
2006 Australia Bernard Tomic United States Reo Asami Belarus Anna Orlik United Kingdom Jessica Ren
2007 United Kingdom George Morgan United States Joseph Di Giulio Lithuania Iveta Dapkutė United States Madison Keys
2008 United States John Richmond South Korea Chung Hyeon South Korea Lee So-ra Netherlands Indy de Vroome
2009 Vietnam Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên South Korea Hong Seong-chan United States Yuki Kristina Chiang Canada Françoise Abanda
2010 United Kingdom Joshua Sapwell United States Michael Mmoh United States Brooke Austin United States Nicole Frenkel
2011 South Korea Hong Seong-chan Russia Artem Dubrivnyy United States Katerina Stewart United States Claire Liu
2012 United States Michael Mmoh Israel Yshai Oliel United Kingdom Maia Lumsden United States Abigail Desiatnikov
2013 Argentina Axel Geller Argentina Juan Manuel Cerúndolo United States Claire Liu United States Hurricane Tyra Black
2014 Israel Yshai Oliel Croatia Borna Devald Russia Anastasia Potapova United States Whitney Osuigwe
2015 Argentina Thiago Agustín Tirante China Wang Xiaofei Ukraine Marta Kostyuk Ukraine Daria Lopatetska
2016 China Bu Yunchaokete United States Victor Lilov United States Alexa Noel United States Coco Gauff
2017 Japan Shintaro Mochizuki Japan Lennon Roark Jones United States Elvina Kalieva Czech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová
2018 Hong Kong Coleman Wong United States Rudy Quan Turkey Melisa Ercan United States Clervie Ngounoue
2019 United States Nisesh Basavareddy United Kingdom Benjamin Gusic-Wan United States Stephanie Yakoff Russia Mirra Andreeva
2020 Not held
2021 Colombia Alejandro Arcila Slovenia Svit Suljic United States Iva Jovic Moldova Lia Belibova
2022 Bulgaria Ivan Ivanov South Korea Dongjae Kim Latvia Adelina Lachinova Russia Christina Lyutova
2023 United States Andrew Johnson South Korea Jang Junseo Czech Republic Jana Kovačková Israel Daniel Baranes

1Prior to 1962 the event was a 13 & under tournament. In 1962 it became a 14 & under championship.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tennis : Sports: What We do : Junior Orange Bowl".
  2. ^ "ITF Tennis – Juniors Circuit". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012.
  3. ^ "Junior Orange Bowl.org Tournament History". Archived from the original on February 27, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  4. ^ "ITF Tennis – Juniors Circuit". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012.
  5. ^ "ITF Tennis – Juniors Circuit". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012.
  6. ^ 12-year-old Israeli wins unofficial junior world tennis championship, Haaretz