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 2023 the tournament celebrated its 62nd 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

YearBoysGirls
14 & under112 & under14 & under112 & under
1948 United States Jerry MossNot heldNot heldNot held
1949 United States Jerry MossNot heldNot heldNot held
1950 United States Mike GreenNot heldNot heldNot held
1951 United States Donald DellNot heldMexico Rosie ReyesNot held
1952 United States Butch BuchholzNot heldUnited States Phyllis SaganskiNot held
1953 United States Butch BuchholzNot heldUnited States Donna FloydNot held
1954 United States Ray SenkowskiNot heldUnited States Virginia HessNot held
1955 United States Frank Froehling IIINot heldUnited States Virginia HessNot held
1956 United States Curtis MyersNot heldUnited States Roberta AlisonNot held
1957 Puerto Rico Charlie PasarellNot heldUnited States Peachy KellmeyerNot held
1958 Costa Rica Nicholas KaloNot heldUnited States Mary ArfarasNot held
1959 United States George SeewagenNot heldUnited States Vickie HolmesNot held
1960 Mexico Marcelo LaraNot heldUnited States Peaches BartkowiczNot held
1961 Puerto Rico Alberto CarreroNot heldUnited States Peaches BartkowiczNot held
1962 Puerto Rico Stanley PasarellUnited States Mac ClaflinMexico Susanna SelingerUnited States Ann Roberts
1963 United States Richard StocktonUnited States Dick StocktonUnited States Carol HunterUnited States Marjory Gengler
1964 United States Richard StocktonUnited States Jimmy ConnorsUnited States Connie CapozziUnited States Nancy Ornstein
1965 United States Eddie DibbsUnited States Jeff MillerUnited States Emily FisherUnited States Karin Benson
1966 United States Sandy MayerPuerto Rico Freddy de JesúsUnited States Karin BensonUnited States Plums Bartkowicz
1967 Mexico Emilio MontañoUnited States Eugene MayerUnited States Chris EvertUnited States Laurie Tenney
1968 United States John WhitlingerUnited States Billy MartinUnited States Laurie FlemingUnited States Jeanne Evert
1969 United States Billy MartinUnited States Howard SchoenfieldBrazil Andréa MenezesUnited States Lynn Epstein
1970 Chile Hans GildemeisterUnited States Eddie ReeseUnited States Jeanne EvertUnited States Sheila McInerney
1971 United States Walter LentzUnited States Van WinitskyUnited States Lynn EpsteinUnited States Sherry Acker
1972 United States Van WinitskyUnited States John EvertUnited States Zenda LiessUnited States Anne White
1973 United States Blaine WillenborgUnited States Mark MeesUnited States Jennifer BalentUnited States Elise Burgin
1974 United States Billy NealonCanada Alan RackoUnited States Laura StarrUnited States Shelley Solomon
1975 United States Bruce BresciaUnited States Jim PughUnited States Elise BurginUnited States Andrea Jaeger
1976 United States Bruce PompanUnited States Jimmy BrownUnited States Shelley SolomonUnited States Lori Kosten
1977 Argentina Roberto ArgüelloUnited States Robbie WeissMexico Susana RojasUnited States Karen Seguso
1978 Brazil Carlos ChabalgoityUnited States Aaron KricksteinUnited States Lori KostenUnited States Kathy Rinaldi
1979 Chile José FernándezSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bruno OrešarVenezuela Lilian DrescherUnited States Claire Evert
1980 France Olivier CaylaUnited States Al ParkerHungary Andrea TemesváriUnited States Kerri Rieter
1981 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bruno OrešarArgentina Agustín GarizzioBulgaria Manuela MaleevaGermany Steffi Graf
1982 Sweden Kent CarlssonUnited States David KassUnited States Stephanie ReheUnited States Mary Joe Fernández
1983 Mexico Eduardo VélezUnited States Fritz BissellUnited States Mary Joe FernándezUnited States Diane McKeon
1984 Venezuela Nicolás PereiraSweden Johan AlvénUnited States Caryn MossUnited States Luanne Spadea
1985 Sweden Nicklas KultiUnited States Tommy HoUnited States Luanne SpadeaSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
1986 United States Frank SalazarUnited States Jason AppelUnited States Laxmi PoruriUnited States Jennifer Capriati
1987 United States Tommy HoUnited States Jimmy JacksonChinese Taipei Wang Shi-tingBulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
1988 United States Vince SpadeaUnited States B.J. StearnsUnited States Nicole HummelUnited States Chanda Rubin
1989 Czech Republic Filip KascakNot heldGermany Marketa KochtaNot held
1990 Sweden Magnus NormanNot heldGermany Heike RuschNot held
1991 United Kingdom Jamie DelgadoNot heldItaly Francesca BentivoglioNot held
1992 Germany Tommy HaasNot heldFrance Amélie CastéraNot held
1993 France Jean-René LisnardNot heldFrance Karolina JagieniakNot held
1994 Russia Artem DerepaskoNot heldUnited States Jessica LehnhoffNot held
1995 Belgium Olivier RochusNot heldSlovenia Katarina SrebotnikNot held
1996 France Paul-Henri MathieuNot heldBelgium Justine HeninNot held
1997 Switzerland Stéphane BohliNot heldCroatia Jelena PandžićNot held
1998 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Janko TipsarevićSouth Korea Choi Dong-wheeMexico Melissa TorresSwitzerland Romina Oprandi
1999 Chinese Taipei Wang Yeu-tzuooUnited Kingdom Andy MurrayCroatia Matea MezakFrance Tatiana Golovin
2000 Russia Artem SitakFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan KatićUnited States Nicole PittsGermany Laura Siegemund
2001 United States Clancy ShieldsSouth Korea Kim Cheong-euiIsrael Shahar Pe'er[6]Bulgaria Sesil Karatantcheva
2002 Argentina Juan Martín del PotroAustralia Andrew ThomasBelarus Olga GovortsovaCanada Sharon Fichman
2003 Venezuela Roberto MaytínGeorgia (country) Lazare KukhalashvilaRomania Sorana CîrsteaUnited States Mallory Burdette
2004 Lithuania Ričardas BerankisAustralia Bernard TomicAustria Tamira PaszekRussia Valeria Solovyeva
2005 United States Rhyne WilliamsUnited States Christian HarrisonRussia Viktoria KamenskayaBelarus Anna Orlik
2006 Australia Bernard TomicUnited States Reo AsamiBelarus Anna OrlikUnited Kingdom Jessica Ren
2007 United Kingdom George MorganUnited States Joseph Di GiulioLithuania Iveta DapkutėUnited States Madison Keys
2008 United States John RichmondSouth Korea Chung HyeonSouth Korea Lee So-raNetherlands Indy de Vroome
2009 Vietnam Nguyễn Hoàng ThiênSouth Korea Hong Seong-chanUnited States Yuki Kristina ChiangCanada Françoise Abanda
2010 United Kingdom Joshua SapwellUnited States Michael MmohUnited States Brooke AustinUnited States Nicole Frenkel
2011 South Korea Hong Seong-chanRussia Artem DubrivnyyUnited States Katerina StewartUnited States Claire Liu
2012 United States Michael MmohIsrael Yshai OlielUnited Kingdom Maia LumsdenUnited States Abigail Desiatnikov
2013 Argentina Axel GellerArgentina Juan Manuel CerúndoloUnited States Claire LiuUnited States Hurricane Tyra Black
2014 Israel Yshai OlielCroatia Borna DevaldRussia Anastasia PotapovaUnited States Whitney Osuigwe
2015 Argentina Thiago Agustín TiranteChina Wang XiaofeiUkraine Marta KostyukUkraine Daria Lopatetska
2016 China Bu YunchaoketeUnited States Victor LilovUnited States Alexa NoelUnited States Coco Gauff
2017 Japan Shintaro MochizukiJapan Lennon Roark JonesUnited States Elvina KalievaCzech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová
2018 Hong Kong Coleman WongUnited States Rudy QuanTurkey Melisa ErcanUnited States Clervie Ngounoue
2019 United States Nisesh BasavareddyUnited Kingdom Benjamin Gusic-WanUnited States Stephanie YakoffRussia Mirra Andreeva
2020 Not held
2021 Colombia Alejandro ArcilaSlovenia Svit SuljicUnited States Iva JovicMoldova Lia Belibova
2022 Bulgaria Ivan IvanovSouth Korea Dongjae KimLatvia Adelina LachinovaRussia Christina Lyutova
2023 United States Andrew JohnsonSouth Korea Jang JunseoCzech Republic Jana KovačkováIsrael 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
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