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