Petits As

Les Petits As – Le Mondial Lacoste (English: Little champions – The Lacoste world championship) is a junior tennis tournament for players aged 12–14, held in Tarbes, France. This tournament is one of the five Super Category tournaments in the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour,[1][2] and it is universally recognized as the world’s leading indoor U14 competition.[3] The tournament is traditionally held at the end of January, although the 2020 and 2021 editions had to take place in September due to the Covid-19 pandemic.[3]

The event has seen a number of its champions go on to become Grand Slam winners later on, including Rafael Nadal, Michael Chang, Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Jeļena Ostapenko and Bianca Andreescu.[4][5] Due to the relatively restrictive age range, few players have won the title more than once, although Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky have both done so.[6] Most recently, upcoming Spanish player Carlos Boluda became the first boy to do so.

Format

The tournament is played on indoor GreenSet (hard) courts. Roughly 7,000 players enter the pre-qualifying tournaments held across France, with that number being narrowed down to 350 for the final qualifying stage, and 64 for the final tournament.[7] This event welcomes 45 000 visitors each year in Tarbes and garners over 125 000 live-stream viewers across 151 countries yearly.[8] The event is regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and has businesses such as Head, Eurosport, Coca-Cola, and Peugeot amongst its portfolio of partners.[9]

Notably, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray faced each other for the very first time in the quarterfinals of the 2001 edition, which was won by Murray 6-0 6-1.[10][11][12] In the 2017 edition, the 13-year-old Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune played together in the doubles competition.[13] In 1994, future No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero produced one of the competition's most unexpected triumphs when he won the tournament without a ranking.[5]

Results

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Boys' singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1983 Jean-Baptiste Bollée Juan Manuel Naves
1984 Frédéric Fontang Marek Miskolci
1985 Richard Krajicek Philippe Leblanc
1986 Michael Chang Johan Alvén
1987 Reinhard Wawra David Klein
1988 Brian Dunn Julian Knowle
1989 Tommy Shimada Gonzalo Corrales
1990 Maxime Boyé Magnus Norman
1991 Răzvan Sabău Juan Antonio Saiz
1992 Olivier Mutis Björn Rehnquist
1993 Miha Gregorc Dumitru Caradima
1994 Juan Carlos Ferrero Fernando González
1995 Olivier Rochus Gasper Martinjak
1996 Paul-Henri Mathieu Todor Enev
1997 Julien Maigret Carlos Cuadrado 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1998 Matthew Smith Mario Ančić 6–1, 6–3
1999 Richard Gasquet Brian Baker 7–5, 6–3
2000 Rafael Nadal Julien Gely 6–4, 6–1
2001 Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Andy Murray 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
2002 Dylan Arnould Robin Roshardt 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003 Donald Young Leo Rosenberg 6–2, 6–1
2004 Andrew Thomas Daniel Cox 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2005 Chase Buchanan Lazare Kukhalashvili 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2006 Carlos Boluda Sebastian Lavie 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2007 Carlos Boluda Christian Harrison 6–2, 6–2
2008 Edward Nguyen Liam Broady 6–4, 7–5
2009 Nikola Milojević Borna Ćorić 6–2, 6–3
2010 Quentin Halys Noah Rubin 6–1, 6–2
2011 Henrik Wiersholm Bogdan Borza 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2012 Frances Tiafoe William Blumberg 6–0, 6–2
2013 Samuele Ramazzotti Miomir Kecmanović 7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–0
2014 Rayane Roumane Nicola Kuhn 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
2015 Tseng Chun-hsin Timofey Skatov 6–4, 6–1
2016 Stefan Leustian Borna Devald 6–2, 6–1
2017 Luca Nardi Hamad Međedović 6–2, 7–5
2018 Victor Lilov Mikhail Gorokhov 6–4, 7–6(7–6)
2019 Vojtech Petr Rashed Nawaf 4-6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
2020 Oleksandr Ponomar Janis Rafael Simmen 6–4, 6-1
2021 Maxim Mrva Federico Cinà 6–3, 3-6, 6-0
2022 Thijs Boogaard Carel Aubriel Ngounoue 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2023 Mark Ceban Daniel Jade 6-3, 6-2
2024 Michael Antonius Izan Baranes Lasala 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
2025 Mario Vukovic Tristan Ascenzo 6-1, 6-0

Girls' singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1983 Sybille Niox-Château Cécile Bourdaix
1984 Emmanuelle Derly Alexia Dechaume
1985 Sandrine Jaquet Annika Narbe
1986 Laxmi Poruri Yvonne Grubben
1987 Kim Kessaris Ursula Priller
1988 Anke Huber Katherine Denn Samuel
1989 Nicole London Zdeňka Málková
1990 Heike Rusch Lindsay Davenport
1991 Martina Hingis Dally Randriantefy
1992 Martina Hingis Rita Kuti-Kis
1993 Stephanie Halsell Réka Vidáts
1994 Anna Kournikova Stephanie Kovacik
1995 Mirjana Lučić Justine Henin
1996 Jelena Pandžić Melissa Middleton
1997 Kim Clijsters Elena Bovina 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1998 Lina Krasnoroutskaya Caroline Raba
1999 Bethanie Mattek Matea Mezak
2000 Dinara Safina Lina Stančiūtė
2001 Vojislava Lukić Dia Evtimova
2002 Timea Bacsinszky Alisa Kleybanova
2003 Timea Bacsinszky Raluca Olaru
2004 Elena Kulikova Madison Brengle 6–4, 6–4
2005 Ksenia Pervak Gracia Radovanovic 6–1, 6–4
2006 Gabriela Dabrowski Anna Arina Marenko 6–3, 6–4[16]
2007 Anna Orlik Nicole Gibbs 6–4, 6–1
2008 Daria Gavrilova Laura Robson 6–3, 6–3
2009 Yulia Putintseva Irina Khromacheva 6–4, 6–2
2010 Kanami Tsuji Indy de Vroome 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2011 Jeļena Ostapenko Anastasiya Komardina 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
2012 Jaqueline Cristian Tornado Alicia Black 6–2, 6–3
2013 CiCi Bellis Andreea Amalia Roșca 6–0, 6–2
2014 Bianca Andreescu Claire Liu 6–4, 7–5
2015 Anastasia Potapova Olga Danilović 6–4, 6–4
2016 Marta Kostyuk Denisa Hindová 6–2, 6–1
2017 Maria Timofeeva Daria Lopatetska 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2018 Alexandra Eala Linda Nosková 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2019 Linda Fruhvirtová Sofia Costoulas 6–1, 6–0
2020 Brenda Fruhvirtová Clervie Ngounoue 6–0, 3–6, 7–5
2021 Mathilde Ngijol Carre Mika Buchnik 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2022 Julia Stusek Hannah Klugman 6–3, 6–3
2023 Anna Pushkareva Giulia Safina Popa 7–5, 6–1
2024 Marta Mariia Makarova Kseniia Ruchkina 6–3, 6–2
2025 Ekaterina Dotsenko Darina Matvejeva 6–3, 6–4

Exhibitions

The tournament often features retired and/or active players making appearances in exhibition matches in the evening preceding the final day of play. It is common for upcoming and veteran French players to be present. In recent tournaments, players present have included:

References

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