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2025 Rankings
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It's that time when all the 'old' juniors drop out and we get our first full list of rankings 2007-born players are the oldest allowed in 2025 juniors Three top-20 girls is not much different from last year; but we now have 7 in the top-100, which is very healthy. 2025 6th Jan 2025 - The Top 500 GIRLS 5...
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Juniors playing professional senior tennis
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With Jack Draper 16 (JCH 38) playing in Egypt and Jake Hersey 17 (JCH 143) both playing this week and Emma Radacanu 15 (JCH 45) doing so well last week, there seemed some value in a pooled thread just to bring things together. There is quite a deep cohort of juniors moving into transition. Such a thread m...
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Junior Rankings - Grade events
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OK. This is a rare foray for me into the Junior section as I don't really start to follow players until they start to hit the futures circuit. But having played tennis in La Manga this week and come a cross some talented GB juniors who were talking about their ranking and the level of events that they had p...
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STICKY:
Forum Code of Conduct
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Code of Conduct can be found HERE
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Boys & Girls: J60 Loughborough II, GB - hard (inside) (Week 42)
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BOYS A different bunch this week, with limited GBR representation at the top as the top 4 seeds are: Oliver Page; KSA; ***; IRL Wildcards went to: Boyan Ilchev; Neo Armus and Ryan Szeto The qualifiers are: Lucius Gutteridge; UKR; Brennan Coletta; and Jaydan Mitchell Ryan Iacob got the LL spot
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Other events, 2025 - week 41
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The best of the week: J100 Greece Rhys Lawlor is into the finals in doubles J100 Ghana Jesse Clarkson is into the finals in singles Casey Drake made the semis Alisha Ndukwu also is into the semis in the girls Ollie Knight is into the finals in doubles Casey & Jesse made the SFs, as did Oluwaj...
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Boys & Girls: J60 Loughborough, GB - hard (inside) (Week 41)
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BOYS QR1 Toby Ward was the #1 seed in qualis But lost to 14 year-old Dominik Czopek The other q seeds came though Wildcards went to Kamran Arif (age 14) who won and Boyan Ichev who lost QR2 plays today According to the list, Leo Wright and Archie Gray are the top two ranked GB boys playing, although Aran Se...
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Girls: World Tec Cup, Barcelona, Spain, acrylic - Tennis Europe Under 14 Super Category (Week 40)
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Its the last Super Category event of the year, with Sofia Tatu having an outside chance of qualifying for the end of year Masters event. There are 8 places in the Masters - 6 for the top placed in the race rankings, one for the European champion or runner-up (who both are in the top 6 anyway, as far as the gi...
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Boys: J200 Fergana, Uzbekistan, hard (Week 41)
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A thin programme of top level junior events this week with British involvement, but we have one Brit here, who is a new name to me. R1 (L32) (Q) Kasra Nathaniel Shirazi v Damir Duisengazin (KAZ)
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Boys & Girls: J200 Vigo, Spain, hard (Week 40)
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Three Brits here with decent first round draws. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Enzo Helguera Casado (ESP) v (8) Mark Ceban Girls R1 Daniella Britton v (WC) Martina Vazquez Valles (ESP) Hollie Smart v Lucie Slamenikova (CZE)
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Other events, 2025 - week 40
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J100 Ghana Boys Ollie Knight, Jesse Clarkson and OluwajomilojuAminu (WC) lost in R1 Casey Drake lost in R2 Girls Hermione Korpanec Davies and Jiselle Okoye both lost in R1 Alisha Ndukwu won R1 and is yet to play R2 J100 Uzbekistan Kasra Shirazi lost in R2 J100 Greece Rhys Lawlor is into R3 As is Liv...
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Girls: J200 Chuncheon, Korea, hard (Week 40)
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Another qualification for Rosie Cho She has a tough draw against an opponent who won a W15 earlier in the month R1 (L32) (5) Suha Lee (KOR) v (Q) Rosie Cho
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Girls: 2025 European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
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The under 14s are the first of the 4 age groups to see action, necessitated by the fact that the tournament serves as a qualifier firstly for the European finals and then for the World Juniors in August. The British team comprises Liv Zingg, Milica Sakamoto Milojevic and Grace Watson and they take on Ma...
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Boys: J200 Corpus Christi, USA, hard (Week 40)
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There are not many non-US players here, but one is Preston Taylor, who has had a successful year in lower level tournaments in Britain. R1 (L64) (Q) Sean Peng (USA) v Preston Taylor
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Girls: J200 Hong Kong, hard (Week 40)
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Annabel Wong has qualified to join Ophelia Korpanec Davies here R1 (L32) Ziyu Zhou (CHN) v (Q) Annabel Wong Ophelia Korpanec Davies v Alexandra Cheishvili (***)
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Girls: J200 Santiago, Chile, clay (Week 40)
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Clarice Ouvarova came through qualifying comfortably but has had the misfortune to draw last week's J200 winner (who beat Pietra Rivoli, the girl Clarice lost to, in the final) R1 (L32) (3) Sofie Hettlerova (CZE) v (Q) Clarice Ouvarova
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Other events, 2025 - week 39
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J60 Ghana Jesse Clarkson beat the 5th seed to make the semis Casey Drake beat the 2nd seed to make the semis in the other half of the draw Oluwajomiloju Aminu lost to the top seed, by a whisker, in the QFs Jesse & Casey are also into the dubs final In the girls, Alisha Ndukwu is into the final in singl...
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Boys & Girls: J300 Sanxenxo, Spain, hard (Week 39)
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Three Brits in the draws for this J300 event. Mark Ceban takes on the younger brother of Clervie Ngounoue. Carel joined the Mouratoglou Academy 6 years ago. Boys R1 (L32) William Moxon v Michael Savano (ESP) Carel Aubriel Ngounoue (USA) v Mark Ceban Girls R1 (L32) (6) Paola Pinera Celorio (ESP) v Ho...
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Girls: J500 Osaka, Japan, hard (Week 39)
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The fifth of seven J500 events this year sees Megan Knight and Ophelia Korpanec Davies again joined by Rosie Cho, who navigated qualifying as last week. Megan and Ophelia have been drawn against seeds though - in Megan's case the 2023 Les Petits As champion, who reached the Beijing J300 semis this we...
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Girls: J200 Lima, Peru, clay (Week 39)
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US based 14 year old Clarice Ouvarova plays her second J200 and has a decent draw against a lower ranked home player. R1 (L32) Clarice Ouvarova v Nataly Valdivia Rojas (PER)
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Boys & Girls: 2025 European Junior Championships 16 & Under, Parma, Italy, clay (Week 39)
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The last of the age specific European Championships started today with two Brits facing Swiss opponents, with different outcomes. Tennis Europe has live streaming links for 2 courts Boys R1 (L128) Alessandro Hunziker (SUI) d. Niall Pickerd-Barua 6-2 6-1 R2 Luca Cosimi (ITA) v Ruben Stanmore Girl...
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Boys & Girls: J300 Oberpullendorf. Austria, clay (U18 European Junior Championships) - Week 38
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The second of the European age specific junior Championships takes place in Austria, with 2 entrants allowed for most countries. Allegra Korpanec Davies and Ruby Cooling are seeded Boys R2 (L64) Florian Zimmer (AUT) v William Moxon Filip Drab (SVK) v Dylan Davies Girls R1 (L64) Nuppu Palm (FIN) v (...
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Other events, 2025 - week 38
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J100 Mostar Henry Best won a round and then retired in his R2 match J100 Canada Sophie Bekker has won two matches to make the QFs J60 Ghana OluwajomilojuAminu won R1 but lost in R2 Alisha Ndukwu is into the semis in the girls The Ayinia sisters, Abimbola and Omoyinka, lost in R1 singles but got a win i...
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Girls: J200 Miki, Japan, indoor hard (Week 38)
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A trio of British girls are here en route to Osaka, where there is a J500 event next week R1 (L32) Ophelia Korpanec Davies v (Q) Mai Sasaki (JPN) (8) Megan Knight v Natsuki Irokawa (JPN) Yui Komada (JPN) v (Q) Rosie Cho
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Boys: J200 Pretoria, South Africa, hard (Week 38)
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Vincent Fletcher has been in South Africa for a series of J100 and J200 events. He missed out on qualification for a J200 last week, but coasted through this time, and has a decent draw. (Q) Vincent Fletcher v Maksim Mihic (RSA)
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