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STICKY:
2026 Rankings
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It's always a huge deal for the juniors when last year's oldest lot drop out and everyone makes a huge jump up the rankings I've put the top-1000 GB boys here, as a ref point for the rest of the year I've just put their absolute rankings - suffice to say they've all gone up a lot, about 200 places for the bett...
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STICKY:
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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STICKY:
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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Other events, 2026 - week 21
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This week's Swedish event has started better.... J60 Sweden R1 wins for Grace, Mila and April And Niall Well done and keep going, the Loughbough Academy J100 Roumania Ollie Knight lost in R1 Sofia Tatu has a BYE into R2 J30 Cyprus Bella Relton won her R1 Meela Patel, Verity Webbe and Theo Kraytchev...
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Boys & Girls: 2026 French Open, clay (Week 22)
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Mark Ceban and Hollie Smart both scraped into the main draw here, but will have to go some to match Hannah Klugmas's appearance in the final last year . Trying to join them in the main draw are Rhys Lawlor and Daniella Britton Flashscore promises live scoring - boys - girls Boys QR1 (qWC) Damien Clerc (FR...
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Boys & Girls: 14U Lexus Grass Court Championships, Gloucestershire (Week 21)
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The significance of this event is that the all the finalists win a place at the Wimbledon under 14 invitational The boys draw is here, featuring our top two TE ranked boys Liam Sharkey and Oskar Laskowski, but no sign of Fred Fabricius The girls draw is here, featuring two of our top four TE ranked girls...
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Junior Tennis Racket Grip Size
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Hi everyone. We're new to tennis and my daughter (aged 4) needs a racket. We've found a racket for her age etc, but we have to choose the grip size before ordering. The grip sizes to choose between are 05 and 06! Now, as far as I have found out on Google junior grip sizes range from 000 to 0, not 05 or 06, and I ca...
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Other events, 2026 - week 18
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J100 Morocco Ollie Knight and Jesse Clarkson both lost in R1 Emilija Lebedevaite has made the QFs in singles and SFs in doubles - good luck Emilija J100 Costa Rica Levi Taylor came through qualis, and was unlucky to draw the top seed, and put up a good show to lost 3 & 4 J30 Finland Emily Craven (age 1...
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Boys & Girls: J60 Edinburgh, GB - clay (Week 19)
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BOYS Top seed, Leo Wright, lost in the first round The second seed withdrew Other seeds got knocked out in R2, leaving GB's Edrick, seeded 8, as the only seed left in the quarters QFs: (wc) Tom Dixon v (wc) Dario Puljic SUI v CRO (8) Edrick Koren v JPN Oliver Harmer v GER
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Boys & Girls: J30 Newport, GB - hard (indoor) (Week 20)
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you put a low level tournament in a rather far-flung place you will get a very British draw, with good points wrapped up for your local players  The main draws are now up Boys Top 4 seeds: Alex Winder; IND; Casey Unitt; Ryan Szeto Wildcards: Max Len...
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Girls: J100 Varnamo, Sweden - clay (Week 20)
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There's a big tournout of a lot of our top younger girl players here (Presumably an LTA trip) R1: (1) Liv Zingg v Lois Bernstein (big sister to much-touted Grace) Grace Watson v (wc) LykkeLindorff (4) Hermione Korpanec Davies v SonjaWedenski (5) Emilija Lebedevaite v Grace Bernstein (said you...
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Boys & Girls: J500 Milan, Italy, clay (Week 20)
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The Trofeo Bonfiglio is the strongest ITF Junior event outside the Grand Slams, with Mark Ceban and Hollie Smart only just gaining direct entry. Rhys Lawlor and Ophelia Korpanec-Davies both lost in final qualifying, but Ophelia picked up a Lucky Loser slot. Mark has a rematch against the South Afr...
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Other events, 2026 - week 19
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J60 Ivory Coast AkosuaLarbi-Mensah has made the final in doubles Also got one win in singles Tara Lawal lost in her first match J60 Latvia Oliver Page is 2nd seed and has made the QFs Dasha Jones is 4th seed and is also through to the QFs Anna Lee Young got a win and lost in R2 MilenaNahornaya lost i...
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Girls: J300 Santa Croce Sull’Arno, Italy, clay (Week 19)
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The last major Italian junior event before the Milan J500. Hollie Smart's opponent picked up a Special Exempt by reaching the Offenbach J500 doubles final, but also had a good run to the quarters in singles Live scores should be available tomorrow by clicking the live score tab here (the 'diretta s...
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Girls: J200 Hanover, Germany, clay (Week 19)
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Sophie Bekker ploughs a lone furrow here R1 (L32) Sophie Bekker v (Q) Maja Schweika (GER)
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Boys & Girls: J500 Offenbach, Germany, clay (Week 18)
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Mark Ceban and Hollie Smart are seeded in the third J500 event of the year. Live scores are expected here at some point (streaming will be available from the quarter-finals). Boys R1 (L 64) (12) Mark Ceban v Pavel Skvortcov (***) Girls R1 (L64) (WC) Lilly Becker (GER) v (11) Hollie Smart
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Boys & Girls: J200 Prato, Italy, clay (Week 18)
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Megan Knight joins Billy Moxon in Italy, and appears to have a better draw than him Boys R1 (L32) William Moxon v (2) Dan Brand (ISR) Girls R1 (L32) (16R) Ninon Carpentier (FRA) v Megan Knight
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Boys & Girls: 2026 U18 Junior National Championships, NTC, acrylic (Week 14)
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Qualifying starts tomorrow for the under 18 nationals, with Mark Ceban, Rhys Lawlor, Hollie Smart and under 16 champion Daniella Britton expected to be the highest ranked ITF players in the main draws. On offer in the way of wildcards are: 18U Boys Singles Winner Wild card for Wimbledon Championshi...
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Other events, 2026 - week 17
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Firstly, just to mention that the RG acceptance lists are out and we have: Boys: Mark Ceban in MD; Rhys Lawlor in qualis Girls: Hollie Smart in qualis as #3 (so just outside MD); Daniella Britton in qualis J100 Tunisia R1 Oliver Page and Kasra Shirazi won Darsh Patel lost J60 France Sam Zlotnik has 2...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Aldershot, hard (Week 16)
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As usual a large field of Brits for this J200, won last year by Ben Gusic Wan and Megan Knight. Main draws are up here with Mark Ceban seeded 2 and Rhys Lawlor 3 in the boys, whilst Hollie Smart is seeded 2 and Daniella Britton 5 in the girls. Live scores are available here
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Boys: J200 Salsomaggiore, Italy, clay (Week 17)
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So far Billy Moxon has played 5 tournaments on clay at J200 level or higher without any success - this is his sixth R1 (L32) Tommaso Pedretti (ITA) v William Moxon
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Other events, 2026 - week 16
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J30 Serbia Theo Homles got a win and then lost in 3 sets in R2 Has got 2 wins in doubles and still going, though Bella Relton lost in R1 J30 Albania Hayden Cummings is into the QFs J30 Spain Gabriela P-Lagoda won and then lost in R2 Mattilda C Burns has 2 wins and is into the QFs Both are into the SFs in doubles...
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Other events, 2026 - week 15
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J100 Latvia Vincent Fletcher is through to the QFs Leo Wright lost in R2 to the second seed Matilda Burns also lost in R2 to the second seed in the girls Pui Yin Lung won her R1 match but hasn't played R2 yet All still going in dubs J30 Belgium Theo Kraytchev and Josh Wright both lost in their first matches...
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Boys & Girls: J300 Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, clay (Week 15)
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Ollie Knight lost out in qualifying, leaving Megan plus Mark Ceban as the only Brits in the main draw. Mark plays the boy who beat Ollie in round 1. Megan's opponent should be familiar to many, sister of Giovanni, WTA803 and winner of her last junior tournament (J200) so a tough draw. Live scores are he...
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