Mika Stojsavljevic

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

RE: Mika Stojsavljevic

GBJ · Club Coach

JonH comes home wrote:
GBJ wrote:
What is likely to happen wild card wise with Mika at Wimbledon - given a non Brit Wimbledon junior champ gets a main draw wild card is a Brit junior slam champ likely to get one regardless of ranking or is she likely to need to prove something a little in the adult game before then? ....also would her getting one have a possible knock on effect that others like Mimi, Hannah, Isabelle etc would be more likely to get something if they're higher ranked than her at that point too?
Henry Searle got a wildcard after winning the junior boys at Wimbledon - so that is probably the best menchmark?

My point is that I think all junior Wimbledon champs get one regardless of nationality but that's obvs just for Wimbledon...other benchmarks would be all the previous Brit US open champs but they were all 17 and probably thus also had much better adult rankings and results to help justify a wildcard (whichbinthink they all got)

wales1994 · Club Coach

GBJ wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
GBJ wrote:
What is likely to happen wild card wise with Mika at Wimbledon - given a non Brit Wimbledon junior champ gets a main draw wild card is a Brit junior slam champ likely to get one regardless of ranking or is she likely to need to prove something a little in the adult game before then? ....also would her getting one have a possible knock on effect that others like Mimi, Hannah, Isabelle etc would be more likely to get something if they're higher ranked than her at that point too?
Henry Searle got a wildcard after winning the junior boys at Wimbledon - so that is probably the best menchmark?
My point is that I think all junior Wimbledon champs get one regardless of nationality but that's obvs just for Wimbledon...other benchmarks would be all the previous Brit US open champs but they were all 17 and probably thus also had much better adult rankings and results to help justify a wildcard (whichbinthink they all got)

This isn't true. I think non-British junior winners usually only get a qualifying wildcard, not a main draw one.

2023 girls champion - Clervie Ngoune - qualifying

2022 - Liv Hovde - qualifying

2021 - Ane Mintegi del Olmo - nothing, I think she was injured

The previous years before they either got into the main draw or qualifying by right (Snigur, Swiatek), and in 2020 it was obviously cancelled.

The only exception I can think of off the top of my head is Urszula Radwanska, and the obviously Laura Robson the year after she won - but as a Brit less surprising. I think Mika with a handful of good adult tournaments before next year's Wimbledon, will likely get a MDWC.

dodrade · Satellite level

GBJ wrote:
What is likely to happen wild card wise with Mika at Wimbledon - given a non Brit Wimbledon junior champ gets a main draw wild card is a Brit junior slam champ likely to get one regardless of ranking or is she likely to need to prove something a little in the adult game before then? ....also would her getting one have a possible knock on effect that others like Mimi, Hannah, Isabelle etc would be more likely to get something if they're higher ranked than her at that point too?

Heather Watson got a Wimbledon MDWC after winning the US Open Girls title the previous year so it would seem likely although Heather had turned 18 by then and was done with junior tennis.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Mika won her opening match today in the World Junior Tour Finals in China, beating WR 4 Tyra Grant, 6-4 6-4.

Continues to impress.