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 six Super Category tournaments in the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, and it is universally recognized as the world's leading indoor U14 competition. 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.

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. 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. Most recently, 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. This event welcomes 45 000 visitors each year in Tarbes and garners over 125 000 live-stream viewers across 151 countries yearly. 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.

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. In the 2017 edition, the 13-year-old Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune played together in the doubles competition. 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.

Results

Boys' singles YearChampionRunner-upScore1983 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 António 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, 6–21998 Matthew Smith Mario Ančić 6–1, 6–31999 Richard Gasquet Brian Baker 7–5, 6–32000 Rafael Nadal Julien Gely 6–4, 6–12001 Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Andy Murray 3–6, 7–5, 6–32002 Dylan Arnould Robin Roshardt 6–4, 7–6(7–2)2003 Donald Young Leo Rosenberg 6–2, 6–12004 Andrew Thomas Daniel Cox 4–6, 6–2, 6–22005 Chase Buchanan Lazare Kukhalashvili 6–4, 4–6, 6–42006 Carlos Boluda Sebastian Lavie 7–6(7–3), 6–32007 Carlos Boluda Christian Harrison 6–2, 6–22008 Edward Nguyen Liam Broady 6–4, 7–52009 Nikola Milojević Borna Ćorić 6–2, 6–32010 Quentin Halys Noah Rubin 6–1, 6–22011 Henrik Wiersholm Bogdan Borza 6–2, 5–7, 6–32012 Frances Tiafoe William Blumberg 6–0, 6–22013 Samuele Ramazzotti Miomir Kecmanović 7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–02014 Rayane Roumane Nicola Kuhn 5–7, 7–5, 6–12015 Tseng Chun-hsin Timofey Skatov 6–4, 6–12016 Stefan Leustian Borna Devald 6–2, 6–12017 Luca Nardi Hamad Međedović 6–2, 7–52018 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, 6–12021 Maxim Mrva Federico Cinà 6–3, 3–6, 6–02022 Thijs Boogaard Carel Aubriel Ngounoue 3–6, 6–2, 6–32023 Mark Ceban Daniel Jade 6–3, 6–22024 Michael Antonius Izan Banares Lasala 4–6, 6–2, 6–02025 Mario Vukovic Tristan Ascenzo 6–1, 6–02026 Lyoma Hotelier Richard Mitchell 6–0, 6–1

Girls' singles YearChampionRunner-upScore1983 Sybille Niox-Château Cécile Bourdaix 1984 Emmanuelle Derly Alexia Dechaume 1985 Sandrine Jaquet Annika Narbe1986 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, 6–42006 Gabriela Dabrowski Anna Arina Marenko 6–3, 6–4 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, 6–32023 Anna Pushkareva Giulia Safina Popa 7–5, 6–12024 Mariia Makarova Kseniia Ruchkina 6–3, 6–22025 Ekaterina Dotsenko Darina Matvejeva 6–3, 6–42026 Aleksandra Karabanova Elizaveta Anikina 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–0

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: 2004: Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte. 2005: Juan Carlos Ferrero (a former champion) and David Nalbandian, who replaced compatriot and French Open champion Gastón Gaudio at the last minute. 2006: Rafael Nadal and Fabrice Santoro. 2007: Richard Gasquet and Gaël Monfils. 2008: Fabrice Santoro and Marc Gicquel, after Paul-Henri Mathieu and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdrew. Mathieu, who had injured himself at the 2008 Australian Open, signed autographs instead.

References

External links Les Petits As website 2008 Boys' Singles draw 2008 Girls' Singles draw