The Copa del Café (Coffee Bowl) is an ITF Grade 1 tennis tournament played every January in San José, Costa Rica. The tournament is part of a junior circuit backed by the International Tennis Federation and supported by the tennis federations of many countries.
The tournament was started in 1965 with a group of tennis players at the Costa Rica Country Club. They formed an Organizing Committee, staffed by volunteer club members. Over the years the tournament has become more prestigious and international. The tournament has received strong international support from top players and dedicated coaches, and this has contributed enormously to its success. It is the oldest junior ITF tournament in Latin America and every year the Coffee Bowl receives entries from more than 40 countries. The tournament has televised night play every day, and averages over 3,000 spectators each day.
Singles champions Yeardel Café winners Boys Girls 1965 Pat CramerNot played 1966 Ismail El Shafei 1967 Andrew Pattison 1968 Karl Meiler 1969 Jiří Hřebec 1970 Byron Bertram 1971 Brian Gottfried 1972 José Higueras 1973 Björn Borg 1974 John Eagleton 1975 Tomáš Šmíd 1976 Jan Källqvist 1977 Andreas Maurer 1978 Ivan Lendl 1979 Schalk van der Merwe 1980 Luca Bottazzi 1981 Schaker Perkis 1982 Fernando Pérez Pascal 1983 Bobby Blair 1984 Shelby Cannon Andrea Holíková 1985 Miguel Merz Karmen Škulj 1986 Tomás Carbonell Sandra Wasserman 1987 Janne Holtari Katarzyna Nowak 1988 Juan Carlos Bianchi Maja Živec-Škulj 1989 Juan Carlos Bianchi Michelle Anderson 1990 Marcos Ondruska Michelle Anderson 1991 John-Laffnie de Jager Isabela Petrov 1992 Herbert Wiltschnig Branislava Ivanović 1993 Răzvan Sabău Magalí Benítez 1994 Ramón Delgado Henrieta Nagyová 1994 Ramón Delgado Henrieta Nagyová 1995 Djorde Matijević Barbara Schwartz 1996 Arnaud Di Pasquale Marijana Kovačević 1997 Nicolás Massú Maja Matevžič 1998 Artem Derepasko Mia Buric 1999 Levar Harper-Griffith Caroline-Ann Basu 2000 Julien Maigret Matea Mezak 2001 Janko Tipsarević Gisela Dulko 2002 Marcel Felder Matea Mezak 2003 Devin Mullings Michaëlla Krajicek 2004 Guillermo Alcaide Olga Govortsova 2005 Robin Haase Aleksandra Wozniak 2006 Thiemo de Bakker Mihaela Buzărnescu 2007 Fernando Romboli Anastasia Pivovarova 2008 Alexei Grigorov Ana Bogdan 2009 David Souto Madison Keys 2010 Renzo Olivo An-Sophie Mestach 2011 Hugo Dellien An-Sophie Mestach 2012 Noah Rubin Sachia Vickery 2013 Nikola Milojević Varvara Flink 2014 Roman Safiullin CiCi Bellis 2015 Casper Ruud Michaela Gordon 2016 J. J. Wolf Amanda Anisimova 2017 Vasil Kirkov Emily Appleton 2018 Harold Mayot Camila Osorio 2019 Shintaro Mochizuki Abigail Forbes 2020 Natan Rodrigues Lan Mi2021CancelledCancelled2022 Sebastian Gorzny Sonya Macavei2023 Thijs Boogaard Iva Jovic2024 Ian Mayew Shannon Lam2025 Ryan Cozad Mariella Thamm2026 Mathys Domenc Janae Preston
Doubles champions Year Boys Girls↓ Grade 2 ↓ 1993 Juan Antonio Marín Jason Weir-Smith Leanda Hitge Liezel Huber 1994 Vladimir Pavićević Nenad Zimonjić Michaela Hasanová Martina Nedelková 1995 Thomas Messmer Tomas Zivnicek Magdalena Grzybowska Aleksandra Olsza↓ Grade 1 ↓ 1996 Damien Roberts Wesley Whitehouse Jheni Osman Katia Roubanova 1997 Jérôme Haehnel Julien Jeanpierre Zsófia Gubacsi Gabriela Voleková 1998 Artem Derepasko Igor Kunitsyn Milagros Sequera Carla Tiene 1999 Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut Lauren Barnikow Alyssa Cohen 2000 Harel Srugo Tomer Suissa Renata Ljukovčan Ilona Somers↓ Grade A ↓ 2001 Bruno Echagaray Santiago González María José Argeri Gisela Dulko 2002 Rafael Abreu Stephen Amritraj Silvana Bauer Elise Tamaëla↓ Grade 1 ↓ 2003 Jesse Huta Galung Coen van Keulen Maryori Franco Olena Tsutskova 2004 Juan Pablo Amado Pablo Andújar Victoria Azarenka Olga Govortsova 2005 Robin Haase Antal van der Duim Mihaela Buzărnescu Bibiane Schoofs 2006 Martin Kližan Andrej Martin Marrit Boonstra Renée Reinhard 2007 Jarmere Jenkins Bradley Klahn Julia Cohen Anastasia Pivovarova 2008 David Souto Juan Vázquez-Valenzuela Ana Bogdan Diana Marcu 2009 Jesús Bandrés David Souto Verónica Cepede Royg Cecilia Costa Melgar 2010 Nikolai Haessig Edward Nguyen An-Sophie Mestach Demi Schuurs 2011 William Kwok Michael Rinaldi Anita Husarić Danka Kovinić 2012 Filip Bergevi Fred Simonsson Laura Pigossi Marcela Zacarías 2013 Franko Miočić Guillermo Núñez Alejandra Cisneros Victoria Rodríguez 2014 Nicolás Álvarez Rafael Antonio Coutinho Morgane Michiels Greet Minnen 2015 Oscar Janglin Emil Reinberg Michaela Gordon Claire Liu 2016 Juan Carlos Aguilar Ulises Blanch Federica Bilardo Tatiana Pieri 2017 Gianni Ross Danny Thomas Emily Appleton Sofia Sewing 2018 Tomas Kopczynski Keenan Mayo Kylie Collins Shelly Yaloz 2019 Shintaro Mochizuki Spencer Whitaker Shavit Kimchi Michaela Kadlečková 2020 Jack Anthrop Maxwell McKennon Lauren Anzalotta Kynoch Jaedan Brown 2021 Cancelled 2022 Cooper Williams Michael Zheng Nikola Daubnerová Luca Udvardy 2023 Nicolai Budkov Kjær Henry Searle Tyra Caterina Grant Iva Jovic 2024 Noah Johnston Benjamin Willwerth Thea Frodin Shannon Lam 2025 Christian Gronfeldt-Sorensen August Brostroem Poulsen Julieta Pareja Mariella Thamm 2026 Safir Azam Marcel Latak Jordyn Hazelitt Welles Newman
References
External links ITF Tennis - Juniors - Tournament Overview Copa del Cafe - Official Tournament Site