The Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships is a youth tennis tournament, held in Coral Gables, Florida, for Boys & Girls in the "14 and under" and "12 and under" divisions. In 2024 the tournament will celebrate its 63rd anniversary. Robert Gomez is the tournament director.
History The global Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships has as competitors the top-ranked boys and girls 12-and-under and 14-and-under junior players, from over 76 countries.
The Orange Bowl tournament was founded in 1947. The "14 and under" and "12 and under" tournaments began in 1962. Past champions include legends, Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert, Juan Martin del Potro, Steffi Graf, Andy Murray, Monica Seles, Tommy Haas, Coco Gauff and Mary Jo Fernandez. Winners have come from over 20 nations.
Past champions
YearBoysGirls14 & under112 & under14 & under112 & under1948 Jerry MossNot heldNot heldNot held1949 Jerry MossNot heldNot heldNot held1950 Mike GreenNot heldNot heldNot held1951 Donald DellNot held Rosie ReyesNot held1952 Butch BuchholzNot held Phyllis SaganskiNot held1953 Butch BuchholzNot held Donna FloydNot held1954 Ray SenkowskiNot held Virginia HessNot held1955 Frank Froehling IIINot held Virginia HessNot held1956 Curtis MyersNot held Roberta AlisonNot held1957 Charlie PasarellNot held Peachy KellmeyerNot held1958 Nicholas KaloNot held Mary ArfarasNot held1959 George SeewagenNot held Vickie HolmesNot held1960 Marcelo LaraNot held Peaches BartkowiczNot held1961 Alberto CarreroNot held Peaches BartkowiczNot held1962 Stanley Pasarell Mac Claflin Susanna Selinger Ann Roberts1963 Richard Stockton Dick Stockton Carol Hunter Marjory Gengler1964 Richard Stockton Jimmy Connors Connie Capozzi Nancy Ornstein1965 Eddie Dibbs Jeff Miller Emily Fisher Karin Benson1966 Sandy Mayer Freddy de Jesús Karin Benson Plums Bartkowicz1967 Emilio Montaño Eugene Mayer Chris Evert Laurie Tenney1968 John Whitlinger Billy Martin Laurie Fleming Jeanne Evert1969 Billy Martin Howard Schoenfield Andréa Menezes Lynn Epstein1970 Hans Gildemeister Eddie Reese Jeanne Evert Sheila McInerney1971 Walter Lentz Van Winitsky Lynn Epstein Sherry Acker1972 Van Winitsky John Evert Zenda Liess Anne White1973 Blaine Willenborg Mark Mees Jennifer Balent Elise Burgin1974 Billy Nealon Alan Racko Laura Starr Shelley Solomon1975 Bruce Brescia Jim Pugh Elise Burgin Andrea Jaeger1976 Bruce Pompan Jimmy Brown Shelley Solomon Lori Kosten1977 Roberto Argüello Robbie Weiss Susana Rojas Karen Seguso1978 Carlos Chabalgoity Aaron Krickstein Lori Kosten Kathy Rinaldi1979 José Fernández Bruno Orešar Lilian Drescher Claire Evert1980 Olivier Cayla Al Parker Andrea Temesvári Kerri Rieter1981 Bruno Orešar Agustín Garizzio Manuela Maleeva Steffi Graf1982 Kent Carlsson David Kass Stephanie Rehe Mary Joe Fernández1983 Eduardo Vélez Fritz Bissell Mary Joe Fernández Diane McKeon1984 Nicolás Pereira Johan Alvén Caryn Moss Luanne Spadea1985 Nicklas Kulti Tommy Ho Luanne Spadea Monica Seles1986 Frank Salazar Jason Appel Laxmi Poruri Jennifer Capriati1987 Tommy Ho Jimmy Jackson Wang Shi-ting Magdalena Maleeva1988 Vince Spadea B.J. Stearns Nicole Hummel Chanda Rubin1989 Filip KascakNot held Marketa KochtaNot held1990 Magnus NormanNot held Heike RuschNot held1991 Jamie DelgadoNot held Francesca BentivoglioNot held1992 Tommy HaasNot held Amélie CastéraNot held1993 Jean-René LisnardNot held Karolina JagieniakNot held1994 Artem DerepaskoNot held Jessica LehnhoffNot held1995 Olivier RochusNot held Katarina SrebotnikNot held1996 Paul-Henri MathieuNot held Justine HeninNot held1997 Stéphane BohliNot held Jelena PandžićNot held1998 Janko Tipsarević Choi Dong-whee Melissa Torres Romina Oprandi1999 Wang Yeu-tzuoo Andy Murray Matea Mezak Tatiana Golovin2000 Artem Sitak Dejan Katić Nicole Pitts Laura Siegemund2001 Clancy Shields Kim Cheong-eui Shahar Pe'er12-year-old Israeli wins unofficial junior world tennis championship, Haaretz Sesil Karatantcheva2002 Juan Martín del Potro Andrew Thomas Olga Govortsova Sharon Fichman2003 Roberto Maytín Lazare Kukhalashvila Sorana Cîrstea Mallory Burdette2004 Ričardas Berankis Bernard Tomic Tamira Paszek Valeria Solovyeva2005 Rhyne Williams Christian Harrison Viktoria Kamenskaya Anna Orlik2006 Bernard Tomic Reo Asami Anna Orlik Jessica Ren2007 George Morgan Joseph Di Giulio Iveta Dapkutė Madison Keys2008 John Richmond Chung Hyeon Lee So-ra Indy de Vroome2009 Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Hong Seong-chan Yuki Kristina Chiang Françoise Abanda2010 Joshua Sapwell Michael Mmoh Brooke Austin Nicole Frenkel2011 Hong Seong-chan Artem Dubrivnyy Katerina Stewart Claire Liu2012 Michael Mmoh Yshai Oliel Maia Lumsden Abigail Desiatnikov2013 Axel Geller Juan Manuel Cerúndolo Claire Liu Hurricane Tyra Black2014 Yshai Oliel Borna Devald Anastasia Potapova Whitney Osuigwe2015 Thiago Agustín Tirante Wang Xiaofei Marta Kostyuk Daria Lopatetska2016 Bu Yunchaokete Victor Lilov Alexa Noel Coco Gauff2017 Shintaro Mochizuki Lennon Roark Jones Elvina Kalieva Linda Fruhvirtova2018 Coleman Wong Rudy Quan Melisa Ercan Clervie Ngounoue2019 Nishesh Basavareddy Benjamin Gusic-Wan Stephanie Yakoff Mirra Andreeva2020Not held2021 Alejandro Arcila Svit Suljic Iva Jovic Lia Belibova2022 Ivan Ivanov Dongjae Kim Adelina Lachinova Kristina Liutova2023 Andrew Johnson Jang Junseo Jana Kovackova Daniel Baranes2024 Qi Hongjin Novak Palombo Sakino Miyazawa Nikol Davletshina2025 Tristan Ascenzo Rui He Ayaka Iwasa Fangqiao Zou
1Prior to 1962 the event was a 13 & under tournament. In 1962 it became a 14 & under championship.
See also Dunlop Orange Bowl Junior Orange Bowl
References
External links Official website Past champions