Orange Bowl (tennis)

The Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, known as the Dunlop Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships from 2008 to 2013 with Dunlop as the title sponsor, and renamed the Metropolia Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships from 2013 onwards, is a prestigious junior tennis tournament, one of five that are rated by the ITF as 'Grade A'. Established in 1947 in Miami Beach, the tournament has for years featured both boys and girls singles and doubles draws at both '18 and under' (under-19) and '16 and under' (under-17) age categories. From 1999 to 2010, the tournament had been held each December at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida. Since 2011, it has been held at the Frank Veltri Tennis Center in Plantation, Florida.

History

The Orange Bowl Tennis Championship began at Flamingo Tennis Center, Miami Beach. This facility, still in use today, hosted the tournament until 1998, when it was moved to Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida. The Orange Bowl was started by Eddie Herr, who wanted to bring some winter competition to South Beach for his tennis playing daughter, Suzanne. The tournament soon grew in prestige and importance, being considered the initiation rite of future world tennis champions. Decades of tournament winners are posted on a brass plaque at the entrance to Flamingo Tennis Center.

Players who have competed at the Orange Bowl reads as a virtual who's who of modern tennis, including Andre Agassi, Arthur Ashe, Boris Becker, Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier, Stefan Edberg, Chris Evert, Roger Federer, Steffi Graf, Justine Henin, Ivan Lendl, Hana Mandlíková, Andy Roddick, Gabriela Sabatini, Monica Seles, Guillermo Vilas, and Mats Wilander. As of 2017, Miami's Mary Joe Fernandez is the only player, male or female, to win in every age division of the Orange Bowl and Junior Orange Bowl tournaments: 12s, 14s, 16s, and 18s. However, Miami's Lynn Epstein, won the 12s, 14s and skipped the 16s to play up winning the 18s two years in a row. Epstein is the only player, to this day, to have achieved this feat.

In 1983, during the tournament's heyday, a professional stadium was built in Flamingo Park. The Abel Holtz stadium seated 9,000 fans. During the 1990s however, Flamingo Park Tennis Center fell victim to poor maintenance. The standards of the Orange Bowl could not be maintained so in 1999 the tournament was moved to the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, home of today's professional tour event, the Miami Open (tennis). Since 2011, the City of Plantation has restored the Orange Bowl Tournament's allure and luster, hosting the best administered and best managed tournament in decades. .

Recently, there has been a tennis revival in Miami Beach. A $5.5M master plan to renovate the Flamingo tennis facility has begun. The project includes a new tennis building and 17 clay hydro-courts. A large bronze plaque containing the names of all the great tennis champions who began their career playing in the tournament in Flamingo park will be restored, along with a plaque honoring local players who went on to tennis fame, such as Jerry Moss.

Since 1962, the two younger age groups ('12 and under' and '14 and under') are held at a separate site in Coral Gables. Hence today, the Junior Orange Bowl is in Coral Gables. And the Orange Bowl (under 16 and under 18) has moved in 2011 from Miami to Plantation, FL thus changing surfaces from Hard Courts to Clay, the first time since 1998 that the tournament will be on clay.

Dunlop has been the tournament's title sponsor since 2008. From 2013 onwards, Metropolia International Holdings became the title sponsor of the tournament.

Tournament features Players must be at least 13 years old to compete, unless competing in the 12 and unders.

Past champions Source:

Singles champions Year Boys, 18 and under Girls, 18 and under Boys, 16 and under until 1962, 15 and under Girls, 16 and under until 1962, 15 and under 1947 Lew McMasters Joan Johnson Dick Holroyd Joan Woodberry 1948 Tommy Boys Melita Ramírez Bobby Sierra Toby Greenberg 1949 Gil Bogley Elaine Lewicki Reynaldo Garrido Suzanne Herr 1950 Jacque R. Grigry Toby Greenberg Al Harum Meta Schroedel 1951 Sam Giammalva Karol Fageros Jerry Moss Leigh Hay 1952 Eddie Rubinoff Karol Fageros Esteban Reyes Jr. Rose Marie Reyes 1953 Mike Green Pat Shaffer Jimmy Skogstad Pat White 1954 Allen Quay Marilyn Stock Earl Buchholz Jr. Sandra Lewis 1955 Mike Green Mimi Arnold Earl Buchholz Jr. Gwyneth Thomas 1956 Carlos Fernandes Mary Ann Mitchell Ray Senkowski Gail DeLozier 1957 Chris Crawford Maria Esther Bueno Mike Neely Frances Farrar 1958 Ronnie Barnes Carol Hanks Clark Graebner Carol-Ann Prosen 1959 José Luis Arilla Sandy Warshaw Charlie Pasarell Julie Heldman 1960 William Lenoir Carol-Ann Prosen Mike Belkin Stephanie DeFina 1961 Mike Belkin Judy Alvarez Shyam Minotra Stephanie DeFina 1962 Tony Roche Stephanie DeFina Bill Harris Peaches Bartkowicz 1963 Thomaz Koch Peaches Bartkowicz Charles Brainard Vicki Holmes 1964 Marcello Lara Peaches Bartkowicz Zan Guerry Carol Hunter 1965 Ismail El Shafei Peaches Bartkowicz Mac Claflin Carol Hunter 1966 Manuel Orantes Peaches Bartkowicz Charles Owens Linda Tuero 1967 Mike Estep Patti Hogan Woody Blocher Kazuko Sawamatsu 1968 Richard Stockton Patricia Montaño Guillermo Vilas Chris Evert 1969 Harold Solomon Chris Evert John Whitlinger Laurie Fleming 1970 Harold Solomon Chris Evert Billy Martin Sandy Stap 1971 Corrado Barazzutti Donna Ganz Björn Borg Jeanne Evert 1972 Björn Borg Donna Ganz Hans Gildemeister Robin Tenney 1973 Billy Martin Mima Jaušovec Christophe Casa Zenda Liess 1974 Billy Martin Lynn Epstein Van Winitsky Zenda Liess 1975 Fernando Luna Lynn Epstein Bobby Berger Jennifer Balent 1976 John McEnroe Marise Kruger Ivan Lendl Mary Lou Piatek 1977 Ivan Lendl Anne Smith Scott Davis Hana Mandlíková 1978 Gabriel Urpí Andrea Jaeger Thierry Tulasne Michelle DePalmer 1979 Raúl Viver Kathleen Horvath Mats Wilander Pamela Casale 1980 Joakim Nyström Susan Mascarin Michael Kures Barbara Bramblett 1981 Roberto Argüello Penny Barg Carlos Chabalgoity Raffaella Reggi 1982 Guy Forget Carling Bassett Stefan Edberg Claudia Hernández 1983 Kent Carlsson Debbie Spence Bruno Orešar Shawn Foltz 1984 Ricky Brown Gabriela Sabatini Horst Skoff Mary Joe Fernandez 1985 Claudio Pistolesi Mary Joe Fernandez Arnaud Boetsch Sybille Niox-Château 1986 Javier Sánchez Patricia Tarabini Jim Courier Alexia Dechaume 1987 Jim Courier Natalia Zvereva Paul Dogger Florencia Labat 1988 Marc Rosset Carrie Cunningham Fabrice Santoro Sylvie Sabas 1989 Fernando Meligeni Luanne Spadea Juan Garat Svetlana Komleva 1990 Andrei Medvedev Pilar Pérez Àlex Corretja Petra Kamstra 1991 Marcelo Charpentier Elena Likhovtseva Gonzalo Corrales Andrea Glass 1992 Vincent Spadea Barbara Mulej Rene Nicklisch Emanuela Sangiorgi 1993 Albert Costa Ángeles Montolio Mariano Zabaleta Stephanie Halsell 1994 Nicolás Lapentti Mariam Ramón Markus Hipfl Nathalie Dechy 1995 Mariano Zabaleta Anna Kournikova Dario Sciortino Ana Alcázar 1996 Alberto Martín Ana Alcázar Julien Jeanpierre Elena Dementieva 1997 Nicolás Massú Tina Pisnik Guillermo Coria Lourdes Domínguez Lino 1998 Roger Federer Elena Dementieva Tommy Robredo Marta Marrero 1999 Andy Roddick María José Martínez Sánchez Giovanni Lapentti Raluca Ciochină 2000 Todor Enev Vera Zvonareva Brian Dabul Marion Bartoli 2001 Robin Söderling Vera Zvonareva Florin Mergea Whitney Deason 2002 Brian Baker Vera Dushevina José Luis Muguruza Charlène Vanneste 2003 Marcos Baghdatis Nicole Vaidišová Donald Young Alexa Glatch 2004 Timothy Neilly Jessica Kirkland Emiliano Massa Florencia Molinero 2005 Robin Roshardt Caroline Wozniacki Georgi Rumenov Payakov Oksana Kalashnikova 2006 Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Nikola Hofmanova Grigor Dimitrov Allie Will 2007 Ričardas Berankis Michelle Larcher de Brito Bernard Tomic Lilly Kimbell 2008 Yuki Bhambri Julia Boserup Denis Kudla Chanelle Van Nguyen 2009 Gianni Mina Gabriela Dabrowski Alexios Halebian Breaunna Addison 2010 George Morgan Lauren Davis Laurent Lokoli Alexandra Kiick 2011 Dominic Thiem Anett Kontaveit Chung Hyeon Erin Routliffe 2012 Laslo Djere Ana Konjuh Andrey Rublev Gloria Liang 2013 Frances Tiafoe Varvara Flink Chung Yun-seong Charlotte Robillard-Millette 2014 Stefan Kozlov Sofia Kenin Sam Riffice Bianca Andreescu 2015 Miomir Kecmanović Bianca Andreescu Sebastián Báez María Lourdes Carlé 2016 Miomir Kecmanović Kaja Juvan Steven Sun Katie Volynets 2017 Hugo Gaston Whitney Osuigwe Nicholas David Ionel Katriin Saar 2018 Otto Virtanen Coco Gauff Pablo Llamas Ruiz Madison Sieg 2019 Thiago Agustín Tirante Robin Montgomery Daniel Rincón Ashlyn Krueger 2020 Arthur Fils Ashlyn Krueger Jonah Braswell Valeria Ray 2021 Adolfo Daniel Vallejo Petra Marčinko Quang Duong Kate Kim 2022 Gerard Campaña Lee Mayu Crossley Naoya Honda Alexis Nguyen 2023 Danil Panarin Hannah Klugman Dominick Mosejczuk Leena Friedman 2024 Andrés Santamarta Roig Tereza Krejčová Jordan Lee Xiaotong Wang 2025 Thijs Boogaard Sun Xinran Matias Reyniak Priscilla Sirichantho

Doubles champions Year Boys, 18 and under Girls, 18 and under 1993 Sebastián Prieto Jimy Szymanski Anne Pastor Dally Randriantefy 1994 Bobby Kokavec Jocelyn Robichaud Alice Canepa Maria Paola Zavagli 1995 Kepler Orellana Mariano Zabaleta Giulia Casoni Maria Paola Zavagli 1996 Petr Kralert Robin Vik Michaela Paštiková Jitka Schönfeldová 1997 Mirko Pehar Lovro Zovko Kim Clijsters Zsófia Gubacsi 1998 José de Armas Lovro Zovko Clarisa Fernández María Emilia Salerni1999 Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut Maki Arai Bethanie Mattek2000 Bruno Echagaray Santiago González Gisela Dulko Anikó Kapros 2001 Philipp Petzschner Simon Stadler Anna-Lena Grönefeld Barbora Strýcová 2002 Scott Oudsema Phillip Simmonds Darya Kustova Anastasia Yakimova 2003 Rafael Arévalo Jaime Cuellar Marina Erakovic Ekaterina Kosminskaya 2004 Piero Luisi David Navarrete Marina Erakovic Monica Niculescu 2005 Emiliano Massa Leonardo Mayer Jennifer-Lee Heinser Elizabeth Plotkin2006 Danila Arsenov Roman Jebavý Sorana Cîrstea Urszula Radwańska 2007 Roman Jebavý Vasek Pospisil Mallory Cecil Melanie Oudin 2008 Devin Britton Jarmere Jenkins Lauren Embree Asia Muhammad 2009 Mikhail Biryukov Alexander Rumyantsev Anna Orlik Valeria Solovieva 2010 Julien Cagnina Jeroen Vanneste Lauren Herring Madison Keys 2011 Liam Broady Joshua Ward-Hibbert Victoria Kan Ganna Poznikhirenko 2012 Cristian Garín Nicolás Jarry Gabrielle Andrews Taylor Townsend 2013 Filippo Baldi Lucas Miedler Naiktha Bains Tornado Alicia Black 2014 Stefan Kozlov Michael Mmoh Cici Bellis Markéta Vondroušová 2015 Yuta Shimizu Yunosuke Tanaka Pranjala Yadlapalli Tamara Zidanšek 2016 Toru Horie Yuta Shimizu Olga Danilović Anastasia Potapova 2017 Tomáš Macháč Ondřej Štyler Joanna Garland Naho Sato 2018 Sergey Fomin Gauthier Onclin Adrienn Nagy Park So-hyun 2019 Mikolaj Lorens Shunsuke Mitsui Alexandra Eala Evialina Laskevich2020 Péter Fajta Zsombor Velcz Reese Brantmeier Kimmi Hance2021 Edas Butvilas Abedallah Shelbayh Petra Marčinko Diana Shnaider2022 Adriano Dzhenev Iliyan Radulov Tyra Grant Iva Jovic2023 Andrew Delgado Matthew Forbes Tyra Grant (2) Iva Jovic (2)2024 Timofei Derepasko Amir Omarkhanov Deniz Dilek Beatrise Zeltina2025 Yannik Álvarez Žiga Šeško Anastasija Cvetković Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi

Orange Bowl (tennis)

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