The Tim Essonne is an international junior tennis tournament for players aged 12–14, held in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois. It is one of the most prestigious trophies in the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour.
The event has seen a number of its champions go on to become professionals, such as Richard Gasquet and Rafael Nadal who won the tournament in 1998 and 1999 respectively. Other notable participations were Roger Federer in 1994 and Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2012. Future World No. 1s Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, and Justine Henin also participated.
History The tournament was created in 1983, at the request of Jean-Paul Loth (then national technical director) and Albert Guilbert (president of the Ligue de l'Essonne).
The competition has been classified as a grade 1 of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, a rank it has held since its creation in 1983 thanks to the accommodation and catering offered to participants and coaches. As a grade 1 tournament, Tim Essonne has a lot of points to offer in the U14 Junior Rankings; for instance, in 2017, Max Westphal from Esson went from 77th to 6th place in Europe after reaching the final.
The tournament was initially called simply Tim, then Tim 91, and finally renamed Tim Essonne. Its success has continued to grow since its creation. In 35 years, the number of participating nations has increased from 5 to nearly 50.
Singles Champions + Boys' and Girls ResultsYearBoysGirls1983 Arnaud Boetsch Cécile Bourdais1984 Guillaume Raoux Emmanuelle Derly1986 Pierre-Olivier Citton Linda Niemantsverdriet1987 Bart De Buyser Anna Földényi1988 Filip Kaščák Lara Bitter1989 Robert Witz Anne Pastor1990 Johann Potron Rita Kuti-Kis1991 Björn Rehnquist Martina Hingis1992 Daniel Elsner Corinne Dauve1993 Filip Anioła Zsófia Gubacsi1994 Gasper Martinjak Elena Dementieva1995 Tommy Robredo Jelena Pandžić1996 Mickael Ali-Cayo Martina Babáková1997 Stefan Wiespeiner Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian1998 Richard Gasquet Matea Mezak1999 Rafael Nadal Alexandra Orăşanu2000 Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Tsvetana Pironkova2001 Kārlis Lejnieks Ekaterina Kosminskaya2002 Kevin Botti Evgeniya Rodina2003 Uladzimir Ignatik Elena Kulikova2004 Yannik Reuter Petra Martić2005 Mikhail Biryukov Yana Buchina2006 Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Daria Gavrilova2007 Evgeny Karlovskiy Daria Gavrilova2008 Julien Delaplane Petra Uberalová2009 Thomas Brechemier Estelle Cascino2020Cancelled2011 Andrey Rublev Valentini Grammatikopoulou2012 Kenneth Raisma Olga Fridman2013 Corentin Moutet Markéta Vondroušová2014 Rudolf Molleker Olesya Pervushina2015 Adrian Andreev Taisiya Pachkaleva2016 Lilian Marmousez Zheng Qinwen2017 Jérôme Kym Maria Bondarenko2018 Sean Cuenin Linda Nosková2019 Gilles-Arnaud Bailly Tijana Sretenović2020 Théo Papamalamis Shanice Roignot2020Cancelled2022 Zangar Nurlanuly Ksenia Efremova2023 Alexey Frolov Ksenia Efremova2024 Eric Lorimer Sun Xinran2025 Rafael Pagonis Grace Bernstein2026 Rafael Papoian Lyubov Pronenko
Doubles champions Year Boys Girls2011 Bogdan Borza Nicolae Frunză Miriam Kolodziejova Vendula Žovincová2012 Dylan Bednarczyk Kenneth Raisma Barbora Miklová Markéta Vondroušová2013 Artem Dubrivnyy Kacper Żuk Anna Slováková Markéta Vondroušová2014 Dorian Bahloul Youlian Iakovlev Francesca Jones Dalila Said2015 Raphael Bonnet Flores Allan Deschamps Taisiya Pachkaleva Anastasia Tikhonova2016 Jean Marc Malkowski Alexander Georg Mandma Denisa Hindová Tereza Vajsejtlová2017 Jacobi Bain Max Westphal Maria Bondarenko Milana Zhabrailova2018 Sean Cuenin William Jucha Linda Fruhvirtová Linda Nosková2019 Yaroslav Demin Grigory Shebekin Valery Gynina Malwina Rowińska2020 Sam Pidoux Janis Raffael Simmen Hephzibah Oluwadare Hannah Read2021Cancelled2022 Tito Chávez Eudald González Ksenia Efremova Mariia Makarova2023 Filip Ladman Savva Rybkin Victoria Luiza Barros Sofia Kryvoruchko2024 Alexey Ilin Tsikhan Koran Tea Kovačević Sun Xinran2025 Vencel Fazekas Akhmadi Makhanov Grace Bernstein Milica Sakamoto Milojevic2026 Anastasis Mosaikos Adam Napari Nicole Kurýlová Kristýna Nikodýmová
Other notable participations + Other notable players.YearParticipantNationalityRound1990Iva MajoliSemifinals1992Amélie MauresmoQuarterfinals1994Justine HeninSemifinals1995Nicolas MahutSecond round1995Marta MarreroRound of 161997Gilles SimonQuarterfinals1998Tomáš BerdychSecond round1999Gaël MonfilsRound of 162001Adrian MannarinoSemifinals2004Pierre-Hugues HerbertSecond round2004Grigor DimitrovSecond round2004Simona HalepRound of 162006Garbiñe MuguruzaSecond round2007Annika BeckRound of 162009Daniil MedvedevQuarterfinals2012Stefanos TsitsipasSecond round
Organization The Tim Essonne sponsors and long-standing institutional partners include: The French Tennis Federation, the General Council of Essonne, the Departmental Youth and Sports Directorate, the commune of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois. The tournament relies on volunteers to support its operations.
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