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Julia Payola of Spain and Korea’s Chan-Yeong Ohhave been crowned as champions of the 50th editionof the Torneo Avvenire.
The Category 1 event is held at the Tennis ClubAmbrosiano in Milan, Italy, and is the oldest tourna-ment on the Tennis Europe Junior Tour
Seeded 10th, Payola breezed through the competi-tion without losing a set, including impressive winsover #16 Magdalena Pantuckova (CZE) and #12 OlgaDanilovic (SRB) in the quarter and semi-finals. In thefinal, she faced Ludmilla Samsonova, a Russian play-er that has based in Italy for several years and conse-quently had plenty of support from the crowd. >>
Above: Champions Julia Payola (ESP) and Chan-Yeong Oh (KOR).
Payola & Oh claim titles at 50th Avvenire tournament
Tennis Europe Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Tennis Europe /CAT/FFT partnership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
European Beach Tennis Championships News. .3
In the Spotlight: Giorgio di Pietro .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
European Summer Cups Preview. . . . . . . . . . . .7
France & Netherlands win at World Team Cup . .8
Roland Garros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tennis Europe Junior Tour Round-up. . . . . . . . . 16
Tennis Europe Junior Tour Rankings. . . . . . . . . . 17
European Rankings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Inside this issue Sharapova & Nadal reign atRoland Garros
Tennis Europe Committees
The newly-elected Tennis Europe Board ofManagement has met to define the composition of theorganisation’s committees for the current mandate,which will last until 2017.
A total of 64 representatives have been appointed to
the committees (Junior Tennis, Senior Tennis,Professional Tennis, Development and Officiating TaskForce), following nominations from 30 of TennisEurope’s 49 member nations.
Turn to Page 2 to see the complete lists.
Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal have been the bestclay court players in recent years and once againunderlined their authority by withstanding an unpre-dictable fortnight to win at Roland Garros. Rafa’s ninthwin makes him the first man ever to win the same Slamso many times, while Sharapova claimed a 5th GrandSlam title overall, and second in Paris. Page 11 >>
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Tennis Europe Committees 2014-2017
Following the elections at the recent Annual GeneralMeeting in Sofia, the Board of Management has nowconfirmed the organisation’s committee structurefor the three year period until the 2017 AGM. The fulllist of committees can be viewed below, or at theTennis Europe website.
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The recently-elected Board of Management in Sofia.
Development Committee
Members:
Des Allen (IRL), Gheorghe Vaideanu (ROU), Bernard Giudicelli (FRA),
Emiliano Guzzo (ITA), Tamás Hámori (HUN), Georgi Krumov (BUL),
Ivica Primorac (BIH), Eduardo Sanz (ESP), Juris Savickis (LAT),
Tina Smith (GBR), Predrag Stojcevic (CRO), Marina Tauber (MDA),
Helen Trubatch, Cees Varossieau (NED), Alex Zitridis (GRE).
Hrvoje Zmajic ITF/Tennis Europe Development Officer (Ex-officio)
Chairperson: Luisanna Fodde (ITA)
Junior Tennis Committee
Members:
Jaroslav Balas (CZE), Kevin Beyens (BEL), Onur Binay (TUR),
Ramunas Grusas (LTU), Vladimir Habas (SVK), Thomas Hammerl
(AUT), Allar Hint (EST), Wil Hoppenbrouwers (NED), Rebecca James
(GBR), Christiane Jolissaint (SUI), Suzana Knezevic (CRO), Pavel
Lisovtsev (ISR), Igor Martynov (RUS), Giovanni Ocleppo (ITA),
François Pareau (FRA), Nikolai Pravchev (BUL), Eva-Maria Schneider
(GER), Johan Sjögren (SWE), Marjeta Smodis (SLO), Igor Subbotin
(BLR), Mitja Tanjga (BIH)
Chairperson: Karin van Bijsterveld (NED)
Professional Tennis Committee
Members:
Mark Camilleri (MLT), Jean-Pierre Dartevelle (FRA), Ahmet Demir (TUR),
Yves Fréson (BEL), Yuri Galkin (BLR), Katerina Guenova (BUL),
Petro Pennisi (ITA), Razvan Itu (ROU), Dimitri Vikharev (RUS),
Nedim Vilogorac (BIH), Richard Walmsley (GBR),
Anders Wennberg, ITF/Tennis Europe Tournament Executive (Ex-officio)
Chairperson: Igor del Busto (ESP)
Seniors Tennis Committee
Members:
Anne Clark (GBR), Kristen Fari (NOR), Ralph Hellman (ESP), Henrik
Källen (SWE), Diamantis Katsipidis (GRE), Gergely Kisygörgy (HUN),
Giuseppe Lappano (ITA), Ural Latypov (RUS), Peter Nader (AUT),
Mariana Nenova (BUL), Jürgen Vollstädt (GER), Jean Wallach (FRA)
Chairperson: Attila Richter (HUN)
Officiating Task Force
Members:
Rémy Azemar (FRA), Tom Kinloch (GBR), Valery Lutkov (RUS),
Robert van der Drift (NED), Michel Willems (BEL)
Anders Wennberg, ITF/Tennis Europe Tournament Executive (Ex-officio)
Board of Management
Martin Corrie (GBR) (Honorary Treasurer)
Igor del Busto (ESP) (Chairperson, Professional Tennis Committee)
Luisanna Fodde (ITA) (Chairperson, Development Committee)
Günther Lang (GER) (Vice-President)
Attila Richter (HUN) (Chairperson, Senior Tennis Committee)
Aleksei Selivanenko (RUS) (Vice-President)
Stefan Tzvetkov (BUL) (Vice-President)
Karin van Bijsterveld (NED) (Chairwoman Junior Tennis Committee)
Olli Mäenpää, Tennis Europe CEO (Non-voting member)
President: Jacques Dupré (FRA)
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The Presidents of Tennis Europe, the African TennisConfederation (CAT) and the French TennisFederation (FFT) signed a proclamation of agreementat Roland Garros on Wednesday 4th June.
Jacques Dupré, Tarak Cherif and Jean Gachassinwere joined by International Tennis FederationPresident Francesco Ricci Bitti for the meeting, wherethey pledged to work together on a long-term basis inorder to improve the development of tennis in Africaand Europe.
The FFT has committed to sharing knowledge andhuman resources to assist with the project, particular-ly in the area of education of coaches, teachers andmanagers.
The three organisations will work together on trainingcamps for male and female players, as well as otherspecific projects.
The presidents meeting at Rolamd Garros on June 4th.
Tennis Europe, CAT & FFT sign cooperation
Tennis Europe is sad to report the recent passing ofErik Keller, who died on May 17th at the age of 65.
A popular figure in the international tennis communi-ty and a regular attendee and contributor at TennisEurope meetings, Mr. Keller served for over 8 years as
Vice-President of Swiss Tennis and was responsiblefor overseeing the running of the Davis and Fed Cupteam competitions.
He will be greatly missed, and Tennis Europe sendscondolences to his friends, family and colleagues.
21 nations to compete at European Beach Tennis ChampionshipsA record-equalling 21 nations have so far confirmedtheir entries for the seventh European Beach TennisChampionships, which will return to Great Britainwhen they are held in Brighton on the south coast ofEngland from 8-10 August.
Around 140 players are expected to take part in theevent, which consists of men’s, women’s and mixeddoubles competitions.
The national entry list is led by Italy, whose teams havedominated the past editions of the tournament, win-ning the gold and silver medals in the men’s andwomen’s events at all previous events. The world's topfour-ranked players contested last year's men's final,with Marco Garavini & Alessandro Calbucci adding theEuropean title to their ITF World Beach TennisChampionships win a fortnight previously. Secondseeds Flamina Daina & Michaela Zanaboti claimed thewomen's title, while Daina & Garavini also teamed towin the mixed doubles.
Czech Republic, Russia, Spain and San Marino arelikely to field some of the strongest teams in the draw,
while the host nation will have high hopes and is ableto nominate one additional team in each competition.
Israel will compete at the Championships for the firsttime, whilst teams from Belarus and Turkey return tothe event after a break.
The player nominations will be revealed after thenomination deadline on 1st July.
Erik Keller
The Italian team celebrates success in 2013.
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Payola and Oh claim titles at 50th Avvenire tournament<< The Spaniard was in no mood for concessionsthough, racing to a 6-2 6-3 win to pick up her first 16& Under Tennis Europe Junior Tour title, havingpreviously excelled at both the 12 and 14 & underage groups.
Payola’s victory came in her first appearance onthe Tennis Europe Junior Tour since winning theSanchez-Casal Cup in Barcelona almost two yearsago, and she becomes the fifth Spanish girl to tri-umph at the event. “Winning here is fantastic,” shesaid after the match. “I also won the Under 14 tour-nament in Rome, and I feel great playing in Italy.”
In the boys’ final, top seed Chan-Yeong Oh foughtback from the loss of the first set to overcomereigning Tennis Europe Junior Masters championMate Valkusz of Hungary 3-6 6-3 6-0. The luck ofthe draw saw Oh have to defeat Italian players infour of his five matches, but made up for it by team-ing with home player Enrico Dalla Valle (his singlessemi-final victim) to win the doubles title onSaturday.
Oh etched his name into the record books in somestyle, become the first Asian player ever to win theboys’ championship at Avvenire, as well as the firstplayer in seven years to win both singles and dou-bles. “I am very pleased with this success,” he said,“I won in a beautiful setting and in a beautiful city.”
The week also saw some strong performancesfrom the visiting ITF Touring Teams from Europe
and South America, who were able to test their levelagainst many of the world’s top players in the agegroup. The COSAT Team did particularly well in theboys’ doubles, where Andres Ciurletti & Juan Otegui(ARG) reached the final, falling 0-6 4-6 to Dalla Valleand Oh. Inci Ogut (TUR) and Eliza Omirou (CYP)starred for the Tennis Europe team, beating homepair Martina Pratesi & Lucrezia Stefanini to claim thegirls’ doubles title.
Since the first edition in 1965, the Avvenire event hascome to be regarded as one of the world’s toughest16 & Under tournaments. Former championsinclude Grand Slam champions and world #1sincluding Ivan Lendl, Stefan Edberg, Juan Martín delPotro, Conchita Martinez and Martina Hingis.
Girls doubles runners-up Martina Pratesi & Lucrezia Stefanini(ITA) and winners Inci Ogut (TUR) and Eliza Omirou (CYP)
In the Spotlight: Giorgio di PietroWe spoke to the tournament director of Avvenire,Giorgio di Pietro, to find out the keys to the contin-ued success of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour’soldest event.
Why do you think that this tournament has lasted solong?
The tournament has been growing since day one,and it became very prestigious; not only for theplayers but also for the members of the club.Without their support it would be impossible tostage the event, because it’s not always possible tobalance the expenses. But everybody recognisesthe importance of the event. Many of our memberscome every day to go around the courts and dis-cover new talents and to see the quality of players,which is of course very high. And this enthusiasmhas been maintained from one generation to thenext.
How did you come to be involved in the tournament?
Well, I have been a member of the club for 40 yearsnow. I have been quite active and am a member ofthe board. Each board member has a role accordingto what they like to do, so apart from this tourna-ment, I am in charge of all the competitions of theclub, and also the teams.
Category 1 tournaments have a lot of requirements.As an organiser, how do you manage these?
Yes, these events are very expensive, particularlythe hospitality. And if you think about all of the othercosts; staff, transport, promotional materials, it alladds up. We can meet some of these costs throughsponsorship and small contributions from the localauthorities, but it is very difficult to balance every-thing. But in my opinion if there is a shortfall, say of25%, then you have to consider that this is made >>
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In the Spotlight: Giorgio di Pietro<< up for by the value and recognition that the clubreceives for hosting a prestigious tournament likethis. You can’t really hope to make a profit from a jun-ior tournament, and for this reason not many last aslong as Avvenire has. For example, I know the organ-isers of another junior event in Italy, and six or sevenyears ago they decided to stop and instead offer aprofessional event. They told me that they find it eas-ier to manage the tournament – even when having topay the prize money - because more sponsors areready to work with them. So it is a challenge.
How many people work for the tournament?
Usually we have four or five girls working in the play-ers’ desk, plus a couple of drivers who support thetransportation team, as the players all arrive in bus.It’s great experience for them, because they areyoung and get to use their languages and learn someskills. Then obviously there is me, the referee and thepeople who normally work within the club, whoseattention is focused on the tournament throughoutthis week.
How much preparation goes in to each event?
After the end of the tournament there is some work,collecting the materials, evaluating and giving feed-back to sponsors and so on. But then we take a goodbreak. Everything starts when we get confirmationfrom the federation of the next date, and the factsheet to fill in, which comes towards the end of theyear. We try to maintain contact with our sponsors aswell, but the big efforts usually start around February.
The list of former players of this tournament is veryimpressive. Has the tournament ever tried to headhuntplayers and convince them to play?
Yes, years ago thiswould happen, but notnormally with playersdirectly, more withtheir federations. Noweverything is doneonline by the playerbut we used to have toconvince federationsto send their players. Iremember manyyears ago the USTAdid not want to send asquad and our presi-dent at the time triedto persuade them.Eventually JenniferCapriati came – we
had a very good relationship with her and her family –and she won. We still have a battle sometimes to con-vince players to play. Some federations believe thattheir very best players of this age should be playingthe junior Grand Slams. But the passage to profes-sional tennis is getting harder and harder, so tourna-ments like this one are very valuable for a player.
The club has big plans for expansion in the comingyears. Can you tell us about that?
Yes, a few years ago we won a bidding process to cre-ate a new tennis museum in Italy. So we are workingwith the local authority on the construction of a newbuilding. In fact the Milan public authority is the ownerof the club, and we have a renewable 20-year lease. Ithas been a long road to get this far, with a lot of paperwork, but finally we have the green light and things aremoving, as you can see [construction has alreadybegun, with a large crater currently occupying thespace next to the club, where the foundations arebeing laid]. We plan to be finished in the first monthsof next year, to coincide with Expo in Milan, whichstarts in April. So it should all be ready by the next edi-tion of Avvenire.
The museum sounds particularly exciting. What will itcontain?
Well, the building will have several facilities, includinga state of the art gym. The top floor will be a museumof 900m2. We are very excited about the museum.Obviously it will be filled with historical artifacts andexhibits, but we are taking care to make it as appeal-ing as possible for the young generation, using the lat-est technology to make it an interactive experience.Through touchscreens and video walls, the visitor willchoose what he or she is interested in seeing.
Typically you go to amuseum once, butwe want to ensurethat people come andvisit us time andagain. It’s a very excit-ing project for us, andwe will cover allaspects; the history ofthis tournament, ofthe club, of Italian ten-nis, and tennis in gen-eral. Hopefully we willhave something onTennis Europe too!
The posters for the 1st and 50th editions of the tournament.
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Tennis Europe has publisheddetails of the first of this year’s
European Summer Cups competi-tions, which kick off with the 14 & Under qualifyingevents from June 29 - July 1st.
A total of 173 national teams have entered the com-petitions across the three age groups. Each eventwill see teams split into qualifying groups of up toeight teams, from which two will progress to thefinal rounds.
Russia has the task of defending three titles, havingwon the boys 14 & Under and swept the 16 & Undercategories in 2013. Italy won both 18 & Underevents last year, while Czech Republic claimed theGirls 14 & Under title and will open their defence athome in Rakovnik.
The 14 & Under Summer Cups also serve as theEuropean qualifying event for the ITF’s World JuniorTennis competition, while the 16 & Under eventsdouble up at the European qualifying for the JuniorDavis and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas competitions.
Keep up with all the latest information on the compe-tition at the dedicated tournament page.
Also now online is the information relating to thesummer 12 & Under team competition, the TennisEurope Nations Challenge by HEAD. 62 nationalteams have entered the tournament, which will beheld from 24-27 July (qualifying) and 7-10 August(finals).
Italy (girls) and Russia (boys) will be looking todefend their 2013 titles at the final rounds in Ajaccio(FRA) and Alanya (TUR) respectively. Full informa-tion can be found here.
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Copa del Sol Boys 14&U - Qualifying (29 June - 1 July)
European Summer CupsPreview
Zone A Huy (BEL) Bulgaria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy, Norway, Poland, Turkey
Zone B Royan (FRA) Croatia, France, Hungary, Moldova, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia
Zone C Bremen (GER) Germany, Belarus, Ukraine, Switzerland, Denmark, Latvia, Slovakia, Sweden
Zone D Murcia (ESP) Austria, Bosnia & H, Gt Britain, Greece, Israel, Netherlands, Romania, Spain
Finals Murcia (ESP) 4-6 July
Europa Cup Girls 14&U - Qualifying (29 June - 1 July)
Zone A Rakovnik (CZE) Belarus, Czech Rep, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia
Zone B St. Valery en Caux (FRA) Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia
Zone C Parma (ITA) Belgium, Bosnia & H, Denmark, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
Zone D Izmir (TUR) Bulgaria, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine
Finals Loano (ITA) 4-6 July
Russia’s Girls 16 & Under team celebrate their 2013 victory inLeysin.
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European Summer Cups Preview
Borotra Cup Boys 16&U - Qualifying (30 July-1 August)
Zone A Trani (ITA) Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia
Zone B Slobozia (ROU) Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia
Zone C Vinaros (ESP) Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
Zone D Ankara (TUR) Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep, France, Norway, Poland, Turkey
Finals Le Touquet (FRA) 4-6 August
Girls 16 & Under: Qualifying (30 July-1 August)
Zone A Rakovnik (CZE) Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden
Zone B Northumberland (GBR) Denmark, France, Gt Britain, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine
Zone C Curtea de Arges (ROU) Bulgaria, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia
Zone D Ankara (TUR) Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Turkey
Finals Budapest (HUN) 4-6 August
Valerio/Galea Cup Boys 18 & Under: Qualifying (30 July-1 August)
Zone A Westendorf (AUT) Austria, Croatia, Great Britain, Latvia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain
Zone B Opava (CZE) Bosnia & H, Czech Rep, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal
Zone C La Rochelle (FRA) France, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Romania, Ukraine
Zone D Piestany (SVK) Belarus, Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey
Finals Venice (ITA) 4-6 August
Soisbault/Reina Cup Girls 18 & Under: Qualifying (30 July-1 August)
Zone A Most (CZE) Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Israel, Portugal
Zone B Mesagne (ITA) Croatia, Greece, Italy, Russia, Slovakia
Zone C Arad (ROU) Bosnia & H, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine
Zone D Denizli (TUR) Great Britain, Hungary, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey
Finals Granville (FRA) 4-6 August
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France and Netherlands retain World Team Cup titlesHosts Netherlands claimed an incredible 27thwomen’s title at wheelchair tennis’ flagship teamevent, the BNP Paribas World Team Cup.
The defending champions were made to work hardfor victory, eventually overcoming Great Britain 2-1after coming from behind in the tie. World #10 LucyShuker scored an upset in the opening rubber bybeating #6 Marjolein Buis 4-6 6-0 6-3. Aniek vanKoot then levelled the tie for the hosts, dropping justfive games to Joanne Whiley to set the stage for adeciding doubles tie, which the hosts won 6-4 6-1 towrap up a fifteenth consecutive title for the Dutch inthe women’s event.
On the men’s side France also extended its winstreak, securing a third successive title by beating thehosts 2-0 in singles action.
Nicolas Peifer gave the defending champions an earlylead with a routine 6-2 6-2 win over Tom Egberink,and world #2 Stephane Houdet then wrapped thingsup with a 6-3 6-2 win over the sixth-ranked playerMaikel Scheffers to give the French a fourth win in sixyears.
Bronze medal matches saw Japan beat Germany(women’s) and Great Britain beat Japan (men’s).Belgium earned promotion to the 12-nation elitemen’s World Group by winning the World Group IIcompetition with a 2-1 win over Brazil.
Great Britain secured the quad title for a fourth time,ending the reign of defending champions USA by theslimmest of margins.
Each team earned a decisive singles victory, withJamie Burdekin of Great Britain conceding just onegame to Nick Taylor and USA’s David Wagner beatingworld #3 Andy Lapthorne by the same score.
The deciding doubles went to a match tie break withthe Brits eventually scoring a sensational win overthe three-time Paralympic gold medallists, 6-1 2-6[10-7].
Russia claimed the junior title, weathering a deter-mined fightback from Spain to earn a first-ever titlefor the nation at the World Team Cup.
Ildus Shaikhislamov reversed a loss to Feliz GarciaPerez in the round-robin stages of the competition togive the Russians an early lead before Martin de laPuente levelled the tie with a 6-3 6-1 win over thegirls’ world #1 Viktoriia Lvova.
The deciding doubles saw the Russians withstand asecond set drubbing to emerge victorious with amemorable 7-6 0-6 [10-3] win.
A total of 52 teams from 31 countries were in Alphento take part in the 2014 BNP Paribas World TeamCup. Full draws and results from the competition canbe found here.
Aniek van Koot & Marjolein Buis celebrate Netherland’s defenceof the women’s title.
Tennis Europe partner brand HEAD was the top brand in terms ofshow-court exposure at Wimbledon 2013, thanks to Andy Murray’sfamous win. They amassed an impressive 6,164 minutes, or close tofour days’ airtime, more than any other racquet brand in the last 4years. Source: SPORTS MARKETING SURVEYS INC.
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Special Olympics European Tennis Day
The inaugural Special Olympics European Tennis Daytook place across Europe on Monday June 16th. Withmore than 2,000 players with intellectual disabilitiesparticipating in 200 events across nine countries,European Tennis Day was backed by Tennis Europeand a host of national tennis federations and profes-sional players.
European Tennis Day was celebrated in Austria,Finland, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Israel,Luxembourg, Romania and Turkey. Many Europeantennis stars signed up to support the day includingHungary’s Agnes Szavay, Russia’s AnastasiaMyskina and Mikhail Youzhny, and Alex Lisiecki,coach to Luxembourg’s Gilles Müller.
Many people with intellectual disabilities losechances to participate in tennis due to being seen bytheir peers as ‘different’ or ‘without ability’. TheSpecial Olympics European Tennis Day brings theEuropean tennis community together to create moreopportunities for people with intellectual disabilitiesin the sport as well as celebrating the athletes’ abili-ties.
Unified Tennis® matches and experiences served ashighlights of the day giving young people with andwithout intellectual disabilities the opportunity tocompete together and enjoy the benefit of friendshipon and off the court.
Regional President of Special Olympics EuropeEurasia, Mary Davis said: “European Tennis Day pro-vides a fantastic opportunity for everyone involved intennis to promote respect, acceptance and inclusionfor people with intellectual disabilities. As we prepareto enjoy Wimbledon this month, European TennisDay is a timely opportunity for all to show their sup-port for Special Olympics athletes. Thanks to thegenerosity of Tennis Europe on June 16th, we had anexciting schedule of events planned across Europeand I thank everyone for getting out and supportingthese events and the athletes for taking part.”
Tennis Europe President Jacques Dupré said: “TennisEurope is proud to support the Special OlympicsEuropean Tennis Day. It is a wonderful opportunity tobring the tennis community together in Europe in astrong show of support for players with intellectual dis-abilities. More opportunities create more awareness ofthe talents and abilities of Special Olympics athletes sowe are very honoured to support this tennis initiative,
which I hope becomes an annual event.”
Tennis is one of the most popular of the 33 officialsports offered by Special Olympics with more than4,000 registered tennis players in 58 countries.
Some of the events to take place on 2014 EuropeanTennis Day included: Special Olympics AmbassadorAgnes Szavay was joined by Gergely Kisgyörgy andfour other Hungarian stars to spend the day partici-pating in clinics and Unified Tennis experience withSpecial Olympics athletes in Budapest. The dayended with a free concert with Hungarian star Anitafor all the athletes.
In Luxembourg, Alex Lisiecki teamed up with GillesMuller’s Luxembourg Davis Cup team mate JacquesRadoux, to lead an open tennis day on the courts ofTC Stade inviting athletes with intellectual disabilitiesto try the game. It was followed by a Unified Tennisexperience with Luxembourg tennis stars Alex Knaff,Eden Change, Nina Radioux and Lou Thomé pairingup with Special Olympics athletes in doubles exhibi-tion matches.
In Moscow, Russian tennis stars Anastasia Myskina,Mikhail Youzhny and others participated in a celebri-ty unified tennis tournament with Special Olympicsathletes in a day of activities supported by the EltzinFoundation.
In Istanbul, similar events took place on the courts ofthe Swiss Hotel on the shores of the Bosphorus whilein Israel, six tennis centres across the city of Tel Avivwill host Special Olympics athletes for tennis compe-titions and celebrity unified matches.
For more information visit www.specialolympics.org
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The second Grand Slam event of the season was atriumph for European players, who walked away withall but one of the professional and junior titles onoffer.
Sunday’s highly anticipated men’s final saw the toptwo players in the world renew their already leg-endary rivalry. Novak Djokovic was desperate to winthe only Grand Slam title to elude him, while RafaelNadal was equally keen to salvage what had been –at least by his exceptional standards - a disappoint-ing clay court season so far, as well as to makeamends for the crushing disappointment of his lossin the Australian Open final in January.
Early in the match, an upset seemed possible asDjokovic took a nine-game first set and looked readyto capitalise on his momentum. But Rafa eventuallyedged a particularly hard-fought second set andnever looked back, running out a 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 winin three and a half hours of play in which both playershad seemed to be affected by the hot conditions.
Nadal’s statistics continue to defy logic; the win is hisfifth consecutive Roland Garros title and ninth over-all. He becomes the first man to win a Grand Slam inten successive years and edges closer to catchingRoger Federer’s record tally of Grand Slam titles,levelling with Pete Sampras at 14. The win is his 45thcareer clay court title, and moves him one behind all-time leader Guillermo Vilas.
The women’s tournament saw a series of earlyshocks, with the top three seeds all having exited bythe middle of the first week for the first time in thehistory of the event, each losing to a promising upand comer making their Slam breakthrough.Arguably the most impressive was GarbiñeMuguruza’s 6-2 6-2 second round demolition ofdefending champion Serena Williams, which the 19-year old Spaniard followed by reaching the quarterfi-nals before giving Maria Sharapova a three-setscare.
Indeed Sharapova was forced to three sets in each ofher last four matches, but never more spectacularlyso than against Simona Halep, who produced someinspired play in what was her first Grand Slam final.After conceding the first set 6-4 and an early break inthe second, Halep enjoyed a golden half hour, even-tually levelling after a tense tie break in which herRussian opponent gifted some uncharacteristicerrors as the finish line loomed.
Sharapova later paid tribute to the Romanian, whowill now rise to #3 in the world, saying that the match
had been the toughest of the nine Grand Slam finalsshe had played. After sinking to her knees to kiss thecourt after match point, she expressed her delightand bewilderment that Roland Garros would turnout to be her most successful Slam at this point inher career, saying “If somebody had told me atsome stage in my career that I'd have more RolandGarros titles than any other Grand Slam, I'd proba-bly go get drunk.”
Doubles
Julien Benneteau & Edouard Roger-Vasselin thrilleda partisan home crowd by beating Marcel Granollers& Marc Lopez to take the men’s doubles title. Havingbeaten the Bryan brothers earlier in the week, theSpanish pair was heavily favoured to win their firstGrand Slam title, having previously won the WorldTour Finals in 2012, but went down in straight sets tothe French pair to the delight of the Philippe Chatriercrowd.
The world’s top pair, Hseih Su-Wei and Peng Shuai,became the only non-European players to takehome the Parisian silverware with a 6-4 6-1 win over2012 champions Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci of Italy.The Taipei/Chinese pair cement their recently-attained #1 status, though the Italians may be ableto reclaim the top spot with a good performance atWimbledon next month.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) and Jean-Julien Roger(NED) fought back from a set down to claim themixed doubles title over Julia Goerges (GER) &Nenad Zimonjic (SRB). The win marked a first GrandSlam title for Rojer, while Groeneveld claimed theWimbledon title in 2009 alongside Mark Knowles.
Rafael Nadal became the first player ever to win the sameGrand Slam title nine times.
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Juniors
The junior competitions saw the reigning European 16& Under champions confirm their potential with a per-fect transition to junior Grand Slam tennis. DaryaKasatkina fought back from a set down to oust topseed Ivana Jorovic of Serbia in what she said would beher final match as a junior.
Andrey Rublev has been busy of late, winning his firstITF Pro Circuit title the week prior to Roland Garros,and he continued his good form by reversing a loss toformer Tennis Europe Junior Masters championJaume Munar Clar of Spain earlier this year. Both 17-year olds were appearing in their first Junior Slamfinals, and Rublev achieves the notable feat of becom-ing the first Russian boy to win in Paris since 1966.
The girls doubles showed that the future for Romanianremains bright beyond the immediate success ofSimona Halep as Ioana Ducu and Ioana Rosca edgedpast Catherine Cartan Bellis of the USA last year’sEuropean 14 & Under silver medallist MarketaVondrousova (CZE) in a 20-point champion’s tiebreak.
The boys doubles gave the home crowds somethingto cheer as Benjamin Bonzi and Quentin Halys teamedup to beat Lucas Miedler (AUT) & Akira Santillan(AUS) for the loss of just six games.
It will be interesting to analyse the significance ofresults at this year’s French Open throughout the restof the year. Many talented players, including much-heralded names such as Taylor Townsend, KristinaMladenovic and Ernests Gulbis, enjoyed potentiallycareer changing performances, but as the Tourmakes its annual sudden change to grass, maintainingthat form is an extra challenge. At the top of the tree,and with comparatively few points to defend in the
coming months, Sharapova now looks set to joinHalep in pressuring Serena Williams for the top spotby the end of the year.
On the men’s side, Andy Murray’s return to the Parissemi-finals, and the recruitment of new coach AmelieMauresmo will boost his confidence as he attemptsto defend his Wimbledon title, while few would betagainst a 43rd chapter in the story of Nadal vs.Djokovic being written in the coming weeks.
Results – 2014 Roland Garros
Men’s Singles(1) Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. (2) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4Men’s Doubles(11) Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. Granollers/Lopez (ESP) 6-3 7-6(1)Women’s Singles(7) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Simona Halep (ROU) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4Women’s Doubles(2) Hseih (TPE)/Peng (CHN) d. Errani/Vinci (ITA) 6-4 6-1Mixed DoublesGroenefeld (GER)/Rojer (NED) d. Goerges (GER)/Zimonjic (SRB) 4-6 6-2 [10-7]Boys’ Singles(4) Andrey Rublev (RUS) d. (7) Jaume Antoni Munar Clar (ESP) 6-2 7-5Boys’ DoublesBonzi/Halys (FRA) d. Miedler (AUT)/Santillan (AUS) 6-3 6-3Girls’ Singles(8) Darya Kasatkina (RUS) d. (1) Ivana Jorovic (SRB) 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3Girls’ DoublesDucu/Rosca (ROU) d. Bellis (USA)/Vondrousova (CZE) 6-1 5-7 [11-9]Men’s Wheelchair Singles(1) Shingo Kuneida (JPN) d. (2) Stephane Houdet (FRA) 6-4 6-1Men’s Wheelchair Doubles(1) Gerard (BEL)/Houdet (FRA) d. Fernandez (ARG)/Peifer (FRA) 4-6 6-3 [11-9]Women’s Wheelchair Singles(1) Yui Kamiji (JPN) d. Aniek van Koot (NED) 7-6(7) 6-4Women’s Wheelchair Doubles(2) Kamiji (JPN)/Whiley (GBR) d. (1) Griffoen/Van Koot (NED) 7-6(3) 3-6 [10-8]
Boys singles runner-up Jaume Munar Clar (ESP) and championAndrey Rublev (RUS)
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The annual ITF World Champions Dinner was heldduring Roland Garros and saw awards given inrecognition of some outstanding achievements.Australian doubles legends Mark Woodforde andTodd Woodbridge were given the ITF’s highest hon-our, the Philippe Chatrier Award, while Heide Orth ofGermany received the second ITF Seniors Award inrecognition of her status as the most decoratedsenior women’s player in history. Aso receivingawards were the 2013 World Champions NovakDjokovic (men), Serena Williams (women), Bob &Mike Bryan and Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci (dou-bles), Alexander Zverev and Belinda Bencic(juniors) and Shingo Kuneida and Aniek van Koot(wheelchair).
The draw for the 2015 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas is asfollows (home teams listed first): Canada vs. CzechRepublic, Italy vs. France, Poland vs. Russia,Germany vs. Australia. World Group II is as follows:Netherlands vs. Slovakia, Romania vs. Spain,Sweden vs. Switzerland, Argentina vs. USA. Ties willbe played during the weekend of 7-8 February, withplay-offs and semi-finals to follow on 18-19 April.
Eurosport recorded impressive viewing figures atthe recent French Open, with the average 3.8 millionviewers during the final between Maria Sharapovaand Simona Halep making it the channel’s most-watched women’s tennis match ever. The men’sfinal between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic felljust shy of the record 4.2 million viewers that viewedthe match between the same players in Australiaearlier this year.
Players at the recent F12 $10,000 ITF Pro Circuitevent in Bol, Croatia got together to organise acharity event to benefit those affected by the recentflooding in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia andSerbia (pictured, below). Between them, the play-ers, coaches and referees took part in a wide rangeof activities and raised around €1,000 for the fund.
Australian Bob Brett has been announced as thenew player development director at Britain’s LawnTennis Association and will oversee the organisa-tion’s high performance program.
The WTA has announced a pre-Wimbledon grasscourt event to be held on the Spanish island ofMallorca in 2016.
The Junior Davis and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas finalswill be played at the Caja Magica in Madrid from2015-2017.
The WTA season-ending championships, due to beheld in Singapore for the first time in October, will berebranded as the WTA Finals.
Grigor Dimitrov became the first player this year towin ATP World Tour titles on three different sur-faces by claiming the Queen’s Club tournament lastweek.
Frenchman Michael Llodra drew the curtain on hissingles career at Roland Garros, but will still com-pete in doubles.
Injury watch: Tommy Haas will miss the rest of theseason due to an ongoing shoulder injury. LauraRobson says she expects to start hitting spongeballs in mid-August as she continues rehabilitationfollowing wrist surgery.
Romanian #1 Victor Hanescu launched the thirdedition of his ‘Every champion has a beginning’campaign recently in Craiova, supplying tennis andsports equipment to over 100 talented youngsters.The player (pictured below) also took part in a ques-tion-and-answer session with the young players andtheir parents. The campaign, which aims to pro-mote the sport and offer further opportunities toinspire young players, will move on to 7 otherRomanian cities in the near future.
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Everyone at the Tennis Europe Junior Tour was sad-dened by the tragic news that 16 & Under playerGeorge Gougouris of Cyprus was fatally injured in atraffic accident on Saturday 3rd May. Gougouris hadbeen due to compete at the Tennis Europe JuniorTour event at his home Eleon Tennis Club that week,and the news came as a terrible shock to the organi-sers and competitors at the tournament, whichbegan a day late as a mark of respect for this talen-ted young player and to allow his friends and team-mates to attend his funeral.
Fact sheets and national entry lists for the EuropeanJunior Championships are now online. The 14 &Under event will be held in Pilzen (CZE), the 16 &Unders visit Moscow (RUS), and the 18 & Underevent will once again be held in Klosters (SUI).
Rudolf Molleker and Yshai Oliel have been engaged ina quite a battle for the 14 & Under #1 ranking inrecent weeks. Oliel became the first Israeli playersince Dudi Sela to hold the spot recently after win-ning back-to-back 16 & Under tournaments in hisnative Israel. Winter Cups winner Molleker soon tookover, winning his second consecutive Category 1event in Piestany, before reaching a 16 & Under finalof his own, in Maribor. Just five points currently sepa-rate the two players; could the EuropeanChampionships be the decider in their impressiveseason?
Tamara Arnold shot up 50 places in the 16 & Underrankings by sweeping the singles and doubles titlesat the Grawe Open in Maribor. She beat Germany’sCarmen Schultheiss for the singles title but therewere no hard feelings as the pair then teamed up totake the doubles title afterwards.
The ITF/COSAT 16 & Under Touring team has beenhaving some great success in recent weeks. GenaroOlivieri of Argentina began the six-week stay inEurope by winning the singles and doubles (withcompatriot Camilo Ugo Carabelli) at Category 1Biella. The following week in Foligno, Ugo Carabellireached the singles final while Olivieri fell at the semi-final stage. Fellow Argentine Melany Krywoj teamedup with Camila Romero of Ecuador to win the girls’doubles. This week, the team moves on to theCategory 2 event in Crema.
Adela Joldic of Bosnia & Herzegovina is currentlyenjoying one of the longest win streaks on the Tour.Last weekend she wrapped up her third consecutivesingles title at the 14 & Under Category 3 event inMostar.
Timofey Skatov (RUS) won back-to-back tourna-ments in Montenegro recently, following up a victoryin Ulcinj with singles and doubles victories (alongsideRail Ibragimov) in Niksic.
This week sees the Tour’s only combined 12, 14 and16 & Under event - the Riga Open - take place inLatvia. The tournament also has a simultaneous ITFJuniors 18 & Under event, making it one of the world’sbusiest junior tournaments!
Race to the Masters update: Three Italian boys arecurrently in contention to qualify to compete at theTennis Europe Junior Masters in Reggio Calabria,with Federico Bertolucci, Riccardo Balzerani andGiovanni Fonio all ranked in the 16 & Under Top Ten.Russians also figure prominently, with AnastasiaPotapova, Olesya Pervushina and Tatiana Makarovacurrently occupying the Top 3 spots on the Girls’ 14 &Under list and Ekaterina Vishnevskayaat #1 in the 16 & Unders. Only thetop six players in each age groupare guarenteed a spot at theMasters, with spaces also reser-ved for the winner and runner-upat the forthcoming EuropeanJunior Championships.
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Photos (from top): Genaro Olivieri (ARG) shows off his skills inBiella, Masters contenders Tatiana Makarova and AnastasiaPotapova (RUS)
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Tennis Europe Junior Tour Rankings - Overall
Tennis Europe’s junior rankingsystem is devised to give a uni-
fied overall list that shows the rela-tive strengths of all players, regardless of wherethey achieved their results or picked up points,
A player’s overall total includes points from TennisEurope Junior Tour 16 and 14 & Under events, pluspoints earned by players in these age categorieswho participate in ITF Junior Circuit and profes-sional tournaments, all of which are weighted
according to their relative strengths.
The 14 & Under ranking is still available separatelycontaining points earned exclusively at TennisEurope Junior Tour events (see next page), as wellas being integrated to these overall rankings.
For more information on the ranking system, visitwww.TennisEurope.org.
Rankings below are as of June 17th, 2014.
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Overall Girls’ Ranking - 16 & Under
01 Catherine Cartan BELLIS USA 2135
02 Tornado Alicia BLACK USA 1797
03 Evgeniya LEVASHOVA RUS 1735
04 Marketa VONDROUSOVACZE 1672
05 Fanny STOLLAR HUN 1488
06 Anna KALINSKAYA RUS 1427
07 Ioana MINCA ROU 1363
08 Priscilla HON AUS 1357
09 Olga FRIDMAN UKR 1295
1 0 Panna UDVARDY HUN 1275
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01 Orlando LUZ BRA 2136
02 Stefan KOZLOV USA 2010
03 Francis TIAFOE USA 1889
04 Yunseong CHUNG KOR 1667
05 Michael MMOH USA 1578
06 Mate VALKUSZ HUN 1558
07 Chan-Yeong OH KOR 1553
08 Stefanos TSITSIPAS GRE 1257
09 Corentin MOUTET FRA 1250
1 0 Mikalai HALIAK BLR 1043
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Tennis Europe Junior Tour Rankings - 14 & Under
Selma Cadar leads a group ofplayers making a big impact on
the 14 & Under rankigns thismonth. She made the most of the home support atrecent tournaments in her native Romania, claim-ing singles and doubles titles in successive weeks -first at the Category 1 14 & Under Dr. Oetker JuniorTrophy in Buchaest, and then at Category 2 16 &under Mamaia IDU Junior Championship.
Recent Treviso Category 1 winner Lucie Kankovaalso makes progress, climbing to #7 to become the
top Czech.
Treviso’s boys’ winner Marko Milandinovic ofSerbia also enters the Top 10 having won his thirdtitle of 2014. He stands one spot behind Tour leaderNikoloz Davlianidze, who has won four titles so farthis season, including back-to-back 16 & underevents in Baku as well as a 14 & under tournamentin his home town of Tbilisi.
Rankings below are as of June 17th, 2014.
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14 & Under Girls
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01 Rudolf MOLLEKER GER 760
02 Yshai OLIEL ISR 755
03 Alen AVIDZBA RUS 690
04 Tomas JIROUSEK CZE 670
05 Nikolay VYLEGZHANIN RUS 630
06 Alexey ZAKHAROV RUS 600
07 Nicola KUHN GER 570
08 Nikoloz DAVLIANIDZE GEO 540
09 Marko MILADINOVIC SRB 505
1 0 Daniel MICHALSKI POL 480
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01 Olesya PERVUSHINA RUS 865
02 Dayana YASTREMSKA UKR 815
02 Anastasia POTAPOVA RUS 810
04 Tatiana MAKAROVA RUS 750
05 Olga DANILOVIC SRB 677
06 Anda KARANUSIC CRO 675
07 Lucie KANKOVA CZE 665
08 Selma CADAR ROU 625
09 Oleksandra ANDRIEIEVA UKR 620
1 0 Irina CANTOS SIEMERS GER 615
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12 & Under
Apr 28 Dobrich (BUL) R Papoe (ROU) A Genov (BUL) 60 61 Andrei/ Gima (ROU)
A Mikailova (RUS) E Kraleva (BUL) 64 62 Dima/ Iosub (ROU)
Apr 28 Ulcinj (MNE) A Muharemovic (BIH) D Milanovic (BIH) 36 63 60 Milanovic/ Petrovic (BIH)
E Vinnik (RUS) M Onkaya (CYP) 61 61 Basazk (POL)/ Onkaya (CYP)
Apr 28 Palmanova (ESP) M Montanes Tutzo (ESP) D Barreto Sanchez (ESP) 63 60 Alcarez Garfia/ Plans (ESP)
S Djoubri (FRA) F Trevisan (ITA) 62 76(4) Messiah Edibson/ Rey Garcia (ESP)
May 5 Cakovec (CRO) B Devald (CRO) J Von Der Schulenburg (SUI)60 61 Devald/ Suevich (CRO)
Z Falkner (SLO) N Krznaric (CRO) 63 64 Cisovska (SVK)/ Falkner (SLO)
May 5 Moscow (RUS) O Shestakov (UKR) A Kachimazov (RUS) 61 76(5) Kachmazov (RUS)/ Revenko (UKR)
D Frayman (RUS) S Chekhlystova (EST) 60 61 Frayman (RUS)/ Snigur (UKR)
May 12 Bucharest (ROU) R Papoe (ROU) M Stoeger (GER) 46 62 64 Gima/ Manole (ROU)
F Sacco (ITA) S Janicijevic (FRA) w.o. Semenistaja/ Semenistaja (LAT)
May 12 Prokuplje (SRB) I Zoroja (SRB) G Zivotic (SLO) 63 61 Jankulovski (MKD)/ Terziev (BUL)
A Vidovic (SRB) A Sayfetdinova (RUS) 64 16 62 Lopicic/ Nonkovic (SRB)
May 19 Viljandi (EST) A Mandma (EST) M Kniazeu (BLR) 57 76 76 Kniazeu (BLR)/ Mandma (EST)
C Plakk (EST) K Bartone (LAT) 60 61 Chekhlystova/Plakk (EST)
May 26 Siauliai (LTU) M Kniazeu (BLR) D Linkus-Morozovs (LAT) 62 63 Kniazeu (BLR)/ Mandma (EST)
M Kostyuk (UKR) K Bartone (LAT) 61 64 Bartone (LAT)/Kostyuk (UKR)
May 26 Hradek nad Nisou (CZE)L Schroeder (HUN) M Krumich (CZE) 61 1-0 ret Krumich/Kubik (CZE)
S Strombach (GER) D Hindova (CZE) 62 75 Hindova/Lavickova (CZE)
May 26 La Passage (FRA) L Marmousez (FRA) T Legout (FRA) 64 63 Lorens/Taczala (POL)
A Wierzbowska (POL) V Zizkova (CZE) 60 62 Baszak/Wierzbowska (POL)
May 26 Koper (SLO) D Buzonics (HUN) G Zivotic (SLO) 4-2 ret Pate/Zivotic (SLO)
Z Falkner (SLO) N Krznaric (CRO) 64 63 Falkner/Lovric (SLO)
Jun 2 Arad (ROU) P Fajta (HUN) B Manole (ROU) 64 75 Fajta (HUN)/Ionel (ROU)
I Duna (ROU) M Leski (AUT) 76(2) 75 Keita/Nicolae (ROU)
Jun 2 Barcelona (ESP) J Plans (ESP) M Montanes Tutzo (ESP) 46 63 63 Marmousez/Polderman de Jong (FRA)
O Gadecki (AUS) M Custic Braut (ESP) 63 60 Morin/Morlet (FRA)
Jun 2 Tallinn (EST) A Mandma (EST) R Jaricevskis (LAT) 75 62 Jaricevskis (LAT)/Snitari (MDA)
C Plakk (EST) H Pellicano (MLT) 61 63 Chekhlystova/Plakk (EST)
Jun 9 Maglie (ITA) F Tabacco (ITA) L Rottoli (ITA) 64 75 Rottoli/Trione (ITA)
F Sacco (ITA) M Delai (ITA) 62 63 Sacco/Tedesco (ITA)
Jun 9 Kolobrzeg (POL) D Taczala (POL) M Lorens (POL) 62 61 Lorens/Taczala (POL)
A Wierzbowska (POL) A Wirges (GER) 62 63 Baszak/Wierzbowska (POL)
Jun 9 Cacak (SRB) V Jovic (SRB) U Jovic (SRB) 76(6) 63 Jovic/Zoroja (SRB)
M Kostyuk (UKR) A Vecic (GER) 60 61 Martinovic/Vecic (GER)
Jun 9 Llucmajor (ESP) M Montanes Tutzo (ESP) A Cazaux (FRA) 64 61 Alcaraz Garfia/Cobacho (ESP)
H Fischer (GBR) A Lex (GBR) 75 61 Janicijevic/Parry (FRA)
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14 & Under
Apr 28 Kobenhavn (DEN) 3 A Hugounenq (FRA) R Bonnet Flores (FRA) 75 63 Chidekh/ Hugounenq (FRA)
A Cernecka (LAT) S Bezukladova (RUS) 26 76(5) 63Sizova/ Tikhonova (RUS)
Apr 28 Prague (CZE) 2 T Jirousek (CZE) G Kravchenko (UKR) 61 61 Panik/ Styler (CZE)
T Makarova (RUS) K Berankova (CZE) 75 61 Makarova (RUS)/ Van Kessel (NED)
May 5 Rakovnik (CZE) 1 T Jirousek (CZE) N Vyleghanin (RUS) 57 64 61 Machac (CZE)/ Von Der Schulenburg (SUI)
A Potapova (RUS) T Makarova (RUS) 63 63 Kankova/ Kynclova (CZE)
May 5 Ulcinj (MNE) 3 T Skatov (RUS) D Spasibo (RUS) 61 76(1) Petrov (SRB)/ Vorobyev (RUS)
O Corneanu (ROU) D Krzovska (MKD) 63 60 Corneanu/ Velcea (ROU)
May 5 Opalenica (POL) 3 D Michalski (POL) T Dudek (POL) 63 67(4) 62Marek/ Michalski (POL)
I Swiatek (POL) A Prisacariu (ROU) 75 60 Drabkova (CZE)/ Stara (SVK)
May 5 Svilengrad (BUL) 3 F Jianu (ROU) M Marinescu (ROU) 61 61 Georgiev/ Ivanoc (BUL)
S Borisova (BUL) D Yahe (BUL) 63 60 Borisova/ Yahe (BUL)
May 5 Baku (AZE) 3 D Tashbulatov (KAZ) R Pak (KAZ) 60 61 Alosha Ushakov (UKR)/ Pukshe (LAT)
Z Ozturk (TUR) A Makatsaria (GEO) 60 62 Kenchiashvili (GEO)/ Mikhaylova (RUS)
May 5 Pavia (ITA) 2 A Creton (FRA) R Lambling (FRA) 62 61 Creton/ Lambling (FRA)
D Solovyeva (RUS) G Peoni (ITA) 75 60 La Rocca/ Piccinetti (ITA)
May 12 Maribor (SLO) 2 E Hudd (GBR) Y Bondarevskiy (RUS) 75 61 Draper/ Hudd (GBR)
K Juvan (SLO) N Radisic (SLO) 64 60 Cvetkovic/ Radisic (SLO)
May 12 Lodz (POL) 3 T Dudek (POL) J Huetten (GER) 61 64 Dudek (POL)/ Huetten (GER)
J Oczachowska (POL) E Zakordoniec (POL) 62 16 75 Oczachowska/ Zakordoniec (POL)
May 12 Niksic (MNE) 3 T Skatov (RUS) A Doan Van (FRA) 63 75 Ibragimov/ Skatov (RUS)
D Vukovic (SRB) A Skrobonja (SRB) 61 64 Belovukovic (AUS)/ Vukovic (SRB)
May 12 Sliven (BUL) 3 S Palosi (ROU) D Jordanoc (BUL) 64 61 Georgiev/ Ivanoc (BUL)
A Borisova (BUL) V Stamat (MDA) 62 61 Stamat (MDA)/ Topalova (BUL)
May 12 Baku (AZE) 3 D Tashbulatov (KAZ) O Torski (GER) 61 63 Pak/ Tashbulatov (KAZ)
Z Ozturk (TUR) A Kukushkina (RUS) 62 62 Makatsaria (GEO)/ Soloyeva (RUS)
May 12 Piestany (SVK) 1 R Molleker (GER) T Jirousek (CZE) 62 64 Jermar/ Styler (CZE)
A Kynclova (CZE) L Kankova (CZE) 63 76(5) Drabkova/ Siskova (CZE)
May 12 Brindisi (ITA) 3 R Perin (ITA) G Bosio (ITA) 61 63 Di Nocera/ Perin (ITA)
L Piccinetti (ITA) G La Rocca (ITA) 76(2) 60 Bandini/ Piccenetti (ITA)
May 18 Tel Aviv (ISR) 3 L Vukovic (CAN) C Huang (CAN) 46 62 62 Maior/ Yavetz (ISR)
N Khirin (ISR) D Shvartsmann (ISR) 63 63 Cohen/ Tetruashvili (ISR)
May 19 Maribor (SLO) 2 E Hudd (GBR) Y Bondarevskiy (RUS) 64 75 Ajdukovic (CRO)/ Staeheli (SUI)
K Tsygourova (SUI) I Zelic (CRO) 63 60 Juvan (SLO)/ Zelic (CRO)
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14 & Under
May 19 Chisinau (MDA) 3 V Dontu (MDA) S Puskar (SVK) 63 61 Puskar (SVK)/ Vitcov (MDA)
V Stamat (MDA) V Belondog (RUS) 26 64 64 Stamat (MDA)/ Yersh (BLR)
May 19 Subotica (SRB) 2 M Miladinovic (SRB) A Vorobyev (RUS) 61 64 Gazo/ Miladinovic (SRB)
T Ristic (SRB) J Samoceta (SRB) 62 61 Belovukovic/ Turulja (AUS)
May 19 Kopavogur (ISL) 3 A Hepburn (GBR) A Magnusson (ISL) 61 61 Magnusson (ISL)/ Verwater (NED)
M Nuudi (EST) P Astigarraga Harper (ESP) 61 63 Anttila (FIN)/ Liauw A Fong (NED)
May 26 Bucharest (ROU) 1 Y Oliel (ISR) A Creton (FRA) 63 64 Oliel (ISR)/Palosi (ROU)
S Cadar (ROU) G Topalova (BUL) 63 63 Cadar (ROU)/Hertl (POL)
May 26 Correggio (ITA) 2 D Rodrigues (POR) A Cornut Chauvinc (FRA) 64 76(7) Bordone/Simone Camposeo (ITA)
E Cocciaretto (ITA) D Stoica (ROU) 64 64 Jorge/Pinto (POR)
May 26 Falköping (SWE) 3 E Grevelius (SWE) A Ornberg (SWE) 64 61 Navarp/Ornberg (SWE)
K Tilander (SWE) M Yasar (SWE) 62 61 Tilander/Zaar (SWE)
May 26 Pecs (HUN) 2 R Hijikata (AUS) K Suevich (CRO) 61 62 Jurkovic/Suevich (CRO)
A Joldic (BIH) E Makarova (RUS) 64 63 Joldic (BIH)/Oliynykova (CRO)
May 26 Tallinn (EST) 3 A Kinnunen (FIN) A Laska (BLR) 62 46 62 Basalyha (BLR)/Glinka (EST)
E Shalimova (RUS) I Daujotaite (LTU) Chekhlystova/Plakk (EST)
May 26 Netanya (ISR) 3 R Ginat (ISR) C Huang (CAN) 64 75 Ginat/Sarouk (ISR)
N Nadel (ISR) N Khirin (ISR) 36 76 61 Hondiashvili (ISR)/Rogova (UKR)
Jun 2 Szczecin (POL) 3 M Skutella (POL) A Kwiatkowski (POL) 76(4) 76(4)Beran/Paulson (CZE)
A Kubareva (BLR) I Sebestova (CZE) 76(7) 61 Nikolovova/Siskova (CZE)
Jun 2 Budapest (HUN) 3 K Cekyrge (TUR) M Voros (HUN) 64 76(3) Dica (ROU)/Malakhov (UKR)
M Lyven (UKR) S Bezukladova (RUS) 61 64 Makarova (RUS)/Oliynykova (CRO)
Jun 2 Skopje (MKD) 3 Y Verwater (NED) L Westrate (NED) 64 46 63 Diks/Verwater (NED)
M Elenova (MKD) D Krzovska (MKD) 76(5) 64 Babic (SRB)/Hristovska (MKD)
Jun 2 Stabekk (NOR) 3 R Bonnet Flores (FRA) H Jentoft (NOR) 62 63 Bonnet Flores/Petrovic (NOR)
A Tikhonova (RUS) J Schnell (NOR) 36 60 76(1)Domnina/Tikhonova (RUS)
Jun 2 Tuzla (BIH) 2 K Suevich (CRO) G Mityurin (RUS) 46 64 63 Jurkovich/Zalukar (CRO)
A Joldic (BIH) N Sokovic (SRB) 62 64 Belovukovic/Turulja (AUS)
Jun 2 Pescara (ITA) 2 A Jong (NED) A De Bernardis (ITA) 75 62 De Bernardis (ITA)/Jong (NED)
G La Rocca (ITA) G Peoni (ITA) 16 64 61 Mujan/Van Kessel (NED)
Jun 9 Nastola (FIN) 3 D Glinka (EST) A Kinnunen (FIN) 62 64 Filichev/Shmelev (RUS)
N Ussher (FIN) S Orav (EST) 62 64 Liivik/Orav (EST)
Jun 9 Skopje (MKD) 3 F Krolo (GER) Y Verwater (NED) 75 62 Diks/Verwater (NED)
T Ristic (SRB) N Liauw a Fong (NED) 63 61 Liauw a Fong/Nieuwboer (NED)
Jun 9 Asker (NOR) 3 J de Jong (NED) Y Steinegger (SUI) 75 75 De Jong (NED)/Petrovic (NOR)
E Spirina (RUS) R Hillingso (NOR) 62 64 Domnina/Tikhonova (RUS)
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14 & Under
Jun 9 Tbilisi (GEO) 3 N Davlianidze (GEO) V Yulik (RUS) 63 64 Lobanov/Spasibo (RUS)
L Kentchiashvili (GEO) M Dalakishvili (GEO) 64 63 Dalakishvili/Shanidze (GEO)
Jun 9 Mostar (BIH) 3 M Popovic (SRB) L Tomic (BIH) 63 75 Hirano/Yoshimura (JPN)
A Joldic (BIH) L Tomic (BIH) 63 46 63 Braga (ROU)/Ozturk (TUR)
Jun 9 Vilamoura (POR) 3 D Rodrigues (POR) T Soares (POR) 64 63 Rodrigues/Soares (POR)
F Jorge (POR) R Pinto (POR) 61 63 Seibold (GER)/Zdrubecka (CZE)
Jun 9 Treviso (ITA) 1 M Mladinovic (SRB) E Lumsden (GBR) 63 62 Jirousek (CZE)/Michalski (POL)
L Kankova (CZE) A Karanusic (CRO) 75 62 Krupchenko (RUS)/Laguza (UKR)
Date Tournament Category / Winner Runner-Up Score Doubles Winner
16 & Under
Apr 28 Ashkelon (ISR) 2 Y Ikuek (ISR) B Gidoni (ISR) 61 63 Oliel (ISR)/ Yastremskiy (UKR)
D Orichkevitch (UKR) V Bert (ISR) 62 62 Boltinskaya/ Lansere (RUS)
Apr 28 Limassol (CYP) 3 O Plat (FRA) E Neos (CYP) 64 62 Bolotov/Valiev (RUS)
M Stylianou (CYP) A Savchenko (CYP) 61 26 62 Sentenac (FRA)/ Stylianou (CYP)
Apr 28 Pinsk (BLR) 2 D Voronin (RUS) M Tybar (BLR) 76(4) 63 Nesterenko/ Vasheshnikov (UKR)
K Savenkava (BLR) K Yemelyanenka (BLR) 63 26 63 Yemelyanenka/ Yersh (BLR)
Apr 28 Oetwil (SUI) 2 G Currlin (SUI) J Hhefti (SUI) 62 75 Adrade (POR)/ Parizzia (SUI)
I Cantos Siemers (GER) S Waltert (SUI) 64 64 Cantos Siemers (GER)/ Waltert (SUI)
May 5 Nicosia (CYP) 3 E Neos (CYP) T Rousos (CYP) 62 16 62 Neos/ Rousos (CYP)
E Omirou (CYP) M Stylianou (CYP) 62 60 Cadar (ROU)/ Omirou (CYP)
May 5 Risskov (DEN) 3 J Hildebrandt (GER) T Eisenzapf (GER) 60 62 Stenfors/ Vesanen (FIN)
E Trashchenko (RUS) C Molina Megias (ESP) 64 64 Molina (ESP)/ Trashchenko (RUS)
May 5 Baku (AZE) 3 N Davlianidze (GEO) A Rainin (UKR) 76(6) 61 Ibragimov/ Sekamov (RUS)
M Solnyshkina (RUS) S Zhulin (RUS) 63 62 Koshmukhanova/ Suleimenova (KAZ)
May 5 Zenica (BIH) 3 S Zukic (BIH) K Suevich (CRO) 62 60 Savin (CRO)/ Zukic (BIH)
K Miletic (SRB) N Berberovic (BIH) 76(8) 61 Danilovic/ Miletic (SRB)
May 5 Ashkelon (ISR) 3 Y Oliel (ISR) S Bandeira (POR) 61 62 Lisitsyn (RUS)/ Oliel (ISR)
E Vishnevskaya (RUS) S Lansere (RUS) 62 63 Orichkevitch (UKR)/ Vishnevskaya (RUS)
May 12 Maribor (SLO) 2 G Kokalj (SLO) A Chepelev (RUS) 62 75 Sitar/ Zaplotnik (SLO)
T Arnold (SUI) C Schultheiss (GER) 46 61 Arnold (SUI)/ Schultheiss (GER)
May 12 Lod (ISR) 3 O Hefez (ISR) Y Nir (ISR) 46 64 61 Hefez/ Nir (ISR)
S Dobronevskaya (RUS) N Ohana (ISR) 62 63 Ohana/ Tahan (ISR)
May 12 Baku (AZE) 3 N Davlianidze (GEO) A Rainin (UKR) 62 62 Metreveli (GEO)/ Rainin (UKR)
A Mujiri (GEO) M Dalakishvili (GEO) 26 64 63 Kulambayeva (KAZ)/ Mujiri (GEO)
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16 & Under
May 19 Samsun (TUR) 3 C Erturk (TUR) Y Erel (TUR) 63 62 Erel/ Soyler (TUR)
A Pekdemir (TUR) L Biter (TUR) 75 61 Comlek/ Quagliardi (TUR)
May 19 Maribor (SLO) 2 B Jankulovski (MKD) R Molleker (GER) 16 62 62 Coens/ Paul (SUI)
O Danilovic (SRB) A Karanusic (CRO) 63 62 Arnold (SUI)/ Vaneva (BUL)
May 19 Radom (POL) 3 K Fryze (POL) T Dudek (POL) 46 62 64 Fryze/ Skowronski (POL)
W Rutkowska (POL) J Oczachowska (POL) 75 64 Jaskiewicz/ Swiatek (POL)
May 26 Zabrze (POL) 2 P Matuszewski (POL) P Smietana (POL) 62 67(3) 62Freimuth/Strombach (GER)
I Swiatek (POL) W Rutkowska (POL) 76(2) 64 Kudelova/ (CZE)/Volodko (RUS)
May 26 Chisinau (MDA) 2 A Vasheshnikov (UKR) S Yastremsky (UKR) 63 63 Karpovets/Vasheshnikov (UKR)
O Andrieieva (UKR) E Vishnevskaya (RUS) 67(4) 63 64 Andrieieva/Andrieieva (UKR)
May 26 Biella (ITA) 1 G Olivieri (ARG) B Britez (PAR) 46 75 62 Olivieri/Ugo Carabelli (ARG)
I di Carlo (ITA) R Maffei (ITA) 67(1) 61 61 Dario/Pratesi (ITA)
Jun 2 Hradek nad Nisou (CZE)3 R Nijboer (NED) B Muller (NED) 62 67(1) 63 Paroulek/Vrbensky (CZE)
J Markova (CZE) N Kohoutkova (CZE) 76(4) 61 Panova/Vancurova (CZE)
Jun 2 Tallinn (EST) 3 K Tamm (EST) M Randpere (EST) 62 64 Glinka/Raisma (EST)
D Vismane (LAT) E Grib (BLR) 60 61 Ceilutkaite/Daujotaite (LTU)
Jun 2 Vsevolozhsk (RUS) 3 I Mikhaylyuk (RUS) O Turtsov (RUS) 63 75 Kuznetsov/Mikhaylyuk (RUS)
A Sukhotina (RUS) D Leonenko (RUS) 62 3-0 ret Denisenko/Leonenko (RUS)
Jun 2 Stabekk (NOR) 3 J Helgo (NOR) M Sulen (NOR) 64 64 Anker/Sulen (NOR)
A Brune Olsen (NOR) L Gabrielsen (NOR) 64 64 Halvorsen/Storhaug (NED)
Jun 2 Reykjavik (ISL) 3 B Moerl (GER) F Schlegel (GER) 61 63 Moerl(Schlegel (GER)
A Hertel (POL) M Nuudi (EST) 63 62 Achong (NED)/Nuudi (EST)
Jun 2 Mamaia (ROU) 2 C Manda (ROU) C Moldovan (ROU) 63 16 63 Manda/Moldovan (ROU)
S Cadar (ROU) A Surdeanu (ROU) 62 61 Cadar/Surdeanu (ROU)
Jun 2 Foligno (ITA) 1 R Balzerani (ITA) C Ugo Carabelli (ARG) 63 64 Balzerani/Fonio (ITA)
A Simonelli (ITA) D Yastremska (UKR) 63 57 62 Krywoj (ARG)/Romero (ECU)
Jun 9 Asker (NOR) 3 T Cacao (POR) A Molyak (RUS) 61 62 Anker/Sulen (NOR)
M Helgo (NOR) L Gabrielsen (NOR) 63 63 Dahl/Gabrielsen (NOR)
Jun 9 Nastola (FIN) 3 A Zakharov (RUS) N Vodavoz (ISR) 63 62 Rouvala (FIN)/Vodavoz (ISR)
O Orpana (FIN) P Joukanen (FIN) 61 63 Orpana/Ussher (FIN)
Jun 9 Siauliai (LTU) 3 G Motuzas (LTU) E Rusakevicius (LTU) 67(5) 64 64 Motuzas 8LTU)/Nael (EST)
E Volodko (RUS) P Bakaite (LTU) 64 63 Bakaite/Zykute (LTU)
Jun 9 Szazhalombatta (HUN) 3 P Schmitt (GER) A Necz (HUN) 63 62 Fleischmann/Schmitt (GER)
F Szabo (HUN) A Aranyi (HUN) 61 76(8) Corneanu/Velcea ROU)
Jun 9 Tbilisi (GEO) 3 D Tashbutalov (UZB) N Parfenov (RUS) 75 64 Parfenov (RUS)/Tashbutalov (UZB)
A Khlestova (RUS) M Petriashvili (GEO) 75 63 Akhalkatsi/Memishishi (GEO)
Jun 9 Milan (ITA) 1 C Oh (KOR) M Valkusz (HUN) 36 63 60 Dalla Valle (ITA)/Oh (KOR)
J Payola (ESP) L Samsonova (RUS) 62 63 Ogut (TUR)/Omirou (CYP)
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Apr 28 Ashkelon (ISR) $10,000 R Kern (GER) S Napolitano (ITA) 64 61 Kocevar-Desman (SLO)/ Reichelt (GER)
Apr 28 Mostoles (ESP) $10,000 I Arenas_Gualda (ESP) R Ojeda Lara (ESP) 62 62 Arauzo/ Pulgar-Garcia (ESP)
Apr 28 Edinburgh (GBR) $10,000 M Willis (GBR) N Pauffley (GBR) 61 63 O'Mara/ Willis (GBR)
Apr 28 Sta Margherita (ITA) $10,000 L Vanni (ITA) A Di Mauro (ITA) 61 31 ret. Sinicropi/ Vanni (ITA)
Apr 28 Kariskrona (SWE) $10,000 C Lindell (SWE) N Reissig (AUT) 62 63 Adaktusson/ Olin (SWE)
Apr 28 Antalya (TUR) $10,000 R Ramanthan (IND) A Zaitsev (RUS) 67(6) 60 62Katayama/ Sato (JPN)
Apr 28 Grasse (FRA) $15,000 J Eysseric (FRA) F Gaio (ITA) 63 64 Balleret (MON)/ Eysseric (FRA)
May 5 Ashkelon (ISR) $10,000 S Barry (IRL) A Bossel (SUI) 46 61 62 Bar (ISR)/Mugevicius (LTU)
May 5 Doboj (BIH) $10,000 A Partl (SVK) M Basic (BIH) 64 64 Brkic (BIH)/ Cacic (SRB)
May 5 Lleida (ESP) $10,000 H Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) J Arauzo-Martinez (ESP) 76(1) 62 Munoz-Abreu (VEN)/ Vervoort (NED)
May 5 Newcastle (GBR) $10,000 P Torebko (GER) A Hewitt (GBR) 61 64 O'Mara/ Willis (GBR)
May 5 Sta Margherita (ITA) $10,000 L Vanni (ITA) F Fallert (GER) 75 63 Borgo/ Naso (ITA)
May 5 Bastad (SWE) $10,000 E Ymer (SWE) P Rosenhom (SWE) 63 46 76(6)Arvidsson/ Eriksson (SWE)
May 5 Antalya (TUR) $10,000 M Konecny (CZE) M Moraing (GER) 61 64 Ehara/ Katayama (JPN)
May 5 Bol (CRO) $10,000 L Djere (SRB) M Urbanija (SLO) 61 62 Barton/ Thompson (AUS)
May 12 Prijedor (BIH) $10,000 L Djere (SRB) R Brkic (BIH) 63 62 Brkic (BIH)/ Cacic (SRB)
May 12 Teplice (CZE) $10,000 J Mertl (CZE) A Kapas (POL) 61 26 60 Kapas (POL)/ Rublev (RUS)
May 12 Valldoreix (ESP) $10,000 A De Greef (BEL) J Arauzo-Martinez (ESP) 76(2) 63 Moritani/ Saito (JPN)
May 12 Akko (ISR) $10,000 E Song (USA) Y Jankovits (FRA) 62 16 75 Barry (IRL)/ Song (USA)
May 12 Sta Margherita (ITA) $10,000 R Marcora (ITA) G Naso (ITA) 75 64 Giacalone/ Naso (ITA)
May 12 Bastad (SWE) $10,000 C Lindell (SWE) P Rosenhom (SWE) 63 76(5) Arvidsson/ Eriksson (SWE)
May 12 Antalya (TUR) $10,000 R Rodriguez (VEN) J Pulgar-Garcia (ESP) 62 63 Kuzmanov (BUL)/ Rodriguez (VEN)
May 12 Bol (CRO) $10,000 D Marcan (CRO) M Urbanija (SLO) 63 63 Barton/ Thompson (AUS)
May 12 Monfortinho (POR) $10,000 D Vega Hernandez (ESP) F Martin (FRA) 57 76(2) 63 Kerr (AUS)/ Martin (FRA)
May 12 Rivne (UKR) $10,000 V Manafov (UKR) D Badanov (UKR) 62 46 75 Kryvonos (USA)/ Mladenov (BUL)
May 12 Galati (ROU)) $10,000 G Quinzi (ITA) V Antonescu (ROU) 63 26 63 Ciumac/ Dubarenco (MDA)
May 19 Brcko (BIH) $10,000 M Jankovic (SRB) D Petrovic (SRB) 64 76(3) Cacic/ Tepavac (SRB)
May 19 Most (CZE) $10,000 M Michalaicka (CZE) B Wagner (GER) 64 61 Michalaicka/ Suc (CZE)
May 19 Vic (ESP) $10,000 Y Reuter (BEL) N Rubin (USA) 36 64 62 Martos Gornes/Toledo Bague (ESP)
May 19 Bergamo (ITA) $10,000 R Marcora (ITA) C Fortuna (ITA) 57 60 61 Frigerio/ Trevisan (ITA)
May 19 Antalya (TUR) $10,000 B Trinker (AUT) R Rodriguez (VEN) 60 46 62 Dubrinski/ Kruk (BLR)
May 19 Bol (CRO) $10,000 M Banes (AUS) J Thompson (AUS) 76(6) 46 63Barton/ Thompson (AUS)
May 19 Pombal (POR) $10,000 F Silva (POR) J Domingues (POR) 60 63 Not played.
May 19 Bucharest (ROU) $10,000 M Dubarenco (MDA) D Dima (ROU) 57 63 61 Mies/ Raab (GER)
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May 19 Koper (SLO) $10,000 J Semrajc (SLO) M Marterer (GER) 36 63 64 El-Effendi (USA)/ Walsh (GER)
May 19 Rivne (UKR) $10,000 R Becker (GER) I Nedelko (RUS) 60 26 75 Dzhavakian/ Uzhylovsky (UKR)
May 26 Jablonec (CZE) $10,000 M Michalaicka (CZE) A Sikora (SVK) 61 63 Michalaicka/ Suc (CZE)
May 26 Cesena (ITA) $10,000 L Vanni (ITA) M Krueger (USA) 46 63 61 Trusendi/Vanni (ITA)
May 26 Kiseljak (BIH) $10,000 M Basic (BIH) T Brkic (BIH) 75 64 Brkic (BIH)/Marincic (CRO)
May 26 Bol (CRO) $10,000 M Banes (AUS) J Eames (AUS) 61 63 Karlovskiy (RUS)/Zovko (CRO)
May 26 Caldas de Rainha (POR) $10,000 A Ward (GBR) T Turini (BRA) 63 62 Falcao/Pereira (POR)
May 26 Bacau (ROU) $10,000 E Ymer (SWE) J Hernandez (DOM) 36 76(2) 75 Grigoriu/Paval (ROU)
May 26 Maribor (SLO) $10,000 J Kovalik (SVK) J Cagnina (BEL) 76(2) 61 Elliott (USA)/Krawietz (GER)
May 26 Antalya (TUR) $10,000 D Rice (GBR) C Ilkel (TUR) 46 64 63 Deviatiarov (UKR)/Erguden (TUR)
May 26 Rivne (UKR) $10,000 M Giner (ESP) I Nedelko (RUS) 62 46 75 Alekseenko/Poplavskyy (UKR)
May 26 Moscow (RUS) $15,000 A Rublev (RUS) S Vovk (RUS) 60 64 Gerasimov (BLR)/Vovk (RUS)
Jun 2 Damme (BEL) $10,000 J de Loore (BEL) S Darcis (BEL) 75 63 Fallert/Langer (GER)
Jun 2 Bol (CRO) $10,000 C O'Connell (AUS) G Grimolizzi (ARG) 76 36 76 Grimolizzi (ARG)/Portaluri (ITA)
Jun 2 Madrid (ESP) $10,000 C Garin (CHI) N Jarry (CHI) 36 63 61 Martos Gornes/Toledo Bague (ESP)
Jun 2 Herzliya (ISR) $10,000 Y Jankovits (FRA) C Norrie (GBR) 64 2-0 ret Jakupovic (GRE)/Schmid (CZE)
Jun 2 Parma (ITA) $10,000 M Trevisan (ITA) T Turini (BRA) 63 63 Frigerio/ Trevisan (ITA)
Jun 2 Koszalin (POL) $10,000 G Panfil (POL) M Gawron (POL) 75 62 Saavedra/Rivera (CHI)
Jun 2 Moscow (RUS) $15,000 K Kravchuk (RUS) P Davydenko (RUS) 64 76(2) Karatsev/Muzaev (RUS)
Jun 2 Litija (SLO) $10,000 M Jankovic (SRB) J Cagnina (BEL) 62 3-1 ret Cagnina (BEL)/Licciardi (ITA)
Jun 2 Budapest (HUN) $10,000 P Rosenholm (SWE) L Djere (SRB) 63 57 64 Arvidsson/Olin (SWE)
Jun 2 Bodrum (TUR) $10,000 J Donaldson (USA) N Milojevic (SRB) 63 64 Ilkel/Yurtacan (TUR)
Jun 9 Binche (BEL) $15,000 A Ward (GBR) F Silva (POR) 26 63 76(7) Barbosa/Silva (POR)
Jun 9 Burgas (BUL) $10,000 D Kuzmanov (BUL) J Gomez (COL) 64 63 Grozdanov/Milushev (BUL)
Jun 9 Bol (CRO) $10,000 M Bourgue (FRA) T Lipovsek Puches (ARG) 62 76(2) Grimolizzi (ARG)/Portaluri (ITA)
Jun 9 Martos (ESP) $10,000 F Nielsen (DEN) D Vega Hernandez (ESP) 63 62 Arenas/Vega Hernandez (ESP)
Jun 9 Mont-de-Marsan (FRA) $10,000 M Chettar (FRA) M Zormann (BRA) 64 64 Becker (GER)/Rochette (FRA)
Jun 9 Herzliya (ISR) $10,000 S Barry (IRL) P Kobelt (USA) 64 76(5) Kobelt/Mccarthy (USA)
Jun 9 Napoli (ITA) $15,000 L Vanni (ITA) M Krueger (USA) 63 63 Borgo/Bortolotti (ITA)
Jun 9 Siofok (HUN) $10,000 K Dmitriev (RUS) G Madarasz (HUN) 36 63 61 Dmitriev (RUS)/Popko (KAZ)
Jun 9 Amstelveen (NED) $15,000 B Westerhof (NED) A Van der Duim (NED) 67(6) 63 64Van der Duim/Westerhof (NED)
Jun 9 Bydogoszcz (POL) $15,000 D Lojda (CZE) V Safranek (CZE) 63 57 76(6) Rumler/Safranek (CZE)
Jun 9 Belgrade (SRB) $10,000 D Petrovic (SRB) A Partl (SVK) 64 63 Maden/Maden (GER)
Jun 9 Petrovsk (UKR) $10,000 V Manafov (UKR) J Pulgar-Garcia (ESP) 64 67(6) 64Manafov/Uzhylovsky (UKR)
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Apr 28 Sta Margherita (ITA) $10,000 J Ostapenko (LAT) A Balducci (ITA) 46 76(1) 63 Buzean (ROU)/ Giovine (ITA)
Apr 28 Antalya (TUR) $10,000 A Bondar (HUN) O Doroshina (RUS) 63 62 Rodriguez/ Zacarias (MEX)
Apr 28 Wiesbaden (GER) $25,000 E Alexandrova (RUS) T Paszek (AUT) 76(4) 46 63 Golubic (SUI)/Marcinkevica (LAT)
May 5 Sta Margherita (ITA) $10,000 D Buzean (ROU) G Liang (CAN) 62 67(7) 60 Arcidiacono/ Spigarelli (ITA)
May 5 Batad (SWE) $10,000 C Perrin (SUI) M Sakkari (GRE) 75 61 Grajdek (GER)/ Sakkari (GRE)
May 5 Bol (CRO) $10,000 L Michel (SUI) A Lekaj (CRO) 63 63 Mendesova (CZE)/ Tig (ROU)
May 5 Trnava (SVK) $75,000 A Schmiedlova (SVK) B Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 64 62 Vogt (LIE)/Zheng (CHN)
May 5 Cagnes-sur-Mer (FRA) $100,000 S Fichman (CAN) T Bacsinkszky (SUI) 62 62 Bertens (MED)/Larsson (SWE)
May 12 Monzon (ESP) $10,000 J Toljan (AUT) M Luque Moreno (ESP) 63 57 60 Marti /Secmilo Pascual (ESP)
May 12 Akko (ISR) $10,000 A Pribylova (RUS) S Sterenbach (ISR) 62 64 Sterenbach/ Zandberg (ISR)
May 12 Sta Margherita (ITA) $10,000 Y Lizarazo (COL) T Sugnaux (SUI) 62 61 Lizarazo (COL)/ Matteucci (ITA)
May 12 Zielona Gora (POL) $10,000 N Dzalamidze (RUS) J Ozga (GER) 76(5) 64 Dzalamidze (RUS)/ Siedliska (POL)
May 12 Bastad (SWE) $10,000 M Sakkari (GRE) C Daniels (GER) 75 62 Daniels (GER)/ Ianchuk (UKR)
May 12 Antalya (TUR) $10,000 Y Lizarazo (COL) T Sugnaux (SUI) 62 61 Lizarazo (COL)/ Matteucci (ITA)
May 12 Bol (CRO) $10,000 L Michel (SUI) V Tomova (BUL) 64 63 Mikulcic (CRO)/ Tomova (BUL)
May 12 Saint Gaudens (FRA) $50,000+H D Kovinic (MNE) P Parmentier (FRA) 61 62 Cepede Royg (PAR)/ Irigoyen (ARG)
May 12 Prague (CZE) $100,000+H H Watson (GBR) A Schmiedlova (SVK) 76(5) 60 Hradecka (CZE)/ Krajicek (NED)
May 19 Ramie (ISR) $10,000 B Stefkova (CZE) M Lazareva (RUS) 61 63 Lazareva (RUS)/ Stefkova (CZE)
May 19 Caserta (ITA) $10,000 I Shinikova (BUL) M Zakarlyuk (UKR) 46 63 64 Harris/ Peers (AUS)
May 19 Antalya (TUR) $10,000 J Toljan (AUT) D Negreanu (ROU) 67(5) 64 64 Husaric (BIH)/Palmigiano (ITA)
May 19 Bol (CRO) $10,000 P Tig (ROU) T Lukas (CRO) 62 75 Laine (FIN)/ Pashkova (RUS)
May 19 Velenje (SLO) $10,000 T Zidansek (SLO) B Haas (AUT) 46 62 63 Kuncikova/ Stuchla (CZE)
May 26 Netanya (ISR) $10,000 B Stefkova (CZE) S Sterenbach (ISR) 76(4) 63 Konig (AUT)/Stefkova (CZE)
May 26 Bol (CRO) $10,000 N Podoroska (ARG) B Botto (PER) 61 67(6) 61 Botto (PER)/Laine (FIN)
May 26 Sibiu (ROU) $10,000 P Tig (ROU) N Dascalu (ROU) 62 64 Hristea/Simion (ROU)
May 26 Tarsus (TUR) $10,000 A Pivovarova (RUS) M Sezer (TUR) 61 62 Husaric (BIH)/Zimmermann (BEL)
May 26 Grado (ITA) $25,000 G Barbieri (ITA) K Kozlova (UKR) 64 46 64 Cepede Royg (PAR)/Vogt (LIE)
May 26 Moscow (RUS) $25,000 A Vasyleva (RUS) V Diatchenko (RUS) 75 64 Danilina (KAZ)/Knoll (SUI)
May 26 Maribor (SLO) $25,000 K Siniakova (CZE) Y Neuwirth (AUT) 61 75 Krejcikova/Siniakova (CZE)
Jun 2 Sarajevo (BIH) $10,000 V Tomova (BUL) E Dean (GBR) 64 63 Krejcikova (CZE)/Tomova (BUL)
Jun 2 Bol (CRO) $10,000 B Botto (PER) T Lukas (CRO) 61 62 Kuncikova/ Stuchla (CZE)
Jun 2 Budapest (HUN) $10,000 P Mendesova (CZE) S Blanco (ARG) 60 26 62 Blanco (ARG)/Lekaj (CRO)
Jun 2 Madrid (ESP) $10,000 O Saez Larra (ESP) L Cervera Vazquez (ESP) 64 36 75 Garcia Jimenez/Saez Larra (ESP)
Jun 2 Kazan (RUS) $10,000 A Tarasova (RUS) P Monova (RUS) 61 76(3) Lazareva (RUS)/Marozava (BLR)
Jun 2 Adana (TUR) $10,000 I Soylu (TUR) B Eraydin (TUR) 46 61 62 Eraydin/Soylu (TUR)
Jun 2 Brescia (ITA) $25,000 A Sasnovich (BLR) R Voracova (CZE) 64 61 Marand (USA)/Molinero (ARG)
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Jun 2 Nottingham (GBR) $75,000 K Pliskova (CZE) Z Diyas (KAZ) 62 36 64 Rae/Smith (GBR)
Jun 2 Marseille (FRA) $100,000 A Dulgheru (ROU) J Larsson (SWE) 63 75 Dominguez Lino/Garcia Vidagny (ESP)
Jun 9 Banja Luka (BIH) $10,000 B Stefkova (CZE) D Negreanu (ROU) 62 62 Pantuckova/Stefkova (CZE)
Jun 9 Minsk (BLR) $10,000 C Paquet (FRA) L Marozava (BLR) 62 64 Marozava/Pirazhenka (BLR)
Jun 9 Bol (CRO) $10,000 N Podoroska (ARG) O Ianchuk (UKR) 63 26 62 Kunicikova/Stuchla (CZE)
Jun 9 Madrid (ESP) $10,000 L Cervera Vazquez (ESP) O Saez Larra (ESP) 76(5) 63 Cavalle Reimers/Cervera (ESP)
Jun 9 Amstelveen (NED) $10,000 Q Lemoine (NED) B Pera (USA) 26 64 62 Pera (USA)/Tomova (BUL)
Jun 9 Adana (TUR) $10,000 E Lemmens (BEL) J Stamatova (BUL) 36 61 61 Lemmens (BEL)/Munozova (SWE)
Jun 9 Essen (GER) $25,000 M Minella (LUX) R Hogenkamp (NED) 62 46 63 Barrois/Maria (GER)
Jun 9 Padova (ITA) $25,000 L Chirico (ITA) P Goncalves (BRA) 62 16 76(3) Barbieri (ITA)/Shapatava (GEO)
Jun 9 Budapest (HUN) $25,000 D Allertova (CZE) A Lekaj (CRO) 76(6) 76(3) Jani (HUN)/Khromacheva (RUS)
Jun 9 Nottingham (GBR) $50,000 J Gajdosova (AUS) T Bacsinkszky (SUI) 62 62 Gajdosova/Rodionova (AUS)
Week Venue Cat. Winner Runner-Up Score Doubles
ITF Women’s Circuit
Updated seven days a week, all the latest draws, results, schedules, tournament fact sheets and entry lists from ITF Men’s & Women’s Circuit
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European Rankings - Men & Women
28 Issue 119 > June 2014
European Women
1 (3) Simona HALEP ROU 6280
2 (4) Agnieszka RADWANKSA POL 5990
3 (5) Maria SHARAPOVA RUS 4741
4 (6) Petra KVITOVA CZE 4570
5 (7) Jelena JANKOVIC SRB 3990
6 (8) Victoria AZARENKA BLR 3841
7 (9) Angelique KERBER GER 3830
8 (10) Dominika CIBULKOVA SVK 3735
9 (11) Ana IVANOVIC SRB 3630
10 (12) Flavia PENNETTA ITA 3324
11 (14) Sara ERRANI ITA 3120
12 (15) Carla SUAREZ NAVARRO ESP 2935
13 (16) Caroline WOZNIACKI DEN 2700
14 (18) Sabine LISICKI GER 2397
15 (20) Andrea PETKOVIC GER 2205
16 (21) Roberta VINCI ITA 2150
17 (22) Ekaterina MAKAROVA RUS 2130
18 (23) Lucie SAFAROVA CZE 2085
19 (24) Kirsten FLIPKENS BEL 2025
20 (25) Alizé CORNET FRA 1995
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1 (1) Rafael NADAL ESP 12500
2 (2) Novak DJOKOVIC SRB 12330
3 (3) Stanislas WAWRINKA SUI 5525
4 (4) Roger FEDERER SUI 4945
5 (5) Andy MURRAY GBR 4680
6 (6) Tomas BERDYCH CZE 4680
7 (8) David FERRER ESP 4190
8 (11) Ernests GULBIS LAT 2725
9 (13) Grigor DIMITROV BUL 2595
10 (14) Richard GASQUET FRA 2310
11 (15) Fabio FOGNINI ITA 2155
12 (16) Mikhail YOUZHNY RUS 1790
13 (17) Jo-Wilfried TSONGA FRA 1775
14 (18) Alexandr DOLGOPOLOV UKR 1680
15 (20) Tommy HAAS GER 1655
16 (21) Gael MONFILS FRA 1635
17 (22) Tommy ROBREDO UKR 1630
18 (23) Fernando VERDASCO ESP 1555
19 (24) Jerzy JANOWICZ POL 1510
20 (25) Feliciano LOPEZ ESP 1455
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Notes from Tennis Europe
30 Issue 119 > June 2014
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31 Issue 119 > June 2014
Maria Sharapova wins secondFrench Open title
HEAD Racquet Rebel Maria Sharapova won theRoland Garros Women’s title. For the 5-time GrandSlam champion it is her second victory at the FrenchOpen after 2012.
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