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Petits As

Les Petits As – Le Mondial Lacoste (English: Little champions – The Lacoste world championship) is a junior tennis tournament for players aged 12–14, held in Tarbes, France. This tournament is now one of the five Super Category tournaments in the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour,[1][2] and it is universally recognized as the world’s leading indoor U14 competition.[3] The tournament is traditionally held at the end of January, although the 2020 and 2021 editions had to take place in September due to the Covid-19 pandemic.[3]

The event has seen a number of its champions go on to become slam winners, including Rafael Nadal, Michael Chang, Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Jeļena Ostapenko and Bianca Andreescu.[4][5] Due to the relatively restrictive age range, few players have won the title more than once, although Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky have both done so.[6] Most recently, upcoming Spanish player Carlos Boluda became the first boy to do so.

Format edit

The tournament is played on indoor GreenSet (hard) courts. Roughly 7,000 players enter the pre-qualifying tournaments held across France, with that number being narrowed down to 350 for the final qualifying stage, and 64 for the final tournament.[7] This event welcomes 45 000 visitors each year in Tarbes and garners over 125 000 live-stream viewers across 151 countries yearly.[8] The event is regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and has businesses such as Head, Eurosport, Coca-Cola, and Peugeot amongst its portfolio of partners.[9]

Notably, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray faced each other for the very first time in the quarterfinals of the 2001 edition, which was won by Murray 6-0 6-1.[10][11][12] In the 2017 edition, the 13-year-old Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune played together in the doubles competition.[13] In 1994, future No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero produced one of the competition's most unexpected triumphs when he won the tournament without a ranking.[5]

Results edit

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Boys' singles edit

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1983   Jean-Baptiste Bollée   Juan Manuel Naves
1984   Frédéric Fontang   Marek Miskolci
1985   Richard Krajicek   Philippe Leblanc
1986   Michael Chang   Johan Alvén
1987   Reinhard Wawra   David Klein
1988   Brian Dunn   Julian Knowle
1989   Tommy Shimada   Gonzalo Corrales
1990   Maxime Boyé   Magnus Norman
1991   Răzvan Sabău   Juan Antonio Saiz
1992   Olivier Mutis   Björn Rehnquist
1993   Miha Gregorc   Dumitru Caradima
1994   Juan Carlos Ferrero   Fernando González
1995   Olivier Rochus   Gasper Martinjak
1996   Paul-Henri Mathieu   Todor Enev
1997   Julien Maigret   Carlos Cuadrado 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1998   Matthew Smith   Mario Ančić 6–1, 6–3
1999   Richard Gasquet   Brian Baker 7–5, 6–3
2000   Rafael Nadal   Julien Gely 6–4, 6–1
2001   Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy   Andy Murray 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
2002   Dylan Arnould   Robin Roshardt 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003   Donald Young   Leo Rosenberg 6–2, 6–1
2004   Andrew Thomas   Daniel Cox 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2005   Chase Buchanan   Lazare Kukhalashvili 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2006   Carlos Boluda   Sebastian Lavie 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2007   Carlos Boluda   Christian Harrison 6–2, 6–2
2008   Edward Nguyen   Liam Broady 6–4, 7–5
2009   Nikola Milojević   Borna Ćorić 6–2, 6–3
2010   Quentin Halys   Noah Rubin 6–1, 6–2
2011   Henrik Wiersholm   Bogdan Borza 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2012   Frances Tiafoe   William Blumberg 6–0, 6–2
2013   Samuele Ramazzotti   Miomir Kecmanović 7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–0
2014   Rayane Roumane   Nicola Kuhn 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
2015   Tseng Chun-hsin   Timofey Skatov 6–4, 6–1
2016   Stefan Leustian   Borna Devald 6–2, 6–1
2017   Luca Nardi   Hamad Međedović 6–2, 7–5
2018   Victor Lilov   Mikhail Gorokhov 6–4, 7–6(7–6)
2019   Vojtech Petr   Rashed Nawaf 4-6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
2020   Oleksandr Ponomar   Janis Rafael Simmen 6–4, 6-1
2021   Maxim Mrva   Federico Cinà 6–3, 3-6, 6-0
2022   Thijs Boogaard   Carel Aubriel Ngounoue 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2023   Mark Ceban   Daniel Jade 6-3, 6-2

Girls' singles edit

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1983   Sybille Niox-Château   Cécile Bourdaix
1984   Emmanuelle Derly   Alexia Dechaume
1985   Sandrine Jaquet   Annika Narbe
1986   Laxmi Poruri   Yvonne Grubben
1987   Kim Kessaris   Ursula Priller
1988   Anke Huber   Katherine Denn Samuel
1989   Nicole London   Zdeňka Málková
1990   Heike Rusch   Lindsay Davenport
1991   Martina Hingis   Dally Randriantefy
1992   Martina Hingis   Rita Kuti-Kis
1993   Stephanie Halsell   Réka Vidáts
1994   Anna Kournikova   Stephanie Kovacik
1995   Mirjana Lučić   Justine Henin
1996   Jelena Pandžić   Melissa Middleton
1997   Kim Clijsters   Elena Bovina 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1998   Lina Krasnoroutskaya   Caroline Raba
1999   Bethanie Mattek   Matea Mezak
2000   Dinara Safina   Lina Stančiūtė
2001   Vojislava Lukić   Dia Evtimova
2002   Timea Bacsinszky   Alisa Kleybanova
2003   Timea Bacsinszky   Raluca Olaru
2004   Yelena Kulikova   Madison Brengle 6–4, 6–4
2005   Ksenia Pervak   Gracia Radovanovic
2006   Gabriela Dabrowski   Anna Arina Marenko 6–3, 6–4[16]
2007   Anna Orlik   Nicole Gibbs 6–4, 6–1
2008   Daria Gavrilova   Laura Robson 6–3, 6–3
2009   Yulia Putintseva   Irina Khromacheva 6–4, 6–2
2010   Kanami Tsuji   Indy de Vroome 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2011   Jeļena Ostapenko   Anastasiya Komardina 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
2012   Jaqueline Cristian   Tornado Alicia Black 6–2, 6–3
2013   CiCi Bellis   Andreea Amalia Roșca 6–0, 6–2
2014   Bianca Andreescu   Claire Liu 6–4, 7–5
2015   Anastasia Potapova   Olga Danilović 6–4, 6–4
2016   Marta Kostyuk   Denisa Hindová 6–2, 6–1
2017   Maria Timofeeva   Daria Lopatetska 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2018   Alexandra Eala   Linda Nosková 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2019   Linda Fruhvirtová   Sofia Costoulas 6–1, 6–0
2020   Brenda Fruhvirtová   Clervie Ngounoue 6–0, 3–6, 7–5
2021   Mathilde Ngijol Carre   Mika Buchnik 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
2022   Julia Stusek   Hannah Klugman 6-3, 6-3
2023   Anna Pushkareva   Giulia Safina Popa 7-5, 6-1

Exhibitions edit

The tournament often features retired and/or active players making appearances in exhibition matches in the evening preceding the final day of play. It is common for upcoming and veteran French players to be present. In recent tournaments, players present have included:

References edit

  1. ^ "Les Petits As - Le Mondial Lacoste promoted to the Super Category!". www.lespetitsas.com. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Super Category". www.tenniseurope.org. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "'Les Petits As' 2021 to take place in September". www.tenniseurope.org. 29 September 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Ces célèbres joueurs de tennis ont joué à Tarbes dans leur jeunesse: des pépites d'archives" [These famous tennis players played in Tarbes in their youth: nuggets from the archives]. actu.fr (in French). 15 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Tennis. Les Petits As de Tarbes: machine à champions" [Tennis. Les Petits As de Tarbes: machine for champions]. www.ladepeche.fr (in French). 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  6. ^ "CHAMPIONS - Les Petits As". www.lespetitsas.com (in French). Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  7. ^ "INTRODUCTION Logistic and Budget". www.lespetitsas.fr. Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  8. ^ "First Asian in Les Petits As". www.clubmed.com.my. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Partners". www.lespetitsas.fr. Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  10. ^ "Open d'Australie: Murray face à Djokovic, 10 ans après" [Australian Open: Murray against Djokovic, 10 years later]. fr.tennistemple.com (in French). 30 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Au bal des prétendants" [At the suitors' ball]. www.europe1.fr (in French). 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Djokovic fait le buzz en évoquant les Petits As de Tarbes et son 1e match face à Murray" [Djokovic creates buzz by talking about the Petits As de Tarbes and his first match against Murray]. www.tarbes7.fr (in French). 14 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  13. ^ "When Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune played doubles together in junior tennis". www.sportskeeda.com. 2 June 2022. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  14. ^ "The winners of Les Petits As". www.lespetitsas.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Tennis. Les Petits As : le palmarès complet du tournoi" [Tennis. Les Petits As: the complete prize list of the tournament]. www.ouest-france.fr (in French). 25 January 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Ontario Girls Win in Europe". Ontario Tennis. Ontario Tennis Association. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2008-05-02.

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