Junior Orange Bowl (tennis)
The Junior Orange Bowl is a youth tennis tournament, held in Coral Gables, Florida, for the "14 and under" and "12 and under" age categories. Boys and girls compete in separate draws.
History
The global Junior Orange Bowl tournament has as competitors the top-ranked male and female 12-and-under and 14-and-under junior players, from over 76 countries.[1]
The Orange Bowl tournament was founded in 1947.[2] The "14 and under" and "12 and under" tournaments began in 1962.[3] The Junior Orange Bowl tournament was added to the list of Grade A tournaments in 1978.[4] Winners have come from over 20 nations.[5]
Past champions
| Year | Boys | Girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 & under1 | 12 & under | 14 & under1 | 12 & under | |
| 1948 |  Jerry Moss |
Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1949 | Jerry Moss |
Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1950 | Mike Green |
Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1951 | Donald Dell |
Not held |  Rosa Marie Reyes |
Not held |
| 1952 | Butch Buchholz |
Not held | Phyllis Saganski |
Not held |
| 1953 | Butch Buchholz |
Not held | Donna Floyd |
Not held |
| 1954 | Ray Senkowski |
Not held | Virginia Hess |
Not held |
| 1955 | Frank Froehling III |
Not held | Virginia Hess |
Not held |
| 1956 | Curtis Myers |
Not held | Roberta Alison |
Not held |
| 1957 |  Charlie Pasarell |
Not held | Peachy Kellmeyer |
Not held |
| 1958 |  Nicolas Kalo |
Not held | Mary Arfaras |
Not held |
| 1959 | George Seewagen |
Not held | Vickie Holmes |
Not held |
| 1960 | Marcela Lara |
Not held | Peaches Bartkowicz |
Not held |
| 1961 | Alberto Carrero |
Not held | Peaches Bartkowicz |
Not held |
| 1962 | Stanley Pasarell |
Mac Claflin |
Susanna Selinger |
Ann Roberts
|
| 1963 | Richard Stockton |
Dick Stockton |
Carol Hunter |
Marjorie Gengler
|
| 1964 | Richard Stockton |
Jimmy Connors |
Connie Capozzi |
Nancy Ornstein
|
| 1965 | Eddie Dibbs |
Jeff Miller |
Emily Fisher |
Karin Benson
|
| 1966 | Sandy Mayer |
Freddy DeJesus |
Karin Benson |
Plums Barkowicz
|
| 1967 | Emilio Montaño |
Eugene Mayer |
Chris Evert |
Laurie Tennie
|
| 1968 | John Whitlinger |
Billy Martin |
Laurie Fleming |
Jeanne Evert
|
| 1969 | Billy Martin |
Howard Schoenfield |
Susanna Selinger |
Lynn Epstein
|
| 1970 |  Hans Gildemeister |
Eddie Reese |
Jeanne Evert |
Shelia McInerney
|
| 1971 | Walter Lentz |
Van Winitsky |
Lynn Epstein |
Sherry Acker
|
| 1972 | Van Winitsky |
John Evert |
Zenda Leiss |
Anne White
|
| 1973 | Blaine Willenborg |
Mark Mees |
Jennifer Balent |
Elise Burgin
|
| 1974 | Billy Nealson |
 Alan Racko |
Laura Starr |
Shelly Solomon
|
| 1975 | Bruce Brescia |
Jim Pugh |
Elise Burgin |
Andrea Jaeger
|
| 1976 | Bruce Pompan |
Jimmy Brown |
Shelly Solomon |
Lori Kosten
|
| 1977 |  Roberto Argüello |
Robbie Weiss |
Sunna Rojas |
Karen Seguso
|
| 1978 |  Carlos Chabalgoity |
Aaron Krickstein |
Lori Kosten |
Kathy Rinaldi
|
| 1979 | Jose Fernandez |
 Bruno Orešar |
 Lillian Drescher |
Claire Evert
|
| 1980 |  Olivier Cayla |
Al Parker |
 Andrea Temesvári |
Kerri Rieter
|
| 1981 | Bruno Orešar |
Augustine Garrizzo |
 Manuela Maleeva |
 Steffi Graf
|
| 1982 |  Kent Carlsson |
David Kass |
Stephanie Rehe |
Mary Joe Fernández
|
| 1983 | Eduardo Vélez |
Fritz Bissell |
Mary Joe Fernández |
Diane McKeon
|
| 1984 | Nicolás Pereira |
Johan Alven |
Caryn Moss |
Luanne Spadea
|
| 1985 | Nicklas Kulti |
Tommy Ho |
Luanne Spadea |
Monica Seles
|
| 1986 | Frank Salazar |
Jason Appel |
Laxmi Poruri |
Jennifer Capriati
|
| 1987 | Tommy Ho |
Jimmy Jackson |
 Wang Shi-ting |
Magdalena Maleeva
|
| 1988 | Vince Spadea |
B.J. Stearns |
Nicole Hummel |
Chanda Rubin
|
| 1989 |  Filip Kascak |
Not held | Marketa Kochta |
Not held |
| 1990 | Magnus Norman |
Not held | Heike Rusch |
Not held |
| 1991 |  Jamie Delgado |
Not held |  Francesca Bentivoglio |
Not held |
| 1992 | Tommy Haas |
Not held | Amelia Castera |
Not held |
| 1993 | Jean-René Lisnard |
Not held | Carolina Jagieniak |
Not held |
| 1994 |  Artem Derepasko |
Not held | Jessica Lenhoff |
Not held |
| 1995 |  Olivier Rochus |
Not held |  Katarina Srebotnik |
Not held |
| 1996 | Paul-Henri Mathieu |
Not held | Justine Henin |
Not held |
| 1997 |  Stéphane Bohli |
Not held |  Jelena Pandžić |
Not held |
| 1998 |  Janko Tipsarević |
 Dong Why Choi |
Melissa Torres |
Romina Oprandi
|
| 1999 | Wang Yeu-tzuoo |
Andy Murray |
Matea Mezak |
Tatiana Golovin
|
| 2000 | Artem Sitak |
Dejan Katić |
Nicole Pitts |
Laura Siegemund
|
| 2001 | Clancy Shields |
Cheong-Eui Kim |
 Shahar Pe'er[6] |
Sesil Karatantcheva
|
| 2002 | Juan-Martin Del Potro |
 Andrew Thomas |
 Olga Govortsova |
Sharon Fichman
|
| 2003 | Roberto Maytin |
 Lazare Kukhalashvila |
 Sorana Cîrstea |
Mallory Burdette
|
| 2004 |  Ričardas Berankis |
Bernard Tomic |
 Tamira Paszek |
Valeria Solovyeva
|
| 2005 | Rhyne Williams |
Christian Harrison |
Viktoriya Kamenskaya |
Anna Orlik
|
| 2006 | Bernard Tomic |
Reo Asami |
Anna Orlik |
Jessica Ren
|
| 2007 | George Morgan |
Joseph Di Giulio |
Iveta Dapkutė |
Madison Keys
|
| 2008 | John Richmond |
Hyeon Chung |
So-ra Lee |
 Indy de Vroome
|
| 2009 |  Thien Nguyen |
Seongchan Hong |
Yuki Chiang |
Françoise Abanda
|
| 2010 | Joshua Sapwell |
Michael Mmoh |
Brooke Austin |
Nicole Frenkel
|
| 2011 | Seongchan Hong |
Artem Dubrivnyy |
Katerina Stewart |
Claire Liu
|
| 2012 | Michael Mmoh |
Yshai Oliel |
Maia Lumsden |
Abigail Desiatrikov
|
| 2013 | Axel Geller |
Juan Manuel Cerundolo |
Claire Liu |
Tyra Black
|
| 2014 | Yshai Oliel |
Borna Devald |
Anastasia Potapova |
Whitney Osuigwe
|
| 2015 | Thiago Agustín Tirante |
 Wang Xiaofei |
 Marta Kostyuk |
Daria Lopatetska
|
1Prior to 1962 the event was a 13 & under tournament. In 1962 it became a 14 & under championship.