Polina Vinogradova became the first ever Russian girl to win the European 16 & Under Championships, thanks to a straight sets win over compatriot Polina Leykina in the final in Moscow. Russia's girls team took the 2009 event by storm. All four players reached the semi finals, marking the first time in the 36-year history of the event that all four semi finalists had been from the same nation, and guaranteeing a first ever all-Russian European Championships final. Vinogradova was the fresher of the two players, with Leykina having survived a marathon 36 75 76(3) semi final battle the previous day, and was in control throughout the 64 75 win. In the boys' final, 5th seed Filip Horansky blasted past Spaniard Axel Alvarez for the loss of just five games to secure a second European Junior Championships win. Horansky also won the 14 & Under doubles event in 2007, and becomes the second Slovak winner of the 16 & under title, following in the footsteps of 2005 winner Martin Klizan. The boys doubles event saw a first British win in fifteen years as George Morgan teamed with Oliver Golding to beat Romania's Vasile Ghilea and Ciprian Porumb 64 67(5) 10-8. Slovak pair Vivien Juhaszova and Chantal Skamlova emerged victorious in the girls' doubles after a straight forward 62 63 win over Germany's Anna Lena Friedsam and Daris Gajos.
