Switzerland (boys) and Romania (girls) have won this year’s 14&U Tennis Europe Winter Cups by Dunlop titles. It has been a long-awaited journey tfor both teams to hold this trophy aloft: this marks Romania’s maiden title in this category of the European Indoor Team Championships, while Switzerland’s previous win came 33 years ago.
Facts and Figures
- 69 national teams took part in the competition (34 boys, 35 girls), which was staged across nine venues over the last two weeks.
- France was hoping to become the first nation ever to win a hat trick of consecutive titles, having won in 2024 and 2025. In all, France now has 9 titles from 18 finals.
- It was Switzerland’s first appearance in the final since a runner-up finish in 2017
- Amazingly, this year marks Romania’s first ever final in this category.
- Ukraine has now made back-to-back girls’ finals for the first time since they did so in 2016-17
- It was Ukraine’s fourth final appearance and first-ever loss in a final.
Boys' Final
Switzerland def France 3-0
Switzerland’s road to the final:
Zone B Qualifying Rounds: R1 d. Sweden 2-1; R2 d. Finland 3-0; Qualifying Final d. Italy 2-1
Final Rounds: QF d. Great Britain 3-0; SF d. Italy 2-1
France’s road to the final
Zone A Qualifying Rounds: R1 d. Luxembourg 2-1; R2 d. Denmark 3-0; Qualifying Final: d. Belgium 3-0
Final Rounds: QF d. Germany 3-0; SF d. Slovakia 2-1
The boys’ final rounds were staged at Nierderzier in Germany for a fourth consecutive year, where the host nation fell to the defending champions on Day 1.
Saturday’s final saw Alexander Bisserov defeat Tristan Ducros 6-2 6-2 in the first rubber to give Switzerland an early lead. Compatriot Jonas Waelti, currently Europe’s second-ranked player, was just as unrelenting, shutting out Imanol Gosset 6-3 6-0 in the second singles rubber to secure the title with an unassailable lead.
Bisserov later returned to the court to join Richard Mitchell to complete a clean sweep for the Swiss, scoring a 4-6 6-4 10-7 win over Gosset and Arthur Salafa.
Girls' Final
Romania def Ukraine 2-1
Romania’s road to the final
Zone D Qualifying Rounds: R1 def Spain 3-0; R2 def Denmark 2-1; Qualifying Final lost to Sweden 1-2
Final Rounds: QF def Czechia 3-0; SF def Great Britain 2-1
Ukraine’s road to the final
Zone C Qualifying Rounds: R1 def Latvia 3-0; R2 def Italy 2-1; Qualifying Final def Netherlands 2-1
Final Rounds: QF def France 2-1; SF def Switzerland 2-1
The girls’ final rounds were hosted by the Czech Tennis Association for a 13th consecutive year, and were staged in Hradec Kralove for the first time. Having won their qualifying group in the same venue, the host nation was handed a tough draw and fell 3-0 to the eventual champions in the opening round of the finals.
The final saw Romania start strongly against second seeds Ukraine, as Natalia Dicu flew to a 6-0 6-1 win over Anna Kuznetsova in just over an hour. Mariia Kocherzhenko responded in kind over Eva Bulai, posting a her own one-sided 6-2 6-1 win.
The deciding doubles was a thriller, lasting two hours, and eventually went the way of the Romanians. Dicu teamed up with Natalia Dragomir to beat the Ukrainians, who doubled-up after singles duties, 10-8 in the match tie-break.
Bronze medals were won by Italy (boys) and Great Britain (girls), with the teams beating Slovakia and Switzerland respectively.
Final Standings
Boys:
1. Switzerland 2. France 3. Italy 4. Slovakia 5. Great Britian 6. Cyprus 7. Germany 8. Romania
Girls:
1. Romania 2. Ukraine 3. Great Britain 4. Switzerland 5. Netherlands 6. Sweden 7. Czechia 8. France