With the 14 & Under European Junior Championships in Most now complete, attention quickly shifts to the next major stop on the Tennis Europe Junior Tour. The fifth and penultimate Super Category event of the season, the Internationale Deutsche Tennismeisterschaften U14, gets underway in Düren, Germany.
As always, the prestigious tournament has attracted a truly international field, with players travelling from as far afield as Korea, Indonesia, Australia and Brazil to compete alongside Europe's leading 14 & Under players.
The boys' draw is headed by Liam Sharkey (GBR), who arrives in Düren fresh from lifting the doubles title in Most. He is joined by several other players making the trip directly from the European Championships, including Luis Bernardo Saraiva (POR), Pablo Jimenez Roman (ESP) and Anastasis Mosaikos (CYP), all looking to add a Super Category trophy to their season.
In the girls' event, Switzerland's Lilly Falkenberg tops the seedings, followed by Vera Morozova (EST), Vega Bontin (SWE) and Ginny Chen (GBR).
With a strong international field assembled, the stage is set for a week of high-quality competition in Düren. Follow the Live Streaming and Live Scoring.
Draws and Results
Boys Singles | Girls Singles | Order of Play / Results
Boys Doubles | Girls Doubles
Tennis Europe Junior Tour Update
In addition to the European Championships, last week was the busiest of the year so far on the Junior Tour. Among the highlights:
- The Tennis Europe 12 & Under Summer Cups by Dunlop qualifying rounds were held, with a total of 71 teams in action. The following teams progressed to the boys' finals in Strasbourg and the girls' finals in Lucciana (FRA) from 6-9 August.
Boys: Austria, Czechia, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Sweden.
Girls: Czechia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Romania, Ukraine.
- International Touring Teams made their presence felt at the Cat. 2 14&U event in Annecy (FRA), where players from other regions claimed all semi-final and final spots in both singles and doubles! Nanato Agui (JPN) beat younger brother Saku in the boys’ final, while Seohyeon Kim (KOR) won her second event in a row, beating Aiym Kanagatova (KAZ) in the final.
- The Müller Junior Cup in Ulm (GER) once again hosted one of the Tour’s largest events, with simultaneous 14 and 16 & Under Cat.2 competitions. The champions were (14&U) Jaro Schindler (GER) and Sofia Ioana Stoica (ROU), and Gennaro Scalese (ITA) and Christine Graf (MON).
- The Austrian Youth Cup in Kufstein is another massive undertaking, with Cat.1 12 & Under and Cat.2 14 & Under events. Evgeni Souprounov (GRE) and Emil Zamecnik (CZE) were the 12&U champions, boosting their chances of being selected for the season-ending Carlos Moyà 12 & Under Festival. David Schwenk (GER) and Tjasa Jazbec (ITA) won the elder category.
- Second seeds Mahir Butkovic (BIH) and Maria Koukoutsi (GRE) won the Cat.2 16 & Under Eminent Podgorica Open in Montenegro.
- For full results from the Junior Tour last week, click here.