157 top players from 45 Tennis Europe member nations are in Parma, Italy, for the 50th edition of the European 16 & Under Championships.

The tournament’s unique format sees four clubs across Parma host the competition, with the opening rounds spread across the different venues - Sporting Club Parma, TC President, Circolo del Castellazzo & TC Parma - before the decisive stages move to Sporting Club Parma for the second half of the week.

The Championships have a distinguished history, with 13 former world No.1 singles players and 14 former doubles world No.1s among their past champions. Some of the biggest names in professional tennis have lifted the European 16 & Under title, including Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Holger Rune.

This week, a new group of Europe’s leading young players will be looking to add their names to that list. 👇 Scroll down for all the latest news..

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26.09.2026 - 17:30 - STAN PUTS NAME AMONG GREATS WITH SECOND EUROPEAN JUNIOR TITLE

As the 50th edition of the European Junior Championships draws to a close, Stan Put of the Netherlands is celebrating a notable win that links him to some of the all-time greats of the game.

Having lost the 2025 final in his first appearance at the 16 & Under Championships, Put’s productive year since saw him installed as the top seed in Parma. If he felt any pressure, it did not show, as he breezed to the final for the loss of just one set. His opponent in the championship decider was fifth seed Istvan Mokán of Hungary, who was on an equally impressive run.

The pair had met once before this week, also on Italian clay, at Avvenire two years ago. Both have made significant progress since then of course, but on that occasion Put conceded just one game. But the pair also faced off in Thursday’s doubles quarterfinal (won by Put) and clearly were familiar with each other’s games.

The early exchanges went the way of the top seed, who broke twice to claim the first set 6-2. On several occasions this week, Mokán has shown incredible resilience – not least in winning the tournament’s longest match, a 4 hour 45 minute fourth round battle -  and he again set out to mount a comeback.

Set 2 followed a strange pattern, on serve until 4-4. As Put served at 40-15, Mokán strung together a sequence of breathtaking winners to win four consecutive points, break, and give himself the chance to level up. But from there both players suddenly found it easier to break than to hold serve, three more breaks following to set up a tie breaker.

Put held the early advantage in the tie break, a mini-break in the second point separating the players early on before Mokán characteristically drew level, encouraged by the crowd, who clearly hoped for another set of this enthralling match. A badly timed double fault from Mokán at 4-4 ended those hopes, handing Put a 5-4 lead with two serves to come. After he duly swatted a forehand volley on championship point, the pair hugged at the net.   

Reacting to the win, Put said, “I feel amazing to be honest. I’m super happy to win this year and I think I played my best tennis and I’m super super happy with it. In the tiebreak I felt like I had to try everything to win it and I put the extra energy and extra pressure on him and it worked well.”

Asked what made the difference between last year’s result and this, he commented, “Compared to last year I think I got physically much stronger and my shots got much better and especially my serve improved. Today I was a bit nervous but I mean it’s normal and I think I managed it well and I’m very happy.”

With the win, Put embellishes his already impressive European Junior Championship medal tally – he now owns two singles gold medals (2024 14&U, 2026 16&U), one doubles gold (2026), and one singles silver (2025).  He joins an elite club of players to have won the title in more than one age category: a group that includes former world #1s Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Steffi Graf and Martina Hingis.  

He also becomes just the second Dutch boy to win in this age group – and first for two decades, emulating Tim van Terheijden’s sweep of singles and doubles titles back in 2006.

26.09.2026 - 13:30 - VICTORY IS ON BRAND FOR MILENA STEINKAMP

Milena Steinkamp is the new European 16 & Under Champion after beating Victoria Brand in the event's first ever all-German final.

Prior to the match there was little to separate the two players. Both unseeded, they had blasted their way through their respective halves of the draw, conceding just one set each. Steinkamp had taken out the fourth and eleventh seed, while Brand had made an even impressive mark, taking out two of the top three seeds, plus the #6.

Steinkamp came out of the blocks fast, racing to a 4-1 first lead as Brand seemed slightly distracted by a physical ailment. However, she bounced back to level up, pushing the set to 5-5 and briefly led for the only time in the match. The decisive break came shortly afterwards though, as Steinkamp knuckled down to claim the set 7-5 after an hour of play.

Set two followed a similar pattern, though it took just 30 minutes. Having built a 5-2 lead, the Berlin based player was broken back to 3-5 but just as it looked like Brand would mount another comeback Steinkamp played a stunning game, breaking to love to secure the set – and the title – 6-3.

With the win, Steinkamp becomes the first German winner of the girls’ title since Andrea Glass in 1992. Reflecting on her week, she told us, “It was amazing. It’s been really tough, because I had to play seven matches. Also today, against a good friend, another German girl. I knew it would be hard because we’ve played each other quite often. I think that we were both nervous during the match, finally I needed several match points and I’m just happy that I could stay focused and I found my game.” 

And so the 50th edition of the girls’ event ends with a German winner – just as did the inaugural competition, held in Berlin in 1976, when Eva Pfaff was the champion. Other former European girls’ champions from Germany include the likes of Steffi Graf, Anke Huber and Marlene Weingartner.

 

Day 6 

25.09.2026 - 20:40 - HOME HEROES AND DUTCH CHAMPIONS

Home hopes Ludovica Casalino & Camilla Olga Castracani (ITA) gave the Parma crowd plenty to celebrate, claiming the girls’ doubles gold with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Victoria Carron & Iva Ivankovic (SUI).

The Italians looked in control for much of the opening set and moved ahead 5-2, but the Swiss pair were not ready to let it go, winning two consecutive games to close the gap to 5-4. With the pressure rising, Casalino and Castracani stayed focused and took the next game to secure the set 6-4.

They carried that momentum into the second, keeping Carron and Ivankovic from finding a way back into the match and completing the victory 6-3 after one hour and five minutes.

The win keeps the girls’ doubles title in Italian hands for the second time in three years. Carla Giambelli & Fabiola Marino were the last home pair to lift the trophy, winning gold here in Parma in 2024. Two years later, Casalino and Castracani have added their names to the list, celebrating a European title in front of their home crowd.

The boys’ doubles final lasted just one minute less than the girls’ as Mats Jutte & Stan Put (NED) gave an authoritative performance to claim the gold medal at the expense of seventh seeds Miko Koeppen & Johann Nagel-Heyer of Germany.

The German team started strongly, leading the first set 4-3 with a break. Throughout this week, Put has shown a knack for saving his best play for the pressure moments, and both he and his teammate sprang into life at this point, breaking back and running away with 10 of the next 12 games. Jutte’s passing shots and Put’s strong net proved to be a potent combination.

The final score of 7-5 6-1 was a typical result for the pair, who conceded just one set all week, and beat the #8, #3, #5 and #7 seeds in a row on their way to the title. They become the fourth Dutch team to win the boys’ title, and the first in two decades.

It was a team from the Netherlands that won the first ever European 16 & Under boys’ doubles title (Boekel & Reithoven) back in 1976, so the win is a poetic end to this 50th edition of the tournament. The story is not over for the Netherlands or for Put though…tomorrow he’ll face Istvan Mokán in the singles final in an attempt to join a select group of players to win European singles titles in two age groups. 

25.09.2026 - 17:00 - ALL-GERMAN FINAL CONFIRMED

What a week it has been for Victoria Brand and Milena Steinkamp. Both arrived in Parma unseeded. Tomorrow, they will play each other for the European 16&U title.

Brand produced another impressive performance against third seed Tea Kovacevic (BIH). The German dominated the opening set, taking it 6-1, and although Kovacevic fought to stay with her early in the second, holding on until 3-3, Brand then won the final three games to complete a 6-1 6-3 victory in just 55 minutes.

Over on Court 2, Steinkamp faced a tougher opening set against fourth seed Lydia Panagiotidou (GRE). She found the breakthrough to take it 6-4 before racing to a 5-0 lead in the second. There were a few nerves as she served for the match, with Panagiotidou getting one game back, but Steinkamp made no mistake at the next opportunity to seal a 6-4 6-1 win.

The results set up the first same-nation girls’ final at the European 16&U Championships since 2018, when two Latvian players contested the title. Brand and Steinkamp have never faced each other on the Tennis Europe Junior Tour or World Tennis Tour, but the two are certainly familiar with one another. After arriving in Parma unseeded and spending the week upsetting some of the biggest names in the draw, tomorrow one of them will leave as European champion.

25.09.2026 - 14:35 - MOKÁN TO FACE PUT IN BOYS' FINAL

Stan Put overcame a second set wobble to advance to his third consecutive European Junior Championship final, beating France’s Benoit Geldof 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3.

There was little to separate the players in the tough opening set, won by the slimmest of margins as a shot from Geldof landed close enough to the line for an inspection by the umpire at 5-6 in the tie-break.

Geldof’s stylish single-handed backhand is reminiscent of compatriot Richard Gasquet and he used it to punishing effect to seize the momentum in the second set, breaking twice to swiftly establish a 5-0 lead. Two holds later and the match was level at one-set all.

Set three featured some stunning rallies, but Put was able to save his best tennis for when it mattered most, the intensity of his hard hitting from side to side producing a mounting number of forced errors from the #4 seed. Having consolidated an early break, Put built a 5-2 lead and employed the full variety of his game with stunning drop shot and an exquisite backhand volley when serving for the match.

After two hours and 25 minutes of toil, the top seed raised his hands in victory, reaching the final in Parma for a second successive year.

While Put celebrated, over on Court 2 the surface was being watered in preparation for the final set of a gruelling encounter between Istvan Mokán (HUN, pictured) and Miko Koeppen (GER).

In many ways, the two semi-finals mirrored each other: almost simultaneously with the other match, Mokán had wrapped up a long first set, only to see his opponent break early in the second as he looked to wrestle back the initiative. A series of breaks followed, but a tired looking game at 4-4 saw the left-handed German break to love, and after four deuces he eventually held to level the match.

Building on his momentum, the stretched his winning streak to 5 consecutive games, stringing together a series of perfectly placed passing shots to break Mokán in the first and third games of the final set. From there though it was all Mokán, as the week’s hardest working player – having survived a 4 hour 45 minute match in Round 4 – began his own streak, reeling off the final four games to claim a 7-5 4-6 6-3 win after just over three hours.

The final will therefore be a second meeting between Mokán and Put, and the Hungarian will hope for a better showing than their first, back in Milan in 2024, when Put conceded just one game.

Koeppen meanwhile has one more chance for a gold medal, in this afternoon’s doubles final, where he faces…you guessed it: Stan Put.

25.09.2026 - 10:00 - PUT & KOVACEVIC HOPING TO REPEAT HISTORY IN SINGLES SEMIFINALS

In 2024, Stan Put (NED) and Tea Kovacevic (BIH) became Europe’s 14 & Under champions in Most. Today, the two players will follow each other on to Court 1 at Sporting Club Parma as they attempt to book their places in the 16 & Under final.

Put (pictured) has been here before, claiming a silver medal last year in this event when he reached the final despite being unseeded, winning four three set battles before eventually being outlasted in yet another three set encounter against Leon Sloboda in the 2025 final. 

This year he has been in imperious form so far. Seeded #1, he has breezed to the semis without losing a set, and will also contest today’s doubles final alongside Mats Jutte. His opponent in the semi-final is France’s Benoit Geldof, the fourth seed. Geldof has had an impressive season, and clearly enjoys playing in Italy, having won the prestigious Super Category tournament in Rome, held along side the ATP/WTA 1000 event.  

The two have met just once before on court, in but in doubles at Les Petits As in 2024 – a match that Put (with Scott Watson) won in a very close tie break (Geldof played with frequent partner Pablo Pradat).

Kovacevic – seeded #3 - will then face the surprise package of the girls’ event, Germany’s Victoria Brand. Brand has been somewhat of a giant killer this week, having already upset the #2 and #6 seeds and will be relishing the chance to add another big name to her list of conquests.

Brand is already sure to be one of four Germans guaranteed to win a medal, an astonishing tally, and somewhat unexpected as the three singles semi-finalists are all unseeded. Court 2 will be German territory for the day, as Milena Steinkamp will attempt to set up an all-German girls’ final when she faces fourth seed Lydia Panagiotidou. The Greek was the girls’ champion in Rome earlier this year, one of three singles in 2026, while Steinkamp is making her first appearance on the Junior Tour since 2024.

Before that, Miko Koeppen will take on marathon man Istvan Mokán of Hungary, the #5. The two have met once before – earlier this year at the Winter Cups, with Mokán having won in straight sets. Koeppen will then return to court with Johann Nagel-Heyer to face Jutte and Put in the boys’ doubles final – two high stakes matches in one day for both Put and Koeppen.

The girls doubles final will close play on Court 1, scheduled for 16:30. Home hopes Ludovica Casalino & Camila Castracani take on Switzerland’s Victoria Carron & Iva Ivankovic as they attempt to become the second Italian team in the last three years to claim the title here in Parma. A big crowd can be expected for that one, but if you’re not in Parma you can follow all the action live on tenniseurope.org from 11am.  
 

Day 5

24.09.2026 - 20:30 - ALL SET FOR THE DOUBLES FINALS
The doubles semifinals brought plenty of entertainment to Parma, with the boys’ match between Mats Jutte & Stan Put (NED) and Tommy Luxa & Matyas Marsik (CZE) attracting a crowd around Court 1.

There was little between the two pairs throughout. The Czechs took the opening set 6-4 before Jutte and Put forced a match tiebreak with a 6-3 second set. The level remained high until the very end, with the Dutch pair eventually converting their third match point to win the tiebreak 10-8 and book their place in the final. They will face Miko Koeppen & Johann Nagel-Heyer (GER), who had a more straightforward route through, beating Akseli Finnila & Aatu Niemela (FIN) 6-2 6-4.

In the girls’ doubles, Victoria Carron & Iva Ivankovic (SUI) had to fight their way back twice against top seeds Ema Chladova & Katerina Zajickova (CZE). After dropping the opening set 4-6, the Swiss pair took the second 6-3. The Czechs then moved 4-2 ahead in the match tiebreak, but Carron and Ivankovic turned the match around once more, winning eight of the next ten points to take it 10-6. Waiting for them in the final will be home pair Ludovica Casalino & Camilla Olga Castracani (ITA). Their 6-2 6-4 win over Oliwia Kadzielska & Antonina Snochowska (POL) featured plenty of action at the net from both teams, with the Italians finding the difference at the key moments to secure a place in the final in front of the home crowd.

While the girls doubles finalists were being decided, the remaining girls’ singles quarterfinals were also playing out. Milena Steinkamp (GER) came from a set down against Sara Mitevska (MKD). Mitevska fell during the second-set tiebreak but continued playing, with Steinkamp eventually taking it 7-6 to force a deciding set. Mitevska managed only a few more games before retiring, sending the unseeded German through to the semifinals. On another court, Lydia Panagiotidou (GRE) needed two hours and 27 minutes to get past Rea Godinic (CRO) 6-1 4-6 6-4 and claim the remaining semifinal place.

Tomorrow brings the singles semifinals and doubles finals, with the first European 16&U champions of the week set to be crowned. Play is scheduled to start at 11.

24.09.2026 - 19:10 - MEANWHILE, OFF COURT

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24.09.2026 - 14:00 - FIRST SEMI-FINALISTS CONFIRMED

The first girls’ semi-final is confirmed, as third seed Tea Kovacevic (pictured) fought back in impressive style to beat Sara Sitar (ROU). The unseeded Romanian looked on course to cause another upset when she took the first set 6-4, but the Bosnian former European 14&U Champion hit back hard, embarking on a run of 11 consecutive games to establish a 4-6 6-0 5-0 lead. Sitar managed to hold serve at the end of the third set but Kovacevic was on a roll and served out comfortably for the win.

She’ll next face another of the tournament’s upset merchants, Victoria Brand of Germany. Ranked just #90 in Europe, Brand has beaten higher ranked opponents in all of her matches thus far, including second seed Katerina Zajickova (CZE). This time she ended the hopes of the host nation by dominating #6 Camilla Olga Castracani, 6-1 6-4. Her battle with Kovacevic on Saturday will be the first meeting between the two players.

In the boys’ event, the higher seeds in action all managed to advance, ending a run of major upsets. Stan Put (NED) and Benoit Geldof (FRA) emerged to set up Saturday’s first semi-final. A runner-up here last year, Put has been clinical in his campaign to go one better, this time despatching  #6 seed Pavle Stojiljkovic of Serbia 6-1 6-1 in just one hour of play. Geldof’s path was almost as trouble-free as he took 20 more minutes to oust the last Italian in the draw, Zeno Roveri, 6-3 6-1.

Looking remarkably fresh from his 4 hour 45 minute battle yesterday, Hungary’s Istvan Mokan turned up the pace against Mats Jutte (NED), coming back from 3-5 in the opening set to win 7-5 6-2. He’ll next face German Miko Koeppen, who won the day’s only three set battle, recovering from the loss of a second set tie break to outlast Mattis Thorsnes (NOR) 6-2 6-7 6-2.

The remaining two girls’ quarterfinals are in the early stages of their first sets and available on streaming, while the doubles semi-finals will close the day’s play.
 

24.09.2026 - 09:15 - OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ON QUARTERFINALS DAY

It’s quarterfinals day in Parma and all of today’s matches have major consequences, with the winners guaranteed a European Junior Championship medal with a spot in the semi-finals.

After four days of upsets, only three seeds remain among both the boys’ and girls’ quarterfinal line-up. Last year’s silver medallist here in Parma (and gold medallist the year prior at the 14 & Under Championships) Stan Put (NED) has played flawlessly all week and will hope to secure a rare third consecutive medal against #6 Pavle Stoijljkovic of Serbia.

Another former European 14 & Under Champion, #3 seed Tea Kovacevic (BIH) is now the highest remaining seed in the girls’ draw, where she will face Romania’s Sara Nicole Sitar for the first time.

There is further synergy between the boys’ and girls’ draws in that both feature one remaining home player - Zeno Roveri (boys) and Camila Castracani (girls, pictured), and both feature one nation still with a chance of two singles medals – Netherlands (boys) and Germany (girls).

Just one of the eight match-ups has any previous form: Benoit Geldof beat Zeno Roveri 7-6 7-6 in their only previous encounter, during the Summer Cups qualifying earlier this summer. Play starts at 10am, click here for the full schedule, and watch the live streaming above to follow all the action.

Boys’ Singles Quarterfinals:

Stan Put (NED) vs. (6) Pavle Stojiljkovic (SRB)
(4) Benoit Geldof (FRA) vs. Zeno Roveri (ITA)
(5) István Damján Mokàn (HUN) vs. Mats Jutte (NED)
Miko Koeppen (GER) vs. Mattis Thorsnes (NOR)

Girls’ Singles Quarterfinals:

Sara Mitevska (MKD) vs. Milena Steinkamp (GER)
(4) Lydia Panagiotidou (GRE) vs. Rea Godinic (CRO)
Sara Nicole Sitar (ROU) vs. (3) Tea Kovacevic (BIH)
(6) Camila Olga Castracani (ITA) vs. Victoria Brand (GER)
 

Day 4

23.09.2026 - 22:10 - DOUBLES SEMIS CONFIRMED

After the singles quarterfinal line-ups were completed, attention turned back to doubles, where the semifinal places were decided.

For Camilla Olga Castracani, the day could hardly have gone better. Already through to the singles quarterfinals, the Italian returned alongside Ludovica Casalino and beat 12th seeds Rea Godinic & Iva Jerkovic (CRO) 6-2 7-5, keeping her in contention in both events.

Stan Put (NED) also returned to court after his singles win, alongside Mats Jutte who had earlier knocked out boys’ third seed Matyas Marsik. The Dutch pair needed just 57 minutes to beat third seeds Vencel Fazekas & Istvan Damjan Mokan (HUN) 6-2 6-3. For Mokan, it brought an end to an exceptionally long day after his four-hour-and-35-minute singles match earlier in the afternoon.

It was not a lucky day for Maria Valentina Pop (ROU). After the girls’ top seed was knocked out of the singles by Sara Mitevska earlier in the day, she returned alongside Sara Nicole Sitar, only for the third-seeded pair to fall to Victoria Carron & Iva Ivankovic (SUI) 7-6 4-6 10-1. Fifth seeds Oliwia Kadzielska & Antonina Snochowska (POL) also needed a match tiebreak, beating Sofia Almeida & Kika Lima (POR) 6-1 2-6 10-5.

There was a much quicker evening for girls’ top seeds Ema Chladova & Katerina Zajickova (CZE). After Chladova withdrew from the singles earlier in the day, the pair were back on court and needed just 53 minutes to beat eighth seeds Andrea Georgiou Papakyriacou & Danai Margariti (CYP) 6-2 6-1.

In the boys’ draw, fifth seeds Tommy Luxa & Matyas Marsik (CZE) booked their semifinal place with a 7-5 6-3 win over Jaka Brolih & Jasa Pecovnik (SLO), while Miko Koeppen & Johann Nagel-Heyer (GER) came through a champions’ tiebreak against fourth seeds Alexandros Avgeris & Rafael Pagonis (GRE) 3-6 6-4 10-8.

Come back tomorrow, as the semifinals will feature:

Boys: Czechia vs Netherlands & Germany vs Finland
Girls: Czechia vs Switzerland & Italy vs Poland

23.09.2026 - 18:00 - AND THEN THERE WERE EIGHT

While some players booked their quarterfinal places in little over an hour, Istvan Damjan Mokan (HUN, pictured) needed almost an entire afternoon. The fifth seed spent an extraordinary four hours and 35 minutes on court against Ian Barroeta (ESP), eventually coming through 7-6 6-7 6-4. After two sets decided by the smallest of margins, Mokan finally found the difference in the third to secure his place in the last eight.

There was more good news for the home crowd as Zeno Roveri (ITA) joined Camilla Olga Castracani in the quarterfinals. Roveri got past Andrei Radu (ROU) 7-6 6-2, meaning Italy will have representation in both singles quarterfinal draws.

Another seed fell in the girls’ competition, with Sara Nicole Sitar (ROU) beating fifth seed Ayse Bal (TUR) 6-4 6-3. Third seed Tea Kovacevic (BIH) had a more straightforward afternoon, needing 82 minutes to beat Ilina Ilieva (BUL) 6-2 6-1.

And in the boys’ draw, sixth seed Pavle Stojiljkovic (SRB) continued his progress with a 6-3 6-2 win over ninth seed Fernando Fontan Pardo de Santayana (ESP).

Final 8:

Girls

(3) Tea Kovacevic (BIH) vs Sara Nicole Sitar (ROU)
(4) Lydia Panagiotidou (GRE) vs Rea Godinic (CRO)
(6) Camilla Olga Castracani (ITA) vs Victoria Brand (GER)
Sara Mitevska (MKD) vs Milena Steinkamp (GER)

Boys

(1) Stan Put (NED) vs (6) Pavle Stojiljkovic (SRB) 
(4) Benoit Gedolf (FRA) vs Zeno Roveri (ITA)
(5) Istvan Damjan Mokan (HUN) vs Mats Jutte (NED)
Miko Koeppen (GER) vs Mattis Thorsnes (NOR)

23.09.2026 - 14:40 - PUT THROUGH, POP OUT

The singles draws are taking a very different shape as Day 4 unfolds, with seeds departing, withdrawals affecting both competitions and a home player safely into the last eight.

The two matches highlighted this morning produced contrasting outcomes. Stan Put (NED) made quick work of his ninth meeting with Johann Nagel-Heyer (GER), winning 6-1 6-1 in just 63 minutes. In the girls’ draw, Sara Mitevska (MKD) continued her strong record against Maria Valentina Pop (ROU), knocking out the top seed 6-1 6-2.

And Pop is not the only leading name out. Boys’ third seed Matyáš Maršík (CZE) was beaten 6-1 6-4 by Mats Jutte (NED), while eighth seed Igor Peric (SRB) has withdrawn from the singles after also withdrawing from the doubles.

There has been another withdrawal on the girls’ side, with Ema Chladova (CZE) pulling out of singles. Chladova and Katerina Zajickova are the top seeds in doubles, so attention now turns to whether the Czech pair will be able to continue in that competition. 

Amid all the changes, there is good news for the home crowd. Camilla Olga Castracani (ITA) is through to the quarterfinals, keeping Italian hopes alive in the girls’ singles.

Two unseeded Germans have also reached the last eight. Victoria Brand, who knocked out second seed Zajickova earlier in the week, came through a three-hour, 21-minute contest against Daria Bilyk (UKR) 7-6 5-7 6-3, while Milena Steinkamp ended Viola Severi’s (ITA) run 6-2 6-3.

23.09.2026 - 09:50 - SEEKING SPOTS IN THE QUARTERFINALS

It’s Day 4 in Parma, and the players are warming up to battle for spots in tomorrow’s singles quarterfinals. There are several eye-catching matches in store. At this age it’s unusual for match-ups to have as much history as the one between top seed Stan Put (NED) and Johann Nagel-Heyer (GER). They’ve met 8 times already on the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, and are level at four wins apiece, across singles and doubles matches (2-2 in singles). 

The stakes have never been higher than today though, and their match opens play at 10am on Court 1 of Sporting Parma. The second match of the morning over on Court 7 will see the girls’ top seed Maria Valentina Pop (ROU) in action against Sara Mitevska (MKD). They too have a somewhat surprising head-to-head, with the North Macedonian leading the #1 3/1. Two of the three wins were in doubles, and they have not faced each other in two years, but it looks sure to be an interesting encounter.

Join us for all the action throughout the day with live scoring and live streaming available, plus additional content on Instagram. All links can be found above, plus that for today's complete schedule.
 

Day 3 

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22.09.2026 - 21:50 - TOP SEEDS TOIL IN DOUBLES COMPETITION
Tuesday afternoon produced no further seeded surprises to add to our mid-day report on the singles competition, but the doubles event provided a slew of upsets.

The biggest shock was a match that didn’t happen: #1 seeds Igor Peric & Pavle Stokilkovic of Serbia were forced to withdraw, handing Jaka Brolih & Jasa Pecovnik (SVK) a place in the quarterfinals.

Back on court, it was a good day to be Dutch, as Mats Jutte & Stan Put added to their straight sets singles wins to beat eighth seeds Darius Dorin & Andrei Radu (ROU), again in straight sets.

Italian #10 seeds Giorgio Ghia & Zeno Roveri upset sixth seeds Ian Borroeta & Fernando Fontan Pardo de Santaya (ESP) 7-5 0-6 10-7.

Italians also made waves in the girls’ draw as Ludovica Casalino & Camilla Castracani ended the hopes of second seeds Lydia Panagiotidou & Konstantina Volonaki (GRE) 6-2 7-5. Meanwhile Croatia’s Rea Godinic & Iva Jerkovic showed #6 seeds Tea Kovacevic & Eda-Lara Sacirovic (BIH) the door, winning a deciding tie break.

The most dramatic match of the day was also the last, ending just shy of 10pm when girls’ top seeds Ema Chladkova & Katerina Zajickova (CZE) completed a comeback win over Elin Kalmus & Kiira Paskkov of Estonia. Having dropped the first set on a tie-break, the Czechs asserted their authority in the second but endured a tense 18-point decider, cannily earning a mini-break to lead 9-8 before serving it out 6-7 6-3 10-8.

As the impeccable weather continues in Parma Wednesday is set to be a busy day, featuring the last 16 players in singles action, plus the doubles quarterfinals and Bonus Draw matches. Play begins at 10am, with the schedule available here.

22.09.2026 - 14:25 - POP SURVIVES STAMINA TEST WHILE RADU OUSTS PAGONIS

Monday’s singles action was remarkably one sided, with only a couple of matches going to three sets. That changed on Tuesday, as long battles marked the early contests – with some crucial tie breaks thrown into the mix.

Having upset the #2 seed yesterday Charles Rossillol (FRA) will be disappointed to lose to Norway’s Mattis Thorsnes, who bounced back from the loss of an opening set tie break to win 6-7 6-2 6-4.

Andrei Radu of Romania made an impressive comeback to end the hopes of last year’s European 14 & Under champion, Rafael Pagonis (GRE). The #7 seed won the first set 6-2 but Radu stepped into gear, losing just one game in each of the last two sets to extend his head-to-head record against Pagonis to 2/0.

Germany’s Johann Nagel-Heyer was stretched the very limit by Hosten Rune of Belgium before eventually advancing 4-6 6-4 7-6 after three and a half hours – the longest match of the tournament so far.  

That record didn’t last long though, as girls’ top seed Maria Valentina Pop (ROU, pictured) spent an additional 15 minutes on court to survive a tough test from Viktoria Novakova of Slovakia. Recovering from an opening set tie break loss, she eventually secured her spot in the next round 6-7 6-3 6-4. Some key results so far from Day 3:

Girls Singles

(3) Tea Kovacevic (BIH) d. Vida Esaiassen (NOR) 6-1 6-0
(4) Lydia Panagiotidou (GRE) d. Maryia Magro (MLT) 6-0 6-2
Victoria Brand (GER) d. Christine Graf (MON) 6-1 6-0
Viola Severi (ITA) d. Dragica Stevanovic (SRB) 6-4 7-6

Boys Singles

(1) Stan Put (NED) d. Sam Van de Langenberg (SUI) 6-1 6-1
Mats Jutte (NED) d. (13) Marko Alekovski (MKD) 6-3 6-1
(9) Fernando Fontan Pardo de Santayana (ESP) d. Max Lorincik (SVK) 6-4 6-1
(16) Rene Bertos (CRO) d. Francisco Sardinha (POR) 6-2 6-3

22.09.2026 - 09:50 - THE RACE FOR ROUND THREE

Day 3 is underway in Parma, and after a Monday that brought several surprises among the seeds, there are plenty of opportunities opening up across both draws.

Play started at 9:30 at Sporting Club Parma, where ninth seed Fernando Fontan Pardo de Santayana (ESP) is among those first on court. At the other venues, play begins at 10:00, with several of the leading names returning for their second singles matches of the week.

Girls’ top seed Maria Valentina Pop (ROU) faces Viktoria Novakova (SVK), while Tea Kovacevic (BIH) takes on Vida Danyela Fernandes Esaiassen (NOR) later in the day. Boys’ top seed and 2025 runner-up Stan Put (NED) is up against Sam Van de Langenberg (SUI).

There is plenty for the home crowd to follow too. Zeno Roveri (ITA) meets Ferdinand Grasl (AUT), while Giorgio Ghia (ITA) has a tougher assignment against fifth seed Istvan Damjan Mokan (HUN). After yesterday’s doubles upset, Viola Severi (ITA) is already back on court this morning against Dragica Stevanovic (SRB).

The doubles Round of 16 will follow later, making for another full day across the four clubs.

 

Day 2

21.09.2026 - 21:45 - DOUBLES DUTY
After a long day of singles, there was still plenty of tennis left in Parma as the doubles competition got underway.

The evening proved particularly successful for some of the players already among the leading names in the singles draws. Tea Kovacevic teamed up with fellow Bosnian Eda-Lara Sacirovic for a 7-5 1-6 10-6 win, while Katerina Zajickova joined Ema Chladova to give Czechia’s top-seeded pair a much shorter evening, winning 6-2 6-0 in 47 minutes.

The boys’ top seeds had a tougher start. Serbia’s Igor Peric & Pavle Stojiljkovic dropped a close opening set to Christian Gorgin & Eric Ten (SWE), but the match changed direction from there. They took the second 6-4 before racing through the champions’ tiebreak 10-2.

The home crowd also had reason to celebrate, as Elisa Pieri & Viola Severi (ITA) knocked out seventh seeds Lea Haider-Maurer & Leonie Schauer (AUT) 6-4 7-6. There was another notable result for Benoit Geldof & Charles Rossillol (FRA), who beat ninth seeds Rene Bertos & Manuel Matesic (CRO) 7-6 6-2, while Giorgio Ghia & Zeno Roveri added another Italian win in straight sets.

A few long matches, a few quick ones, and plenty of players doing double duty, a busy Day 2 is complete.

21.09.2026 - 15:00 - SECOND SEEDS STUMBLE AS PUT & POP ADVANCE

There were a fair few shocks early on Day 2 as the top seeds began their campaigns with mixed results.

It was not a good day to be seeded #2: girls’ #2 Katerina Zajickova was the first big name to exit, winning just four games in an 80-minute loss to Germany’s Victoria Brand. The Czech player won doubles gold in Most two years ago at the 14 & Under event, and had been among the favourites for a singles win here in Parma.

Following her out of the singles competition was boys’ #2 Sebastian Tejerina (POL), who was beaten 6-4 6-3 by Charles Rossillol. The French player has now won both of their Junior Tour encounters, having also beaten Tejerina in Maia in 2024.

Third seed Tea Kovacevic is looking to win a second European Championship gold, having won the 14 & Under title in 2024. She struggled early on against home hope Elisa Pieri, but having broken to take the first set 7-5 the Bosnian never looked back, rolling off a streak of 8 consecutive games to advance.

Instead, Viola Severi led the home charge, losing just two games as she brushed aside seventh seed Raya Markova (BUL).

Seventh seed Rafael Pagonis (GRE) is the reigning European 14 & Under Champion, and had no trouble in his opener, losing just four games to Erikas Balkunas (LTU). His predecessor as European 14 & Under champion, Stan Put, is the top seed here and will hoping to go one better than last year’s silver medal finish. The Dutchman flew past Britain’s Aran Selvaraasan, 6-4 6-3. More key results can be found below:

Boys’ Singles

(4) Benoit Geldof (FRA) d. Pavlo Hrytskiv (UKR) 6-1 6-3
Ivan Barroeta (ESP) d. (10) Darius Dorin (ROU) 7-5 6-2
Ronan Doyle (IRL) d. (12) Vladyslav Bohomolkin (UKR) 6-4 6-2
Rune Hosten (BEL) d. (15) Vencel Fazekas (HUN) 6-2 6-3

Girls’ Singles

(1) Maria Valentina Pop (ROU) d. Pui Yin Lung (GBR) 6-1 6-3
(5) Ayse Bal (TUR) d. Mina Bacanin (SRB) 6-0 6-4
Ofir Manhard (ISR) d. (8) Ana Chachkhunashvili (GEO) 6-3 6-2
Sara Sitar (ROU) d. (10) Konstantina Volonaki (GRE) 6-2 6-1
Milena Steinkamp (GER) d. (11) Antonina Snochowska (POL) 6-1 6-4

21.09.2026 - 12:00 - MENTAL POINT - ASSISTING PLAYERS IN PARMA
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21.09.2026 - 09:40 - TOP SEEDS, YOUR TURN

After a busy opening day in Parma, filled with singles and doubles action, some of the leading names in the draws are ready to begin their campaigns on Monday.

Play starts at 10:00, with both top seeds among those first on court. Last year’s boys’ runner-up Stan Put (NED) begins his latest bid for the European title against Aran SelvarAasan (GBR), while girls’ top seed Maria Valentina Pop (ROU), a semifinalist here in 2025, faces Pui Yin Lung (GBR).

Second seed Katerina Zajickova (CZE) will also make her first appearance of the week against Victoria Brand (GER), while third seed Tea Kovacevic (BIH) takes on home player Elisa Pieri (ITA, pictured).

After several seeded players made early exits yesterday, today brings many of the highest-ranked players into the competition following their opening-round byes.

Day 1

20.09.2026 - 20:45 - FIRST DAY, FIRST SURPRISES
The first day of competition is complete in Parma, and it did not take long for the girls’ draw to produce some early surprises.

One of the biggest came from Daria Bilyk (UKR), who needed just over an hour to knock out 16th seed Sofia Kova (ESP). Bilyk dropped only two games in a 6-1 6-1 win to move comfortably into the next round. There was also an early exit for 14th seed Danai Margariti (CYP). Valerie Hafstrom (SWE) won a tight opening-set tiebreak before taking control of the second, completing a 7-6 6-1 victory.

Iva Jerkovic (CRO) added another seeded player to the list of departures, beating 13th seed Leonie Schauer (AUT) 6-3 7-6 in just over two hours. Emese Serkedi (HUN) had a more straightforward afternoon against 15th seed Iva Ivankovic (SUI), winning 6-2 6-1 in 1 hour and 5 minutes.

Not all of the seeds were in trouble. Ema Chladova (CZE), seeded 12th, began her campaign with a 6-4 6-2 win over Kika Lima (POR).

There were plenty of quick starts elsewhere too. In the boys’ draw, Colin Landry (SUI) dropped just two games in a 6-1 6-1 victory over Margiris Murauskas (LTU), while Kuzey Öner (TUR) was also among the straight-set winners.

With the opening matches now complete, the draws are already beginning to change shape, and several unseeded players have made sure their names are worth watching as the week continues. The remaining seeded players enter the competition tomorrow, as the Championships move into their second day across the four host clubs.

20.09.2026 - 10:00 - READY..SET..PLAY!

The first matches of the European 16 & Under Championships are already underway in Parma, with play having started at 9:30 this morning across the four host clubs.

The boys are first on court today, beginning what will be a busy opening day across the different venues. With 157 players from 45 nations competing this week, there is plenty of tennis ahead before the competition moves to Sporting Club Parma for the second half of the week.

The opening matches are now settling into their first sets, with many more players due on court throughout the day.

Stay tuned as for the first results and stories from Parma.

 

Day 0

19.09.2026 - 19:00 - PARMA IS READY

With the European 16 & Under Championships starting tomorrow, some familiar names are back in Parma hoping to go further than they did twelve months ago.

Stan Put (NED) heads the boys’ entry list after finishing runner-up here last year. The Dutch player returns looking to go one step further, with Sebastian Tejerina (POL), Benoit Geldof (FRA) and István Damján Mókán (HUN) following him in the top four.

Among the home players, Zeno Roveri (ITA) is the highest placed in the boys’ field at #22 on the entry list. He may not start the week among the leading names on paper, but will have home clay and an Italian crowd behind him.

There is another returning player with unfinished business at the top of the girls’ field. Maria Valentina Pop (ROU) is back after reaching the semifinals last year and heads the entry list this time around. Katerina Zajickova (CZE) follows, with Tea Kovacevic (BIH) also among the leading players. Kovacevic is already very familiar with this stage, having arrived in Parma last year as the reigning 14&U European champion.

Home hopes in the girls’ draw will be led by Camilla Olga Castracani (ITA). Ninth on the entry list, she is the highest-placed Italian across either singles field heading into the Championships

Before the competition begins, players and teams were officially welcomed to Parma earlier today at the Opening Ceremony, followed by a session of the Tennis Europe Junior School. Tennis Europe representatives welcomed the players and introduced them to the organisation, with a heads-or-tails game putting their knowledge of the European Junior Championships to the test. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) then took over for a session on anti-doping, before Tennis Europe partner Mental Point continued the programme.

First-round matches begin tomorrow. Stay tuned for updates from Parma throughout the week.