# Junior Orange Bowl (tennis)

The Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships is a youth tennis tournament, held in Coral Gables, Florida, for Boys & Girls in the "14 and under" and "12 and under" divisions. In 2024 the tournament will celebrate its 63rd anniversary. Robert Gomez is the tournament director.

## History

The global Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships has as competitors the top-ranked boys and girls 12-and-under and 14-and-under junior players, from over 76 countries.
The Orange Bowl tournament was founded in 1947. The "14 and under" and "12 and under" tournaments began in 1962. Past champions include legends, Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert, Juan Martin del Potro, Steffi Graf, Andy Murray, Monica Seles, Tommy Haas, Coco Gauff and Miami great, Mary Jo Fernandez. Winners have come from over 20 nations.

## Past champions

| Year | Boys | Boys | Girls | Girls |
| Year | 14 & under$^1$ | 12 & under | 14 & under$^1$ | 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 | Rosie 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 | Nicholas Kalo | Not held | Mary Arfaras | Not held |
| 1959 | George Seewagen | Not held | Vickie Holmes | Not held |
| 1960 | Marcelo 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 | Marjory Gengler |
| 1964 | Richard Stockton | Jimmy Connors | Connie Capozzi | Nancy Ornstein |
| 1965 | Eddie Dibbs | Jeff Miller | Emily Fisher | Karin Benson |
| 1966 | Sandy Mayer | Freddy de Jesús | Karin Benson | Plums Bartkowicz |
| 1967 | Emilio Montaño | Eugene Mayer | Chris Evert | Laurie Tenney |
| 1968 | John Whitlinger | Billy Martin | Laurie Fleming | Jeanne Evert |
| 1969 | Billy Martin | Howard Schoenfield | Andréa Menezes | Lynn Epstein |
| 1970 | Hans Gildemeister | Eddie Reese | Jeanne Evert | Sheila McInerney |
| 1971 | Walter Lentz | Van Winitsky | Lynn Epstein | Sherry Acker |
| 1972 | Van Winitsky | John Evert | Zenda Liess | Anne White |
| 1973 | Blaine Willenborg | Mark Mees | Jennifer Balent | Elise Burgin |
| 1974 | Billy Nealon | Alan Racko | Laura Starr | Shelley Solomon |
| 1975 | Bruce Brescia | Jim Pugh | Elise Burgin | Andrea Jaeger |
| 1976 | Bruce Pompan | Jimmy Brown | Shelley Solomon | Lori Kosten |
| 1977 | Roberto Argüello | Robbie Weiss | Susana Rojas | Karen Seguso |
| 1978 | Carlos Chabalgoity | Aaron Krickstein | Lori Kosten | Kathy Rinaldi |
| 1979 | José Fernández | Bruno Orešar | Lilian Drescher | Claire Evert |
| 1980 | Olivier Cayla | Al Parker | Andrea Temesvári | Kerri Rieter |
| 1981 | Bruno Orešar | Agustín Garizzio | 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 Alvén | 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 | Amélie Castéra | Not held |
| 1993 | Jean-René Lisnard | Not held | Karolina Jagieniak | Not held |
| 1994 | Artem Derepasko | Not held | Jessica Lehnhoff | 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 | Choi Dong-whee | 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 | Kim Cheong-eui | Shahar Pe'er | Sesil Karatantcheva |
| 2002 | Juan Martín del Potro | Andrew Thomas | Olga Govortsova | Sharon Fichman |
| 2003 | Roberto Maytín | Lazare Kukhalashvila | Sorana Cîrstea | Mallory Burdette |
| 2004 | Ričardas Berankis | Bernard Tomic | Tamira Paszek | Valeria Solovyeva |
| 2005 | Rhyne Williams | Christian Harrison | Viktoria 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 | Chung Hyeon | Lee So-ra | Indy de Vroome |
| 2009 | Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên | Hong Seong-chan | Yuki Kristina Chiang | Françoise Abanda |
| 2010 | Joshua Sapwell | Michael Mmoh | Brooke Austin | Nicole Frenkel |
| 2011 | Hong Seong-chan | Artem Dubrivnyy | Katerina Stewart | Claire Liu |
| 2012 | Michael Mmoh | Yshai Oliel | Maia Lumsden | Abigail Desiatnikov |
| 2013 | Axel Geller | Juan Manuel Cerúndolo | Claire Liu | Hurricane Tyra Black |
| 2014 | Yshai Oliel | Borna Devald | Anastasia Potapova | Whitney Osuigwe |
| 2015 | Thiago Agustín Tirante | Wang Xiaofei | Marta Kostyuk | Daria Lopatetska |
| 2016 | Bu Yunchaokete | Victor Lilov | Alexa Noel | Coco Gauff |
| 2017 | Shintaro Mochizuki | Lennon Roark Jones | Elvina Kalieva | Linda Fruhvirtová |
| 2018 | Coleman Wong | Rudy Quan | Melisa Ercan | Clervie Ngounoue |
| 2019 | Nisesh Basavareddy | Benjamin Gusic-Wan | Stephanie Yakoff | Mirra Andreeva |
| 2020 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2021 | Alejandro Arcila | Svit Suljic | Iva Jovic | Lia Belibova |
| 2022 | Ivan Ivanov | Dongjae Kim | Adelina Lachinova | Christina Lyutova |
| 2023 | Andrew Johnson | Jang Junseo | Jana Kovačková | Daniel Baranes |
$^1$Prior to 1962 the event was a 13 & under tournament. In 1962 it became a 14 & under championship.