Orange Bowl
Tournament information
Founded1947
LocationPlantation, Florida
United States
VenueFrank Veltri Tennis Centre
CategoryITF Junior Grade A (1978–current)
SurfaceGreen clay - outdoors
Draw64S / 64Q / 32D
Websitewww.ustaorangebowl.com
Current champions (2023)
Singles Danil Panarin (Boys 18s)
United Kingdom Hannah Klugman (Girls 18s)
United States Dominick Modesjczuk (Boys 16s)
United States Leena Friedman (Girls 16s)
DoublesUnited States Andrew Delgado (Boys 18s)
United States Matthew Forbes
United States Tyra Grant (Girls 18s)
United States Iva Jovic

The Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, known as the Dunlop Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships from 2008 to 2013 with Dunlop as the title sponsor, and renamed the Metropolia Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships from 2013 onwards, is a prestigious junior tennis tournament, one of five that are rated by the ITF as 'Grade A'. Established in 1947 in Miami Beach,[1] the tournament has for years featured both boys and girls singles and doubles draws at both '18 and under' (under-19) and '16 and under' (under-17) age categories. From 1999 to 2010, the tournament had been held each December at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida. Since 2011, it has been held at the Frank Veltri Tennis Center in Plantation, Florida.[2]

History

Sofia Kenin won title at the 2014 Dunlop Orange Bowl

The Orange Bowl Tennis Championship began at Flamingo Tennis Center, Miami Beach. This facility, still in use today, hosted the tournament until 1998, when it was moved to Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida. The Orange Bowl was started by Eddie Herr, who wanted to bring some winter competition to South Beach for his tennis playing daughter, Suzanne.[1] The tournament soon grew in prestige and importance, being considered the initiation rite of future world tennis champions. Decades of tournament winners are posted on a brass plaque at the entrance to Flamingo Tennis Center.

Players who have competed at the Orange Bowl reads as a virtual who's who of modern tennis, including Andre Agassi, Arthur Ashe, Boris Becker, Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier, Stefan Edberg, Chris Evert, Roger Federer, Steffi Graf, Justine Henin, Ivan Lendl, Hana Mandlíková, Andy Roddick, Gabriela Sabatini, Monica Seles, Guillermo Vilas, and Mats Wilander. As of 2017, Miami's Mary Joe Fernandez is the only player, male or female, to win in every age division of the Orange Bowl and Junior Orange Bowl tournaments: 12s, 14s, 16s, and 18s. However, Miami's Lynn Epstein, won the 12s, 14s and skipped the 16s to play up winning the 18s two years in a row. Epstein is the only player, to this day, to have achieved this feat.

In 1983, during the tournament's heyday, a professional stadium was built in Flamingo Park. The Abel Holtz stadium seated 9,000 fans. During the 1990s however, Flamingo Park Tennis Center fell victim to poor maintenance. The standards of the Orange Bowl could not be maintained so in 1999 the tournament was moved to the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, home of today's professional tour event, the Miami Open (tennis). Since 2011, the City of Plantation has restored the Orange Bowl Tournament's allure and luster, hosting the best administered and best managed tournament in decades. .

Recently, there has been a tennis revival in Miami Beach. A $5.5M master plan to renovate the Flamingo tennis facility has begun. The project includes a new 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) tennis building and 17 clay hydro-courts. A large bronze plaque containing the names of all the great tennis champions who began their career playing in the tournament in Flamingo park will be restored, along with a plaque honoring local players who went on to tennis fame, such as Jerry Moss.

Since 1962, the two younger age groups ('12 and under' and '14 and under') are held at a separate site in Coral Gables. Hence today, the Junior Orange Bowl is in Coral Gables. And the Orange Bowl (under 16 and under 18) has moved in 2011 from Miami to Plantation, FL thus changing surfaces from Hard Courts to Clay, the first time since 1998 that the tournament will be on clay.[3]

Dunlop has been the tournament's title sponsor since 2008.[3][4][5] From 2013 onwards, Metropolia International Holdings became the title sponsor of the tournament.[6]

Tournament features

Players must be at least 13 years old to compete, unless competing in the 12 and unders.[7]

Past champions[8]

Singles champions

YearBoys, 18 and underGirls, 18 and underBoys, 16 and under
until 1962, 15 and under
Girls, 16 and under
until 1962, 15 and under
1947United States Lew McMastersUnited States Joan JohnsonUnited States Dick HolroydUnited States Joan Woodberry
1948United States Tommy BoysMexico Melita RamírezUnited States Bobby SierraUnited States Toby Greenberg
1949United States Gil BogleyUnited States Elaine LewickiCuba Reynaldo GarridoUnited States Suzanne Herr
1950United States Jacque R. GrigryUnited States Toby GreenbergUnited States Al HarumUnited States Meta Schroedel
1951United States Sam GiammalvaUnited States Karol FagerosUnited States Jerry MossUnited States Leigh Hay
1952United States Eddie RubinoffUnited States Karol FagerosMexico Esteban Reyes Jr.Mexico Rose Marie Reyes
1953United States Mike GreenUnited States Pat ShafferUnited States Jimmy SkogstadUnited States Pat White
1954United States Allen QuayUnited States Marilyn StockUnited States Earl Buchholz Jr.United States Sandra Lewis
1955United States Mike GreenUnited States Mimi ArnoldUnited States Earl Buchholz Jr.United States Gwyneth Thomas
1956Brazil Carlos FernandesUnited States Mary Ann MitchellUnited States Ray SenkowskiUnited States Gail DeLozier
1957United States Chris CrawfordBrazil Maria Esther BuenoUnited States Mike NeelyUnited States Frances Farrar
1958Brazil Ronnie BarnesUnited States Carol HanksUnited States Clark GraebnerUnited States Carol-Ann Prosen
1959Spain José Luis ArillaUnited States Sandy WarshawPuerto Rico Charlie PasarellUnited States Julie Heldman
1960United States William LenoirUnited States Carol-Ann ProsenCanada Mike BelkinUnited States Stephanie DeFina
1961Canada Mike BelkinUnited States Judy AlvarezIndia Shyam MinotraUnited States Stephanie DeFina
1962Australia Tony RocheUnited States Stephanie DeFinaUnited States Bill HarrisUnited States Peaches Bartkowicz
1963Brazil Thomaz KochUnited States Peaches BartkowiczUnited States Charles BrainardUnited States Vicki Holmes
1964Mexico Marcello LaraUnited States Peaches BartkowiczUnited States Zan GuerryUnited States Carol Hunter
1965Egypt Ismail El ShafeiUnited States Peaches BartkowiczUnited States Mac ClaflinUnited States Carol Hunter
1966Spain Manuel OrantesUnited States Peaches BartkowiczUnited States Charles OwensUnited States Linda Tuero
1967United States Mike EstepUnited States Patti HoganUnited States Woody BlocherJapanKazuko Sawamatsu
1968United States Richard StocktonMexico Patricia MontañoArgentina Guillermo VilasUnited States Chris Evert
1969United States Harold SolomonUnited States Chris EvertUnited States John WhitlingerUnited States Laurie Fleming
1970United States Harold SolomonUnited States Chris EvertUnited States Billy MartinUnited States Sandy Stap
1971Italy Corrado BarazzuttiUnited States Donna GanzSweden Björn BorgUnited States Jeanne Evert
1972Sweden Björn BorgUnited States Donna GanzChile Hans GildemeisterUnited States Robin Tenney
1973United States Billy MartinSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima JaušovecFrance Christophe CasaUnited States Zenda Liess
1974United States Billy MartinUnited States Lynn EpsteinUnited States Van WinitskyUnited States Zenda Liess
1975Spain Fernando LunaUnited States Lynn EpsteinUnited States Bobby BergerUnited States Jennifer Balent
1976United States John McEnroeUnion of South Africa Marise KrugerCzechoslovakia Ivan LendlUnited States Mary Lou Piatek
1977Czechoslovakia Ivan LendlUnited States Anne SmithUnited States Scott DavisCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
1978Spain Gabriel UrpíUnited States Andrea JaegerFrance Thierry TulasneUnited States Michelle DePalmer
1979Ecuador Raúl ViverUnited States Kathleen HorvathSweden Mats WilanderUnited States Pamela Casale
1980Sweden Joakim NyströmUnited States Susan MascarinUnited States Michael KuresUnited States Barbara Bramblett
1981Argentina Roberto ArgüelloUnited States Penny BargBrazil Carlos ChabalgoityItaly Raffaella Reggi
1982France Guy ForgetCanada Carling BassettSweden Stefan EdbergMexico Claudia Hernández
1983Sweden Kent CarlssonUnited States Debbie SpenceSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bruno OrešarUnited States Shawn Foltz
1984United States Ricky BrownArgentina Gabriela SabatiniAustria Horst SkoffUnited States Mary Joe Fernandez
1985Italy Claudio PistolesiUnited States Mary Joe FernandezFrance Arnaud BoetschFrance Sybille Niox-Château
1986Spain Javier SánchezArgentina Patricia TarabiniUnited States Jim CourierFrance Alexia Dechaume
1987United States Jim CourierSoviet Union Natalia ZverevaNetherlands Paul DoggerArgentina Florencia Labat
1988Switzerland Marc RossetUnited States Carrie CunninghamFrance Fabrice SantoroFrance Sylvie Sabas
1989Brazil Fernando MeligeniUnited States Luanne SpadeaArgentina Juan GaratSoviet Union Svetlana Komleva
1990Soviet Union Andrei MedvedevSpain Pilar PérezSpain Àlex CorretjaNetherlands Petra Kamstra
1991Argentina Marcelo CharpentierSoviet Union Elena LikhovtsevaSpain Gonzalo CorralesGermany Andrea Glass
1992United States Vincent SpadeaSlovenia Barbara MulejGermany Rene NicklischItaly Emanuela Sangiorgi
1993Spain Albert CostaSpain Ángeles MontolioArgentina Mariano ZabaletaUnited States Stephanie Halsell
1994Ecuador Nicolás LapenttiSpain Mariam RamónAustria Markus HipflFrance Nathalie Dechy
1995Argentina Mariano ZabaletaRussia Anna KournikovaItaly Dario SciortinoSpain Ana Alcázar
1996Spain Alberto MartínSpain Ana AlcázarFrance Julien JeanpierreRussia Elena Dementieva
1997Chile Nicolás MassúSlovenia Tina PisnikArgentina Guillermo CoriaSpain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
1998Switzerland Roger FedererRussia Elena DementievaSpain Tommy RobredoSpain Marta Marrero
1999United States Andy RoddickSpain María José Martínez SánchezEcuador Giovanni LapenttiRomania Raluca Ciochină
2000Bulgaria Todor EnevRussia Vera ZvonarevaArgentina Brian DabulFrance Marion Bartoli
2001Sweden Robin SöderlingRussia Vera ZvonarevaRomania Florin MergeaUnited States Whitney Deason
2002United States Brian BakerRussia Vera DushevinaAruba José Luis MuguruzaFrance Charlène Vanneste
2003Cyprus Marcos BaghdatisCzech Republic Nicole VaidišováUnited States Donald YoungUnited States Alexa Glatch
2004United States Timothy NeillyUnited States Jessica KirklandArgentina Emiliano MassaArgentina Florencia Molinero
2005Switzerland Robin RoshardtDenmark Caroline WozniackiSpain Georgi Rumenov PayakovGeorgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
2006Romania Petru-Alexandru LuncanuAustria Nikola HofmanovaBulgaria Grigor DimitrovUnited States Allie Will
2007Lithuania Ričardas BerankisPortugal Michelle Larcher de BritoAustralia Bernard TomicUnited States Lilly Kimbell
2008India Yuki BhambriUnited States Julia BoserupUnited States Denis KudlaUnited States Chanelle Van Nguyen
2009France Gianni MinaCanada Gabriela DabrowskiUnited States Alexios HalebianUnited States Breaunna Addison
2010United Kingdom George MorganUnited States Lauren DavisFrance Laurent LokoliUnited States Alexandra Kiick
2011Austria Dominic ThiemEstonia Anett KontaveitSouth Korea Chung HyeonCanada Erin Routliffe
2012Serbia Laslo DjereCroatia Ana KonjuhRussia Andrey RublevCanada Gloria Liang
2013United States Frances TiafoeRussia Varvara FlinkSouth Korea Chung Yun-seongCanada Charlotte Robillard-Millette
2014United States Stefan KozlovUnited States Sofia KeninUnited States Sam RifficeCanada Bianca Andreescu
2015Serbia Miomir KecmanovićCanada Bianca AndreescuArgentina Sebastián BáezArgentina María Lourdes Carlé
2016Serbia Miomir KecmanovićSlovenia Kaja JuvanUnited States Steven SunUnited States Katie Volynets
2017France Hugo GastonUnited States Whitney OsuigweRomania Nicholas David IonelEstonia Katriin Saar
2018Finland Otto VirtanenUnited States Coco GauffSpain Pablo Llamas RuizUnited States Madison Sieg
2019Argentina Thiago Agustín TiranteUnited States Robin MontgomerySpain Daniel RincónUnited States Ashlyn Krueger
2020France Arthur FilsUnited States Ashlyn KruegerUnited States Jonah BraswellUnited States Valeria Ray
2021Paraguay Adolfo Daniel VallejoCroatia Petra MarčinkoUnited States Quang DuongUnited States Kate Kim
2022South Korea Gerard Campana LeeJapan Mayu CrossleyJapan Naoya HondaUnited States Alexis Nguyen
2023 Danil PanarinUnited Kingdom Hannah KlugmanUnited States Dominick ModesjczukUnited States Leena Friedman

Doubles champions

YearBoys, 18 and underGirls, 18 and under
1993Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Venezuela Jimy Szymanski
France Anne Pastor
Madagascar Dally Randriantefy
1994Canada Bobby Kokavec
Canada Jocelyn Robichaud
Italy Alice Canepa
Italy Maria Paola Zavagli
1995Venezuela Kepler Orellana
Argentina Mariano Zabaleta
Italy Giulia Casoni
Italy Maria Paola Zavagli
1996Czech Republic Petr Kralert
Czech Republic Robin Vik
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
Czech Republic Jitka Schönfeldová
1997United States Mirko Pehar
Croatia Lovro Zovko
Belgium Kim Clijsters
Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi
1998Venezuela José de Armas
Croatia Lovro Zovko
Argentina Clarisa Fernández
Argentina María Emilia Salerni
1999France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
Japan Maki Arai
United States Bethanie Mattek
2000Mexico Bruno Echagaray
Mexico Santiago González
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Hungary Anikó Kapros
2001Germany Philipp Petzschner
Germany Simon Stadler
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
2002United States Scott Oudsema
United States Phillip Simmonds
Belarus Darya Kustova
Belarus Anastasia Yakimova
2003El Salvador Rafael Arévalo
El Salvador Jaime Cuéllar
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Russia Ekaterina Kosminskaya
2004Venezuela Piero Luisi
Venezuela David Navarrete
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Romania Monica Niculescu
2005Argentina Emiliano Massa
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
United States Jennifer-Lee Heinser
United States Elizabeth Plotkin
2006Russia Danila Arsenov
Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Poland Urszula Radwańska
2007Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Canada Vasek Pospisil
United States Mallory Cecil
United States Melanie Oudin
2008United States Devin Britton
United States Jarmere Jenkins
United States Lauren Embree
United States Asia Muhammad
2009Russia Mikhail Biryukov
Russia Alexander Rumyantsev
Belarus Anna Orlik
Russia Valeria Solovieva
2010Belgium Julien Cagnina
Belgium Jeroen Vanneste
United States Lauren Herring
United States Madison Keys
2011United Kingdom Liam Broady
United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Russia Victoria Kan
Ukraine Ganna Poznikhirenko
2012Chile Christian Garín
Chile Nicolás Jarry
United States Gabrielle Andrews
United States Taylor Townsend
2013Italy Filippo Baldi
Austria Lucas Miedler
Australia Naiktha Bains
United States Tornado Alicia Black
2014United States Stefan Kozlov
United States Michael Mmoh
United States Catherine Bellis
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
2015Japan Yuta Shimizu
Japan Yunosuke Tanaka
India Pranjala Yadlapalli
Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek
2016Japan Toru Horie
Japan Yuta Shimizu
Serbia Olga Danilović
Russia Anastasia Potapova
2017Czech Republic Tomáš Macháč
Czech Republic Ondřej Štyler
Chinese Taipei Joanna Garland
Japan Naho Sato
2018Uzbekistan Sergey Fomin
Belgium Gauthier Onclin
Hungary Adrienn Nagy
South Korea Park So-hyun
2019Poland Mikolaj Lorens
Japan Shunsuke Mitsui
Philippines Alexandra Eala
Belarus Evialina Laskevich
2020Hungary Peter Fajta
Hungary Zsombor Velcz
United States Reese Brantmeier
United States Kimmi Hance
2021Lithuania Edas Butvilas
Jordan Abedallah Shelbayh
Croatia Petra Marčinko
Russia Diana Shnaider
2022Bulgaria Adriano Dzhenev
Bulgaria Iliyan Radulov
United States Tyra Grant
United States Iva Jovic
2023United States Andrew Delgado
United States Matthew Forbes
United States Tyra Grant (2)
United States Iva Jovic (2)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 USTA. "Dunlop Orange Bowl History". Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  2. "USTA: Find a Tennis Tournament & Play Tennis Near You".
  3. 1 2 "USTA: Find a Tennis Tournament & Play Tennis Near You".
  4. USTA. "Dunlop Orange Bowl Int'l Tennis Championships, 2008 homepage". Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  5. College and Junior Tennis.com. "2007 ORANGE BOWL INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  6. http://metropoliatennis.com/orange_bowl_2013_en.html
  7. USTA. "Dunlop Orange Bowl Tournament Information" (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  8. USTA. "Yearbook Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships". Retrieved 15 February 2011.
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