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Les Petits As – Le Mondial Lacoste (English: Little champions – The Lacoste world championship) is a junior tennis tournament for players aged 12–14, held in Tarbes, France. This tournament is now one of the five Super Category tournaments in the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour,[1][2] and it is universally recognized as the world’s leading indoor U14 competition.[3] The tournament is traditionally held at the end of January, although the 2020 and 2021 editions had to take place in September due to the Covid-19 pandemic.[3]

The event has seen a number of its champions go on to become slam winners, including Rafael Nadal, Michael Chang, Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Jeļena Ostapenko and Bianca Andreescu.[4][5] Due to the relatively restrictive age range, few players have won the title more than once, although Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky have both done so.[6] Most recently, upcoming Spanish player Carlos Boluda became the first boy to do so.

Format

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The tournament is played on indoor GreenSet (hard) courts. Roughly 7,000 players enter the pre-qualifying tournaments held across France, with that number being narrowed down to 350 for the final qualifying stage, and 64 for the final tournament.[7] This event welcomes 45 000 visitors each year in Tarbes and garners over 125 000 live-stream viewers across 151 countries yearly.[8] The event is regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and has businesses such as Head, Eurosport, Coca-Cola, and Peugeot amongst its portfolio of partners.[9]

Notably, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray faced each other for the very first time in the quarterfinals of the 2001 edition, which was won by Murray 6-0 6-1.[10][11][12] In the 2017 edition, the 13-year-old Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune played together in the doubles competition.[13] In 1994, future No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero produced one of the competition's most unexpected triumphs when he won the tournament without a ranking.[5]

Results

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Boys' singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1983 France Jean-Baptiste Bollée Spain Juan Manuel Naves
1984 France Frédéric Fontang Czechoslovakia Marek Miskolci
1985 Netherlands Richard Krajicek France Philippe Leblanc
1986 United States Michael Chang Sweden Johan Alvén
1987 Austria Reinhard Wawra United States David Klein
1988 United States Brian Dunn Austria Julian Knowle
1989 United States Tommy Shimada Spain Gonzalo Corrales
1990 France Maxime Boyé Sweden Magnus Norman
1991 Romania Răzvan Sabău Spain Juan Antonio Saiz
1992 France Olivier Mutis Sweden Björn Rehnquist
1993 Slovenia Miha Gregorc Romania Dumitru Caradima
1994 Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero Chile Fernando González
1995 Belgium Olivier Rochus Slovenia Gasper Martinjak
1996 France Paul-Henri Mathieu Bulgaria Todor Enev
1997 France Julien Maigret Spain Carlos Cuadrado 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1998 United Kingdom Matthew Smith Croatia Mario Ančić 6–1, 6–3
1999 France Richard Gasquet United States Brian Baker 7–5, 6–3
2000 Spain Rafael Nadal France Julien Gely 6–4, 6–1
2001 Russia Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy United Kingdom Andy Murray 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
2002 United States Dylan Arnould Switzerland Robin Roshardt 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003 United States Donald Young United States Leo Rosenberg 6–2, 6–1
2004 Australia Andrew Thomas United Kingdom Daniel Cox 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2005 United States Chase Buchanan Georgia (country) Lazare Kukhalashvili 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2006 Spain Carlos Boluda New Zealand Sebastian Lavie 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2007 Spain Carlos Boluda United States Christian Harrison 6–2, 6–2
2008 Canada Edward Nguyen United Kingdom Liam Broady 6–4, 7–5
2009 Serbia Nikola Milojević Croatia Borna Ćorić 6–2, 6–3
2010 France Quentin Halys United States Noah Rubin 6–1, 6–2
2011 United States Henrik Wiersholm Romania Bogdan Borza 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2012 United States Frances Tiafoe United States William Blumberg 6–0, 6–2
2013 Italy Samuele Ramazzotti Serbia Miomir Kecmanović 7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–0
2014 France Rayane Roumane Germany Nicola Kuhn 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
2015 Chinese Taipei Tseng Chun-hsin Russia Timofey Skatov 6–4, 6–1
2016 United States Stefan Leustian Croatia Borna Devald 6–2, 6–1
2017 Italy Luca Nardi Serbia Hamad Međedović 6–2, 7–5
2018 Bulgaria Victor Lilov Russia Mikhail Gorokhov 6–4, 7–6(7–6)
2019 Czech Republic Vojtech Petr Qatar Rashed Nawaf 4-6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
2020 Ukraine Oleksandr Ponomar Switzerland Janis Rafael Simmen 6–4, 6-1
2021 Czech Republic Maxim Mrva Italy Federico Cinà 6–3, 3-6, 6-0
2022 Netherlands Thijs Boogaard United States Carel Aubriel Ngounoue 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2023 United Kingdom Mark Ceban Lebanon Daniel Jade 6-3, 6-2
2024 United States Michael Antonius Spain Izan Baranes Lasala 4-6, 6-2, 6-0

Girls' singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1983 France Sybille Niox-Château France Cécile Bourdaix
1984 France Emmanuelle Derly France Alexia Dechaume
1985 Switzerland Sandrine Jaquet Sweden Annika Narbe
1986 United States Laxmi Poruri Netherlands Yvonne Grubben
1987 United States Kim Kessaris Austria Ursula Priller
1988 West Germany Anke Huber West Germany Katherine Denn Samuel
1989 France Nicole London Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Málková
1990 West Germany Heike Rusch United States Lindsay Davenport
1991 Switzerland Martina Hingis Madagascar Dally Randriantefy
1992 Switzerland Martina Hingis Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis
1993 United States Stephanie Halsell Hungary Réka Vidáts
1994 Russia Anna Kournikova Germany Stephanie Kovacik
1995 Croatia Mirjana Lučić Belgium Justine Henin
1996 Croatia Jelena Pandžić United States Melissa Middleton
1997 Belgium Kim Clijsters Russia Elena Bovina 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1998 Russia Lina Krasnoroutskaya Germany Caroline Raba
1999 United States Bethanie Mattek Croatia Matea Mezak
2000 Russia Dinara Safina Lithuania Lina Stančiūtė
2001 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojislava Lukić Bulgaria Dia Evtimova
2002 Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky Russia Alisa Kleybanova
2003 Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky Romania Raluca Olaru
2004 Russia Yelena Kulikova United States Madison Brengle 6–4, 6–4
2005 Russia Ksenia Pervak France Gracia Radovanovic
2006 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Russia Anna Arina Marenko 6–3, 6–4[16]
2007 Belarus Anna Orlik United States Nicole Gibbs 6–4, 6–1
2008 Russia Daria Gavrilova United Kingdom Laura Robson 6–3, 6–3
2009 Russia Yulia Putintseva Russia Irina Khromacheva 6–4, 6–2
2010 Japan Kanami Tsuji Netherlands Indy de Vroome 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2011 Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko Russia Anastasiya Komardina 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
2012 Romania Jaqueline Cristian United States Tornado Alicia Black 6–2, 6–3
2013 United States CiCi Bellis Romania Andreea Amalia Roșca 6–0, 6–2
2014 Canada Bianca Andreescu United States Claire Liu 6–4, 7–5
2015 Russia Anastasia Potapova Serbia Olga Danilović 6–4, 6–4
2016 Ukraine Marta Kostyuk Czech Republic Denisa Hindová 6–2, 6–1
2017 Russia Maria Timofeeva Ukraine Daria Lopatetska 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2018 Philippines Alexandra Eala Czech Republic Linda Nosková 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2019 Czech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová Belgium Sofia Costoulas 6–1, 6–0
2020 Czech Republic Brenda Fruhvirtová United States Clervie Ngounoue 6–0, 3–6, 7–5
2021 France Mathilde Ngijol Carre Israel Mika Buchnik 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
2022 Germany Julia Stusek United Kingdom Hannah Klugman 6-3, 6-3
2023 Anna Pushkareva Romania Giulia Safina Popa 7-5, 6-1
2024 Mariia Makarova Kseniia Ruchkina 6-3, 6-2

Exhibitions

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The tournament often features retired and/or active players making appearances in exhibition matches in the evening preceding the final day of play. It is common for upcoming and veteran French players to be present. In recent tournaments, players present have included:

References

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  4. ^ "Ces célèbres joueurs de tennis ont joué à Tarbes dans leur jeunesse: des pépites d'archives" [These famous tennis players played in Tarbes in their youth: nuggets from the archives]. actu.fr (in French). 15 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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  7. ^ "INTRODUCTION Logistic and Budget". www.lespetitsas.fr. Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  8. ^ "First Asian in Les Petits As". www.clubmed.com.my. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Partners". www.lespetitsas.fr. Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  10. ^ "Open d'Australie: Murray face à Djokovic, 10 ans après" [Australian Open: Murray against Djokovic, 10 years later]. fr.tennistemple.com (in French). 30 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Au bal des prétendants" [At the suitors' ball]. www.europe1.fr (in French). 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Djokovic fait le buzz en évoquant les Petits As de Tarbes et son 1e match face à Murray" [Djokovic creates buzz by talking about the Petits As de Tarbes and his first match against Murray]. www.tarbes7.fr (in French). 14 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  13. ^ "When Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune played doubles together in junior tennis". www.sportskeeda.com. 2 June 2022. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  14. ^ "The winners of Les Petits As". www.lespetitsas.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Tennis. Les Petits As : le palmarès complet du tournoi" [Tennis. Les Petits As: the complete prize list of the tournament]. www.ouest-france.fr (in French). 25 January 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Ontario Girls Win in Europe". Ontario Tennis. Ontario Tennis Association. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
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