Junior Update by Har-Tru: U15 Prospects Headline Halifax Event

Photo : Darren Calabrese

Between ITF junior events and the U15 prospect camps that took place over the last month, it has been a busy few weeks for the future of Canadian tennis.

Here is your monthly junior update presented by Har-Tru.

U15 Prospects Take Centre Stage

During the month of May, Tennis Canada hosted three development camps for the members of the U15 prospect team.

The first of the three camps led into the ITF J30 event in Halifax, where many members of the U15 prospect team competed.

Prospect team member Eve Thibault, age 14, managed to pick up a title in Halifax in the girls doubles alongside fellow Canadian Emy Gauvin. It was the second ITF junior doubles title of Thibault’s career.

Two other camps followed in Toronto at Sobeys Stadium, where former doubles world No. 1 Daniel Nestor stopped by for a clinic, and in Montreal at IGA Stadium.

The camps are based on the Whole Player Development Pathway and designed to reinforce fundamentals and help young players reach their highest potential as they continue their development as tennis players, with the ultimate goal being a successful professional career.

Domestic Events

It was a busy month for the ITF junior circuit in Canada with five stops on the ITF junior tour in the Great White North, including the one in Halifax

J60 Ile des Soeurs

Of the five events, the first one was the most successful for the host nation as Canadians won all four competitions at the J60 event in Ile des Soeurs, QC.

Both Mikael Arseneault and Anna Tabunshchyk doubled up, winning their respective singles and doubles titles. It was Mikael’s turn to claim a title on the ITF tour after his twin brother Nicolas won a pair last month.

J30 Halifax

On top of Thibault’s victory in the girls doubles, Canadians got at least one hand on every trophy in Halifax. Adam Patry won the boys doubles with his Mexican partner Patricio Jimenez Alcocer, while Felix Roussel and Anastasia Pleksun won the singles for the host nation.

J60 Fredericton

Volodymyr Gurenko was the star for the host nation in New Brunswick, picking up both the boys singles and doubles title, the latter with Eric William Wang.

Canada’s Bianca Ceroni won the girls doubles title with her American partner Carrie-Ann Hoo.

J100 Calgary

Roussel held the fort for the hosts at the highest-tier event in Canada over the last month, winning the boys singles title in Calgary. Every other competition was won by Americans.

J60 Edmonton

The Edmonton event saw some familiar doubles champions, with Gurenko and Wang picking up their second boys doubles title on home soil over the last four weeks, while Brooke Feth and Tabunshchyk claimed their second girls doubles title.

For both Gurenko and Tabunshchyk, it was their third title across both disciplines on home soil in the month.

Here is the full list of champions at the Canadian ITF Junior events over the last month (all Canadian unless otherwise noted):

	Boys Singles	Girls Singles	Boys Doubles	Girls Doubles
J60 Ile des Soeurs	Mikael Arseneault	Anna Tabunshchyk	Mikael Arseneault/ Finn Muller	Brooke Feth/ Anna Tabunshchyk
J30 Halifax	Felix Roussel	Anastasia Pleksun	Patricio Jimenez Alcocer (MEX)/Adam Patry	Emy Gauvin/ Eve Thibault
J60 Fredericton	Volodymyr Gurenko	Carrie-Ann Hoo (USA)	Volodymyr Gurenko/ Eric William Wang	Bianca Ceroni/ Carrie-Ann Hoo (USA)
J100 Calgary	Felix Roussel	Leena Friedman (USA)	Simon Caldwell (USA)/ Zachary Cohen (USA)	Leena Friedman (USA)/Vessa Turley (USA)
J60 Edmonton	Miko Lapalme	Olivia Traynor (USA)	Volodymyr Gurenko/ Eric William Wang	Brooke Feth/ Anna Tabunshchyk

Other ITF Events

A couple of J30 events in Christiansted in the United States Virgin Islands saw considerable success for the Canadians.

Avery Alexander reached every final she could, getting to the singles and doubles finals in consecutive weeks, winning a pair of titles. One of those wins came in singles over one of her doubles partners, Laurence Demers.

Cookie Jarvis-Tredgett doubled up at the second Christiansted event, winning both the singles and doubles.

Andrea Cabio and Jasmine Li swept the titles at events in Mexico.

Roland-Garros

The second junior Grand Slam of the year took place over the last week, with Keegan Rice serving as Canada’s lone representative.

Rice managed to come through qualifying to get into the main draw at the French Open without dropping a set. He then won his opening match in straight sets before finally succumbing to the second seed Joel Schwaerzler.

The Canadian lost in the first round of the doubles with Czech Petr Brunclik to the fourth-seeded American pair of Kaylan Bigun and Jagger Leach

Here is the full list of Canadians who reached finals at events outside of Canada over the last month (Titles in bold)

Avery Alexander: J30 Christiansted 1 girls singles champion, J30 Christiansted 2 girls singles runner-up, J30 Christiansted 1 girls doubles champion (w/ Demers), J30 Christiansted 2 girls doubles runner-up (w/ Tardiff)
Laurence Demers: J30 Chistiansted 1 girls singles runner-up, J30 Christiansted girls doubles champion (w/ Alexander)
Cookie Jarvis-Tredgett: J30 Christiansted 2 girls singles champion, J30 Christiansted 2 girls doubles champion
Jasmine Li: J30 Tabasco 1 girls singles champion, J30 Tabasco 2 girls singles champion
Andrea Cabio: J60 Veracruz girls doubles champion (w/ Comiskey), J60 Veracruz girls singles champion
Raphaelle Leroux: J200 St. Poelten girls doubles champion
Clemence Mercier: J100 Plantation girls doubles runner-up
Kayla Lorrimer: J60 Les Franqueses del Valles girls singles runner-up
Lola Emilie Bean: J60 Santa Tecla girls doubles champion (w/ Normandin)
Alexie Normandin: J60 Santa Tecla girls doubles champion (w/ Bean)
Addison Yang Comiskey: J60 Vercruz girls doubles champion (w/ Cabio)
Jacob Rouleau-Mailly: J60 Santa Tecla boys doubles runner-up (w/ Wiazowski)
Tyler Wiazowski: J60 Santa Tecla boys doubles runner-up (w/ Rouleau-Mailly)
Joshua Adamson: J60 Larnaca boys doubles runner-up
Antoine Genereux: J60 Santa Tecla boys singles runner-up
Fernandez Mendoza J30 Grand Cayman boys singles runner-up
Stasia Kryk: J30 Grand Cayman girls doubles runner-up (w/ Spiers)
Kerrigan Spiers: J30 Grand Cayman girls doubles runner-up (w/ Kryk)
Justine Tardif: J30 Christiansted 2 girls doubles runner-up (w/
Antoine Martel: J30 Christiansted 2 boys doubles runner-up (w/ Pelletier)
Samuel Pelletier: J30 Christiansted 2 boys doubles runner-up (w/ Martel)