1000 tournaments hosted: 2025 ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors in numbers
The ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors has enjoyed another outstanding year. A record 1,048 tournaments have been staged around the world as playing opportunities increased.
413 events were hosted in Europe, 209 in Asia, 151 in Africa, 104 in Central America and the Caribbean, 88 in South America, 48 in North America and 35 in Oceania. It is the first time that 1,000 tournaments have been staged in a single season on the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors.
An additional record has been set in terms of players competing. 19,285 (10,633 boys and 8,652 girls) have contested ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors events this year, beating the previous best of 18,505 in 2024.
A total of 134 nations hosted ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors events in 2025. Maldives hosted an ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors event for the first time, while Burundi, Cambodia and Cuba all returned to the calendar as host nations during the past 12 months.
At the Grand Slams, Henry Bernet became the first Swiss player - boy or girl - to win a Junior Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open. Wakana Sonobe became the first Japanese girl to win a Junior Grand Slam singles title in Australia.
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Roland Garros witnessed its first all-German final in the boys’ singles draw as Niels McDonald and Max Schoenhaus battled for honours. McDonald became the first German boy to win a Junior Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros this century.
Also on the clay of Paris, Lilli Tagger became the first Austrian girl to win a Junior Grand Slam singles title and the first Austrian player to win a Junior Grand Slam since Jurgen Melzer in 1999.
By winning Wimbledon's Junior Championships, Ivan Ivanov became the first Bulgarian player – boy or girl – to win a Junior Grand Slam singles title since Grigor Dimitrov conquered all before him at the 2008 US Open.
Mia Pohankova became the second Slovakian girl in as many years to win the Wimbledon girls’ singles title, following in the footsteps on Renata Jamrichova who triumphed there in 2024.
In September, Ivanov became the first boy since Canada's Filip Peliwo in 2012 to win the boys' singles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year.
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Also at the US Open, the highly impressive Jeline Vandromme became the first Belgian girl to win a Junior Grand Slam singles title since Kirsten Flipkens in 2003.
There were also nation firsts at the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals in Chengdu as boys’ champion Schoenhaus became the first German winner of the event and girls’ champion Vandromme the first Belgian winner.
In a stunning year for Ivanov, he is the first Bulgarian junior to finish as the year-end No. 1 and be named an ITF Champion. Kristina Penickova is the first American junior to finish as the year-end No. 1 and be named an ITF World Champion since Whitney Osuigwe in 2017.
In addition to the four Junior Grand Slams, there were seven J500 tournaments held for the fourth consecutive year. J500s provide premier playing opportunities as the ITF continues to strengthen its global pathway for talented players. The J500s were held in Cairo (EGY), Gaspar (BRA), Offenbach (GER), Milan (ITA), Osaka (JPN), Merida (Mexico) and Fort Lauderdale (USA).
There were also 37 J300s, 63 J200s, 149 J100s, 306 J60s and 481 J30s in 2025, with increases in the number of tournaments staged in all five categories compared to 2024.
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By winning J500 Cairo in February, Nellie Taraba Wallberg became the first Swedish girl to win a J500 singles title. At April’s J500 Offenbach, meanwhile, Andres Santamarta Roig of Spain claimed the third J500 singles title of his career.
There were other interesting stats and facts from this year’s J500s. Jacopo Vasami became the first Italian winner of J500 Milan since 2012, while Luis Gato Miguel triumphed at J500 Merida to become the first Brazilian winner of a J500 since 2015. Thijs Boogaard, meanwhile, became the first Dutch winner of a J500 title at Fort Lauderdale in December.
In terms of titles won at all levels, South Africa’s Milan Swanepoel and Ohunene Comfort Yakubu of Nigeria were the most successful girls to compete on the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors, winning a combined 11 titles. There most successful boys were Lucky Danjuma of Nigeria and Korea, Rep.'s Wonmin Kim. Both won a combined 10 titles across singles and doubles.
With seven, Saudi Arabia’s Haniya Aman Minhas won more singles titles than any other player. The 15-year-old’s biggest title of the campaign came at J100 Accra in October.
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The longest winning streak by any girl on the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors belonged to South Africa’s Allegra van der Walt. The 17-year-old won 27 consecutive matches in winning J60 Windhoek in May, three separate J60 Pretoria events and J100 Johannesburg before reaching the quarter-finals at J100 Pretoria.
The longest winning streak by a boy belonged to Wonmin Kim – 23 matches. The 16-year-old lifted silverware at J30 Jeju in March before triumphing at J30 Andong, J60 Andong, J60 Sunchang and J60 Yanggu, and reaching the third round at J100 Almaty.
The biggest ranking riser across 2025 was Tanishk Konduri of the United States, who rose 2020 places in the ITF World Tennis Tour boys’ rankings – from No. 2076 to No. 56. On the girls’ side, Ukraine’s Antonina Sushkova rose 510 places to No. 66.
This is just a snapshot of the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors in 2025 and, while there is so much from this year to celebrate, the new ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors season is only days away.
2026 promises plenty of electrifying tennis and a season during which names will be made and reputations enhanced.