2025 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals: boys' stats and facts
Following the team announcements for the 2025 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals, it is time to delve into some stats of facts about the nations competing on the clay courts of Prostejov from 4-9 August.
First up, the 16 boys' teams battling to be crowned world champions in the 14-and-under age category:
Austria
Team: Moritz Freitag, Jakob Mittermayr, Luca Sageder. Captain: Franz Kresnik
Champions: 2
Highest-placed finish: 1st (1992, 1998)
Finals appearances: 2
Last Finals appearance: 1998
Brazil
Team: Miguel Ferraz, Henrique Custodio, Pedro Neves de Mello. Captain: Jean Linke
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 2nd (2024)
Finals appearances: 23
Last Finals appearance: 2024
Canada
Team: Alden Yu, Ilya Sherifali, Deniz Karabulut. Captain: Roberto Brogin
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 2nd (2014, 2023)
Finals appearances: 19
Last Finals appearance: 2024
Czechia
Team: Tobias Zapsky, Filip Sebek, Ondrej Kacin. Captain: Jiri Kulich
Champions: 1
Highest-placed finish: 1st (2023)
Finals appearances: 29 (*competed twice as Czechoslovakia)
Last Finals appearance: 2024
Egypt
Team: Mohamed Genidy, Abdellatif Abtalah, Ramez Kostanten. Captain: Emad Abdelghaffar
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 8th (2021)
Finals appearances: 8
Last Finals appearance: 2021
France
Team: Samuel Dakessian, Mario Vukovic, Evan Giurescu. Captain: Gerald Bremond
Champions: 3
Highest-placed finish: 1st (1993, 1999, 2005)
Finals appearances: 23
Last Finals appearance: 2024
Germany
Team: Lucas Ariel Herrera Sanchez, Luys Calin, Daniel Czarnecki. Captain: Robin Moller
Champions: 2
Highest-placed finish: 1st (2001, 2014)
Finals appearances: 18
Last Finals appearance: 2023
Hong Kong
Team: Fu Wang Choi, Kyle Wan, Chun Kiu Lok. Captain: Wing Lun Lam
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 13th (1994)
Finals appearances: 3
Last Finals appearance: 2023
Japan
Team: Lyoma Hotelier, Hozumi Kaneda, Yuto Hisano. Captain: Hayato Sakurai
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 2nd (2003, 2006,2011)
Finals appearances: 25
Last Finals appearance: 2024
Kazakhstan
Team: Akhmadi Makhanov, Khaknazar Zhetkerbay, Amir Askar. Captain: Sagadat Ayap
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 4th
Finals appearances: 1
Last Finals appearance: 2022
Korea, Rep.
Team: Junseo Jang, Siyun Kim, Geonho Kim. Captain: Yong Il Yoon
Champions: 2
Highest-placed finish: 1st (2011, 2015)
Finals appearances: 20
Last Finals appearance: 2024
Peru
Team: Luis Stefano Berrocal Huanca, Min Gook Cho, Guillermo Arbe. Captain: Ryan Sifuentes
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 4th (2018)
Finals appearances: 10
Last Finals appearance: 2023
Slovakia
Team: Max Lorincik, Andrej Adamovic, Martin Cellar. Captain: Martin Zathurecky
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 3rd (1993 *when competing as Czechoslovakia)
Finals appearances: 5 (*competing as Czechoslovakia)
Last Finals appearance: 2023
Spain
Team: Pepe Garcia Ruiz, Stefan Shangichev, Jaime Alcaraz Garfia. Captain: Nicolas Perez Duran
Champions: 3
Highest-placed finish: 1st (1991, 2000, 2009)
Finals appearances: 20
Last Finals appearance: 2024
United States
Team: Tristan Ascenzo, Indra Vergne, Alexander Anderson. Captain: Jon Glover
Champions: 7
Highest-placed finish: 1st (2002, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2024)
Finals appearances: 31
Last Finals appearance: 2024
Venezuela
Team: Ignacio Mejias, Andres Sanchez, Antoine Yamin. Captain: Roman Recarte
Champions: 0
Highest-placed finish: 4th (1995)
Finals appearances: 9
Last Finals appearance: 2015