2025 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals: boys' teams announced
The players who will compete for their nations at the 2025 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals are now known.
ITF World Junior Tennis is the premier international team competition for players aged 14 and under and culminates in the Finals in Prostejov, which will this year take place from 4-9 August.
The competition is a real festival of junior tennis and a major developmental step for players as they continue their progression along the ITF player pathway, hopefully one day to the sport’s elite level.
Many of today’s top players have honed their skills at this event, going on to represent their nations at senior level, as well as earning individual honours at Grand Slams and on the ATP and WTA Tours.
The likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Bianca Andreescu, Lorenzo Musetti, Katerina Siniakova, Juan Martin del Potro, Marketa Vondrousova, Alex de Minaur, Ash Barty, Felix Auger Aliassime, Frances Tiafoe, Linda Noskova, Mirra Andreeva, Elina Svitolina and Amanda Anisimova have all represented their nations in ITF World Junior Tennis.
Such a back catalogue of star players goes to show the importance of the event with respect to a player’s development and also the significance of the competition and its position within the player pathway.
Here are the players who will represent the 16 boys’ teams that have qualified for the Finals:
Austria: Moritz Freitag, Jakob Mittermayr, Luca Sageder
Captain: Franz Kresnik
Brazil: Miguel Ferraz, Henrique Custodio, Pedro Neves de Mello
Captain: Jean Linke
Canada: Alden Yu, Ilya Sherifali, Deniz Karabulut
Captain: Roberto Brogin
Czechia: Tobias Zapsky, Filip Sebek, Ondrej Kacin
Captain: Jiri Kulich
Egypt: Mohamed Genidy, Abdellatif Abtalah, Ramez Kostanten
Captain: Emad Abdelghaffar
France: Samuel Dakessian, Mario Vukovic, Evan Giurescu
Captain: Gerald Bremond
Germany: Lucas Ariel Herrera Sanchez, Luys Calin, Daniel Czarnecki
Captain: Robin Moller
Hong Kong: Fu Wang Choi, Kyle Wan, Chun Kiu Lok
Captain: Wing Lun Lam
Japan: Lyoma Hotelier, Hozumi Kaneda, Yuto Hisano
Captain: Hayato Sakurai
Kazakhstan: Akhmadi Makhanov, Khaknazar Zhetkerbay, Amir Askar
Captain: Sagadat Ayap
Korea, Rep: Junseo Jang, Siyun Kim, Geonho Kim
Captain: Yong Il Yoon
Peru: Luis Stefano Berrocal Huanca, Min Gook Cho, Guillermo Arbe
Captain: Ryan Sifuentes
Slovakia: Max Lorincik, Andrej Adamovic, Martin Cellar
Captain: Martin Zathurecky
Spain: Pepe Garcia Ruiz, Stefan Shangichev, Jaime Alcaraz Garfia
Captain: Nicolas Perez Duran
USA: Tristan Ascenzo, Indra Vergne, Alexander Anderson
Captain: Jon Glover
Venezuela: Ignacio Mejias, Andres Sanchez, Antoine Yamin
Captain: Roman Recarte