2025 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals: girls' 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.
Having announced the boys' teams previously, here are the players who will represent the 16 girls’ teams that have qualified for the Finals:
Austria: Julia Ehrenberger, Mia Neumuller, Marie Schmidhofer
Captain: Caroline Ilowska
Belgium: Hannelore Daniels, Noor Ceulemans, Fin Gybels
Captain: Serge Carpentier
Brazil: Eduarda Gomes, Flavia Souza, Gabriela Bettoni
Captain: Ivan Cressoni
Canada: Isabella Ruyu Yan, Tessa Puente, Milagros Helena Pastuszka
Captain: Ekatarina Shulaeva
China, P.R.: Jiayi Lu, Zihao Han, Jiarui Sun
Captain: Yan Zhang
Chinese Taipei: Tsai-Jung Chiang, Ke-Chieh Hsu, Pin-Tsen Chou
Captain: Ming-mi Chen
Colombia: Laura Valentina Villamil Arias, Maria Gabriela Baena Martinez, Sara Alejandra Lozano Avellaneda
Captain: Javier Mauricio Gomez Pena
Czechia: Sofie Mottlova, Eva Halfarova, Gabriela Sulcova
Captain: Petra Cetkovska
Great Britain: Megan Knight, Sofia Tatu, Grace Watson
Captain: Kate Warne-Holland
Japan: Shina Okuyama, Nana Onozawa, Tomoka Umeda
Captain: Yoshinori Nakayama
Korea, Rep.: Yerin Lim, Yerin Lee, Seohyeon Kim
Captain: Kyu Tae Im
Romania: Eva Maria Bulai, Natalia Maria Dicu, Sara Nicole Sitar
Captain: Costel Curca
Sweden: Grace Bernstein, Vega Bontin, Emina Honic
Captain: Carl Ackered
Tunisia: Melek Gamaoun, Selima ben Dhia, Saba Sahbani
Captain: Ahmed Noomene
USA: Caroline Shao, Emery Combs, Olivia de los Reyes
Captain: Celeste Frey
Venezuela: Stephanie Pumar, Renatta Morillo, Clara Marquez
Captain: Nestor Molina