Prostejov, Czech Republic, 20 August 2012 | Tennis Australia

Australia’s girls and boys teams have finished in the top 10 of the World Junior Tennis Finals held in Prostejov, Czech Republic.

The competition, run by the International Tennis Federation for top 14-and-under players, was won by Slovakia (girls) and the United States (boys).

The unseeded Slovak team defeated second seeds Great Britain 2-1 in the girls’ final, winning the decisive live doubles rubber.

Australia, represented by Sara Tomic, Priscilla Hon and Kimberly Birrell, finished sixth after losing the playoff for fifth place against China.

The girls, who all hail from Queensland, fell 2-1 to the Chinese team on Friday.

The boys’ event was won by top seeds the United States, who beat No.2 seeds Korea 2-0. The doubles runner was not contested.

Australia, whose team consisted of Oliver Anderson, Brian Tran and Max Purcell, beat France in a decisive doubles rubber in the playoff for ninth place.

 

Boys Final standing Girls
UNITED STATES 1 SLOVAKIA
KOREA 2 GREAT BRITAIN
JAPAN 3 GERMANY
BRAZIL 4 CZECH REPUBLIC
SPAIN 5 CHINA
GERMANY 6 AUSTRALIA
CHINESE TAIPEI 7 UNITED STATES
ARGENTINA 8 CANADA
AUSTRALIA 9 EGYPT
FRANCE 10 INDIA
GREAT BRITAIN 11 RUSSIA
CHILE 12 PERU
SWITZERLAND 13 CROATIA
CZECH REPUBLIC 14 ARGENTINA
SOUTH AFRICA 15 THAILAND
MEXICO 16 COLOMBIA