Tennis Victoria

Regional Team Events

A series of Regional Team Events are held across Victoria for teams from both metropolitan associations and from our 11 country regions. These prestigious team events showcase emerging junior talent. The selection of athletes for each team is based on merit and the individual selection processes within each association and region. Events range in ages from 10/u to 18/u.

Details on the Regional Team Events pathway can be found by clicking here. All the players ages are calculated as of December 31 of that year. 

Find out more about how you can represent your region

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18/u mixed Country Cup

The Country Cup is a Regional Team Event for 18/u boys and girls from the 11 country regions only across Victoria. The competition is a round robin format with ties consisting of two boys singles, two girls singles and two mixed doubles rubbers. All participants are enrolled in an Introduction to MLC Tennis Hot Shots coaching course and receive ground passes to the Australian Open.

12/u mixed Alicia Molik Cup

The Alicia Molik Cup is a metropolitan and regional team event for 12/u boys and girls from across Victoria. The competition is a round robin format with ties consisting of two boys singles, two girls singles and two mixed doubles rubbers. This event is run with the support of the Kooyong Foundation.

Association/Regional Teams Challenge

The Association/Regional Teams Challenge comprises teams of two boys and two girls in the 12/u, 14/u, and 16/u age groups from metropolitan associations and country regions throughout Victoria. The competition is a round robin format with ties consisting of two boys singles, two girls singles, one boys doubles, one girls doubles and two mixed doubles rubbers in each age group.

11/u mixed Frank Sedgman Cup

The Frank Sedgman Cup is an annual event for 11/u boys and girls from across Victoria for teams from metropolitan associations and country regions. The competition is a round robin format with ties consisting of two boys singles, two girls singles and two mixed doubles rubbers.

13/u boys John Fitzgerald Cup

The John Fitzgerald Cup is for 13/u boys from teams from the 11 country regions only. The competition is a round robin format with ties consisting of three boys singles and one doubles rubber involving all of the four players from each team.

13/u girls Foundation Cup

The Foundation Cup is for 13/u girls from teams from the 11 country regions only across Victoria. The competition is a round robin format with ties consisting of three singles and one doubles rubber involving all of the four players from each team.

15/u mixed Ambassadors Cup

The Ambassadors Cup is for 15/u boys and girls from the 11 country regions only across Victoria.  The competition is a round robin format with ties consisting of two boys singles, two girls singles and two mixed doubles rubbers.

10/u mixed Wayne Arthurs Cup

The Wayne Arthurs Cup is for 10/u boys and girls from across metropolitan associations and country regions across Victoria. The competition is a round-robin format with ties consisting of two boys’ singles, two girls’ singles and two mixed doubles rubbers.

For a listing of the previous winners of all the regional teams events, please click here.

Foundation Cup Interstate Challenge

The Fed Cup Foundation provides direct support to deliver the annual Foundation Cup event for regional state teams to compete in teams-based environment. From the 13/u boys’ Fitzgerald and the 13/u girls’ Foundation Cup events, a Victorian regional state team is selected to compete in the annual Foundation Cup Interstate Challenge event. The Foundation Cup Interstate Challenge comprises four boys and four girls. Players compete in a round robin format with both singles and doubles including mixed. The Judy Dalton Medal is awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament.

The 2012 Foundation Cup Boys and Girls Interstate Challenge was held in Sydney during the Apia Sydney International from Monday 9 to Thursday 12 January 2012. The boys’ team finished a close third, while the girls finished in second place.   For results from the 2012 Foundation Cup, please visit comps.tennis.com.au

The players representing Victoria in 2012 were:

• Josh Charlton
• Isaac Watson 
• Lachlan Carroll
• Zac Urquhart
• Andrine Holt-Crossman
• Nicole Mullen
• Hannah Heath
• Layla Simmie