Three consecutive weekends of tennis have kick started the ANZ Junior Development Series (JDS) for 2019. With over 100 juniors participating in each event, the introductory level tournaments offered round robin singles and doubles across a number of age groups.
The South Canberra Junior Open was held on 16-17 February, the Melba Junior Open on 23-24 February and the North Woden Junior Open on 2-3 March.
Tennis ACT Participation Manager, Lenka Greenhalgh is pleased to see so many juniors participating across the capital.
“The ANZ JDS provides the perfect introduction to tournament play for our juniors.
“It has been great to see such strong numbers across the first three events of the year, and we hope to see the numbers continue to grow throughout 2019.
“Thank to you the tournament directors of each event who have done an outstanding job, and to the club volunteers and officials who have helped deliver the events”.
The next event will be the Tennis World Canberra Junior Open from 27-28 April with the full calendar available here.
Congratulations to the following winners in their respective events.
Event | South Canberra Junior Open Winner | Melba Junior Open Winner | North Woden Junior Open Winner |
9/u Orange Ball Singles | Tyler Rule | Novak Zeljkovic | |
9/u Orange Ball Doubles | Jack Aytona & Tyler Rule | Novak Zeljkovic & Mateja Sekara | |
11/u Girls Singles | Ida Honkanen | Mackenzie Dugdale | Amy Maka |
11/u Boys Singles | Adam Aly | Adam Aly | Ewan Duff |
11/u Boys Doubles | Ewan Duff & Zac Harri | Ewan Duff & Zac Harri | Luke Burgess & Tommy Kearney Camus |
13/u Girls Singles | Chloe Barden | Meaghann Scott | Elise Suwara Dayton |
13/u Girls Doubles | Sophie McDonald & Annabelle Snow | Ashlee Antonakos Meaghann Scott |
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13/Boys Singles | Kiran Ukhronovich Myutel-Mansur | Leo Levi-Malouf | Kiran Ukhronovich Myutel-Mansur |
13/u Boys Doubles | Eamon Lopez & Elian Lopez | Jack Dugdale Zae Dwyer |
Leo Levi-Malouf & Kiran Ukhronovich Myutel-Mansur |
15/u Girls Singles | Gracie Gibson | Chevonne Van Rensburg | |
15/u Girls Doubles | Jessica Das & Annabelle Snow | ||
15/u Boys Singles | Ryan Duan | Hamish Roberts | Elian Gabriel Alfaro-Lopez |
Open Girls Singles | Chevonne Van Rensburg | Emily Michell | Krista Wynn |
Open Boys Singles | Manish Rasalinkam | Gavin James Preston | |
Open Boys Doubles | Jack Raynor Lockley Angus Stewart Lockley |
Photo credit – Rising Star Tennis Academy