{"id":17133,"date":"2021-04-11T14:39:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T04:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=17133"},"modified":"2021-04-11T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T04:41:45","slug":"australias-top-12-u-and-14-u-claycourt-champions-crowned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2021\/04\/11\/australias-top-12-u-and-14-u-claycourt-champions-crowned","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s top 12\/u and 14\/u Claycourt Champions crowned \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The past week has seen Australia\u2019s most promising 12\/u <\/strong>and 14\/u<\/strong> juniors battling it out in Canberra<\/strong> for the 2021 Australian Junior Claycourt Championships presented by Kia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The singles finals for the 12\/u and 14\/u boys and girls were played today at Canberra Tennis Centre<\/strong>, whilst the doubles champions we\u2019re decided yesterday.<\/p>\n

In the singles championship Cruz Hewitt<\/strong> (VIC) and Tahlia Kokkinis<\/strong> (QLD) claimed the 12\/u titles, whilst Charlie Camus<\/strong> (ACT) and Lily Taylor<\/strong> (QLD) claimed the 14\/u championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone has had a fantastic time here in Canberra this week, the capital has turned on great weather and all the players, parents and coaches have enjoyed being together once again at a national championships for the first time in 15 months.\u201d Tournament Director Francis Soyer<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers competed in five highly competitive singles matches, as well as doubles and mixed doubles matches this week, giving them a great benchmark on how they compare with the best players in their age group from across Australia.\u201d Soyer continued.<\/p>\n

Tennis ACT Kim Kachel<\/strong> said it was a privilege to host the championships \u201cIt was brilliant to host the latest edition of the Australian Claycourt Championships after a very challenging 12 months for everyone.\u00a0\u00a0 The European clay courts were in exceptional condition and the ACT and region players did extremely well in their backyard\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kachel continued \u201cCongratulations to all athletes that competed and the very worthy winners will now be added to the trophies and join some illustrious names.\u00a0 The event also provided a brilliant boost to the local economy and businesses having so many people enjoying all that Canberra has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local player ACT Charlie Camus claimed another title, \u201cIt was great to win the 14\/u boys title, having previously won the 12\/u championships. It\u2019s been great to have the championships in Canberra, with a home ground advantage. The courts have been looked after so well, and are in perfect condition\u201d.<\/p>\n

2021 Australian Junior Claycourt Championships presented by Kia results<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Singles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls 14-and-under Singles final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lily Taylor (QLD) def. Alana Subasic (NSW) 2-6 6-4 6-3<\/p>\n

Boys 14-and-under Singles final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlie Camus (ACT) def. Hayden Jones (QLD) 4-6 6-1 6-3<\/p>\n

Girls 12-and-under Singles final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tahlia Kokkinis (QLD) def. Koharu Nishikawa (VIC) 6-3 6-1<\/p>\n

Boys 12-and-under Singles final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cruz Hewitt (VIC) def. Elijah Dikkenberg (NSW) 6-1 6-2<\/p>\n

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Doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls 14-and-under Doubles final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yelena Mana Kelleher (WA) \/ Lily Taylor (QLD) def. Audrey Aulia (NSW) \/ Ashley Katz (NSW) 3-6 6-3 10-4<\/p>\n

Boys 14-and-under Doubles final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hayden Jones (QLD) \/ Hugh Winter (SA) def. Jonas Hahn (SA) \/ Michael Smith (SA) 6-1 6-2<\/p>\n

Girls 12-and-under Doubles final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ava Beck (VIC) \/ Koharu Nishikawa (VIC) def. Emerson Jones (QLD) \/ Tahlia Kokkinis (QLD) 1-6 7(7)-6(3) 10-4<\/p>\n

Boys 12-and-under Doubles final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Asher Brownrigg (QLD) \/ Cruz Hewitt (VIC) def. Cody Atkinson (QLD) \/Elijah Dikkenberg (NSW) 6-2 2-6 10-5<\/p>\n

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Tournament draws and results can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The past week has seen Australia\u2019s most promising 12\/u and 14\/u juniors battling it out in Canberra for the 2021 Australian Junior Claycourt Championships presented by Kia. The singles finals for the 12\/u and 14\/u boys and girls were played today at Canberra Tennis Centre, whilst the doubles champions we\u2019re decided yesterday. In the singles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6150,"featured_media":17135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}