Greater than 40 promising Australian juniors are presently embarking on a two-month European tennis tour mixing worldwide competitors with private improvement.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 18 July 2025 | Camille Russo
Forty-one of Australia’s most promising junior tennis gamers—23 women and 18 boys—are presently on tour throughout Europe, participating in a transformational expertise that blends worldwide competitors with private improvement.
Spanning greater than eight weeks, the various excursions embrace tournaments within the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, UK and Belgium.
These excursions go nicely past the tennis courtroom—they’re a key a part of Tennis Australia’s Participant Pathway, providing standout athletes the prospect to not solely take a look at themselves towards the world’s greatest, however to assist them construct the mindset and angle wanted to thrive each in sport and in life.
“Our focus isn’t just on successful matches, however serving to our younger athletes develop as individuals,” mentioned Jessica Moore, Tennis Australia Nationwide Lead – Excursions, Camps and Wellbeing.
“They’re studying methods to handle themselves whereas away from dwelling, methods to keep disciplined with schoolwork, coaching and methods to contribute positively inside a staff.
“These are all classes that may serve them each on and off the courtroom for years to return.”
When they don’t seem to be on courtroom, gamers are participating in wellbeing actions that discover Tennis Australia’s efficiency objectives – Effort over Consequence, Humility and Respect, Self-Regulation and Perspective, Honesty and Possession and Act with Braveness.
Time can be allotted for athlete opinions and schoolwork, with employees available to help managing educational necessities.
“We continuously remind the youngsters that when touring, we spend extra day without work courtroom than we do on it,” Tennis Australia Nationwide Wellbeing Supervisor Ben Robertson mentioned. “But how we utilise this time away from the courtroom has a major impression on the following on-court alternative.
“Studying to handle this time – mentally, emotionally, bodily – is a vital ability for the long run.
“It’s unbelievable to observe the gamers development as they turn out to be more and more unbiased; from managing their diet and hydration, to doing their laundry, minimising display time, connecting with teammates and employees, or greeting others and making an attempt to converse within the language of the nation—it’s the greatest a part of the excursions.”
The tour is widespread throughout Europe with occasions together with the J200 match in Castricum, Netherlands, Junior Roland Garros in Paris, and the J300 occasion in Roehampton, UK main into the Wimbledon Junior Championships.
Different notable tournaments embrace:
- Amjoy Cup – Netherlands
- Cat 1 12U Furstenfeld – Austria
- Cat 1 14U Open Du Stade Francais – France
- Cat 1 12U Kufstein – Austria
- Koblenz Junior Open – Germany
- 14-and-under Wimbledon Championships – UK
- Kitz Rising Invitational occasion – Austria
- Tremendous Class 14U Meisterscudften Dueren – Germany
The complete record of Australian junior athletes on tour is as follows:
17-and-under
Jake Dembo (WA)
Jizelle Sibai (NSW)
Koharu Nishikawa (Vic)
Renee Alame (NSW)
14-and-under
Aidan Chan (WA)
Ayush Salunkhe (Vic)
Ceressa Jackson (Qld)
Christian Joseph (Qld)
Eleni Makantasis (Vic)
Elisha Wee (SA)
Hannah Park (SA)
Isabel Cairns (Vic)
Maddison Stares (NSW)
Musemma Cilek (Vic)
Novak Palombo (Vic)
Piyushi Bandara (ACT)
Ryan Bolger (Qld)
Sebastian Lavorato (NSW)
Tommy Camus (ACT)
13-and-under
Ana Maric (Vic)
Ayumi Ito (NSW)
Christopher Manton (Vic)
Eadie Biggs (Qld)
Joyce Solar (NSW)
Lara Wu (SA)
Samantha Solar (Qld)
Seungyeon Search engine optimization (Qld)
Thaadhie Karunanayake (Vic)
Zayd Joosab (Qld)
12-and-under
Amelia Hilton (WA)
Caleb Gwinnell-Sheather (NSW)
Darcy Basist (VIC)
Ethan Wang (NSW)
Grace Janjua (Vic)
Jobe Dikkenberg (Qld)
Jocelyn Jia (Vic)
Ken Dalla Pozza (NSW)
Lennox Kelly (Qld)
Sadie Gillard (SA)
Sofia Haddock (SA)
Thoma Bogatyrev (Qld)
