Dunlop Orange Bowl

For other uses, see Orange Bowl (disambiguation).

The Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, known since 2008 as the Dunlop Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships with Dunlop as the title sponsor, is a prestigious junior tennis tournament, one of only five that are rated by the ITF as 'Grade A'. Established in 1947 in Miami Beach,^[1] the tournament has for years featured both boys and girls singles and doubles draws at both '18 and under' (under-19) and '16 and under' (under-17) age categories. Since 1999, the tournament has been held each December at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida.^{[citation needed]}

History

The Orange Bowl Tennis Championship began at Flamingo Tennis Center, Miami Beach. This facility, still in use today, hosted the tournament until 1998, when it was moved to its current site at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida. The Orange Bowl was started by Eddie Herr, who wanted to bring some winter competition to South Beach for his tennis playing daughter, Suzanne.^[1] The tournament soon grew in prestige and importance, being considered the initiation rite of future world tennis champions^{[citation needed]}. Decades of tournament winners are posted on a brass plaque at the entrance to Flamingo Tennis Center.

Players who have competeted at the Orange Bowl reads as a virtual who's who of modern tennis, including Andre Agassi, Arthur Ashe, Boris Becker, Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier, Stefan Edberg, Chris Evert, Roger Federer, Steffi Graf, Justine Henin, Ivan Lendl, Hana Mandlíková, Andy Roddick, Gabriela Sabatini, Monica Seles, Guillermo Vilas, and Mats Wilander. Until this day however, Miami's Mary Joe Fernandez is the only player, male or female, to win in every age division of the Orange Bowl and Junior Orange Bowl tournaments: 12s, 14s, 16s, and 18s. However, Miami's Lynn Epstein, won the 12s, 14s and skipped the 16s to play up winning the 18s two years in a row. Epstein is the only player, to this day, to have achieved this feat, actually besting Fernandez' record.

In 1983, during the tournament's heyday, a professional stadium was built in Flamingo Park. The Abel Holtz stadium seated 9,000 fans. During the 1990s however, Flamingo Park Tennis Center fell victim to poor maintenance.^{[citation needed]} The standards of the Orange Bowl could not be maintained so in 1999 the tournament was moved to the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, home of today's professional tour event, the Sony Ericsson Open.

Recently, there has been a tennis revival in Miami Beach. A $5.5M master plan to renovate the Flamingo tennis facility has begun.^{[citation needed]} The project includes a new 5,000 sq ft (460 m²) tennis building and 17 clay hydro-courts. A large bronze plaque containing the names of all the great tennis champions who began their career playing in the tournament in Flamingo park will be restored, along with a plaque honoring local players who went on to tennis fame, such as Jerry Moss,^{[citation needed]} the junior tournament's inaugural singles and doubles '13 and under' champion, and 1951 '15 and under' singles champion. (Since 1962 a '14 and under' and '12 and under' junior Orange Bowl tournament has been held instead, and at a separate site - see Junior Orange Bowl (tennis).)

The USTA hopes to bring the Orange Bowl back to the clay courts of Miami Beach to retore the tournament's prestige and popularity.^{[citation needed]}

Dunlop has been the tournament's title sponsor since 2008.^[2][3] In 2011 the tournament will move out of Miami to Plantation, Florida and will change surfaces from Hard Courts to Clay, the first time since 1998 at the tournament will be on clay, and held at the Frank Veltri Tennis Center ^[4]

Tournament features

Players must be at least 13 years old to compete.^[5]

Past champions^[6]

18 and under

Singles champions

Boys

1947, Lew McMasters; 1948, Tommy Boys; 1949, Gil Bogley; 1950, Jacque R. Grigry; 1951, Sam Giammalva; 1952, Eddie Rubinoff; 1953, Mike Green; 1954, Allen Quay; 1955, Mike Green; 1956, Carlos Fernandes; 1957, Chris Crawford; 1958, Ronnie Barnes; 1959, Jose Luis Arilla; 1960, William Lenoir; 1961, Mike Belkin; 1962, Tony Roche; 1963, Thomas Koch; 1964, Marcello Lara; 1965, Ismael El-Shafel; 1966, Manuel Orantes; 1967, Mike Estep; 1968, Richard Stockton; 1969, Harold Solomon; 1970, Harold Solomon; 1971, Corrado Barazzutti; 1972, Björn Borg; 1973, Billy Martin; 1974, Billy Martin; 1975, Fernando Luna; 1976, John McEnroe; 1977, Ivan Lendl; 1978, Gabriel Urpi; 1979, Raul Viver; 1980, Joachim Nystroem; 1981, Roberto Arguello; 1982, Guy Forget; 1983, Kent Carlsson; 1984, Ricky Brown; 1985, Claudio Pistolesi; 1986, Javier Sánchez; 1987, Jim Courier; 1988, Marc Rosset; 1989, Fernando Meligeni; 1990, Andrei Medvedev; 1991, Marcelo Charpentier; 1992, Vincent Spadea; 1993, Alberto Costa; 1994, Nicolás Lapentti; 1995, Mariano Zabaleta; 1996, Alberto Martín; 1997, Nicolás Massú; 1998, Roger Federer; 1999, Andy Roddick; 2000, Todor Enev; 2001, Robin Söderling; 2002, Brian Baker; 2003, Marcos Baghdatis; 2004, Timothy Neilly; 2005, Robin Roshardt; 2006, Petru Alexandru Luncanu; 2007, Ričardas Berankis; 2008, Yuki Bhambri; 2009, Gianni Mina; 2010 George Morgan

Girls

1947, Joan Johnson; 1948, Melita Ramirez; 1949, Elaine Lewicki; 1950, Toby Greenberg; 1951, Karol Fageros; 1952, Karol Fageros; 1953, Pat Shaffer; 1954, Marika Stock; 1955, Mimi Arnold; 1956, Mary Ann Mitchell; 1957, Maria Esther Bueno; 1958, Carol Hanks; 1959, Sandy Warshaw; 1960, Carole Ann Prosen; 1961, Judy Alvarez; 1962, Stephanie DeFina; 1963, Peaches Barkowitz; 1964, Peaches Barkowitz; 1965, Peaches Barkowitz; 1966, Peaches Barkowitz; 1967, Patti Hogan; 1968, Patricia Montana; 1969, Chris Evert; 1970, Chris Evert; 1971, Donna Ganz; 1972, Donna Ganz; 1973, Mima Jaušovec; 1974, Lynn Epstein; 1975, Lynn Epstein; 1976, Marise Kruger; 1977, Anne Smith; 1978, Andrea Jaeger; 1979, Kathleen Horvath; 1980, Susan Mascarin; 1981, Penny Barg; 1982, Carling Bassett; 1983, Debbie Spence; 1984, Gabriela Sabatini; 1985, Mary Joe Fernandez; 1986, Patricia Tarabini; 1987, Natalia Zvereva; 1988, Carrie Cunningham; 1989, Luanne Spadea; 1990, Pili Perez; 1991, Elena Likhovtseva; 1992, Barbara Mules; 1993, Angelies Montolio; 1994, Mariann Ramon; 1995, Anna Kournikova; 1996, Ana Alcazar; 1997, Tina Pisnik; 1998, Elena Dementieva; 1999, Maria Martinez; 2000, Vera Zvonareva; 2001, Vera Zvonareva; 2002, Vera Douchevina; 2003, Nicole Vaidišová; 2004, Jessica Kirkland; 2005, Caroline Wozniacki; 2006, Nikola Hofmanova; 2007, Michelle Larcher de Brito; 2008, Julia Boserup; 2009, Gabriela Dabrowski; 2010, Lauren Davis

Doubles champions

Boys

Girls

16 and under (until 1962, 15 and under)

Singles champions

Boys

1947, Dick Holroyd; 1948, Bobby Sierra; 1949, Rey Garrido; 1950, Al Harum; 1951, Jerry Moss; 1952, Esteban Reyes; 1953, Jimmy Skogstad; 1954, Earl Buchholtz, Jr.; 1955, Earl Buchholtz, Jr.; 1956, Ray Senkowski; 1957, Mike Neely; 1958, Clark Graebner; 1959, Charles M. Pasarell; 1960, Mike Belkin; 1961, Shyam Minotra; 1962, Bill Harris; 1963, Charles Brainard; 1964, Zan Guerry; 1965, Mac Claflin; 1966, Charles Owens; 1967, Woody Blocher; 1968, Guillermo Vilas; 1969, John Whitlinger; 1970, Billy Martin; 1971, Björn Borg; 1972, Hans Gildemeister; 1973, Christophe Casa; 1974, Van Winitsky; 1975, Bob Berger; 1976, Ivan Lendl; 1977, Scott Davis; 1978, Thierry Tulasne; 1979, Mats Wilander; 1980, Michael Kures; 1981, Carlos Chalbalgoity; 1982, Stefan Edberg; 1983, Bruno Orešar; 1984, Horst Skoff; 1985, Arnaud Boetsch; 1986, Jim Courier; 1987, Paul Dogger; 1988, Fabrice Santoro; 1989, Juan Garat; 1990, Àlex Corretja; 1991, Gonzalo Corrales; 1992, Rene Nicklisch; 1993, Mariano Zabaleta; 1994, Markus Hipfl; 1995, Dario Sciortino; 1996, Julien Jeanpierre; 1997, Guillermo Coria; 1998, Tommy Robredo; 1999, Giovanni Lapentti; 2000, Brian Dabul; 2001, Florin Mergea; 2002, Jose Luis Muguruza; 2003, Donald Young; 2004, Emiliano Massa; 2005, Gueorgui Roumenov; 2006, Grigor Dimitrov; 2007, Bernard Tomic; 2008, Denis Kudla; 2009, Alexios Halebian; 2010, Laurent Lokoli

Girls

1947, Joan Woodberry; 1948, Toby Greenberg; 1949, Suzanne Herr; 1950, Meta Schroedel; 1951, Leigh Hay; 1952, Rose Marie Reyes; 1953, Pat White; 1954, Sandra Lewis; 1955, Gwyneth Thomas; 1956, Gail DeLozier; 1957, Frances Farrar; 1958, Carol Ann Prosen; 1959, Julie Heldman; 1960, Stephanie DeFina; 1961, Stephanie DeFina; 1962, Peaches Barkowitz; 1963, Vicki Holmes; 1964, Carol Hunter; 1965, Carol Hunter; 1966, Linda Tuero; 1967, Karuka Sawamutsa; 1968, Chris Evert; 1969, Laurie Fleming; 1970, Sandy Stap; 1971, Jeanne Evert; 1972, Robin Tenney; 1973, Zenda Leiss; 1974, Zenda Leiss; 1975, Jennifer Balent; 1976, Mary Lou Piatek; 1977, Hana Mandlíková; 1978, Michelle DePalmer; 1979, Pam Casale; 1980, Barbara Bramblett; 1981, Raffaella Reggi; 1982, Claudia Hernandez; 1983, Shawn Foltz; 1984, Mary Joe Fernandez; 1985, Sybile Noix Chateau; 1986, Alexia Dechaume; 1987, Florencia Labat; 1988, Sylvie Sabas; 1989, Svetiana Komleva; 1990, Petra Kamstra; 1991, Andrea Glass; 1992, Emanuela Sangiori; 1993, Stephy Halsell; 1994, Nathalie Dechy; 1995, Ana Alcazar; 1996, Elena Dementieva; 1997, Lourdes Dominguez; 1998, Marta Marrero; 1999, Iona Ciochina Raluca; 2000, Marion Bartoli; 2001, Whitney Deason; 2002, Charlene Vanneste; 2003, Alexa Glatch; 2004, Florencia Molinero; 2005, Oksana Kalashnikova; 2006, Allie Will; 2007, Lilly Kimbell; 2008, Chanelle Van Nguyen; 2009, Breaunna Addison

Doubles champions

Boys

Girls

See also

• Junior Orange Bowl (tennis)
• Flamingo Park Tennis Center, Miami Beach, Florida

References

1. ^ ^{a b} USTA. "Dunlop Orange Bowl History". http://www.usta.com/Youth-Tennis/Junior-Competition/Orange-Bowl/News/Dunlop_Orange_Bowl_History/. Retrieved 15 February 2011. 
2. ^ USTA. "Dunlop Orange Bowl Int'l Tennis Championships, 2008 homepage". http://tennislink.usta.com/tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=69388. Retrieved 15 February 2011. 
3. ^ College and Junior Tennis.com. "2007 ORANGE BOWL INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://www.collegeandjuniortennis.com/OrangeBowl07.htm. Retrieved 15 February 2011. 
4. ^ http://www.florida.usta.com/florida_tennis_briefs8_orange_bowl_move_tampa_youth_sports_expo_pensacola_10-u_play_day_more111/
5. ^ USTA. "Dunlop Orange Bowl Tournament Information". http://assets.usta.com/assets/1/15/2010%20Dunlop%20Orange%20Bowl%20Tournament%20Information.pdf. Retrieved 15 February 2011. 
6. ^ USTA. "Yearbook Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships". http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/23010_2008_USTA_Yearbook__Junior_Orange_Bowl/. Retrieved 15 February 2011. 

External links

• 1930 Master Plan Flamingo Park