Banana Bowl (tennis)

The Banana Bowl is a world junior tennis tournament that takes place annually in February or March on a clay court in Brazil . Originally held in São Paulo, the tournament organized by the ITF has often changed location within the country over the years. The last edition in 2020 was held in Criciúma . Together with the Trofeo Bonfiglio , the Osaka Mayor's Cup , the Yucatán Cup and the Orange Bowl, the tournament is part of the internationally most important series of Grade A tournaments and, together with the junior competitions of the four Grand Slam tournaments, is one of the most important in the world Tennis tournaments for juniors. Between 2007 and 2019, the Banana Bowl was downgraded to the Grade 1 category below, but was returned to the top category for the fiftieth edition of the tournament in 2020.

history

The tournament was founded in 1968 at a tennis congress in Caracas to develop the sport in South America. The name Banana Bowl is an intentional symbolic appropriation of the title of the most prestigious US junior tennis tournament, the Orange Bowl, as well as its transfer to a fruit that represents the continent. As a result, the tournament was held in various places in Brazil, including Ribeirão Preto , São José do Rio Preto , São José dos Campos , Blumenau and Rio de Janeiro . Initially dominated by South America, since the late 1980s, players from North America and Europe have been playing more and more. After being devalued in the meantime, the Banana Bowl has again been one of the Grade A category tournaments since 2020, where the international top young tennis players come together.

Winners list

The list of winners includes the names of some later Grand Slam winners in singles or doubles, such as John McEnroe , Thomas Muster , Andy Roddick , Swetlana Kuznetsova and Barbora Strýcová .

The following players have been successful in the under-18 category since 1969:

singles

year	Men's	Ladies
1969	Roberto Graetz	Marlene Flues
1970	Joaquim Rasgado	Beatrice Chrystman
1971	Roger Guedes	Andrea Menezes
1972	Víctor Pecci	Elza Rodriguez
1973	Flávio Arenzon	Patrícia Medrado
1974	Eddie Pinto	Adriana Villagrán
1975	Fernando Fontana	Emilse Raponi
1976	José Luis Clerc	Viviane Locicero
1977	John McEnroe	Claudia Casablanca
1978	Alejandro Ganzabal	Claudia Casablanca
1979	Raul Viver	Cláudia Monteiro
1980	Roberto Argüello	Graciela Pérez
1981	Eduardo Oncins	Helena Suková
1982	Martin Jaite	Helena Olsson
1983	Bill Stanley	Silvana Campos
1984	Thomas Muster	Silvana Campos
1985	Franco Davín	Patricia Tarabini
1986	Gilbert Schaller	Gisele Miró
1987	Alejandro Aramburu	Maren Kemper
1988	Patricio Arnold	Andrea Vieira
1989	Fernando Meligeni	Florencia Labat
1990	David Witt	Petra Kučová
1991	Johannes Unterberger	Roberta Burzagli
1992	Erik Casas	Larissa Schaerer
↓ Banana Bowl - Category: Grade 2 ↓
1994	Federico Browne	Miles Tu
↓ Category: Grade 1 ↓
1995	Mariano Zabaleta	Lilia Osterloh
1996	Petr Kralert	Lilia Osterloh
1997	Luis Horna	Sarah Taylor
↓ Category: Grade A ↓
1998	Fernando González	Erica Krauth
1999	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Anikó Kapros
2000	Andy Roddick	Maria Emilia Salerni
2001	Gilles Muller	Svetlana Kuznetsova
2002	Marcos Baghdatis	Myriam Casanova
2003	David Brewer	Alissa Kleibanova
2004	Eduardo Schwank	Alissa Kleibanova
2005	Leonardo Mayer	Sharon Fichman
2006	Albert Ramos	Alizé Cornet
↓ Category: Grade 1 ↓
2007	Ricardo Urzúa	Tamaryn Hendler
2008	Juan Vásquez Valenzuela	Ana Bogdan
2009	Yannik Reuter	Camila Silva
2010	Juan Sebastián Gómez	Beatrice Capra
2011	Mathias Bourgue	Yuliana Lizarazo
2012	Spencer papa	Anna Danilina
2013	Johan Tatlot	Louisa Chirico
2014	Orlando Luz	Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov
2015	Orlando Luz	Usue Maitane Arconada
2016	Ulises Blanch	Panna Udvardy
2017	Marko Miladinović	Whitney Osuigwe
2018	Sebastián Báez	María Camila Osorio Serrano
2019	Nicolás Álvarez Varona	Diane Parry
↓ Category: Grade A ↓
2020	Li Hanwen	Elvina Kalleva

Double

year	Men's	Ladies
1969	Ricardo Cano Roberto Graetz
1970	Fabio Pontes Marcelo Meyer	Nadja Sá Regina Ferreira
1971	Francisco Duenas Givaldo Barbosa	Nadja Sá Andrea Menezes
1972	Flávio Avenzon Víctor Pecci	Adriana Villagrán Susana Villaverde
1973	Carlos Gatticker Carlos Lando	Cristiane Brito Marília Matte
1974	Luis Carlos Enck Eddie Pinto	Cristiane Brito Patricia Medrado
1975	José Luis Clerc Fernando Fontana	Cecilia Barbat Cecilia Barbat
1976	Larry Gottfried Jam Vinitsky	Marcela Gregorio Viviane Locicero
1977	John McEnroe Robert Van't Hof	Sandra Sabbagh Paola Sessarego
1978	Cássio Motta Hugo Scott	Claudia Casablanca Ivana Madruga
1979	Klaus Oberparleiter Bernard Pills	Cláudia Monteiro Helena Wappler
1980	Renato Joaquim Paschoal Penetta	Nuria Alasia Marlin Noriega
1981	Dácio Campos Renato Joaquim	Maria Cash Helena Suková
1982
1983		Silvana Campos Niege Dias
1984		Silvana Campos Niege Dias
1985
1986
1987	Alejandro Aramburu Marcus Babosa	Alessandra Kaul Patricia Miller
1988	Tomáš Zdražila David Rikl	Patricia Miller Macarena Miranda
1989
1990
1991
1992
↓ Banana Bowl - Category: Grade 2 ↓
1994	Daniel Melo Ricardo Omana	Cristina Moros Stephanie Nickitas
↓ Category: Grade 1 ↓
1995	Mariano Zabaleta Ricardo Schlachter	Michaela Paštiková Jitka Schönfeldová
1996	Simon Larose Mariano Puerta	Lilia Osterloh Samantha Reeves
1997	Fernando González Nicolás Massú	Bruna Colósio Cristina Correia
↓ Category: Grade A ↓
1998	Tomáš Cakl Jiří Vrbka	Clarisa Fernández Maria Emilia Salerni
1999	Jose De Armas Daniel Langre	Eugenia Chialvo Erica Krauth
2000	Lee Childs James Nelson	Eugenia Chialvo Maria Emilia Salerni
2001	Alejandro Falla Carlos Salamanca	Petra Cetkovská Barbora Strýcová
2002	Frederico Gil Leonardo Tavares	Myriam Casanova Elke Clijsters
2003	Frederico Gil Chris Kwon	Larissa Carvalho Soledad Esperon
2004	Lukáš Lacko Peter Miklusicak	Alissa Kleibanova Irina Kotkina
2005	Piero Luisi David Navarrette	Bianca-Ioana Bonifate Sharon Fichman
2006	Jamie Hunt Nathaniel Schnugg	Klaudia Boczová Kristína Kučová
↓ Category: Grade 1 ↓
2007	Daniel Evans David Rice	Tatiana Búa Roxane Vaisemberg
2008	Gilad Ben-Zvi Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	Elena Bogdan Nastassja Burnett
2009	Andrea Collarini Agustín Velotti	Nataliya Pintusowa Chantal Skamlová
2010	Duilio Beretta Roberto Quiroz	Denisa Allertová Pernilla Mendesová
2011	Juan Ignacio Londero João Pedro Sorgi	Eugenie Bouchard Irina Chromatschowa
2012	Christian Garín Gianluigi Quinzi	Anna Danilina Zuzanna Maciejewska
2013	Stefan Kozlov Spencer dad	Laura Ucros Constanza Vega
2014	Orlando Luz João Menezes	Luisa Stefani Renata Zarazúa
2015	Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera Juan José Rosas	Francesca Di Lorenzo Luisa Stefani
2016	Ulises Blanch Yosuke Watanuki	Mai Hontama Ayumi Miyamoto
2017	Gianni Ross Danny Thomas	Elysia Bolton Vanessa Ong
2018	Sebastián Báez Clément Tabur	Mariam Dalakishvili Anna Hertel
2019	Eliot Spizzirri Tyler Zink	Natsumi Kawaguchi Shavit Kimchi
↓ Category: Grade A ↓
2020	Bruno Oliveira Natan Rodrigues	Ana Geller Guillermina Grant

Web links

• Official Website (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ História. In: bananabowl.com.br. Retrieved August 10, 2020 (Portuguese).