Australian Claycourt Championships kick-start junior tennis calendar | 9 April, 2025 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Australia’s prime junior tennis gamers will participate within the 2025 12/u and 14/u Australian Claycourt Championships in Lyneham, Canberra this week, with motion on courtroom from Saturday 12 to Thursday 17 April.

A complete of 128 junior gamers will take to the courts on the Canberra Tennis Centre, competing for the 12-and-under and 14-and-under nationwide titles.

Zayd Joosab (Qld) will take his place as the highest seed within the 12-and-under boys, whereas Emma Esenova (NSW) will lead the 12-and-under women.

Main the 14-and-under women is prime seed Ceressa Jackson (Qld), with Arkin Amin-Patel (Qld) to guide the 14-and-under boys.

Match Director Mark Pead says the event is likely one of the highlights of the yr for junior growth.

“This occasion is a improbable alternative for younger gamers to check themselves in opposition to one of the best within the nation,” Pead mentioned.

“Clay is such an necessary floor for our gamers to study on, and because the worldwide clay courtroom season begins, the Claycourt Championships stay integral to junior participant growth.

“It’s a precedence that our juniors have entry to all the foremost taking part in surfaces to present them one of the best shot at competing internationally with the world’s finest,” Pead continued.

Tennis ACT CEO Mark La Brooy mentioned it’s all the time a particular time of yr when the nation’s finest younger gamers arrive in Canberra.

“We’re thrilled to welcome one of the best junior expertise from across the nation again to Canberra,” La Brooy mentioned.

“That is all the time an thrilling week on the calendar with nice power across the grounds, with many of those junior athletes chasing their first nationwide title.

“Previous champions of this occasion – who all began their tennis journey at junior nationals – embrace Nick Kyrgios, Ash Barty and Marc Polmans. It’s great to have the ability to host the long run stars of the game within the nation’s capital.

“With free entry all week, we’d like to see the area people come down and assist the subsequent era of Aussie tennis.”

Three Nationwide Junior Championships are performed annually on every of the Grand Slam surfaces – clay, grass and arduous courtroom – as a part of Tennis Australia’s participant growth pathway. A junior groups’ championships will even be hosted on the Gold Coast later this yr.

2025 12/u and 14/u Australian Claycourt Championships – occasion particulars