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2024 French Open – Girls' Singles
Tereza Valentová won the girls' singles title at the 2024 French Open, defeating compatriot Laura Samson in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–0). This was the first all-Czech junior final in Grand Slam history. Valentová was also the third Czech player in four years to win the girls' singles, after Linda Nosková in 2021 and Lucie Havlíčková in 2022. Alina Korneeva was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year. Gloriana Nahum became the first female player from Benin to win a match in a Grand Slam. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier References External links DrawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2024 French Open - Girls' Singles Girls' Singles 2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tereza Valentová
Tereza Valentová (born 20 February 2007) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 182 in singles and No. 241 in doubles. She has a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 4, achieved on 10 June 2024, and won both the 2024 French Open girls' singles and girls' doubles titles. Early life and background Valentová was born to Marcel Valenta and Jitka Janáčková. Her mother is a former sprint canoeist who represented Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, respectively. She began playing tennis at the age of three after watching her father play. She currently trains at TK Sparta Prague. Junior career Valentová reached the final of the 2023 US Open in girls' singles, but lost to Katherine Hui. She won the 2024 French Open girls' singles title, defeating compatriot Laura Samson in the final. She also won the 2024 French Open girls' doubles title, partnering Renáta Jamrichová. Grand Slam p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iva Jovic
Iva Jovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Ива Јовић, separator=" / ", Iva Jović; born 6 December 2007) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 2, achieved on 9 September 2024. She won two junior major titles in girls' doubles, at the 2024 Australian Open and the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. On 16 June 2025, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 89 by the WTA. Early life Iva Jovic was born to father Bojan and mother Jelena, both Serbian immigrants frorm Leskovac and Split, respectively. She has an older sister, Mia. She is from Torrance, California, and resides in Los Angeles. Jovic began playing tennis at the age of five. Career Junior years Jovic won the U14 singles event at the Orange Bowl in December 2021. She was runner-up at the inaugural International Junior Championships held at the site of the Indian Wells Open in March 2023, being defeated by Clervie Ngounoue in the final. Alongside compatriot Tyra Caterina Grant she won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Fakih
Kate Fakih (born 30 October 2006) is an American/Kazakh tennis player. Early life From Pasadena, California, Fakih has committed to attending UCLA. Career She made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2023 US Open. She received a wildcard into the women's doubles main draw with Olivia Center after winning the girls' doubles at the USTA Junior National Tennis Championship In the first round they were defeated by Taylor Townsend and Leylah Fernandez Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA on 8 August 2022. Her best doubles ranking is world No. 17, achieved on 23 Octo ... in straight sets. References External links * American female tennis players Living people 2006 births Place of birth missing (living people) People from Pasadena, California Tennis players from Los Angeles 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-tennis-bio-stub Leb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malak El Allami
Malak El Allami (born 28 July 2006) is a Moroccan tennis player. El Allami has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 976, achieved on 12 August 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 709, achieved on 9 December 2024. El Allami made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2023 Morocco Open, where she received entry into the wildcard, but lost in the first round to Kamilla Rakhimova. She is the first Moroccan female tennis player to win a match at Wimbledon in juniors. In 2024, she and her partner and compatriot Aya El Aouni became champions in doubles at the ITF W35 tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco. Playing with Emily Sartz-Lunde of Norway, she played in the girls' doubles of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships where they were defeated by British pair Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu in the second round. At the 2024 US Open she reached the final of the girls' doubles alongside her Norwegian partner Emily Sartz-Lunde, notching a win over British pair Mika St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Zhenikhova
Sonja Zhenikhova (born 21 May 2008) is a German tennis player. She has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 26, achieved on 9 June 2025. She and Eva Bennemann won the girls' doubles title at the 2025 French Open. Early life Zhenikhova was born in Berlin. She plays for TK Blau-Gold Steglitz in Berlin. Junior career In June 2023, Zhenikhova won the J300 ITF German Juniors in Bamberg as a wildcard, defeating Eliška Forejtková in the final. That August, she and Barbara Straszewska reached the doubles final of the J100 Grand Prix W.Fibak in Poznań, but lost to Brooke Black and Martyna Mackiewicz in the final. In October, she and compatriot Julia Stusek reached the doubles quarterfinals of the U16 European Junior Championships in Parma. In April 2025, she reached the final of the J500 International HTV Junior Open in Offenbach, but lost to compatriot Julia Stusek. At the French Open, she and compatriot Eva Bennemann won the girls' doubles title, upsetting the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Sartz-Lunde
Emily Sartz-Lunde (born 12 January 2006) is a Norwegian tennis player. She won the girls' doubles title at the 2024 US Open. Career A member of Holmenkollen Tennisklubb, she represented Norway in the 2024 Billie Jean Cup. She played in the girls' doubles at the 2024 French Open with Kate Fakih where they lost in the second round to Mingge Xu and Hannah Klugman. Playing with Malak El Allami of Morocco, she played in the girls' doubles of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships where they were defeated by British pair Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu in the second round. At the 2024 US Open she reached the final of the girls' doubles alongside her Moroccan partner Malak El Allami, notching a win over British pair Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu. In the final, they defeated Julie Paštiková Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Pohánková
Mia Pohánková (born 21 October 2008) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She won the girls' singles title at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. Biography Mia Pohánková was born on 21 October 2008 in Levice. She started playing tennis at the age of four. Tennis career She has a career high WTA singles ranking of No. 505, achieved on 9 December 2024, and a career high WTA doubles ranking of No. 951, achieved on 6 November 2023. Pohánková won her first bigger ITF title in October 2024 at a W75 tournament in Slovak Open. She defeated compatriot Renáta Jamrichová Renáta Jamrichová (born 20 June 2007) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 304, achieved on 31 March 2025, and a career high WTA doubles ranking of No. 1108, set on 27 February 2023. She ha ... in the final. Unseeded, she won the girls' singles title at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, defeating sixth seed Julieta Pareja in the final. ITF Circuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika Stojsavljevic
Mika Stojsavljevic (; born 15 December 2008) is a British tennis player. She won the girls' singles title at the 2024 US Open. Early life Stojsavljevic was born to a Serbian father from Velika Popina in Croatia and a Polish mother from Warsaw. She was raised in Ealing, where she attended St Benedict's School. She later moved to train at the LTA national academy in Loughborough, and currently attends Loughborough Amherst School. Growing up, she idolised Maria Sharapova. Career Junior career 2023: Wimbledon singles quarterfinal In April 2023, she reached the final of the LTA national junior championships where she lost to Hannah Klugman. Competing as a 14 year-old at the Girls' singles of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, Stojsavljevic secured a big win over the fourth seed and French Open junior finalist Lucciana Pérez Alarcón, and Australian 14th seed Emerson Jones, reaching the quarter-finals. Juniors major success: US Open singles title, Wimbledon doubles final In Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittoria Paganetti
Vittoria Paganetti (born 17 June 2006) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 638 in singles, achieved on 5 May 2025, and No. 580 in doubles, achieved on 9 June 2025. Early life Paganetti was born and raised in Bari. She began playing tennis at the age of five. She trains at the Circolo Tennis Bari under coach Raffaele Gorgoglione. Junior career In January 2024, Paganetti made her Junior Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open, where she reached the second round in singles. Later that year, she and partner Emerson Jones reached back-to-back Junior Grand Slam doubles semifinals at the French Open and Wimbledon. Professional career In September 2022, Paganetti made her WTA 125 debut with a wildcard into the Open delle Puglie, but lost in the first round to Laura Pigossi. She also received a wildcard into the 2023 tournament, but lost in the first round to Carole Monnet. In November 2023, she and partner Gaia Maduzzi were runners-up W25 Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Stusek
Julia Stusek (born 30 June 2008) is a German tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 749, achieved in October 2023. She is the daughter of former professional tennis player Petra Holubová and her father Tomas runs a tennis school. Due to her Czech parents, she speaks fluent Czech. Career Stusek is occasionally coached by Melanie Molitor, the mother of former World No. 1 Martina Hingis. She made her WTA Tour main draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2024 Bad Homburg Open, where she lost in the first round to Peyton Stearns Peyton Mckenzie Stearns (born October 8, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 28 in singles, achieved on 19 May 2025, and No. 62 in doubles, achieved on 5 May 2025. She has won one WTA .... Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stusek, Julia 2008 births Living people German female tennis players Tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Marie Nijkamp
Rose Marie Nijkamp (born 3 February 2006) is a Dutch tennis player. She has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 31, achieved on 10 June 2024. Nijkamp won the girls' doubles title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships title with her Kenyan partner, Angella Okutoyi Angella Okutoyi (born 29 January 2004) is a Kenyan professional tennis player. She became the first Kenyan to win a Grand Slam title at the girls’ juniors Wimbledon event, partnering Rose Marie Nijkamp. At the 2022 Australian Open, Okutoyi b .... ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 1 (title) References External links * * * * * * 2006 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Sportspeople from Apeldoorn Tennis players from Gelderland 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Penickova
Kristina Penickova (born September 11, 2009) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 3, achieved on January 27, 2025. She and her identical twin sister, Annika Penickova, won the girls' doubles title at the 2025 Australian Open. Early life Penickova was born in Campbell, California, to Tomáš Pěnička and Olga Hostáková. Her parents are both former tennis players from the Czech Republic; her father was ranked as high as No. 884 by the ATP. Her uncle is former Czech ice hockey player Martin Hosták. Her grandparents live in Hradec Králové. Her identical twin sister, Annika, also plays tennis. Both sisters are coached by their father. They began their careers at Bay Club Courtside in Los Gatos, California, and currently live and train at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida. Junior career In October 2022, Penickova made her ITF Juniors debut at the J60 event in Arequipa, where she reached the final. In February 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |