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31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 Draws and Results... Hunter Henderson (UK) and Micol Foggia (ITA) are the Champions
31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 Draws and Results
FINALIST Main Draw:
Boys:
Hunter Henderson (GBR) – Roman Alexander Platzer (AUT) 4:1,4:2
Girls:
Micol Foggia (ITA) – Bruna Tičić (CRO) 5:3,4:0
FINALIST Consolation Draw:
Boys:
Mario Fernandez (ESP) – Mateos Macdonald (GBR) 6:0
Girls:
Mina Cinlioglu (TUR) – Ayanah Esther Tchonsinyi (GBR) 6:2
31st Smrikva Bowl 2026... (20th) 22nd till 27th of June 2026… “seeds of the Legends of tomorrow” story… one of the most unique u10 events in the world
Past Smrikva Bowl players and 31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 players are eligible to present their candidacy for the 1st Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Olives Harvest Family Week (SBTTOHFW) 2026 autumn – this special Family Week will be held during the week: 10/10-18/10/2026.
On 21st of September 2026, the Smrikva Bowl Ambassador’s Day, the selection process for the 32nd Smrikva Bowl 2027 generation will be open.
Past Smrikva Bowl players and 32nd Smrikva Bowl 2027 players will be eligible to present their candidacy for the 11th Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2027.
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27/06/26
31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 - Press Release
PULA, CROATIA 22 nd JUNE – 27 th JUNE 2026
- one game one nation-
31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 – tennis tournament for boys and girls under 10 – gathered 93 boys and girls representing 47 Smrikva Bowl countries and six continents. It was another successful annual and Smrikva Bowl with this year edition confirms the presence of its Ambassadors in 113 countries and six continents.
Smrikva Bowl winners:
• Vilim Višak (CRO) – Natali Zuliani (CRO) 1996
• Željko Perić (CRO) – Ivana Lisjak (CRO) 1997
• Filip Kovačić (CRO) – Mateja Horvat (CRO) 1998
• Borko Mudronja (CRO) – Astrid Besser (ITA) 1999
• Adelchi Virgili (ITA) – Tereza Mrdeža (CRO) 2000
• Marin Draganja (CRO) – Petra Martić (CRO) 2001
• Javier Marti (ESP) – Martina Caregaro (ITA) 2002
• Dominic Thiem (AUT) – Jennifer Ren (UK) 2003
• Ivan Levar (CRO) – Saška Gavrilovska (SRB) 2004
• Matteo Donati (ITA) – Saška Gavrilovska (SRB) 2005
• Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA) – Eleonor Dean (UK) 2006
• Sacha Merzetti (ITA) – Virgina Pena (ESP) 2007
• Luka Panic (SUI) – Katarina Jokić (BiH) 2008
• Alvaro Regalado (ESP) – Katie Swan (UK) 2009
• Nicola Kuhn (ESP) – Jovana Vuković (SRB) 2010
• Duje Ajduković (CRO) – Olga Danilović (SRB) 2011
• Goran Životić (SRB) – Himari Sato (JPN) 2012
• Turriziani Alvarez (ESP) – Noa Krznarić (CRO) 2013
• Patrick Brady (UK) – Tea Lukić (SRB) 2014
• Branko Đurić (MNE) – Alena Kasatkina (RUS) 2015
• Kaylan Bigun (USA) – Ela Nala Milič (SVN) 2016
• Roben Gavani (BGR) – Rositsa Dencheva (BGR) 2017
• Vito Darderi (ARG) – Alisa Oktiabreva (RUS) 2018
• Svit Suljič (SVN) – Ksenia Efremova (RUS) 2019
• Daniel Gardality (USA) – Arina Fomina (RUS) 2022
• James Borchard (USA) – Ana Marija Rebić (CRO) 2023
• Lukas Kacin (CZE) – Mathilde Dianati (DEN) 2024
• David Simon (BEL) – Iva Svoboda (CZE) 2025
• Hunter Henderson (UK) – Micol Foggia (ITA) 2026
Hunter Henderson from UK won the boys finals, while Micol Foggia from Italy won the girls finals.
The winners won, among other, the mountain bikes – the traditional Smrikva Bowl prize – a week stage at Patrick Mouratoglou Academy, and Wilson International support.
31st SMRIKVA BOWL 2026 MAIN RESULTS
Boys:
Finals:
Hunter Henderson (UK) – Roman Alexander Platzer (AUT) (4:1,4:2)
Semifinals:
Hunter Henderson (UK) – Joshua Camillo (BEL) (1:4,4:0,10:5)
Roman Alexander Platzer (AUT) – Milton Vogler Hofvander (SWE) (5:4,4:1)
Quarterfinals:
Hunter Henderson (UK) – Fedor Kopylov (RUS) (4:1,4:0)
Roman Alexander Platzer (AUT)– Aleksander Kolarczyk (POL) (5:4,3:5,10:8)
Joshua Camillo (BEL) – Ivan Mircov (ROM) (4:1,4:0)
Milton Vogler Hofvander (SWE) – Relja Mandal (SRB) (4:1,4:2)
Girls:
Finals:
Micol Foggia (ITA) – Bruna Tičić (CRO) – (5:3,4:0)
Semifinals:
Micol Foggia (ITA) – Mavideniz Celik (TUR) (4:0,4:1)
Bruna Tičić (CRO) – Cattleya Barbolova (BGR) (1:4,4:0,10:7)
Quarterfinals:
Micol Foggia (ITA) – Lara Gojčeta (CRO) (4:2,4:1)
Bruna Tičić (CRO) – Lilou Karlsson Löfgren (SWE) (4:2,4:2)
Cattleya Barbolova (BGR) – Filimona Radoman (MNE) (4:2,4:1)
Mavideniz Celik (TUR) – Ajna Kadrić (BIH) (4:1,4:1)
Thanks to the all Smrikva Bowl supporters and especially to the: Smrikva Bowl Friends, Staff, Golden and Honorary Members!
26/06/26
Some pictures of the 31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 actors :)... taken during the Fifth day of their Smrikva Bowl... the day when "IGRA" game winners were known... :))... and the day when the finalists of this year edition were known... the BRIONI day :)
The fifth day was the day when the semifinalist of the Main and Consolation Draw were known…
but was also the day of Brioni Islands visit and the day of the “IGRA” Game finals :)
I am pleased to present the list of the actors of the Day who make it to the finals in their singles and towards the victory in special “IGRA” doubles…
FINALIST Main Draw:
Boys:
Roman Alexander Platzer (AUT)
Hunter Henderson (GBR)
Girls:
Bruna Tičić (CRO)
Micol Foggia (ITA)
FINALIST Consolation Draw:
Boys:
Mario Fernandez (ESP)
Mateos Macdonald (GBR)
Girls:
Mina Cinlioglu (TUR)
Ayanah Esther Tchonsinyi (GBR)
“IGRA” GAME WINNERS and RUNNER UPS:
Joshua Camillo (BEL)
Alp Sahin (TUR)
Mario Fernandez (ESP)
Guy Kol (ISR)
After the presentation of the actors of the Day who made it into the finals… I am pleased to share a little piece of the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day celebrated on 21st of September… because today we spent on Brioni Islands… once upon a time named the Islands of Peace…
Smrikve, September 2010
The International Day of Peace, also known as the World Peace Day, occurs annually on September 21st and this day has been elected to be also the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors’ Day.
It is dedicated to peace, or specifically the absence of war, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone. It is observed by many people. For the first time this holiday was celebrated in 1981.
The Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day, although celebrated on the same day as the World Peace Day, is dedicated to civilization , intergenerational responsibility and tennis. Without civil society in a modern world there is no guarantee for peace.
In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly declared, in a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, the third Tuesday of September (the opening day of regular sessions of the General Assembly) as the International Day of Peace devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace and civilization values.
In 2001, the day was changed from the third Tuesday to specifically the twenty-first day of September. A new resolution was passed by the General Assembly, sponsored by the United Kingdom (giving credit to Peace One Day) and Costa Rica (the sponsors of the original day) to give the Day of Peace a fixed date and declare it as a global ceasefire day.
In 1991, on September 21st, I left Smrikve for Milan, it was the war time in my country, 5 years before, on the same day, in 1986, I sailed with a boat to Dubrovnik with school friends living a nice life time memory experience.
Having our calendar year 365 days if we live for some time and create our own experience we learn that the same day can remind us something nice and something not nice… it is a circle…
Not nice could be compared to a mistake in tennis… we learn from the mistakes. They help us understand what is not good or what we do not do properly…
To end this comment I am pleased to repeat words of a Nobel Prize for Peace who was guest speaker to one of Ambrosetti’s Young Leader Group meetings. It is a tradition that every guest dedicate few words to the Group and he wrote down the following:
“The future is always in a minority. Yet the history of the future is more important than the history of the past. It is for the old to remember the past. It is for the young to build the world of tomorrow.
Do it! You can build a world without wars. You can build a new humanity.”
Everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. The knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important. They are all parts of the civilization path.
Shimon Peres used in his note the statement: “Do it!” thus reminded me Yoda’s wisdom words when he shares his knowledge with young Jedi: “Try not. Do or do not “ :)
If people believe in the future there is future. If people do not believe in the future there is no future.
Miodrag Bozovic
… and tomorrow is the single FINALS Day… the day of the Cake…
Awarding Ceremony Day…
and the Day of the Swimming Pool :D
… and before going into a new day once again congratulations to the finalist, semifinalists and quarterfinalist of the IGRA Game who made our pizza night special…
GO SMRIKVA GO!!! :D
and those who assisted this year theater show may have noticed that the names of the player mentioned in our articles are often not related with the pictures presented…
…they follow Yoda way of speaking… and often are inverted…
for those not familiar with Yoda… I will borrow one of his saying to finish the article of today…
Luke : “I’m looking for a great warrior”
Yoda: “ Wars not make one great “
… and the story around the olive tree was the story…
…ready for the final acts of the show…
26/06/26
31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 Draws and Results - Fifth Day Results and Order of Play for the 6th Day
31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 Draws and 5th Day Results
ORDER OF PLAY FOR THE SIXTH DAY IS AS FOLLOWS:
31st SB 2026 Order of Play 27th of June, 6th day
26th of June:
2:00 PM : BRIONI Islands trip gathering in Fazana
2:30 PM : departure from Fazana with boat to BRIONI islands
7:00 PM : return to Smrikve
7:30 PM : Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals of the IGRA Game + PIZZA party for all the players cheering for the finals of the IGRA GAME :D
FINALIST Main Draw:
Boys:
Roman Alexander Platzer (AUT)
Hunter Henderson (GBR)
Girls:
Bruna Tičić (CRO)
Micol Foggia (ITA)
FINALIST Consolation Draw:
Boys:
Mario Fernandez (ESP)
Mateos Macdonald (GBR)
Girls:
Mina Cinlioglu (TUR)
Ayanah Esther Tchonsinyi (GBR)
25/06/26
Some pictures of the 31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 actors... taken during the fourth day of their Smrikva Bowl... the day when the children participated lucky draw :)... and pictures with few words related to Smrikva Bowl Mission story...
During the long Fourth Smrikva Bowl Day the semifinalist of all the single draws and part of the IGRA game were known :)…
… and I am pleased to take the opportunity to share few words related to Smrikva Bowl Mission story with our new Ambassadors generation ;)…
SEMIFINALIST Main Draw:
Boys:
Milton Vogler Hofvander (SWE)
Roman Alexander Platzer (AUT)
Hunter Henderson (GBR)
Joshua Camillo (BEL)
Girls:
Bruna Tičić (CRO)
Cattleya Barbolova (BGR)
Mavideniz Celik (TUR)
Micol Foggia (ITA)
SEMIFINALIST Consolation Draw:
Boys:
Mario Fernandez (ESP)
Richard Seršen (SVK)
Mateos Macdonald (GBR)
Teodor Crainii (MDA)
Girls:
Tatiana Charaeva (MLT)
Mina Cinlioglu (TUR)
Ayanah Esther Tchonsinyi (GBR)
Daniella Guerro (ESP)
Just few promised words behind Smrikva ;)…
Smrikva Bowl mission is to inspire, develop and spread cosmopolitan values.
Love, friendship and empathy are cosmopolitan values per excellence for people and humanity…
What does that mean?…
CULTURE, CHILDREN, SPORT and MUSIC are part of the Smrikva Bowl idea of the cosmopolitan world. It is a matter of civilization …
…a truly wise windy, product of imagination, once whispered… “Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.” (M.Y.)… and fairy tales seems to help that beauty…
… but I am sure you will cross in the future with the following opinion… “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” (A.E.)…
I noted that all of you are very calm during hard points… and usually in tennis game, as well as in many other fields, it does not matter what goes wrong but your reaction to it…
… we prepared special gifts for the Lucky Draw for various generations thanks to…
I am pleased to recall our Smrikva Bowl “Lucky Draw” contributors:
• Dominic Thiem & family (grandfather Josef Mullner, mom Karin, dad Wolfgang and brother Moritz)
• Borna Coric & family (dad Damir and mom Zeljka)
• Alex De Minaur & family (mom Esther)
• Donna Vekic & family (dad Igor and mom Brankica)
• Carlos Alcaraz & family (dad Carlos)
• Lloyd Harris & family (mom Cecelia)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina & family (mom Tatiana)
• Katie Swan & family (mom Nicki)
• Lorenzo Musetti and Simone Tartarini
• Matteo Donati & family (mom Marina Bortolato)
• Miomir Kecmanovic & coach Miro Hrvatin & family (aunt Tanja Pavlov)
• Olga Danilovic & family (mom Svetlana)
• Nicola Kuhn & family (dad Alfred and mom Rita)
• Alex Eala and Michael Eala & family (dad Michael and mom Rizza)
• Matej Sabanov and Ivan Sabanov (brother Aleksandar, dad Zlatko & mom Nada)
• Katie Boulter & family (mom Sue)
• Viktoria Kuzmova
• Petra Martic
• Zvonimir Babic & family (dad Vlado and mom Marija)
• Tereza Mihalikova
• Gianluigi Quinzi & family (dad Luca)
• Roger Federer (thanks to coach Miro Hrvatin and Chris Jackman)
• Rafael Nadal (thanks to Luca Appino)
• Juan Martin Del Potro (thanks to Chris Jackman)
• Gael Monfils, Kaja Juvan and Stanislav Wawrinka (thanks to Tomislav Poljak)
• Grigor Dimitrov (thanks to Bulgarian visiting coach)
• Novak Djokovic (thanks to Zdravko Sinko)
• Mili Poljicak & family (dad Ante & mom Nilija)
• Ivana Jorovic
• Novak Djokovic (thanks to Zdravko Sinko)
• Mili Poljicak & family (dad Ante & mom Nilija)
• Ivana Jorovic
• Holger Rune & family (mom Aneke)
• Petra Marcinko & family (dad Vjekoslav and mom Ivana)
• Flavio Cobolli & family (mom Francesca Neri)
• Vilim Visak
• Tommy Paul & family (mom Jillian)
• Tomas Machac & family (mom Daniela)
• Mihaela Marculescu
• Martin Landaluce & family (dad Alejandro)
• Andreea Rosca & family (dad Ionut)
• Dino Prižmić & family (mom Nataša)
• Ksenia Efremova & family (mom Julia)
• Ana Konjuh
• Jaime Faria & family (mom Tania Nunez)
• Maria Timofeeva & family (dad Gleb & mom)
• Alexei Popyrin & family (dad Alex, brother Anthony & mom)
• Luciano & Vito Darderi & family (dad Gino)
• Tereza Valentova & family (mom Jitka)
• Mattia Bellucci & family (dad Fabrizio)
• Patrik Rikl & family (mom Alice)
… and their success could teach us how fear and anger are for the brain the same as cramps for the muscles…
and… what Master Yoda noted “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”…
… in tennis seems to be the same… if you want to win more… you master your skills and believe in your game ;)
There are different ways to look at sport. There are different ways to look at music, culture, love and also to children.
The vision of sport preferred in Smrikve can be described and extended to: culture, music and children using the following Nelson Mandela – Madiba’s words…
… “Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”
… a wise men living in China 2500 years ago once observed… “To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.” …
hmmm… sounds very interesting… hm hm :)
an interesting opinion…
… and to set your heart right you need good characters… those who wish to contribute to the greater public good had to begin by working on themselves…
… only then they will see progress radiate out from their personal circles to society at large…
Tomorrow is the semifinals day…
the BRIONI Islands Day…
and IGRA GAME Day :D…
a lot to do and a lot to see ;)….
GO SMRIKVA GO!!! :D
FEW WORDS ABOUT L…
The strongest force among human beings is named “Love”. Love can be very powerful but can also be very painful force.
THE LITTLE PRINCE…by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry… is a very special book that every person at different age read differently.
It is a book that last over time and was likely the last love gift Antoine de Saint-Exupéry made to his wife Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry.
Over time this book was translated in many different languages thus become a love gift for many generations around the world.
It is a children’s book written for the olders… I like many parts of it… especially the description that Antoine make of the adult people…
the description of the moment when the rose was born… the importance of the right orders on the King’s planet…
“you never know” statement…
the meeting with the wise fox…
the smiling stars and many other parts…
Only best friends, when they trust each other, do share their deep knowledge…
and once The Little Prince and the fox created such a special relationship the fox shared a secret with him…
“Goodbye, said the fox. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry beleived that: Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.…
“Ljubav ne zahtjeva da dvoje ljudi gledaju jedno u drugo, već da zajedno gledaju u istom pravcu”.
25/06/26
31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 Draws and Results - Fourth Day Results and Order of Play for the 5th Day
31st Smrikva Bowl 2026 Draws and 5th Day Results
ORDER OF PLAY FOR THE FIFTH DAY IS AS FOLLOWS:
31st SB 2026 Order of Play 26th of June, 5th day
26th of June:
8:00 AM : semifinals singles matches
2:00 PM : BRIONI Islands trip gathering in Fazana
2:30 PM : departure from Fazana with boat to BRIONI islands
7:00 PM : return to Smrikve
7:30 PM : Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals of the IGRA Game + PIZZA party for all the players cheering for the finals of the IGRA GAME :D
