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26/06/18
The day when I become SMRIKVA BOWL Ambassador - 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 generation
Today a bit after 8:00 PM the Smrikva Bowl players of this year edition became Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors… the ceremony started at 6:00 PM…
I am pleased to repeat the story of the Smrikva Bowl Olive Trees traditionally planted in Smrikve… being this moment one of the most important parts of the Smrikva Bowl story…
In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started a tradition of planting an Olive tree… The Olive tree selected was at the beginning older than the oldest man living on the earth today. The tree that we planted for the 10th Smrikva Bowl was over 150 years old…
…during the ceremony, every Ambassador put a tiny piece of land close to the root of the Olive tree and say his or her name. This way the tree gets their names…
This year again was the name and a Grand Slam ;)… the children know the story…
During the ceremony of the 23rd Smrikva Bowl Olive Tree Generation… the tree received new names…
… Olive tree is a symbol of peace… but the age of the tree means intergenerational responsibility…
Every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to understand and to learn to preserve all that each of us is born with… :)
… The Lion King cartoon is an artwork and most of the life messages one can find in it are in line with the Smrikva Bowl founding ideas… ;) Life messages you find in Lion King are in line with the message of the Ambassadors’ Olive Tree; they are in line with the values of friendship and love; they are in line with empathy…
… Love, friendship and empathy are all Cosmopolitan values per excellence, as far as people and humanity are concerned… it is true that the relationship between Mufasa, Sarabi and Simba reminds me of both: parents and family love, but also about the intergenerational responsability.
Timon, Pumbaa and Simba relationship reminds me about love between friends. Pumbaa also make me think abuout empathy, intuition and loyalty and the relationship between Simba and Nola reminds me again about the importance of love… :)
Rafiki, the wise old baboo, with his many centuries old tree reminds me about the importance of knowledge and experience of the older… that there are many other particular moments that every person on its own, based on his or her own life experience, discover by watching these artworks.
You might be interested to know that most of the characters’s names in this cartoon have a particular meaning in Swahili language…
Simba means “lion”… Nala means “gift”, and love is for me one of the greatest gifts that people can receive and give during their life
Sarabi means “mirage”… Pumbaa means “dull-witted” or “stunned”… and Rafiki means “friend” :)… These names with their meanings make me think of the American Indians and the way they used to give the names to their people.
As I wrote at the beginning of today’s article every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to understand and to learn, to preserve all that each of us is born with.
When Mufasa was explaining to Simba that is not easy to be the King… he tried to explain that a good King should know that everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it…
is true that every generation face new challenges but there are many examples in the past how the old generations managed and solved particular problems… ;) and this is why… knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important…
It was another long Smrikva day… ended with a Grand Slam dream victory and good LEDO ice cream at the end :)… everybody wished to make true their dream ;)
Tomorrow is the new day… IGRA game day… it is the day to choose IGRA partners…
and the FORUM day… the 23rd Smrikva Bowl generation will discover the IGRA game…
GO SMRIKVA GO :D… with LEDO ice cream award GO :D
Tomorrow we will learn and experience something new again :)
26/06/18
23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 2nd DAY results and ORDER OF PLAY for the 3rd day 27th of June
23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 Draws and 2nd DAY Results
23rd SB 2018 Order of Play, SMRIKVE, 27th of June, 3rd day
25/06/18
23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 1st DAY results and ORDER OF PLAY for the 2nd day 26th of June
23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 Draws and 1st DAY Results
23rd SB 2018 Order of Play Main Draw, SMRIKVE, 26th of June, 2nd day
23rd SB 2018 Order of Play Consolation Draw, VODNJAN, 26th of June, 2nd day
24/06/18
23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 started today at 8:00 AM with presentation of 111 tennis talents from six continents...
With new countries Smrikva Bowl will reach 87 countries represented on the tournament since Smrikva Bowl foundation in 1996…
… it was a pleasure to meet and present each one personally… representing all the continents of our Planet… and it is always a pleasure to wish to the players a good game… :)
Tomorrow at 6:00 PM 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 players will be nominated Ambassadors and will plant as per tradition an Olive Tree.
The creation of the Smrikva Bowl Library started in 2009 and with this year donations we will be over 1000 cultural books from around 70 countries… tomorrow at 6:00 PM each book will be presented… and the old olive tree of the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 generation will be planted…
WELCOME TO THE … 23rd SMRIKVA BOWL GENERATION!
24/06/18
23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 Draws and Order of Play
23rd SB 2018 Order of Play for Girls, SMRIKVE, 25th of June, 1st day
23rd SB 2018 Order of Play for Boys, VODNJAN, 25th of June, 1st day
24/06/18
23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 "seeds of the Legends of tomorrow" list... :D
World in Smrikve … Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors network will be spread in 87 countries after Tuesday’s Ambassador Nomination Ceremony… new countries Ambassadors will be nominated again…
The level of the players is expected to be very high again this year among 111 registered participants from six continents…
The list of the names of the players that honored us with their arrival to Smrikve this year:
Girls
Marta Dobrić (CRO)
Staša Bulatović (MNE)
Gabriela Georgieva (BGR)
Ema Šantić (CRO)
Sarina Schnyder (SUI)
Alja Senica (SLO)
Dunja Kulpinac (SRB)
Alisa Oktiabreva (RUS)
Justine Tardif (CAN)
Nika Bumbak (CRO)
Georgiana Mititelu (ROM)
Paola Pieragostini (SLV)
Andrea Ivanova (BGR)
Astrid Joha-Bilić (CRO)
Nika Peskar Majoli (CRO)
Naz Ada Aligur (TUR)
Florentina Kastner (GER)
Selena Romero Calvo (ESP)
Ana Bonovil (CRO)
Sara Pogorevc (SLO)
Hanna Kolak (POL)
Zlatina Angelova (BGR)
Tatiana Cantos Siemers (ESP)
Lana Virc (SRB)
Shamiso Ndoro (GBR)
Eva Khrustaleva (RUS)
Ana Stojneva (SLO)
Mila Gugučevska (MKD)
Valeria Kravchenko (ITA)
Eva Andreeva Munteanu (ROM)
Elena Stjepić (BIH)
Iris Saville (GBR)
Iva Lakić (MNE)
Fung Tak Sum (HKG)
Janet Lambreva (BGR)
Uxue Azurza Frade (ESP)
Petra Škokić (CRO)
Milla Dimitrijević (GER)
Daria Koreshkova (RUS)
Maja Wrobel (POL)
Ela Giergia (CRO)
Silvia Adriana Caliman (ESP)
Duru Baycan (TUR)
Amalia Widdowson (GBR)
Boys
Ryan Zuberbühler (CRO)
Antoni Kasperski (POL)
Karim Tamer Ali Bebars (EGY)
Viggo Wagenknecht (GER)
Victor Mazerie (FRA)
Thilo Behrmann (AUT)
Dario Carballal Figaredo (ESP)
Wiktor Jež (POL)
Žiga Šeško (SLO)
Ariu Marić Modrušan (CRO)
Marko Dragović (MNE)
Maita Munyimani (AUS)
Riku Kato (HKG)
Claudio Paolini (ITA)
Calvin Gnjidić (GER)
Marcel Benjamin Kovacs (HUN)
Ryuto Suzuki (JPN)
Neptun Candemir (TUR)
Nicolas Ordonez Alvarez (ESP)
Filippo Alfano (ITA)
Matic Sitar (SLO)
Noa Pasarić (CRO)
Niels McDonald (GER)
Roko Klisović (CRO)
Victor Ryden (SWE)
Aleksandar Mitev (BGR)
Hrvoje Jutreša (CRO)
Emil Bećović (SWE)
Vitorio Stankov (BGR)
Luka Nikolić (NED)
Patrick Valentin Moise (ROM)
Lovro Milat (CRO)
Volodymyr Dombrovskyi (UKR)
Oliver Majdandžić (GER)
Ippei Matsushima (JPN)
Uroš Rađenović (SRB)
Mattia Aiassa (ITA)
Mauro Mavračić (CRO)
Marcel Guzinski (POL)
Maksim Despotović (SLO)
Skender Katana (MNE)
Matija Brajkov (SRB)
Fran Lorković (CRO)
Roko Tadić (CRO)
Riki Imai (JPN)
Eyad Ezzat (EGY)
Lenny Petit (FRA)
Shinnosuke Ryota (JPN)
Dimitar Kisimov (BGR)
Pietro Vernò (ITA)
Eudald Gonzales Ollich (ESP)
Ian Boloban (BIH)
Samuil Chestovaliev (MKD)
Stefan Sladaković (CRO)
Hasan Efe Kayik (TUR)
Matej Kukrika (CRO)
Stefan Nikolić (SRB)
Trian Lakha (GBR)
Kryštof Komínek (CZE)
Jakov Dubovečak (CRO)
Roger Koike (JPN)
Fatih Halilagić (BIH)
Thom Gabelić (SWE)
Dasar Ymeri (XKX)
Alex Bergomi (SUI)
Emir Mujezinović (BIH)
Vito Darderi (ARG)
The opening ceremony is scheduled for 8:00 AM while, tomorrow at 6:00 PM 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 players will be nominated Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors that will be followed by the Olive Tree planting ceremony…
24/06/18
Orientation and registration days for the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 players <3
Wonderful to meet the seeds in person… their coaches and families of this year edition during Smrikva Bowl orientation and registration moment…love it :D
Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikve, Istria from Smrikve, Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve, SMRIKVE LOUNGE, Villa TASTE, for your accommodation with swimming pool in Stinjan (Pula – Pola) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia.
18/06/18
"Smrikve theatre stage" for the "seeds of the Legends" is entering final phase of the preparations...23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 edition...
21st of September, on Smrikva Bowl Ambassador’s Day, we traditionally start to receive candidacies from all around the World… and after 9 months… at the end of June the talents of the year gather together… it is the 23rd annual… and so many of the kids who honored us with their visit are writing beautiful tennis pages with their rackets around the World…
I am please to recall parts of an article written at the beginning of 2010… when I compared for the first time Smrikva Bowl to a theater stage…
… When I think of Smrikva Bowl I try to imagine it as a theatre where every year we work hard to set the stage where the world’s talents can gather… Every year we gather all this different actors, great talents, very special kids, arriving from different cultures, having different dreams,…
We set the stage and later on they are in charge with their will, dreams and hard work… they are the ones who write the most different stories…
Smrikva Bowl is still very young tournament but I would like to think that some of these kids will write… inspiring stories in most different professional fields.
I also know that according to the statistics only few of the kids participating Smrikva Bowl will make it to become top professional tennis players, but I like to think that they will make it in other professional fields they choose in their lives.
I read Andre Agassi’s book and through the whole book he was repeating to friends and people meeting… that he doesn’t like tennis thus it seems to me that he never had the option to choose, but in end he ended up being the Champion and according to Luke Jensen a person with big heart and very good friend.
I will never know how many kids playing Smrikva Bowl are playing it because their parents would like them to become professional tennis players and how much of them play it because they enjoy the game.
What I do know is that any kind of sport can help kids in their growth and I also know that people that do excel in any field require total dedication and a lot of sacrifice to reach the excellence.
When I think of Andre’s words of not loving what he was doing for most of the time of his life I start thinking of other 90% of people around the World that make for living doing jobs they do not like, but “La vita e’ bella” Roberto Benigni would say and tennis helped Andre to grow up.
There is one part in the book that I liked a lot… it is about inspiration, faith and what does it mean to be a good coach… to have the right word in the right moment… this part is related with Gil… and is about people that do believe in other people and help them to write their life stories and to write their own one…
Here are Gil’s words reported by Andre in his book when he accepted to coach him:
“I’m not one of those people who expresses or articulates feelings very well, but from now on, just know this: It’s on, man. It is on.
You know what I’m saying? We are in a fight, and you can count on me until the last man is standing. Somewhere up there is a star with your name on it. I might not be able to help you find it, but I’ve got pretty strong shoulders, and you can stand on my shoulders while you’re looking for that star. You hear? For as long as you want. Stand on my shoulders and reach, man. Reach.”
In every life there are people that influence what we do and how we do it.
The Smrikva Bowl festival dream to inspire its players and Ambassadors to believe in their dreams and work hard to reach them.
Sport and music are in general good educators and the vision of sport preferred in Smrikve is the one Nelson Mandela once said:
“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.”
There are over thousands of stories written every week by Smrikva seeds in over 85 countries and all the continents… :) and very soon I will have the pleasure to meet over 100 new seeds of the 23rd SMRIKVA BOWL 2018 edition from all the continents again…
The BOWL story… SMRIKVA BOWL story…
11/06/18
Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update June 2018)
Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking.
You will also find the approximate list of the past Smrikva Bowl and “Little Mo” players who got US University scholarship thanks to their tennis skills…
• 19 TOP 200 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #7 WTA (Feb 2016)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #20 WTA (Jul 2017)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #35 WTA (Apr 2018)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #42 WTA (Jun 2018)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 47 WTA (Feb 2015)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #81 WTA (Jun 2018)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #97 WTA (Oct 2017)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #121 WTA (Feb 2017)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #134 on WTA (Oct 2016)
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #143 WTA (Jun 2018)
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #144 WTA (Aug 2017)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #151 WTA (Apr 2018)
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #156 WTA (Jun 2018)
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #168 WTA (Jun 2018)
Clair LIU – 2010 “LM”/SB player -#181 WTA (Apr 2018)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #55 WTA doubles (Nov 2017)
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #134 WTA doubles (Jan 2018)
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)
• 19 TOP 200 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #4 ATP (Nov 2017)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #28 ATP (Mar 2018)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #86 ATP (Jan 2018)
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #109 ATP (May 2018)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #143 ATP (Oct 2017)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #149 ATP (Jan 2018)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #158 ATP (Aug 2016)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 quarterf.- #176 ATP (Feb 2018)
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #195 ATP (May 2018)
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #196 (Apr 2018)
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #199 ATP (Oct 2017)
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 200 ATP (Jun 2018)
Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #130 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Ivan SABANOV – 2002 semi – #192 ATP doubles (Feb 2018)
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semi – #196 ATP doubles (Feb 2018)
As of 11th of June 2018 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:
• 54 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #42 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #48 WTA
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #61 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #71 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #81 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #107 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #113 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #143 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #156 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #165 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #167 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #168 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #210 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #216 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #219 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #224 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #229 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #237 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #244 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #245 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #249 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #266 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #268 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #289 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #349 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #398 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #416 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #428 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #434 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #437 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #438 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #443 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #450 WTA
Ashley LAHEY – 2009 player – #470 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #494 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #525 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #563 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #590 WTA
Lea BOSKOVIC – 2009 player – #591 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #623 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #649 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #662 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #694 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #760 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #771 WTA
Chiara GRIMM – 2007 quarterfinalist – #779 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #847 WTA
Zoe KRUGER – 2012 semif. – #863 WTA
Helene PELLICANO – 2012 semif. – #873 WTA
Ana BISKIC – 2009 player – #876 WTA
Angela *FITA BOLUDA*- 2009 player – #889 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON – 2010 runner up – #912 WTA
Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #979 WTA
Himari SATO – 2012 winner – #993 WTA
• 32 players TOP 1000 ATP
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #7 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #36 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #92 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #96 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #187 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #189 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 200 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #203 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #205 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #212 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #217 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #221 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #272 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #283 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #296 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #317 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 cd winner – #388 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #393 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #396 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #466 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #548 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 semifinals – #606 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #625 ATP
William BLUMBERG – 2008 player – #626 ATP
Nerman FATIC – 2004 semifinalist- #643 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #651 ATP
Bogdan BORZA – 2007 runner up – #733 ATP
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semifinals – #831 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #853 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI – 2008 player – #872 ATP
Jeffrey SCHROSCH – 2005 player – #895 ATP
• 10 players TOP 100 ATP RACE TO MILAN NEXT GEN
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #6 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #14 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #15 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #17 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #27 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 player – #34 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #52 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #61 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #73 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #85 ATP
• 4 boys and 8 girls… in total 12 players are in TOP 100 ITF
BOYS:
- #28 Damien WENGER
- #29 Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA
- #38 Lorenzo MUSETTI
- #83 Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE
GIRLS:
- #12 Clair LIU – Junior WIMBLEDON 2017 winner (2016 doubles winner), Junior ROLAND GARROS 2017 runner up
- #31 Olga DANILOVIC – Junior USOPEN 2017 winner (doubles), Junior WIMBLEDON 2017 winner (doubles), Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #57 Maria TIMOFEEVA
- #59 Himari SATO
- #64 Francesca CURMI
- #81 Ania HERTEL
- #82 Paula ARIAS MANJON – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #93 Giulia PEONI
• 3 boys are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Lorenzo MUSETTI #3, Luca NARDI #5, Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE #6)
• 1 boy and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Mili POLJICAK #9, Aliona FALEI #7, Linda FRUHVIRTOVA #9)
IN 1996 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM ISTRIA AND KVARNER (1st Smrikva Bowl)… IN 1997 TOP PLAYERS FROM CROATIA gathered on the 2nd Smrikva Bowl… IN 1998 3rd SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO GATHER FIRST FOREIGN PLAYERS… and in 2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…
Vilim VISAK (CRO), 1st SB 1996 winner, best ranking #612 ATP (Mar 2006)
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, best ranking #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, best ranking #356 WTA (Mar 2009)
Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #244 WTA
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #466 ATP
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #123 ATP doubles
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, best ranking #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #48 WTA
US University (1996-2001):
Nikolina Grbac – US University
Indire Akiki – US University
Maja Plavšić – US University
Deni Žmak – US University
Sandra Žmak – US University
Filip Krička – US University
IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #283 ATP
Javier MARTI (ESP) – 7th SB 2002 winner – #296 ATP
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #396 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #853 ATP
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #203 ATP doubles
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #210 ATP doubles
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #71 WTA
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #437 WTA
US University scholarship:
Nikolina Grbac (CRO) – US University
Ema Burgic (BIH) – US University
Jordaan Sanford (USA) – US University
Morgan Basil (USA) – US University
2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #7 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #651 ATP
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #71 WTA
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #165 WTA
US University scholarship:
Maja Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Alen Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Karlo Skvorc (CRO) – US University
Robert Đula (CRO) – US University
Emmett Egger (USA) – US University
Robert Stineman (USA) ) – US University
Karen Forman (USA) – US University
Katie Klyczek (USA) – US University
2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #256 ATP (Aug 2016)
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semif, #478 ATP (Feb 2015)
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #643 ATP
GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #494 WTA
Giada CLERICI (ITA), 2004 player, #847 WTA
US University scholarship:
Saska Gavrilovska (SCG) – US University
Maja Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Giacomo Campus (ITA) – US University
Karlo Skvorc (CRO) – US University
Zvonomir Babic (CRO) – US University
Mitchell Polnet (USA) – US University
Ryan Andrada (USA) – US University
Anna Mamalat (USA) – US University
Blair Shankle (USA) – US University
IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS
2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #36 ATP
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #92 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #187 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #200 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #203 ATP
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #217 ATP
GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #42 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #107 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005, #167 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #237 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #268 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, #443 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #525 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005, #1029 WTA
US University scholarship:
Maja Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Vladica Babic (MNE) – US University
Ella Perinovic (CRO) – US University
Blaga Delic (CRO) – US University
Saska Gavrilovska (SCG) – US University
Martin Lozano Laura (ESP) – US University
Aziz Kijametovic (BiH) – US University
Mladen Mitak (CRO) – US University
Zvonimir Babic (CRO) – US University
Harry Busby (UK) – US University
Jose Gracia (USA) – US University
Jeffrey Schorsch (USA) – US University
Yale Goldberg (USA) – US University
Dorothy Tang (USA) – US University
2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #200 ATP
GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #61 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #143 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #156 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #219 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #245 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #438 WTA
US University scholarship:
Filip Kraljevic (CRO) – US University
Aziz Kijametovic (BIH) – US University
Ross James Wilson (GBR) – US University
Mladen Mitak (CRO) – US University
2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Lloyd HARRIS (RSA), ,12th SB 2007, #212 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER (ESP) ,12th SB 2007, #625 ATP
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #733 ATP
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), 12th SB 2007 semif., #1791 ATP
GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #113 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #210 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #229 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #416 WTA
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #760 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #779 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #189 ATP
US University scholarship:
Petra Granic (CRO) – US University
Silvia Chinellato (I) – US University
Ksenija Dmitrovic (SRB) – US University
Marija Curnic (CRO) – US University
Nicolo De Fraia (I) – US University
Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore (ESP) – US University
Dominique Garley (USA) – US University
IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #272 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, #317 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #872 ATP
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1163 ATP
GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #81 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #349 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #428 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #563 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #590 WTA
US University scholarship:
Estela Perez Somarriba (ESP) – US University
Marija Curnic (CRO) – US University
Nikolina Jovic (BiH) – US University
Katerina Jokic (BiH) – US University
Petra Granic (CRO) – US University
Grega Kokalj (SLO) – US University
Sven Lah (SLO) – US University
Charles Broom (UK) – US University
William Blumberg (USA) – US University
IN 2009 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND 1 NEW CONTINENT THEREFORE REACHED THE TOTAL OF 40 COUNTRIES AND 6 CONTINENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2009 – 14th Smrikva Bowl and 8th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Alex DE MINAUR (AUS), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #96 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #205 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #388 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #393 ATP
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #548 ATP
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #1275 ATP
GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #216 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #289 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #398 WTA
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #434 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #694 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #470 WTA
Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #649 WTA
US University scholarship:
Georgina Walker (GBR) – US University
Dea Lako (CRO) – US University
Georgina Axon (GBR) – US University
Max Stewart (GBR) – US University
Alvaro Regalado Pedrol (ESP) – US University
Andrej Omeragić (CRO) – US University
Karlo Kranic (CRO) – US University
IN 2010 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 49 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2010 – 15th Smrikva Bowl and 9th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Nicola KUHN (ESP), 15th SB 2010 winner, #221 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #606 ATP
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #1347 ATP
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #1622 ATP
Damien WENGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #1005 ATP doubles
GIRLS
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #912 WTA
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #1067 WTA
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, not ranked
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #81 ITF
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #263 ITF
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #392 ITF
“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #249 WTA
IN 2011 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 54 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2011 – 16th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #1050 ATP
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #136 ITF
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #159 ITF
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #210 ITF
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #258 ITF
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #306 ITF
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #409 ITF
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), 16th SB 2011 semif., #836 ITF
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #991 ITF
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #224 WTA
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1142 WTA
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #143 ITF
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #154 ITF
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #201 ITF
IN 2012 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 58 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION… and for the first time in the quarterfinals there were still five continents represented: AFRICA, ASIA, AMERICA, OCENIA and EUROPE
2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #38 ITF
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #132 ITF
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #263 ITF
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #270 ITF
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #299 ITF
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #379 ITF
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #383 ITF
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #413 ITF
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #539 ITF
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #636 ITF
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, #969 ITF
GIRLS
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #863 WTA
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #873 WTA
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #993 WTA
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #57 ITF
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #64 ITF
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #136 ITF
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #148 ITF
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #163 ITF
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #170 ITF
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #185 ITF
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #256 ITF
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #350 ITF
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #397 ITF
IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 63 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #83 ITF
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #231 ITF
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #271 ITF
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #439 ITF
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #510 ITF
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #1501 ITF
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #30 ETA U16
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #59 ETA U16
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #102 ETA U16
Fran MITROVIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #168 ETA U16
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #199 ETA U16
Gal EMERSIC POTOCNIK (SVN), 18th SB 2013, #212 ETA U16
Bartol BORSE (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #297 ETA U16
Filip MANDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #299 ETA U16
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #363 ETA U16
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #368 ETA U16
Adi DAGAN (ISR), 18th SB 2013, #841 ETA U16
Mateja JANICIJEVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #847 ETA U16
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #1107 ETA U16
GIRLS
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #284 ITF
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #546 ITF
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #1588 ITF
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #1602 ITF
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #1700 ITF
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #293 ETA U16
Ana VILCEK (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #1313 ETA U16
IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 65 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #9 ETA U14
Raffaele MARIANI (SUI), 19th SB 2014, #20 ETA U14
Bor ARTNAK (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #22 ETA U14
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #25 ETA U14
Kalin IVANOVSKI (MKD), 19th SB 2014, #26 ETA U14
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #26 ETA U14
Vilius GAUBAS (LIT), 19th SB 2014, #28 ETA U14
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #34 ETA U14
Pedro RODENAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #36 ETA U14
Noa VUKADIN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #49 ETA U14
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #51 ETA U14
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #62 ETA U14
Matija SAMARDZIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #62 ETA U14
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #72 ETA U14
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #84 ETA U14
Dan Vasile DUTA (ROU), 19th SB 2014, #90 ETA U14
Krsta PETROVIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #98 ETA U14
Carlos GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #98 ETA U14
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #106 ETA U14
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #112 ETA U14
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #228 ETA U14
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #277 ETA U14
GIRLS
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #7 ETA U14
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., #9 ETA U14
Joelle STEUR (GER), 19th SB 2014, #13 ETA U14
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #23 ETA U14
Patricija PAUKSTYTE (LTU), 19th SB 2014, #26 ETA U14
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #28 ETA U14
Patricie KUBIKOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014, #44 ETA U14
Sarah MUELLER (GER), 19th SB 2014, #56 ETA U14
Divna RATKOVIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #64 ETA U14
Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #67 ETA U14
Kyoka KUBO (JPN), 19th SB 2014, #86 ETA U14
Suana TUCAKOVIC (BIH), 19th SB 2014 semif., #93 ETA U14
Irene ARTIGAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #109 ETA U14
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #114 ETA U14
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #119 ETA U14
Veronica SIRCI (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #164 ETA U14
IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 73 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner, #13 ETA U14
Dino PRIZMIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015 quarterf., #17 ETA U14
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), 20th SB 2015 semif., #23 ETA U14
Matej DODIG (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #54 ETA U14
Mikalai BANKOU (BLR), 20th SB 2015, #61 ETA U14
Giacomo NOSEI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #118 ETA U14
Andrea MEDURI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #128 ETA U14
Dimitar PENCHEV (BGR), 20th SB 2015, #176 ETA U14
Federico BONDIOLI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #255 ETA U14
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), 20th SB 2015 semif., #803 ETA U14
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up
GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif., #9 ETA U14
Klio Maria IOANNOU (CYP), 20th SB 2015, #61 ETA U14
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif. ,#85 ETA U14
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up, #104 ETA U14
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner, #157 ETA U14
Alexandra EALA (PHI), 20th SB 2015 , #1186 ITF – Les Petits As 2018 winner
IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 79 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner – Auray 2018 winner
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif.
GIRLS
Ela Nala MILIČ (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Mia RISTIĆ (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif.
IN 2017 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 85 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2017 – 22nd Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Roben GAVANI (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner
William REJCHTMAN VINCIGUERRA (SWE), 22nd SB 2017 runner up
Duje MARKOVINA (CRO), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Štepan SKLENIČKA (CZE), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
GIRLS
Rositsa DENCHEVA (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner
Shanice ROIGNOT (FRA), 22nd SB 2017 runner up
Chu LI-YA (TWN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Mai GOTO (JPN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
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30/05/18
21 Smrikva Bowl players in the singles Draws at ROLAND GARROS 2018. Dominic THIEM played his first Grand Slam final :)
Over the last five years there were traditionally about 10 former Smrikva Bowl players at the beginning of the Junior Grand Slam Draws…
In 2013… out of eight possible first places former Smrikva Bowl players collected six first places: Ana Konjuh (Junior Australian Open and Junior US Open), Belinda Bencic (Junior Roland Garros and Junior Wimbledon), Gianluigi Quinzi (Junior Wimbledon) and Borna Coric (Junior US Open)…
… and since 2009 there are 22 Smrikva Bowl players holding 29 junior Grand Slam titles in total…
… and this time… there were 21 former Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws and Qualification Draws of this third Grand Slam in the season… ROLAND GARROS 2018:
In the singles Qualification Draws there were 11 players:
Nino Serdarusic, Miomir Kecmanovic, Nikola Milojevic, Lloyd Harris, Deborah Chiesa, Irina Bara, Jana Fett, Katie Boulter, Gabriela Taylor, Claire Liu and Martina Trevisan.
and Deborah Chiesa qualified for the Main Draw:
in the singles Main Draws there were 11 players:
Borna Coric, Alex De Minaur, Laslo Djere, Dominic Thiem, Deborah Chiesa, Belinda Bencic, Donna Vekic, Petra Martic, Viktoria Kuzmova, Ajla Tomljanovic and Ana Konjuh.
The following are the results obtained in the singles Main Draws:
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #8 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
Main Draw:
1st round: Dominic Thiem – Ilya IVASHKA (Blr) 6:2,6:4,6:1
2nd round: Dominic Thiem – Stefanos TSITSIPAS (Gre) 6:2,2:6,6:4,6:4
3rd round: Dominic Thiem – Matteo BERRETTINI (Ita) 6:3,6:7,6:3,6:2
4th round: Dominic Thiem – Kei NISHIKORI (Jpn) 6:2,6:0,5:7,6:4
Quarterfinals: Dominic Thiem – Alexander ZVEREV (Ger) 6:4,6:2,6:1
Semifinals: Dominic Thiem – Marco CECCHINATO (Ita) 7:5,7:6,6:1
Finals: Dominic Thiem – Rafael NADAL (Esp) 4:6,3:6,2:6
Players ranking:
Ilya IVASHKA (Blr) – #119 ATP
Stefanos TSITSIPAS (Gre) – #39 ATP
Matteo BERRETTINI (Ita) – #96 ATP
Kei NISHIKORI (Jpn) – #20 ATP
Alexander ZVEREV (Ger) – #3 ATP
Marco CECCHINATO (Ita) – #72 ATP
Rafael NADAL (Esp) – #1 ATP
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #40 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
Main Draw:
1st round: B.Coric – Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (Ger) 6:3,3:6,6:3,6:4
2nd round: Borna Coric – Thomas FABBIANO (Ita) 4:6,6:2,6:1,6:1
3rd round: Borna Coric – Diego SCHWARTZMAN (Arg) 5:7,3:6,3:6
Players ranking:
Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (Ger) – #24 ATP
Thomas FABBIANO (Ita) – #115 ATP
Diego SCHWARTZMAN (Arg) – #12 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, currently ranked #105 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
Main Draw:
1st round: Alex De Minaur – Kyle EDMUND (Gbr) 2:6,4:6,3:6
Players ranking:
Kyle EDMUND (Gbr) – #15 ATP
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, currently ranked #105 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
Main Draw:
1st round: Laslo Djere – Martin KLIZAN (Svk) 6:7,6:4,6:7,1:6
Players ranking:
Martin KLIZAN (Svk) – #117 ATP
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #50 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
Main Draw:
1st round: Donna Vekic – Kateryna BONDARENKO (Ukr) 6:2,6:4
2nd round: Donna Vekic – Maria SHARAPOVA (Rus) 5:7,4:6
Players ranking:
Kateryna BONDARENKO (Ukr) – #81 WTA
Maria SHARAPOVA (Rus) – #30 WTA
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, currently ranked #71 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
1st round: Belinda Bencic – Deborah CHIESA (Ita) 3:6,7:6,7:5
2nd round: Belinda Bencic – Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (Svk) 2:6,4:6
Players ranking:
Deborah CHIESA (Ita) – #161 WTA
Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (Svk) – #18 WTA
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, currently ranked #35 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
Main Draw:
1st round: Petra Martic – Yafan WANG (Chn) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Petra Martic – Qiang WANG (Chn) 1:6,1:6
Players ranking:
Yafan WANG (Chn) – #82 WTA
Qiang WANG (Chn) – #85 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, currently ranked #87 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
Main Draw
1st round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Francesca SCHIAVONE (Ita) 7:6,7:6
2nd round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Elina SVITOLINA (Ukr) 3:6,4:6
Players ranking:
Francesca SCHIAVONE (Ita) – # 266 WTA
Elina SVITOLINA (Ukr) – #4 WTA
Deborah CHIESA, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, currently ranked #161 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
1st round: Deborah Chiesa – Belinda BENCIC (Sui) 6:3,6:7,5:7
Players ranking:
Belinda BENCIC (Sui) – #71 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, currently ranked #69 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
1st round: Ajla Tomljanovic – Elina SVITOLINA (Ukr) 5:7,3:6
Players ranking:
Elina SVITOLINA (Ukr) – #4 WTA
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, currently ranked #22 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2018:
Main Draw:
1st round: Ana Konjuh – Carla SUAREZ NAVARRO (Esp) 0:6,1:6
Players ranking:
Carla SUAREZ NAVARRO (Esp) – #104 WTA
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11/05/18
5th Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2019 program is on line. There will be 3 weeks :)
5th SBTTFW 2019 3 weeks PROGRAM will split as follows:
13th-20th April 2019
21st-28th April 2019
14th-21st September 2019
• Family week is traditionally limited to maximum 8 families per week
• Due to high demand for the participation in 2019 there will be 3 weeks arranged in total. Two weeks will be held in spring period (April) and one week in autumn period (September)
- 1st week (will be dedicated to those who never attended SBTTFW)
- 2nd and 3rd week (will be open also the players who already attended SBTTFW)
• All the families during their stay are based in Smrikve
• Deadline for the candidacy is 8th of April 2019 (we traditionally reserve the right to bring forward this deadline date once the number of invited families equal the number of players-families we can invite)
• SBTTFW is dedicated to players who attended Smrikva Bowl or have been selected to play Smrikva Bowl (2009 age group). Brothers or sisters of the SB player can also apply. In addition candidacies of players who visited and trained or are training in Smrikve will be evaluated.
• 5th SBTTFW 2019 will be dedicated to players born in 2003 – 2009 age group range.
In the following you can learn more:
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07/05/18
Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update May 2018)
Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking.
You will also find the approximate list of the past Smrikva Bowl and “Little Mo” players who got US University scholarship thanks to their tennis skills…
• 19 TOP 200 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #7 WTA (Feb 2016)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #20 WTA (Jul 2017)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #35 WTA (Apr 2018)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #45 WTA (Sept 2017)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 47 WTA (Feb 2015)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #97 WTA (Oct 2017)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #104 WTA (Apr 2018)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #121 WTA (Feb 2017)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #134 on WTA (Oct 2016)
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #144 WTA (Aug 2017)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #151 WTA (Apr 2018)
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #166 WTA (May 2018)
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #173 WTA (Apr 2018)
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #174 WTA (Apr 2018)
Clair LIU – 2010 “LM”/SB player -#181 WTA (Apr 2018)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #55 WTA doubles (Nov 2017)
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #134 WTA doubles (Jan 2018)
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)
• 17 TOP 200 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #4 ATP (Nov 2017)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #28 ATP (Mar 2018)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #86 ATP (Jan 2018)
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #109 ATP (May 2018)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #143 ATP (Oct 2017)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #149 ATP (Jan 2018)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #158 ATP (Aug 2016)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 quarterf.- #176 ATP (Feb 2018)
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #196 (Apr 2018)
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #199 ATP (Oct 2017)
Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #130 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Ivan SABANOV – 2002 semi – #192 ATP doubles (Feb 2018)
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semi – #196 ATP doubles (Feb 2018)
As of 7th of May 2018 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:
• 55 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #40 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #50 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #71 WTA
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #74 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #104 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #106 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #109 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #166 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #167 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #173 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #176 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #192 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #202 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #219 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #220 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #226 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #232 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #241 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #254 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #274 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #288 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #303 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #318 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #348 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #365 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #370 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #418 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #431 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #440 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #447 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #453 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #461 WTA
Ashley LAHEY – 2009 player – #465 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #475 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #503 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #555 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #587 WTA
Lea BOSKOVIC – 2009 player – #597 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #600 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #606 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #620 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #739 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #742 WTA
Chiara GRIMM – 2007 quarterfinalist – #747 WTA
Ana BISKIC – 2009 player – #757 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #792 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #846 WTA
Zoe KRUGER – 2012 semif. – #851 WTA
Helene PELLICANO – 2012 semif. – #873 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON – 2010 runner up – #876 WTA
Angela *FITA BOLUDA*- 2009 player – #895 WTA
Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #915 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC – 2005 player – #936 WTA
Himari SATO – 2012 winner – #986 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #999 WTA
• 32 players TOP 1000 ATP
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #7 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #35 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #106 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #109 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #180 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #199 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #200 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #204 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #210 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #231 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #242 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 259 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #291 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #317 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #323 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #358 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #393 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #408 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 cd winner – #409 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #429 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #552 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 semifinals – #597 ATP
William BLUMBERG – 2008 player – #610 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #647 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #653 ATP
Nerman FATIC – 2004 semifinalist- #744 ATP
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semifinals – #795 ATP
Bogdan BORZA – 2007 runner up – #808 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #825 ATP
Jeffrey SCHROSCH – 2005 player – #870 ATP
Gabi Adrian BOITAN – 2009 player – #976 ATP
• 11 players TOP 100 ATP RACE TO MILAN NEXT GEN
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #6 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #13 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #16 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #18 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #21 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 player – #33 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #47 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #60 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #61 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #78 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 semifinals – #85 ATP
• 5 boys and 8 girls… in total 13 players are in TOP 100 ITF
BOYS:
- #22 Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA
- #26 Nicola KUHN – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2017 runner up and doubles winner
- #32 Lorenzo MUSETTI
- #47 Damien WENGER
- #87 Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE
GIRLS:
- #3 Clair LIU – Junior WIMBLEDON 2017 winner (2016 doubles winner), Junior ROLAND GARROS 2017 runner up
- #30 Olga DANILOVIC – Junior USOPEN 2017 winner (doubles), Junior WIMBLEDON 2017 winner (doubles), Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #52 Himari SATO
- #53 Maria TIMOFEEVA
- #62 Ania HERTEL
- #79 Paula ARIAS MANJON – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #81 Francesca CURMI
- #88 Giulia PEONI
• 4 boys and 1 girl is in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Lorenzo MUSETTI #2, Luca NARDI #6, Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE #8, Piotr PAWLAK #9, Weronika BASZAK #10)
• 1 boy and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Mili POLJICAK #5, Aliona FALEI #5)
IN 1996 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM ISTRIA AND KVARNER (1st Smrikva Bowl)… IN 1997 TOP PLAYERS FROM CROATIA gathered on the 2nd Smrikva Bowl… IN 1998 3rd SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO GATHER FIRST FOREIGN PLAYERS… and in 2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…
Vilim VISAK (CRO), 1st SB 1996 winner, best ranking #612 ATP (Mar 2006)
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, best ranking #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, best ranking #356 WTA (Mar 2009)
Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #220 WTA
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #429 ATP
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #149 ATP doubles
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, best ranking #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #40 WTA
US University (1996-2001):
Nikolina Grbac – US University
Indire Akiki – US University
Maja Plavšić – US University
Deni Žmak – US University
Sandra Žmak – US University
Filip Krička – US University
IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Javier MARTI (ESP) – 7th SB 2002 winner – #291 ATP
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #323 ATP
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #393 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #825 ATP
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #207 ATP doubles
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #219 ATP doubles
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #71 WTA
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #370 WTA
US University scholarship:
Nikolina Grbac (CRO) – US University
Ema Burgic (BIH) – US University
Jordaan Sanford (USA) – US University
Morgan Basil (USA) – US University
2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #7 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #653 ATP
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #71 WTA
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #192 WTA
US University scholarship:
Maja Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Alen Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Karlo Skvorc (CRO) – US University
Robert Đula (CRO) – US University
Emmett Egger (USA) – US University
Robert Stineman (USA) ) – US University
Karen Forman (USA) – US University
Katie Klyczek (USA) – US University
2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #256 ATP (Aug 2016)
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semif, #478 ATP (Feb 2015)
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #744 ATP
GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #600 WTA
Giada CLERICI (ITA), 2004 player, #846 WTA
US University scholarship:
Saska Gavrilovska (SCG) – US University
Maja Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Giacomo Campus (ITA) – US University
Karlo Skvorc (CRO) – US University
Zvonomir Babic (CRO) – US University
Mitchell Polnet (USA) – US University
Ryan Andrada (USA) – US University
Anna Mamalat (USA) – US University
Blair Shankle (USA) – US University
IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS
2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #35 ATP
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #106 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #200 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #210 ATP
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #242 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #259 ATP
GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #50 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #106 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005, #167 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #241 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #274 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, #440 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #503 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005, #936 WTA
US University scholarship:
Maja Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Vladica Babic (MNE) – US University
Ella Perinovic (CRO) – US University
Blaga Delic (CRO) – US University
Saska Gavrilovska (SCG) – US University
Martin Lozano Laura (ESP) – US University
Aziz Kijametovic (BiH) – US University
Mladen Mitak (CRO) – US University
Zvonimir Babic (CRO) – US University
Harry Busby (UK) – US University
Jose Gracia (USA) – US University
Jeffrey Schorsch (USA) – US University
Yale Goldberg (USA) – US University
Dorothy Tang (USA) – US University
2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #259 ATP
GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #74 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #166 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #176 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #232 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #303 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #431 WTA
US University scholarship:
Filip Kraljevic (CRO) – US University
Aziz Kijametovic (BIH) – US University
Ross James Wilson (GBR) – US University
Mladen Mitak (CRO) – US University
2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Lloyd HARRIS (RSA), ,12th SB 2007, #231 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER (ESP) ,12th SB 2007, #552 ATP
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #808 ATP
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), 12th SB 2007 semif., #1676 ATP
GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #104 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #219 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #226 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #419 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #747 WTA
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #792 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #180 ATP
US University scholarship:
Petra Granic (CRO) – US University
Silvia Chinellato (I) – US University
Ksenija Dmitrovic (SRB) – US University
Marija Curnic (CRO) – US University
Nicolo De Fraia (I) – US University
Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore (ESP) – US University
Dominique Garley (USA) – US University
IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, #317 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #358 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #1130 ATP
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1136 ATP
GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #109 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #365 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #461 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #555 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #587 WTA
US University scholarship:
Estela Perez Somarriba (ESP) – US University
Marija Curnic (CRO) – US University
Nikolina Jovic (BiH) – US University
Katerina Jokic (BiH) – US University
Petra Granic (CRO) – US University
Grega Kokalj (SLO) – US University
Sven Lah (SLO) – US University
Charles Broom (UK) – US University
William Blumberg (USA) – US University
IN 2009 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND 1 NEW CONTINENT THEREFORE REACHED THE TOTAL OF 40 COUNTRIES AND 6 CONTINENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2009 – 14th Smrikva Bowl and 8th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Alex DE MINAUR (AUS), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #109 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #204 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #408 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #409 ATP
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #647 ATP
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #1429 ATP
GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #288 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #348 WTA
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #447 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #453 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #742 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #465 WTA
Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #620 WTA
US University scholarship:
Georgina Walker (GBR) – US University
Dea Lako (CRO) – US University
Georgina Axon (GBR) – US University
Max Stewart (GBR) – US University
Alvaro Regalado Pedrol (ESP) – US University
Andrej Omeragić (CRO) – US University
IN 2010 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 49 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2010 – 15th Smrikva Bowl and 9th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Nicola KUHN (ESP), 15th SB 2010 winner, #199 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #597 ATP
Damien WENGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #1002 ATP doubles
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #43 ITF
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #479 ITF
GIRLS
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #876 WTA
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #1075 WTA
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, #1213 WTA
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #62 ITF
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #210 ITF
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #271 ITF
“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #202 WTA
IN 2011 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 54 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2011 – 16th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #1062 ATP
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #131 ITF
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #158 ITF
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #204 ITF
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #237 ITF
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #266 ITF
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #441 ITF
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), 16th SB 2011 semif., #780 ITF
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #930 ITF
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #254 WTA
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1147 WTA
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #141 ITF
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #155 ITF
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #244 ITF
IN 2012 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 58 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION… and for the first time in the quarterfinals there were still five continents represented: AFRICA, ASIA, AMERICA, OCENIA and EUROPE
2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #32 ITF
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #257 ITF
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #261 ITF
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #317 ITF
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #370 ITF
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #473 ITF
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #495 ITF
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #516 ITF
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #604 ITF
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #631 ITF
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, #1148 ITF
GIRLS
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #851 WTA
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #873 WTA
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #986 WTA
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #53 ITF
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #81 ITF
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #139 ITF
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #147 ITF
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #167 ITF
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #176 ITF
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #257 ITF
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #274 ITF
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #394 ITF
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #462 ITF
Maria PETROVIC (SWE), 17th SB 2012, #1387 ITF
IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 63 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #87 ITF
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #272 ITF
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #470 ITF
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #536 ITF
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #628 ITF
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #2292 ITF
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #44 ETA U16
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #57 ETA U16
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #152 ETA U16
Filip MANDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #169 ETA U16
Gal EMERSIC POTOCNIK (SVN), 18th SB 2013, #231 ETA U16
Fran MITROVIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #246 ETA U16
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #261 ETA U16
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #296 ETA U16
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #477 ETA U16
Adi DAGAN (ISR), 18th SB 2013, #802 ETA U16
Mateja JANICIJEVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #806 ETA U16
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #1713 ETA U16
Bartol BORSE (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #60 ETA U14
GIRLS
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #388 ITF
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #672 ITF
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #1579 ITF
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #1674 ITF
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #1772 ITF
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #330 ETA U16
Ana VILCEK (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #909 ETA U16
IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 65 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #5 ETA U14
Kalin IVANOVSKI (MKD), 19th SB 2014, #15 ETA U14
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #20 ETA U14
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #24 ETA U14
Bor ARTNAK (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #24 ETA U14
Pedro RODENAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #29 ETA U14
Noa VUKADIN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #35 ETA U14
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #42 ETA U14
Vilius GAUBAS (LIT), 19th SB 2014, #42 ETA U14
Raffaele MARIANI (SUI), 19th SB 2014, #42 ETA U14
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #51 ETA U14
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #51 ETA U14
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #55 ETA U14
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #67 ETA U14
Dan Vasile DUTA (ROU), 19th SB 2014, #65 ETA U14
Carlos GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #74 ETA U14
Matija SAMARDZIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #74 ETA U14
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #87 ETA U14
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #125 ETA U14
Krsta PETROVIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #137 ETA U14
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #208 ETA U14
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #292 ETA U14
GIRLS
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #5 ETA U14
Joelle STEUR (GER), 19th SB 2014, #17 ETA U14
Patricija PAUKSTYTE (LTU), 19th SB 2014, #24 ETA U14
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #25 ETA U14
Patricie KUBIKOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014, #26 ETA U14
Kyoka KUBO (JPN), 19th SB 2014, #42 ETA U14
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., #42 ETA U14
Sarah MUELLER (GER), 19th SB 2014, #45 ETA U14
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #56 ETA U14
Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #57 ETA U14
Divna RATKOVIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #66 ETA U14
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #87 ETA U14
Suana TUCAKOVIC (BIH), 19th SB 2014 semif., #87 ETA U14
Irene ARTIGAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #90 ETA U14
Veronica SIRCI (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #173 ETA U14
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #226 ETA U14
IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 73 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner, #14 ETA U14
Dino PRIZMIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015 quarterf., #23 ETA U14
Matej DODIG (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #36 ETA U14
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), 20th SB 2015 semif., #47 ETA U14
Mikalai BANKOU (BLR), 20th SB 2015, #64 ETA U14
Giacomo NOSEI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #114 ETA U14
Andrea MEDURI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #122 ETA U14
Dimitar PENCHEV (BGR), 20th SB 2015, #134 ETA U14
Federico BONDIOLI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #279 ETA U14
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), 20th SB 2015 semif., #712 ETA U14
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up
GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif., #42 ETA U14
Klio Maria IOANNOU (CYP), 20th SB 2015, #50 ETA U14
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up, #134 ETA U14
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner, #151 ETA U14
Alexandra EALA (PHI), 20th SB 2015 , #237 ETA U14 – Les Petits As 2018 winner
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif. ,#320 ETA U14
IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 79 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner – Auray 2018 winner
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif.
GIRLS
Ela Nala MILIČ (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Mia RISTIĆ (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif.
IN 2017 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 85 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2017 – 22nd Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Roben GAVANI (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner
William REJCHTMAN VINCIGUERRA (SWE), 22nd SB 2017 runner up
Duje MARKOVINA (CRO), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Štepan SKLENIČKA (CZE), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
GIRLS
Rositsa DENCHEVA (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner
Shanice ROIGNOT (FRA), 22nd SB 2017 runner up
Chu LI-YA (TWN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Mai GOTO (JPN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikve, Istria from Smrikve, Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve, SMRIKVE LOUNGE, Villa TASTE, for your accommodation with swimming pool in Stinjan (Pula – Pola) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia.
29/04/18
4th SBTTFW 2018 - Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 22/4/-29/4/2018 (2nd week)
The second very unique week in Smrikve have just been concluded… dedicated to the tennis talents and their families…
The program was run by coach Luca Appino, Tennis Talents founder, and Mio, Smrikva Bowl founder, with the focus on two elements:
Tennis Talents Method (impact accuracy, effectiveness, efficiency and thinking)
1. 5 Senses
2. Muscular release and acceleration
3. Ideal impact zone
4. Timing, rhythm and footwork
5. Tactics: 5 options
and Momentum (the invisible force in tennis)…
The Alumni of this first week of this year edition were:
• Tara Sladaković
• Sofia Segui Edmundson
• Stefan Sladaković
• Edit Cosmo
• Ana Tara Praček
• Vincenzo Mecarelli
• Manuella Persson
• Jaša Cvek
• Jacob Shen
• Hannah Shen
…with moments to share some key concepts but the most important was to feel them later by each Alumni… this is the base of the whole Method… sensations and ability to feel…
… always give the Alumni some basics…
… let them start with having fun…
… and than feel the element on the court…
after the sessions there is always a streching leader… to strech at the end and make proper activation is always very important…
activate…
feel and try to do it…
combine it with the tactic of the day…
share your thoughts in the individual interview…
compete for the book with family…
and do some home schooling :)…
evening classes are always special… and always different ;)…
activation before every session…
put in practice and relate the subject of the day with a tactic to play…
and thank you all for making the week special and see you soon again! :D
Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikve, Istria from Smrikve, Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve, SMRIKVE LOUNGE, Villa TASTE, for your accommodation with swimming pool in Stinjan (Pula – Pola) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia.
16/04/18
4th SBTTFW 2018 - Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 14/4/-21/4/2018 (1st week)
A very unique week in Smrikve for the talents and families was just completed… the program was run by coach Luca Appino, Tennis Talents founder, and Mio, Smrikva Bowl founder, with the focus on two elements:
Tennis Talents Method
1. 5 Senses
2. Muscular release and acceleration
3. Ideal impact zone
4. Timing, rhythm and footwork
5. Tactics: 5 options
and Momentum (the invisible force in tennis)…
The Alumni of this first week of this year edition were:
• Tara Sladaković
• Rares Golescu
• Stefan Sladaković
• Trian Lakha
• Žiga Šeško
• Paola Pieragostini
• Uxue Azurza Frade
• Staša Bulatović
…with moments to share some key concepts but the most important was to feel them later by each Alumni… this is the base of the whole Method… sensations and ability to feel…
… always give the Alumni some basics…
… let them start with having fun…
… and than feel the element on the court…
… and play…
after the sessions there is always a streching leader… to strech at the end and make proper activation is always very important…
individual interview with Alumni and families is always part of the week…
activation…
… put in practice the subject of the day… and play following the tactics of the day…
… and one by one spend time with Luca with elements of the day you wish to improve…
… pizza time after Kung Fu Panda… was the relax evening ;)…
surprise Miro’s visit to the class… Miomir Kecmanović coach
… family competition for the book…
… very funny moment…
… with big emotional participation…
activate…
play…
and celebrate the whole class :)
… see you soon! :D
Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikve, Istria from Smrikve, Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve, SMRIKVE LOUNGE, Villa TASTE, for your accommodation with swimming pool in Stinjan (Pula – Pola) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia.
09/04/18
Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update April 2018)
Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking.
You will also find the approximate list of the past Smrikva Bowl and “Little Mo” players who got US University scholarship thanks to their tennis skills…
• 19 TOP 200 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #7 WTA (Feb 2016)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #20 WTA (Jul 2017)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #35 WTA (Apr 2018)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #45 WTA (Sept 2017)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 47 WTA (Feb 2015)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #97 WTA (Oct 2017)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #104 WTA (Apr 2018)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #121 WTA (Feb 2017)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #134 on WTA (Oct 2016)
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #144 WTA (Aug 2017)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #166 WTA (Feb 2018)
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #169 WTA (Apr 2018)
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #175 WTA (Apr 2018)
Clair LIU – 2010 “LM”/SB player -#181 WTA (Apr 2018)
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #189 WTA (Mar 2018)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #55 WTA doubles (Nov 2017)
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #140 WTA doubles (Mar 2018)
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)
• 17 TOP 200 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #4 ATP (Nov 2017)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #28 ATP (Mar 2018)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #86 ATP (Jan 2018)
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #114 ATP (Apr 2018)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #147 ATP (Jan 2018)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #150 ATP (Oct 2017)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #158 ATP (Aug 2016)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 quarterf.- #176 ATP (Feb 2018)
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #199 ATP (Oct 2017)
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #200 (Apr 2018)
Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #130 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Ivan SABANOV – 2002 semi – # 194 ATP doubles (Jan 2018)
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semi – # 200 ATP doubles (Feb 2018)
As of 9th of April 2018 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:
• 53 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #36 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #55 WTA
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #71 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #88 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #92 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #104 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #108 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #169 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #170 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #175 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #181 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #194 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #205 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #216 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #218 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #223 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #249 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #269 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #281 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #292 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #298 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #314 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #326 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #359 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #365 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #379 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #412 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #446 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #455 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #457 WTA
Ashley LAHEY – 2009 player – #459 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #462 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #469 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #482 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #498 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #502 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #572 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #595 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #618 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #625 WTA
Lea BOSKOVIC – 2009 player – #633 WTA
Chiara GRIMM – 2007 quarterfinalist – #665 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #710 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #743 WTA
Ana BISKIC – 2009 player – #760 WTA
Zoe KRUGER – 2012 semif. – #820 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #850 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #860 WTA
Helene PELLICANO – 2012 semif. – #878 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON – 2010 runner up – #879 WTA
Angela *FITA BOLUDA*- 2009 player – #896 WTA
Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #911 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC – 2005 player – #915 WTA
• 32 players TOP 1000 ATP
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #7 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #28 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #95 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #114 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #162 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #187 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #197 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #200 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #242 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #256 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #262 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #263 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 284 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #312 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #315 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #394 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #406 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #421 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 cd winner – #425 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #430 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #563 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 semifinals – #569 ATP
William BLUMBERG – 2008 player – #611 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #648 ATP
Nerman FATIC – 2004 semifinalist- #745 ATP
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semifinals – #790 ATP
Bogdan BORZA – 2007 runner up – #797 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #808 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #840 ATP
Jeffrey SCHROSCH – 2005 player – #868 ATP
Gabi Adrian BOITAN – 2009 player – #978 ATP
• 11 players TOP 100 ATP RACE TO MILAN NEXT GEN
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #5 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #13 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #14 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #16 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #19 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 player – #29 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #39 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #49 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #63 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #65 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 semifinals – #73 ATP
• 5 boys and 8 girls… in total 13 players are in TOP 100 ITF
BOYS:
- #24 Nicola KUHN – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2017 runner up and doubles winner
- #45 Lorenzo MUSETTI
- #54 Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA
- #74 Damien WENGER
- #96 Tomas MACHAC
GIRLS:
- #3 Clair LIU – Junior WIMBLEDON 2017 winner (2016 doubles winner), Junior ROLAND GARROS 2017 runner up
- #19 Olga DANILOVIC – Junior USOPEN 2017 winner (doubles), Junior WIMBLEDON 2017 winner (doubles), Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #51 Himari SATO
- #52 Maria TIMOFEEVA
- #53 Ania HERTEL
- #71 Paula ARIAS MANJON – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #78 Francesca CURMI
- #81 Giulia PEONI
• 2 boys and 1 girl is in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Luca NARDI #3, Piotr PAWLAK #4, Weronika BASZAK #7)
• 1 boy and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Mili Poljičak #5, Aliona Falei #9)
IN 1996 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM ISTRIA AND KVARNER (1st Smrikva Bowl)… IN 1997 TOP PLAYERS FROM CROATIA gathered on the 2nd Smrikva Bowl… IN 1998 3rd SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO GATHER FIRST FOREIGN PLAYERS… and in 2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…
Vilim VISAK (CRO), 1st SB 1996 winner, best ranking #612 ATP (Mar 2006)
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, best ranking #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, best ranking #356 WTA (Mar 2009)
Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #223 WTA
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #430 ATP
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #131 ATP doubles
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, best ranking #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #36 WTA
US University (1996-2001):
Nikolina Grbac – US University
Indire Akiki – US University
Maja Plavšić – US University
Deni Žmak – US University
Sandra Žmak – US University
Filip Krička – US University
IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Javier MARTI (ESP) – 7th SB 2002 winner – #262 AT
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #315 ATP
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #421 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #840 ATP
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #200 ATP doubles
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #211 ATP doubles
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #92 WTA
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #359 WTA
US University scholarship:
Nikolina Grbac (CRO) – US University
Ema Burgic (BIH) – US University
Jordaan Sanford (USA) – US University
Morgan Basil (USA) – US University
2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #7 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #808 ATP
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #92 WTA
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #205 WTA
US University scholarship:
Maja Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Alen Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Karlo Skvorc (CRO) – US University
Robert Đula (CRO) – US University
Emmett Egger (USA) – US University
Robert Stineman (USA) ) – US University
Karen Forman (USA) – US University
Katie Klyczek (USA) – US University
2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #256 ATP (Aug 2016)
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semif, #478 ATP (Feb 2015)
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #745 ATP
GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #625 WTA
Giada CLERICI (ITA), 2004 player, #850 WTA
US University scholarship:
Saska Gavrilovska (SCG) – US University
Maja Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Giacomo Campus (ITA) – US University
Karlo Skvorc (CRO) – US University
Zvonomir Babic (CRO) – US University
Mitchell Polnet (USA) – US University
Ryan Andrada (USA) – US University
Anna Mamalat (USA) – US University
Blair Shankle (USA) – US University
IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS
2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #28 ATP
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #95 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #197 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #256 ATP
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #263 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #284 ATP
GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #55 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #108 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005, #170 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #218 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #292 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, #462 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #498 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005, #915 WTA
US University scholarship:
Maja Salibasic (BIH) – US University
Vladica Babic (MNE) – US University
Ella Perinovic (CRO) – US University
Blaga Delic (CRO) – US University
Saska Gavrilovska (SCG) – US University
Martin Lozano Laura (ESP) – US University
Aziz Kijametovic (BiH) – US University
Mladen Mitak (CRO) – US University
Zvonimir Babic (CRO) – US University
Harry Busby (UK) – US University
Jose Gracia (USA) – US University
Jeffrey Schorsch (USA) – US University
Yale Goldberg (USA) – US University
Dorothy Tang (USA) – US University
2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #284 ATP
GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #71 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #169 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #194 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #249 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #314 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #412 WTA
US University scholarship:
Filip Kraljevic (CRO) – US University
Aziz Kijametovic (BIH) – US University
Ross James Wilson (GBR) – US University
Mladen Mitak (CRO) – US University
2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Lloyd HARRIS (RSA), ,12th SB 2007, #242 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER (ESP) ,12th SB 2007, #563 ATP
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #797 ATP
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), 12th SB 2007 semif., #1682 ATP
GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #88 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #216 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #281 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #455 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #665 WTA
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #860 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #162 ATP
US University scholarship:
Petra Granic (CRO) – US University
Silvia Chinellato (I) – US University
Ksenija Dmitrovic (SRB) – US University
Marija Curnic (CRO) – US University
Nicolo De Fraia (I) – US University
Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore (ESP) – US University
Dominique Garley (USA) – US University
IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, #312 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #406 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #1134 ATP
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1139 ATP
GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #104 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #365 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #457 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #502 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #618 WTA
US University scholarship:
Estela Perez Somarriba (ESP) – US University
Marija Curnic (CRO) – US University
Nikolina Jovic (BiH) – US University
Katerina Jokic (BiH) – US University
Petra Granic (CRO) – US University
Grega Kokalj (SLO) – US University
Sven Lah (SLO) – US University
Charles Broom (UK) – US University
William Blumberg (USA) – US University
IN 2009 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND 1 NEW CONTINENT THEREFORE REACHED THE TOTAL OF 40 COUNTRIES AND 6 CONTINENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2009 – 14th Smrikva Bowl and 8th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Alex DE MINAUR (AUS), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #114 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #187 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #394 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #425 ATP
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #648 ATP
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #1435 ATP
GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #298 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #379 WTA
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #446 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #482 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #710 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #459 WTA
Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #595 WTA
US University scholarship:
Georgina Walker (GBR) – US University
Dea Lako (CRO) – US University
Georgina Axon (GBR) – US University
Max Stewart (GBR) – US University
Alvaro Regalado Pedrol (ESP) – US University
Andrej Omeragić (CRO) – US University
IN 2010 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 49 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2010 – 15th Smrikva Bowl and 9th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Nicola KUHN (ESP), 15th SB 2010 winner, #200 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #569 ATP
Damien WENGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #994 ATP doubles
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #43 ITF
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #479 ITF
GIRLS
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #879 WTA
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #1137 WTA
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, #1213 WTA
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #49 ITF
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #87 ITF
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #238 ITF
“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #181 WTA
IN 2011 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 54 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2011 – 16th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #1108 ATP
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #114 ITF
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #129 ITF
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #160 ITF
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #238 ITF
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #266 ITF
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #426 ITF
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), 16th SB 2011 semif., #763 ITF
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #889 ITF
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #269 WTA
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1180 WTA
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #127 ITF
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #189 ITF
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #252 ITF
IN 2012 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 58 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION… and for the first time in the quarterfinals there were still five continents represented: AFRICA, ASIA, AMERICA, OCENIA and EUROPE
2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #45 ITF
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #261 ITF
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #283 ITF
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #317 ITF
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #365 ITF
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #474 ITF
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #476 ITF
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #487 ITF
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #688 ITF
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #885 ITF
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, #1128 ITF
GIRLS
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #820 WTA
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #878 WTA
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #1020 WTA
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #52 ITF
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #78 ITF
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #125 ITF
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #154 ITF
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #170 ITF
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #173 ITF
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #260 ITF
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #280 ITF
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #387 ITF
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #459 ITF
Maria PETROVIC (SWE), 17th SB 2012, #1369 ITF
IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 63 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #140 ITF
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #272 ITF
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #521 ITF
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #677 ITF
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #694 ITF
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #2246 ITF
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #73 ETA U16
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #76 ETA U16
Filip MANDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #162 ETA U16
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #177 ETA U16
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #226 ETA U16
Gal EMERSIC POTOCNIK (SVN), 18th SB 2013, #272 ETA U16
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #286 ETA U16
Fran MITROVIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #307 ETA U16
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #314 ETA U16
Adi DAGAN (ISR), 18th SB 2013, #442 ETA U16
Mateja JANICIJEVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #794 ETA U16
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #1699 ETA U16
Bartol BORSE (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #65 ETA U14
GIRLS
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #401 ITF
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #666 ITF
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #875 ITF
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #1659 ITF
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #1859 ITF
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #343 ETA U16
Ana VILCEK (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #711 ETA U16
IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 65 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #5 ETA U14
Kalin IVANOVSKI (MKD), 19th SB 2014, #15 ETA U14
Pedro RODENAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #24 ETA U14
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #26 ETA U14
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #31 ETA U14
Noa VUKADIN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #32 ETA U14
Vilius GAUBAS (LIT), 19th SB 2014, #37 ETA U14
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #40 ETA U14
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #42 ETA U14
Bor ARTNAK (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #42 ETA U14
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #47 ETA U14
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #50 ETA U14
Raffaele MARIANI (SUI), 19th SB 2014, #53 ETA U14
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #62 ETA U14
Dan Vasile DUTA (ROU), 19th SB 2014, #65 ETA U14
Carlos GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #71 ETA U14
Matija SAMARDZIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #75 ETA U14
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #75 ETA U14
Krsta PETROVIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #124 ETA U14
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #129 ETA U14
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #226 ETA U14
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #275 ETA U14
GIRLS
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #9 ETA U14
Joelle STEUR (GER), 19th SB 2014, #15 ETA U14
Patricija PAUKSTYTE (LTU), 19th SB 2014, #24 ETA U14
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #25 ETA U14
Kyoka KUBO (JPN), 19th SB 2014, #34 ETA U14
Patricie KUBIKOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014, #36 ETA U14
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., #39 ETA U14
Sarah MUELLER (GER), 19th SB 2014, #41 ETA U14
Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #42 ETA U14
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #50 ETA U14
Divna RATKOVIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #67 ETA U14
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #76 ETA U14
Suana TUCAKOVIC (BIH), 19th SB 2014 semif., #76 ETA U14
Irene ARTIGAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #112 ETA U14
Veronica SIRCI (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #162 ETA U14
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #212 ETA U14
IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 73 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner, #19 ETA U14
Dino PRIZMIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015 quarterf., #20 ETA U14
Matej DODIG (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #36 ETA U14
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), 20th SB 2015 semif., #39 ETA U14
Mikalai BANKOU (BLR), 20th SB 2015, #59 ETA U14
Dimitar PENCHEV (BGR), 20th SB 2015, #89 ETA U14
Andrea MEDURI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #103 ETA U14
Giacomo NOSEI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #117 ETA U14
Federico BONDIOLI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #128 ETA U14
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), 20th SB 2015 semif., #544 ETA U14
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up
GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif., #39 ETA U14
Klio Maria IOANNOU (CYP), 20th SB 2015, #97 ETA U14
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up, #133 ETA U14
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner, #140 ETA U14
Alexandra EALA (PHI), 20th SB 2015 , #220 ETA U14 – Les Petits As 2018 winner
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif. ,#501 ETA U14
IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 79 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner – Auray 2018 winner
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif.
GIRLS
Ela Nala MILIČ (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Mia RISTIĆ (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif.
IN 2017 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 85 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2017 – 22nd Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Roben GAVANI (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner
William REJCHTMAN VINCIGUERRA (SWE), 22nd SB 2017 runner up
Duje MARKOVINA (CRO), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Štepan SKLENIČKA (CZE), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
GIRLS
Rositsa DENCHEVA (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner
Shanice ROIGNOT (FRA), 22nd SB 2017 runner up
Chu LI-YA (TWN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Mai GOTO (JPN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
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08/04/18
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE 23rd SMRIKVA BOWL 2018 CANDIDATES... The confirmation e-mails have been sent to all the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 candidates who presented complete candidacies in time....
All the candidates that have presented complete candidacies in time and indicated correct e-mail address in their application forms should have received the confirmation e-mail letters by 8th of April 2018 of:
a) their acceptance
b) suggestion to join the waiting list
c) or impossibility to invite them to play this year Smrikva Bowl.
For the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 annual the application forms received exceeded by far the number of total places available envisaged for this year edition of 96 players in total (48 + 48 Draws)… and the right to bring forward the deadline date was executed for the fifth consecutive time in the Smrikva Bowl history
By taking into consideration that players who presented their candidacy in time are ranked among TOP players in the country the decision was taken to extend the number of accepted players to our maximum potential of almost 120 players… the new envisaged draws are: 64 boys + 48 girls draws…
Smrikva Bowl historical limit was always 100 players and we confirmed over 20 players above our traditional limit…
The candidacies presented were from six continents and over 40 countries with several new countries. Total number of countries represented on Smrikva Bowl since its foundation in 1996 is expected to pass 87 countries after this year Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Nomination Ceremony…
There are players who presented complete candidacy before the deadline and were invited to join the waiting list… therefore there is no possibility to take into consideration other candidacies…
The players that have not received confirmation e-mail but have provided in time all the five requested elements in the application instructions indicated in the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 tournament presentation please inform Smrikve Tennis Club via e-mail: miodrag_bozovic@ yahoo.it
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30/03/18
The possibility to candidate players for the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 edition is Closed. The candidates who presented their candidacy are pleased to read the following...
Smrikva Bowl is traditionally limited to 100 players…
For the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 annual the application forms received exceeded by far the number of total places available of 96 players in total (48 + 48 Draws)… and the right to bring forward the deadline date was executed for the fifth time in the Smrikva Bowl history.
The candidates are representing six continents and around 40 different countries…
As indicated in the application instructions: preference will have top players from each country…
All the candidates who presented their candidacies by the deadline date will receive the confirmation e-mail of their acceptance or impossibility to invite them to play before April 8th, 2018.
The players that do not receive any information e-mail by the 8th of April please inform via e-mail: [email protected]
Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikve, Istria from Smrikve, Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve, for your accommodation with swimming pool in Stinjan (Pula – Pola) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia.
25/03/18
On Ambassador's Day, 21st of September 2017, the selection for the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 generation started... and in some days the 2018 candidacy process will be fully completed...
Since 2010 the selection process for the Smrikva Bowl candidates starts on 21st of September… Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day…
I am pleased to share just few words written back in time why that date… that may be of interest for the new Smrikva generation… :)
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 no. 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
21/03/18
Only 8 days away from the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 generation candidacy process completion... and the story of the Old Olive Trees...
8 days away from the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 generation candidacy process completion… I am pleased to share part of the story related to the old Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Olive Trees…
In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started a tradition of planting an Olive tree. The tree that we planted for the 10th Smrikva Bowl is over 150 years old and happens to come from Spain.
During the ceremony, every Ambassador put a tiny piece of land close to the root of the Olive tree and say his or her name. Every year a new old Olive tree receive the Ambassadors’ names from many countries and continents. So far Smrikva Bowl olive oil have reached 85 countries and six continents…
The Olive tree is a symbol of peace. The age of the tree is a symbol of intergenerational responsibility. Every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to learn to preserve all that each of us is born with and allow future generations to enjoy the beauty of life, the sunsets and the seasons of the earth.
Very often while thinking about old olive trees in Smrikve I like to recall Mufasa teaching Simba the circle of life story… and below is part of a letter written a decade ago thinking about Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors and their Olive Trees…
Smrikve, March 2008
AMBASSADORS’ OLD OLIVE TREE AND THE CIRCLE OF LIFE…
The Lion King cartoon is an artwork and most of the life messages one can find in it are in line with the Smrikva Bowl. They are in line with the message of the Ambassadors’ Olive Tree; they are in line with the values of friendship and love; they are in line with empathy. Love, friendship and empathy are all Cosmopolitan values per excellence, as far as people and humanity are concerned.
The relationship between Mufasa, Sarabi and Simba reminds me of both: parents and family love, but also about the intergenerational responsability.
Timon, Pumbaa and Simba relationship reminds me about love between friends. Pumbaa also make me think abuout empathy, intuition and loyalty. The relationship between Simba and Nola reminds me again about the importance of love. Rafiki, the wise old baboo, with his many centuries old tree reminds me about the importance of knowledge and experience of the older. There are many other particular moments that every person on its own, based on his or her own life experience, discover by watching these artworks.
You might be interested to know that most of the characters’ names in this cartoon have a particular meaning in Swahili language: Simba means “lion”; Nala means “gift”, and love is for me one of the greatest gifts that people can receive and give during their life; Sarabi means “mirage”; Pumbaa means “dull-witted” or “stunned”; and Rafiki means “friend” :). These names with their meanings make me think of the American Indians and the way they used to give the names to their people.
Every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to understand and to learn, to preserve all that each of us is born with. When Mufasa was explaining to Simba that is not easy to be the King… a good King should know that everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. The intergenerational responsibility alone will allow future generations to enjoy the beauty of life, the sunsets and the seasons of the earth. Enjoy the circle of life.
I am pleased to repeat words of a Nobal 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. It is true that every generation face new challenges but there are many examples in the past how the old generations managed and solved particular problems and this is way knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important.
Miodrag Bozovic
17/03/18
Only 13 days away from the 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 generation candidacy process completion...
I am pleased to share the story of the Smrikva Bowl theater that for over two decades has been gathering the talents from all over the World…
We are less than two weeks away from closing the candidacy process for the 23rd annual and another year full of talents is envisaged again… and I am pleased to share the following story with the new generation candidates…
Smrikve, January 2010
INSPIRING… SMRIKVA…
… an inspiring tennis festival… When I think of Smrikva Bowl I try to imagine it as a theater where every year we work hard to set a stage where the world’s talents can gather… Every year we gather all these different actors, great talents, very special kids, arriving from different cultures, having different dreams,…
We set the stage and later on they are in charge with their will, dreams and hard work… they are the ones who write the most different stories…
Smrikva Bowl is still very young tournament but I would like to think that some of these kids will write nice and inspiring stories in most different professional fields.
I also know that according to the statistics only few of the kids participating Smrikva Bowl will make it to become top professional tennis players, but I like to think that they will make it in other professional fields they choose in their lives.
I was recently reading Andre Agassi’s book and through the whole book he was repeating to friends and people meeting during his life that he doesn’t like tennis thus it seems to me that he never had the option to choose, but in end he ended up being the Champion and according to Luke Jensen a person with big heart and very good friend.
I will never know how many kids playing Smrikva Bowl are playing it because their parents would like them to become professional tennis players and how much of them play it because they enjoy the game.
What I do know is that any kind of sport can help kids in their growth and I also know that people that do excel in any field require total dedication and a lot of sacrifice to reach the excellence.
When I think of Andre’s words of not loving what he was doing for most of the time of his life I start thinking of other 90% of people around the World that make for living doing jobs they do not like, but “La vita e’ bella” Roberto Benigni would say and tennis helped Andre to grow up.
There is one part in the book that I liked a lot… it is about inspiration, faith and what does it mean to be a good coach… to have the right word in the right moment… this part is related with Gil… and is about people that do believe in other people and help them to write their life stories and to write their own one…
Here are Gil’s words reported by Andre in his book when he accepted to coach him:
“I’m not one of those people who expresses or articulates feelings very well, but from now on, just know this: It’s on, man. It is on.
You know what I’m saying? We’are in a fight, and you can count on me until the last man is standing. Somewhere up there is a star with your name on it. I might not be able to help you find it, but I’ve got pretty strong shoulders, and you can stand on my shoulders while you’re looking for that star. You hear? For as long as you want. Stand on my shoulders and reach, man. Reach.”
In every life there are people that influence what we do and how we do it.
The Smrikva Bowl festival would like to inspire its players and Ambassadors to beleive in their dreams and work hard to reach them.
Sport and music are in general good educators and the vision of sport prefered in Smrikve is the one Nelson Mandela once said:
“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.”
Miodrag Bozovic
