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27th Smrikva Bowl 2022 will be played from (18th) 20th till 25th of June 2022… “seeds of the Legends of tomorrow” story…
27th SMRIKVA BOWL 2022 Presentation with Application Instructions (pdf ~1.86 MB)
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 27th SMRIKVA BOWL 2022 CANDIDATES:
Due to COVID-19 pandemic the 25th Smrikva Bowl 2020 edition and 26th Smrikva Bowl 2021 edition were not held. As of 21st of September 2021 we are not able to foresee if there will be safety conditions required for the Smrikva Bowl to be held. The pandemic evolution will be monitored with hope that the 27th Smrikva Bowl 2022 will be held.
The application form – included in the above presentation – must be completed in full with Capital Letter’s and be sent by e-mail (in PDF or jpg format) indicated in the presentation. It is important to complete all the information requested in the forms and to provide all the other relevant information requested.
Due to pandemic the number of players have been preliminary reduced and is limited to 64 in total (32 boys + 32 girls) => there are few places available per country. Top players from each country will be preferred. 27th Smrikva Bowl 2022 is reserved for the players born in 2012 ONLY.
Deadline for applications: 30th March 2022 (we reserve the right to bring forward this deadline date if the number of applications received from qualifying TOP players exceed the total number of 32+32 players we can invite)
Each player will receive by e – mail confirmation that the application form has been received… Invited players and players from outside Europe ranked #1 in their country, which provide all the required information, may receive confirmation of their acceptance before the deadline date always subject to pandemic development. Other players will receive confirmation as to whether or not their application has been successful no later then 8th April 2022.
Accepted players are eligible to present their candidacy for the 6th Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2022.
For any additional questions you may have regarding the Smrikva Bowl or your application, after reading with attention the presentation, please address those to: [email protected] yahoo.it
Accepted players are eligible to present their candidacy for the 6th Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2022.
SBM+FHW is a holiday opportunity dedicated to past SB players & families which have interest in getting some wealth management basics.
Smrikva Bowl M plus Family Holiday Week (SBM+FHW) (pdf ~0.54 MB)
(smrikve.com Villas: SMRIKVE LOUNGE, Smrikve Charme, Smrikve)
24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 Draws and Results, 25th & 26th SB players list
24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 Draws and Results
24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 Press Release
News
04/10/21
Top Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European U14 and 16 ranking lists (update October 2021)
Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking.
As of October 4th, 2021 their track record includes the following:
=> 36 GRAND SLAM titles (including junior titles) conquered by 28 players
=> 1 Olympic golden medal (singles) & 1 Olympic silver medal (doubles)
=> 56 professional ATP/WTA titles (1 Grand Slam)
=> 52 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking => 31 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking => 8 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA => 2 players reached TOP 5 ATP/WTA ranking
=> 240 + SB players (1996-2013) received scholarships to study in the US & play tennis… and the list of the players can be seen on the following link SB US University Club
- 340+ SB players (1996-2015) collected ATP/WTA points on the following link ATP/WTA SB Club
• 27 TOP 200 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #4 WTA (Feb 2020)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #14 WTA (Jan 2020)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #19 WTA (Nov 2019)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #20 WTA (Jul 2017)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 39 WTA (Apr 2019)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #43 WTA (Mar 2019)
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #66 WTA (Sep 2021)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #81 WTA (Mar 2020)
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #82 WTA (Feb 2019)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #86 on WTA (Jul 2019)
Clair LIU – 2010 “LM”/SB player -#92 WTA (Sep 2021)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #96 WTA (Oct 2018)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #97 WTA (Oct 2017)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #112 WTA (Jun 2021)
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #143 WTA (Jun 2018)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #162 WTA (Dec 2018)
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #163 WTA (Oct 2018)
Lina GJORCHESKA – 2003 player – #170 WTA (Jun 2017)
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #187 WTA (Jul 2018)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #40 WTA doubles (Sep 2021)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #56 WTA doubles (May 2019)
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 “LM”/SB player -#94 WTA doubles (May 2021)
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #118 WTA doubles (Oct 2021)
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #134 WTA doubles (Jan 2018)
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #143 WTA doubles (May 2019)
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)
Vladica BABIC – 2005 player – #164 WTA doubles (Nov 2019)
• 25 TOP 200 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #3 ATP (Mar 2020)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #12 ATP (Nov 2018)
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #15 ATP (Jun 2021)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #27 ATP (Jun 2019)
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #31 ATP (Sep 2021 )
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 SF- #32 ATP (Aug 2021)
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 quarterf.- #38 ATP (Mar 2021)
Carlos ALCARAZ – 2013 runner up – #38 ATP (Sep 2021)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #50 ATP (Jun 2021)
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 QF – #57 ATP (Sep 2021)
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 CD winner – #61 ATP (May 2021)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #124 ATP (Feb 2020)
Holger RUNE – 2013 QF – #124 ATP (Sep 2021)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #129 ATP (Apr 2021)
Tomas MACHAC – 2010 QF – #137 (Aug 2021)
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 142 ATP (Apr 2019)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #174 ATP (Oct 2019)
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #192 ATP (Aug 2018)
Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Ivan SABANOV – 2002 semi – #95 ATP doubles (Sep 2021)
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semi – #95 ATP doubles (Sep 2021)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #128 ATP doubles (May 2019)
As of 4th of October 2021 the ranking summary of the TOP 1000 ATP/WTA former Smrikva Bowl players is the following:
• 66 WTA players (6,6%)
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #10 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #45 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #47 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #66 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #78 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #94 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #99 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #113 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #114 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #128 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #155 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #156 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #207 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #211 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #221 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #267 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #279 WTA
Lina GJORCHESKA – 2003 player – #287 WTA
Maria GUTIERREZ CARRASCO – 2007 player – #291 WTA
Joanne ZUGER – 2010 player – #319 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 QF- #329 WTA
Lea BOSKOVIC – 2009 player – #332 WTA
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA – 2015 SF – #336 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #344 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #357 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #358 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #368 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #372 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #392 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #397 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #404 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #405 WTA
Maria TIMOFEEVA – 2012 player – #410 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #418 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #451 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #466 WTA
Angela FITA BOLUDA – 2009 player – #468 WTA
Ziva FALKNER – 2012 player – #514 WTA
Alexandra EALA – 2015 SF – #519 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #524 WTA
Estela PEREZ SOMARRIBA – 2008 SB player – #539 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #546 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #570 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #602 WTA
Tina CVETKOVIC – 2009 player – #605 WTA
Ashley LAHEY – 2009 LM/SB – #613 WTA
Pia LOVRIC – 2012 player – #635 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #652 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #654 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #658 WTA
Zoe KRUGER – 2012 semif. – #659 WTA
Vladica BABIC – 2005 player – #689 WTA
Aleksandra VECIC – 2011 player – #714 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #725 WTA
Antonia RUZIC – 2013 player – #729 WTA
Julie BELGRAVER – 2012 player – #772 WTA
Himari SATO – 2012 winner – #784 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #813 WTA
Matilde PAOLETTI – 2012 QF – #831 WTA
Katarina JOKIC – 2008 winner – #835 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #847 WTA
Ania HERTEL – 2010 player – #849 WTA
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE – 2012 runner up – #852 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #904 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #931 WTA
Helene PELLICANO – 2012 QF – #961 WTA
• 43 ATP players (4,3%)
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #8 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #27 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #31 ATP
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA – 2013 runner up – #38 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 SF- #43 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #47 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #50 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #60 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 QF – #61 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #62 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 cd winner – #69 ATP
Holger RUNE – 2013 QF – #124 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #135 ATP
Tomas MACHAC – 2010 QF- #139 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #152 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #207 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #235 ATP
Flavio COBOLLI – 2012 player – #243 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #257 ATP
Duje AJDUKOVIC – 2011 winner – #261 ATP
Nerman FATIC – 2004 player – #336 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 runner up – #381 ATP
Filip MISOLIC – 2011 player – #407 ATP
Luca NARDI – 2013 player – #440 ATP
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA – 2011 QF – #441 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI – 2008 player – #453 ATP
Eric VANSHELBOIM – 2011 player – #482 ATP
Luciano DARDERI – 2012 player – #499 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – #537 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #564 ATP
Damian WENGER – 2010 player – #572 ATP
Remy BERTOLA – 2008 player – #594 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV – 2012 player – #624 ATP
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC – 2013 SF – #672 ATP
Mattia BELLUCCI – 2010 player – #677 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #759 ATP
Cezar CRETU – 2011 player – #793 ATP
Rimpei KAWAKAMI – 2010 player – #819 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #845 ATP
Aziz KIJAMETOVIC – 2006 player – #872 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI – 2008 SF – #878 ATP
Sebastian GIMA – 2012 runner up – #891 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #925 ATP
• 16 players TOP 100 ATP RACE TO MILAN NEXT GEN (16%)
Carlos ALCARAZ – 2013 runner up – #3 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 QF – #6 ATP
Holger RUNE – 2013 QF – #9 ATP
Tomas MACHAC – 2010 QF – #13 ATP
Flavio COBOLLI – 2012 player – #14 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #26 ATP
Duje AJDUKOVIC – 2011 winner – #27 ATP
Filip MISOLIC – 2011 player – #35 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 runner up – #42 ATP
Luca NARDI – 2013 player – #48 ATP
Luciano DARDERI – 2012 player – #49 ATP
Eric VANSHELBOIM – 2011 player – #52 ATP
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA – 2011 player – #63 ATP
Damien WENGER – 2010 player – #70 ATP
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC – 2013 SF – #82 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV – 2012 player – #100 ATP
NEXT GEN SB PLAYERS:
2017: Borna CORIC and Gianluigi QUINZI (WC)
2018: Alex DE MINAUR (runner up) and Lloyd HARRIS (invited)
2019: Alex DE MINAUR (runner up), Miomir KECMANOVIC (semifinals), Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (round robin)
2020: not played for Covid – 19 but would have played: Alex DE MINAUR, Miomir KECMANOVIC, Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Lorenzo MUSETTI, Carlos ALCARAZ
• 14 boys (14%) and 10 girls (10%)… in total 24 players are in TOP 100 ITF
BOYS:
- #2 Daniel RINCON
- #6 Jerome KYM
- #25 Daniel MERIDA AGUILAR
- #37 Vilius GAUBAS
- #39 Mili POLJICAK
- #40 Abedallah SHELBAYH
- #44 Bor ARTNAK
- #48 Kalin IVANOVSKI
- #60 Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE Junior RG 2019 winner
- #67 Luka MIKRUT
- #81 Pedro RODENAS
- #85 Hamad MEDJEDOVIC
- #86 Stefan POPOVIC
- #98 Dino PRIZMIC
- #130 Jamie FARIA
- #133 Luca NARDI
- #141 Branko DJURIC
- #150 Aleksa PISARIC
- #192 Nikola ZEKIC
- #243 Matic KRIZNIK
- #255 Filippo ROMANO
- #270 Mikolai BANKOU
- #271 Gal EMERSIC POTOCNIK
- #280 Maj PREMZL
- #286 Aljaz JERAN
- #304 Federico BONDIOLI
- #313 Matej DODIG
- #322 Patrick BRADY
- #329 Matija SAMARDZIC
- #332 Ivan SODAN
- #348 Meecah BIGUN
- #359 Giacomo NOSEI
- #391 William JANSEN
- #424 Piotr KUSIEWICZ
- #429 Carlos GUERRERO ALVAREZ
- #447 Martin LANDALUCE
- #482 Max STENZER
- #484 Dragomir DRAGANOV
- #502 Nikolai BARSUKOV
- #510 Adi DAGAN
- #521 Raffaele MARIANI
- #554 Noa VUKADIN
- #555 Federico CINA
- #558 Stepan BAUM
- #575 Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC
- #577 Danilo RAICEVIC
- #586 Kaylan BIGUN
- #588 Romeo HADZIMEHMEDOVIC
- #590 Alexi KHAMROTAU
GIRLS:
- #3 Alexandra EALA Junior AO 2020 doubles winner, Junior RG 2021 doubles winner
- #8 Linda FRUHVIRTOVA
- #20 Petra MARCINKO
- #25 Matilde PAOLETTI
- #46 Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC
- #47 Aliona FALEI
- #67 Lola RADIVOJEVIC
- #76 Erika MATSUDA
- #87 Joelle Lilly Sophie STEUR
- #91 Denislava GLUSHKOVA
- #104 Kylie BILCHEV
- #113 Tereza VALENTOVA (CZE)
- #121 Antonia RUZIC
- #162 Mia RISTIC
- #168 Charlotte KAMPENAERS POCZ
- #172 Tea LUKIC
- #183 Mao MUSHIKA
- #187 Malwina ROWINSKA
- #194 Mio MUSHIKA
- #203 Anastasia GRECHKINA
- #207 Charlotte OWENSBY
- #208 Carolina GOMEZ
- #209 Patricija PAUKSTYTE
- #220 Noa KRZNARIC
- #283 Divna RATKOVIC
- #302 Elena MICIC
- #306 Jovana GRUJIC
- #307 Mara GAE
- #308 Emma VALLETTA
- #312 Milena JEVTOVIC
- #327 Ariana GEERLINGS
- #329 Sarah MUELLER
- #347 Klio IOANNOU
- #349 Roisin GILHEANY
- #354 Rose NIJKAMP
- #387 Karina JUMAZHANOVA
- #413 Suana TUCAKOVIC
- #421 Petja DRAME
- #438 June BJORK
- #463 Vanesa DANKO
- #467 Kyoka KUBO
- #470 Emma RIZZETTO
-# 480 Ena KOIKE
- #487 Hepzibah OLUWADARE
- #490 Florentine DEKKERS
- #497 Barbora MICHALKOVA
- #515 Lara STOJANOVSKI
- #526 Alexandra IORDACHE
- #546 Elizara YANEVA (BGR)
- #575 Dunja MARIC
- #577 Rositsa DENCHEVA
- #590 Patricie KUBIKOVA
• 1 boy and 3 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – ( Tomasz BERKIETA #10; Alexandra EALA #2, Linda FRUHVIRTOVA #3, Petra MARCINKO #4)
• 2 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Federico Cina #2, Timofei DEREPASKO #3, Ognjen MILIC #6; Tereza VALENTOVA #3, Rositsa DENCHEVA #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, #612 ATP (Mar 2006)
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Mateja HORVAT (CRO), 3rd SB 1998 winner, #830 WTA (Nov 2005)
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, #356 WTA (Mar 2009)
Deni ZMAK (CRO), 4th SB 1999 runner up, #961 ATP (May 2010)
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #394 ATP doubles (Oct 2017)
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, # 142 ATP (Apr 2019)
Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #221 WTA
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #45 WTA
IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #152 ATP
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #95 ATP doubles
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #95 ATP doubles
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #166 ATP doubles
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #47 WTA
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #368 WTA
2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #8 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #925 ATP
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #47 WTA
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #66 WTA
Lina GJORCHESKA (MKD), 8th SB 2003, #287 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO) – 8th SB 2003 runner up – #725 WTA
2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #336 ATP
GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #466 WTA
Vladica BABIC (MNE), 9th SB 2004, #689 WTA
Anita HUSARIC (AUS), 9th SB 2004, #813 WTA
IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS
2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #47 ATP
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #50 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #135 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #235 ATP
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #759 ATP
Adrian BODMER (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #1096 ATP
GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #99 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #114 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #207 WTA
Tena LUKAS (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #344 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #397 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #405 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #658 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #904 WTA
2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl
GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #10 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #113 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #155 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #329 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #372 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC (CRO), 11th SB 2006, #546 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #602 WTA
Pia CUK (SVN), 11th SB 2006, #931 WTA
2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Lloyd HARRIS (RSA), ,12th SB 2007, #31 ATP
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #1389 ATP
GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #78 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #279 WTA
Maria GUTIERREZ CARRASCO (ESP), 12th SB 2007 player #291 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #357 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #392 WTA
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #524 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #60 ATP
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, #207 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #453 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #878 ATP
GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #156 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #570 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #652 WTA
Gabriella *TAYLOR*(UK), 13th SB 2008, #654 WTA
Katarina JOKIC (SRB), 13th SB 2008 winner, #835 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #847 WTA
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., #27 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #43 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #62 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #71 ATP
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #564 ATP
GIRLS
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #211 WTA
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #267 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #358 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #418 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #451 WTA
Angela FITA BOLUDA (ESP), 14th SB 2009, #468 WTA
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
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #139 ATP
Nicola KUHN (ESP), 15th SB 2010 winner, #257 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #381 ATP
Damien WENGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #572 ATP
Rimpei KAWAKAMI (JPN), 15th SB 2010, #819 ATP
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #1218 ATP
Tommaso *CARNEVALE*(ITA), 15th SB 2010, #2216 ATP doubles
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010, #128 WTA
Joanne ZUGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #319 WTA
Tina CVETKOVIC (SLO), 15th SB 2010, #605 WTA
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #849 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #1097 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #94 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
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #261 ATP
Filip MISOLIC (AUT), 16th SB 2011, #407 ATP
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #441 ATP
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #482 ATP
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #793 ATP
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #1590 ATP
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #1923 ATP
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #128 WTA
Alexandra VECIC (GER), 16th SB 2011, #714 WTA
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., #61 ATP
Flavio COBOLLI (ITA), 17th SB 2012, #243 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #624 ATP
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #891 ATP
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1269 ATP
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #1836 ATP
Drazen PETROVIC (BiH), 17th SB 2012, #1911 ATP doubles
Alberto ORSO (ITA), 17th SB 2012, #2335 ATP doubles
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Thijmen LOOF (NED), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf.,not ranked on ATP
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012,not ranked on ATP
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Fans VAN SAMBEEK (NED) , 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Aly Ehab SHOKEIR (EGY), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Frank JONKER (NED), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
GIRLS
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #410 WTA
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #514 WTA
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #635 WTA
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #659 WTA
Julie BELGRAVER (FRA), 17th SB 2012, #772 WTA
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #784 WTA
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #831 WTA
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #961 WTA
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1111 WTA
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #1151 WTA
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #1145 WTA
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #1307 WTA doubles
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #207 ITF
Fiona ARRESE (ESP), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on WTA
Julie SAPPL (SUI) , 17th SB 2012, not ranked on WTA
Maja DODIK (BiH) , 17th SB 2012, not ranked on WTA
Serina REINERTSEN (NOR) , 17th SB 2012, not ranked on WTA
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
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #38 ATP
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #124 ATP
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #440 ATP
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #672 ATP
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #1116 ATP
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #1049 ATP – junior US OPEN 2021 winner
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #86 ITF
Gal EMERSIC POTOCNIK (SVN), 18th SB 2013, #271 ITF
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #424 ITF
Adi DAGAN (ISR), 18th SB 2013, #510 ITF
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #577 ITF
Alen BILL (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #769 ITF
Fran MITROVIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #780 ITF
Filip MANDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #885 ITF
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #927 ITF
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #985 ITF
GIRLS
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #729 WTA
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #104 ITF
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #220 ITF
Milena JEVTOVIC (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #312 ITF
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #881 ITF
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #1782 ITF
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
Daniel MERIDA AGUILAR (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #25 ITF
Vilius GAUBAS (LIT), 19th SB 2014, #37 ITF
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #39 ITF
Bor ARTNAK (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #44 ITF
Kalin IVANOVSKI (MKD), 19th SB 2014, #48 ITF
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #67 ITF
Pedro RODENAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #81 ITF
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #192 ITF
Maj PREMZL (SLO), 19th SB 2014, #280 ITF
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #322 ITF
Matija SAMARDZIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #329 ITF
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #332 ITF
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #391 ITF
Carlos GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #429 ITF
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #484 ITF
Noa VUKADIN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #554 ITF
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #621 ITF
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #715 ITF
GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., #336 WTA
Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #46 ITF
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #47 ITF
Joelle STEUR (GER), 19th SB 2014, #87 ITF
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #91 ITF
Charlotte KEMPENAERS POCZ (AUS), 19th SB 2014, #168 ITF
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #172 ITF
Carolina GOMEZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #208 ITF
Patricija PAUKSTYTE (LTU), 19th SB 2014, #209 ITF
Divna RATKOVIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #283 ITF
Elena MICIC (AUS) , 19th SB 2014, #302 ITF
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #308 ITF
Sarah MUELLER (GER), 19th SB 2014, #329 ITF
Suana TUCAKOVIC (BIH), 19th SB 2014 semif., #413 ITF
Petja DRAME (SLO), 19th SB 2014, #421 ITF
Kyoka KUBO (JPN), 19th SB 2014, #467 ITF
Emma RIZZETTO (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #470 ITF
Patricie KUBIKOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014, #590 ITF
Anna KANTOR (HUN), 19th SB 2014, #858 ITF
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #1006 ITF
Neriya YONA (ISR), 19th SB 2014, #1787 ITF
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
Dino PRIZMIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015 quarterf., #98 ITF
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner, #141 ITF
Aleksa PISARIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #150 ITF
Matic KRIZNIK (SVN), 20th SB 2015, #243 ITF
Filippo ROMANO (ITA) , 20th SB 2015, #255 ITF
Mikalai BANKOU (BLR), 20th SB 2015, #270 ITF
Federico BONDIOLI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #304 ITF
Matej DODIG (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #313 ITF
Giacomo NOSEI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #359 ITF
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), 20th SB 2015 semif., 666 ITF
Matthias UWE KASK (CAN), 20th SB 2015, #745 ITF
Ofek SHIMANOV (ISR), 20th SB 2015, #784 ITF
Andrea MEDURI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #808 ITF
Daniel ZIMMERMANN (AUT), 20th SB 2015, #1164 ITF
Walker ALLEN (USA), 20th SB 2015, #1262 ITF
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), 20th SB 2015 semif., #1276 ITF
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up , #1328 ITF
Moritz LESJAK (AUT), 20th SB 2015, #2322 ITF
Dimitar PENCHEV (BGR), 20th SB 2015, not ranked on ITF
GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif., #336 WTA – Les Petits As 2019 winner
Alexandra EALA (PHI), 20th SB 2015 , #519 WTA – Les Petits As 2018 winner, Junior AO 2020 doubles winner
Petra MARCINKO (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #20 ITF
Lola RADIVOJEVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #67 ITF
Mao MUSHIKA (JPN), 20th SB 2015, #183 ITF
Malwina ROWINSKA (POL), 20th SB 2015, #187 ITF
Mio MUSHIKA (JPN), 20th SB 2015, #194 ITF
Anastasia GRECHKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015, #203 ITF
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif. ,#307 ITF
Ariana GEERLINGS (ESP), 20th SB 2015, #327 ITF
Klio Maria IOANNOU (CYP), 20th SB 2015, #347 ITF
June BJORK (SWE), 20th SB 2015, #438 ITF
Vanesa DANKO (HUN), 20th SB 2015, #463 ITF
Lara STOJANOVSKI (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #515 ITF
Jaquelyn OGUNWALE (UK), 20th SB 2015 winner, #662 ITF
Tea ZIVIC (FRA), 20th SB 2015, #827 ITF
Leticia TAROCCO (CRO), 20th SB 2015 winner, #904 ITF
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up, #965 ITF
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner, #1405 ITF
Anastasia NIKOLOVA (BGR), 20th SB 2015 winner, #1943 ITF
Tara SLADAKOVIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #2090 ITF
Tena RAJKI (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #2542 ITF
Adel PILOSYAN (RUS), 20th SB 2015, not ranked on ITF
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
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif., #348 ITF
Martin LANDALUCE (ESP), 21st SB 2016, #447 ITF
Max STENZER (GER), 21st SB 2016, #482 ITF
Nikolai BARSUKOV (GER), 21st SB 2016, #502 ITF
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner – Auray 2018 winner, #586 ITF
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif., #646 ITF
Marko MAKSIMOVIC (BiH), 21st SB 2016, #781 ITF
Rafael SEGADO ESTEVE (ESP) , 21st SB 2016, #818 ITF
Ziga SVEC (PVN), 21st SB 2016, #996 ITF
Andreas TIMINI (CYP), 21st SB 2016, #1129 ITF
Pavel MARINOV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #1137 ETA U16
Georgi GEORGIEV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #1181 ETA U16
Tomasz BERKIETA (POL), 21st SB 2016, #1281 ITF
Bora CANKAYA (TUR), 21st SB 2016, #1859 ITF
Mika PETKOVIC (GER) , 21st SB 2016, #1885 ITF
Chris SPYROU (GRE), 21st SB 2016, #2129 ITF
Antonio VOLJAVEC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #2188 ITF
Viktor KIROV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #2217 ITF
Nico HIPFL (AUS), 21st SB 2016, #2402 ITF
Daniele RAPAGNETTA (ITA), 21st SB 2016, #111 ETA U16
Anas MAZDRASHKI (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #114 ETA U16
Fran RAKONIC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #139 ETA U16
Danijel KRSTEVSKI (SRB), 21st SB 2016, #293 ETA U16
Tymofii MILOVANOV (UKR), 21st SB 2016, #304 ETA U16
Rares Andrei GOLESCU (ROU), 21st SB 2016, #327 ETA U16
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up, #433 ETA U16
Fatih SISIC (BIH), 21st SB 2016, #525 ETA U16
Dilhan WASANTHA (GRB), 21st SB 2016, #873 ETA U16
Giorgio GATTO (ITA) , 21st SB 2016, #1057 ETA U16
GIRLS
Mia RISTIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif., #162 ITF
Jovana GRUJIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 CD winner, #306 ITF
Rose Marie NIJKAMP (NLD), 21st SB 2016, #354 ITF
Karina JUMAZHANOVA (KAZ), 21st SB 2016 , #387 ITF
Barbora MICHALKOVA (CZE) , 21st SB 2016, #497 ITF
Dunja MARIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016, #575 ITF
Ela Nala MILIC (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner, #612 ITF
Aleksandra GABROVSKA (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #614 ITF
Ann Akasha CEUCA (GER), 21st SB 2016, #657 ITF
Ece GENCER (TUR), 21st SB 2016 winner, #767 ITF
Luna DINOTO FERNANDEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 , #902 ITF
Monika STANKIEWICZ (POL), 21st SB 2016 , #975 ITF
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up, #1021 ITF
Nera TESANKIC (CRO), 21st SB 2016 , #1207 ITF
Anastasija IGNJATIC (BiH), 21st SB 2016, #1548 ITF
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif. , #1562 ITF
Valeriia TROITCKAIA (RUS), 21st SB 2016 , #1787 ITF
Ema KOVACEVIC (BEL), 21st SB 2016, #2240 ITF
Tara MIHALJEVIC (SRB) , 21st SB 2016, #145 ETA U16
Chiara JEROLIMOV (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #232 ETA U16
Ana Tara PRACEK (SVN), 21st SB 2016 , #267 ETA U16
Asja SALKANOVIC (BiH), 21st SB 2016 , #594 ETA U16
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
Federico CINA (ITA), 22nd SB 2017, #555 ITF
Timofei DEREPASKO (RUS), 22nd SB 2017, #1090 ITF
Benjamin GUSIC WAN (UK), 22nd SB 2017 – Auray 2019 winner, junior Orange Bowl 2019 winner, #1139 ITF
Mees ROTTGERING (NDL), 22nd SB 2017, #1218 ITF
Duje MARKOVINA (CRO), 22nd SB 2017 semif., #1780 ITF
Ognjen MILIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #6 ETA U14
Alexander VASILEV (BGR) , 22nd SB 2017, #11ETA U14
Štepan SKLENIČKA (CZE), 22nd SB 2017 semif., #17 ETA U14
William REJCHTMAN VINCIGUERRA (SWE), 22nd SB 2017 runner up, #26 ETA U14
Tim VAISMAN (ISR), 22nd SB 2017,#31 ETA U14
Oliver BONDING (UK), 22nd SB 2017, #40 ETA U14
Maximilian CARRIER (UK), 22nd SB 2017, #59 ETA U14
Jovan TOMOVIC (MNE), 22nd SB 2017, #97 ETA U14
Roben GAVANI (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner, #102 ETA U14
Ivaylo SIMEONOV (BGR), 22nd SB 2017, #107 ETA U14
Grzegorz ZEMLA (POL), 22nd SB 2017, #126 ETA U14
Michele MECARELLI (ITA), 22nd SB 2017, #128 ETA U14
Filip KOSINSKI (POL), 22nd SB 2017, #140 ETA U14
Milan MATOVIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #145 ETA U14
Vuk KRUSCIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #169 ETA U14
Aleksa OPARNICA (SRB) , 22nd SB 2017, #192 ETA U14
Oleh CHERNAT (UKR), 22nd SB 2017, #204 ETA U14
David DARABAN (ROU) , 22nd SB 2017, #255 ETA U14
Yannick NGANTCHA LLISO (ITA), 22nd SB 2017, #356 ETA U14
Samy KHEDIRI (GBR) , 22nd SB 2017, #520 ETA U14
Noa LEVAK (CRO), 22nd SB 2017, #663 ETA U14
GIRLS
Tereza VALENTOVA (CZE) , 22nd SB 2017, #113 ITF
Hephzibah OLUWADARE, 22nd SB 2017, #487 ITF
Elizara YANEVA (BGR), 22nd SB 2017, #546 ITF
Rositsa DENCHEVA (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner, #577 ITF
Flora JOHNSON (GBR) , 22nd SB 2017, #658 ITF
Shanice ROIGNOT (FRA), 22nd SB 2017 runner up – Auray 2019 winner, #1465 ITF
Sapir COHEN (ISR), 22nd SB 2017, #1465 ITF
Dora MISKOVIC (CRO), 22nd SB 2017, #2360 ITF
Aleksandra STEVANOVIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #41 ETA U14
Teodora KOSTOVIC (SRB) , 22nd SB 2017, #42 ETA U14
Petra KONJIKUSIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #64 ETA U14
Aurora NOSEI (ITA) , 22nd SB 2017, #88 ETA U14
Antonina CZAJKA (POL) , 22nd SB 2017, #129 ETA U14
Lana PETKOVIC (BiH) , 22nd SB 2017, #130 ETA U14
Dora BIONDIC (CRO) , 22nd SB 2017, #167 ETA U14
Eva CIKAJLO (SVN) , 22nd SB 2017, #182 ETA U14
Julija BOGATIN (SVN), 22nd SB 2017, #183 ETA U14
Greta RIZZETTO (ITA) , 22nd SB 2017, #231 ETA U14
Francesca DE MATTEO (ITA) , 22nd SB 2017, #249 ETA U14
Lucija RASTOCIC (CRO) , 22nd SB 2017, #290 ETA U14
Mia MILISAVLJEVIC (SRB) , 22nd SB 2017, #302 ETA U14
Africa BURILLO BEREZAK (ESP) , 22nd SB 2017, #515 ETA U14
Mai GOTO (JPN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Chu LI-YA (TWN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
IN 2018 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 87 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2018 – 23rd Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Vito DARDERI (ARG), 23rd SB 2018 winner, #54 ETA U14
Niels McDONALD (GER), 23rd SB 2018 runner up, #55 ETA U14
Žiga ŠEŠKO (SLO), 23rd SB 2018 semif., #63 ETA U14
Lenny PETIT (FRA), 23rd SB 2018 winner, #72 ETA U14
Marko DRAGOVIC (MNE), 23rd SB 2018, #74 ETA U14
Skender *KATANA*(MNE), 23rd SB 2018, #130 ETA U14
Alex BORGOMI (SUI), 23rd SB 2018, #134 ETA U14
Luka NIKOLIC (JPN), 23rd SB 2018, #201 ETA U14
Vitorio STANKOV (BUL), 23rd SB 2018, #225 ETA U14
Victor RYDEN (SWE), 23rd SB 2018, #252 ETA U14
Riki IMAI (JPN), 23rd SB 2018 semif.
GIRLS
Iva LAKIC (MNE), 23rd SB 2018 runner up, #1425 ITF
Alisa OKTIABREVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 winner, #77 ETA U14
Daria KORESHKOVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 semif., #80 ETA U14
Tatiana CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 23rd SB 2018, #189 ETA U14
Amalia WIDDOWSON (UK), 23rd SB 2018, #191 ETA U14
Zlatina ANGELOVA (BUL), 23rd SB 2018 semif., #510 ETA U14
IN 2019 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 93 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2019 – 24th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Svit SULJIC (SVN), 24th SB 2019 winner
Tadevos MIRIJANYAN (USA), 24th SB 2019 runner up
Juliusz STANCZYK (POL), 24th SB 2019 semif.
Filip LADMAN (CZE), 24th SB 2019 semif.
GIRLS
Ksenia EFREMOVA (RUS), 24th SB 2019 winner
Lia BELIBOVA (MDA), 24th SB 2019 runner up
Daria BARSUKOV (GER), 24th SB 2019 semif.
Veronika GUBASHEVA (RUS), 24th SB 2019 semif.
IN 2020 SMRIKVA BOWL WAS NOT HELD DUE TO COVID 19 BUT THE SELECTION PROCESS WAS COMPLETED AND THERE WERE SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND SB REACHED THE TOTAL OF 95 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
IN 2021 SMRIKVA BOWL WAS NOT HELD DUE TO COVID 19 BUT THE SELECTION PROCESS WAS COMPLETED AND THERE WERE FIVE CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND SB REACHED THE TOTAL OF 98 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
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21/09/21
21st of September - Smrikva Bowl Ambassador Day - 27th annual Smrikva Bowl 2022 "seeds of the Legends" research begins
Dear Smrikva Bowl and Smrikve friends!
It is 21st of September 2021, Smrikva Bowl Ambassador’s Day (“SBA” Day), and time to start building the 27th annual candidacy process…
Smrikva Bowl Ambassador’s Day is the day when we celebrate the opening of the new selection process and as most of you already know we were not able to hold the 25th and 26th edition and gather the generations of talents born in 2010 and 2011… but as of today we have big hopes that there will be conditions to gather the generation of talents born in 2012 for the 27th edition that is scheduled for the end of June 2022.
Our over 2220 SB players spread in 98 countries continue writing the “seeds of the Legends”story…
US OPEN 2021 had 3 Smrikva Bowl players in the quarterfinals: Carlos Alcaraz, Lloyd Harris and Belinda Bencic… and Daniel Rincon won junior US OPEN 2021 title…
… last year Dominic Thiem conquered his first Grand Slam title in New York which is also the first senior Grand Slam title conquered by a Smrikva Bowl player… 6282 days after his stay in Smrikve, Domi was lifting the Grand Slam trophy… 6282 days is just 17 years, 2 months and 10 days… it does not take 5 mintues to turn a childhood dream into reality… but Domi is a proving that dreaming with hard work and staying humble pays off in the long run…
… 1120+ signed books arriving from 74 countries continue to be part of the Smrikva Bowl Heritage Library…
… over 1720 names were given by 17 SB generations to the old Smrikva Bowl olive trees…
… 36 Grand Slam titles (including junior titles) are conquered by 28 former Smrikva Bowl players…
… 56 professional ATP/WTA titles (1 Grand Slam title)…
… 1 golden Olympic medal and 1 silver Olympic medal…
… 52 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA…
… 31 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA… and there are always Smrikva Bowl names among the winners of the most prestige under 12, 14, 16, 18 tournaments around the World…
There are many players who already graduated from Universities and I am pleased to track how many Smrikva Bowl children had the opportunity to get scholarship in the United States thanks to their academic and tennis skills and for the moment over 240 children were able to do it…
… I do like to list the numbers but who lived Smrikva Bowl knows that our story is always more than numbers… more than tennis… and I am grateful to the Smrikva Bowl seeds that in different ways keep inspiring us to continue to put our efforts in gathering talents at our family garden…
There are many ways to show intergenerational solidarity… and I would like to thanks families who were part of Smrikva Bowl and keep answering my calls to send signed gifts for each Smrikva Bowl participant of our already new SB tradition named “Lucky Draw”…
This special moment is an opportunity for me to share the past players stories with children who are dreaming to follow their footprints… every present child at that moment of intergenerational celebration ceremony bring home a memory gift and I am sure they also discovered a new friend to cheer…
I was pleased to notice thanks to Facebook also that some Smrikva Bowl seeds started to form families and they keep loving the game… I do hope in 8-10 years to see some children of Smrikva Bowl seed playing Smrikva Bowl too… Ema, Miki and many more to come…
I am also pleased to share that the 6th Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week (SBTTFW) 2022 will be held again next spring. The Family Week was born with vision to share with families some precious hints that may be of help to them in their journey. It is a long term development path and is a great holiday experience for players and families that can be lived at this young age.
There is also a new idea coming to my mind that I wish to start sharing it with Smrikva Bowl seeds with hope to make it real one day…
Back in summer 1998, about 24 years ago, I was attending Citicorp Associate Development program in New York… this was an opportunity for me to visit the US OPEN…
I do remember I had only a vision about the event I was creating… the Smrikva Bowl… it was a dream about creating an inspiring event… and among my dreams I was thinking that there might come the day when there will be 25 past Smrikva Bowl players among top 100 ATP/WTA…
I also remember the big Wilson US OPEN tennis ball I bought in New York and made it a tradition for the Smrikva Bowl winners to sign it… wishing them to lift one day the US OPEN trophy… this wish become a true story when Dominic Thiem, who signed the famous ball back in 2003, lifted the real US Open trophy in 2020…
At the moment I am writing this letter there are 31 Smrikva Bowl players who actually reached top 100 ATP/WTA ranking… some of my dreams are getting real…
There are 52 Smrikva Bowl players who made it into the top 200 ATP/WTA and they made in total over 100M usd in prize money. The total prize money keep increasing by the double digits rate on yearly basis… and these are really big numbers… but more than big numbers these are a lot of potential opportunities that Smrikva Bowl seeds may spread in years to come around them…
I remember that Citicorp Associate Development program I was attending was considered at the time one of the best programs in finance on the Wall Street… I was part of an amazing class and we had amazing mentors… the one who impressed me the most at the time was Barry… he had a unique way of sharing his knowledge… in tennis terms we would say he was always in the zone… so relaxed… and so inspiring at the same time…
Those things I learned from Barry helped me understand the real financial situation of the Fiat Group back in 2001… and that knowledge actually helped this company survive one of its deepest financial crisis in its century long history…
But Barry’s words, that I vividly recall, is the story he shared with us one afternoon, at Citicorp training center building, that he is not teaching finance only to financially educated individuals like we were at the time, but he is also sharing his knowledge with successful professional athletes.
At first I did not understand why…
Why should you teach finance to someone who created so much wealth in their sport career that could last for centuries?
… and he explained that unfortunately many successful professionals were becoming social probems in the US… I was still not getting his point… than he told us that the majority of the professional athletes in the US were broken five years after completing their successful careers. We are talking in certain sports of about 3 out of 4 famous and successful players who spent all their wealth earned during their careers just five years after completing to play at professional level…
I learned about this problem 24 years ago and still today this problem persist… no matter how much resources you earn if you lack basic knowledge in how to manage the wealth you earned it is highly probable that you may end up among the 60-70%+ group of financially broken stars…
I always believed that Smrikva Bowl kids will build their own luck… and there are so many doing great… and they are doing great in most different fields… thanks to their tennis skills over 240+ received the scholarship to study in the US… and at the moment of putting down this letter there are 18 Smrikva Bowl players who made over 1M USD of prize money so far… and there are at least 10 Smrikva Bowl players that will cross this financial threshold in less than a year time…
I wish to open this opportunity of sharing part of my general knowledge earned in finance in my own way by establishing the possibility for the past Smrikva Bowl players to return to Smrikve with their families for their vacations and get some basics about the elements mentioned above… at what to pay attention to… especially once the time to retire from professional tennis arrives… and this will be just another of my gifts to the developing Smrikva Bowl family…
I envisage this learning experience as vacation… and opportunity to eventually learn something in an emotionally positive environment therefore to store it into the long term memory… I am aware that while playing professionally the players have tight schedules… but it is also true that visiting Smrikve with the family is always a potential battery recharging opportunity and always an opportunity to create and collect some good memories…
I am pleased to share like every year few stories that are important to me and are part of the Smrikva Bowl foundation code…
21st of September is the International Day of Peace, also known as the World Peace Day… and years ago this date was selected to be the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day (“SBA”)…
The SBA Day is celebrated on the same day as World Peace Day… and to me civil society and peace are pillars for any talent development possibility… we’ve seen over this last year how easy the difficulties and challenges put in front of people can change the life we are used to…
Years ago for all the Smrikva Bowl candidates was introduced the obligation to observe the Smrikva Bowl Fair Play and Sportsmanship Code of Conduct and I am pleased to share that more you train more become natural to lead by example… only after many mistakes we have the chance to become better by learning from them… always embracing the challenge… especially when we are forced out of our comfort zone…
I do believe in a beauty of learning and inexperience is a very powerful asset. My advice during orientation day to the Smrikva Bowl children was always to use their skills and tennis racket passport to travel, experience… see the world… and I strongly believe that each of them will become very wealthy person not because of the money they might make but because of the experience they will gain. The relationship wealth they will create with their living will be the most precious wealth for their well being that nobody will be able to take to them away.
We are living today the moment of limited travel possibilities… but all this will come to an end… and those who love exploring will for sure get the opportunity to do it in the future…
Many years ago we started to plant an old Olive tree during Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Nomination Ceremony. The Olive tree selected was older than the oldest man living on the earth… and during the ceremony, every Ambassador put a piece of land close to the root and donate the name to the tree…
Last year me and my family did the ceremony for all the children who passed the selection process but were not able to gather on their Smrikva Bowl… and this year we were honored to have few friends and Smrikva Bowl candidates with us in Smrikve from Japan, Russia and Croatia…
Olive tree is a symbol of peace in different Mediterranean cultures… and the age of our trees is another important symbol… the symbol of intergenerational responsibility.
Cartoons always helped me to share thoughts with kids… and The Lion King is nice one to share our Olive Tree story via Circle of Life story…
We are all born without knowing much about life on this earth…
… and you might recall when Mufasa was explaining to Simba that is not easy to be a King… he told him that a good King should know that everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and that with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it.
Mufasa was trying to teach Simba the importance of observing the nature and learning from it… of being curious… and he was teaching him to respect the nature and get the understanding of the importance of all different creatures in the Circle of Life…
A Nobal Prize for Peace, guest of the group I was member years ago, once observed: “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.”
A signed tennis ball by this Nobel Prize for Peace with the above message is a precious memory held in Smrikve that I love to share with Smrikva kids…
I developed an idea that peace is always an unstable equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. Knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important… and all together are pillars for the civilization path.
When the Nobel Prize told to the group I belonged: “Do it!” he reminded me Yoda and his teaching to the young Skywalker: “Do. Or do not!…”
Books are human memory that can help us understand what we see combined with our cumulated personal experience and this is one of the reasons why I started the Smrikva Bowl Heritage Library story. Given the fragility of the circle of life it is easy to lose personal and general cumulated knowledge in just a generation or two.
We have gotten used to rapid technological progress, but social progress is more complex. Humans learn throughout lifetime and mostly from personal experiences.
Today people live an average of about 80 years… and what we call civilization is mostly made up of human knowledge we have accumulated, which our institutions pass onto future generations… and at the moment we are those who represent the current civilization.
World Peace Day although celebrated on the same day as SBA day is the day to start thinking of the new research of the Smrikva talents… and with this e-mail, as per tradition, some basic ideas about the selection process for the 27th annual will be shared.
27th Smrikva Bowl, in case pandemic will be under control, will be held in Pula-Istria, Croatia, from (18th) 20th till 25th of June 2022. Smrikva Bowl gathers young tennis talents from all over the World and next year edition will be dedicated to players born in 2012.
When I think of Smrikva Bowl Heritage and Legacy I always imagine it physically as a theater where we work hard for a year to set the stage… and every year we gather kids, arriving from different cultures, having different dreams…
We set the stage and later on they are in charge with their dedication to write the most different & inspiring stories…
Smrikve is like the place where the seeds of the legends are planted year after year… and Smrikva children stories and families after their departure from Smrikve become like a living fairy tale tree that keeps growing and developing in most different directions year after year…
The intangible part of our theater is „more than tennis“… whatever that means… and I always wished that it could mean something little bit different for each person that happened to get in touch with Smrikva Bowl story…
Smrikva Bowl is still very young event and is too early to observe the Smrikva Bowl Legacy but I always believed that more then one children who left footprints on our courts will write inspiring stories in most different professional fields.. and I am always happy when I get to know a new SB name achieving the possibility to get their higher education at US Universities thanks to their tennis racket…
Year after year seems more likely that Grand Slam Tournaments will be conquered by Smrikva seeds… they already won 36 Grand Slam Titles in singles and doubles… and my dream for the “seeds of the Legends” was always beyond Grand Slam dream…
I know that according to the statistics only few Smrikva Bowl kids will become top professional tennis players, but I want to believe that they will benefit from their tennis and sport experience and find their way in other fields too… because humans need inspiration… we need inspiration not only in sport but in most different fields… there are many challenges today and every day for each of us… and even after corona virus is gone there will be always many new one in the future… and we need divergent thinking to find solutions to challenges that today appear more complicated than what they really are… and children are the little genius that could show us the path… being adults those who borrow the future from the children…
I stopped asking myself long time ago of how many kids playing Smrikva Bowl are playing tennis because their parents would like them to become professional tennis players and how much of them play it because they like the game. What I do know is that sport can help kids in their growth and I also know that people that do excel in any field need very long time to reach and master the excellence.
Rarely but still can happen that some people come to Smrikve thinking that Smrikva Bowl is a very “important” competition… without understanding that the result is not the hidden key of the Smrikva Bowl event… and I always need Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors’ help to explain to new candidates and their families that Smrikva Bowl is something more than a competition…
On our website you can already find PDF file 27th Smrikva Bowl 2022 edition presentation with application form and other relevant information:
Smrikva Bowl “more than tennis” idea… will be left to the interpretation of each Ambassador and Smrikva Bowl friend… their feelings will guide them because they are the one who are helping us to write the Smrikva story…
Thanks to the Smrikva Bowl families our special Olive Oil and Wine are spread in 98 countries… Our quantities are always limited… the same as limited is the number of players we can invite every year… but I do believe the same I believed for the Smrikva Bowl players that one day the olive oil made from the “seeds of the Legends” trees will be very unique in the whole World…
Over the years Istria kept recording sustainable growth in numbers of travelers visiting us… she did it this year too with all the limitations and impossibilities to travel… and I am grateful to all those who visited us and contributed to that development… “Istria from Smrikve” is a cultural e-book gift to all Smrikve friends… Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors are helping us in scouting talents but also in spreading the word about Istria as cultural tourism destination worth visiting…
The number of the invited players in 2022 will be for the moment reduced to 64 players (32 girls and 32 boys) and your help will be precious.
If you know a good tennis player born in 2012 that deserves to play Smrikva Bowl or you wish to present your or support a candidacy for the SBTTFW 2022 family gatherings or for my new holidays initiative SBM+HFW please feel free to let me know…
… for the end of this long presentation… being today World Peace Day… my wish to Smrikva players is to continue to inspire… and may some of them make true Nelson Mandela’s words when he observed the power of Sport saying: “Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can…”
Thank you for your time, for visiting us and for sharing with friends the Smrikve story.
Mio
Dragi prijatelji i poznanici Smrikva Bowl-a,
21. je rujna 2021. godine, Dan Ambasadora Smrikva Bowl-a, i vrijeme za kretanje u 27.-mi proces kandidiranja za Smrikvu…
Dan Ambasadora Smrikve je dan kada se slavi otvaranje nove selekcije Smrikvara, ali kao što većina vas zna već dvije godine nismo uspjeli održati 25. i 26.to izdanje i okupiti generacije talenata rođenih 2010 i 2011. Godine… ali na današnji dan imamo velike nade da će postojati uvjeti za okupljanje generacije talenata rođenih 2012.godine… za 27.-mo izdanje Smrikve koje je zakazano za kraj lipnja 2022. godine.
Naših preko 2220 SB igrača raširenih u 98 zemalja i dalje nastavlja pisati legendarnu priču…
US OPEN 2021 je imao u četvrtfinalu 3 igrača Smrikva Bowl-a: Carlos Alcaraz, Lloyd Harris i Belinda Bencic… a Daniel Rincon je osvojio juniorski US OPEN 2021…
… prošle godine je Dominic Thiem u tom gradu osvojio svoj prvi Grand Slam naslov koji je ujedno i prvi seniorski Grand Slam naslov koji je osvojio bivši igrač Smrikva Bowla … 6282 dana nakon boravka u Smrikvama, Domi je podigao svom prvi Grand Slam trofej … i dogodilo se da je to bio New York… 6282 dana su samo 17 godina, 2 mjeseca i 10 dana … nešto malo više od 5 minuta za pretvoriti san iz djetinjstva u stvarnost … i Domi je dokaz da se sanjanje uz marljivi rad, upornost i skromnost dugoročno isplati …
…preko 1120+ potpisanih knjiga iz 74 zemlje je i dalje pohranjeno u biblioteci koju stvaraju naši mali posjetitelji od 2009.godine i koja čini nasljeđe Smrikva Bowl-a…
…preko 1720 imena ponosno nose naše posvećene stare masline Smrikva Bowl-a… stvarajući nešto posebno što se još uvijek teško može jasno razaznati…
… 36 Grand Slam titule (uključujući juniorske) su do danas prikupila 28 djeteta Smrikve…
… 56 profesionalnih ATP/WTA titula (1 Grand Slam titula)…
… 52 igrača su dostigli nivo TOP 200 ATP/WTA…
… 31 igrača su u svojoj karijeri dostigli razinu od TOP 100 igrača svijeta na ATP/WTA ljestvicama… i brojne pobjede su ostvarene tijekom posljednjeg desetljeća na svim najprestižnijim turnirima diljem svijeta u kategorijama do 12,14,16 i 18 godina…
Brojna djeca Smrikve su danas fakultetski obrazovana… i već neko vrijeme mi je bila želja saznati koliko je djece Smrikve uspjelo dobiti stipendiju u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama zahvaljujući svojim akademskim i teniskim sposobnostima… i ažurirani broj koji rado djelim je da je preko 240 djece Smrikve to do danas postiglo…
… priča Smrikve je oduvijek nešto više od brojeva kao što je i nešto više od tenisa… i zahvalan sam igračima Smrikve, njihovim obiteljima, trenerima koji nas na najrazličitije načine inspiriraju da nastavimo graditi Smrikvu preko naših granica mašte u našem malom obiteljskom dvorištu…
Postoji puno načina da se iskaže međugeneracijska solidarnost… i želim se zahvaliti djeci Smrikve i njihovim obiteljima koji se odazivaju mojim pozivima i šalju nam potpisane predmete kako bi ih mogli pokloniti sudionicima Smrikve… za mene je taj trenutak prilika da podijelim dio njihovih priča sa djecom koja sanjaju poći njihovim stopama… i tako svako dijete koje je prisutno u tom trenutku međugeneracijskog slavlja ponese sa sobom predmet uspomene i nadam se da otkrije ponekad i jednog novog teniskog prijatelja čijim se uspjesima veseliti …
S osmjehom na licu pratim zahvaljujući Facebooku da su neka djeca Smrikve već počela stvarati obitelji i da svoju ljubav ka tenisu prenose na svoju djecu… tako da se iskreno nadam kroz 8-10 godina vidjeti da neko dijete sjemena Smrikvi zaigra na Smrikvi… Ema… Miki…
Rado dijelim i vijest da će se 6.ti Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talent Family Week (SBTTFW) 2022 održati sljedećeg proljećeća. Obiteljski tjedan je rođen sa vizijom da se živi jedan obiteljski godišnji odmor u kojem se mogu podijeliti iskustva koja mogu biti od koristi u razvoju. Jedno vrlo posebno obiteljsko iskustvo.
Postoji već neko vrijeme jedna ideja u mojim mislima koju želim početi dijeliti sa djecom Smrikva Bowl-a u nadi da će i ona jednog dana postati stvarnost…
Još u ljeto 1998., prije otprilike 24 godine, pohađao sam Citicorp Associate Development program u New Yorku … ovo mi je bila i prilika da posjetim US OPEN …
Sjećam se da sam tada imao tek viziju o događaju koji sam stvarao … Smrikva Bowl… bio je to san o stvaranju inspirativnog događaja … i među snovima sam razmišljao da bi mogao doći dan kad će među 100 najboljih ATP/WTA biti 25 učesnika Smrikva Bowl-a…
Sjećam se i velike teniske loptice Wilson US OPEN koju sam kupio u New Yorku i učinio tradicijom da je pobjednici Smrikva Bowla potpisuju … poželjevši im da jednog dana podignu trofej US OPEN … ova želja postala je istinita priča kada je Dominic Thiem, koji je slavnu loptu potpisao 2003., podigao pravi trofej US Opena 2020. godine …
U ovom trenutku dok pišem ovo pismo, postoji 31 igrač Smrikva Bowla koji je zapravo dosegao nivo prvih 100 ATP/WTA ljestvice … i neki moji snovi stvarno postaju stvarnost :) …
Postoji 52 igrača Smrikva Bowla koji su ušli u prvih 200 ATP/WTA -a, a ukupno su privredili više od 100M USD od turnirskih nagradnih fondova. Taj ukupni nagradni fond neprestano se povećava za dvoznamenkastu stopu na godišnjoj razini… a to uistinu jesu velike brojke… ali više od velikih brojeva, ovo su samo mnoge mogućnosti koje bi sjeme Smrikva Bowl-a moglo proširiti u godinama koje dolaze …
Sjećam se da se Citicorp Associate Development programa Citicorp-a koji sam pohađao u to vrijeme smatrao jednim od najboljih programa financija na Wall Streetu svog vremena… Bio sam dio nevjerojatnog razreda i imali smo posebno inspirativne mentore… onaj koji me posebno impresionirao u to vrijeme bio je profesor Barry… imao je jedinstven način da dijeli svoje znanje …
Te stvari koje sam naučio od Barryja pomogle su mi da shvatim stvarno financijsko stanje Fiat Grupe još 2001. godine … i to znanje je zapravo pomoglo ovoj tvrtki da preživi jednu od svojih najdubljih financijskih kriza u svojoj stoljetnoj povijesti …
No, Barryjeve riječi, kojih se živo sjećam, priča su koju je podijelio s nama jednog popodneva, u našoj zgradi Citicorp centra za obuku, da on ne podučava financije samo financijski obrazovanim pojedincima kao što smo to bili mi u to vrijeme, već prenosi i svoje znanje uspješnim profesionalnim sportašima.
Isprva mi nije bilo jasno zašto …
Zašto biste trebali podučavati financije nekoga tko je stvorio toliko novaca tijekom svoje sportske karijere koja bi mogla trajati stoljećima?
… i objasnio je da su nažalost mnogi uspješni profesionalci postali društveni problemi u SAD -u … Još uvijek nisam shvaćao o čemu točno govori … tada nam je rekao da je većina profesionalnih sportaša u SAD -u pet godina nakon dovršetka uspješne karijere bez i jedne kune. Govorimo u nekim sportovima o otprilike 3 od 4 poznata i uspješna igrača koji su svo svoje bogatstvo stečeno tijekom karijere potrošili u samo pet godina nakon što su završili s igranjem na profesionalnoj razini …
Naučio sam o ovom problemu prije 24 godine, a i dan danas taj problem ostaje … bez obzira na to koliko novčanih sredstava privredili ako vam nedostaje osnovnog ekonomskog znanja, velika je vjerojatnost da ćete završiti među onih 60 -70%+ financijski propalih zvijezdi…
Uvijek sam vjerovao da će djeca Smrikva Bowla sama izgraditi svoje puteve … a ima toliko onih koji se odlično snalaze u različitim područjima … zahvaljujući svojim teniskim vještinama više od 240+ je dobilo stipendiju za studiranje u SAD -u … i u trenutku pisanja ovog pisma 18 igrača Smrikva Bowl-a su prešli granicu od 1M USD osvojenih nagradnih fondova… i ima najmanje 10 igrača Smrikve koji će preći ovaj prag za manje od godinu dana …
Želim otvoriti ovu priliku dijeljenja dijela svog općeg znanja na svoj način uspostavljanjem mogućnosti da se prošli igrači Smrikva Bowla s obitelji vrate u Smrikve na odmor i steknu neke osnove o gore spomenutim elementima … na što obratiti pažnju kada dođe vrijeme za povlačenje iz profesionalnog tenisa… ovo je zamišljeno kao samo još jedan od poklona obitelji Smrikva Bowl u razvoju …
Zamišljam ovo iskustvo kao odmor… i priliku da na kraju spozna se nešto u emocionalno pozitivnom okruženju pa da se to pohrani i u dugoročno pamćenje … Svjestan sam da igrači profesionalno igrači imaju gust raspored … ali istina je i da je posjet Smrikvama s obitelji uvijek prilika za punjenje baterija i uvijek prilika za stvaranje i prikupljanje novih uspomena …
Sa zadovoljstvom dijelim u nastavku nekoliko priča koje u sebi nosi DNK Smrikva Bowl-a… i kako Rafiki voli reći… neke priče vrijede ponoviti i više puta…
Danas je 21.rujan, međunarodni dan mira, poznat i kao dan mira u svijetu… mnogi ljudi ga obilježavaju… a godinama unazad je baš taj dan izabran i kao dan Ambasadora Smrikva Bowl-a… bez civilne zajednice u modernom svijetu nema garancija za mir…a bez mira teško je omogućiti potpuni razvoj talenata… tijekom proteklih 18 mjeseci smo vidjeli kako lako poteškoće i izazovi stavljeni pred ljude mogu brzo promijeniti život na koji smo navikli …
Prije više godina je za sve kandidate Smrikva Bowl-a uvedena obveza poštivanja Smrikva Bowl kodeksa sportskog ponašanja kako na terenu tako i van njega… i drago mi je podijeliti jednu malu spoznaju sa najmlađima… a to je da što više se vježba to postaje prirodnije biti primjerom… i samo nakon brojnih pogrešaka ako želimo iz njih učiti dobijamo priliku za postati bolji… naučiti prihvaćati izazove… pogotovo kad smo prisiljeni izaći iz komfort zone iz zone već poznatoga…
Ja vjerujem u ljepotu učenja i neiskustvo je vrlo moćno i dobro ako se prihvati kao izazov. Moj savjet tijekom orijentacijskog dana djeci Smrikve je da uvijek koriste svoje sposobnosti i putovnicu – „teniski reket“ za putovanja, stavaranje životnih iskustava… i vjerujem da će svako od njih jednog dana postati vrlo bogat ali ne radi novaca koje će privrediti već bogatstva koje će stvoriti svojim življenjem… to će biti dragocjeno bogatstvo za svoje unutarnje blagostanje koje im nitko neće moći oduzeti.
Danas živimo trenutak u kojem je gotovo nemoguće putovati … ali moramo vjerovati da će svemu tome doći kraj … a oni koji vole istraživati nova mjesta i kulture sigurno će imati priliku to učiniti u budućnosti …
Prije dosta godina započeli smo tradiciju sadnje starije masline tijekom svečanosti imenovanja Ambasadora Smrikva Bowl-a. Prva odabrana maslina je bila starija od najstarijeg čovjeka na zemlji i prenosi jednu poruku intergeneracijesk odgovornosti… svih ovih godina tijekom ceremonije, svaki Ambasador stavi grudu zemlje blizu korijena masline i pokloni svoje ime stablu …
Prošle godine smo moja obitelj i ja obavili ceremoniju za svu djecu koja su prošla postupak selekcije, ali se nisu uspjela okupiti na svojoj Smrikvi… a ove godine smo imali čast toga dana imati nekoliko prijatelja i kandidata igrača Smrikva Bowl-a iz Japana, Rusije i Hrvatske…
Maslina je simbol mira u različitim kulturama… a njene godine simboliziraju međugeneracijsku odgovornost i povezanost.
Crtići mi duži niz godina pomažu u pronalaženju načina komunikacije sa djecom i da se lakše razumijemo… Kralj Lavova je za današnji dan ponovni lijep izbor da se ponovi priča stare masline… priču koju rado dijelim na svjetski dan mira… i vezana je uz priču kruga života…
Svi se mi rađamo ne znajući puno o životu na zemlji…
… i možda se sjetite dijela kada Mufasa objašnjava Simbi da nije lako biti kralj… mu kaže kako bi dobar kralj trebao znati da sve oko nas živi u delikatnoj ravnoteži i da sa inteligencijom trebamo pokušati razumjeti tu ravnotežu i poštovati je.
Mufasa je pokušavao naučiti svog sina Simbu važnosti promatranja prirode … važnosti znatiželje … i učio ga je poštivanju prirode i razumijevanju važnosti svih različitih stvorenja i njihovog značaja u krugu života…
Jedan od dobitnika Nobelove nagrade za mir, koji je bio gost grupe kojoj sam pripadao, ostavio nam je jedan zapis za uspomenu… jednu poruku u kojoj kaže: “Budućnost je uvijek u manjini. Iako je povijest budućnosti važnija od već proživljene povijesti. Za starije je da se sjećaju prošlosti. Za mlade je da stvaraju svijet budućnosti.
Učinite to! Možete stvoriti svijet bez ratova… Možete stvoriti bolji svijet.”
Potpisana teniska lopta Nobelovca za mir sa zapisanom gornjom porukom dragocjena je uspomena koja se čuva u Smrikvama i koju volim dijeliti sa djecom Smrikve …
U meni se kroz godine razvila ideja kako je mir uvijek u nestabilnoj ravnoteži i kroz inteligenciju bi ga trebali razumijeti i naučiti poštivati. Znanje, ljudska znatiželja i želja za usavršavanjem su važni… i svi su oni temelji jedne civilne zajednice.
Dobitnik Nobelove nagrade je u svoj poruci rekao: “Učinite to!” i tako me podsjetio na Yodinu mudrost kada je dijeli sa mladim Skywalkerom i kada mu kaže: “Čini. Ili nemoj činiti”…
Knjige predstavljaju jednu veliku ljudsku memoriju… koje nam mogu pomoći da razumijemo ono što živimo, to je i jedan od razloga početka stvaranja biblioteke Smrikva Bowl nasljeđa… Isto tako vrijedi spomenuti krtost kruga života i lakoće da ljudski nemar velikom brzinom ostane bez nakupljenog saznanja i iskustva starijih generacija. Dovoljno je par generacija nemara da se zaboravi to veliko ljudsko nasljeđe… a još manje od par generacija je dovoljno da se izgube neke od osnovnih vrijednosti civilizacije…
Naučeni smo na brz tehnološki napredak, ali socijalni i društveni napredak čovjeka je sporiji i puno kompleksniji… Ljudi uče tijekom cijelog života i najviše iz osobnog životnog iskustva… Vrijedi ne zaboraviti da civilizacija ili ono što smatramo civilizacijom smo danas samo mi i nitko drugi…
Ovo je jedna važna misao. Ljudski životni vijek je danas oko 80 godina… i ono što nazivamo civilizacijom je nakupljeno iskustvo ljudskog roda do danas, koje naše institucije prenose na mlade naraštaje…
Međunarodni dan mira, slavljen na isti dan Ambasadora Smrikve, je svakako dobar dan da se krene sa potragom talenata… i sa ovim pismom će kao po tradiciji biti otvoren proces okupljanja kandidata za 27. Smrikva Bowl 2022.
27. Smrikva Bowl 2022., u slučaju ovladavanja pandemijom, će se održati u Puli (Istri – Hrvatskoj) od (18.) 20. – 25. lipnja 2022. godine… a sljedeća godina će biti posvećena talentiranim igračima rođenim 2012.godine…
Kada razmišljam o nasljeđu Smrikva Bowl-u… često ga u prvoj misli fizički zamišljam kao teatar… jedan teatar u koji se svake godine uloži puno truda da se pripremi pozornica na kojoj se djeca mogu sastati… I svake godine gledamo okupiti talente iz različitih kulutura svijeta sa različitim snovima….
Mi pripremimo pozornicu i kasnije oni ostaju na dužnosti da svojom upornošću… budu ti koji pišu najrazličitije životne priče…
Smrikve je poput mjesta na kojem se iz godine u godinu sadi sjeme legendi … a dječje priče i životne priče obitelji Smrikve nakon odlaska iz Smrikvi postaju poput živog stabla bajke koje iz godine u godinu raste i razvija se u najrazličitijim smjerovima. ..
Nematerijalni dio našeg kazališta je to nešto “više od tenisa”… što god to značilo… i uvijek sam želio da to može značiti nešto malo drugačije za svaku osobu koja je došla u kontakt sa pričom Smrikva Bowl…
Smrikva Bowl je još uvijek mlad turnir i previše rano je mjeriti njenu ostavštinu… ali oduvijek vjerujem da će više djece napisati inspirativne priče u najrazličitijim profesijama koje odaberu… i uvijek mi je neizmjerno drago prepoznati novo ime među onima koji su uspjeli nastaviti školovanje u SAD-u zahvaljujući svojoj teniskoj vještini
Kako godine prolaze čini se sve više i više vjerojatno da će više od jednog djeteta Smrikve osvajati velike Grand Slam turnire… već su osvojili 36 Grand Slam titula… a da budem iskren moja želja za “sjeme Legendi” je oduvijek nadilazila snove Grand Slam-ova …
Znam da po statistikama samo nekoliko djece Smrikve ima šansu dostići vrh profesionalnog tenisa, ali volim vjerovati da će brojni biti uspješni u drugim profesijama u koje ih život nanese… jer ljudi trebaju inspiraciju … trebamo inspiraciju ne samo u sportu već u najrazličitijim poljima … danas ima mnogo izazova i ima ih svakoga dana… pa i nakon završetka pandemije jedno je sigurno da će u budućnosti uvijek biti mnogo novih izazova … i trebamo divergentno razmišljanje kako bismo pronašli rješenja za izazove koji se danas čine kompliciranijima od onoga što jesu … a djeca su ti mali geniji koji bi nam mogli pokazati put … jer u biti vrijedi ne zaboraviti da uvijek su odrasli oni koji budućnost posuđuju od djece …
Vjerujem da nikada neću saznati koliko djece igra Smrikva Bowl zato što bi njihovi roditelji željeli da postanu profesionalni igrači a koliko njih igra jer voli i uživa u teniskoj igri…
… ali ono u što vjerujem je da svaki sport može pomoći djeci u svome rastu i isto tako znam da ljudi koji su odlični u bilo čemu su se potpuno posvetili tome i bilo je potrebno puno truda da bi se postigla izvrsnost kojom zadivljuju i inspiriraju druge ljude…
Još uvijek poneko zaluta na Smrikvu, misleći da je to neko „jako važno“ natjecanje… ponekad ne razumijevajući da isključivo rezultat nije taj glavni skriveni ključ Smrikva Bowl-a… i svake godine trebam pomoć Ambasadora Smrikve u objašnjenju kako je Smrikva Bowl nešto više od „važnog“ natjecanja…
Detaljnu prezentaciju s obrascem za prijavu i ostalim uputama glede 27.-og Smrikva Bowl-a 2022.te se od danas nalaze na internet stranici Smrikva Bowl-a.
Smrikva Bowl je od svog početka nešto „više od tenisa“… jedan mali rođendan… i lijepo je ostaviti interpretaciju onoga nešto „više od tenisa“ svakom Ambasadoru Smrikve osobno… njihovim osjećajima jer oni pomažu i ispisuju tu priču…
Danas je ulje i vino Smrikva Bowl-a dotaklo 98 zemlje svijeta zahvaljujući obiteljima Smrikve… i naše su količine oduvijek ograničene… kao što je ograničen broj igrača koje možemo pozvati svake godine… ali ponovno vjerujem da će jednoga dana maslinovo ulje napravljeno sa stabala koja su sadila djeca Smrikve postati jedno od najposebnijih na svijetu…
Zadnjih godina broj posjetitelja Istre uvijek lagano raste i hvala svima koji su nas posjetili i time doprinijeli tom razvoju… i ove godine bilo je hrabrih posjetitelja koji su se uputili na put… a “Istria from Smrikve” ostaje jedna poklon knjiga prijateljima… poklon Ambasadorima Smrikva Bowl-a koja je 2009.godine dodala misiji Ambasadora Smrikve zadaću da uz traženje talenata pomognu širiti riječ o Istri kao kulturnoj destinaciji koju vrijedi posjetiti… i nadam se da će ova knjiga jednoga dana biti prepoznata zahvaljujući djeci Smrikva Bowl-a…
Broj primljenih talenata na sljedeću Smrikvu će biti smanjen za sada na 64 igrača (32 dječaka i 32 djevojčica) … i vaša pomoć pri selekciji i preporuke će biti kao i do sada od iznimne važnosti …
Ako poznajete neko talentirano dijete rođeno 2012. godine koje bi zavrijedilo zaigrati na Smrikvi ili se želite i sami kandidirati za obiteljski tjedan SBTTFW 2022., ili za najnoviji odmor SBM+HFW mi slobodno pišite…
I za kraj mog uvijek dugačkog pisma… želim djeci Smrikve da nastave inspirirati primjerom drugu djecu… i nadam se da će netko od njih učiniti stvarnim riječi Nelsona Mandele kada kaže da “Sport ima snagu da mijenja svijet, ima snagu da inspirira i da ujedinjuje ljude kako što malo što drugo može.”
Hvala na vremenu… hvala na posjeti i hvala za dijeljenje s prijateljima priče o Smrikvi,
Mio
Cari amici dello Smrikva Bowl e di Smrikve!
È il 21 settembre 2021, la Giornata dell’Ambasciatore Smrikva Bowl, ed è tempo di iniziare a costruire un nuovo processo della selezione per i candidati della 27.esima edizione dello Smrikva…
La giornata degli Ambasciatori dello Smrikve e’ il giorno in cui si festeggia l’apertura del nuovo processo di selezione e come molti di voi sanno non siamo riusciti a tenere la 25-esima e la 26-esima edizione e riunire la generazione di talenti nati nel 2010 e 2011… ma ad oggi abbiamo grandi speranze che ci saranno le condizioni per accogliere la generazione di talenti nati nel 2012 per la 27-esima edizione che è prevista per la fine di giugno 2022.
Oltre 2220 giocatori della famiglia Smrikva sparsi in 98 paesi continuano a scrivere la storia dei “semi delle leggende” …
US OPEN 2021 ha avuto 3 giocatori Smrikva nei quarti di finale: Carlos Alcaraz, Lloyd Harris e Belinda Bencic… e Daniel Rincon ha vinto il titolo juniores US OPEN 2021…
…l’anno scorso Dominic Thiem ha conquistato il suo primo titolo del Grande Slam che è anche il primo titolo del Grande Slam tra i senior conquistato da un ex-giocatore dello Smrikva Bowl … 6282 giorni dopo la sua Smrikva, Domi stava alzando il trofeo del Grande Slam … ed è successo a New York … 6282 giorni sono solo 17 anni, 2 mesi e 10 giorni … ci vogliono piu’ di 5 minuti per trasformare un sogno d’infanzia in realtà … ma Domi è una dimostrazione che sogno unito al duro lavoro e rimanendo umili nel proprio cammino paga a lungo termine …
… oltre 1120 libri firmati provenienti da 74 paesi rimangono custoditi nella libreria dello Smrikva Bowl…
… oltre 1720 nomi sono stati regalati da 17 generazioni dello Smrikva agli alberi d’ulivo dello Smrikva… creando qualcosa di speciale ed ancora difficile da scorgere…
… 36 titoli Grande Slam (inclusi titoli juniores) sono gia’ stati collezionati da 28 ragazzi che giocarono lo Smrikva Bowl…
… 56 titoli professionali ATP/WTA (1 titolo Grande Slam)…
… 1 medaglia olimpica d’oro nel singolare ed 1 medaglia olimpica d’argento nel doppio…
… 52 giocatori hanno raggiunto la classifica TOP 200 ATP/WTA
… 31 giocatori hanno raggiunto il livello TOP 100 ATP/WTA… e ci sono sempre i nomi dei ragazzi Smrikva tra vincitori dei piu’ prestigiosi eventi under 12,14,16,18 nel Mondo…
Sono in molti che si sono gia’ laureati… ed avevo il desiderio di capire quanti bambini dello Smrikva Bowl hanno ottenuto la borsa di studio per gli Stati Uniti grazie alle loro capacita’ academiche e quelle tennistiche. Il numero che ho il piacere di condividere e’ che sono oltre 240 bambini…
… ma la storia dello Smrikva Bowl e’ molto di piu’ dei numeri e va oltre il tennis… e sono riconoscente ai ragazzi Smrikva che ci inspirano anno dopo anno di andare oltre la nostra imaginazione… e che ci danno la forza per riunirli nel giardino di casa nostra…
Ci sono molti modi per dimostrare solidarietà intergenerazionale… e vorrei cogliere l’occasione per ringraziare i ragazzi che ancora si ricordano dello Smrikva ed hanno inviato oggetti firmati perche’ potessimo regalargli ad ogni partecipante negli ultimi anni… e per me questo momento, ormai di tradizione, e’ un’occasione per raccontare la loro storia ai ragazzi che stanno sognando di seguire le orme di chi li ha preceduti… ogni ragazzo presente a quel momento di celebrazione intergenerazionale porta con se un oggetto ricordo e scopre un nuovo amico per il quale fare il tifo…
Sono stato contento di notare grazie a Facebook anche che alcuni semi di Smrikva Bowl hanno iniziato a formare le famiglie proprie e continuano ad amare il gioco … Spero in 8-10 anni di vedere anche alcuni bambini figli dei giocatori Smrikva allo Smrikva Bowl …
Ho anche il piacere di condividere che per il 6. Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week (SBTTFW) 2022 si terra’ in primavera. Family Week è nato con la visione di condividere con le famiglie e i giocatori una vaccanza speciale che possa essere loro di aiuto per lo sviluppo a lungo termine ed è una grande esperienza di gioco da vivere a questa giovane età.
C’è anche una nuova idea che mi sta venendo da un po di tempo in mente e che desidero iniziare a condividere con la speranza di realizzarla un giorno…
Nell’estate del 1998, circa 24 anni fa, frequentavo il programma Citicorp Associate Development a New York… questa è stata un’opportunità per me di visitare gli US OPEN…
Ricordo che avevo solo una visione dell’evento che stavo creando… lo Smrikva Bowl… era un sogno di creare un evento che potesse inspirare… e tra i miei sogni pensavo che potesse venire il giorno in cui ci saranno 25 giocatori passati per lo Smrikva Bowl tra i primi 100 ATP/WTA…
Ricordo anche la grande pallina da tennis Wilson US OPEN che ho comprato a New York e che resi tradizione per i vincitori della Smrikva firmarla… augurando loro di sollevare un giorno il trofeo degli US OPEN… questo desiderio è diventato una storia vera quando Dominic Thiem, che ha firmato il famoso pallone nel 2003, ha alzato il vero trofeo degli US Open nel 2020…
Al momento in cui sto scrivendo questa lettera ci sono 31 giocatori della Smrikva Bowl che hanno effettivamente raggiunto la top 100 della classifica ATP/WTA… alcuni dei miei sogni stanno diventando realtà…
Ci sono 52 giocatori della Smrikva Bowl che sono entrati tra i primi 200 ATP/WTA ed hanno totalizzato oltre 100M di dollari in premi. Il montepremi complessivo continua ad aumentare del tasso a doppia cifra su base annua… e questi sono sicuramente i grandi numeri… più che grandi numeri, queste sono grandi opportunità che i semi di Smrikva Bowl potranno diffondere negli anni a venire…
Ricordo che il programma Citicorp Associate Development a cui stavo partecipando era considerato all’epoca uno dei migliori programmi di finanza a Wall Street… Facevo parte di una classe fantastica e avevamo dei mentori fantastici… quello che mi impressiono’ molto all’epoca era professore Barry… aveva un modo unico di condividere il suo sapere…
Quelle cose che ho imparato da Barry mi hanno aiutato a capire la reale situazione finanziaria del Gruppo Fiat nel 2001… e quel sapere ha effettivamente aiutato questa azienda a sopravvivere una delle sue più profonde crisi finanziarie nella sua storia lunga un secolo…
Ma le parole di Barry, che ricordo vividamente, sono la storia che ha condiviso con noi un pomeriggio, nell’edificio del centro di formazione Citicorp, che lui non sta insegnando solo finanza a persone istruite finanziariamente come eravamo noi all’epoca, ma sta anche condividendo le sue conoscenze con atleti professionisti di successo.
All’inizio non capivo perché…
Perché dovresti insegnare la finanza a qualcuno che ha creato così tanto benessere economico durante la sua carriera sportiva che potrebbe durare per secoli?
… e ci ha spiegato che sfortunatamente molti professionisti di successo stavano diventando dei problemi sociali negli Stati Uniti… non avevo ancora capito il suo punto… poi ci ha detto che la maggior parte degli atleti professionisti negli Stati Uniti hanno speso i loro patrimoni cinque anni dopo aver completato la loro carriera di successo. Parliamo in alcuni sport di circa 3 giocatori famosi e di successo su 4 che hanno speso tutto in soli cinque anni dal completamento della loro carriera professionistica…
Ho appreso di questo problema 24 anni fa e ancora oggi questo problema persiste… non importa quante risorse guadagni se ti mancano le conoscenze di base su come gestire queste risorse è altamente probabile che tu possa finire tra i 60 -70%+ dei casi della bancarotta personale…
Ho sempre creduto che molti dei ragazzi della Smrikva Bowl costruiranno la propria fortuna… e c’e’ ne sono così tanti che stanno andando bene nei campi più diversi… grazie alle loro abilità nel tennis oltre 240+ hanno ricevuto la borsa di studio per studiare negli Stati Uniti… e al momento della stesura di questa lettera ci sono 18 giocatori di Smrikva Bowl che hanno guadagnato oltre 1M di dollari dei monte premi… e ci sono almeno 10 giocatori dello Smrikva che attraverseranno questa soglia in meno di un anno…
Desidero aprire questa opportunità di condividere un piccola parte delle mie conoscenze generali a modo mio, stabilendo la possibilità per i giocatori dello Smrikva Bowl di tornare a Smrikve con la loro famiglia per le loro vacanze e ottenere alcune nozioni di base sugli elementi sopra menzionati… su che cosa prestare attenzione… soprattutto quando arriva il momento di ritirarsi dal tennis professionistico… e questo sarà solo un altro dei miei regali alla grande famiglia in via di sviluppo dello Smrikva Bowl…
Immagino questa esperienza come una vacanza… e un’opportunità per imparare qualcosa in un ambiente emotivamente positivo, quindi per conservarlo nella memoria a lungo termine… Sono consapevole che mentre giocano professionalmente i giocatori hanno tempi stretti… ma è anche vero che visitare Smrikve con la famiglia è sempre un’opportunità per ricaricare la batteria e sempre un’opportunità per creare qualche bel ricordo…
Sono lieto di condividere alcune storie che sono importanti per me e fanno parte della base sulla quale venne fondato lo Smrikva Bowl…
Per chi non sapesse oggi si celebra la giornata internazionale di pace, nota come la giornata mondiale di pace… e diversi anni indietro questa data venne scelta come la data degli Ambasciatori dello Smrikva Bowl…
La giornata degli Ambasciatori dello Smrikva Bowl, pur essendo celebrata lo stesso giorno come la giornata mondiale della pace, e’ dedicate alla civilta’… Senza la societa’ civile nel mondo moderno non ce garanzia per la pace… e senza la pace diventa ancora piu’ ardua la strada per lo sviluppo dei talenti…
Abbiamo visto nell’ultimo anno e mezzo quanto facilmente le difficoltà e le sfide poste di fronte alle persone possano cambiare la vita a cui siamo abituati …
Anni fa venne richiesto ai ragazzi e candidati Smrikva l’impegno di osservare il codice di condotta e di Fair Play Smrikva Bowl e vorrei condividere un piccolo segreto con loro… piu’ ti alleni con costanza e passione e piu’ diventa naturale essere l’esempio per gli altri… dopo tanti piccoli errori in campo come anche fuori campo abbiamo la possibilita’ d’imparare e di migliorare… abbracciando la sfida… soprattutto quando siamo costretti a lasciare la nostra zona di comfort …
Io credo nella bellezza dell’apprendimento e l’inesperienza e’ una risorsa preziosa se l’abbracci. Il mio consiglio durante la giornata di orientamento ai bambini dello Smrikva Bowl è sempre quello di usare le loro abilità e il loro passaporto – “la racchetta da tennis” per viaggiare e vedere il mondo, fare le esperienza e credo fermamente che ognuno di loro diventerà molto ricco un giorno. Non per i soldi che potrebbero guadagnare, ma per le esperienze che vivranno. La ricchezza che creeranno con il proprio vivere e viaggiare sarà una ricchezza preziosa per il loro benessere interiore che nessuno sarrà in grado di portarli via.
Stiamo vivendo oggi il momento di limitate possibilita’ di viaggiare … ma dobbiamo avere fiducia che tutto questo finirà … e chi ama esplorare avrà sicuramente l’opportunità di farlo in futuro …
Tanti anni fa abbiamo iniziato la tradizione di piantare il vecchio ulivo durante la cerimonia di nomina degli Ambasciatori dello Smrikva… Il primo ulivo selezionato era piu’ vecchio del uomo vivente sulla terra al momento… e durante la cerimonia, ogni Ambasciatori metteva un gruzolo di terra vicino alla radice dell’albero e regalava il proprio nome allo stesso…
L’anno scorso in famiglia abbiamo fatto la cerimonia per tutti i bambini che hanno superato il processo di selezione ma non sono stati in grado di riunirsi nella loro Smrikva Bowl … e quest’anno siamo stati fortunati ad avere pochi amici e candidati alla Smrikva Bowl con noi a Smrikve dal Giappone, dalla Russia e dalla Croazia…
L’ulivo e’ il simbolo di pace in varie culture… ma la sua eta’ e’ il simbolo del collegamento tra le generazioni.
Molte volte trovo inspirazione per condividere il mio pensiero con i bambini nei cartoni animati… ed Il Re Leone e’ molto bello per la storia dei vecchi ulivi… che riassume in se la storia del cerchio della vita…
Tutti nasciamo senza sapere molto in merito alla vita sulla terra…
… qualcuno potrebbe ricordarsi la scena quando Mufasa spiegava a Simba che non era facile essere il Re… gli spiega che il Re dovrebbe sapere che tutto intorno a noi vive in un delicato equilibrio e che con l’intelligenza dovremmo cercare di capirlo e di rispettarlo.
Mufasa stava cercando di insegnare a suo figlio Simba l’importanza di osservare la natura … di essere curioso … e gli stava insegnando il rispetto della natura e la comprensione dell’importanza di tutte le diverse creature nel cerchio della vita…
Il premio nobel per la pace, ospitato da un gruppo di giovani di cui facevo parte, ci lascio un messaggio che mi piace condividere… lui ci scrisse: “Il futuro e’ sempre in minoranza. Pur essendo la storia del futuro piu’ importante della storia del passato. E’ riservato ai vecchi il ricordo del passato. Ed e’ riservato ai giovani la costruzione del mondo di domani.
Fatelo! Potete costruire un mondo senza le guerre. Potete costruire una nuova umanita’.”
Una pallina da tennis che porta il messaggio di sopra e’ stata firmata dal Premio Nobel per la pace menzionato sopra ed è un prezioso ricordo conservato a Smrikve che amo condividere con i bambini Smrikva…
Ho sviluppato nella mia mente l’idea che la pace e’ sempre in un equilibrio instabile e con l’intelligenza dovremmo cercare di capirlo e rispettarlo… Il sapere, la curiosita’ umana e la volonta di imparare sono importanti e sono tutti elementi sui quali vennero costruite le societa’ civili nella storia dell’umanita’…
Quando premio Nobel utilizzo’ la frase “Fatelo!” mi ricordo’ la saggezza di Yoda nel crescere il giovane Luke Skywalker spiegandogli che: “Non esiste provare. Fai o non fare” :)
I libri rappresentano un grande patrimonio e ci aiutano a capire quanto percepiamo con l’esperienca cummulata dal vivere quotidiano. Questo e’ uno dei motivi perche’ iniziai’ a costruisce la libreria dello Smrikva Bowl. Data la fragilita’ del cerchio della vita e’ molto facile perdere la conoscenza accummulata.
Siamo abituati alla rapidita’ del progresso tecnologico, ma il progresso sociale e’ piu’ complesso. Gli uomini imparano durante tutta la vita e soprattutto dalla propria esperienza…
La gente vive circa 80 anni… e cio’ che chiamiamo la civilta’ e’ fatto dalla conoscenza cummulata ad oggi, che le instituzioni passano alle future generazioni… ed al momento siamo noi coloro che rappresentiamo la civilta’ d’oggi…
La giornata mondiale della pace, celebrata lo stesso giorno degli Ambasciatori Smrikva, e’ sempre buon giorno per iniziare la raccolta dei talenti dello nuova generazione dello Smrikva Bowl… e con la presente lettera, come per tradizione, partira’ la selezione dei giovani talenti per la 27-esima edizione dello Smrikva Bowl che, nel caso la pandemia fosse sotto controllo, si terrà a Pola (Croazia-Istria) dal (18) 20 giugno fino al 25 giugno 2022. Smrikva Bowl raccoglie talenti a livello mondiale e la prossima edizione sarra’ dedicata ai giocatori nati nel 2012.
Quando penso al patrimonio e ad eredita del nostro torneo me lo imagino sempre fisicamente come un teatro dove ogni anno lavoriamo duramente per preparare il palcoscenico… Ogni anno raduniamo bambini, che arrivano da differenti culture, avendo sogni diversi,…
Noi prepariamo il palcoscenico e dopo sono loro che scrivono le storie di vita piu’ diverse…
La parte intangibile del nostro teatro è quel “più del tennis”… qualunque cosa significhi… ho sempre desiderato che potesse significare qualcosa di leggermente diverso per ogni persona che si è messa in contatto con la storia di Smrikva Bowl…
Smrikva Bowl è ancora un evento molto giovane ed è troppo presto poter osservare quale fosse il suo vero significato, ma ho sempre creduto che più di un bambino che ha lasciato impronte sui nostri campi da tennis scriverà storie stimolanti nei più diversi campi professionali .. e sono sempre felice quando scopro un nuovo nome SB che ha ottenenuto la possibilità di ottenere la propria istruzione superiore presso le università statunitensi grazie alla racchetta da tennis …
Anno dopo anno diventa sempre piu’ evidente che piu’ di uno conquisterra’ tornei dello Grande Slam… hanno gia’ totalizzato 36 titoli in singolare e doppio negli eventi Grand Slam… e mio sogno per loro va oltre il sogno dei Grande Slam…
So che secondo le statistiche solo pochi ragazzi dello Smrikva Bowl diventeranno i migliori giocatori di tennis professionisti, ma voglio credere che trarranno beneficio dalla loro esperienza nel tennis e nello sport e troveranno la loro strada anche in altri campi … perché gli umani hanno bisogno di ispirazione. .. abbiamo bisogno di ispirazione non solo nello sport ma in campi più diversi … ci sono molte sfide oggi ed ogni giorno che dobbiamo affrontare… ed anche quando corona virus farra’ parte del passato c’e’ ne saranno sempre delle sfide nuove in futuro da affrontare … ed abbiamo bisogno di un pensiero divergente per trovare soluzioni a sfide che oggi appaiono più complicate di quello che sono … e bambini sono i piccoli geni che potrebbe indicarci la strada … dobbiamo tenere in mente che sono gli adulti coloro che prendono in prestito il futuro dai bambini …
Ho smesso di chiedermi molto tempo fa quanti bambini dello Smrikva Bowl stanno giocando a tennis perché i loro genitori vorrebbero che diventassero giocatori di tennis professionisti e quanti di loro giocano perché gli piace il gioco. Quello che so è che lo sport può aiutare i bambini nella loro crescita e so anche che le persone che diventano brave in qualsiasi campo hanno bisogno di molto tempo per raggiungere e padroneggiare l’eccellenza.
Sempre piu’ raramente ma ancora capita che qualcuno arrivi a Smrikve pensando che Smrikva Bowl sia un „importante“ competizione… senza capire che il mero risultato non e’ la chiave dello Smrikva Bowl… ed ho sempre il constante bisogno degli Ambasciatori Smrikva per aiutarmi a spiegare che Smrikva Bowl e’ qualcosa di diverso e non una „importante“ competizione.
Da oggi sul sito dello Smrikva Bowl potete aprire presentazione PDF dell’edizione di quest’anno 27. Smrikva Bowl 2022 con il formulario d’iscrizione ed altre informazioni rilevanti relative alla prossima edizione.
Smrikva Bowl e’ stato sempre qualcosa in “più del tennis”… ma mi piace lasciarlo inspiegato e che siano gli Ambasciatori ed amici ad interpretarlo con le proprie sensazioni perche’ sono loro alla fine quelli che ogni giorno scrivono la storia dello Smrikva Bowl…
L’olio ed il vino legato ai ragazzi Smrikva e’ oggi sparso in 98 paesi del mondo… le nostre quantita’ sono sempre molto limitate… come sono limitati i posti dei ragazzi che possiamo invitare ogni anno… ma credo lo stesso come credevo nei giocatori di Smrikva Bowl che un giorno l’olio d’oliva prodotto dagli alberi piantati dalle “semi delle leggende” sarà davvero unico al mondo …
Negli anni Istria continua a registrare leggera crescita di visitatori viaggiatori e sono grato a tutti quelli che ci hanno visitato ed hanno contribuito a questa crescita… “Istria from Smrikve” e’ un regalo agli amici… e questo regalo agli Ambasciatori dello Smrikva Bowl aggiunge alla loro missione di Ambasciatori, che ci aiutano nella ricerca dei talenti nei loro paesi, il compito di diffondere la voce sull’Istria come destinazione che merita di essere visitata… ed il mio sogno e’ che un giorno l’eredita’ dello “Istria from Smrikve” possa essere riconsciuta anche grazie ai semi dello Smrikva Bowl…
Il numero dei candidati accettati nel 2022 sarra’ al momento ridotta a 64 ragazzi (32 ragazzi e 32 ragazze) ed il vostro aiuto sarra’ come sempre molto apprezzato.
Se conoscete ragazzi di talento del 2012 che meriterebbe di partecipare o volete candidarvi per lo sesto raduno familiare SBTTFW 2022 o per la mia nuova iniziativa di vacanze SBM+HFW non esitate a farmelo sapere…
… e per chiudere questa lunga presentazione… dato che si celebra nella giornata mondiale della pace auguro ai ragazzi Smrikva di continuare ad inspirare con l’esempio… ed auguro che qualcuno renda reali le parole di Nelson Mandela quando disse: “Lo sport ha la forza di cambiare il mondo, ha la forza di ispirare e la forza di unire la gente come poche altre cose”
Grazie per il tempo dedicato alla lettura, per averci visitato e per la condivisione con gli amici dalla storia di Smrikve.
Mio
(smrikve.com Villas: SMRIKVE LOUNGE, Smrikve Charme, Smrikve)
18/09/21
Yesterday we collected grapes and started the 27th Smrikva Bowl 2022 - Smrikve Malvazija & Angvsta wine production
We just collected grapes and started 2022 Smrikve wine production… the wine collection of limited 130 bottles will be made as per tradition… and around 100 bottles will be donated to the families participating the 27th Smrikva Bowl 2022 edition…
As per tradition we will do our best to make good wine…
Smrikve Malvazija is thanks to the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors spread in 98 countries and all the continents. Last year we created a limited collection of 130 bottles and never above 200 bottles… it is always a gift of our family to the Smrikva Bowl families and to our friends.
Wine and gastronomy are part of a culture and wine bottle that we give to every Smrikva Bowl family is part of our cultural gift that every year we are pleased to make to our guests coming from all around the World.
The wine making is the tradition in Smrikve since 1957…
The wine production is a passion for many Istrian families and my grandfather Mate was a great lower of wine and wine making. The first thing he made in 1957 when he settled in Smrikve was planting the vineyard.
Probably not many Smrikva Bowl readers do know the story how my grandfather agreed to take out a row of vineyard to create the space for the court where today the Smrikva Bowl finals are played.
My father, me and my Uncle continue the wine making tradition in Smrikve…
Several years ago I bought a vineyard close to the vineyard planted by my grandfather and today my father and me are doing our best to get the best from what Malvasia grapes can give.
The first phase of the processing the grapes started yesterday…
We collected the grapes but also separated the juice of the rest to obtain the golden color that usually our Istrian Malvazija (Malmsey) wine has. Now for two days the fermentation will be blocked to allow the wine to start its transformation process cleaner than it is today after the collection.
In Smrikve we produce Istrian Malvazija (Malmsey) and during the Smrikva Bowl we use to give a bottle of wine to every family as a memory to their Smrikva Bowl. Probably one day this bottles might be something special if our kids continue to love tennis game and continue to write the Smrikva Bowl story with their results.
Wine as part of the culture…
In the regions where the wine is produced the wine was always part of the culture of the particular site. Also the wine we produce is part of the Smrikve tradition and this is the reason why we are pleased to give a bottle to every family that come to visit us for the Smrikva Bowl.
There is an old Istrian saying: ”Vino od loze i mliko od koze” and “Kruh je za tilo a vino je za dušu”. The translation from Croatian is difficult because you loose the feel of the language. Goat is the symbol of Istria and the meaning of the first saying would be: ”Wine from the grapevine and milk from the goat” and the meaning of the second would be: “Bread is for the body, wine is for the soul”.
With yesterday collection as I said we started the process of transforming the grapes into wine for the 27th Smrikva Bowl 2022 edition of Malvazija.
The main Istrian wines are: Malvazija, Terran, Refosc and Muscatel.
The glory of the Istrian wine dates back to over 2000 years ago…
For those who are not familiar with Istrian wine I am pleased to remined the reader that Istrian wine was considered one of the best in the Roman Empire, around 20 centuries ago, and was preferred by Livia Drusilla, also known as Iulia Augusta, the wife of the first Roman Emperor Augustus.
Livia Drusilla’s preferred wine was the Istrian wine Pucinum. Livia is considered one of the most influent women in the beginning of the Roman Empire era. It is not know what wine it was because todays wines were brought in Istria mostly by Venetians.
Todays Istrian Malvazija’s story is related with Serenissima… the Venetian Republic
The story of Istrian Malvazija, cultivated in Istria since the end of the 16th century, is fascinating and it relates to the Venetians.
At the beginning of the 15th century the Venetians occupied Peloponnesus in Greece. In the Peloponnesus region there is a town Monemvassia, also named Malvasia. From this town the Venetians started to import the wine into Venice and the other areas controlled by the Venetian Republic.
This wine was so successful and became so famous all over Europe that Venetians decided to plant huge vineyards on the biggest Greek island, Crete.
Between the 16th and 18th century Malvasia become the most important wine in Europe. In 1570 the Turks conquered Crete and Venetians decided to plant Malvasia vineyards in other areas that had friendly relations with Venice which, at that time, also included Istria.
In end Malvasia is in Istria since the above mentioned period while it is not known the sort of the wine that was preferred by the wife of the Emperor Augustus, Livia Drusilla – Julia Augusta.
Giacomo Casanova in his diary talks about another Istrian sort and another great wine…
Giacomo Casanova visited Vrsar several times and in his diary he describes a good wine Refosc and nice women… That Refosc could be Terran too because if you look at the grapes you will hardly note the difference and today Refosc is mostly cultivated in the Slovenian part of Istria while in other areas the dominant sort is Malvasia.
Another excellent wine can be found around Momjan area made of Muscatel sort.
On Istria from Smrikve you can learn much more…
To learn more about Istrian gastronomy and wine please visit the E-book about Istrian cultural heritage on www.smrikve.com/istria/ named “Istria from Smrikve” or join Discover Istria from Smrikve group on Linked In.
The grapes are very nice this year… and the wine should be extraordinary again…
From today… the most important part of wine transformation process starts ;)… and at the beginning of November we will make the first quality level tasting check :)…
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 and SMRIKVE LOUNGE, for your accommodation with swimming pool in Stinjan (Pula – Pola) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia.
14/09/21
Top Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European U14 and 16 ranking lists (update September 2021)
Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking.
As of September 13th, 2021 their track record includes the following:
=> 36 GRAND SLAM titles (including junior titles) conquered by 28 players
=> 1 Olympic golden medal (singles) & 1 Olympic silver medal (doubles)
=> 55 professional ATP/WTA titles (1 Grand Slam)
=> 52 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking => 31 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking => 8 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA => 2 players reached TOP 5 ATP/WTA ranking
=> 240 + SB players (1996-2013) received scholarships to study in the US & play tennis… and the list of the players can be seen on the following link SB US University Club
- 340+ SB players (1996-2015) collected ATP/WTA points on the following link ATP/WTA SB Club
• 27 TOP 200 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #4 WTA (Feb 2020)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #14 WTA (Jan 2020)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #19 WTA (Nov 2019)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #20 WTA (Jul 2017)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 39 WTA (Apr 2019)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #43 WTA (Mar 2019)
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #79 WTA (Sep 2021)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #81 WTA (Mar 2020)
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #82 WTA (Feb 2019)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #86 on WTA (Jul 2019)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #96 WTA (Oct 2018)
Clair LIU – 2010 “LM”/SB player -#96 WTA (Sep 2021)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #97 WTA (Oct 2017)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #112 WTA (Jun 2021)
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #143 WTA (Jun 2018)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #162 WTA (Dec 2018)
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #163 WTA (Oct 2018)
Lina GJORCHESKA – 2003 player – #170 WTA (Jun 2017)
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #187 WTA (Jul 2018)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #50 WTA doubles (Feb 2018)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #56 WTA doubles (May 2019)
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 “LM”/SB player -#94 WTA doubles (May 2021)
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #134 WTA doubles (Jan 2018)
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #143 WTA doubles (May 2019)
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)
Vladica BABIC – 2005 player – #164 WTA doubles (Nov 2019)
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #189 WTA doubles (May 2017)
• 25 TOP 200 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #3 ATP (Mar 2020)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #12 ATP (Nov 2018)
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #14 ATP (Jun 2021)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #27 ATP (Jun 2019)
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #31 ATP (Sep 2021 )
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 SF- #32 ATP (Aug 2021)
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 quarterf.- #38 ATP (Mar 2021)
Carlos ALCARAZ – 2013 runner up – #38 ATP (Sep 2021)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #50 ATP (Jun 2021)
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 QF – #57 ATP (Sep 2021)
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 CD winner – #61 ATP (May 2021)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #124 ATP (Feb 2020)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #129 ATP (Apr 2021)
Holger RUNE – 2013 QF – #136 ATP (Sep 2021)
Tomas MACHAC – 2010 QF – #137 (Aug 2021)
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 142 ATP (Apr 2019)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #174 ATP (Oct 2019)
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #192 ATP (Aug 2018)
Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Ivan SABANOV – 2002 semi – #99 ATP doubles (Sep 2021)
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semi – #99 ATP doubles (Sep 2021)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #128 ATP doubles (May 2019)
As of 13th of September 2021 the ranking summary of the TOP 1000 ATP/WTA former Smrikva Bowl players is the following:
• 66 WTA players (6,6%)
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #12 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #42 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #50 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #79 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #82 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #96 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #98 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #113 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #118 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #129 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #149 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #171 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #225 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #227 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #231 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #263 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #271 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #295 WTA
Maria GUTIERREZ CARRASCO – 2007 player – #296 WTA
Lea BOSKOVIC – 2009 player – #306 WTA
Lina GJORCHESKA – 2003 player – #325 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 QF- #328 WTA
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA – 2015 SF – #334 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #343 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #353 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #359 WTA
Joanne ZUGER – 2010 player – #362 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #364 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #389 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #395 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #402 WTA
Maria TIMOFEEVA – 2012 player – #403 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #407 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #428 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #437 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #472 WTA
Angela FITA BOLUDA – 2009 player – #490 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #501 WTA
Alexandra EALA – 2015 SF – #516 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #532 WTA
Ziva FALKNER – 2012 player – #542 WTA
Estela PEREZ SOMARRIBA – 2008 SB player – #544 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #558 WTA
Tina CVETKOVIC – 2009 player – #596 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #598 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #620 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #629 WTA
Pia LOVRIC – 2012 player – #632 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #634 WTA
Ashley LAHEY – 2009 LM/SB – #655 WTA
Vladica BABIC – 2005 player – #676 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #684 WTA
Aleksandra VECIC – 2011 player – #709 WTA
Antonia RUZIC – 2013 player – #729 WTA
Zoe KRUGER – 2012 semif. – #733 WTA
Julie BELGRAVER – 2012 player – #764 WTA
Himari SATO – 2012 winner – #774 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #804 WTA
Matilde PAOLETTI – 2012 QF – #821 WTA
Katarina JOKIC – 2008 winner – #837 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #839 WTA
Ania HERTEL – 2010 player – #852 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #896 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #921 WTA
Helene PELLICANO – 2012 QF – #965 WTA
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE – 2012 runner up – #996 WTA
• 43 ATP players (4,3%)
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #8 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #21 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #31 ATP
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA – 2013 runner up – #38 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 SF- #44 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #50 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #51 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #56 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 QF – #57 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #60 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 cd winner – #71 ATP
Holger RUNE – 2013 QF – #136 ATP
Tomas MACHAC – 2010 QF- #143 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #152 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #157 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #210 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #235 ATP
Duje AJDUKOVIC – 2011 winner – #255 ATP
Flavio COBOLLI – 2012 player – #264 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #288 ATP
Nerman FATIC – 2004 player – #316 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 runner up – #398 ATP
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA – 2011 QF – #427 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI – 2008 player – #441 ATP
Filip MISOLIC – 2011 player – #460 ATP
Luciano DARDERI – 2012 player – #500 ATP
Eric VANSHELBOIM – 2011 player – #504 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – #529 ATP
Luca NARDI – 2013 player – #530 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #566 ATP
Damian WENGER – 2010 player – #576 ATP
Remy BERTOLA – 2008 player – #581 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV – 2012 player – #617 ATP
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC – 2013 SF – #679 ATP
Mattia BELLUCCI – 2010 player – #705 ATP
Cezar CRETU – 2011 player – #755 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #758 ATP
Aziz KIJAMETOVIC – 2006 player – #836 ATP
Rimpei KAWAKAMI – 2010 player – #845 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #854 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #883 ATP
Sebastian GIMA – 2012 runner up – #888 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI – 2008 SF – #889 ATP
• 17 players TOP 100 ATP RACE TO MILAN NEXT GEN (17%)
Carlos ALCARAZ – 2013 runner up – #3 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 QF – #6 ATP
Holger RUNE – 2013 QF – #9 ATP
Tomas MACHAC – 2010 QF – #13 ATP
Flavio COBOLLI – 2012 player – #14 ATP
Duje AJDUKOVIC – 2011 winner – #24 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 runner up – #40 ATP
Filip MISOLIC – 2011 player – #41 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #42 ATP
Luciano DARDERI – 2012 player – #43 ATP
Eric VANSHELBOIM – 2011 player – #48 ATP
Luca NARDI – 2013 player – #59 ATP
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA – 2011 player – #60 ATP
Damien WENGER – 2010 player – #62 ATP
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC – 2013 SF – #73 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV – 2012 player – #88 ATP
Mattia BELLUCCI – 2010 player – #99 ATP
NEXT GEN SB PLAYERS:
2017: Borna CORIC and Gianluigi QUINZI (WC)
2018: Alex DE MINAUR (runner up) and Lloyd HARRIS (invited)
2019: Alex DE MINAUR (runner up), Miomir KECMANOVIC (semifinals), Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (round robin)
2020: not played for Covid – 19 but would have played: Alex DE MINAUR, Miomir KECMANOVIC, Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Lorenzo MUSETTI, Carlos ALCARAZ
• 13 boys (13%) and 10 girls (10%)… in total 23 players are in TOP 100 ITF
BOYS:
- #2 Daniel RINCON
- #6 Jerome KYM
- #24 Daniel MERIDA AGUILAR
- #37 Mili POLJICAK
- #38 Abedallah SHELBAYH
- #43 Kalin IVANOVSKI
- #44 Bor ARTNAK
- #46 Vilius GAUBAS
- #56 Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE Junior RG 2019 winner
- #77 Hamad MEDJEDOVIC
- #79 Luka MIKRUT
- #86 Pedro RODENAS
- #96 Stefan POPOVIC
- #104 Dino PRIZMIC
- #125 Jamie FARIA
- #136 Branko DJURIC
- #142 Aleksa PISARIC
- #182 Nikola ZEKIC
- #239 Matic KRIZNIK
- #244 Filippo ROMANO
- #262 Mikolai BANKOU
- #264 Gal EMERSIC POTOCNIK
- #277 Aljaz JERAN
- #279 Maj PREMZL
- #313 Patrick BRADY
- #318 Matija SAMARDZIC
- #333 Meecah BIGUN
- #337 Federico BONDIOLI
- #342 Ivan SODAN
- #372 William JANSEN
- #374 Piotr KUSIEWICZ
- #411 Carlos GUERRERO ALVAREZ
- #419 Giacomo NOSEI
- #450 Martin LANDALUCE
- #482 Dragomir DRAGANOV
- #491 Adi DAGAN
GIRLS:
- #2 Alexandra EALA Junior AO 2020 dubles winner
- #8 Linda FRUHVIRTOVA
- #19 Petra MARCINKO
- #24 Matilde PAOLETTI
- #45 Aliona FALEI
- #54 Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC
- #65 Lola RADIVOJEVIC
- #76 Erika MATSUDA
- #92 Denislava GLUSHKOVA
- #96 Joelle Lilly Sophie STEUR
- #103 Kylie BILCHEV
- #117 Antonia RUZIC
- #168 Tea LUKIC
- #171 Charlotte KAMPENAERS POCZ
- #179 Noa KRZNARIC
- #180 Mao MUSHIKA
- #185 Mio MUSHIKA
- #186 Malwina ROWINSKA
- #194 Mia RISTIC
- #202 Anastasia GRECHKINA
- #205 Charlotte OWENSBY
- #206 Carolina GOMEZ
- #208 Patricija PAUKSTYTE
- #289 Divna RATKOVIC
- #300 Jovana GRUJIC
- #305 Milena JEVTOVIC
- #306 Mara GAE
- #309 Emma VALLETTA
- #311 Ariana GEERLINGS
- #315 Elena MICIC
- #329 Sarah MUELLER
- #336 Klio IOANNOU
- #338 Roisin GILHEANY
- #382 Karina JUMAZHANOVA
- #409 Suana TUCAKOVIC
- #416 Petja DRAME
- #443 June BJORK
- #449 Kyoka KUBO
- #456 Vanesa DANKO
- #462 Emma RIZZETTO
-# 473 Ena KOIKE
- #480 Hepzibah OLUWADARE
- #482 Florentine DEKKERS
- #495 Rose NIJKAMP
• 3 boys and 3 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – ( Tomasz BERKIETA #7, Aleksa PISARIC #8, Dino PRIZMIC #10; Alexandra EALA #2, Linda FRUHVIRTOVA #3, Petra MARCINKO #4)
• 4 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Federico Cina #2, Timofei DEREPASKO #6, Ognjen MILIC #6, Alexander Vasilev #10; Tereza VALENTOVA #3, Rositsa DENCHEVA #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, #612 ATP (Mar 2006)
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Mateja HORVAT (CRO), 3rd SB 1998 winner, #830 WTA (Nov 2005)
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, #356 WTA (Mar 2009)
Deni ZMAK (CRO), 4th SB 1999 runner up, #961 ATP (May 2010)
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #394 ATP doubles (Oct 2017)
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, # 142 ATP (Apr 2019)
Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #225 WTA
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #42 WTA
IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #157 ATP
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #99 ATP doubles
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #99 ATP doubles
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #163 ATP doubles
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #50 WTA
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #364 WTA
2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #8 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #883 ATP
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #50 WTA
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #79 WTA
Lina GJORCHESKA (MKD), 8th SB 2003, #325 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO) – 8th SB 2003 runner up – #684 WTA
2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #316 ATP
GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #472 WTA
Vladica BABIC (MNE), 9th SB 2004, #676 WTA
Anita HUSARIC (AUS), 9th SB 2004, #804 WTA
IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS
2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #50 ATP
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #51 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #152 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #235 ATP
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #758 ATP
Adrian BODMER (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #1095 ATP
GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #98 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #118 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #227 WTA
Tena LUKAS (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #295 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #395 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #407 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #620 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #896 WTA
2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl
GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #12 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #113 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #171 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #328 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #343 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC (CRO), 11th SB 2006, #532 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #598 WTA
Pia CUK (SVN), 11th SB 2006, #921 WTA
2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Lloyd HARRIS (RSA), ,12th SB 2007, #31 ATP
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #1250 ATP
GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #82 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #271 WTA
Maria GUTIERREZ CARRASCO (ESP), 12th SB 2007 player #296 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #353 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #389 WTA
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #501 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #56 ATP
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, #210 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #441 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #889 ATP
GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #149 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #558 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #629 WTA
Gabriella *TAYLOR*(UK), 13th SB 2008, #634 WTA
Katarina JOKIC (SRB), 13th SB 2008 winner, #837 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #839 WTA
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., #21 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #44 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #60 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #71 ATP
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #566 ATP
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #1162 ATP
Moritz THIEM (AUT), 14th SB 2009,#1513 ATP
GIRLS
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #231 WTA
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #263 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #359 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #428 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #437 WTA
Angela FITA BOLUDA (ESP), 14th SB 2009, #490 WTA
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
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #143 ATP
Nicola KUHN (ESP), 15th SB 2010 winner, #288 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #398 ATP
Damien WENGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #576 ATP
Rimpei KAWAKAMI (JPN), 15th SB 2010, #845 ATP
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #1227 ATP
Tommaso *CARNEVALE*(ITA), 15th SB 2010, #2223 ATP doubles
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010, #129 WTA
Joanne ZUGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #362 WTA
Tina CVETKOVIC (SLO), 15th SB 2010, #596 WTA
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #852 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #1086 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #96 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
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #255 ATP
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #427 ATP
Filip MISOLIC (AUT), 16th SB 2011, #460 ATP
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #504 ATP
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #764 ATP
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #1616 ATP
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #1701 ATP
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #129 WTA
Alexandra VECIC (GER), 16th SB 2011, #709 WTA
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., #57 ATP
Flavio COBOLLI (ITA), 17th SB 2012, #264 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #617 ATP
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #888 ATP
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1283 ATP
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #1758 ATP
Alberto ORSO (ITA), 17th SB 2012, #2353 ATP doubles
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Thijmen LOOF (NED), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf.,not ranked on ATP
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012,not ranked on ATP
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Fans VAN SAMBEEK (NED) , 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Aly Ehab SHOKEIR (EGY), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Frank JONKER (NED), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
Drazen PETROVIC (BiH), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on ATP
GIRLS
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #403 WTA
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #542 WTA
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #632 WTA
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #733 WTA
Julie BELGRAVER (FRA), 17th SB 2012, #764 WTA
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #774 WTA
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #821 WTA
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #965 WTA
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #1078 WTA
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1129 WTA
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #1132 WTA
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #1180 WTA doubles
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #214 ITF
Fiona ARRESE (ESP), 17th SB 2012, not ranked on WTA
Julie SAPPL (SUI) , 17th SB 2012, not ranked on WTA
Maja DODIK (BiH) , 17th SB 2012, not ranked on WTA
Serina REINERTSEN (NOR) , 17th SB 2012, not ranked on WTA
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
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #38 ATP
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #136 ATP
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #530 ATP
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #679 ATP
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #1113 ATP
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #1215 ATP – junior US OPEN 2021 winner
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #1579 ATP
Gal EMERSIC POTOCNIK (SVN), 18th SB 2013, #264 ITF
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #374 ITF
Adi DAGAN (ISR), 18th SB 2013, #491 ITF
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #561 ITF
Fran MITROVIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #758 ITF
Alen BILL (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #778 ITF
Filip MANDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #875 ITF
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #910 ITF
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #963 ITF
GIRLS
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #729 WTA
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #103 ITF
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #179 ITF
Milena JEVTOVIC (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #305 ITF
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #857 ITF
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #1549 ITF
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #2069 ITF
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
Daniel MERIDA AGUILAR (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #24 ITF
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #37 ITF
Kalin IVANOVSKI (MKD), 19th SB 2014, #43 ITF
Bor ARTNAK (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #44 ITF
Vilius GAUBAS (LIT), 19th SB 2014, #46 ITF
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #79 ITF
Pedro RODENAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #86 ITF
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #182 ITF
Maj PREMZL (SLO), 19th SB 2014, #279 ITF
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #313 ITF
Matija SAMARDZIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #318 ITF
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #342 ITF
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #372 ITF
Carlos GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #411 ITF
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #482 ITF
Noa VUKADIN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #527 ITF
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #653 ITF
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #740 ITF
GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., #334 WTA
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #45 ITF
Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #54 ITF
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #92 ITF
Joelle STEUR (GER), 19th SB 2014, #96 ITF
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #168 ITF
Charlotte KEMPENAERS POCZ (AUS), 19th SB 2014, #171 ITF
Carolina GOMEZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #206 ITF
Patricija PAUKSTYTE (LTU), 19th SB 2014, #208 ITF
Divna RATKOVIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #289 ITF
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #309 ITF
Sarah MUELLER (GER), 19th SB 2014, #329 ITF
Elena MICIC (AUS) , 19th SB 2014, #315 ITF
Suana TUCAKOVIC (BIH), 19th SB 2014 semif., #409 ITF
Petja DRAME (SLO), 19th SB 2014, #416 ITF
Kyoka KUBO (JPN), 19th SB 2014, #449 ITF
Emma RIZZETTO (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #462 ITF
Patricie KUBIKOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014, #534 ITF
Anna KANTOR (HUN), 19th SB 2014, #836 ITF
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #993 ITF
Neriya YONA (ISR), 19th SB 2014, #1787 ITF
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
Dino PRIZMIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015 quarterf., #104 ITF
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner, #136 ITF
Aleksa PISARIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #142 ITF
Matic KRIZNIK (SVN), 20th SB 2015, #239 ITF
Filippo ROMANO (ITA) , 20th SB 2015, #244 ITF
Mikalai BANKOU (BLR), 20th SB 2015, #262 ITF
Federico BONDIOLI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #337 ITF
Giacomo NOSEI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #419 ITF
Matej DODIG (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #574 ITF
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), 20th SB 2015 semif., 643 ITF
Matthias UWE KASK (CAN), 20th SB 2015, #727 ITF
Ofek SHIMANOV (ISR), 20th SB 2015, #761 ITF
Walker ALLEN (USA), 20th SB 2015, #1206 ITF
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), 20th SB 2015 semif., #1216 ITF
Andrea MEDURI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #1267 ITF
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up , #1343 ITF
Daniel ZIMMERMANN (AUT), 20th SB 2015, #1871 ITF
Moritz LESJAK (AUT), 20th SB 2015, #2254 ITF
Dimitar PENCHEV (BGR), 20th SB 2015, not ranked on ITF
GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif., #334 WTA – Les Petits As 2019 winner
Alexandra EALA (PHI), 20th SB 2015 , #516 WTA – Les Petits As 2018 winner, Junior AO 2020 doubles winner
Petra MARCINKO (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #19 ITF
Lola RADIVOJEVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #65 ITF
Mao MUSHIKA (JPN), 20th SB 2015, #180 ITF
Mio MUSHIKA (JPN), 20th SB 2015, #185 ITF
Malwina ROWINSKA (POL), 20th SB 2015, #186 ITF
Anastasia GRECHKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015, #202 ITF
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif. ,#306 ITF
Ariana GEERLINGS (ESP), 20th SB 2015, #311 ITF
Klio Maria IOANNOU (CYP), 20th SB 2015, #336 ITF
June BJORK (SWE), 20th SB 2015, #443 ITF
Vanesa DANKO (HUN), 20th SB 2015, #456 ITF
Lara STOJANOVSKI (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #508 ITF
Jaquelyn OGUNWALE (UK), 20th SB 2015 winner, #640 ITF
Tea ZIVIC (FRA), 20th SB 2015, #808 ITF
Leticia TAROCCO (CRO), 20th SB 2015 winner, #874 ITF
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up, #940 ITF
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner, #1369 ITF
Anastasia NIKOLOVA (BGR), 20th SB 2015 winner, #2165 ITF
Tara SLADAKOVIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #2181 ITF
Tena RAJKI (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #2496 ITF
Adel PILOSYAN (RUS), 20th SB 2015, not ranked on ITF
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
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif., #333 ITF
Martin LANDALUCE (ESP), 21st SB 2016, #450 ITF
Max STENZER (GER), 21st SB 2016, #466 ITF
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner – Auray 2018 winner, #567 ITF
Nikolai BARSUKOV (GER), 21st SB 2016, #635 ITF
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif., #704 ITF
Rafael SEGADO ESTEVE (ESP) , 21st SB 2016, #794 ITF
Ziga SVEC (PVN), 21st SB 2016, #997 ITF
Andreas TIMINI (CYP), 21st SB 2016, #1088 ITF
Georgi GEORGIEV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #1127 ETA U16
Tomasz BERKIETA (POL), 21st SB 2016, #1223 ITF
Marko MAKSIMOVIC (BiH), 21st SB 2016, #1415 ITF
Pavel MARINOV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #1578 ETA U16
Bora CANKAYA (TUR), 21st SB 2016, #1808 ITF
Mika PETKOVIC (GER) , 21st SB 2016, #1835 ITF
Chris SPYROU (GRE), 21st SB 2016, #2064 ITF
Antonio VOLJAVEC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #2121 ITF
Nico HIPFL (AUS), 21st SB 2016, #2336 ITF
Viktor KIROV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #2466 ITF
Daniele RAPAGNETTA (ITA), 21st SB 2016, #100 ETA U16
Fran RAKONIC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #122 ETA U16
Anas MAZDRASHKI (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #142 ETA U16
Danijel KRSTEVSKI (SRB), 21st SB 2016, #272 ETA U16
Rares Andrei GOLESCU (ROU), 21st SB 2016, #301 ETA U16
Tymofii MILOVANOV (UKR), 21st SB 2016, #301 ETA U16
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up, #395 ETA U16
Fatih SISIC (BIH), 21st SB 2016, #464 ETA U16
Dilhan WASANTHA (GRB), 21st SB 2016, #822 ETA U16
Giorgio GATTO (ITA) , 21st SB 2016, #1011 ETA U16
GIRLS
Mia RISTIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif., #194 ITF
Jovana GRUJIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 CD winner, #300 ITF
Karina JUMAZHANOVA (KAZ), 21st SB 2016 , #382 ITF
Barbora MICHALKOVA (CZE) , 21st SB 2016, #487 ITF
Rose Marie NIJKAMP (NLD), 21st SB 2016, #495 ITF
Ela Nala MILIC (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner, #609 ITF
Ann Akasha CEUCA (GER), 21st SB 2016, #635 ITF
Aleksandra GABROVSKA (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #680 ITF
Dunja MARIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016, #781 ITF
Luna DINOTO FERNANDEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 , #893 ITF
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up, #997 ITF
Monika STANKIEWICZ (POL), 21st SB 2016 , #1081 ITF
Nera TESANKIC (CRO), 21st SB 2016 , #1175 ITF
Ece GENCER (TUR), 21st SB 2016 winner, #1379 ITF
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif. , #1540 ITF
Anastasija IGNJATIC (BiH), 21st SB 2016, #1526 ITF
Valeriia TROITCKAIA (RUS), 21st SB 2016 , #1787 ITF
Ema KOVACEVIC (BEL), 21st SB 2016, #2206 ITF
Tara MIHALJEVIC (SRB) , 21st SB 2016, #149 ETA U16
Chiara JEROLIMOV (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #218 ETA U16
Ana Tara PRACEK (SVN), 21st SB 2016 , #282 ETA U16
Asja SALKANOVIC (BiH), 21st SB 2016 , #570 ETA U16
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
Federico CINA (ITA), 22nd SB 2017, #2 ETA U14
Timofei DEREPASKO (RUS), 22nd SB 2017, #4 ETA U14
Ognjen MILIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #6 ETA U14
Alexander VASILEV (BGR) , 22nd SB 2017, #10 ETA U14
Mees ROTTGERING (NDL), 22nd SB 2017, #14 ETA U14
Štepan SKLENIČKA (CZE), 22nd SB 2017 semif., #20 ETA U14
Duje MARKOVINA (CRO), 22nd SB 2017 semif., #28 ETA U14
William REJCHTMAN VINCIGUERRA (SWE), 22nd SB 2017 runner up, #29 ETA U14
Tim VAISMAN (ISR), 22nd SB 2017,#30 ETA U14
Oliver BONDING (UK), 22nd SB 2017, #38 ETA U14
Maximilian CARRIER (UK), 22nd SB 2017, #55 ETA U14
Benjamin GUSIC WAN (UK), 22nd SB 2017 – Auray 2019 winner, junior Orange Bowl 2019 winner, #78 ETA U14
Jovan TOMOVIC (MNE), 22nd SB 2017, #93 ETA U14
Ivaylo SIMEONOV (BGR), 22nd SB 2017, #113 ETA U14
Grzegorz ZEMLA (POL), 22nd SB 2017, #113 ETA U14
Michele MECARELLI (ITA), 22nd SB 2017, #116 ETA U14
Roben GAVANI (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner, #117 ETA U14
Filip KOSINSKI (POL), 22nd SB 2017, #132 ETA U14
Milan MATOVIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #135 ETA U14
Vuk KRUSCIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #155 ETA U14
Oleh CHERNAT (UKR), 22nd SB 2017, #195 ETA U14
Aleksa OPARNICA (SRB) , 22nd SB 2017, #210 ETA U14
David DARABAN (ROU) , 22nd SB 2017, #242 ETA U14
Yannick NGANTCHA LLISO (ITA), 22nd SB 2017, #334 ETA U14
Samy KHEDIRI (GBR) , 22nd SB 2017, #490 ETA U14
Noa LEVAK (CRO), 22nd SB 2017, #619 ETA U14
GIRLS
Tereza VALENTOVA (CZE) , 22nd SB 2017, #3 ETA U14
Rositsa DENCHEVA (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner, #5 ETA U14
Dora MISKOVIC (CRO), 22nd SB 2017, #20 ETA U14
Shanice ROIGNOT (FRA), 22nd SB 2017 runner up – Auray 2019 winner, #31 ETA U14
Hephzibah OLUWADARE, 22nd SB 2017, #33 ETA U14
Sapir COHEN (ISR), 22nd SB 2017, #39 ETA U14
Teodora KOSTOVIC (SRB) , 22nd SB 2017, #41 ETA U14
Petra KONJIKUSIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #62 ETA U14
Aleksandra STEVANOVIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #72 ETA U14
Aurora NOSEI (ITA) , 22nd SB 2017, #84 ETA U14
Flora JOHNSON (GBR) , 22nd SB 2017, #89 ETA U14
Elizara YANEVA (BGR), 22nd SB 2017, #111 ETA U14
Antonina CZAJKA (POL) , 22nd SB 2017, #119 ETA U14
Lana PETKOVIC (BiH) , 22nd SB 2017, #121 ETA U14
Julija BOGATIN (SVN), 22nd SB 2017, #169 ETA U14
Dora BIONDIC (CRO) , 22nd SB 2017, #184 ETA U14
Greta RIZZETTO (ITA) , 22nd SB 2017, #217 ETA U14
Eva CIKAJLO (SVN) , 22nd SB 2017, #224 ETA U14
Francesca DE MATTEO (ITA) , 22nd SB 2017, #233 ETA U14
Lucija RASTOCIC (CRO) , 22nd SB 2017, #276 ETA U14
Mia MILISAVLJEVIC (SRB) , 22nd SB 2017, #300 ETA U14
Africa BURILLO BEREZAK (ESP) , 22nd SB 2017, #480 ETA U14
Mai GOTO (JPN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Chu LI-YA (TWN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
IN 2018 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 87 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2018 – 23rd Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Vito DARDERI (ARG), 23rd SB 2018 winner, #49 ETA U14
Niels McDONALD (GER), 23rd SB 2018 runner up, #58 ETA U14
Marko DRAGOVIC (MNE), 23rd SB 2018, #66 ETA U14
Lenny PETIT (FRA), 23rd SB 2018 winner, #76 ETA U14
Žiga ŠEŠKO (SLO), 23rd SB 2018 semif., #83 ETA U14
Skender *KATANA*(MNE), 23rd SB 2018, #126 ETA U14
Alex BORGOMI (SUI), 23rd SB 2018, #134 ETA U14
Luka NIKOLIC (JPN), 23rd SB 2018, #191 ETA U14
Victor RYDEN (SWE), 23rd SB 2018, #239 ETA U14
Vitorio STANKOV (BUL), 23rd SB 2018, #255 ETA U14
Riki IMAI (JPN), 23rd SB 2018 semif.
GIRLS
Iva LAKIC (MNE), 23rd SB 2018 runner up, #45 ETA U14
Daria KORESHKOVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 semif., #82 ETA U14
Alisa OKTIABREVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 winner, #153 ETA U14
Tatiana CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 23rd SB 2018, #178 ETA U14
Amalia WIDDOWSON (UK), 23rd SB 2018, #180 ETA U14
Zlatina ANGELOVA (BUL), 23rd SB 2018 semif., #473 ETA U14
IN 2019 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 93 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2019 – 24th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Svit SULJIC (SVN), 24th SB 2019 winner
Tadevos MIRIJANYAN (USA), 24th SB 2019 runner up
Juliusz STANCZYK (POL), 24th SB 2019 semif.
Filip LADMAN (CZE), 24th SB 2019 semif.
GIRLS
Ksenia EFREMOVA (RUS), 24th SB 2019 winner
Lia BELIBOVA (MDA), 24th SB 2019 runner up
Daria BARSUKOV (GER), 24th SB 2019 semif.
Veronika GUBASHEVA (RUS), 24th SB 2019 semif.
IN 2020 SMRIKVA BOWL WAS NOT HELD DUE TO COVID 19 BUT THE SELECTION PROCESS WAS COMPLETED AND THERE WERE SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND SB REACHED THE TOTAL OF 95 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
IN 2021 SMRIKVA BOWL WAS NOT HELD DUE TO COVID 19 BUT THE SELECTION PROCESS WAS COMPLETED AND THERE WERE FIVE CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND SB REACHED THE TOTAL OF 98 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
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06/09/21
20 Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of the 39th Les Petits As 2021 edition: Federico Cina is the runner up
Les Petits As is unofficial under 14 World Championship traditionally played in Tarbes in France.
Several SB players did well historically in Tarbes… those listed below reached at least the finals…
Nikola Milojević (2009 winner), Borna Ćorić (2009 runner up), Bogdan Borza (2011 runner up), William Blumberg (2012 runner up), Samuele Ramazzotti (2013 winner), Miomir Kecmanović (2013 runner up), Nicola Kuhn (2014 runner up), Borna Devald (2016 runner up), Luca Nardi (2017 winner), Hamad Međedović (2017 runner up), Federico Cina’ (2021 runner up)
Andreea Amalia Roșca (2013 runner up), Claire Liu (2014 runner up), Olga Danilović (2015 runner up), Maria Timofeeva (2017 winner), Alexandra Eala (2018 winner), Linda Fruhvirtová (2019 winner)
Out of 128 players there are 20 SB players… 27 including the players who played qualifications.
BOYS
(11 players) Main Draw
Oliver BONDING, William REJCHTMAN VINCIGUERRA, Lenny PETIT, Duje MARKOVINA, Maximilian CARRIER (qualified), Stepan SKLENICKA, Mees ROTTGERING, Federico CINA, Ognjen MILIC, Benjamin GUSIC WAN, Timofei DEREPASKO
(4 players) Qualification Draw
Maximilian CARRIER (qualified), Niels MCDONALD, David DARABAN, Filip KOSINSKI
GIRLS
(9 players) Main Draw
Hephzibah OLUWADARE, Iva LAKIC, Aurora NOSEI, Shanice ROIGNOT, Sapir COHEN, Ksenia EFREMOVA, Dora MISKOVIC, Flora JOHNSON (qualified), Teodora KOSTOVIC
(5 players) Qualification Draw
Aranai MARTINEZ QUINTANA, Petra KONJIKUSIC, Eva CIKAJLO, Flora JOHNSON (qualified), Antonina CZAJKA
BOYS
Federico CINA (Ita) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Federico Cina – Evan JARZAGUET (Fra) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Federico Cina – Tom SICKENBERGER (Ger) 6:2,7:5
3rd round: Federico Cina – Mees ROTTGERING (Nld) 6:4,6:3
Quarterfinals: Federico Cina – Maxwell EXSTED (USA) 6:7,6:2,6:3
Semifinals: Federico Cina – Darwin BLANCH (USA) 6:3,6:2
Finals: Federico Cina – Maxim MRVA (Cze) 3:6,6:2,0:6
Maximilian CARRIER (UK) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Maximilian Carrier – Nikola DJOSIC (Sui) 4:6,6:4,6:3
2nd round: M. Carrier – A.SANTAMARTA ROIG (Esp) 3:6,6:3,6:2
3rd round: Maximilian Carrier – Jacopo VASAMI’ (Ita) 6:3,4:6,6:4
Quarterfinals: Maximilian Carrier – Matisse FARZAM (USA) 6:7,1:6
Ognjen MILIC (Srb) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Ognjen Milic – Stefanos POURNAROPOULOS (Gre) 7:6,6:2
2nd round: Ognjen Milic – Benjamin GUSIC WAN (Uk) 6:2,6:4
3rd round: Ognjen Milic – Max SCHOENHAUS (Ger) 0:6,3:6
Timofei DEREPASKO (Rus) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Timofei Derepasko – Alexis BERQUIER (Fra) 7:5,7:6
2nd round: Timofei Derepasko – Andrea DE MARCHI (Ita) 6:3,6:1
3rd round: Timofei Derepasko – Darwin BLANCH (USA) 1:6,4:6
Mees ROTTGERING (Ndl) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Mees Rottgering – Keoni PUIG MCCALLAN (Esp) 6:1,6:1
2nd round: Mees Rottgering – Raphaël ROUSSON (Fra) 7:6,6:2
3rd round: Mees Rottgering – Federico CINA (Ita) 4:6,3:6
Benjamin GUSIC WAN (UK) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Benjamin Gusic Wan – Moise KOUAME (Fra) 7:6,6:2
2nd round: Benjamin Gusic Wan – Ognjen Milic (Srb) 2:6,4:6
Stepan SKLENICKA (CZE) – 22nd SB 2017 SF
1st round: Stepan Sklenicka – Mathis HENG (Fra) 6:4,1:6,6:2
2nd round: Stepan Sklenicka – Felix ALOPAEUS (Fin) 4:6,3:6
Oliver BONDING (UK) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Oliver Bonding – Maxim MRVA (Cze) 5:7,3:6
William REJCHTMAN VINCIGUERRA (Swe) – 22nd SB 2017 runner up
1st round: William Rejchtman Vinciguerra – Egor GORIN (Rus) 6:4,2:6,4:6
Duje MARKOVINA (Cro) – 22nd SB 2017 SF
1st round: Duje Markovina – Thijs BOOGAARD (Nld) 1:6,4:6
Lenny PETIT (Fra) – 23rd SB 2018
1st round: Lenny Petit – Matisse FARZAM (USA) 3:6,2:6
GIRLS
Hephzibah OLUWADARE (UK) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: H.Oluwadare – Emily DEMING (USA) 6:2,6:7,6:2
2nd round: H.Oluwadare – Melinda BIRO (Hun) 6:1,6:0
3rd round: H.Oluwadare – Eliska FOREJTKOVA (Cze) 6:3,6:1
Quarterfinals: H.Oluwadare – Mathilde NGIJOL CARRE (Fra) 6:3,1:6,4:6
Ksenia EFREMOVA (Rus) – 24th SB 2019 winner
1st round: Ksenia Efremova – Jo-Leen SAW (Mas) 6:0,6:2
2nd round: Ksenia Efremova – A. J. HEJTMANEK (Ger) 3:6,6:3,6:2
3rd round: Ksenia Efremova – Hannah KLUGMAN (Uk) 3:6,2:6
Flora JOHNSON (UK) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Flora Johnson – Jeanne MEME (Fra) 6:1,6:2
2nd round: Flora Johnson – Polina KUHARENKO (Blr) 6:3,0:6,5:7
Teodora KOSTOVIC (Srb) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Teodora Kostovic – Laima VLADSON (Ltu) 6:0,6:1
2nd round: Teodora Kostovic – Beverley NYANGON (Fra) 1:6,6:2,4:6
Aurora NOSEI (Ita) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Aurora Nosei – Maria TEODORESCU (Rou) 6:3,6:2
2nd round: Aurora Nosei – Mathilde NGIJOL CARRE (Fra) 2:6,4:6
Iva LAKIC (Mne) – 23rd SB 2018 runner up
1st round: Iva Lakic – Elizabete BRUTANE (Lat) 5:7,3:6
Dora MISKOVIC (Cro) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Dora Miskovic – Lena COUTO (Por) 5:7,7:5,3:6
Shanice ROIGNOT (Fra) – 22nd SB 2017 runner up
1st round: Shanice Roignot – Lucia HRADECKA (Svk) 4:6,6:2,6:7
Sapir COHEN (Isr) – 22nd SB 2017
1st round: Sapir Cohen – Hannah KLUGMAN (UK) 6:1,2:6,1:6
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