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24/06/19

24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 started today at 8:00 AM with presentation of 109 tennis talents from six continents...

With new countries Smrikva Bowl will reach 91 countries represented on the tournament since Smrikva Bowl foundation in 1996…

… it was a pleasure to meet and present each one personally… representing all the continents of our Planet… and it is always a pleasure to wish to the players a good game… :)

Tomorrow at 6:00 PM 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 players will be nominated Ambassadors and will plant as per tradition an Olive Tree.

The creation of the Smrikva Bowl Library started in 2009 and with this year donations we will be over 1150 cultural books from over 70 countries… tomorrow at 6:00 PM each book will be presented… and the old olive tree of the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 generation will be planted…

WELCOME TO THE … 24th SMRIKVA BOWL GENERATION!

24/06/19

24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 Draws and Order of Play

24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 Draws

24th SB 2019 Order of Play for Girls, SMRIKVE, 24th of June, 1st day

24th SB 2019 Order of Play for Boys, VODNJAN, 24th of June, 1st day

24/06/19

24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 "seeds of the Legends of tomorrow" list... :D

World in Smrikve … Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors network will be spread in 91 countries after Tuesday’s Ambassador Nomination Ceremony… new countries Ambassadors will be nominated again…

The level of the players is expected to be very high again this year among 109 registered participants from six continents…

The list of the names of the players that honored us with their arrival to Smrikve this year:

Girls
Viktoria Hrvatin (CRO)
Briana Ivanova (BGR)
Mika Kitaoka (JPN)
Matilde Dall’Antonia (BRA)
Nika Mlakar (SVN)
Evelin Bortsova (ISR)
Milla Kotamaki (FIN)
Andreya Glushkova (BGR)
Milana Rašan Buha (CRO)
Veronika Gubasheva (RUS)
Rose Clifton (GBR)
Angelica Sara (ITA)
Eleonora Toneva (BGR)
Aleyna Sehzade Keles (TUR)
Marta Gayoso de los Rios (ESP)
Nika Čakarun (CRO)
Zoja Peternel (SVN)
Lora Kardos (HUN)
Nea Jercog (CRO)
Elena Papadopoulou (BGR)
Eva Zharova (RUS)
Mia Princip (AUS)
Lia Belibova (MDA)
Daria Barsukov (GER)
Karine Ulianitski (ISR)
Nikol Ivanova (BGR)
Kayleigh Busuttil Fitzpatrick (MLT)
Tena Žižek (MLT)
Katsiaryina Dubik (BLR)
Veritsa Yaneva (MKD)
Micol Salvadori (ITA)
Mihaela Bobeva (BGR)
Dorina Kallay (HUN)
Leni Marić Modrušan (CRO)
Raya Staykova (BGR)
Karolina Ječminkova (CZE)
Lola Feher (CAN)
Toprak Buyukkose (TUR)
Chiara Dal Pozzo (SMR)
Nika Matvežić Bašelj (SVN)
Kaur Jasdeep (IND)
Momoko Nakajima (JPN)
Alessia Beatrice Chiriac (ROM)
Giorgia Simonetta Ceciliot (ITA)
Jerca Fleischman (SVN)
Chiara Žeravčić (BIH)
Ksenia Efremova (RUS)

Boys

Ivan Dumbović (CRO)
Oto Cvek (SVN)
Riccardo Manca (ITA)
Noa Palčić (CRO)
Nikola Skokna (USA)
Aleksandar Djambazov (BGR)
Haruto Suzuki (JPN)
Aleksandar Tolev (BGR)
Mattia Cona (ITA)
Luca Sebastiani Feito (ESP)
Fabian Đitko (CRO)
Andrea Petrini (CRO)
Karlo Lav Bulatović (CRO)
Halil Hatipoglu (TUR)
Filip Ladman (CZE)
Svit Suljić (SVN)
Anton Rašić (SWE)
Emil Bimbashiev (BGR)
Novak Jaćimović (AUS)
Marko Erceg (CRO)
Dylan Stephen Remedios (IND)
Tam Sin Hang (HKG)
Dennis Ciprian Spircu (ROM)
Filip Đokić (BIH)
Ivan Ushakov (UKR)
Dario Zorica (CRO)
Ahmed Hossam El Deen Ibrahim (EGY)
Rusi Georgiev (BGR)
Lovro Grdinić (CRO)
Levi David Marks (RSA)
Mihailo Topić (SRB)
Carlo Paci (ITA)
Tang Ki Cheong Morris (HKG)
Josip Vukić (CRO)
Akhiro Toyoda (JPN)
Leon Lajos Majsitz (HUN)
Ivano Ilić (CRO)
Aleix Galindo Puig (ESP)
Paul Brammen (AUT)
Juliusz Stanczyk (POL)
Danin Šaćiragić (BIH)
Lan Konečnik (SVN)
Ino Horvat (CRO)
Fareed Sewelam (EGY)
Mikhail Michshenko (KAZ)
Relja Hubert (SRB)
Murray Watters (SCO)
Alexey Frolov (RUS)
Mustafa Ege Sik (TUR)
Luka Ferega (CRO)
Filippo Garbero (ITA)
Ivan Maraković (CRO)
Aoi Miyoshi (JPN)
Emil Marinov (BGR)
Javier Montes Jimenez (ESP)
Kaaviyan Pradhaban (GBR)
Dehan van Deveenter (RSA)
Antonluca Sirci (ITA)
Noa Dvoršek (CRO)
Patrik Semenič (SVN)
Itamar Verthaimer (ISR)
Tadevos Mirijanyan (USA)

The opening ceremony is scheduled for 8:00 AM while, tomorrow at 6:00 PM 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 players will be nominated Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors that will be followed by the Olive Tree planting ceremony…

22/06/19

Registration and orientation for the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 seeds started today...

So wonderful to get to know the children in person…

16/06/19

Smrikva Bowl Mission is a Dream...

Not many years from now there will be much more Smrikva Bowl players among professional players…

As of June 16th, 2019 their track record includes the following:
- 31 junior GRAND SLAM titles conquered by 24 players
- 33 professional ATP/WTA titles
- 45 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking => 21 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking => 5 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA => 2 players reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking
- 77 players are this week holding a ATP/WTA ranking…
- 150+ SB players received scholarships to study in the US & play tennis.

… and there will be much more who will graduate all around the World…

Smrikva Bowl dream is that may they all stand together for something “MORE THAN TENNIS”…

“If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain.
If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees.
If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.”

Smrikva Bowl mission is to inspire, develop and spread cosmopolitan values. Love, friendship and empathy are cosmopolitan values per excellence for people and humanity…

CULTURE, CHILDREN, SPORT and MUSIC are part of the Smrikva Bowl idea of the cosmopolitan world. It is a matter of civilization …

A wise wind, product of imagination, once whispered… “Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.” (M.Y.)… and fairy tales seems to help that beauty…

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” (A.E.)…

Usually in tennis game it does not matter what goes wrong but your reaction to it…

Fear and anger are for the brain the same as cramps for the muscles… and as Yoda noted “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”… like in tennis, so similar seems to be life…

There are different ways to look at sport. There are different ways to look at music, culture, love and also to children.

The vision of sport preferred in Smrikve can be described and extended to: culture, music and children using the following Nelson Mandela – Madiba’s words:

“Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”

11/06/19

"Smrikve theatre stage" for the "seeds of the Legends" is entering final phase of the preparations...24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 edition...

21st of September, on Smrikva Bowl Ambassador’s Day, we traditionally start to receive candidacies from all around the World… and after 9 months… at the end of June the talents of the year gather together… it is the 24th annual… and so many of the kids who honored us with their visit are writing beautiful tennis pages with their rackets around the World…

As of June 11th, 2019 their track record includes the following:
- 31 junior GRAND SLAM titles conquered by 24 players
- 33 professional ATP/WTA titles
- 45 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking => 21 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking => 5 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA => 2 players reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking
- 150+ SB players received scholarships to study in the US & play tennis…

… with all the above Smrikva continue to dream to be always something more than tennis…

I am please to recall parts of an article written at the beginning of 2010… when I compared for the first time Smrikva Bowl to a theater stage…

… When I think of Smrikva Bowl I try to imagine it as a theatre where every year we work hard to set the stage where the world’s talents can gather… Every year we gather all this different actors, great talents, very special kids, arriving from different cultures, having different dreams,…

We set the stage and later on they are in charge with their will, dreams and hard work… they are the ones who write the most different stories…

Smrikva Bowl is still very young tournament but I would like to think that some of these kids will write… inspiring stories in most different professional fields.

I also know that according to the statistics only few of the kids participating Smrikva Bowl will make it to become top professional tennis players, but I like to think that they will make it in other professional fields they choose in their lives.

I read Andre Agassi’s book and through the whole book he was repeating to friends and people meeting… that he doesn’t like tennis thus it seems to me that he never had the option to choose, but in end he ended up being the Champion and according to Luke Jensen a person with big heart and very good friend.

I will never know how many kids playing Smrikva Bowl are playing it because their parents would like them to become professional tennis players and how much of them play it because they enjoy the game.

What I do know is that any kind of sport can help kids in their growth and I also know that people that do excel in any field require total dedication and a lot of sacrifice to reach the excellence.

When I think of Andre’s words of not loving what he was doing for most of the time of his life I start thinking of other 90% of people around the World that make for living doing jobs they do not like, but “La vita e’ bella” Roberto Benigni would say and tennis helped Andre to grow up.

There is one part in the book that I liked a lot… it is about inspiration, faith and what does it mean to be a good coach… to have the right word in the right moment… this part is related with Gil… and is about people that do believe in other people and help them to write their life stories and to write their own one…

Here are Gil’s words reported by Andre in his book when he accepted to coach him:

“I’m not one of those people who expresses or articulates feelings very well, but from now on, just know this: It’s on, man. It is on.

You know what I’m saying? We are in a fight, and you can count on me until the last man is standing. Somewhere up there is a star with your name on it. I might not be able to help you find it, but I’ve got pretty strong shoulders, and you can stand on my shoulders while you’re looking for that star. You hear? For as long as you want. Stand on my shoulders and reach, man. Reach.”

In every life there are people that influence what we do and how we do it.

The Smrikva Bowl festival dream to inspire its players and Ambassadors to believe in their dreams and work hard to reach them.

Sport and music are in general good educators and the vision of sport preferred in Smrikve is the one Nelson Mandela once said:

“Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”

There are over thousands of stories written every week by Smrikva seeds in over 90 countries and all the continents… :) and very soon I will have the pleasure to meet over 100 new seeds of the 24th SMRIKVA BOWL 2019 edition from all the continents again…

The BOWL story… SMRIKVA BOWL story…

10/06/19

Top Smrikva Bowl and "LM"/SB players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update June 2019)

Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking.

As of June 10th, 2019 their track record includes the following:
- 31 junior GRAND SLAM titles conquered by 24 players
- 33 professional ATP/WTA titles
- 45 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking => 21 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking => 5 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA => 2 players reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking
- 150+ SB players received scholarships to study in the US & play tennis.

• 24 TOP 200 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #7 WTA (Feb 2016)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #20 WTA (Jul 2017)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #22 WTA (Jun 2019)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #24 WTA (Jun 2019)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 39 WTA (Apr 2019)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #43 WTA (Mar 2019)
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #83 WTA (Feb 2019)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #96 WTA (Oct 2018)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #97 WTA (Oct 2017)

Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #100 on WTA (Mar 2019)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #121 WTA (Feb 2017)
Clair LIU – 2010 “LM”/SB player -#137 WTA (Jan 2019)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #139 WTA (Aug 2018)
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #143 WTA (Jun 2018)
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #144 WTA (Aug 2017)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #163 WTA (Oct 2018)
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #164 WTA (Oct 2018)
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #187 WTA (Jul 2018)

Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #55 WTA doubles (Nov 2017)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #61 WTA doubles (Feb 2019)
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #134 WTA doubles (Jan 2018)
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #173 WTA doubles (Dec 2018)
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #189 WTA doubles (May 2017)

• 21 TOP 200 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #4 ATP (Nov 2017)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #12 ATP (Nov 2018)
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #24 ATP (Mar 2019)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #27 ATP (Jun 2019)
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 quarterf.- #83 ATP (May 2019)
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #87 ATP (May 2019)
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 CD winner – #103 (Jun 2019)
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #127 ATP (May 2019)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #136 ATP (May 2019)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #139 ATP (May 2017)

Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 142 ATP (Apr 2018)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #146 ATP (Mar 2017)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #192 ATP (Aug 2018)
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #196 (Apr 2018)

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #128 ATP doubles (May 2019)
Ivan SABANOV – 2002 semi – #192 ATP doubles (Feb 2018)
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semi – #196 ATP doubles (Feb 2018)

As of 10th of June 2019 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 53 WTA players

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #13 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #22 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #24 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #44 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #47 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #104 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #114 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #122 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #164 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #165 WTA

Claire LIU – 2010 player – #166 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #193 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #203 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #233 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #249 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #280 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #290 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #300 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #313 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #315 WTA

Jana FETT – 2005 player – #332 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #341 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #346 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #365 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #375 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #391 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #404 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #446 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #456 WTA
Maria GUTIERREZ CARRASCO – 2007 player – #460 WTA

Lea BOSKOVIC – 2009 player – #467 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #484 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #486 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #539 WTA
Zoe KRUGER – 2012 semif. – #540 WTA
Ashley LAHEY – 2009 player – #545 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #562 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #563 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #589 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #599 WTA

Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #603 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #638 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #651 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #680 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #680 WTA
Helen PELLICANO – 2012 player -#727 WTA
Alexandra VECIC – 2011 player – 755 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #779 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #789 WTA
Vladica BABIC – 2005 player – #790 WTA

Benedetta IVALDI – 2010 player – #857 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON – 2010 runner up – #857 WTA
Himari SATO – 2012 winner – #857 WTA

• 24 ATP players

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #4 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #14 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #24 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #27 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #83 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #87 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 cd winner – #103 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #129 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #138 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #146 ATP

Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #210 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – #252 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #255 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #268 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #273 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #300 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #407 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI, 2008 player, #425 ATP
William BLUMBERG 2008 player – #448 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 quarterfinalist – #456 ATP

Tomas MACHAC – 2010 quarterfinalist – #479 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #497 ATP
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA – 2013 runner up – #515 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #604 ATP

• 12 players TOP 100 ATP RACE TO MILAN NEXT GEN

Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #6 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #7 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 player – #11 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 player – #12 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #22 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 player – #23 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 player – #34 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI – 2008 player – #43 ATP
Tomas MACHAC – 2010 player – #43 ATP
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA – 2013 player – #53 ATP

Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #68 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #75 ATP

NEXT GEN SB PLAYERS:
2017: Borna CORIC and Gianluigi QUINZI (WC)
2018: Alex DE MINAUR (runner up) and Lloyd HARRIS (invited)

• 11 boys and 9 girls… in total 20 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #1 Lorenzo MUSETTI Junior USOPEN 2018 runner up & junior AO2019 winner
- #2 Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE Junior RG 2019 winner
- #23 Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA
- #24 Flavio COBOLLI
- #41 Erik VANSHELBOIM
- #42 Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA
- #49 Alibek KACHMAZOV
- #79 Hamad MEDJEDOVIC
- #82 Cezar CRETU
- #94 Roko HORVAT
- #95 Luciano DARDERI

GIRLS:
- #26 Helen PELLICANO
- #33 Linda FRUHVIRTOVA
- #41 Alexandra VECIC
- #57 Kristyna LAVICKOVA
- #63 Pia LOVRIC
- #83 Maria TIMOFEEVA
- #86 Julie BELGRAVER
- #89 Charlotte OWENSBY
- #99 Weronika BASZAK

• 3 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE #1, Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA #3, Stefan POPOVIC #10, Aliona FALEI #10)

• 1 boy and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Dino PRIMZIC #6; Petra MARCINKO #3)

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)
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, #356 WTA (Mar 2009)
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)

Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #193 WTA

Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #24 WTA

IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #210 ATP
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #339 ATP (Jul 2014)
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #133 ATP doubles
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #297 ATP doubles
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #341 ATP doubles

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #47 WTA
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #446 WTA

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #4 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #604 ATP

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #47 WTA
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #164 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #256 ATP (Aug 2016)
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semif, #478 ATP (Feb 2015)
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #435 ATP (Dec 2018)

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #562 WTA
Vladica BABIC (MNE), 9th SB 2004, #790 WTA
Giada CLERICI (ITA), 2004 player, #703 WTA (Sep 2015)

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #14 ATP
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #27 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #146 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #252 ATP
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #273 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #300 ATP
Adrian BODMER (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #455 ATP (May 2018)
Neven KRIVOKUCA (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #955 ATP (Aug 2018)

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #22 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #165 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #313 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #332 WTA
Tena LUKAS (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #341 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #589 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #651 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #680 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #690 WTA

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #252 ATP

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #13 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #114 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #233 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #249 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #315 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #391 WTA
Pia CUK (SVN) – 11th SB 2006, #484 WTA

2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Lloyd HARRIS (RSA), ,12th SB 2007, #87 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER (ESP), 12th SB 2007, #514 ATP (Nov 2017)
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #674 ATP (Jun 2018)

GIRLS
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #104 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #300 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #404 WTA
Maria GUTIERREZ CARRASCO (ESP), 12th SB 2007 player – #460 WTA
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #539 WTA
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #603 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #539 WTA (Jul 2017)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #138 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, #268 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, #407 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #425 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #798 ATP (Jul 2018)
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1101 ATP (Jul 2018)

GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #44 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #280 WTA
Gabriela *TAYLOR*(UK), 13th SB 2008, #365 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #375 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #475 WTA (Aug 2016)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #638 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., #24 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #83 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #103 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #129 ATP
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #497 ATP
Gabi Adrian BOITAN (ROM), 14th SB 2009, #832 ATP (Sep 2018)
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #1263 ATP (Jul 2018)
Moritz THIEM (AUT), 14th SB 2009,#1394 ATP (Nov 2018)

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #203 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #290 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #346 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #456 WTA
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #563 WTA
Angela FITA BOLUDA (ESP), 14th SB 2009, #843 WTA (Aug 2018)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #545 WTA
Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #789 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
Nicola KUHN (ESP), 15th SB 2010 winner, #255 ATP
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #479 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #564 ATP (Apr 2018)
Rimpei KAWAKAMI (JPN), 15th SB 2010, #929 ATP (Dec 2018)
Damien WENGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #1553 ATP (Dec 2018)
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #1605 ATP (May 2018)

GIRLS
Benedetta IVALDI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #857 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #857 WTA
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #921 WTA (Dec 2018)
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #974 WTA (Nov 2018)
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #1048 WTA (Aug 2018)
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #1219 WTA (Jul 2017)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #160 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, #754 ATP (Dec 2018)
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #23 ITF
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #41 ITF
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #82 ITF
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #255 ITF
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #322 ITF
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #603 ITF

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #122 WTA
Alexandra VECIC (GER), 16th SB 2011, #755 WTA
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1141 WTA (Apr 2018)
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #157 ITF
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #185 ITF
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #419 ITF

IN 2012 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 58 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION… and for the first time in the quarterfinals there were still five continents represented: AFRICA, ASIA, AMERICA, OCENIA and EUROPE

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #456 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #49 ITF
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #164 ITF
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #194 ITF
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #239 ITF
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #259 ITF
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #264 ITF
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #431 ITF
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #494 ITF
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, #716 ITF
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #875 ITF
Drazen PETROVIC (BiH), 17th SB 2012, #1410 ITF

GIRLS
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #540 WTA
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #727 WTA
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #857 WTA
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #57 ITF
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #63 ITF
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #83 ITF
Julie BELGRAVER (FRA), 17th SB 2012, #86 ITF
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #89 ITF
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #99 ITF
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #154 ITF
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #180 ITF
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #179 ITF
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #230 ITF
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #446 ITF

IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 63 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #515 ATP
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #2 ITF
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #79 ITF
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #133 ITF
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #207 ITF
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #370 ITF
Adi DAGAN (ISR), 18th SB 2013, #631 ITF
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #658 ITF
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #700 ITF
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #730 ITF
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #1568 ITF
Filip MANDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #1726 ITF
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #1821 ITF
Fran MITROVIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #2006 ITF
Gal EMERSIC POTOCNIK (SVN), 18th SB 2013, #54 ETA U16
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #491 ETA U16

GIRLS
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #155 ITF
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #244 ITF
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #265 ITF
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #655 ITF
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #774 ITF
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #266 ETA U16

IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 65 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #449 ITF
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #1189 ITF
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #1513 ITF
Kalin IVANOVSKI (MKD), 19th SB 2014, #1527 ITF
Raffaele MARIANI (SUI), 19th SB 2014, #2518 ITF
Vilius GAUBAS (LIT), 19th SB 2014, #64 ETA U16
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #74 ETA U16
Bor ARTNAK (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #75 ETA U16
Matija SAMARDZIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #87 58 ETA U16
Noa VUKADIN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #100 ETA U16
Carlos GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #105 ETA U16
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #111 ETA U16
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #135 ETA U16
Pedro RODENAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #187 ETA U16
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #277 ETA U16
Dan Vasile DUTA (ROU), 19th SB 2014, #318 ETA U16
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #333 ETA U16
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #433 ETA U16
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #491 ETA U16
Krsta PETROVIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #688 ETA U16
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #1365 ETA U16
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #1783 ETA U16

GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., #33 ITF
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #126 ITF
Joelle STEUR (GER), 19th SB 2014, #297 ITF
Patricie KUBIKOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014, #364 ITF
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #412 ITF
Sarah MUELLER (GER), 19th SB 2014, #448 ITF
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #658 ITF
Kyoka KUBO (JPN), 19th SB 2014, #946 ITF
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #1018 ITF
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #1086 ITF
Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #1103 ITF
Patricija PAUKSTYTE (LTU), 19th SB 2014, #1288 ITF
Divna RATKOVIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #1326 ITF
Suana TUCAKOVIC (BIH), 19th SB 2014 semif., #1650 ITF
Neriya YONA (ISR), 19th SB 2014, #1870 ITF
Petja DRAME (SLO), 19th SB 2014, #2105 ITF
Anna KANTOR (HUN), 19th SB 2014, #2645 ITF
Carolina GOMEZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #266 ETA U16
Emma RIZZETTO (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #346 ETA U16
Veronica SIRCI (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #582 ETA U16
Irene ARTIGAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #874 ETA U16

IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 73 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner, #1139 ITF
Dino PRIZMIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015 quarterf., #6 ETA U14
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), 20th SB 2015 semif., #15 ETA U14
Matej DODIG (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #39 ETA U14
Aleksa PISARIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #48 ETA U14
Matic KRIZNIK (SVN), 20th SB 2015, #56 ETA U14
Mikalai BANKOU (BLR), 20th SB 2015, #58 ETA U14
Ofek SHIMANOV (ISR), 20th SB 2015, #78 ETA U14
Giacomo NOSEI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #86 ETA U14
Daniel ZIMMERMANN (AUT), 20th SB 2015, #90 ETA U14
Walker ALLEN (USA), 20th SB 2015, #101 ETA U14
Federico BONDIOLI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #108 ETA U14
Andrea MEDURI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #116 ETA U14
Filippo ROMANO (ITA) , 20th SB 2015, #128 ETA U14
Moritz LESJAK (AUT), 20th SB 2015, #131 ETA U14
Dimitar PENCHEV (BGR), 20th SB 2015, #222 ETA U14
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), 20th SB 2015 semif., #339 ETA U14
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up , #707 ETA U14

GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif., #33 ITF – Les Petits As 2019 winner
Alexandra EALA (PHI), 20th SB 2015 , #123 ITF – Les Petits As 2018 winner
Petra MARCINKO (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #15 ETA U14
Lola RADIVOJEVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #16 ETA U14
Malwina ROWINSKA (POL), 20th SB 2015, #18 ETA U14
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner, #26 ETA U14
Vanesa DANKO (HUN), 20th SB 2015, #33 ETA U14
Klio Maria IOANNOU (CYP), 20th SB 2015, #35 ETA U14
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif. ,#40 ETA U14
Ariana GEERLINGS (ESP), 20th SB 2015, #47 ETA U14
Leticia TAROCCO (CRO), 20th SB 2015 winner, #53 ETA U14
Anastasia NIKOLOVA (BGR), 20th SB 2015 winner, #54 ETA U14
Anastasia GRECHKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015, #60 ETA U14
June BJORK (SWE), 20th SB 2015, #95 ETA U14
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up, #110 ETA U14
Tea ZIVIC (FRA), 20th SB 2015, #119 ETA U14
Tena RAJKI (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #133 ETA U14
Adel PILOSYAN (RUS), 20th SB 2015, #165 ETA U14
Jaquelyn OGUNWALE (UK), 20th SB 2015 winner, #201 ETA U14
Lara STOJANOVSKI (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #388 ETA U14
Tara SLADAKOVIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #637 ETA U14

IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 79 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Antonio VOLJAVEC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #50 ETA U14
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif., #66 ETA U14
Tomasz BERKIETA (POL), 21st SB 2016, #68 ETA U14
Pavel MARINOV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #78 ETA U14
Andreas TIMINI (CYP), 21st SB 2016, #91 ETA U14
Fran RAKONIC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #95 ETA U14
Dilhan WASANTHA (GRB), 21st SB 2016, #98 ETA U14
Rafael SEGADO ESTEVE (ESP) , 21st SB 2016, #106 ETA U14
Chris SPYROU (GRE), 21st SB 2016, #138 ETA U14
Nikolai BARSUKOV (GER), 21st SB 2016, #141 ETA U14
Max STENZER (GER), 21st SB 2016, #176 ETA U14
Anas MAZDRASHKI (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #206 ETA U14
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner – Auray 2018 winner, not ranked
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif., not ranked
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up, not ranked

GIRLS
Jovana GRUJIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 CD winner, #37 ETA U14
Mia RISTIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif. #56 ETA U14
Ela Nala MILIC (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner, #100 ETA U14
Dunja MARIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016, #127 ETA U14
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up, #231 ETA U14
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif. , not ranked

IN 2017 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 85 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2017 – 22nd Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Roben GAVANI (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner
William REJCHTMAN VINCIGUERRA (SWE), 22nd SB 2017 runner up
Duje MARKOVINA (CRO), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Štepan SKLENIČKA (CZE), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Benjamin GUSIC WAN (UK), 22nd SB 2017 – Auray 2019 winner

GIRLS
Rositsa DENCHEVA (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner
Shanice ROIGNOT (FRA), 22nd SB 2017 runner up – Auray 2019 winner
Chu LI-YA (TWN), 22nd SB 2017 semif.
Mai GOTO (JPN), 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
Niels McDONALD (GER), 23rd SB 2018 runner up
Žiga ŠEŠKO (SLO), 23rd SB 2018 semif.
Riki IMAI (JPN), 23rd SB 2018 semif.

GIRLS
Alisa OKTIABREVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 winner
Iva LAKIC (MNE), 23rd SB 2018 runner up
Daria KORESHKOVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 semif.
Zlatina ANGELOVA (BUL), 23rd SB 2018 semif.

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01/06/19

12 Smrikva Bowl players are in the Main Draws of the Junior ROLAND GARROS 2019 - Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune is junior Roland Garros Champion

Happy to recognize 12 Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of the Junior RG 2019

BOYS:

Holger RUNE (DEN) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 quarterfinalist
1st round: Holger Rune – Pierre DELAGE (Fra) 6:4,6:2
2nd round: Holger Rune – Juan Bautista TORRES (Arg) 6:3,7:5
3rd round: Holger Rune – Arthur CAZAUX (Fra) 6:4,6:3
Quarterfinals: Holger Rune – Filip Cristian JIANU (Rou) 6:0,4:1,ret
Semifinals: Holger Rune – Martin DAMM (USA) 6:4,6:1
Finals: Holger Rune – Toby Alex KODAT (USA) 6:3,6:7,6:0

Flavio COBOLLI (ITA) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Flavio Cobolli – Tyler ZINK (USA) 7:6,6:2
2nd round: Flavio Cobolli – R.A. BURRUCHAGA (Arg) 6:7,6:2,6:1
3rd round: Flavio Cobolli – Jonas FOREJTEK (Cze) 6:4,3:6,6:2
Quarterfinals: Flavio Cobolli – Shintaro MOCHIZUKI (Jpn) 1:6,2:6

Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 QF
1st round: Lorenzo Musetti – Timo LEGOUT (Fra) 7:5,6:0
2nd round: Lorenzo Musetti – Gauthier ONCLIN (Bel) 6:3,7:6
3rd round: Lorenzo Musetti – Peter MAKK (Hun) 6:7,6:4,5:7

Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Alibek Kachmazov – G.MPETSHI PERRICARD (Fra) 4:6,6:4,6:2
2nd round: Alibek Kachmazov – Martin DAMM (USA) 3:6,2:6

Eric VANSHELBOIM (Ukr) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011
1st round: Eric Vanshelboim – Baptiste ANSELMO (Fra) 6:2,1:6,6:4
2nd round: Eric Vanshelboim – Brandon NAKASHIMA (USA) 1:6,4:6

Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (Esp) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 QF
1st round: Nicolas Alvarez Varona – Matteo ARNALDI (Ita) 6:7,6:2,4:6

Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up
1st round: Carlos Alcaraz Garfia – Toby Alex KODAT (USA) 4:6,4:6

GIRLS:

Helene PELLICANO (MLT) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Helene Pellicano – Lea MA (USA) 6:3,3:1 ret.
2nd round: Helene Pellicano – D.SNIGUR (Ukr) 6:1,3:6,1:6

Pia LOVRIC (SVN) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Pia Lovric – Elsa JACQUEMOT (Fra) 3:6,0:6

Julie BELGRAVER (FRA) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Julie Belgraver – Melania DELAI (Ita) 2:6,7:5,2:6

Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 semif.
1st round: Linda Fruhvirtova – Aubane DROGUET (Fra) 4:6,5:7

Alexandra VECIC (GER) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011
1st round: Alexandra Vecic – Daria SNIGUR (Ukr) 2:6,5:7

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21/05/19

27 Smrikva Bowl players in the singles Draws at ROLAND GARROS 2019; 15 in the Main Draws - Dominic THIEM is the runner up

Over the last years there were traditionally about 10 former Smrikva Bowl players at the beginning of the Junior Grand Slam Draws…

In 2013… out of eight possible first places former Smrikva Bowl players collected six first places: Ana Konjuh (Junior Australian Open and Junior US Open), Belinda Bencic (Junior Roland Garros and Junior Wimbledon), Gianluigi Quinzi (Junior Wimbledon) and Borna Coric (Junior US Open)…

… and since 2009 there are 23 Smrikva Bowl players holding 30 junior Grand Slam titles in total…

… and this time… there were 27 former Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws and Qualification Draws of this second Grand Slam in the season… ROLAND GARROS 2019:

In the singles Qualification Draws there were 12 players:

Nikola Milojevic, Matteo Donati, Alex Davidovich Fokina, Gianluigi Quinzi, Federico Gaio, Nino Serdarusic, Tereza Mrdeza, Katie Swan, Martina Trevisan, Olga Danilovic, Irina Bara and Claire Liu.

in the singles Main Draws there were 15 players in total:

Dominic Thiem, Borna Coric, Alex de Minaur, Laslo Djere, Miomir Kecmanovic, Lloyd Harris, Alexei Popyrin, Tommy Paul.

Belinda Bencic, Donna Vekic, Petra Martic, Viktoria Kuzmova, Ajla Tomljanovic, Ivana Jorovic, Katie Boulter.

In the junior Draws there are 15 players in total: Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), Flavio COBOLLI (ITA), Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), Helene PELLICANO (MLT), Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), Pia LOVRIC (SLO), Alexandra VECIC (GER), Julie BELGRAVER (FRA), Charlotte OWENSBY (USA) Weronika BASZAK (POL), Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS)

The following are the results obtained in the singles Main Draws:

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #4 ATP, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: Dominic Thiem – Tommy Paul (USA) 6:4,4:6,7:6,6:2
2nd round: Dominic Thiem – Alexander Bublik (Kaz) 6:3,6:7,6:3,7:5
3rd round: Dominic Thiem – Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 6:3,4:6,6:2,7:5
4th round: Dominic Thiem – Gael Monfils (Fra) 6:4,6:4,6:2
Quartefinals: Dominic Thiem – Karen Khachanov (Rus) 6:2,6:4,6:2
Semifinals: D.Thiem – Novak Djokovic (Srb) 6:2,3:6,7:5,5:7,7:5
Finals: Dominic Thiem – Rafael Nadal (Esp) 3:6,7:5,1:6,1:6

Players ranking:
Tommy Paul (USA) – #136 ATP
Alexander Bublik (Kaz) – #91 ATP
Pablo Cuevas (Uru) – #47 ATP
Gael Monfils (Fra) – #17 ATP
Karen Khachanov (Rus) – #11 ATP
Novak Djokovic (Srb) – #1 ATP
Rafael Nadal (Esp) – #2 ATP

Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #15 ATP, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: B.Coric – Aljaz Bedene (Svn) 6:1,6:7,6:4,6:4
2nd round: B.Coric – Lloyd Harris (Rsa) 6:2,6:3,7:6
3rd round: B.Coric – JL Struff (Ger) 6:4,1:6,4:6,7:6,9:11

Players ranking:
Aljaz Bedene (Svn) – #97 ATP
Lloyd Harris (Rsa) – #89 ATP
Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) – #45 ATP

Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, currently ranked #34 ATP, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: Laslo Djere – Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 6:3,6:2,7:6
2nd round: Laslo Djere – Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6:4,7:6,6:4
3rd round: Laslo Djere – Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 4:6,7:6,3:6,6:4,6:8

Players ranking:
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) – #91 ATP
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) – #109 ATP
Kei Nishikori (Jpn) – #7 ATP

Alex DE MINAUR, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, currently ranked #24 ATP, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: Alex De Minaur – Bradley Klahn (USA) 6:1,6:4,6:4
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – P.Carreno Busta (Esp) 3:6,1:6,1:6

Players ranking:
Bradley Klahn (USA) – #88 ATP
Pablo Carreno Busta (Esp) – #57 ATP

Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, currently ranked #83 ATP, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Denis Kudla (USA) 6:0,6:7,5:7,6:3,6:4
2nd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – David Goffin (Bel) 2:6,4:6,3:6

Players ranking:
Denis Kudla (USA) – #79 ATP
David Goffin (Bel) – #29 ATP

Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 CD winner, currently ranked #109 ATP, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: Alexei Popyrin – Ugo Humbert (FRA) 3:6,6:3,7:6,6:3
2nd round: Alexei Popyrin – Laslo Djere (Srb) 4:6,6:7,4:6

Players ranking:
Ugo Humbert (FRA) – #61 ATP
Laslo Djere (Srb) – #34 ATP

Lloyd HARRIS, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, currently ranked #89 ATP, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: Lloyd Harris – Lukas Rosol (Cze) 6:1,4:6,1:6,6:1,6:2
2nd round: Lloyd Harris – Borna Coric (Cro) 2:6,3:6,6:7

Players ranking:
Lukas Rosol (Cze) – #138 ATP
Borna Coric (Cro) – #15 ATP

Tommy PAUL, “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, currently ranked #136 ATP, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: Tommy Paul – Dominic Thiem (AUT) 4:6,6:4,6:7,2:6

Players ranking:
Dominic Thiem (AUT) – #4 ATP

Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 semifinalist, currently ranked #133 ATP, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: A. Davidovich Fokina – Jordan Thompson (Aus) 3:6,2:6,6:7

Qualification Draw:
1st round: A. Davidovich Fokina – Jay Clarke (Gbr) 2:6,7:6,6:1
2nd round: A. Davidovich Fokina – Joao Domingues (Por) 6:2,7:5
3rd round: A. Davidovich Fokina – Yannick Maden (Ger) 3:6,6:3,1:6

Players ranking:
Jordan Thompson (Aus) – #69 ATP

Jay Clarke (Gbr) – #159 ATP
Joao Domingues (Por) – #160 ATP
Yannick Maden (Ger) – #115 ATP

Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, currently ranked #31 WTA, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: Petra Martic – Ons Jabeur (TUN) 6:1,6:2
2nd round: Petra Martic – Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 6:2,6:1
3rd round: Petra Martic – Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 6:3,6:3
4th round: Petra Martic – Kaia Kanepi (Est) 5:7,6:2,6:4
Quarterfinals: Petra Martic – M.Vondrusova (Cze) 6:7,5:7

Players ranking:
Ons Jabeur (TUN) – #56 WTA
Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) – #53 WTA
Karolina Pliskova (Cze) – #2 WTA
Kaia Kanepi (Est) – #88 WTA
Marketa Vondrusova (Cze) – #38 WTA

Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #23 WTA, at RG 2019:

Main Draw:
1st round: Donna Vekic – Liudmila Samsonova (Rus) 6:2,6:4
2nd round: Donna Vekic – Rebecca Peterson (Swe) 1:6,6:1,6:2
3rd round: Donna Vekic – Belinda Bencic (Sui) 6:4, 6:1
4th round: Donna Vekic – Johanna Konta (Gbr) 2:6,4:6

Players ranking:
Liudmila Samsonova (Rus) – #159 WTA
Rebecca Peterson (Swe) – #63 WTA
Belinda Bencic (Sui) – #15 WTA
Johanna Konta (Gbr) – #26 WTA

Viktoria KUZMOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, currently ranked #46 WTA, at RG 2019:

Main Draw
1st round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Alizé Cornet (FRA) 6:4,6:3
2nd round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Kiki Bertens (Ned) 3:1, ret.
3rd round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Johanna Konta (Gbr) 2:6,1:6

Players ranking:
Alizé Cornet (FRA) – #48 WTA
Kiki Bertens (Ned) – #4 WTA
Johanna Konta (Gbr) – #26 WTA

Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, currently ranked #15 WTA, at RG 2019:

1st round: Belinda Bencic – Jessika Ponchet (FRA) 6:1,6:4
2nd round: Belinda Bencic – Laura Siegmund (Ger) 4:6,6:4,6:4
3rd round: Belinda Bencic – Donna Vekic (Cro) 4:6, 1:6

Players ranking:
Jessika Ponchet (FRA) – #187 WTA
Laura Siegmund (Ger) – #95 WTA
Donna Vekic (Cro) – #23 WTA

Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, currently ranked #103 WTA, at RG 2019:

1st round: Ivana Jorovic – Jennifer Brady (USA) 6:7,6:4,5:7

Players ranking:
Jennifer Brady (USA) – #80 WTA

Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, currently ranked #47 WTA, at RG 2019:

1st round: Ajla Tomljanovic – Simona Halep (ROU) 2:6,6:3,1:6

Players ranking:
Simona Halep (ROU) – #3 WTA

06/05/19

Top Smrikva Bowl and "LM"/SB players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update May 2019)

Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking.

As of May 6th, 2019 their track record includes the following:
- 30 junior GRAND SLAM titles conquered by 23 players
- 33 professional ATP/WTA titles
- 45 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking => 19 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking => 5 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA => 2 players reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking
- 150+ SB players received scholarships to study in the US & play tennis.

• 24 TOP 200 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #7 WTA (Feb 2016)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #20 WTA (Jul 2017)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #24 WTA (May 2019)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #31 WTA (Jan 2019)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 39 WTA (Apr 2019)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #43 WTA (Mar 2019)
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #83 WTA (Feb 2019)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #96 WTA (Oct 2018)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #97 WTA (Oct 2017)

• 21 TOP 200 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #4 ATP (Nov 2017)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #12 ATP (Nov 2018)
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #24 ATP (Mar 2019)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #29 ATP (Apr 2019)
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 quarterf.- #83 ATP (May 2019)
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #87 ATP (May 2019)
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 CD winner – #111 (May 2019)
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #127 ATP (May 2019)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #136 ATP (May 2019)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #139 ATP (May 2017)

As of 6th of May 2019 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 53 WTA players

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #19 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #24 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #36 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #46 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #47 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #92 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #104 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #120 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #157 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #160 WTA

Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #168 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #181 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #189 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #219 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #251 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #253 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #273 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #294 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #302 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #304 WTA

Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #314 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #330 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #334 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #361 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #368 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #406 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #434 WTA
Maria GUTIERREZ CARRASCO – 2007 player – #439 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #449 WTA
Lea BOSKOVIC – 2009 player – #457 WTA

Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #463 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #467 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #475 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #514 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #528 WTA
Ashley LAHEY – 2009 player – #530 WTA
Zoe KRUGER – 2012 semif. – #535 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #540 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #558 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #578 WTA

Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #587 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #620 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #629 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #631 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #648 WTA
Helen PELLICANO – 2012 player -#725 WTA
Alexandra VECIC – 2011 player – 743 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #774 WTA
Vladica BABIC – 2005 player – #775 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #775 WTA

Benedetta IVALDI – 2010 player – #834 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON – 2010 runner up – #846 WTA
Himari SATO – 2012 winner – #846 WTA

• 24 ATP players

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #5 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #15 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #27 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #32 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #83 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #87 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 cd winner – #111 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #127 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #136 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #139 ATP

Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – #177 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #203 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #240 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #249 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #260 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #279 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #407 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI, 2008 player, #421 ATP
William BLUMBERG 2008 player – #445 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 quarterfinalist – #453 ATP

Tomas MACHAC – 2010 quarterfinalist – #469 ATP
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA – 2013 runner up – #508 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #538 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #569 ATP

• 10 players TOP 100 ATP RACE TO MILAN NEXT GEN

Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #5 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #7 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 player – #10 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 player – #11 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 player – #19 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #25 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 player – #33 ATP
Tomas MACHAC – 2010 player – #37 ATP
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA – 2013 player – #44 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #65 ATP

NEXT GEN SB PLAYERS:
2017: Borna CORIC and Gianluigi QUINZI (WC)
2018: Alex DE MINAUR (runner up) and Lloyd HARRIS (invited)

• 10 boys and 8 girls… in total 18 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #2 Lorenzo MUSETTI Junior USOPEN 2018 runner up & junior AO2019 winner
- #14 Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE
- #18 Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA
- #27 Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA
- #40 Erik VANSHELBOIM
- #44 Flavio COBOLLI
- #47 Alibek KACHMAZOV
- #86 Cezar CRETU
- #94 Roko HORVAT
- #95 Luciano DARDERI

GIRLS:
- #26 Helen PELLICANO
- #46 Kristyna LAVICKOVA
- #58 Linda FRUHVIRTOVA
- #60 Pia LOVRIC
- #76 Alexandra VECIC
- #81 Julie BELGRAVER
- #89 Charlotte OWENSBY
- #99 Weronika BASZAK

• 3 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA #1, Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE #3, Stefan POPOVIC #8, Aliona FALEI #8, Antonia RUZIC #9)

• 1 boy and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Branko DJURIC #5; Linda FRUHVIRTOVA #2)

Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #189 WTA

Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #36 WTA

IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #203 ATP
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #339 ATP (Jul 2014)
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #128 ATP doubles
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #291 ATP doubles
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #324 ATP doubles

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #47 WTA
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #434 WTA

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #5 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #569 ATP

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #47 WTA
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #157 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #256 ATP (Aug 2016)
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semif, #478 ATP (Feb 2015)
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #435 ATP (Dec 2018)

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #558 WTA
Vladica BABIC (MNE), 9th SB 2004, #775 WTA
Giada CLERICI (ITA), 2004 player, #703 WTA (Sep 2015)

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #15 ATP
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #32 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #139 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #177 ATP
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #240 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #279 ATP
Adrian BODMER (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #455 ATP (May 2018)
Neven KRIVOKUCA (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #955 ATP (Aug 2018)

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #24 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #168 WTA
Tena LUKAS (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #273 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #304 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #361 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #578 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #587 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #629 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #648 WTA

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #177 ATP

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #19 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #92 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #219 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #251 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #330 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #449 WTA
Pia CUK (SVN) – 11th SB 2006, #475 WTA

2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Lloyd HARRIS (RSA), ,12th SB 2007, #87 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER (ESP), 12th SB 2007, #514 ATP (Nov 2017)
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #674 ATP (Jun 2018)

GIRLS
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #104 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #294 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #406 WTA
Maria GUTIERREZ CARRASCO (ESP), 12th SB 2007 player – #439 WTA
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #528 WTA
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #540 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #539 WTA (Jul 2017)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #136 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, #249 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, #407 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #421 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #798 ATP (Jul 2018)
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1101 ATP (Jul 2018)

GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #46 WTA
Gabriela *TAYLOR*(UK), 13th SB 2008, #302 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #314 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #368 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #475 WTA (Aug 2016)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #631 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
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #83 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #111 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #127 ATP
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #538 ATP
Gabi Adrian BOITAN (ROM), 14th SB 2009, #832 ATP (Sep 2018)
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #1263 ATP (Jul 2018)
Moritz THIEM (AUT), 14th SB 2009,#1394 ATP (Nov 2018)

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #181 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #253 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #334 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #467 WTA
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #514 WTA
Angela FITA BOLUDA (ESP), 14th SB 2009, #843 WTA (Aug 2018)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #530 WTA
Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #774 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
Nicola KUHN (ESP), 15th SB 2010 winner, #260 ATP
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #469 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #564 ATP (Apr 2018)
Rimpei KAWAKAMI (JPN), 15th SB 2010, #929 ATP (Dec 2018)
Damien WENGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #1553 ATP (Dec 2018)
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #1605 ATP (May 2018)

GIRLS
Benedetta IVALDI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #834 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #846 WTA
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #921 WTA (Dec 2018)
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #974 WTA (Nov 2018)
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #1048 WTA (Aug 2018)
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #1219 WTA (Jul 2017)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #160 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, #754 ATP (Dec 2018)
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #18 ITF
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #40 ITF
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #86 ITF
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #275 ITF
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #325 ITF
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #440 ITF

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #120 WTA
Alexandra VECIC (GER), 16th SB 2011, #743 WTA
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1141 WTA (Apr 2018)
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #151 ITF
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #198 ITF
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #417 ITF

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #453 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #47 ITF
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #138 ITF
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #184 ITF
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #218 ITF
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #239 ITF
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #244 ITF
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #448 ITF
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #559 ITF
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #844 ITF
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, #690 ITF
Drazen PETROVIC (BiH), 17th SB 2012, #1631 ITF

GIRLS
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #535 WTA
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #725 WTA
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #846 WTA
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #46 ITF
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #60 ITF
Julie BELGRAVER (FRA), 17th SB 2012, #81 ITF
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #89 ITF
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #99 ITF
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #102 ITF
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #119 ITF
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #188 ITF
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #195 ITF
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #227 ITF
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #422 ITF

IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 63 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #508 ATP
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #14 ITF
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #108 ITF
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #133 ITF
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #209 ITF
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #393 ITF
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #639 ITF
Adi DAGAN (ISR), 18th SB 2013, #658 ITF
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #757 ITF
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #861 ITF
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #1355 ITF
Filip MANDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #1669 ITF
Fran MITROVIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #1930 ITF
Gal EMERSIC POTOCNIK (SVN), 18th SB 2013, #49 ETA U16
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #248 ETA U16
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #368 ETA U16
Bartol BORSE (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #732 ETA U16

GIRLS
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #154 ITF
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #206 ITF
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #267 ITF
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #641 ITF
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #766 ITF
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #218 ETA U16

IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 65 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #586 ITF
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #1405 ITF
Raffaele MARIANI (SUI), 19th SB 2014, #2399 ITF
Kalin IVANOVSKI (MKD), 19th SB 2014, #44 ETA U16
Bor ARTNAK (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #71 ETA U16
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #107 ETA U16
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #109 ETA U16
Matija SAMARDZIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #109 58 ETA U16
Noa VUKADIN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #114 ETA U16
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #120 ETA U16
Vilius GAUBAS (LIT), 19th SB 2014, #123 ETA U16
Pedro RODENAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #175 ETA U16
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #209 ETA U16
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #248 ETA U16
Carlos GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #248 ETA U16
Dan Vasile DUTA (ROU), 19th SB 2014, #284 ETA U16
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #311 ETA U16
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #462 ETA U16
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #407 ETA U16
Krsta PETROVIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #688 ETA U16
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #844 ETA U16
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #1686 ETA U16

GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., #58 ITF
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #128 ITF
Joelle STEUR (GER), 19th SB 2014, #291 ITF
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #409 ITF
Patricie KUBIKOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014, #411 ITF
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #681 ITF
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #1053 ITF
Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #1084 ITF
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #1157 ITF
Patricija PAUKSTYTE (LTU), 19th SB 2014, #1262 ITF
Neriya YONA (ISR), 19th SB 2014, #1824 ITF
Divna RATKOVIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #1988 ITF
Petja DRAME (SLO), 19th SB 2014, #2044 ITF
Suana TUCAKOVIC (BIH), 19th SB 2014 semif., #2363 ITF
Anna KANTOR (HUN), 19th SB 2014, #239 ETA U16
Carolina GOMEZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #264 ETA U16
Emma RIZZETTO (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #377 ETA U16
Sarah MUELLER (GER), 19th SB 2014, #389 ETA U16
Kyoka KUBO (JPN), 19th SB 2014, #418 ETA U16
Veronica SIRCI (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #526 ETA U16
Irene ARTIGAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #842 ETA U16

IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 73 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner, #5 ETA U14
Dino PRIZMIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015 quarterf., #10 ETA U14
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), 20th SB 2015 semif., #12 ETA U14
Mikalai BANKOU (BLR), 20th SB 2015, #43 ETA U14
Matej DODIG (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #46 ETA U14
Aleksa PISARIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #56 ETA U14
Giacomo NOSEI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #58 ETA U14
Andrea MEDURI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #70 ETA U14
Walker ALLEN (USA), 20th SB 2015, #77 ETA U14
Ofek SHIMANOV (ISR), 20th SB 2015, #90 ETA U14
Moritz LESJAK (AUT), 20th SB 2015, #107 ETA U14
Filippo ROMANO (ITA) , 20th SB 2015, #117 ETA U14
Daniel ZIMMERMANN (AUT), 20th SB 2015, #120 ETA U14
Federico BONDIOLI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #127 ETA U14
Matic KRIZNIK (SVN), 20th SB 2015, #148 ETA U14
Dimitar PENCHEV (BGR), 20th SB 2015, #153 ETA U14
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), 20th SB 2015 semif., #298 ETA U14
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up , #629 ETA U14

GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif., #58 ITF – Les Petits As 2019 winner
Alexandra EALA (PHI), 20th SB 2015 , #132 ITF – Les Petits As 2018 winner
Lola RADIVOJEVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #15 ETA U14
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner, #18 ETA U14
Petra MARCINKO (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #26 ETA U14
Malwina ROWINSKA (POL), 20th SB 2015, #27 ETA U14
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif. ,#30 ETA U14
Vanesa DANKO (HUN), 20th SB 2015, #32 ETA U14
Klio Maria IOANNOU (CYP), 20th SB 2015, #34 ETA U14
Leticia TAROCCO (CRO), 20th SB 2015 winner, #40 ETA U14
Anastasia NIKOLOVA (BGR), 20th SB 2015 winner, #56 ETA U14
Anastasia GRECHKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015, #63 ETA U14
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up, #69 ETA U14
June BJORK (SWE), 20th SB 2015, #99 ETA U14
Tea ZIVIC (FRA), 20th SB 2015, #99 ETA U14
Ariana GEERLINGS (ESP), 20th SB 2015, #106 ETA U14
Jaquelyn OGUNWALE (UK), 20th SB 2015 winner, #108 ETA U14
Tena RAJKI (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #124 ETA U14
Adel PILOSYAN (RUS), 20th SB 2015, #133 ETA U14
Lara STOJANOVSKI (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #384 ETA U14
Tara SLADAKOVIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #578 ETA U14

IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 79 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Antonio VOLJAVEC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #35 ETA U14
Pavel MARINOV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #54 ETA U14
Tomasz BERKIETA (POL), 21st SB 2016, #57 ETA U14
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif., #70 ETA U14
Andreas TIMINI (CYP), 21st SB 2016, #75 ETA U14
Fran RAKONIC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #83 ETA U14
Dilhan WASANTHA (GRB), 21st SB 2016, #84 ETA U14
Chris SPYROU (GRE), 21st SB 2016, #99 ETA U14
Nikolai BARSUKOV (GER), 21st SB 2016, #121 ETA U14
Rafael SEGADO ESTEVE (ESP) , 21st SB 2016, #126 ETA U14
Max STENZER (GER), 21st SB 2016, #134 ETA U14
Anas MAZDRASHKI (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #151 ETA U14
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner – Auray 2018 winner, not ranked
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif., not ranked
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up, not ranked

GIRLS
Jovana GRUJIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 CD winner, #37 ETA U14
Mia RISTIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif. #61 ETA U14
Ela Nala MILIC (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner, #67 ETA U14
Dunja MARIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016, #119 ETA U14
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up, #382 ETA U14
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif. , not ranked

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

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
Niels McDONALD (GER), 23rd SB 2018 runner up
Žiga ŠEŠKO (SLO), 23rd SB 2018 semif.
Riki IMAI (JPN), 23rd SB 2018 semif.

GIRLS
Alisa OKTIABREVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 winner
Iva LAKIC (MNE), 23rd SB 2018 runner up
Daria KORESHKOVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 semif.
Zlatina ANGELOVA (BUL), 23rd SB 2018 semif.

30/04/19

SB Heritage Olive Oil - "seeds of the Legends" Limited edition section was created

Smrikve, 28th of April 2019

In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started a tradition of planting an Olive tree during our Smrikva Bowl Ambassador’s nomination ceremony.

The Olive tree selected are traditionally older then our players. The age of the tree is a symbol of intergenerational responsibility. Every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to understand and to learn to preserve all that each of us is born with.

14 generations (over 1440 players) had their olive trees when the story of limited collections started. The children who planted our olives makes the collection bottles so special.

Since Smrikva Bowl foundation back in 1996 over 1930 players from 87 countries and 6 continents participated and on the first 14 collection bottles representing 14 generations was written the following:

Smrikva Bowl was founded in 1996 and over 1930 players from 87 countries and 6 continents participated so far. In 2005 Smrikva Bowl players started to plant olive trees. 14 generations (over 1440 players) have their olive tree in Smrikve.

As of 18/03/2019, their track record* is:
• 30 (23) junior Grand Slam titles conquered by 23 (17) players
• 30 (13) professional ATP/WTA titles
• 45 (31) players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking & 21 (15) players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking
• 150+ (100+) players received scholarships to study in the US

Note – In brackets: 14 olive trees generations track record

Collection bottles are tracked and so far are spread as follows:

2019 “Seeds of the Legends” Heritage Olive Oil Limited edition

1 of 14 – Smrikve
3 of 14 – Pieragostini family
5 of 14 – Podlipnik family

Thank you for supporting our dream.

The tradition of collecting heritage Smrikva Bowl olive trees will start in autumn 2019 after the Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week.

Mio

29/04/19

5th SBTTFW 2019 - Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 21/4/-28/4/2019 (2nd week)

A very unique week in Smrikve for the talents and families was just completed…

The program was run by coach Luca Appino, Tennis Talents founder, and by coach Mio, Smrikva Bowl and “La Bottega” di Smrikve founder. Assistant during the week was Max. The program had focus on two elements:

Tennis Talents Method

1. 5 Senses
2. Muscular release and acceleration
3. Ideal impact zone
4. Timing, rhythm and footwork
5. Tactics: 5 options

and Mental tips…

The Alumni of this year second week were:

• Žiga Šeško
• Paolina Pieragostini
• Sofia Segui Edmundson
• Kaavyian Pradhaban
• Ana Tara Praček
• Angelica Sara
• Annathea Sara
• Stefan Sladaković
• Tara Sladaković

…with moments to share some key concepts but the most important was to feel them later by each Alumni… this is the base of the whole Method… sensations and ability to feel…

… always give the Alumni some basics…

and here are our Alumni of the week… Kaaviyan – Kaavi in action…

Paola – Paolina…

Angelica – Geky…

Annathea – Thea…

Sofia – Sofi…

Ana Tara…

Žiga – Žiga Bomba…

Stefan – Stefi…

The first day it was assessment day… with matches… statistics… observing the activation of each player… and it was also the physical tests day :)…

We learned that when you eat you eat… being here and now… mindfulness ;)…

… and after breakfast… activation!… always different in the morning and in the afternoon… but kinetic chain joints warm up we must Yoda would say :)

… individual interview for each alumni and family is an important moment…

… sisters :)…

… some action … using our senses…

and strech again…

25th of April is Ana Tara birthday… and for the fourth time we celebrate it together :)

with dancing party :)… ketch up!!!

here we are all again ready for a new day

activation!

individual day for Žiga

dreaming always big during the interview sessions…

and learning some new mental tips every evening…

Family competition day…

need to choose the partner…

the teams are made…

and this time Žiga and Saša obtain the victory… with Žiga scoring 8 out of 8 shots ;)… the first price that Žiga won has Rafa’s signature!!!

play play and play…

each day every player went through individual on court moments…

last streching of the week

… and wonderful graduation for all…

… see you soon to continue the story and collect the olives! :D

bye bye from Smrikve!

19/04/19

5th SBTTFW 2019 - Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 13/4/-20/4/2019 (1st week)

A very unique week in Smrikve for the talents and families was just completed…

The program was run by coach Luca Appino, Tennis Talents founder, and by coach Mio, Smrikva Bowl founder. Assistant coaches during the week were Massimo Stupar and visiting coach Silard Kardhordo. The program had focus on two elements:

Tennis Talents Method

1. 5 Senses
2. Muscular release and acceleration
3. Ideal impact zone
4. Timing, rhythm and footwork
5. Tactics: 5 options

and Momentum (the invisible force in tennis)…

The Alumni of this first week of this year edition were:

• Karlo Brkić
• Fabian Đitko
• Alessia Beatrice Chiriac
• Manuella Persson
• Stefan Sladaković
• Tara Sladaković

…with moments to share some key concepts but the most important was to feel them later by each Alumni… this is the base of the whole Method… sensations and ability to feel…

… always give the Alumni some basics…

… let them start with having fun…

… and than feel the element on the court…

… and play…

play…

explain…

we got it ;)… Karlo and Fabian…

warm up and activate before every session… morning or afternoon need to be done…

play…

after the sessions there is always a streching leader… to strech at the end and make proper activation is always very important…

… Stefi :)…

learn something new…

and strech again…

big or small does not matter… new friendship are made… as Yoda like to say… “do you judge me by my size?… and you should not” :)… Manu and Alessia…

play… … put in practice the subject of the day… and play following the tactics of the day…

learn…

… and every day one by one spent time with Luca on element of the day that they wished to improve…

individual interview with Alumni and families is always part of the week…

and graduation is time to celebrate the whole class :)

… we also celebrated Taki’s 3000 hours dedicated to her tennis development…

… see you soon! :D

bye bye from Smrikve!

08/04/19

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE 24th SMRIKVA BOWL 2019 CANDIDATES... The confirmation e-mails have been sent to all the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 candidates who presented complete candidacies in time...

All the candidates that have presented complete candidacies in time and indicated correct e-mail address in their application forms should have received the confirmation e-mail letters by 8th of April 2019 of:

a) their acceptance
b) suggestion to join the waiting list
c) or impossibility to invite them to play this year Smrikva Bowl.

For the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 annual the application forms received exceeded by far the number of total places available envisaged for this year edition of 96 players in total (48 + 48 Draws)… and the right to bring forward the deadline date was executed for the sixth consecutive time in the Smrikva Bowl history

By taking into consideration that players who presented their candidacy in time are ranked among TOP players in the country the decision was taken to extend the number of accepted players to our maximum potential of almost 120 players… the new envisaged draws are: 64 boys + 48 girls draws…

Smrikva Bowl historical limit was always 100 players and we confirmed over 20 players above our traditional limit…

The candidacies presented were from six continents and over 40 countries with several new countries. Total number of countries represented on Smrikva Bowl since its foundation in 1996 is expected to pass over 90 countries after this year Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Nomination Ceremony…

There are players who presented complete candidacy before the deadline and were invited to join the waiting list… therefore there is no possibility to take into consideration other candidacies…

The players that have not received confirmation e-mail but have provided in time all the five requested elements in the application instructions indicated in the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 tournament presentation please inform Smrikve Tennis Club via e-mail: miodrag_bozovic@ yahoo.it

02/04/19

Top Smrikva Bowl and "LM"/SB players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update April 2019)

Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking.

As of April 1st, 2019 their track record includes the following:
- 30 junior GRAND SLAM titles conquered by 23 players
- 29 professional ATP/WTA titles
- 45 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking => 19 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking => 5 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA => 2 players reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking
- 150+ SB players received scholarships to study in the US & play tennis.

• 24 TOP 200 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #7 WTA (Feb 2016)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #20 WTA (Jul 2017)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #25 WTA (Feb 2019)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #31 WTA (Jan 2019)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 39 WTA (Apr 2019)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #43 WTA (Mar 2019)
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #83 WTA (Feb 2019)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #96 WTA (Oct 2018)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #97 WTA (Oct 2017)

Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #55 WTA doubles (Nov 2017)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #61 WTA (Feb 2019)
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #134 WTA doubles (Jan 2018)
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #173 WTA doubles (Dec 2018)
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #189 WTA doubles (May 2017)

• 21 TOP 200 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #4 ATP (Nov 2017)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #12 ATP (Nov 2018)
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #24 ATP (Mar 2019)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #31 ATP (Mar 2019)
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 quarterf.- #88 ATP (Apr 2019)
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #92 ATP (Mar 2019)
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 CD winner – #118 (Apr 2019)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #143 ATP (Oct 2017)
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 144 ATP (Mar 2018)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #146 ATP (Mar 2017)

Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #149 ATP (Jan 2018)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #172 ATP (Apr 2019)
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #192 ATP (Aug 2018)
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #196 (Apr 2018)

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #130 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Ivan SABANOV – 2002 semi – #192 ATP doubles (Feb 2018)
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semi – #196 ATP doubles (Feb 2018)

As of 1st of April 2019 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 53 WTA players

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #21 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #25 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #39 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #44 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #53 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #89 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #100 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #120 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #145 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #159 WTA

Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #162 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #166 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #191 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #217 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #240 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #246 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #268 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #271 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #282 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #294 WTA

Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #310 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #311 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #313 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #338 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #378 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #386 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #417 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #452 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #466 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #486 WTA

Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #488 WTA
Lea BOSKOVIC – 2009 player – #497 WTA
Maria GUTIERREZ CARRASCO – 2007 player – #501 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #508 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #522 WTA
Zoe KRUGER – 2012 semif. – #526 WTA
Ashley LAHEY – 2009 player – #529 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #532 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #539 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #555 WTA

Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #617 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #621 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #673 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #700 WTA
Helen PELLICANO – 2012 player -#711 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #726 WTA
Alexandra VECIC – 2011 player – 732 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #768 WTA
Vladica BABIC – 2005 player – #769 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #769 WTA

Paula ARIAS MANJON – 2010 runner up – #838 WTA
Benedetta IVALDI – 2010 player – #838 WTA
Himari SATO – 2012 winner – #838 WTA

• 24 ATP players

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #5 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #13 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #25 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #32 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #88 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #95 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 cd winner – #118 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – #144 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #172 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #181 ATP

Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #200 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #205 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #213 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #231 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #255 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #274 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #406 ATP
William BLUMBERG 2008 player – #441 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #475 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #544 ATP

Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 quarterfinalist – #595 ATP
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA – 2013 runner up – #597 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #595 ATP
Adrian BODMER – 2005 player – #651 ATP

• 7 players TOP 100 ATP RACE TO MILAN NEXT GEN

Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #5 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #6 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 player – #9 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 player – #12 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 player – #17 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #33 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #52 ATP

NEXT GEN SB PLAYERS:
2017: Borna CORIC and Gianluigi QUINZI (WC)
2018: Alex DE MINAUR (runner up) and Lloyd HARRIS (invited)

• 10 boys and 7 girls… in total 17 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #2 Lorenzo MUSETTI Junior USOPEN 2018 runner up & junior AO2019 winner
- #9 Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA
- #26 Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA
- #27 Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE
- #36 Erik VANSHELBOIM
- #47 Alibek KACHMAZOV
- #53 Flavio COBOLLI
- #84 Roko HORVAT
- #91 Hamad MEDJEDOVIC
- #94 Luciano DARDERI
- #98 Cezar CRETU

GIRLS:
- #44 Helen PELLICANO
- #46 Kristyna LAVICKOVA
- #66 Alexandra VECIC
- #84 Charlotte OWENSBY
- #97 Julie BELGRAVER
- #98 Pia LOVRIC
- #99 Linda FRUHVIRTOVA

• 3 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE #1, Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA #2, Stefan POPOVIC #7, Antonia RUZIC #4, Aliona FALEI #9)

• 1 boy and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Branko DJURIC #6; Linda FRUHVIRTOVA #2)

Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #191 WTA

Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #53 WTA

IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #213 ATP
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #475 ATP
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #142 ATP doubles
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #295 ATP doubles
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #327 ATP doubles

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #39 WTA
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #417 WTA

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #5 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #595 ATP

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #39 WTA
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #159 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #256 ATP (Aug 2016)
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semif, #478 ATP (Feb 2015)
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #435 ATP (Dec 2018)

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #532 WTA
Vladica BABIC (MNE), 9th SB 2004, #769 WTA
Giada CLERICI (ITA), 2004 player, #703 WTA (Sep 2015)

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #12 ATP
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #32 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #144 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #181 ATP
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #205 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #255 ATP
Adrian BODMER (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #651 ATP
Neven KRIVOKUCA (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #955 ATP (Aug 2018)

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #25 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #162 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #268 WTA
Tena LUKAS (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #271 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #310 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #452 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #621 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #673 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #700 WTA

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #144 ATP

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #21 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #89 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #217 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #246 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #294 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #486 WTA
Pia CUK (SVN) – 11th SB 2006, #522 WTA

2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Lloyd HARRIS (RSA), ,12th SB 2007, #95 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER (ESP), 12th SB 2007, #514 ATP (Nov 2017)
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #674 ATP (Jun 2018)

GIRLS
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #100 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #311 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #386 WTA
Maria GUTIERREZ CARRASCO (ESP), 12th SB 2007 player – #501 WTA
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #539 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #539 WTA (Jul 2017)
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #555 WTA

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #200 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, #231 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, #406 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #798 ATP (Jul 2018)
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1101 ATP (Jul 2018)

GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #44 WTA
Gabriela *TAYLOR*(UK), 13th SB 2008, #282 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #313 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #378 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #475 WTA (Aug 2016)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #726 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., #25 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #88 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #118 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #172 ATP
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #544 ATP
Gabi Adrian BOITAN (ROM), 14th SB 2009, #832 ATP (Sep 2018)
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #1263 ATP (Jul 2018)
Moritz THIEM (AUT), 14th SB 2009,#1394 ATP (Nov 2018)

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #166 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #240 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #338 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #466 WTA
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #508 WTA
Angela FITA BOLUDA (ESP), 14th SB 2009, #843 WTA (Aug 2018)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #529 WTA
Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #768 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
Nicola KUHN (ESP), 15th SB 2010 winner, #274 ATP
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #534 ATP (Dec 2018)
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #564 ATP (Apr 2018)
Rimpei KAWAKAMI (JPN), 15th SB 2010, #929 ATP (Dec 2018)
Damien WENGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #1553 ATP (Dec 2018)
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #1605 ATP (May 2018)

GIRLS
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #838 WTA
Benedetta IVALDI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #838 WTA
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #921 WTA (Dec 2018)
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #974 WTA (Nov 2018)
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #1048 WTA (Aug 2018)
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #1219 WTA (Jul 2017)

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #145 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, #754 ATP (Dec 2018)
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #9 ITF
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #36 ITF
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #98 ITF
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #302 ITF
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #313 ITF
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #425 ITF

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #120 WTA
Alexandra VECIC (GER), 16th SB 2011, #732 WTA
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1141 WTA (Apr 2018)
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #130 ITF
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #207 ITF
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #406 ITF

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #595 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #47 ITF
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #138 ITF
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #172 ITF
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #205 ITF
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #225 ITF
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #229 ITF
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #417 ITF
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #526 ITF
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #586 ITF
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, #662 ITF
Drazen PETROVIC (BiH), 17th SB 2012, #1832 ITF

GIRLS
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #526 WTA
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #711 WTA
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #838 WTA
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #46 ITF
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #84 ITF
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #98 ITF
Julie BELGRAVER (FRA), 17th SB 2012, #97 ITF
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #113 ITF
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #117 ITF
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #118 ITF
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #189 ITF
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #226 ITF
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #260 ITF
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #393 ITF

IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 63 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #597 ATP
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #27 ITF
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #91 ITF
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #112 ITF
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #249 ITF
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #302 ITF
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #604 ITF
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #623 ITF
Adi DAGAN (ISR), 18th SB 2013, #713 ITF
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #814 ITF
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #1294 ITF
Fran MITROVIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #1832 ITF
Filip MANDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #1872 ITF
Gal EMERSIC POTOCNIK (SVN), 18th SB 2013, #58 ETA U16
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #273 ETA U16
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #340 ETA U16
Bartol BORSE (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #561 ETA U16

GIRLS
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #176 ITF
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #237 ITF
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #264 ITF
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #612 ITF
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #737 ITF
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #371 ETA U16

IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 65 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #705 ITF
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #1349 ITF
Raffaele MARIANI (SUI), 19th SB 2014, #2311 ITF
Kalin IVANOVSKI (MKD), 19th SB 2014, #40 ETA U16
Bor ARTNAK (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #62 ETA U16
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #104 ETA U16
Vilius GAUBAS (LIT), 19th SB 2014, #133 ETA U16
Matija SAMARDZIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #149 58 ETA U16
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #178 ETA U16
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #196 ETA U16
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #213 ETA U16
Noa VUKADIN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #213 ETA U16
Carlos GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #226 ETA U16
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #237 ETA U16
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #273 ETA U16
Dan Vasile DUTA (ROU), 19th SB 2014, #273 ETA U16
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #315 ETA U16
Pedro RODENAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #377 ETA U16
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #381 ETA U16
Krsta PETROVIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #643 ETA U16
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #793 ETA U16
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #1327 ETA U16

GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., #99 ITF
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #223 ITF
Joelle STEUR (GER), 19th SB 2014, #281 ITF
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #397 ITF
Patricie KUBIKOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014, #400 ITF
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #653 ITF
Patricija PAUKSTYTE (LTU), 19th SB 2014, #1011 ITF
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #1087 ITF
Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #1168 ITF
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #1190 ITF
Divna RATKOVIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #1943 ITF
Suana TUCAKOVIC (BIH), 19th SB 2014 semif., #2287 ITF
Neriya YONA (ISR), 19th SB 2014, #2287 ITF
Petja DRAME (SLO), 19th SB 2014, #171 ETA U16
Carolina GOMEZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #251 ETA U16
Anna KANTOR (HUN), 19th SB 2014, #265 ETA U16
Sarah MUELLER (GER), 19th SB 2014, #367 ETA U16
Emma RIZZETTO (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #371 ETA U16
Kyoka KUBO (JPN), 19th SB 2014, #402 ETA U16
Irene ARTIGAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #470 ETA U16
Veronica SIRCI (ITA), 19th SB 2014, #515 ETA U16

IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 73 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner, #6 ETA U14
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), 20th SB 2015 semif., #13 ETA U14
Dino PRIZMIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015 quarterf., #15 ETA U14
Mikalai BANKOU (BLR), 20th SB 2015, #29 ETA U14
Aleksa PISARIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #53 ETA U14
Walker ALLEN (USA), 20th SB 2015, #65 ETA U14
Matej DODIG (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #68 ETA U14
Giacomo NOSEI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #75 ETA U14
Moritz LESJAK (AUT), 20th SB 2015, #92 ETA U14
Filippo ROMANO (ITA) , 20th SB 2015, #97 ETA U14
Daniel ZIMMERMANN (AUT), 20th SB 2015, #102 ETA U14
Federico BONDIOLI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #107 ETA U14
Ofek SHIMANOV (ISR), 20th SB 2015, #109 ETA U14
Dimitar PENCHEV (BGR), 20th SB 2015, #129 ETA U14
Andrea MEDURI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #130 ETA U14
Matic KRIZNIK (SVN), 20th SB 2015, #150 ETA U14
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), 20th SB 2015 semif., #566 ETA U14
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up , #566 ETA U14

GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif., #99 ITF – Les Petits As 2019 winner
Alexandra EALA (PHI), 20th SB 2015 , #125 ITF – Les Petits As 2018 winner
Lola RADIVOJEVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #15 ETA U14
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif. ,#17 ETA U14
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner, #19 ETA U14
Petra MARCINKO (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #20 ETA U14
Klio Maria IOANNOU (CYP), 20th SB 2015, #26 ETA U14
Malwina ROWINSKA (POL), 20th SB 2015, #28 ETA U14
Vanesa DANKO (HUN), 20th SB 2015, #36 ETA U14
Leticia TAROCCO (CRO), 20th SB 2015 winner, #41 ETA U14
Anastasia GRECHKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015, #54 ETA U14
Anastasia NIKOLOVA (BGR), 20th SB 2015 winner, #59 ETA U14
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up, #74 ETA U14
June BJORK (SWE), 20th SB 2015, #90 ETA U14
Tea ZIVIC (FRA), 20th SB 2015, #90 ETA U14
Ariana GEERLINGS (ESP), 20th SB 2015, #98 ETA U14
Jaquelyn OGUNWALE (UK), 20th SB 2015 winner, #100 ETA U14
Tena RAJKI (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #110 ETA U14
Adel PILOSYAN (RUS), 20th SB 2015, #120 ETA U14
Lara STOJANOVSKI (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #357 ETA U14
Tara SLADAKOVIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #761 ETA U14

IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 79 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Antonio VOLJAVEC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #37 ETA U14
Tomasz BERKIETA (POL), 21st SB 2016, #50 ETA U14
Pavel MARINOV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #56 ETA U14
Chris SPYROU (GRE), 21st SB 2016, #60 ETA U14
Fran RAKONIC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #62 ETA U14
Andreas TIMINI (CYP), 21st SB 2016, #74 ETA U14
Dilhan WASANTHA (GRB), 21st SB 2016, #82 ETA U14
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif., #97 ETA U14
Nikolai BARSUKOV (GER), 21st SB 2016, #125 ETA U14
Anas MAZDRASHKI (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #132 ETA U14
Max STENZER (GER), 21st SB 2016, #137 ETA U14
Rafael SEGADO ESTEVE (ESP) , 21st SB 2016, #144 ETA U14
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner – Auray 2018 winner, not ranked
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif., not ranked
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up, not ranked

GIRLS
Mia RISTIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif. #58 ETA U14
Jovana GRUJIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 CD winner, #89 ETA U14
Dunja MARIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016, #108 ETA U14
Ela Nala MILIC (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner, #114 ETA U14
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up, #373 ETA U14
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif. , not ranked

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

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
Niels McDONALD (GER), 23rd SB 2018 runner up
Žiga ŠEŠKO (SLO), 23rd SB 2018 semif.
Riki IMAI (JPN), 23rd SB 2018 semif.

GIRLS
Alisa OKTIABREVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 winner
Iva LAKIC (MNE), 23rd SB 2018 runner up
Daria KORESHKOVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 semif.
Zlatina ANGELOVA (BUL), 23rd SB 2018 semif.

29/03/19

The possibility to candidate players for the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 edition is Closed. The candidates who presented their candidacy are pleased to read the following...

Smrikva Bowl is traditionally limited to 100 players…

For the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 annual the applications received exceeded by far the number of total places available of 96 players in total (48 + 48 Draws)… and the right to bring forward the deadline date was executed for the sixth time in the Smrikva Bowl history.

The candidates are representing six continents and over 40 different countries…

As indicated in the application instructions: preference will have top players from each country…

All the candidates who presented their candidacies by the deadline date will receive the confirmation e-mail of their acceptance or impossibility to invite them to play before April 8th, 2019.

The players that do not receive any information e-mail by the 8th of April please inform via e-mail: [email protected]

Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikve, Istria from Smrikve, Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve, for your accommodation with swimming pool in Stinjan (Pula – Pola) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia.

28/03/19

On Ambassador's Day, 21st of September 2018, the selection for the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 generation started... and as of today we have crossed by far the maximum of the talented players we can confirm and the 2019 candidacy process is going to close...

Since 2010 the selection process for the Smrikva Bowl candidates starts on 21st of September… Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day…

I am pleased to share just few words written back in time why that date… that may be of interest for the new Smrikva generation… :)

Smrikve, September 2010

The International Day of Peace, also known as the World Peace Day, occurs annually on September 21st and this day has been elected to be also the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors’ Day.

It is dedicated to peace, or specifically the absence of war, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone. It is observed by many people. For the first time this holiday was celebrated in 1981.

The Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day, although celebrated on the same day as the World Peace Day, is dedicated to civilization, intergenerational responsibility and tennis. Without civil society in a modern world there is no guarantee for peace.

In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly declared, in a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, the third Tuesday of September (the opening day of regular sessions of the General Assembly) as the International Day of Peace devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace and civilization values.

In 2001, the day was changed from the third Tuesday to specifically the twenty-first day of September. A new resolution was passed by the General Assembly, sponsored by the United Kingdom (giving credit to Peace One Day) and Costa Rica (the sponsors of the original day) to give the Day of Peace a fixed date and declare it as a global ceasefire day.

In 1991, on September 21st, I left Smrikve for Milan, it was the war time in my country, 5 years before, on the same day, in 1986, I sailed with a boat to Dubrovnik with school friends living a nice life time memory experience.

Having our calendar year 365 days if we live for some time and create our own experience we learn that the same day can remind us something nice and something not nice… it is a circle…

Not nice could be compared to a mistake in tennis… we learn from the mistakes. They help us understand what is not good or what we do not do properly…

To end this comment I am pleased to repeat words of a Nobel Prize for Peace who was guest speaker to one of Ambrosetti’s Young Leader Group meetings. It is a tradition that every guest dedicate few words to the Group and he wrote down the following:

“The future is always in a minority. Yet the history of the future is more important than the history of the past. It is for the old to remember the past. It is for the young to build the world of tomorrow.

Do it! You can build a world without wars. You can build a new humanity.”

Everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. The knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important. They are all parts of the civilization path.

Shimon Peres used in his note the statement: “Do it!” thus reminded me Yoda’s wisdom words when he shares his knowledge with young Jedi: “Try no. Do or do not “ :)

If people believe in the future there is future. If people do not believe in the future there is no future.

Miodrag Bozovic

25/03/19

Only 4 days away from the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 generation candidacy process completion... and the story of the Old Olive Trees...

4 days away from the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 generation candidacy process completion… I am pleased to share part of the story related to the old Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Olive Trees…

This year will be planted the 15th olive tree… and 23 years old Smrikva living tree tennis track record, as of March 25th, 2019 includes the following:

- 30 junior GRAND SLAM titles conquered by 23 players
- 30 professional ATP/WTA titles
- 45 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking => 21 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking => 5 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA => 2 players reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking
- 150+ SB players received scholarships to study in the US & play tennis.

In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started a tradition of planting an Olive tree. The tree that we planted for the 10th Smrikva Bowl is over 150 years old and happens to come from Spain.

During the ceremony, every Ambassador put a tiny piece of land close to the root of the Olive tree and say his or her name. Every year a new old Olive tree receive the Ambassadors’ names from many countries and continents. So far Smrikva Bowl olive oil have reached 87 countries and six continents…

The Olive tree is a symbol of peace. The age of the tree is a symbol of intergenerational responsibility. Every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to learn to preserve all that each of us is born with and allow future generations to enjoy the beauty of life, the sunsets and the seasons of the earth.

Very often while thinking about old olive trees in Smrikve I like to recall Mufasa teaching Simba the circle of life story… and below is part of a letter written a decade ago thinking about Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors and their Olive Trees…

Smrikve, March 2008

AMBASSADORS’ OLD OLIVE TREE AND THE CIRCLE OF LIFE…

The Lion King cartoon is an artwork and most of the life messages one can find in it are in line with the Smrikva Bowl. They are in line with the message of the Ambassadors’ Olive Tree; they are in line with the values of friendship and love; they are in line with empathy. Love, friendship and empathy are all Cosmopolitan values per excellence, as far as people and humanity are concerned.

The relationship between Mufasa, Sarabi and Simba reminds me of both: parents and family love, but also about the intergenerational responsability.

Timon, Pumbaa and Simba relationship reminds me about love between friends. Pumbaa also make me think abuout empathy, intuition and loyalty. The relationship between Simba and Nola reminds me again about the importance of love. Rafiki, the wise old baboo, with his many centuries old tree reminds me about the importance of knowledge and experience of the older. There are many other particular moments that every person on its own, based on his or her own life experience, discover by watching these artworks.

You might be interested to know that most of the characters’ names in this cartoon have a particular meaning in Swahili language: Simba means “lion”; Nala means “gift”, and love is for me one of the greatest gifts that people can receive and give during their life; Sarabi means “mirage”; Pumbaa means “dull-witted” or “stunned”; and Rafiki means “friend” :). These names with their meanings make me think of the American Indians and the way they used to give the names to their people.

Every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to understand and to learn, to preserve all that each of us is born with. When Mufasa was explaining to Simba that is not easy to be the King… a good King should know that everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. The intergenerational responsibility alone will allow future generations to enjoy the beauty of life, the sunsets and the seasons of the earth. Enjoy the circle of life.

I am pleased to repeat words of a Nobal Prize for Peace who was guest speaker to one of Ambrosetti’s Young Leader Group meetings. It is a tradition that every guest dedicate few words to the Group and he wrote down the following

Do it! You can build a world without wars. You can build a new humanity.”

Everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. It is true that every generation face new challenges but there are many examples in the past how the old generations managed and solved particular problems and this is way knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important.

Miodrag Bozovic

19/03/19

Only 10 days away from the 24th Smrikva Bowl 2019 generation candidacy process completion...

I am pleased to share the story of the Smrikva Bowl theater that for over two decades has been gathering the talents from all over the World…

We are less than two weeks away from closing the candidacy process for the 24th annual and another year full of talents is envisaged again… and I am pleased to share the following story with the new generation candidates…

Smrikve, January 2010

INSPIRING… SMRIKVA…

… an inspiring tennis festival… When I think of Smrikva Bowl I try to imagine it as a theater where every year we work hard to set a stage where the world’s talents can gather… Every year we gather all these different actors, great talents, very special kids, arriving from different cultures, having different dreams,…

We set the stage and later on they are in charge with their will, dreams and hard work… they are the ones who write the most different stories…

Smrikva Bowl is still very young tournament but I would like to think that some of these kids will write nice and inspiring stories in most different professional fields.

I was recently reading Andre Agassi’s book and through the whole book he was repeating to friends and people meeting during his life that he doesn’t like tennis thus it seems to me that he never had the option to choose, but in end he ended up being the Champion and according to Luke Jensen a person with big heart and very good friend.

Here are Gil’s words reported by Andre in his book when he accepted to coach him:

“I’m not one of those people who expresses or articulates feelings very well, but from now on, just know this: It’s on, man. It is on.

You know what I’m saying? We’are in a fight, and you can count on me until the last man is standing. Somewhere up there is a star with your name on it. I might not be able to help you find it, but I’ve got pretty strong shoulders, and you can stand on my shoulders while you’re looking for that star. You hear? For as long as you want. Stand on my shoulders and reach, man. Reach.”

In every life there are people that influence what we do and how we do it.

The Smrikva Bowl festival would like to inspire its players and Ambassadors to believe in their dreams and work hard to reach them.

Sport and music are in general good educators and the vision of sport preferred in Smrikve is the one Nelson Mandela once said:

“Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”

Miodrag Bozovic

10/03/19

Smrikva Bowl Mission like a Dream...

Not many years from now there will be much more Smrikva Bowl players among professional players… as of March 4th 2019: 45 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking… 19 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking… 5 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA… 2 players reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking… and 75 players are this week holding a ATP/WTA ranking…

Their track record includes: 30 junior GRAND SLAM titles and 29 professional ATP/WTA titles…

There will be much more Smrikva Bowl players that thanks to their racket skills will got the scholarship to play in the prestige Universities all around the World… so far 150+ players got scholarship to study play tennis in the US…