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16/05/17

3rd International Symposium (FIT-PTR) in Rome during Internazionali d'Italia Masters with Nick Bollettieri, Emilio Sanchez, Patrick Mouratoglou, Judy Murray,...

Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) and Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) started to organize an International Symposium during Internazionali d’Italia and this year was the 3rd edition with over 2400 coaches from 41 different countries participating…

Masters 1000 in Rome is held in one of the most beautiful settings… and Nicola Pietrangeli stadium is probably one of the most particular in the World… very beautiful :)

… the idea to organize the Symposium during the Masters gives the opportunity to gather impressive number of high quality coaches…

… and the list of people who left traces or are still leaving traces in tennis was very long on this year Symposium… on the following picture starting from left to right you find various known names such as: Luigi BERTINO, Judy MURRAY, Lorenzo BELTRAME, Craig O’SHANNESSY, Dalibor SIROLA, Durmot SWEENY, Emilio SANCHEZ, Emma DOYLE, Massimo SARTORI, Patrick MOURATOGLOU, Nick BOLLETTIERI…

Nick was first to present… and as usual his words are always motivating and always full of common sense… he knows how to make things SIMPLE and NICE… always inspiring…

… Massimo Sartori dedicated his presentation to volleys and his player Andreas Seppi was there to help him…

… Emma Doyle dedicated her presentation to Momentum…

Emilio Sanchez to technical and tactical elements… and his life story…

… Dermot Sweeny followed presenting his experience…

Dalibor Sirola introduced various interesting elements related with physical preparation…

… and Crait O’Shannessy shared a lot of interesting numbers…

Lorenzo Beltrame dedicated his part to the Mental area…

and Judy Murray to the story of her children and her story…

and at the end of the event Patrick Mouratoglou concluded sharing his life story and philosophy…

… beautiful event… and great pleasure to see several Smrikva Bowl players on the courts and off the courts… and many familiar faces…

… and is time to think of returning to Rome again… :)

Arrivederci Roma :D

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08/05/17

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update May 2017)

Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list are mentioned below and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking…

• 12 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 – #29 WTA (May 2017)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #42 WTA (Jun 2012)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 47 WTA (Feb 2015)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #62 WTA (Jul 2013)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #123 WTA (Jan 2017)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #134 on WTA (Oct 2016)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #142 WTA (Apr 2016)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #161 WTA (May 2017)

Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #73 WTA doubles (May 2017)
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)

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

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #7 ATP (Jun 2016)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #33 ATP (Jul 2015)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #138 ATP (May 2017)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #158 ATP (Aug 2016)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #187 ATP (May 2017)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #191 ATP (Apr 2016)

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)

As of 9th of May 2017 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 50 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA

Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #29 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #82 WTA
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #118 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #123 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #161 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #170 on WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #206 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #214 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #223 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #275 WTA

Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #290 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #295 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #297 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #298 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #301 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #316 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #325 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #340 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #368 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #369 WTA

Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #397 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #411 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #444 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #459 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #470 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #487 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #504 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #507 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #521 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #535 WTA

Chiara GRIMM – 2007 quarterfinalist – #542 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – #563 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #582 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #598 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #612 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #633 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #644 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #654 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #666 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #686 WTA

Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #706 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #707 WTA
Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #713 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #730 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #763 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #765 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #795 WTA
Lea BOSKOVIC – 2009 player – #828 WTA
Katarina JOKIC – 2008 winner – #869 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC – 2005 player – #927 WTA

• 27 players TOP 1000 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #9 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #59 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #138 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #161 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #191 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #217 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #232 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #253 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 258 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #357 ATP

Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #461 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #479 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #486 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #525 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #538 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #559 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #577 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #600 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #697 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #712 ATP

Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #731 ATP
Bogdan BORZA – 2007 runner up – #737 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #778 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #782 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #799 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #815 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 semifinals – #836 ATP

• 8 boys and 9 girls… in total 17 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #1 Miomir KECMANOVIC – Junior US OPEN 2016 runner up
- #6 Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA
- #7 Yshai OLIEL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #13 Alexei POPYRIN
- #27 Nicola KUHN – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 semifinals
- #33 Tomas MACHAC
- #51 Alex DE MINAUR – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles), Junior Wimbledon 2016 runner up
- #81 Max STEWART

GIRLS:
- #8 Clair LIU – Junior WIMLBEDON 2016 winner (doubles)
- #9 Olga DANILOVIC – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #36 Lea BOSKOVIC
- #41 Tatiana PIERI
- #45 Paula ARIAS MANJON – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #56 Mihaela MARCULESCU
- #70 Ashley LAHEY
- #84 Irina CANTOS SIEMERS
- #99 Seone MENDEZ

• 2 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Eric VANSHELBOIM #5, Lorenzo MUSETTI #6, Olga DANILOVIC #4)

• 4 boys and 3 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE #1, Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA #2, Hamad MEDJEDOVIC #3, Luca NARDI #4, Maria TIMOFEEVA #2, Noa KRZNARIC #7, Kylie BILCHEV #9)

IN 1996 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM ISTRIA AND KVARNER (1st Smrikva Bowl)… IN 1997 TOP PLAYERS FROM CROATIA gathered on the 2nd Smrikva Bowl… IN 1998 3rd SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO GATHER FIRST FOREIGN PLAYERS…

Vilim VISAK (CRO), 1st SB 1996 winner, best ranking #612 ATP (Mar 2006)
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, best ranking #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, best ranking #356 WTA (Mar 2009)

Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #275 WTA
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #525 ATP

2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…

BOYS
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, #93 ATP doubles
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #134 ATP doubles

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #325 WTA

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #161 ATP
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, #486 ATP
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #538 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #778 ATP
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #281 ATP doubles
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #281 ATP doubles

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #301 WTA
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #444 WTA

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #9 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #782 ATP
Ciprian PORUMB (ROU), 8th SB 2003, #1426 ATP

GIRLS
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #214 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #301 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO), 8th SB 2003 runner up, #654 WTA
Manisha FOSTER (UK), 8th SB 2003 player, #1119 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #577 ATP
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #697 ATP
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semif, #731 ATP

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #633 WTA.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #59 ATP
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #138 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #191 ATP
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #217 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #258 ATP.
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #479 ATP.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #82 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #206 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005, #223 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #290 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #297 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, #411 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #644 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005, #927 WTA

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #258 ATP
Andre BIRO (HUN), 11th SB 2006 semif., #1132 ATP

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #118 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #123 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #295 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #340 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #397 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #470 WTA

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

BOYS
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #737 ATP
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), 12th SB 2007 semif., #1129 ATP
Sacha MERZETTI (ITA), 12th SB 2007 winner, not ranked

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #29 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #170 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #298 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #542 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #598 WTA
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #763 WTA

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #357 ATP.
Eduardo NAVA (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, is not ranked on ATP list.

IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING

2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, #559 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #815 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #1234ATP.
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1568 ATP

GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #161 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN (UKR), 13th SB 2008, semif. #504 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #507 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #521 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #686 WTA
Katarina JOKIC (BiH), 13th SB 2008 winner, # 869 WTA

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #707 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., #232 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #461 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #799 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #1044 ATP
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI (ITA), 14th SB 2009 runner up, #1448 ATP doubles
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #1524 ATP doubles
Max STEWART (UK), 14th SB 2009, #81 ITF
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #143 ITF

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #369 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #487 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #535 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #666 WTA
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #795 WTA
Wiktoria KULIK (POL), 14th SB 2009, #1176 WTA
Inci OGUT (TUR), 14th SB 2009 semif., not ranked WTA
Georgina AXON (UK), 14th SB 2009, not ranked WTA
Sina ZUGER (SUI), 14th SB 2009, #144 ITF
Lucie KANKOVA (CZE), 14th SB 2009, #191 ITF

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #229 ITF

Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #706 WTA
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #70 ITF

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, #712 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #836 ATP
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #33 ITF
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #346 ITF

GIRLS
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, #1119 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #45 ITF
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #56 ITF
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #84 ITF
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #122 ITF
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #203 ITF
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010 winner, #373 ITF

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #459 WTA
Alexa BUTERA (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #891 ITF

IN 2011 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 53 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION

2011 – 16th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #113 ITF
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #304 ITF
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #383 ITF
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #465 ITF
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #584 ITF
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #600 ITF
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #607 ITF
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #1094 ITF
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1128 ITF
Nemanja SUBANOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011, #1968 ITF

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #730 WTA
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #207 ITF
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #256 ITF
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #397 ITF
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #411 ITF
Paula JOUKANEN (FIN), 16th SB 2011, #483 ITF

IN 2012 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 57 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., #156 ITF
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #609 ITF
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #669 ITF
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #778 ITF
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #868 ITF
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #1100 ITF
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #1128 ITF
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1751 ITF
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, not yet ranked ITF
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, not yet ranked ITF
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, not yet ranked ITF

GIRLS
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #129 ITF
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #199 ITF
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #223 ITF
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #224 ITF
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #262 ITF
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #346 ITF
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #595 ITF
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #642 ITF
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #653 ITF
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #699 ITF
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #854 ITF
Maria PETROVIC (SWE), 17th SB 2012, #1251 ITF
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1335 ITF
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., not yet ranked ITF

IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 62 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #1 ETA U14
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #2 ETA U14
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #3 ETA U14
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #4 ETA U14
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #12 ETA U14
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #15 ETA U14
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #18 ETA U14
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #27 ETA U14
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #37 ETA U14
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #50 ETA U14
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #59 ETA U14
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #71 ETA U14
Adi DAGAN (ISR), 18th SB 2013, #72 ETA U14
Mateja JANICIJEVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #81 ETA U14
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #109 ETA U14

GIRLS
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #208 ITF & #7 ETA U14
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #9 ETA U14
Ana VILCEK (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #33 ETA U14
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #81 ETA U14
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #108 ETA U14
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #117 ETA U14
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #121 ETA U14

IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 64 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #20 ETA U14
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #45 ETA U14
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #63 ETA U14
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #67 ETA U14
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #69 ETA U14
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #77 ETA U14
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #108 ETA U14
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #109 ETA U14
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #119 ETA U14
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #137 ETA U14
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #213 ETA U14
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #251 ETA U14

GIRLS

Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #15 ETA U14
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #40 ETA U14
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #88 ETA U14
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #261 ETA U14
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #603 ETA U14
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., is too young for ETA U14

IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 72 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), 20th SB 2015 semif.
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), 20th SB 2015 semif.
Dino PRIZMIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015 quarterf.

GIRLS
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif.

IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 78 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif.

GIRLS
Ela Nala MILIČ (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Mia RISTIĆ (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif.

29/04/17

3rd SBTTFW 2017 - Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 22/4/-29/4/2017

A unique week in Smrikve for the talents and families was just completed… the program was run by coach Luca Appino, Tennis Talents founder, and Mio, Smrikva Bowl founder, with the focus on two elements:

Tennis Talents Method

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

and Momentum (the invisible force in tennis)…

The Alumni of this year edition were from 7 different countries representing in total over 15 countries and 4 continents :)

• Sofia Segui Edmundson
• Edit Cosmo
• Ana Tara Praček
• Ayline Ngantcha Lliso
• Malwina Rowinska
• Stefan Sladaković
• Tara Sladaković
• Roben Gavani
• Yannick Ngantcha Lliso

… activation was always there ;)…

…with moments to share some key concepts but the most important was to feel them later by each Alumni…

…and here they are… 3rd SBTTFW 2017 Alumnni: Ana Tara, Sofia, Malwina, Edit, Ayline, Yannick, Tara, Roben, Stefan… :D

… every class on court had the moment of relaxing time after it…

… and each Alumni did a lot of individual moments…

… assessment with family…

… again all the group ;)

… time to celebrate a birthday!!!

… and play…

… play and play… IGRA:::

… strech… strech…

strech…

… celebration at Aula Magna… our night classroom place ;)…

… activate…

… play and do…

… feel it…

… once again…

… and have fun… win something ;)…

something like a good book…

those nice moments…

… pizza time before we say goodbye :)

… last coffee in konoba…

… and see you soon!

16/04/17

Borna CORIC win his first ATP title at ATP 250 event played in Marrakech (Morocco) - Grand Prix Hassan II

Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #79 ATP reached the finals in Chennai and his road to the finals was the following:

Main Draw:
1st round: Borna Coric – Diego Schwartzman (Arg) 6:3,6:2
2nd round: Borna Coric – Reda El Amrani (Mar) 6:2,3:6,7:6
Quarterfinals: Borna Coric – Albert Ramos Vinolas (Esp) 4:6,6:4,6:4
Semifinals: Borna Coric – Jiri Vesely (Cze) 6:4,6:4
Finals: Borna Coric – Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 5:7,7:6,7:5

Players ranking:
Diego Schwartzman (Arg) – #41 ATP
Reda El Amrani (Mar) – #667 ATP
Albert Ramos Vinolas (Esp) – #24 ATP
Jiri Vesely (Cze) – #53 ATP
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) – #32 ATP

10/04/17

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update April 2017)

Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list are mentioned below and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking…

• 12 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 – #33 WTA (Feb 2017)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #42 WTA (Jun 2012)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 47 WTA (Feb 2015)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #62 WTA (Jul 2013)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #123 WTA (Jan 2017)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #134 on WTA (Oct 2016)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #142 WTA (Apr 2016)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #169 WTA (Apr 2017)

Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)

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

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #7 ATP (Jun 2016)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #33 ATP (Jul 2015)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #158 ATP (Aug 2016)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #170 ATP (Nov 2015)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #190 ATP (Feb 2017)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #191 ATP (Apr 2016)

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #102 ATP doubles (Aug 2015)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #145 ATP doubles (Feb 2017)

As of 10th of April 2017 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 50 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA

Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #34 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #82 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #126 WTA
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #131 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #169 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #173 on WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #219 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #220 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #247 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #276 WTA

Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #283 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #292 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #301 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #304 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #320 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #329 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #357 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #363 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #384 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #404 WTA

Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #430 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #448 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #458 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #473 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #518 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #528 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #548 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – #557 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #568 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #580 WTA

Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #581 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #585 WTA
Chiara GRIMM – 2007 quarterfinalist – #587 WTA
Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #613 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #633 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #638 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #644 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #659 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #662 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #696 WTA

Claire LIU – 2010 player – #708 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #709 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #716 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #725 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #750 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #769 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #797 WTA
Manisha FOSTER – 2003 player – #804 WTA
Katarina JOKIC – 2008 winner – #832 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC – 2005 player – #948 WTA

• 27 players TOP 1000 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #9 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #79 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #164 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #184 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #200 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #222 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #229 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #264 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 304 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #405 ATP

Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #477 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #493 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #529 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #539 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #605 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #608 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #619 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #627 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #696 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #709 ATP

Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #714 ATP
Bogdan BORZA – 2007 runner up – #748 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #772 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #800 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #822 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #857 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 semifinals – #941 ATP

• 8 boys and 11 girls… in total 19 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #1 Miomir KECMANOVIC – Junior US OPEN 2016 runner up
- #5 Yshai OLIEL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #7 Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA
- #17 Alexei POPYRIN
- #24 Nicola KUHN – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 semifinals
- #34 Tomas MACHAC
- #52 Alex DE MINAUR – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles), Junior Wimbledon 2016 runner up
- #86 Max STEWART

GIRLS:
- #9 Clair LIU – Junior WIMLBEDON 2016 winner (doubles)
- #10 Olga DANILOVIC – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #34 Lea BOSKOVIC
- #53 Paula ARIAS MANJON – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #60 Mihaela MARCULESCU
- #65 Ashley LAHEY
- #73 Wiktoria KULIK
- #82 Irina CANTOS SIEMERS
- #83 Tatiana PIERI
- #92 Seone MENDEZ
- #95 Lucie KANKOVA

• 3 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Eric VANSHELBOIM #6, Lorenzo MUSETTI #8, Cezar CRETU #10, Olga DANILOVIC #5, Helene PELLICANO #10)

• 4 boys and 3 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE #1, Hamad MEDJEDOVIC #3, Luca NARDI #4, Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA #5, Maria TIMOFEEVA #2, Noa KRZNARIC #7, Kylie BILCHEV #8)

Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #276 WTA
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #529 ATP

2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…

BOYS
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, #103 ATP doubles
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #162 ATP doubles

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #662 WTA

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #164 ATP
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #539 ATP
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, #619 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #772 ATP
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #272 ATP doubles
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #272 ATP doubles

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #357 WTA
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #473 WTA

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #9 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #800 ATP
Ciprian PORUMB (ROU), 8th SB 2003, #1428 ATP

GIRLS
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #219 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #357 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO), 8th SB 2003 runner up, #633 WTA
Manisha FOSTER (UK), 8th SB 2003 player, #804 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #477 ATP
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #696 ATP
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semif, #714 ATP

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #568 WTA.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #79 ATP
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #184 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #200 ATP
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #222 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #304 ATP.
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #493 ATP.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #82 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #220 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005, #247 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #292 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #301 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, #404 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #638 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005, #948 WTA

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #304 ATP
Andre BIRO (HUN), 11th SB 2006 semif., #1135 ATP

GIRLS
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #126 WTA
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #131 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #283 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #329 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #430 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #458 WTA

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

BOYS
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #748 ATP
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), 12th SB 2007 semif., #1132 ATP
Sacha MERZETTI (ITA), 12th SB 2007 winner, not ranked

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #34 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #173 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #304 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #585 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #587 WTA
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #769 WTA

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #405 ATP.
Eduardo NAVA (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, is not ranked on ATP list.

IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING

2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, # 627 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #822 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #1241 ATP.
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1567 ATP

GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #169 WTA.
Olga FRIDMAN (UKR), 13th SB 2008, semif. #448 WTA.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #528 WTA.
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #581 WTA.
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #696 WTA.
Katarina JOKIC (BiH), 13th SB 2008 winner, # 832 WTA.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #709 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., #229 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #608 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #857 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #1058 ATP
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI (ITA), 14th SB 2009 runner up, #1469 ATP doubles
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #1543 ATP doubles
Max STEWART (UK), 14th SB 2009, #86 ITF
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #146 ITF
Anthony POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #689 ITF

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #384 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #518 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #548 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #659 WTA
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #797 WTA
Wiktoria KULIK (POL), 14th SB 2009, #1175 WTA
Inci OGUT (TUR), 14th SB 2009 semif., #1234 WTA
Lucie KANKOVA (CZE), 14th SB 2009, #95 ITF
Sina ZUGER (SUI), 14th SB 2009, #142 ITF
Georgina AXON (UK), 14th SB 2009, #288 ITF
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 runner up, #338 ITF
Gerda ZYKUTE (LTU), 14th SB 2009, #370 ITF

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #210 ITF

Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #716 WTA
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #65 ITF

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, #709 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #941 ATP
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #34 ITF
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #357ITF

GIRLS
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, #1141 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #53 ITF
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #60 ITF
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #82 ITF
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #122 ITF
Daria SOLOVYEVA (RUS), La Bottega di Smrikve, #194 ITF
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #261 ITF
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010 winner, #338 ITF

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #708 WTA
Alexa BUTERA (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #1006 ITF

IN 2011 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 53 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION

2011 – 16th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #166 ITF
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #304 ITF
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #446 ITF
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #525 ITF
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #547 ITF
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #577 ITF
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #627 ITF
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1094 ITF
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #1376 ITF
Nemanja SUBANOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011, #1907 ITF
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ (BiH), 16th SB 2011, is not yet ITF ranked
Peetu POHJOLA (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is not yet ITF ranked
Sergiu MANCIOC (ROU), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., is not yet ITF ranked

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #725 WTA
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #211 ITF
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #280 ITF
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #341 ITF
Paula JOUKANEN (FIN), 16th SB 2011, #476 ITF
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #507 ITF

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #254 ITF
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #685 ITF
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #825 ITF
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #828 ITF
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #845 ITF
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #1118 ITF
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #1424 ITF
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1715 ITF
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #100 ETA U16
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, #184 ETA U16
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #1328 ETA U16

GIRLS
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #124 ITF
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #165 ITF
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #196 ITF
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #235 ITF
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #337 ITF
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #339 ITF
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #790 ITF
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #825 ITF
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #839 ITF
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #922 ITF
Maria PETROVIC (SWE), 17th SB 2012, #1222 ITF
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1307 ITF
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #1443 ITF
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #25 ETA U14

IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 62 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #1 ETA U14
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #3 ETA U14
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #4 ETA U14
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #5 ETA U14
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #12 ETA U14
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #16 ETA U14
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #29 ETA U14
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #32 ETA U14
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #32 ETA U14
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #51 ETA U14
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #59 ETA U14
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #71 ETA U14
Mateja JANICIJEVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #83 ETA U14
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #143 ETA U14

GIRLS
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #207 ITF & #7 ETA U14
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #8 ETA U14
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #10 ETA U14
Ana VILCEK (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #27 ETA U14
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #78 ETA U14
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #102 ETA U14
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #147 ETA U14

IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 64 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #40 ETA U14
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #42 ETA U14
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #48 ETA U14
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #57 ETA U14
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #76 ETA U14
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #90 ETA U14
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #98 ETA U14
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #116 ETA U14
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #120 ETA U14
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #137 ETA U14
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #192 ETA U14
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #218 ETA U14

GIRLS

Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #23
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #38 ETA U14 ETA U14
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #72 ETA U14
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #338 ETA U14
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #564 ETA U14
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., is too young for ETA U14

IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 72 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl

GIRLS
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif.

IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 78 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif.

GIRLS
Ela Nala MILIČ (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Mia RISTIĆ (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif.

08/04/17

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE 22nd SMRIKVA BOWL 2017 CANDIDATES... The confirmation e-mails have been sent to all the 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017 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 2017 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 22st Smrikva Bowl 2017 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 fourth 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 over 120 players… the new envisaged draws are: 64 boys + 64 girls draws…

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

The candidates are from six continents and 40 countries with several new countries. Total number of countries represented on Smrikva Bowl since its foundation in 1996 is expected to pass 80 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 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017 tournament presentation please inform Smrikve Tennis Club via e-mail: miodrag_bozovic@ yahoo.it

29/03/17

The possibility to candidate players for the 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017 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 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017 annual the application forms received exceeded by far the number of total places available of 96 players in total (48 + 48 Draws)… and the right to bring forward the deadline date was executed for the fourth time in the Smrikva Bowl history.

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

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

All the candidates who presented their candidacies by the deadline date will receive the confirmation e-mail of their acceptance or impossibility to invite them to play before April 8th, 2017.

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.

28/03/17

Smrikva Bowl Dream... a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

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.”

… a wise men living in China 2500 years ago once observed… “To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.” … and to set your heart right you need good characters… those who wish to contribute to the greater public good had to begin by working on themselves…

…only then they will see progress radiate out from their personal circles to society at large…

The same Grandmother Willow tried to pass to John Smith in Pocahontas…

Grandmother Willow: Now then, there’s something I want to show you. Look.
[dips her vine in the water in which glowing ripples begin to form]
Pocahontas: The ripples.
John Smith: What about them?
Grandmother Willow: So small at first, then look how they grow. But someone has to start them…

24/03/17

Spring is at the door... nature awakens... and soon the 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017 tennis talents generation will be known... :)

In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started a tradition of planting an Olive tree…

… in many countries the olive tree is a symbol of peace… while the age of the Smrikva Bowl olive 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 try to understand and to learn to preserve all that each of us is born with…

… the spring moment when nature wakes up… is also the moment when the new Smrikva Bowl generation will be identified… and to me it is a nice moment to recall the story of the circle of life… :)

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 responsibility.

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

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.

“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…”

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 why knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important.

Miodrag Bozovic

14/03/17

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update March 2017)

Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list are mentioned below and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking…

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

Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)

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

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #102 ATP doubles (Aug 2015)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #145 ATP doubles (Feb 2017)

As of 14th of March 2017 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 50 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA

Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #33 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #86 WTA
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #128 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #130 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #151 on WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #194 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #225 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #231 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #244 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #276 WTA

Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #304 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #307 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #327 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #330 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #349 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #362 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #381 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #387 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #401 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #407 WTA

Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #433 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #456 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #462 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #489 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #538 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – #541 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #552 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #559 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #572 WTA
Chiara GRIMM – 2007 quarterfinalist – #587 WTA

Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #607 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #613 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #623 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #627 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #634 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #655 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #661 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #664 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #670 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #679 WTA

Claire LIU – 2010 player – #699 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #700 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #718 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #741 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #807 WTA
Katarina JOKIC – 2008 winner – #822 WTA
Manisha FOSTER – 2003 player – #849 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #875 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #897 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC – 2005 player – #997 WTA

• 27 players TOP 1000 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #9 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #59 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #159 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #192 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #194 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #218 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #262 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #280 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 298 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #327 ATP

Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #450 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #482 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #549 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #550 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #636 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #651 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #666 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #695 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #718 ATP
Bogdan BORZA – 2007 runner up – #724 ATP

Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #728 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #768 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #803 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #810 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #822 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #874 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 semifinals – #944 ATP

• 8 boys and 12 girls… in total 20 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #1 Miomir KECMANOVIC – Junior US OPEN 2016 runner up
- #4 Yshai OLIEL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #8 Nicola KUHN – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 semifinals
- #10 Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA
- #19 Alexei POPYRIN
- #44 Alex DE MINAUR – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles), Junior Wimbledon 2016 runner up
- #58 Tomas MACHAC
- #86 Max STEWART

GIRLS:
- #9 Clair LIU – Junior WIMLBEDON 2016 winner (doubles)
- #13 Olga DANILOVIC – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #38 Seone MENDEZ
- #44 Paula ARIAS MANJON – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #50 Lea BOSKOVIC
- #63 Ashley LAHEY
- #67 Mihaela MARCULESCU
- #74 Wiktoria KULIK
- #77 Irina CANTOS SIEMERS
- #85 Tatiana PIERI
- #95 Michaela GORDON
- #96 Lucie KANKOVA

• 3 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Lorenzo MUSETTI #4, Cezar CRETU #7, Eric VANSHELBOIM #8, Olga DANILOVIC #5, Helene PELLICANO #10)

• 5 boys and 4 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE #1, Hamad MEDJEDOVIC #3, Luca NARDI #4, Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA #5, Jerome KYM #10, Maria TIMOFEEVA #2, Noa KRZNARIC #7, Kylie BILCHEV #8, Selin Lydia SEPKEN #10)

Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #276 WTA
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #549 ATP

2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…

BOYS
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, #107 ATP doubles.
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #111 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #655 WTA.

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #159 ATP.
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #550 ATP.
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #768 ATP.
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, #803 ATP.
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #266 ATP doubles.
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #266 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #433 WTA.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #664 WTA.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #9 ATP.
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #822 ATP.
Ciprian PORUMB (ROU), 8th SB 2003, #1434 ATP.

GIRLS
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #231 WTA.
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO), 8th SB 2003 runner up, #627 WTA.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #664 WTA.
Manisha FOSTER (UK), 8th SB 2003 player, #849 WTA.

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #450 ATP.
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semiff, #666 ATP.
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semifF, #695 ATP.

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #538 WTA.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #59 ATP.
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #192 ATP.
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #194 ATP.
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #218 ATP.
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #298 ATP.
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #482 ATP.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #86 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #225 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005, #244 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #304 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #327 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, #407 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #623 WTA
Kristina OSTOJIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005, #997 WTA

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #298 ATP
Andre BIRO (HUN), 11th SB 2006 semif., #1142 ATP

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #128 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #130 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #349 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #362 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #456 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #462 WTA

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

BOYS
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #724 ATP.
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), 12th SB 2007 semif., #1143 ATP.
Sacha MERZETTI (ITA), 12th SB 2007 winner, #1576 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #33 WTA.
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #151 WTA.
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #307 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #587 WTA.
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #661 WTA.
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #807 WTA

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #327 ATP.
Eduardo NAVA (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, is not ranked on ATP list.

IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING

2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, # 728 ATP.
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #810 ATP.
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #1143 ATP.
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1565 ATP.

GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #194 WTA.
Olga FRIDMAN (UKR), 13th SB 2008, semif. #401 WTA.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #489 WTA.
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #552 WTA.
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #700 WTA.
Katarina JOKIC (BiH), 13th SB 2008 winner, # 822 WTA.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #679 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., #262 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #651 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #874 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #1099 ATP
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI (ITA), 14th SB 2009 runner up, #1472 ATP doubles
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #1552 ATP doubles
Max STEWART (UK), 14th SB 2009, #86 ITF
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #134 ITF
Anthony POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #583 ITF

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #387 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #559 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #613 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #670 WTA
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #875 WTA
Wiktoria KULIK (POL), 14th SB 2009, #1131 WTA
Inci OGUT (TUR), 14th SB 2009 semif., #1236 WTA
Lucie KANKOVA (CZE), 14th SB 2009, #96 ITF
Sina ZUGER (SUI), 14th SB 2009, #146 ITF
Georgina AXON (UK), 14th SB 2009, #168 ITF
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 runner up, #339 ITF
Gerda ZYKUTE (LTU), 14th SB 2009, #374 ITF

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #200 ITF

Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #718 WTA
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #63 ITF

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, #718 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #944 ATP
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #58 ITF
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #355 ITF

GIRLS
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, #1137 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #44 ITF
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #67 ITF
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #77 ITF
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #126 ITF
Daria SOLOVYEVA (RUS), La Bottega di Smrikve, #197 ITF
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #273 ITF
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010 winner, #339 ITF

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #699 WTA
Alexa BUTERA (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #819 ITF

IN 2011 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 53 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION

2011 – 16th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #161 ITF
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #308 ITF
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #541 ITF
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #556 ITF
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #626 ITF
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #633 ITF
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #639 ITF
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1077 ITF
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #1348 ITF
Nemanja SUBANOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011, #1873 ITF
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ (BiH), 16th SB 2011, is not yet ITF ranked
Peetu POHJOLA (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is not yet ITF ranked
Sergiu MANCIOC (ROU), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., is not yet ITF ranked

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #897 WTA
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #218 ITF
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #292 ITF
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #342 ITF
Paula JOUKANEN (FIN), 16th SB 2011, #471 ITF
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #680 ITF

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #279 ITF
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #747 ITF
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #802 ITF
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #826 ITF
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #1102 ITF
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #1109 ITF
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1681 ITF
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #1681 ITF
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #161 ETA U16
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, #183 ETA U16
Angel GUERRERO MELGAR (ESP), 17th SB 2012, #752 ETA U16
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC (BiH), 17th SB 2012 semif., #777 ETA U16
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #1368 ETA U16

GIRLS
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #130 ITF
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #169 ITF
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #200 ITF
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #244 ITF
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #336 ITF
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #440 ITF
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #933 ITF
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #943 ITF
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #1005 ITF
Maria PETROVIC (SWE), 17th SB 2012, #1014 ITF
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1308 ITF
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #1884 ITF
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #2 ETA U14
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #23 ETA U14
Sara PAUNOVIC (SUI), 17th SB 2012, #250 ETA U16
Andjela VIDOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012, #255 ETA U16

IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 62 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #1 ETA U14
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #3 ETA U14
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #4 ETA U14
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #5 ETA U14
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #10 ETA U14
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #20 ETA U14
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #36 ETA U14
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #41 ETA U14
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #44 ETA U14
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #49 ETA U14
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #58 ETA U14
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #58 ETA U14
Mateja JANICIJEVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #71 ETA U14
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #131 ETA U14

GIRLS
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #212 ITF & #7 ETA U14
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #8 ETA U14
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #10 ETA U14
Ana VILCEK (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #25 ETA U14
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #90 ETA U14
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #102 ETA U14
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #135 ETA U14

IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 64 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #29 ETA U14
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #30 ETA U14
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #47 ETA U14
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #74 ETA U14
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #79 ETA U14
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #85 ETA U14
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #91 ETA U14
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #114 ETA U14
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #117 ETA U14
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #124 ETA U14
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #180 ETA U14
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #200 ETA U14

GIRLS

Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #32 ETA U14
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #33 ETA U14
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #68 ETA U14
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #313 ETA U14
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #548 ETA U14
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., is too young for ETA U14

IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 72 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl

GIRLS
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif.

IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 78 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif.

GIRLS
Ela Nala MILIČ (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Mia RISTIĆ (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif.

04/03/17

Smrikva Bowl Library story and the spring... JRL once said... "books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind..." ;)

22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017 generation will be selected in less than 30 days… and today I will be pleased to recall a story that is linked to the books and the title of today… linked to the books but also to our players who bring them to their Smrikva Bowl… :)

…it is the story of heritage… but as written in the title… it is again a story related to the spring via pollen … but this time is a kind of mind pollen… ;)…

James Russell Lowell compared books to the bees and I like it… “books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind…”

In 2009 we started the building of the Smrikva Bowl library. Each Smrikva Bowl player is requested to bring with him a cultural book that will remember his stay in Smrikve and will represent his culture of origin that one day guests of Smrikve will be able to consult, enjoy and discover.

Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors are today spread in 78 countries and all the continents. Historically their task was to search the talented kids in their countries of origin and invite them to play the Smrikva Bowl but from this year they are also our Cultural Ambassadors.

The old olive tree Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors plant every year is a symbol of friendship and intergenerational responsibility and Smrikva Bowl’s idea of children, sport, music and culture that are able to pass all frontiers are incorporated in the creation of this Smrikva Bowl Library.

I used to write in my first book on European Union and Cosmopolitan Democracy that we are those who represent the current civilization.

This is an important concept. Today people live an average of about 80 years. What we call civilization is mostly made up of the human knowledge we have accumulated until today, which our institutions pass onto future generations.

The books represent the greatest human memory that can help us understand what we see combined with cumulated personal experience of our daily lives. But given the fragility of the circle of life it is very easy for people to ignore these facts and lose sight of our human knowledge. It takes just a few generations to lose this great heritage.

We have gotten used to rapid technological progress, but social and civil progress is slower and more complex. Humans learn throughout their whole lifetime, from books and schools, but we also mostly learn from our personal experiences.

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

Thanks in advance to all the 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017 generation players who will help this year with their visit to Smrikve to build another piece of the Smrikva Bowl World library :)

Miodrag Bozovic

26/02/17

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, win Rio Open 2017 - played in Brazil - ATP 500 Tournament on clay... 8th ATP title in his career

In 2015, NICE… UMAG… GSTAAD… in 2016, BUENOS ARIES, ACAPULCO, NICE and STUTTGART… and this year RIO DE JANEIRO the 8th ATP title… Bravo DOMINATOR! ;D

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #8 ATP, is the winner of Rio Open 2017 – ATP 500 Tournament and the results were the following:

1st round: Dominic Thiem – Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) 6:4,7:5
2nd round: Dominic Thiem – Dusan Lajovic (Srb) 6:2,7:5
Quarterfinals: D. Thiem – Diego Schwartzman (Arg) 6:2,6:3
Semifinals: Dominic Thiem – Albert Ramos Vinola (Esp) 6:1,6:4
Finals: Dominic Thiem – Pablo Carreno Busta (Esp) 7:5, 6:4

Players ranking:
Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) – #96 ATP
Dusan Lajovic (Srb) – #97 ATP
Diego Schwartzman (Arg) – #51 ATP
Albert Ramos Vinola (Esp) – #26 ATP
Pablo Carreno Busta (Esp) – #25 ATP

20/02/17

21 Smrikva Bowl players out of 128 were in the Main Draws of the Open Super 12 - AURAY 2017 start... Linda Fruhvirtova & Dino Prizmic are the winner and Branko Djuric is runner up

OPEN SUPER 12 AURAY is played since 1985 and many top world players played this tournament considered one of the most important under 12 International Tournaments in the World.

Some of the known names are: Les Français Richard GASQUET, Gaël MONFILS, Paul-Henri MATHIEU, Julien BENNETEAU, Tommy ROBREDO, Raphaël NADAL, Mickaël YOUZNY, Féliciano LOPEZ, Amélie MAURESMO, Justine HENIN, Kim CLIJSTERS and Dinara SAFINA.

Over the last years several Smrikva Bowl players won OPEN SUPER 12 AURAY: Maia LUMSDEN, Anastasia MIKHEEVA, Paula ARIAS MANON, Mihailo POPOVIC, Victor JOVIC…

Out of 128 players in both girls and boys Main Draws I recognized 21 former Smrikva Bowl players…

In the 2nd round there were 14 SB players out of 64…

In the 3rd round there were 7 SB players out of 32…

In the quarterfinals there were 5 SB players out of 16…

In the semifinals there were 3 SB players out of 8…

In the finals there were 3 SB players out of 4… Branko Djuric, Dino Prizmic and Linda Fruhvirtova

The winner of the girls single and double draw is Linda Fruhvirtova… the winner of the boys final is Dino Prizmic.

In doubles girls finals there were two Smrikva Bowl girls: Linda Fruhvirtova and Jaquelyn Ogunwale

Detailed results of Smrikva boys and girls on this year OPEN Super 12 – AURAY 2017 are the following:

BOYS:

Dino PRIZMIC (Cro) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 quarterfinalist
1st round: Dino PRIZMIC – Said AITALI (Fra) 6:0,6:4
2nd round: Dino PRIZMIC – Andre MEGRABIAN (Bel) 6:1,4:6,6:1
3rd round: Dino PRIZMIC – Kilian FELDBAUSCH (Sui) 6:0, 6:1
Quarterfinals: Dino PRIZMIC – Jakub MENSIK (Cze) 7:6, 6:4
Semifinals: Dino PRIZMIC – Alexander BLOCKX (Bel) 7:6,6:3
Finals: Dino PRIZMIC – Branko DJURIC (Srb) 6:2,5:7,7:5

Branko DJURIC (Srb) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 winner
1st round: Branko DJURIC – Jules CABY (Fra) 6:0,6:2
2nd round: Branko DJURIC – Gilles Arnaud BAILLY (Bel) 6:4,6:3
3rd round: Branko DJURIC – Antoine GHIBAUDO (Fra) 6:2,7:5
Quarterfinals: Branko DJURIC – Maxim ZHUKOV (Rus) 6:1,6:0
Semifinals: Branko DJURIC – Vojtech PETR (Cze) 6:3,7:5
Finals: Branko DJURIC – Dino PRIZMIC (Cro) 2:6,7:5,5:7

Giacomo NOSEI (Ita) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Giacomo NOSEI – Andrea M’CHICH (Fra) 6:3,6:2
2nd round: Giacomo NOSEI – Nicolas NIOX CHATEAU (Fra) 6:2,6:1
3rd round: Giacomo NOSEI – Arthur GEA (Fra) 6:3,6:3
Quarterfinals: Giacomo NOSEI – Vojtech PETR (Cze) 2:6,3:6

Marc MAJDANDZIC (Ger) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 semifinalist
1st round: Marc MAJDANDZIC – Theo MOTTIER (Fra) 6:2,6:1
2nd round: Marc MAJDANDZIC – Nicolas TREBUCHET (Fra) 6:4, 6:1
3rd round: Marc MAJDANDZIC – Alexander BLOCKX (Bel) 6:3,4:6,3:6

Filippo ROMANO (Ita) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Filippo ROMANO – Alexandre FRIGOUT (Fra) 6:2,6:1
2nd round: Filippo ROMANO – Antoine GHIBAUDO 7:6,1:6,0:6

Theodore PURKIS (Gbr) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Theodore PURKIS – P. BARBIER GAZEU (Fra) 7:5,6:1
2nd round: Theodore PURKIS – Maxim ZHUKOV (Rus) 0:6,3:6

*Aleksa PISARIC * (Srb) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Aleksa PISARIC – Alexis ARNAL (Fra) 6:1,6:0
2nd round: Aleksa PISARIC – Gabriel DEBRU (Fra) 1:6,6:7

Andrea MEDURI (Ita) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Andrea MEDURI – Hoan MOURET (Fra) 6:0,6:4
2nd round: Andrea MEDURI – A.BLOCKX (Bel) 6:3,0:6,0:6

Walker ALLEN (Usa) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Walker ALLEN – Patrick SCHOEN (Sui) 4:6,2:6

Viktor MARKOV (Bul) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Viktor MARKOV – Iannis FERNANDES (Fra) 1:6,1:6

Mikalai BANKOU (Blr) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Mikalai BANKOU – Nicolas TREBUCHET (Fra) 1:6,3:6

GIRLS:

Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (Cze) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 semifinalist
1st round: Linda FRUHVIRTOVA – Emma JOUY (Fra) 6:0,6:1
2nd round: Linda FRUHVIRTOVA – D.SHUVYRDENKOVA (Rus) 6:0,6:0
3rd round: Linda FRUHVIRTOVA – Victoria MBOKO (Can) 6:1,6:3
Quarterfinals: Linda FRUHVIRTOVA – Celine NAEF (Sui) 6:3,6:0
Semifinals: Linda FRUHVIRTOVA – Sofia COSTOULAS (Bel) 6:3, 6:4
Finals: Linda FRUHVIRTOVA – Karolina KOZAKOVA (Cze) 6:2,7:5

Jaquelyn OGUNWALE (Uk) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Jaquelyn OGUNWALE – Clemence THOUARD (Fra) 6:0,6:0
2nd round: Jaquelyn OGUNWALE – Iulia GHERMAN (Mda) 6:0,7:5
3rd round: Jaquelyn OGUNWALE – Noheila RAMDANI (Fra) 6:3,3:6,6:3
Quarterfinals: Jaquelyn OGUNWALE – L.HAVLICKOVA (Cze) 7:6,2:6,2:6

Mio MUSHIKA (Jpn) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Mio MUSHIKA – Nel COLLIDOR (Fra) 6:4,6:1
2nd round: Mio MUSHIKA – T.S.R. RAJAONAH (Fra) 6:2,7:5
3rd round: Mio MUSHIKA – Sofia COSTOULAS (Bel) 2:6,4:6

Mao MUSHIKA (Jpn) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Mao MUSHIKA – Shanice ROIGNOT (Fra) 6:1,6:2
2nd round: Mao MUSHIKA – Naroa ARANZABAL (Esp) 2:6,0:6

Lola RADIVOJEVIC (Isr) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Lola RADIVOJEVIC – Agostina BREVAL (Fra) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Lola RADIVOJEVIC – Sofia COSTOULAS (Bel) 1:6,2:6

Julia ZLATEVA (Bul) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Julia ZLATEVA – Beverley A. NYANGON (Fra) 6:3,6.3
2nd round: Julia ZLATEVA – Constance LEVIVIER (Fra) 3:6,3:6

Leticia TAROCCO (Cro) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Leticia TAROCCO – Astrid LEW YAN FOON (Fra) 5:7,2:6

Anja PETKOVIC (Srb) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 runner up
1st round: Anja PETKOVIC – Juliette BAHRI (Fra) 2:6,1:6

Tea ZIVIC (Fra) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Tea ZIVIC – Iulia GHERMAN (Mda) 2:6,3:6

Anastasia A.NIKOLOVA (Bul) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Anastasia A.NIKOLOVA – N.RAMDANI (Fra) 4:6,7:6,5:7

15/02/17

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update February 2017)

Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list are mentioned below and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking…

• 11 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 – #36 WTA (Jan 2017)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #42 WTA (Jun 2012)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 47 WTA (Feb 2015)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #62 WTA (Jul 2013)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #123 WTA (Jan 2017)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #134 on WTA (Oct 2016)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #142 WTA (Apr 2016)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)

Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)

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

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #7 ATP (Jun 2016)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #33 ATP (Jul 2015)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #158 ATP (Aug 2016)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #170 ATP (Nov 2015)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #191 ATP (Apr 2016)

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #102 ATP doubles (Aug 2015)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #145 ATP doubles (Feb 2017)

As of 15th of February 2017 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 48 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA

Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #36 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #85 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #125 WTA
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #129 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #149 on WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #220 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #230 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #236 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #239 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #280 WTA

Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #288 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #299 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #307 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #330 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #331 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #359 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #373 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #387 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #407 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #410 WTA

Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #415 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #422 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #439 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #461 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #468 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #490 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – #541 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #549 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #555 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #560 WTA

Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #572 WTA
Chiara GRIMM – 2007 quarterfinalist – #596 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #604 WTA
Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #613 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #614 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #648 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #659 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #667 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #677 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #680 WTA

Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #710 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #737WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #806 WTA
Katarina JOKIC – 2008 winner – #818 WTA
Manisha FOSTER – 2003 player – #851 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #860 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #875 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #902 WTA

• 27 players TOP 1000 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #8 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #61 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #157 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #181 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #209 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #218 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #245 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 292 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #294 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #297 ATP

Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #430 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #486 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #554 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #562 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #642 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #654 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #659 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #699 ATP
Bogdan BORZA – 2007 runner up – #724 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #730 ATP

Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #768 ATP
Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #800 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #806 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #812 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #819 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #857 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 semifinals – #928 ATP

• 8 boys and 11 girls… in total 19 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #1 Miomir KECMANOVIC – Junior US OPEN 2016 runner up
- #4 Yshai OLIEL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #8 Nicola KUHN – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 semifinals
- #10 Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA
- #16 Alexei POPYRIN
- #38 Alex DE MINAUR – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles), Junior Wimbledon 2016 runner up
- #79 Max STEWART
- #82 Tomas MACHAC

GIRLS:
- #11 Clair LIU – Junior WIMLBEDON 2016 winner (doubles)
- #13 Olga DANILOVIC – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #33 Paula ARIAS MANJON – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #34 Seone MENDEZ
- #48 Lea BOSKOVIC
- #63 Ashley LAHEY
- #66 Mihaela MARCULESCU
- #68 Irina CANTOS SIEMERS
- #73 Wiktoria KULIK
- #83 Tatiana PIERI
- #97 Michaela GORDON

• 3 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Cezar CRETU #5, Lorenzo MUSETTI #6, Eric VANSHELBOIM #7, Olga DANILOVIC #4, Helene PELLICANO #10)

• 4 boys and 3 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE #1, Hamad MEDJEDOVIC #3, Luca NARDI #4, Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA #8, Maria TIMOFEEVA #2, Noa KRZNARIC #4, Kylie BILCHEV #9)

Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #299 WTA
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #554 ATP

2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…

BOYS
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, #118 ATP doubles.
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #119 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #288 WTA.

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #157 ATP.
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #562 ATP.
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #768 ATP.
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, #812 ATP.
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #299 ATP doubles.
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #299 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #422 WTA.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, not ranked

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #8 ATP.
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #819 ATP.
Ciprian PORUMB (ROU), 8th SB 2003, #1443 ATP.

GIRLS
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #230 WTA.
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO), 8th SB 2003 runner up, #549 WTA.
Manisha FOSTER (UK), 8th SB 2003 player, #851 WTA.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., not ranked

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #430 ATP.
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semiff, #654 ATP.
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semifF, #699 ATP.

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #490 WTA.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #61 ATP.
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #181 ATP.
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #209 ATP.
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #218 ATP.
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #292 ATP.
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #486 ATP.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #85 WTA
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #236 WTA
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005, #239 WTA
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #307 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #330 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, #415 WTA
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #648 WTA

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #292 ATP
Andre BIRO (HUN), 11th SB 2006 semif., #1144 ATP

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #48 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #123 WTA
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #361 WTA
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #428 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #446 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #468 WTA

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

BOYS
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #724 ATP.
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), 12th SB 2007 semif., #1145 ATP.
Sacha MERZETTI (ITA), 12th SB 2007 winner, #1579 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #36 WTA.
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #149 WTA.
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #280 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #596 WTA.
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #614 WTA.
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #875 WTA

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #297 ATP.
Eduardo NAVA (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, is not ranked on ATP list.

IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING

2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, # 800 ATP.
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #806 ATP.
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #1102 ATP.
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1569 ATP.

GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #220 WTA.
Olga FRIDMAN (UKR), 13th SB 2008, semif. #407 WTA.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #439 WTA.
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #555 WTA.
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #806 WTA.
Katarina JOKIC (BiH), 13th SB 2008 winner, # 818 WTA.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #680 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., #245 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #659 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #857 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #1140 ATP
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI (ITA), 14th SB 2009 runner up, #1475 ATP doubles
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #1557 ATP doubles
Max STEWART (UK), 14th SB 2009, #79 ITF
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #126 ITF
Anthony POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #564 ITF

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #387 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #560 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #604 WTA
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #667 WTA
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #860 WTA
Wiktoria KULIK (POL), 14th SB 2009, #1137 WTA
Inci OGUT (TUR), 14th SB 2009 semif., #1237 WTA
Lucie KANKOVA (CZE), 14th SB 2009, #65 ITF
Georgina AXON (UK), 14th SB 2009, #164 ITF
Sina ZUGER (SUI), 14th SB 2009, #221 ITF
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 runner up, #255 ITF
Gerda ZYKUTE (LTU), 14th SB 2009, #363 ITF

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #204 ITF

Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #710 WTA
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #63 ITF

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, #730 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #928 ATP
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #82 ITF
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #341 ITF

GIRLS
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, #1143 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #33 ITF
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #66 ITF
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #68 ITF
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #121 ITF
Daria SOLOVYEVA (RUS), La Bottega di Smrikve, #189 ITF
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010 winner, #255 ITF
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #354 ITF
Andja KARANUSIC (CRO), 15th SB 2010, #1127 ITF

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #677 WTA
Alexa BUTERA (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #575 ITF

IN 2011 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 53 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION

2011 – 16th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #154 ITF
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #299 ITF
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #510 ITF
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #524 ITF
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #613 ITF
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #618 ITF
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #633 ITF
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1038 ITF
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #1310 ITF
Nemanja SUBANOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011, #1849 ITF
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ (BiH), 16th SB 2011, is not yet ITF ranked
Peetu POHJOLA (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is not yet ITF ranked
Sergiu MANCIOC (ROU), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., is not yet ITF ranked

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #902 WTA
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #205 ITF
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #294 ITF
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #453 ITF
Paula JOUKANEN (FIN), 16th SB 2011, #457 ITF
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #608 ITF

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #330 ITF
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #719 ITF
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #796 ITF
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #1064 ITF
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #1200 ITF
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #1582 ITF
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1652 ITF
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #1652 ITF
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #106 ETA U16
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, #161 ETA U16
Angel GUERRERO MELGAR (ESP), 17th SB 2012, #614 ETA U16
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC (BiH), 17th SB 2012 semif., #745 ETA U16
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #1178 ETA U16

GIRLS
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #127 ITF
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #130 ITF
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #136 ITF
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #243 ITF
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #349 ITF
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #709 ITF
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #915 ITF
Maria PETROVIC (SWE), 17th SB 2012, #998 ITF
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #1056 ITF
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1743 ITF
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #2 ETA U14
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #32 ETA U14
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #116 ETA U16
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #143 ETA U16
Sara PAUNOVIC (SUI), 17th SB 2012, #235 ETA U16
Andjela VIDOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012, #242 ETA U16

IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 62 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #1 ETA U14
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #3 ETA U14
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #4 ETA U14
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #8 ETA U14
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #12 ETA U14
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #21 ETA U14
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #31 ETA U14
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #36 ETA U14
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #45 ETA U14
Mateja JANICIJEVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #50 ETA U14
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #56 ETA U14
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #82 ETA U14
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #105 ETA U14
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #112 ETA U14

GIRLS
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #199 ITF & #4 ETA U14
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #9 ETA U14
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #11 ETA U14
Ana VILCEK (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #20 ETA U14
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #81 ETA U14
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #95 ETA U14
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #117 ETA U14

IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 64 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #14 ETA U14
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #22 ETA U14
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #38 ETA U14
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #59 ETA U14
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #64 ETA U14
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #74 ETA U14
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #92 ETA U14
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #92 ETA U14
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #95 ETA U14
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #110 ETA U14
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #175 ETA U14
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #180 ETA U14

GIRLS

Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #28 ETA U14
Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #35 ETA U14
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #57 ETA U14
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #376 ETA U14
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #513 ETA U14
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., is too young for ETA U14

IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 72 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl

GIRLS
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif.

IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 78 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif.

GIRLS
Ela Nala MILIČ (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Mia RISTIĆ (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif.

07/02/17

The Smrikve c Code story... is a story about virtue developed by training and wish to learn...

Smrikve c Code was created years ago…

The birth of this article was inspired by the Smrikva Bowl kids’ ability to use rackets and the Star Wars knights to use their lightsabers…

It is a kid’s story about virtue created by long hours spent in training and wish to learn… day after day… year after year… decade after decade…

Smrikve, October 2010

The Star Wars “Return of the Jedi” is the first film I remember seeing with my dad at the cinema… it was 1983 and I was 10… the cinema was named “Istra”… I was the same age as the Smrikva Bowl players we host every year in Smrikve :)…

In the introduction of this article I would just underline that I like the way Jedi use the lightsabers and I like the way Smrikva Bowl kids use their rackets :)… Smrikve c Code is a story about virtue created by training and wish to learn…

My dad was pilot and for me watching The Star Wars with him at the cinema was a particular experience … I had many questions and he, as usual, with smile and pleasure answered to each of my questions…

Dad used to take me with him on the airport when I was little… and I remember him entering the cockpit of the plane with pilot helmet watching towards me and giving me the sign that he was ready to fly… than he turned on the engine of the plane and watched towards me again with smile in his eyes…

I stayed about 100 meters from the airplane with his colleagues and watched him taking his plane towards runway…

From the place where I stayed only part of the runway was visible because of the wood and he took the plane in the area that was invisible to me to prepare for the takeoff… I was able to hear the force of the engine… and when the sound of the force started to increase I knew that my dad will be visible soon… his colleagues were telling me “be ready soon your dad will come”… and when he started to be visible on the back of the plane there was the fire… almost half length of the airplane had the fire extension formed by his engine and I just noticed his helmet in the cockpit and followed by my kids eyes his airplane reaching the sky…

The Jedi are characters in the Star Wars universe bound to a code of morality and justice and are trained in the use of the light side of the force. They learn to use the Force, and weapons, known as lightsabers, which emits a controlled energy flow in the shape of a sword, to serve and protect their Republic and the galaxy from conflicts or government instability…

Since long time ago I started to note the ability of Smrikva Bowl kids using the racket and thinking at the same time on Jedi’s ability to use the lightsaber :)…

Some of my students use Wilson’s ying & young damper… known as Tao sign… they like the symbol but are still too young to have an idea about it ;)… I will try to use this symbol to help me explain how little the difference could be in forming a balance in anything we do… every action has a reaction in our World… in the first classes of physics we learn Newton’s third law…

Tao is an abstract concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient Chinese philosophy and East Asian cultures.

While the word itself translates as “way”, “path”, or “route”… it is often used philosophically to signify the fundamental nature of the World we are used to living on Earth… it is often referred to as “the nameless”, because neither it nor its principles can ever be adequately expressed in words.

While the Tao cannot be expressed, Taoism holds that it can be known, and its principles can be followed. Much of Taoist writing focuses on the value of following the Tao – called Te (virtue) – and of the ultimate uselessness of trying to understand or control Tao outright. This is often expressed through yin and yang arguments, where every action creates a counter-action as a natural, unavoidable movement within manifestations of the Tao.

I used the above short explenation to introduce the Codes used in the Star Wars universe…

As in the Tao symbol there were knights trained to use the dark side of the force and the light side… this is the way how mankind functioned since the human written memory goes back…

For new ideas people have to go beyond… out of the known patterns by using their imagination… the kids are many times Master in this…

“Truly wonderful the mind of a child is.”… :)

DARK SIDE (The Sith Code)

• Peace is a lie. There is only passion.
• Through passion, I gain strength.
• Through strength, I gain power.
• Through power, I gain victory.
• Through victory, my chains are broken.
• The Force shall free me.

LIGHT SIDE (The Jedi Code)

• There is no emotion, there is peace.
• There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
• There is no passion, there is serenity.
• There is no death, there is the Force.

The Jedi Code was rewritten by Grand Master Luke Skywalker upon reestablishing the Jedi Order:

• Jedi are the guardians of peace in the galaxy.
• Jedi use their powers to defend and to protect.
• Jedi respect all life, in any form.
• Jedi serve others rather than ruling over them, for the good of the galaxy.
• Jedi seek to improve themselves through knowledge and training.

Smrikve c code is the code…

…and… just one more thing…

… “La guerra no le hace a uno grandioso.”… ;)

I am pleased to close this article with Dire Straits and their Brothers in Arms song… starting with the sound of the thunder… The concert was made in 1988 to honour Nelson Mandela…

*BROTHERS IN ARMS *

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you’ll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you’ll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptism of fire
I’ve whittnessed your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There’s so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun’s gone to hell
And the moon’s riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it’s written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We’re fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

Miodrag Bozovic

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24/01/17

24 Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of the 35th Les Petits As 2017 edition... the winners are Maria TIMOFEEVA & Luca NARDI... Hamad MEDJEDOVIC is runner up &... Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE reached semifinals

Les Petits As is unofficial under 14 World Championship traditionally played in Tarbes in France.

… and out of 128 players in both girls and boys Main Draws I recognized in total 24 former Smrikva Bowl players (10 girls and 14 boys)

In the 1st round there were 24 Smrikva Bowl players out of 128 (18,8%)
In the 2nd round there were 18 Smrikva Bowl players out of 64 (28,1%)
In the 3rd round there were 9 Smrikva Bowl players out of 32 (28,1%)
In the quarterfinals there were 5 Smrikva Bowl players out of 16 (31,3%)
In the semifinals there were 4 Smrikva Bowl players out of 8 (50%)
In the finals there were 3 Smrikva Bowl players out of 4 (75%)

The winners are: Maria Timofeeva and Luca Nardi
Runner up: Hamad Medjedovic

GIRLS

Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS) – 17th SB 2012
1st round: Maria Timofeeva – V.KHREBTOVA (BEL) 6:4,6:1
2nd round: Maria Timofeeva – Stela PEEVA (BLG) 6:1,6:2
3rd round: Maria Timofeeva – Beyda BAYKAL (TUR) 6:2,6:3
Quarterfinals: Maria Timofeeva – Elvina KALIEVA (USA) 7:6,6:1
Semifinals: Maria Timofeeva – Polina KUDERMETOVA (RUS) 6:4,6:3
Finals: Maria Timofeeva -Dasha LOPATETSKAYA (UKR)

Noa KRZNARIC (CRO) – 18th SB 2013 winner
1st round: Noa Krznaric – Melissa BOYDEN (NED) 6:1,6:0
2nd round: Noa Krznaric – Anika JASKOVA (SVK) 6:3,6:4
3rd round: Noa Krznaric – Ksenia ALESHINA (RUS) 3:6,6:3,6:1
Quarterfinals: Noa Krznaric – Cori GAUFF (USA) 5:7,3:6

Selin SEPKEN (TUR) – 18th SB 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Selin Sepken – Maria M.FIACAN (SUI) 6:4,6:3
2nd round: Selin Sepken – Camille BELBERKA (FRA) 6:1,6:0
3rd round: Selin Sepken – O.SELEKHMETEVA (RUS) 3:6,0:6

Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA) – 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist
1st round: Matilde Paoletti – Amelia BISSETT (GBR) 7:5,4:6,6:3
2nd round: Matilde Paoletti – Jana KOLODYNSKA (BLR) 6:1,6:4
3rd round: Matilde Paoletti – P.KUDERMETOVA (RUS) 3:6,4:6

Stela PEEVA (BLG) – 19th SB 2014
1st round: Stela Peeva – Eleonore VIANO (FRA) 6:4, 2:6, 6:2
2nd round: Stela Peeva – Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS) 1:6,2:6

Antonia RUZIC (CRO) – 18th SB 2013
1st round: Antonia Ruzic – Astrid CIROTTE (FRA) 6:4,6:3
2nd round: Antonia Ruzic – Elvina KALIEVA (USA) 6:1,5:7,1:6

Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE) – 20th SB 2015 semifinalist
1st round: L.Fruhvirtova – A.SHCHERBININA (RUS) 6:3,3:6,6:2
2nd round: Linda Fruhvirtova – F.I.A. KEITA (ROM) 6:4,6:7,1:6

Kylie Bilchev (GBR) – 18th SB 2013 runner up
1st round: Kylie Bilchev – V.I.G, POPA TEIUSANU (ROM) 6:3,6:1
2nd round: Kylie Bilchev – V.PETROVSKAIA (RUS) 0:6,3:6

Charlotte OWENSBY (USA) – 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist
1st round: Charlotte Owensby – V.SOLOVYEVA (RUS) 6:2, 6:1
2nd round: Charlotte Owensby – D.LOPATETSKAYA (UKR) 2:6,1:6

Ana VILCEK (SRB) – 18th SB 2013
1st round: Ana Vilcek – Bente SPEE (NED) 6:4, 5:7, 0:6

BOYS

Luca NARDI (ITA) – 18th SB 2013
1st round: Luca Nardi – P. NGIJOL CARRE (FRA) 6:0,6:2
2nd round: Luca Nardi – Joel PIERLEONI (GBR) 6:3,7:5
3rd round: Luca Nardi – Mikhail GOROKHOV (RUS) 4:6,7:5,6:2
Quarterfinals: Luca Nardi – Toby Alex KODAT (USA) 7:5,6:2
Semifinals: Luca Nardi – Holger V.N.RUNE (DEN) 7:6,6:2
Finals: Luca Nardi – Hamad MEDJEDOVIC* (SRB) 6:2,7:5

Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB) – 18th SB 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Hamad Medjedovic – A. TURRIZIANI (ESP) 6:1,6:2
2nd round: Hamad Medjedovic – Credit CHAIYARIN (THI) 7:5,6:3
3rd round: Hamad Medjedovic – M. KASNIKOWSKI (POL) 6:3,6:7,7:6
Quarterfinals: Hamad Medjedovic – Derrick CHEN (GBR) 3:6,6:3,6:4
Semifinals: Hamad Medjedovic – A.BERNARD (USA) 4:6,6:4,6:2
Finals: Hamad Medjedovic – Luca NARDI (ITA) 2:6,5:7

Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN) – 18th SB 2013
1st round: Holger V.N.Rune – Louis DAVEY (GBR) 6:0,6:0
2nd round: Holger V.N.Rune – J.DOUS KARPENSCHIF (FRA) 6:3,6:1
3rd round: Holger V.N.Rune – Artem PODOROZHNYI (UKR) 6:3,6:1
Quarterfinals: Holger V.N.Rune – Leo RAQUIN (FRA) 6:1,6:2
Semifinals: Holger V.N.Rune – Luca NARDI (ITA) 6:7,2:6

Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (Esp) – 18th SB 2013 runner up
1st round: Carlos Alcaraz – A. DE VILLEPIN (FRA) 6:0,6:2
2nd round: Carlos Alcaraz – Jerome KYM (SUI) 6:1,1:6,7:5
3rd round: Carlos Alcaraz – Toby Alex KODAT (RUS) 3:6,2:6.4:6

Daniel RINCON (Esp) – 18th SB 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Daniel Rincon – Sofiane OUARAZ (FRA) 6:1,6:0
2nd round: Daniel Rincon – Mili POLJICAK (CRO) 6:2,6:4
3rd round: Daniel Rincon – Elmer MOLLER (DEN) 5:7,6:7,2:6

Mili POLJICAK (CRO) – 19th SB 2014
1st round: Mili Poljicak – T.DZIMISTARISHVILI (GEO) 6:4,6:2
2nd round: Mili Poljicak – Daniel RINCON (ESP) 2:6, 4:6

Jerome KYM (SUI) – 18th SB 2013
1st round: Jerome Kym – Patrick BRADY (THI) 6:3,6:0
2nd round: Jerome Kym – Carlos ALCARAZ (ESP) 1:6,6:1,5:7

Stefan POPOVIC (SRB) – 18th SB 2013
1st round: Stefan Popovic -M.BASSEM SOBHY (EGY) 6:4,6:1
2nd round: Stefan Popovic – A.PODOROZHNYI (UKR) 4:6,5:7

Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE) – 18th SB 2013
1st round: Aleksa Krivokapic – O. G. UMUR (TUR) 6:3,6:3
2nd round: Aleksa Krivokapic – Leo RAQUIN (FRA) 3:6,0:6

Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE) – 18th SB 2013
1st round: Danilo Raicevic – Y. DJOUDER 6:7,6:2,0:6

Patrick BRADY (THI) – 19th SB 2014 winner
1st round: Patrick Brady – Jerome KYM (SUI) 3:6, 0:6

Lovre ERCEG (CRO) – 18th SB 2013
1st round: Lovre Erceg – Martin DAMM (USA) 5:7,2:6

Luka MIKRUT (CRO) – 19th SB 2014
1st round: Luka Mikrut – C. BOUCHELAGHEM (FRA) 4:6,3:6

Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP) – 18th SB 2013 winner
1st round: Alejandro Turriziani – H.MEDJEDOVIC (BiH) 1:6,2:6

21/01/17

10 Smrikva Bowl players are playing Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017... Yshai OLIEL played the finals

Nice to recognize 10 Smrikva Bowl players names playing Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017: 7 girls and 3 boys…

BOYS:

Main Draw

Yshai OLIEL (ISR) – 15th SB 2010 runner up
1st round: Yshai Oliel – Francesco Forti (ITA) 6:3,6:1
2nd round: Yshai Oliel – M. Dellavedova (AUS) 6:2,6:1
3rd round: Yshai Oliel – Alexandre Rotsaert (USA) 6:0,6:0
Quarterfinals: Yshai Oliel – Menelaos Efstathiou (CYP) 6:3,6:3
Semifinals: Yshai Oliel – Yibing Wu (CHN) 6:4,3:6,6:2
Finals: Yshai Oliel – Zsombor Piros (HUN) 6:4,4:6,3:6

Alexei POPYRIN (AUS) – 14th SB 2009 CD winner
1st round: Alexei Popyrin – Ajeet Rai (NZL) 3:6,6:3,6:4
2nd round: A.Popyrin – Alexey Zakharov (RUS) 3:6,0:6

Max STEWART (GBR) – 14th SB 2009
1st round: Max Stewart – Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 4:6,2:6

GIRLS:

Main Draw:

Olga DANILOVIC (SRB) – 16th SB 2011 winner
1st round: Olga Danilovic – A. Cveticanin (AUS) 6:1,5:7,6:2
2nd round: Olga Danilovic – Shuyue Ma (CHN) 6:3,6:1
3rd round: Olga Danilovic – Zeel Desai (IND) 5:3 ret.

Seone MENDEZ (AUS) – 14th SB 2009
1st round: S. Mendez – J. Rodriguez-Benito (USA) 6:2,6:1
2nd round: Seone Mendez – Emily Appleton (GBR) 6:4,3:6,2:6

Tatiana PIERI (ITA) – 12th SB 2007
1st round: Tatiana Pieri – A. Brune Olsen (NOR) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Tatiana Pieri – Taylor Johnson (USA) 7:6,4:6,4:6

Zoe KRUGER (RSA) – 17th SB 2012 semifinalist
1st round: Zoe Kruger – Yuki Naito (JPN) 6:2,2:6,5:7

Lea BOSKOVIC (CRO) – 14th SB 2009
1st round: Lea Boskovic – Shuyue Ma (CHN) 3:6,4:6

Himari SATO (Jpn) – 17th SB 2012 winner
1st round: Himari Sato – Rebeka Masarova (SUI) 2:6,5:7

Mihaela MARCULESCU (ROM) – 15th SB 2010
1st round: Mihaela Marculescu – Chengyiyi Yuan (CHN) 6:7,4:6

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16/01/17

Six Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017: Dominic THIEM, Borna CORIC, Alex DE MINAUR, Ana KONJUH, Belinda BENCIC, Donna VEKIC... six played qualifications...

There are six former Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of a Grand Slam… Australian OPEN 2017: Dominic THIEM, Borna CORIC, Alex DE MINAUR, Ana KONJUH, Belinda BENCIC, Donna VEKIC …

In the qualification draws there were for the first time eight Smrikva Bowl players: Matteo DONATI, Laslo DJERE, Federico GAIO, Nikola MILOJEVIC, Nina STOJANOVIC, Ivana JOROVIC…

The following are the results of the Main Draw:

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #8 ATP, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017:

Main Draw:
1st round: Dominic Thiem – J.-L. Struff (GER) 4:6,6:4,6:4,6:3
2nd round: D. Thiem – J.Thompson (AUS) 6:2,6:1,6:7,6:4
3rd round: Dominic Thiem – Benoit Paire (FRA) 6:1,4:6,6:4,6:4
4th round: Dominic Thiem – David Goffin (BEL) 7:5,6:7,2:6,2:6

Players ranking:
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) – #64 ATP
Jordan Thompson (AUS) – #75 ATP
Benoit Paire (FRA) – #46 ATP
David Goffin (BEL) – #11 ATP

Alex DE MINAUR, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, currently ranked #301 ATP, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017:

Main Draw:
1st round: A.De Minaur-Gerald Melzer (AUT) 5:7,6:3,2:6,7:6,6:1
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – Sam Querrey (USA) 6:7,0:6,1:6,

Players ranking:
Gerald Melzer (AUT) – #84 ATP
Sam Querrey (USA) – #31 ATP

Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #57 ATP, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017:

Main Draw:
1st round: Borna Coric – A.Dolgopolov (UKR) 3:6,4:6,6:3,6:7

Players ranking:
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) – #63 ATP

Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, currently ranked #36 WTA, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017:

Main Draw:
1st round: Ana Konjuh – K.Mladenovic (FRA) 6:4,6:2
2nd round: A. Konjuh – D.Gavrilova (AUS) 2:6,6:1,4:6

Players ranking:
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) – #44 WTA
Daria Gavrilova (AUS) – #26 WTA

Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #99 WTA, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017:

Main Draw:
1st round: Donna Vekic – Lizette Cabrera (AUS) 7:5,6:2
2nd round: D. Vekic – Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 1:6,3:6

Players ranking:
Lizette Cabrera (AUS) – #192 WTA
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)- #20 WTA

Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 player, currently ranked #59 WTA, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017:

Main Draw:
1st round: Belinda Bencic – Serena Williams (USA) 4:6,3:6

Players ranking:
Serena Williams (USA) – #2 WTA

09/01/17

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update January 2017)

Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list are mentioned below and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking…

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

Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)

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

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #7 ATP (Jun 2016)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #33 ATP (Jul 2015)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #158 ATP (Aug 2016)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #170 ATP (Nov 2015)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #191 ATP (Apr 2016)

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #102 ATP doubles (Aug 2015)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #152 ATP doubles (Jan 2017)

As of 9th of January 2017 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 51 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA

Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #36 WTA
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #48 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #97 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #123 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #148 on WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #223 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #237 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #246 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #265 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #280 WTA

Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #303 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #315 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #327 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #331 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #340 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #354 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #361 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #376 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #384 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #406 WTA

Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #424 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #428 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #440 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #448 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #462 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #468 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – #544 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #551 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #563 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #568 WTA

Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #579 WTA
Chiara GRIMM – 2007 quarterfinalist – #598 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #603 WTA
Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #610 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #611 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #621 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #672 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #675 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #677 WTA
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #680 WTA

Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #713 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #726 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #742WTA
Katarina JOKIC – 2008 winner – #831 WTA
Manisha FOSTER – 2003 player – #849 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #887 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #909 WTA
Inci OGUT – 2009 player – #910 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #964 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #939 WTA

Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #946 WTA

• 27 players TOP 1000 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #8 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #57 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #174 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #186 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #202 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #210 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #280 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #282 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 290 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #333 ATP

Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #312 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #483 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #554 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #569 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #618 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #643 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #683 ATP
Bogdan BORZA – 2007 runner up – #735 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #786 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #796 ATP

Youssef HOSSAM – 2008 player – #800 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #802 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #815 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #820 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #828 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 semi – #859 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 semifinals – #934 ATP

• 8 boys and 12 girls… in total 20 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #1 Miomir KECMANOVIC – Junior US OPEN 2016 runner up
- #5 Nicola KUHN – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 semifinals
- #7 Alex DE MINAUR – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles), Junior Wimbledon 2016 runner up
- #11 Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA
- #13 Yshai OLIEL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #18 Alexei POPYRIN
- #68 Max STEWART
- #88 Patrik RIKL

GIRLS:
- #9 Clair LIU – Junior WIMLBEDON 2016 winner (doubles)
- #12 Olga DANILOVIC – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #30 Paula ARIAS MANJON – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #31 Tatiana PIERI
- #37 Lea BOSKOVIC
- #43 Seone MENDEZ
- #50 Irina CANTOS SIEMERS
- #53 Lucie KANKOVA
- #65 Mihaela MARCULESCU
- #66 Ashley LAHEY
- #69 Wiktoria KULIK
- #87 Michaela GORDON

• 3 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Cezar CRETU #2, Eric VANSHELBOIM #6, Lorenzo MUSETTI #7, Olga DANILOVIC #4, Helene PELLICANO #10)

• 6 boys and 3 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE #1, Hamad MEDJEDOVIC #3, Luca NARDI #3, Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA #7, Mili POLJICAK #8, Stefan POPOVIC #9, Maria TIMOFEEVA #2, Noa KRZNARIC #4, Kylie BILCHEV #9)

Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #303 WTA.
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #554 ATP.

2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…

BOYS
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #114 ATP doubles.
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, #141 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #265 WTA.

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, #174 ATP.
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, #569 ATP.
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #796 ATP.
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, #815 ATP.
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #294 ATP doubles.
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #294 ATP doubles.
Giacomo MICCINI (ITA), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #1371 ATP.

GIRLS
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #424 WTA.
Ema BURGIC (BiH), 7th SB 2002 semif., #544 WTA.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, #964 WTA.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #8 ATP.
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003, #828 ATP.
Ciprian PORUMB (ROU), 8th SB 2003, #1441 ATP.

GIRLS
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #237 WTA.
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO), 8th SB 2003 runner up, #551 WTA.
Manisha FOSTER (UK), 8th SB 2003 player, #849 WTA.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., #964 WTA.

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #312 ATP.
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semiff, #618 ATP.
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semifF, #643 ATP.

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #406 WTA.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #57 ATP.
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #186 ATP.
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #202 ATP.
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #210 ATP.
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 semif., #290 ATP.
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #483 ATP.
Luka ILIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005, #809 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #97 WTA.
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005, #246 WTA.
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #315 WTA.
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #331 WTA.
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #340 WTA.
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, #462 WTA.
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #621 WTA.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, #290 ATP.
Andre BIRO (HUN), 11th SB 2006 semif., #1152 ATP.

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #48 WTA.
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #123 WTA.
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #361 WTA.
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #428 WTA.
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #446 WTA.
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #468 WTA.

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

BOYS
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #735 ATP.
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), 12th SB 2007 semif., #1154 ATP.
Sacha MERZETTI (ITA), 12th SB 2007 winner, #1559 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #36 WTA.
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #148 WTA.
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #280 WTA
Chiara GRIMM (SUI), 12th SB 2007 quarterf., #598 WTA.
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #611 WTA.
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #887 WTA

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #280 ATP.
Eduardo NAVA (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, is not ranked on ATP list.

IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING

2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, # 800 ATP.
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #820 ATP.
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #1074 ATP.
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, #1565 ATP.

GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #223 WTA.
Olga FRIDMAN (UKR), 13th SB 2008, semif. #354 WTA.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #440 WTA.
Nina ALIBALIC (AUS), 13th SB 2008, #563 WTA.
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #726 WTA.
Katarina JOKIC (BiH), 13th SB 2008 winner, # 831 WTA.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #672 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., #333 ATP.
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #802 ATP.
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #859 ATP.
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #1152 ATP.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI (ITA), 14th SB 2009 runner up, #1462 ATP doubles.
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #1536 ATP doubles.
Max STEWART (UK), 14th SB 2009, #68 ITF.
Karlo KRANIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, #151 ITF.
Anthony POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #662 ITF.
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL (ESP), 14th SB 2009 winner, is not ranked on ATP.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #384 WTA.
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #568 WTA.
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #603 WTA.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #675 WTA.
Inci OGUT (TUR), 14th SB 2009 semif., #910 WTA.
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #946 WTA.
Wiktoria KULIK (POL), 14th SB 2009, #1063 WTA.
Lucie KANKOVA (CZE), 14th SB 2009, #53 ITF.
Georgina AXON (UK), 14th SB 2009, #154 ITF.
Sina ZUGER (SUI), 14th SB 2009, #219 ITF.
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 runner up, #301 ITF.
Gerda ZYKUTE (LTU), 14th SB 2009, #353 ITF.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #189 ITF.

Michaela GORDON (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #713 WTA.
Ashley LAHEY (USA), 8th “Little Mo”/SB, #64 ITF.

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, #786 ATP.
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #934 ATP.
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #111 ITF.
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #505 ITF.

GIRLS
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, #1018 WTA.
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #30 ITF.
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #50 ITF.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, #65 ITF.
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #172 ITF.
Daria SOLOVYEVA (RUS), La Bottega di Smrikve, #176 ITF.
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010 winner, #301 ITF.
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), 15th SB 2010 semif., #345 ITF.
Andja KARANUSIC (CRO), 15th SB 2010, #1128 ITF.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #677 WTA.
Alexa BUTERA (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #568 ITF.

IN 2011 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 53 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION

2011 – 16th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #171 ITF.
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, #428 ITF.
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #490 ITF.
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, #504 ITF.
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, #590 ITF.
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #608 ITF.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #810 ITF.
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #1268 ITF.
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), 16th SB 2011 semif., #1505 ITF.
Nemanja SUBANOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011, #1790 ITF.
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ (BiH), 16th SB 2011, is not yet ITF ranked
Peetu POHJOLA (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is not yet ITF ranked
Sergiu MANCIOC (ROU), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., is not yet ITF ranked

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #909 WTA.
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #198 ITF.
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterf., #329 ITF.
Betina TOKAC (TUR), 16th SB 2011 semif., #458 ITF.
Paula JOUKANEN (FIN), 16th SB 2011, #460 ITF.
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, #557 ITF.

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #558 ITF.
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 semif., #758 ITF.
Michael Francis EALA (PHI), 17th SB 2012, #784 ITF.
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #1170 ITF.
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #1232 ITF.
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1600 ITF.
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #1600 ITF.
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, #1600 ITF.
Piotr PAWLAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #96 ETA U16.
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, #141 ETA U16.
Angel GUERRERO MELGAR (ESP), 17th SB 2012, #471 ETA U16.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC (BiH), 17th SB 2012 semif., #726 ETA U16.
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, #1161 ETA U16.

GIRLS
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #129 ITF.
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #132 ITF.
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #311 ITF.
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, #336 ITF.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #399 ITF.
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #905 ITF.
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #910 ITF.
Maria PETROVIC (SWE), 17th SB 2012, #1027 ITF.
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #1439 ITF.
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #1763 ITF.
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #2 ETA U14.
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #32 ETA U14.
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #123 ETA U16.
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #166 ETA U16.
Sara PAUNOVIC (SUI), 17th SB 2012, #223 ETA U16.
Andjela VIDOVIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012, #230 ETA U16.

IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 62 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #1 ETA U14.
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #3 ETA U14.
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #4 ETA U14.
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #7 ETA U14.
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #9 ETA U14.
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #22 ETA U14.
Mateja JANICIJEVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #36 ETA U14.
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #46 ETA U14.
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, #46 ETA U14.
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #60 ETA U14.
Danilo RAICEVIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, #68 ETA U14.
Piotr KUSIEWICZ (POL), 18th SB 2013, #74 ETA U14.
Vojtech VEIGERT (CZE), 18th SB 2013, #94 ETA U14.
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #104 ETA U14.

GIRLS
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, #191 ITF & #4 ETA U14.
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #9 ETA U14.
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), 18th SB 2013 semif., #12 ETA U14.
Ana VILCEK (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #19 ETA U14.
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #71 ETA U14.
Andjela LOPICIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, #84 ETA U14.
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), 18th SB 2013 semif., #106 ETA U14.

IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 64 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #15 ETA U14.
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #21 ETA U14.
Svetlin KEREMEDCHIEV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #43 ETA U14.
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #43 ETA U14.
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), 19th SB 2014 semif., #54 ETA U14.
Lun OBRUL (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #78 ETA U14.
Dragomir DRAGANOV (BLG), 19th SB 2014, #78 ETA U14.
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #80 ETA U14.
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, #89 ETA U14.
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #93 ETA U14.
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #167 ETA U14.
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #195 ETA U14.

GIRLS

Stela PEEVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #31 ETA U14.
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #46 ETA U14.
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #60 ETA U14.
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), 19th SB 2014 semif., #358 ETA U14.
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #497 ETA U14.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., is too young for ETA U14.

IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 72 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl

GIRLS
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif.

IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 78 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…

2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif.

GIRLS
Ela Nala MILIČ (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif.
Mia RISTIĆ (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif.

06/01/17

"La Bottega di Smrikve" pupil Tara visiting Rome and playing Lemon Bowl :D

This week Tara, “La Bottega di Smrikve” pupil, had the opportunity to visit Rome and gain another valuable experience playing Lemon Bowl… a tournament established back in 1985… there were over 180 girls who competed in her under 12 age group… and in total over 1200 players played the event starting with pre qualification draws on 10th of December…

Many Lemon Bowl top players played Smrikva Bowl over the years and it was a pleasure to meet several players there competing in older age groups…

…after playing in Slovenia couple of times Tara had the opportunity to visit another country and see Rome thanks to her racket passport & day after day passion dedicate to her her tennis talent development :)…

I am pleased to share few pictures from this nice memory trip…

Here is the moment of departure… the dream team :)… Taki, Chin and Mimi :D… ready to go!

… New Penta 2000 Club host the event… and has many clay courts and several indoor artificial grass courts… and Tara had the opportunity to play on both…

…here is a moment before her first match… concentrating… relaxing… and recalling the Momentum… the invisible force… the wind :)…

Our family Shifu is sharing few easy thoughts from the far far away East before the talent can free on the court… relax and flow… ;)…

The tennis court where Taki played witn Valentina Gruarin… surrounded by “big broccoli” trees as Shifu likes to call them… :D…

… point after point…

… with beautiful winter sun over Rome… Taki reached the victory and entered among TOP 16 players out of over 180 in her age group…

… the match was scheduled for the early afternoon… and after streching we grab the opportunity to celebrate the day and go to see a bit of Rome… “la citta’ eterna”… :D

… beautiful “Oltare della Patria”… with “horses” as Shifu likes to call them :D…. and then more and more curiosities to see… it was so difficult to leave and park somewhere our car :))…

… and more and more to see… and get surprised… “Grande Roma”… “come sei bella”… Antonello Venditi would say… and we agree ;)…

… and there is so much to see driving with the car around… this is what Shifu call… an alien spaceship :)… beautiful and amazing exhibition place… we later learned it was “La Nuvola”… so impressive and nice…

… the second day… had a bit of rain and wind… and the schedule was uncertain… but we grab some time to drive till the sea… Ostia… very windy day…

… and the bad weather made the change of the schedule and the impossibility to play on clay outdoor so Taki played for the first time on syntetic grass indoor… with a very talented girl from Genova Vittoria Gibello…

… the initial lead Taki created was not sufficient to win the match that day… there were several balls very closed to the lines but with no possibility to check the marks the momentum changed… overall it was another great experience playing with very competitive Vittoria…

… happy with the experience… there were still many things to see… especially Fontana di Trevi was a must :)… Tara liked a lot how Toto’ sold it in the movie and she wish to see it ;)… and here we are nearby Quiriniale… the place were Italian President lives… the place you can see almost every day in Italian daily TV news…

… and behind us there is “Cupolone” as Venditti sing in one of his songs… Vatican… San Pietro…

and here is the beauty… :D

Fontana di Trevi… made by a guy from Switzerland as Toto’ said during his sale deal… Bernini from Berna :))))

…finally here :)

… our trio together :D

… and the next must see point was Piazza di Spagna… the famous spanish stairs… via Condotti…

… the place to enjoy…

just sit and relax…

… and on the way home… we found this beauty… the most beautiful ice cream shop with fantastic “gelato”…

… and for the end one of the breathtaking views which followed us on many parts of this trip…

Bella Roma…

It was a great pleasure to see some of the Smrikva Bowl players around the venue… Lorenzo Sciahbasi (1st round U12 Lemon Bowl 2017) with his family… Federico Bondioli (runner up U12 Lemon Bowl 2017) with the family… Emma Valletta (quarterfinals U14 Lemon Bowl 2017) with her father…

…and some other players Abedallah Shelbayh (winner U14 Lemon Bowl 2017), Andrea Meduri (semifinals U12 Lemon Bowl 2017) , Erika Di Muzio (1st round U14 Lemon Bowl 2017)…

…there were other players I recognized in the draws but did not have pleasure to see: Giacomo Nosei (winner U12 Lemon Bowl 2017), Veronica Sirci (2nd round U14 Lemon Bowl 2017), Emma Rizzetto (1st round U14 Lemon Bowl 2017), Enrico Baldisserri (quarterfinals U14 Lemon Bowl 2017), Nicolo’ Tresoldi (1st round U14 Lemon Bowl 2017), Filippo Moroni (1st round U14 Lemon Bowl 2017), Giorgio Gatto (2nd round U12 Lemon Bowl 2017) and Emma Ghirradato (1st round U12 Lemon Bowl 2017)…

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.