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12/06/16

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, win Stuttgart 2016 - Mercedes Cup played in Germany - ATP 250 Tournament on grass... 7th ATP title in his career

In 2015, NICE… UMAG… GSTAAD… and this year BUENOS ARIES, ACAPULCO, NICE again and today STUTTGART… the 7th ATP title… Bravo DOMINATOR! ;D

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #7 ATP, is the winner of Stuttgart Mercedes Cup 2016 – ATP 250 Tournament and the results were the following:

1st round: Dominic Thiem – bye
2nd round: Dominic Thiem – Sam Groth (Aus) 7:6,7:6
Quarterfinals: D. Thiem – Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 3:6,6:4,7:5
Semifinals: Dominic Thiem – Roger Federer (Sui) 3:6,7:6,6:4
Finals: Dominic Thiem – P.Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6:7,6:4,6:4

Players ranking:
Sam Groth (Aus) – #97 ATP
Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) – #76 ATP
Roger Federer (Sui) – #3 ATP
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) – #26 ATP

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07/06/16

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update June 2016)

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

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

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #7 WTA (Feb 2016)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #42 WTA (Jun 2012)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 47 WTA (Feb 2015)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #55 WTA (Jun 2015)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #62 WTA (Jul 2013)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #142 WTA (Apr 2016)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #148 on WTA (Apr 2016)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)

• 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)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #173 ATP (Aug 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)

As of 7th of June 2016 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 51 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #8 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #76 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #111 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #144 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #145 on WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #159 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #164 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #236 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #261 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #279 WTA

Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #286 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #295 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #301 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #342 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #349 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #369 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #373 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #426 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #433 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – 445 WTA

Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #490 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #494 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #496 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #519 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION – 2005 player – #537 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #539 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #542 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #576 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #601 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #608 WTA

Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #616 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – #635 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #652 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #660 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #666 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – # 724 WTA
Manisha FOSTER – 2003 player – #743 WTA
Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #746 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #748 WTA

Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #761 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #776 WTA
Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #782 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #788 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #827 WTA
Ena KAJEVIC – 2006 player – #891 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #892 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #894 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #921 WTA
Inci OGUT – 2009 player – #922 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #925 WTA

Estela PEREZ SOMARRIBA – 2008 player – #970 WTA

• 25 players TOP 1000 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #7 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #48 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #212 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #237 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #240 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #248 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #262 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #288 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #311 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 413 ATP

Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #435 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #582 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #594 ATP
Luka ILIC – 2005 player – #641 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #643 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #670 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #676 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #718 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #753 ATP
Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #793 ATP

Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #879 ATP
Matej SABANOV – 2002 player – #882 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #913 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #960 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI – 2008 player – #993 ATP

• 10 boys and 14 girls… in total 24 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #6 Alex DE MINAUR – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles)
- #10 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #15 Nicola KUHN – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 semifinals
- #20 Youssef HOSSAM
- #22 Alexei POPYRIN
- #34 Patrik RIKL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #35 Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA
- #47 Yshai OLIEL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #89 William BLUMBERG – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 runner up (doubles)
- #94 Sven LAH

GIRLS:
- #9 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner and Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles), Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 runner up
- #15 Olga DANILOVIC – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #19 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #35 Lucie KANKOVA
- #38 Tatiana PIERI
- #41 Clair LIU
- #46 Paula ARIAS MANJON – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 winner (doubles)
- #47 Michaela GORDON
- #65 Seone MENDEZ
- #69 Irina CANTOS SIEMERS
- #75 Viktoria KUZMOVA – Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
- #82 Berfu CENGIZ
- #90 Lea BOSKOVIC
- #96 Wiktoria KULIK

• 2 boys and 1girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Nicola KUHN #4, Yshai OLIEL #6, Olga DANILOVIC #8)

• 2 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Borna DEVALD #8, Viktor JOVIC #10, Helene PELLICANO #1, Kristyna LAVICKOVA #7)

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, Vilim’s best ranking was #612 ATP in March 2006.
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, Ivana’s best ranking was #95 WTA in June 2006.
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, Atrid’s best ranking was #356 WTA in March 2009.
Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, is currently ranked #286 WTA.
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, is currently ranked #718 ATP.

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

BOYS
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, is ranked #133 ATP double.
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, is ranked #109 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, is ranked #159 WTA.

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #237 ATP.
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, is currently ranked #435 ATP.
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is currently ranked #228 ATP double.
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is currently ranked #228 ATP double.
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #753 ATP.
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #913 ATP.
Giacomo MICCINI (ITA), 7th SB 2002 runner up, is currently ranked #1183 ATP.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, is ranked #144 WTA.
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, is ranked #301 WTA.
Ema BURGIC (BiH), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is ranked #635 WTA.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, is ranked #7 ATP.
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #670 ATP.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), ranked 3rd on 8th SB 2003, is ranked #144 WTA.
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #426 WTA.
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO), 8th SB 2003 runner up, is ranked #494 WTA.
Manisha FOSTER (UK), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #743 WTA.

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, is ranked #288 ATP.
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semifinalist, is ranked #582 ATP.
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semifinalist, is ranked #643 ATP.

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #490 WTA.
Giada CLERICI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #761 WTA.
Anita HUSARIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #925 WTA.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #48 ATP.
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Consolation tournament winner, is ranked #240 ATP.
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, is ranked #248 ATP.
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, is ranked #262 ATP.
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), ranked 3rd on 10th SB 2005, is ranked #413 ATP.
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #594 ATP.
Luka ILIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #641 ATP.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #111 WTA.
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, is ranked #164 WTA.
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, is ranked #295 WTA.
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #349 WTA.
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, is ranked #537 WTA.
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #616 WTA.
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, is ranked #652 WTA.
Iva MEKOVEC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #827 WTA.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, is ranked #413 ATP.
Andre BIRO (HUN), 11th SB 2006 semifinalist, is ranked #1217 ATP.

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #8 WTA.
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #261 WTA.
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterfinalists, is ranked #342 WTA.
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #519 WTA.
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #724 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #788 WTA.
Ena KAJEVIC (CRO), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #891 WTA

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

BOYS
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, is ranked #1039 ATP.
Sacha MERZETTI (ITA), 12th SB 2007 winner, is ranked #1179 ATP.
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), ranked 4th on 12th SB 2007, is ranked #1356 ATP.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, is ranked #76 WTA.
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007 player, is ranked #145 WTA.
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), ranked 3rd on 12th SB 2007, is ranked #608 WTA.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #212 on ATP ranking list.
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #1471 on ATP ranking 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
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #960 on ATP ranking list.
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is ranked # 993 ATP.
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, is ranked # 1030 ATP.
Luka PANIC (SUI), 13th SB 2008 winner, is not ranked on ATP.
Grega KOKALJ (SLO), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is not ranked ATP.
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, is ranked #94 ITF.

GIRLS
Olga FRIDMAN (UKR), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #236 WTA.
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is ranked #369 WTA.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #542 WTA.
Nina ALIBALIC (CRO), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #666 WTA.
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, is ranked #748 WTA.
Katarina JOKIC (BiH), 13th SB 2008 winner, is not ranked WTA.
Nikolina JOVIC (SRB), 13th SB 2008 player, is not ranked WTA.
Marija CURNIC (CRO), 13th SB 2008 player, is not ranked WTA.

“Little Mo” TEAM
William BLUMBERG (USA), played 7th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #89 ITF.

Ingrid NEEL (USA), played 7th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #894 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, is ranked #676 ATP.
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #879 ATP.
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1299 ATP.
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1356 ATP.
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Consolation Draw winner, is ranked #22 ITF.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI (ITA), 14th SB 2009 runner up, is ranked #159 ITF.
Max STEWART (UK), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #177 ITF.
Karlo DIVKOVIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #357 ITF.
Anthony POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #668 ITF.
Karlo SUEVICH (CRO), ranked 3rd on 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1493 ITF.
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL (ESP), 14th SB 2009 winner, is not ranked on ATP.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, is ranked #433 WTA.
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, is ranked #576 WTA.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #921 WTA.
Inci OGUT (TUR), ranked 3rd on 14th SB 2009, is ranked #922 WTA.
Wiktoria KULIK (POL), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1010 WTA.
Lucie KANKOVA (CZE), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #35 ITF.
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #101 ITF.
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 runner up, is ranked #288 ITF.
Sina ZUGER (SUI), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #426 ITF.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #789 ITF.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #660 WTA.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #353 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, is ranked #15 ITF.
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), ranked 3rd on 15th SB 2010, is ranked #47 ITF.
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterfinalist, #360 ITF.
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #1225 ETA ITF.
Karlo SUEVICH (CRO), 15th SB 2010 runner up, from Croatia, #1493 ITF.

GIRLS
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, is ranked #46 ITF.
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #69 ITF.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #149 ITF.
Daria SOLOVYEVA (RUS), La Bottega di Smrikve, is ranked #168 ITF.
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #241 ITF.
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010 winner, is ranked #288 ITF.
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), ranked 3rd on 15th SB 2010, is ranked #318 ITF.
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #364 ITF.
Marija ELENOVA (MKD), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #739 ITF.
Andja KARANUSIC (CRO), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #1254 ITF.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), played 9th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #539 WTA.
Alexa BUTERA (USA), played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #700 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, is ranked #511 ITF.
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, is ranked #1114 ITF.
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #1398 ITF.
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #96 ETA U16.
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #107 ETA U16.
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #119 ETA U16.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #147 ETA U16.
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #189 ETA U16.
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ (BiH), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #197 ETA U16.
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #225 ETA U16.
Nemanja SUBANOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #248 ETA U16.
Peetu POHJOLA (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #458 ETA U16.
Sergiu MANCIOC (ROU), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1010 ETA U16.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, is ranked #15 ITF.
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #446 ITF.
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterfinalist, is ranked #581 ITF.
Paula JOUKANEN (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #943 ITF.
Betina TOKAC (TUR), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #962 ITF.
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, is ranked #1126 ITF.
Emilija KOJCIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #437 ETA U16.
Ksenija TMUSIC (SRB), 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, is ranked #471 ETA U16.

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
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #8 ETA U14.
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #10 ETA U14.
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012 player, is ranked #19 ETA U14.
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, is ranked #31 ETA U14.
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #38 ETA U14.
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #50 ETA U14.
Angel GUERRERO MELGAR (ESP), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #63 ETA U14.
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #83 ETA U14.
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, is ranked #107 ETA U14.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC (BiH), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #341 ETA U14.

GIRLS
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, is ranked #200 ITF.
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #363 ITF.
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #637 ITF.
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #1176 ITF.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, is ranked #1606 ITF.
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #16 ETA U14.
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #20 ETA U14.
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #21 ETA U14.
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #41 ETA U14.
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #42 ETA U14.
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #51 ETA U14.
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #54 ETA U14.
Maria PETROVIC (SWE), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #140 ETA U14.
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist.

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 player, is ranked #23 ETA U14.
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #34 ETA U14.
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, is ranked #78 ETA U14.
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #53 ETA U14.
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #62 ETA U14.
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #86 ETA U14.
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, is ranked #106 ETA U14.
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #136 ETA U14.
Daniel RINCON (ESP), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #262 ETA U14.

GIRLS
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #24 ETA U14.
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, is ranked #30 ETA U14.
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, is ranked #33 ETA U14.
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #304 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
Patrick BRADY (THI), 19th SB 2014 winner, is too young for ETA U14.
Ante CIKOJEVIC (GER), 19th SB 2014 runner up, is too young for ETA U14.
Enrico BALDISSERRI (ITA), ranked 3rd on 19th SB 2014, is too young for ETA U14.
Danil SOBOLIEV (UKR), ranked 3rd on 19th SB 2014, is too young for ETA U14.

GIRLS
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, is too young for ETA U14.
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, is too young for ETA U14.
Emma VALLETTA (ITA), ranked 3rd on 19th SB 2014, is too young for ETA U14.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), ranked 3rd on 19th SB 2014, 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, is too young for ETA U14.
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up, is too young for ETA U14.
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ (ESP), ranked 3rd on 20th SB 2015, is too young for ETA U14.
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), ranked 3rd on 20th SB 2015, is too young for ETA U14.

GIRLS
Alena KASATKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015 winner, is too young for ETA U14.
Anja PETKOVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015 runner up, is too young for ETA U14.
Mara GAE (ROU), ranked 3rd on 20th SB 2015, is too young for ETA U14.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), ranked 3rd on 20th SB 2015, is too young for ETA U14.

06/06/16

"Smrikve theatre stage" for the "seeds of the Legends" is entering final phase of the preparations...21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 edition...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Over the last year there were so many former Smrikva Bowl players making outstanding results… and two of them reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking: Dominic THIEM and Belinda BENCIC…

In January Alex De Minaur and Tereza Mihalikova won junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN doubles titles… and few days ago Patrik RIKL, Yshai OLIEL, Paula Arias MANJON and Olga DANILOVIC won junior ROLAND GARROS doubles titles…

There are over thousands of stories written every week by Smrikva seeds in over 70 countries and all the continents… :) and very soon I will have the pleasure to meet over 100 new seeds of the 21st SMRIKVA BOWL 2016 edition from 40 countries and all the continents again…

The BOWL story… SMRIKVA BOWL story…

05/06/16

Patrik RIKL, Yshai OLIEL, Paula ARIAS MANJON and Olga DANILOVIC with their junior Roland Garros 2016 doubles titles conquered today join the Smrikva Bowl Grand Slam Club

Smrikva Bowl Grand Slam Club list former Smrikva Bowl players who won a Grand Slam title, junior or senior, single or double during their career…

Patrik RIKL, Yshai OLIEL, Paula ARIAS MANJON and Olga DANILOVIC with junior Roland Garros 2016 doubles titles are joining the Smrikva Bowl Grand Slam Club and as of June 2016 the list is as follows:

18 SB players names – 22 junior Grand Slam titles

Single Champions (7 players and total 9 titles)

Daniel BERTA
Ana KONJUH
Belinda BENCIC

Gianluigi QUINZI
Borna CORIC
Tommy PAUL

Tereza MIHALIKOVA

Doubles Champions (13 players and total 13 titles)

Ajla TOMLJANOVIC
Marin DRAGANJA
Dino MARCAN
George MORGAN
Robin KERN

Ana KONJUH
Viktoria KUZMOVA
Alex DE MINAUR
Tereza MIHALIKOVA
Patrik RIKL

Yshai OLIEL
Paula ARIAS MANJON
Olga DANILOVIC

SINGLE GRAND SLAM WINNERS

Daniel BERTA – 2001 SB player
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2009 winner
Date of birth: 26th of November 1992

Ana KONJUH – 2007 SB runner up
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2013 winner
Junior US OPEN 2013 winner
Date of birth: 27th of December 1997

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 SB player
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2013 winner
Junior WIMBLEDON 2013 winner
Date of birth: 10th of March 1997

Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 SB winner
Junior WIMBLEDON 2013 winner
Date of birth: 1st of February 1996

Borna CORIC – 2005 SB player
Junior US OPEN 2013 winner
Date of birth: 14th of November 1997

Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner
Date of birth: 2nd of June 1998

Tommy PAUL – 2007 “Little Mo”/SB player
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner
Date of birth: 17th of May 1997

DOUBLES GRAND SLAM WINNERS

Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 SB semif.
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2009 doubles winner
Date of birth: 7th of May 1993

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 SB winner
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2009 doubles winner
Date of birth: 13th of May 1991

Dino MARCAN – 2001 SB runner up
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2009 doubles winner
Date of birth: 12th of February 1991

George MORGAN – 2003 SB runner up
Junior WIMBLEDON 2011 doubles winner
Date of birth: 7th of February 1993

Robin KERN – 2002 SB player
Junior US OPEN 2011 doubles winner
Date of birth: 3rd of October 1993

Ana KONJUH – 2007 SB runner up
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2013 doubles winner
Date of birth: 27th of December 1997

Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 SB semifinalist
Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
Date of birth: 11th of May 1998

Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 SB quarterfinalist
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 17th of February 1999

Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 SB player
Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 2nd of June 1998

Patrik RIKL – 2009 SB quarterfinalist
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 6th of January 1999

Yshai OLIEL – 2010 SB runner up
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 5th of January 2000

Paula ARIAS MANJON – 2010 SB runner up
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 26th of February 2000

Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 SB winner
Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016 doubles winner
Date of birth: 23rd of January 2001

28/05/16

15 Smrikva Bowl players are in the Main Draws of the Junior ROLAND GARROS 2016... Nicola Kuhn reached the semifinals, Yshai Oliel & Patrick Rikl and Olga Danilovic & Paula Arias Manjon won doubles finals :)

So nice to recognize 15 Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of the Junior Roland Garros 2016 out of 128: 7 girls and 8 boys…

Nicola Kuhn (SB 2010) reached the singles semifinals while there are 7 other Smrikva Bowl players in the doubles draws…

Boys doubles semifinalists: Miomir Kecmanovic (SB 2009), Alex De Minaur (SB 2009), Patrik Patason Rikl (SB 2009) and Yshai Oliel (SB 2010)

Girls doubles semifinalists: Olga Danilovic (SB 2011), Paula Arias Manjón (SB 2010) and Tatiana Pieri (SB 2007)

Girls doubles winners: Olga Danilovic (SB 2011) and Paula Arias Manjón (SB 2010)

Boys doubles winners: Patrik Rikl (SB 2009) and Yshai Oliel (SB 2010)

BOYS:

Nicola KUHN (GER) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner
1st round: Nicola Kuhn – Kacper ZUK (Pol) 4:6,6:3,6:3
2nd round: Nicola Kuhn – Alex De Minaur (Aus) 6:1,2:6,6:2
3rd round: Nicola Kuhn – Gianni Ross (Usa) 7:5,6:2
Quarterfinals: Nicola Kuhn – Marvin Moeller (Ger) 2:6,6:3,6:3
Semifinals: Nicola Kuhn – Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can)

Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Toru HORIE (Jpn) 6:1,6:1
2nd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Riccardo BALZERANI (Ita) 6:3,7:6
3rd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – D. Shapovalov (Can) 7:5,3:6,2:6

Alexei POPYRIN (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 CD winner
1st round: Alexei Popyrin – Dan ADDED (Fra) 6:4,6:2
2nd round: Alexei Popyrin – Yunseong CHUNG (Kor) 2:6,6:2,6:4
3rd round: Alexei Popyrin – B. Sigouin (Can) 7:5,4:6,11:13

Alex DE MINAUR (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Alex De Minaur – T.M. ETCHEVERRY (Arg) 6:4,6:2
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – Nicola Kuhn (Ger) 1:6,6:2,2:6

Yshai OLIEL (ISR) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 semifinalist
1st round: Yshai Oliel – Kenneth RAISMA (Est) 7:6,7:5
2nd round: Yshai Oliel – Jurabeck KARIMOV (Uzb) 7:6,2:6,2:6

Patrik RIKL (Cze) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Patrik Rikl – Sam RIFFICE (USA) 7:5,3:6,6:1
2ndt round: Patrik Rikl – D.Shapalov (Can) 3:6,1.6

Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA (Esp) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: A.Davidovich Fokkina – Blake ELLIS (Aus) 3:6,4:6

Youssef HOSSAM (EGY) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player
1st round: Youssef Hossam – Nathan PONWITH (USA) 6:7,4:6

GIRLS:

Michaela GORDON (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Michaela Gordon – Amina ANSHBA (Rus) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Michaela Gordon – Melany Krywoj (Arg) 6:1,6:3
3rd round: Michaela Gordon – A.Anisimova (Usa) 0:6,6:1,4:6

Lucie KANKOVA (CZE) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Lucie Kankova – Yasmine MANSOURI (Fra) 6:2,6:4
2nd round: Lucie Kankova – Sofia Kenin (Usa) 5:7,1:6

Olga DANILOVIC (SRB) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner
1st round: Olga Danilovic – C. ROBILLARD-MILLETTE (Can) 6:0,6:4
2nd round: Olga Danilovic – Marketa VONDROUSOVA (Cze) 3:6,3:6

Claire LIU (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Claire Liu – Sandra BOZINOVIC (Fra) 6:1,6:1
2nd round: Claire Liu – Rebeka MASAROVA (Sui) 6:7,1:6

Tatiana PIERI (ITA) – 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007
1st round: Tatiana Pieri – U.M. ARCONADA (USA) 6:1,4:6:0:6

Katie SWAN (UK) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner
1st round: Katie Swan – Caty MCNALLY (USA) 4:6,3:6

Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up
1st round: Paula Arias Manjon – Emmanuelle SALAS (Fra) 0:6,4:6

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26/05/16

12 Smrikva Bowl players in the Draws of ROLAND GARROS 2016: Dominic THIEM reached the semifinal and Borna CORIC reached third round

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

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

… and since 2009 there are 14 Smrikva Bowl players holding 18 junior Grand Slam titles in total…

… and this time… there were 12 former Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws and Consolation Draws of this second Grand Slam in the season… ROLAND GARROS 2016: Dominic THIEM, Borna CORIC, Marin DRAGANJA, Laslo DJERE, Nikola MILOJEVIC, Tommy PAUL, Matteo DONATI, Federico GAIO, Donna VEKIC, Ana KONJUH, Ivana JOROVIC and Petra MARTIC…

The following are the results obtained:

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #15 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Main Draw:
1st round: Dominic Thiem – Inigo Cervantes (Esp) 3:6,6:2,7:5,6:1
2nd round: D. Thiem – G. Garcia-Lopez (Esp) 7:5,6:4,7:6
3rd round: Dominic Thiem – A.Zverev (Ger) 6:7,6:3,6:3,6:3
4th round: Dominic Thiem – M.Granollers (Esp) 6:2,6:7,6:1,6:4
Quarterfinal: Dominic Thiem – David Goffin (Bel) 4:6,7:6,6:4, 6:1
Semifinal: Dominic Thiem – Novak Djokovic (Srb) 2:6,1:6,4:6

Players ranking:
Inigo Cervantes (Esp) – #69 ATP
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Esp) – #51 ATP
Alexander Zverev (Ger) – #41 ATP
Marcel Granollers (Esp) – #56 ATP
David Goffin (Bel) – #13 ATP
Novak Djokovic (Srb) – #1 ATP

Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #47 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Main Draw:
1st round: Borna Coric – Taylor Fritz (USA) 6:3,6:1,6:3
2nd round: Borna Coric – Bernard Tomic (Aus) 3:6,6:2,7:6,7:6
3rd round: Borna Coric – R.Bautista Agut (Esp) 2:6,3:6,3:6

Players ranking:
Taylor Fritz (USA) – #67 ATP
Bernard Tomic (Aus) – #22 ATP
Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) – #16 ATP

Marin DRAGANJA, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, currently ranked #117 ATP doubles, played the first round Main Draws doubles at ROLAND GARROS 2016

QUALIFICATION DRAW

Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, currently ranked #215 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Main Draw:

1st round: Laslo Djere – Jordan Thompson (Aus) 3:6,4:6,5:7

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Laslo Djere – Marco Chiudinelli (Ita) 6:4,6:0
2nd round: Laslo Djere – Nicolas Kicker (Arg) 7:6,7:6
3rd round: Laslo Djere – Adam Pavlasek (Cze) 6:2,3:6,6:2

Players ranking:
Marco Chiudinelli (Ita) – #131 ATP
Nicolas Kicker (Arg) – #153 ATP
Adam Pavlasek (Cze) – #132 ATP
Jordan Thompson (Aus) – #94 ATP

Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, currently ranked #215 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Matteo Donati – James Ward (UK) 6:4,6:3
2nd round: Matteo Donati – Elias Ymer (Swe) 6:2,2:6,7:5
3rd round: Matteo Donati – Gerald Melzer (Aut) 4:6,4:6

Players ranking:
James Ward (UK) – #173 ATP
Elias Ymer (Swe) – #118 ATP
Adam Pavlasek (Cze) – #129 ATP

Tommy PAUL, “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2007, currently ranked #206 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Tommy Paul – A. Menendez-Maceiras (Esp) 7:6,7:6
2nd round: Tommy Paul – Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) 6:7, 3:6

Players ranking:
Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (Esp) – #131 ATP
Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) – #185 ATP

Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, currently ranked #215 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Nikola Milojevic – Steve Darcis (Bel) 6:3,1:6,2:6

Players ranking:
Steve Darcis (Bel) – #161 ATP

Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, currently ranked #238 ATP, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Federico Gaio – Uladzimir Ignatik (Blr) 7:6,6:7,9:7
2nd round: Federico Gaio – Guido Andreozzi (Arg) 6:7, 5:7

Players ranking:
Uladzimir Ignatik (Blr)- #222 ATP
Guido Andreozzi (Arg) – #191 ATP

Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, currently ranked #76 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Main Draw:
1st round: Ana Konjuh – Arina Rodionova (Aus) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Ana Konjuh – Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 4:6,6:3,0:6

Players ranking:
Arina Rodionova (Aus) – #237 WTA
Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) – #25 WTA

Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #96 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Main Draw:
1st round: Donna Vekic – Madison Keys (Usa) 3:6,2:6

Players ranking:
Madison Keys (Usa) – #17 WTA

QUALIFICATION DRAW

Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, currently ranked #159 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Ivana Jorovic – Lesley Kerkhove (NDL) 6:4,4:6,6:3
2nd round: Ivana Jorovic – Mathilde Johansson (Fra) 6:4,6:4
3rd round: Ivana Jorovic – Sara Sorribes Tormo (Esp) 7:5,6:1

Players ranking:
Lesley Kerkhove (Jpn) – # 165 WTA
Mathilde Johansson (Fra) – #218 WTA
Sara Sorribes Tormo (Esp) – #190 WTA

Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, currently ranked #145 WTA, at ROLAND GARROS 2016:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Petra Martic – Hiroko Kuwata (Jpn) 6:7,7:5,6:4
2nd round: Petra Martic – Cagla Buyukakcay (Tur) 3:6,7:6,3:6

Players ranking:
Hiroko Kuwata (Jpn) – # 187 WTA
Cagla Buyukakcay (Tur) – #83 WTA

23/05/16

Very nice afternoon in Smrikve... Miro and his student Zhuoma NI MA visited us :)

Miro and one of his four talented Chinese students Zhuoma NI MA, currently ranked #135 ITF, made us a surprise visit today :) …

NI MA is one of the most talented players in China in her age group… and Stefo had a great pleasure and was honored to hit for couple of minutes with her before her afternoon training :D

… an amazing and inspiring experience for eight years old Stefo…

Thank you NI MA and best wishes for your further tennis development and your tennis career!!!

21/05/16

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, win Nice 2016 played in France - ATP 250 Tournament... 6th ATP title in his career

In 2015, NICE… UMAG… GSTAAD… and this year BUENOS ARIES, ACAPULCO and NICE again… the 6th ATP title… Bravo DOMINATOR! ;D

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #15 ATP, is the winner of Acapulco Open 2016 – ATP 500 Tournament and the results were the following:

1st round: Dominic Thiem – bye
2nd round: Dominic Thiem – Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 6:3,6:0
Quarterfinals: D. Thiem – Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6:3, 6:3
Semifinals: Dominic Thiem – Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 6:1,6:3
Finals: Dominic Thiem – Alexander Zverev (Ger) 6:4,3:6,6:0

Players ranking:
Leonardo Mayer (Arg) – #51 ATP
Andreas Seppi (Ita) – #41 ATP
Adrian Mannarino (Fra) – #63 ATP
Alexander Zverev (Ger) – #48 ATP

11/05/16

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update May 2016)

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

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

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

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #13 ATP (Mar 2016)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #33 ATP (Jul 2015)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #173 ATP (Aug 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)

As of 11th of May 2016 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 50 WTA players TOP 1000 WTA

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #8 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #78 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #96 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #119 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #145 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #160 on WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #165 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #238 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #265 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #274 WTA

Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #288 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #298 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #301 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #337 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #352 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #379 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #387 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #395 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #446 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #483 WTA

Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #487 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #489 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – 490 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – 523 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #535 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #539 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION – 2005 player – #562 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #574 WTA
Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #583 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #586 WTA

Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #607 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #609 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #610 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – 640 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #642 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #711 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #731 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – # 743 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #748 WTA
Manisha FOSTER – 2003 player – #758 WTA

Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #810 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #835 WTA
Ena KAJEVIC – 2006 player – #851 WTA
Bianka BEKEFI – 2007 player – #862 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #892 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #916 WTA
Inci OGUT – 2009 player – #918 WTA
Estela PEREZ SOMARRIBA – 2008 player – #921 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #941 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #946 WTA

• 24 players TOP 1000 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #15 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #41 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #201 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #212 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #233 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #235 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #242 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #287 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #321 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #426 ATP

Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 432 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #536 ATP
Luka ILIC – 2005 player – #646 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #658 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #668 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #689 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #731 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #748 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #760 ATP
Matej SABANOV – 2002 player – #877 ATP

Miguel SEMMLER – 2007 player – #904 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #905 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #929 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI – 2008 player – #988 ATP

• 9 boys and 13 girls… in total 22 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #4 Alex DE MINAUR – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles)
- #8 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #14 Youssef HOSSAM
- #24 Nicola KUHN
- #29 Alexei POPYRIN
- #30 William BLUMBERG – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 runner up (doubles)
- #41 Patrik RIKL
- #62 Yshai OLIEL
- #70 Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA

GIRLS:
- #9 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner and Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles), Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 runner up
- #12 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #30 Lucie KANKOVA
- #35 Olga DANILOVIC
- #42 Michaela GORDON
- #48 Tatiana PIERI
- #55 Viktoria KUZMOVA – Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
- #72 Clair LIU
- #74 Wiktoria KULIK
- #80 Paula ARIAS MANJON
- #82 Irina CANTOS SIEMERS
- #89 Lea BOSKOVIC
- #93 Berfu CENGIZ

• 2 boys and 1girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Nicola KUHN #4, Yshai OLIEL #6, Paula ARIAS MANJON #9)

• 2 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Borna DEVALD #6, Viktor JOVIC #9, Helene PELLICANO #5, Kristyna LAVICKOVA #8)

Vilim VISAK (CRO), 1st SB 1996 winner, Vilim’s best ranking was #612 ATP in March 2006.
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, Ivana’s best ranking was #95 WTA in June 2006.
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, Atrid’s best ranking was #356 WTA in March 2009.
Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, is currently ranked #288 WTA.
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, is currently ranked #731 ATP.

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

BOYS
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, is ranked #125 ATP double.
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, is ranked #113 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, is ranked #145 WTA.

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #233 ATP.
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, is currently ranked #426 ATP, best ranking #170 ATP (Apr 2002).
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is currently ranked #218 ATP double.
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is currently ranked #218 ATP double.
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #748 ATP.
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #905 ATP.
Giacomo MICCINI (ITA), 7th SB 2002 runner up, is currently ranked #1152 ATP.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, is ranked #119 WTA.
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, is ranked #274 WTA.
Ema BURGIC (BiH), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is ranked #640 WTA.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, is ranked #15 ATP.
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #689 ATP.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), ranked 3rd on 8th SB 2003, is ranked #119 WTA.
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #379 WTA.
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO), 8th SB 2003 runner up, is ranked #483 WTA.
Manisha FOSTER (UK), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #758 WTA.

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, is ranked #287 ATP.
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semifinalist, is ranked #536 ATP.
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semifinalist, is ranked #668 ATP.

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #487 WTA.
Giada CLERICI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #731 WTA.
Anita HUSARIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #941 WTA.
Francesca PALMIGIANO (ITA), 9th SB 2004 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1057 WTA.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #41 ATP.
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, is ranked #212 ATP.
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Consolation tournament winner, is ranked #235 ATP.
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, is ranked #242 ATP.
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), ranked 3rd on 10th SB 2005, is ranked #432 ATP.
Luka ILIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #646 ATP.
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #658 ATP.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #96 WTA.
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, is ranked #165 WTA.
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, is ranked #301 WTA.
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #337 WTA.
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, is ranked #562 WTA.
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, is ranked #642 WTA.
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #711 WTA.
Iva MEKOVEC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #835 WTA.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, is ranked #432 ATP.
Andre BIRO (HUN), 11th SB 2006 semifinalist, is ranked #1226 ATP.

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #8 WTA.
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #298 WTA.
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterfinalists, is ranked #352 WTA.
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #523 WTA.
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #743 WTA
Ena KAJEVIC (CRO), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #851 WTA
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #946 WTA.

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

BOYS
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, is ranked #1143 ATP.
Sacha MERZETTI (ITA), 12th SB 2007 winner, is ranked #1188 ATP.
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), ranked 4th on 12th SB 2007, is ranked #1466 ATP.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, is ranked #78 WTA.
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007 player, is ranked #160 WTA.
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), ranked 3rd on 12th SB 2007, is ranked #609 WTA.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #201 on ATP ranking list.
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #1466 on ATP ranking 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
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is ranked # 988 ATP.
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked # 1040 on ATP ranking list.
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, is ranked # 1063 ATP.
Luka PANIC (SUI), 13th SB 2008 winner, is not ranked on ATP.
Grega KOKALJ (SLO), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is not ranked ATP.
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, is ranked #112 ITF.

GIRLS
Olga FRIDMAN (UKR), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #238 WTA.
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is ranked #395 WTA.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #539 WTA.
Nina ALIBALIC (CRO), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #607 WTA.
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, is ranked #809 WTA.
Katarina JOKIC (BiH), 13th SB 2008 winner, is not ranked WTA.
Nikolina JOVIC (SRB), 13th SB 2008 player, is not ranked WTA.
Marija CURNIC (CRO), 13th SB 2008 player, is not ranked WTA.

“Little Mo” TEAM
William BLUMBERG (USA), played 7th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #30 ITF.

Ingrid NEEL (USA), played 7th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #748 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, is ranked #760 ATP.
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #929 ATP.
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1317 ATP.
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1347 ATP.
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Consolation Draw winner, is ranked #29 ITF.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI (ITA), 14th SB 2009 runner up, is ranked #142 ITF.
Max STEWART (UK), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #210 ITF.
Karlo DIVKOVIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #378 ITF.
Anthony POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #681 ITF.
Karlo SUEVICH (CRO), ranked 3rd on 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1453 ITF.
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL (ESP), 14th SB 2009 winner, is not ranked on ATP.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, is ranked #446 WTA.
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, is ranked #574 WTA.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #916 WTA.
Inci OGUT (TUR), ranked 3rd on 14th SB 2009, is ranked #918 WTA.
Wiktoria KULIK (POL), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1010 WTA.
Lucie KANKOVA (CZE), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #30 ITF.
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #101 ITF.
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 runner up, is ranked #297 ITF.
Sina ZUGER (SUI), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #423 ITF.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #768 ITF.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #610 WTA.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #358 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, is ranked #24 ITF.
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), ranked 3rd on 15th SB 2010, is ranked #62 ITF.
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterfinalist, #351 ITF.
Karlo SUEVICH (CRO), 15th SB 2010 runner up, from Croatia, #1453 ITF.
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #208 ETA U16.

GIRLS
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, is ranked #80 ITF.
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #82 ITF.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #169 ITF.
Daria SOLOVYEVA (RUS), La Bottega di Smrikve, is ranked #184 ITF.
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #232 ITF.
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010 winner, is ranked #297 ITF.
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #306 ITF.
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), ranked 3rd on 15th SB 2010, is ranked #377 ITF.
Marija ELENOVA (MKD), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #804 ITF.
Andja KARANUSIC (CRO), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #1232 ITF.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), played 9th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #535 WTA.
Alexa BUTERA (USA), played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #803 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
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #12 ETA U16.
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, is ranked #18 ETA U16.
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, is ranked #36 ETA U16.
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #99 ETA U16.
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #102 ETA U16.
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #111 ETA U16.
Nemanja SUBANOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #131 ETA U16.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #136 ETA U16.
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ (BiH), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #165 ETA U16.
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #222 ETA U16.
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #225 ETA U16.
Peetu POHJOLA (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #327 ETA U16.
Sergiu MANCIOC (ROU), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #966 ETA U16.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, is ranked #35 ITF.
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #567 ITF.
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterfinalist, is ranked #653 ITF.
Paula JOUKANEN (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #770 ITF.
Betina TOKAC (TUR), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #843 ITF.
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, is ranked #1098 ITF.
Ksenija TMUSIC (SRB), 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, is ranked #391 ETA U16.
Emilija KOJCIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #402 ETA U16.

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #6 ETA U14.
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #9 ETA U14.
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012 player, is ranked #19 ETA U14.
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #23 ETA U14.
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, is ranked #25 ETA U14.
Angel GUERRERO MELGAR (ESP), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #48 ETA U14.
Peter ALAM (UK), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #55 ETA U14.
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, is ranked #71 ETA U14.
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #90 ETA U14.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC (BiH), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #248 ETA U14.

GIRLS
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, is ranked #205 ITF.
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #473 ITF.
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #631 ITF.
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #1155 ITF.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, is ranked #1597 ITF.
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #12 ETA U14.
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #20 ETA U14.
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #24 ETA U14.
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #41 ETA U14.
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #55 ETA U14.
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #60 ETA U14.
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #69 ETA U14.
Maria PETROVIC (SWE), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #86 ETA U14.
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist.

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 player, is ranked #21 ETA U14.
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #47 ETA U14.
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, is ranked #63 ETA U14.
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #64 ETA U14.
Lovre ERCEG (CRO), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #78 ETA U14.
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #87 ETA U14.
Aleksa KRIVOKAPIC (MNE), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #93 ETA U14.
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, is ranked #109 ETA U14.
Daniel RINCON (ESP), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #229 ETA U14.

GIRLS
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #17 ETA U14.
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, is ranked #52 ETA U14.
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, is ranked #59 ETA U14.
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #276 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

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

04/05/16

Smrikve c Code... May the 4th be with You... STAR WARS DAY :)

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 explanation 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 honor 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

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.

30/04/16

After 2nd SBTTFW 2016, Patrick Brady, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner, with his family visited Smrikve and Nikolas Car, a talented player from Slovenia :)

Real pleasure to see Patrick and all his family in Smrikve after his under 12 title in Turkey conquered last week… and quarterfinals at under 14 ETA tournament players two weeks ago in UK…

Patrick, Conor, JJ, Piya and John visited us all together…

… another pleasure was to meet on Smrikve courts Nikolas Car, from Slovenia, trained by one of the best Slovenian coaches…

Patrick and Conor were last time in Smrikve last spring… and it was so nice to train again all together… with Tara and Stefo… old friends :)…

… Tara and Conor…

… and here is Nikolas playing with Patrick and Conor… must be nice to play on court #1 with SB winner ;)…

… this is a funny part… who can do more :D… more you do better you can do it ;)…

also JJ may start soon to play tennis… looking forward to see you all soon in Smrikve :)

23/04/16

Sixth Day of the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016... Sliding... and repetition Day... with evening dedicated to Kung Fu Panda again :)...

The first day of the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016 was dedicated to discovering the importance of sensations and of the hidden force in tennis…

… during the second day the concentration was on discovering the importance of breathing and decontration… timing and acceleration… and ideal impact point… with evening classroom dedicated to discovering the Momentum…

… third day had focus on discovering the importance of body feel with focus on volley and serve … while the evening classroom was dedicated to discovering the feelings and sensations when the Momentum is totally with you and against you…

… fourth day had focus on discovering the importance of the Tactics with focus on service and return… while the evening classroom continued to discover the Momentum and importance of turning points…

… fifth day had focus on each alumni… and during the evening Momentum at different stages was explored…

The last day was envisaged to go through all the relevant moments of the week… and add just a little bit about sliding on clay…

The evening was dedicated to Momentum…

We started with a footwork Stefi Graf video this morning ;)

Warm up on the court before starting to experience the elements of the Tennis Talents Method was the essence of each Day…

… and yesterday tips for sliding on clay finished with a super nice drill…

… the individual session of the day was dedicated to Ana Tara…

… but after launch we continued with individual lessons :)… always taking in mind:

Sensation… and feeling…

Breathing and muscle release…

Timing and acceleration…

Ideal point of contact…

Movement…

2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016 Alumni Group with Max :)

See you next year!!! :D

22/04/16

Fifth Day of the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016... Individual lessons... with evening dedicated to Momentum being with you and against you...

The first day of the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016 was dedicated to discovering the importance of sensations and of the hidden force in tennis…

… fifth day had focus on each alumni… and during the evening Momentum at different stages was explored…

… and here we are again… within the sun at early morning :)

Early in the morning warm up before starting to experience the elements of the Tennis Talents Method is already the essence of each Day…

… each point we introduce first… starting with questions… and answers… and then once the idea is shared… there is always a need to try it with the racket on the court… to experience it… feel it and develop it…

… and here is the group trying to hit the ball in a different manner… before this exercise the Group learn the difference of their precision… and in which part of the court they should aim at their current level… that was a very interesting moment :)

… today Masha had her individual assessment session with Max being her sparing partner…

… and individual assessment is always a nice surprise for all :D

After Masha finished her assessment…

and after the evening session in the classroom… it was our Pizza evening :D

Today we will repeat the most important elements of the week ;)…

21/04/16

Fourth Day of the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016... Tactics... Movement... with evening dedicated to Momentum being with you and against you...

The first day of the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016 was dedicated to discovering the importance of sensations and of the hidden force in tennis…

… fourth day had focus on discovering the importance of the Tactics with focus on service and return… while the evening classroom continued to discover the Moment and importance of turning points…

… and here we are… within the sun at early morning :D

Early in the morning warm up before starting to experience the elements of the Tennis Talents Method is already the essence of each Day…

… each point we introduce first… starting with questions… and answers… and then get explained… once the idea is shared… there is always a need to try it with the racket on the court… to experience it… feel it and develop it…

… and the basics we’ve seen… Play far away from the opponent… move it… change rhythm… high deep spin balls if they bounce above the shoulder create problems to the opponent… very low slice balls if they bounce below the knee create problems to the opponent… and timing element related with hitting at the highest point of bounce… :)

… and on each courts the alumni tried to put in practice the new elements… and here are Masha with help of Max exploring the tactics element…

… and Tara had her individual assessment session with Matthias being her sparing partner…

… and individual assessment is always a nice surprise for all :D

Today we continue to explore ;)…

20/04/16

Third Day of the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016... the Body feel in serve and volley... and Momentum Day when Momentum is totally with you and against you...

The third day of the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2015 was dedicated to discovering the importance of Body feel and to the further exploration of the hidden force in tennis…

Early in the morning warm up before starting to experience the elements of the Tennis Talents Method is the essence of each Day…

… each point needs to be introduced first… explained using different learning channels… and once the idea is shared… there is always a need to try it with the racket on the court… the experience… feel and develop… every day adding a little piece…

… first day Sensations… second day… Acceleration and Timing… and yesterday Body feel… all key element for extracting the potential…

and each candidate experienced the speed…

the importance of kinetic chain coordination for the perfect execution…

… the assessment individual day was dedicated to Matthias Uwe Kask… and yesterday Maria Timofeeva was the hitting partner to help him show his current skills…

… cool down after afternoon session is a must… and somebody swim went into jacuzzi :D…

… after dinner we returned to the classroom… and started to further discover the Momentum… and tonight we did it with Kung Fu Panda ;)…

Today the group will start exploring another relevant pillar of the Tennis Talent Method… :)

19/04/16

Second Day of the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016... the Acceleration and Ideal Impact Point... and Momentum Day...

The first day of the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016 was dedicated to discovering the importance of sensations and of the hidden force in tennis…

… while during the second day the concentration was on discovering the importance of acceleration and the ideal impact point… while two classes… morning and the evening classroom was dedicated for discovering the Momentum…

Early in the morning we had rain… and we gathered in our classroom library to further explore the Momentum…

… first day Sensations… second day… Acceleration and Ideal Impact point… both key element for extracting the potential…

Today also Masha had some little extra time because of the late arrival during the first day…

and each candidate experienced the speed… the importance of kinetic chain coordination for the perfect execution…

After launch we continued starting with our warm up before starting to add new building blocks…

and later on exploring the arguments… building some new elements always…

… the assessment individual day was dedicated to Lorenzo… and Max was the hitting partner to help show her current skills…

Today the group will start exploring another relevant pillar of the Tennis Talent Method… :)

18/04/16

2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week 2016 started... the Sensation and Hidden Force Day...

Yesterday morning we started with the second Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week… the arrival of the first players started with arrival of Matthias Uwe Kask and his family from Canada… followed by the arrival of Lorenzo Sciahbasi and his father from Italy… Tara Sladakovic is at home in Smrikve and had pleasure to train with Matthias during the week…

On Saturday… a day before the program started… also Ana Tara Praček with her mother from Slovenija joined us… and Luca Appino from Turin in Italy…

During the first day… also Maria Timofeeva with her father joined us immediately after landing to Pula… :)

Saturday evening we started with a chat in our Konoba with early birds… and I am pleased to share just few pictures of the first knowledge sharing day…

Early in the morning with Luca… the final fine tuning for the day was made… and after breakfast… we started to go on the courts and make a little assessment of each player…

… the sharing knowledge week is based on two key elements… the TENNIS TALENTS Formula and Method… and learning about managing matches and the hidden force in tennis…

the on court day start at 10:00 AM… and finish after 8:30 PM in the evening… it is all about development…

The first day was dedicated to exploring the first pillar of the tennis talents formula… dedicated to sensations… a very broad subject… and after the morning assessment… we dedicated the afternoon in exploring the sensation elements…

… in all the learning we go through various key habits for any sportsmen… which start with warm up… and ends up with stretching and cooling down…

… after dinner we all returned to the classroom for the introduction of the TT formula – method…
… and today we expect to have help from Yoda to introduce some of the elements to be shared over the week and related with Momentum and hidden force in tennis ;)…

Today the group will start exploring the other relevant pillars of the Tennis Talent Method… :)

12/04/16

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update April 2016)

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

• TOP 100 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:

• 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)

As of 12th of April 2016 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 38 WTA players TOP 800 WTA

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #10 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #77 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #95 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #107 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #131 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #142 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #149 on WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #243 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #265 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #272 WTA

Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #283 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #313 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #332 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #337 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #366 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #377 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #406 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #413 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #451 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #466 WTA

Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #467 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – 492 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #510 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #539 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #552 WTA
Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #553 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION – 2005 player – #571 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #579 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #597 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #602 WTA

Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #604 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #628 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – 657 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #658 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #677 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #709 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #715 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #731 WTA

• 18 players TOP 800 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #14 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #42 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #191 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #212 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #230 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #243 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #252 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #307 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #314 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #430 ATP

Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 461 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #561 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #643 ATP
Luka ILIC – 2005 player – #654 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #662 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #692 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #736 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #760 ATP

• 1 player TOP 100 ATP doubles

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #72 ATP

• 9 boys and 13 girls… in total 23 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #4 Alex DE MINAUR – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles)
- #8 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #14 Youssef HOSSAM
- #21 Nicola KUHN
- #27 William BLUMBERG – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 runner up (doubles)
- #30 Patrik RIKL
- #31 Alexei POPYRIN
- #54 Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA
- #84 Yshai OLIEL

GIRLS:
- #10 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner and Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 winner (doubles), Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 runner up
- #14 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #38 Lucie KANKOVA
- #41 Michaela GORDON
- #45 Olga DANILOVIC
- #46 Tatiana PIERI
- #51 Viktoria KUZMOVA – Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
- #52 Berfu CENGIZ
- #66 Clair LIU
- #74 Paula ARIAS MANJON
- #76 Irina CANTOS SIEMERS
- #90 Haruna ARAKAWA
- #92 Seone MENDEZ

• 2 boys are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Nicola KUHN #5, Duje AJDUKOVIC #8)

• 2 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Borna DEVALD #6, Viktor JOVIC #9, Helene PELLICANO #4, Kristyna LAVICKOVA #9)

Vilim VISAK (CRO), 1st SB 1996 winner, Vilim’s best ranking was #612 ATP in March 2006.
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, Ivana’s best ranking was #95 WTA in June 2006.
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, Atrid’s best ranking was #356 WTA in March 2009.
Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, is currently ranked #283 WTA.
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, is currently ranked #736 ATP.

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

BOYS
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, is ranked #72 ATP double.
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, is ranked #111 ATP doubles.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, is ranked #131 WTA.

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO (ITA), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #212 ATP.
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, is currently ranked #430 ATP, best ranking #170 ATP (Apr 2002).
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is currently ranked #2385 ATP double.
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is currently ranked #238 ATP double.
Robin KERN (GER), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #760 ATP.
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, is currently ranked #294 ATP double.
Giacomo MICCINI (ITA), 7th SB 2002 runner up, is currently ranked #1071 ATP.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, is ranked #107 WTA.
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, is ranked #272 WTA.
Ema BURGIC (BiH), 7th SB 2002 semifinalist, is ranked #657 WTA.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, is ranked #14 ATP.
Nik RAZBORSEK (SLO), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #692 ATP.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), ranked 3rd on 8th SB 2003, is ranked #107 WTA.
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #377 WTA.
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO), 8th SB 2003 runner up, is ranked #4514 WTA.
Manisha FOSTER (UK), 8th SB 2003 player, is ranked #1001 WTA.

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, is ranked #307 ATP.
Filip VEGER (CRO), 9th SB 2004 semifinalist, is ranked #561 ATP.
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semifinalist, is ranked #643 ATP.

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #539 WTA.
Giada CLERICI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #715 WTA.
Anita HUSARIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004, is ranked #896 WTA.
Francesca PALMIGIANO (ITA), 9th SB 2004 quarterfinalist, is ranked #924 WTA.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #427 ATP.
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Consolation tournament winner, is ranked #230 ATP.
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, is ranked #243 ATP.
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, is ranked #252 ATP.
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), ranked 3rd on 10th SB 2005, is ranked #461 ATP.
Luka ILIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #654 ATP.
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #662 ATP.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #954 WTA.
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, is ranked #1426 WTA.
Olga IANCHUK (UKR), 10th SB 2005 runner up, is ranked #313 WTA.
Irina Maria BARA (ROU), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #332 WTA.
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th SB 2005, is ranked #571 WTA.
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, is ranked #628 WTA.
Iva MEKOVEC (CRO), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #677 WTA.
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005 player, is ranked #709 WTA.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, is ranked #461 ATP.
Andre BIRO (HUN), 11th SB 2006 semifinalist, is ranked #1232 ATP.

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #10 WTA.
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterfinalists, is ranked #337 WTA.
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #366 WTA.
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, is ranked #1082 WTA.

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

BOYS
Bogdan BORZA (ROU), 12th SB 2007 runner up, is ranked #1146 ATP.
Sacha MERZETTI (ITA), 12th SB 2007 winner, is ranked #1183 ATP.
Sergiu BUCUR (ROU), ranked 4th on 12th SB 2007, is ranked #1470 ATP.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, is ranked #775 WTA.
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007 player, is ranked #149 WTA.
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), ranked 3rd on 12th SB 2007, is ranked #658 WTA.
Anastasia MIKHEEVA (UK), 12th SB 2007, is ranked #699 ITF.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #191 on ATP ranking list.
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #1365 on ATP ranking 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
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is ranked # 985 ATP.
Youssef HOSSAM (EGY), 13th SB 2008, is ranked # 1057 ATP.
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked # 1125 on ATP ranking list.
Luka PANIC (SUI), 13th SB 2008 winner, is not ranked on ATP.
Grega KOKALJ (SLO), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is not ranked ATP.
Sven LAH (SLO), 13th SB 2008, is ranked #104 ITF.

GIRLS
Olga FRIDMAN (UKR), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #243 WTA.
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK), ranked 3rd on 13th SB 2008, is ranked #406 WTA.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #467 WTA.
Nina ALIBALIC (CRO), 13th SB 2008 player, is ranked #602 WTA.
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, is ranked #809 WTA.
Katarina JOKIC (BiH), 13th SB 2008 winner, is not ranked WTA.
Nikolina JOVIC (SRB), 13th SB 2008 player, is not ranked WTA.
Marija CURNIC (CRO), 13th SB 2008 player, is not ranked WTA.

“Little Mo” TEAM
William BLUMBERG (USA), played 7th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #27 ITF.

Ingrid NEEL (USA), played 7th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #731 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, is ranked #4 on ITF and is ranked #871 ATP.
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #8 ITF and is ranked #1215 ATP.
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #30 ITF and is ranked #1320 ATP.
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #54 ITF and is ranked #1351 ATP.
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Consolation Draw winner, is ranked #31 ITF.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI (ITA), 14th SB 2009 runner up, is ranked #171 ITF.
Max STEWART (UK), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #198 ITF.
Karlo DIVKOVIC (CRO), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #463 ITF.
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL (ESP), 14th SB 2009 winner, is ranked #1536 ITF.
Anthony POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #849 ITF.
Karlo SUEVICH (CRO), ranked 3rd on 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1410 ITF.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, is ranked #466 WTA.
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, is ranked #579 WTA.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist, is ranked #918 WTA.
Inci OGUT (TUR), ranked 3rd on 14th SB 2009, is ranked #959 WTA.
Wiktoria KULIK (POL), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #1021 WTA.
Lucie KANKOVA (CZE), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #38 ITF.
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #90 ITF.
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 runner up, is ranked #285 ITF.
Sina ZUGER (SUI), 14th SB 2009, is ranked #580 ITF.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #913 ITF.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #604 WTA.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, from the USA, is ranked #347 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, is ranked #21 ITF.
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), ranked 3rd on 15th SB 2010, is ranked #84 ITF.
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterfinalist, #348 ITF.
Karlo SUEVICH (CRO), 15th SB 2010 runner up, from Croatia, #1410 ITF.
Filippo MORONI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #169 ETA U16.

GIRLS
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, is ranked #74 ITF.
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS (BEL), 15th SB 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #76 ITF.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU (ROU), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #250 ITF.
Jovana VUKOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010 winner, is ranked #285 ITF.
Dalila SAID (EGY), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #299 ITF.
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #332 ITF.
Kristina NOVAK (SLO), ranked 3rd on 15th SB 2010, is ranked #402 ITF.
Andja KARANUSIC (CRO), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #797 ITF.
Marija ELENOVA (MKD), 15th SB 2010, is ranked #788 ITF.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), played 9th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #66 ITF and is ranked #552 WTA.
Alexa BUTERA (USA), played 8th “Little Mo”/SB, is ranked #756 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, is ranked #8 ETA U16.
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #15 ETA U16.
Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 runner up, is ranked #27 ETA U16.
Stipan MADZAR (CRO), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #68 ETA U16.
Makary ADAMEK (POL), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #101 ETA U16.
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #102 ETA U16.
Nemanja SUBANOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #121 ETA U16.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #126 ETA U16.
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ (BiH), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #141 ETA U16.
Vanja DOBRNJAC (BiH), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #186 ETA U16.
Peetu POHJOLA (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #308 ETA U16.
Marco FURLANETTO (ITA), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #330 ETA U16.
Sergiu MANCIOC (ROU), 16th SB 2011 quarterfinalist, is ranked #811 ETA U16.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, is ranked #45 ITF.
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #568 ITF.
Iva ZELIC (CRO), 16th SB quarterfinalist, is ranked #653 ITF.
Paula JOUKANEN (FIN), 16th SB 2011, is ranked #852 ITF.
Betina TOKAC (TUR), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #972 ITF.
Andjela SKROBONJA (SRB), 16th SB 2011 player, is ranked #1324 ITF.
Ksenija TMUSIC (SRB), 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, is ranked #394 ETA U16.
Emilija KOJCIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 16th SB 2011, is ranked #413 ETA U16.

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna DEVALD (CRO), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #6 ETA U14.
Viktor JOVIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #9 ETA U14.
Mikolaj LORENS (POL), 17th SB 2012 player, is ranked #18 ETA U14.
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #18 ETA U14.
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, is ranked #22 ETA U14.
Angel GUERRERO MELGAR (ESP), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #43 ETA U14.
Luca NARDI (ITA), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #62 ETA U14.
Felix NORDBY (NOR), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #78 ETA U14.
Goran ZIVOTIC (SRB), 17th SB 2012 winner, is ranked #90 ETA U14.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC (BiH), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #243 ETA U14.

GIRLS
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, is ranked #119 ITF.
Helene PELLICANO (MLT), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #476 ITF.
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #845 ITF.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE (GER), 17th SB 2012 runner up, is ranked #1570 ITF.
Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #1675 ITF.
Avelina SAYFETDINOVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #12 ETA U14.
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #21 ETA U14.
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #22 ETA U14.
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, is ranked #36 ETA U14.
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), ranked 3rd on 17th SB 2012, is ranked #46 ETA U14.
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist, is ranked #58 ETA U14.
Charlotte OWENSBY (USA), 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist.

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 player, is ranked #26 ETA U14.
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, is ranked #46 ETA U14.
Stefan POPOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013, is ranked #60 ETA U14.
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #82 ETA U14.
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ (ESP), 18th SB 2013 winner, is ranked #95 ETA U14.
Daniel RINCON (ESP), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #211 ETA U14.

GIRLS
Selin Lidya SEPKEN (TUR), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #14 ETA U14.
Kyle BILCHEV (UK), 18th SB 2013 runner up, is ranked #77 ETA U14.
Noa KRZNARIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013 winner, is ranked #164 ETA U14.
Kornelia HUNCAK (CRO), ranked 3rd on 18th SB 2013, is ranked #248 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

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

08/04/16

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE 21st SMRIKVA BOWL 2016 CANDIDATES... The confirmation e-mails have been sent to all the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 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 2nd of April 2016 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 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 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 third consecutive time in the Smrikva Bowl history

By taking into consideration that over 90 players who presented their candidacy in time are ranked among TOP 3 players in the country the decision was taken to extend the number of accepted players to our maximum potential of 112 players… the new envisaged draws are: 64 boys + 48 girls draws…

Smrikva Bowl historical limit was always 100 players and we confirmed 12 players above our traditional limit…

The candidates were from over 40 countries and there are four new countries. Total number of countries represented on Smrikva Bowl since its foundation in 1996 may reach the number 76 after this year Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Nomination Ceremony…

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

The players that have not received any confirmation e-mail but have provided in time all the five requested elements in the application instructions indicated in the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 tournament presentation please inform Smrikve Tennis Club via e-mail: [email protected].

30/03/16

The possibility to candidate players for the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 edition was Closed before 30th of March 2016. The candidates who presented their candidacy are pleased to read the following...

Smrikva Bowl is traditionally limited to 100 players…

For the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 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 third time in the Smrikva Bowl history.

The candidates are from over 40 countries and all the continents…

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, 2016.

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

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