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14/02/16

Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 player, reached the finals of St.Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2016 - WTA Premier Tournament

Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 player, currently ranked #11 WTA, reached the finals of St.Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2016 – USD 753,000 WTA Premier Tournament and become the first Smrikva Bowl player to reach TOP 10 ranking :D

Belinda’s road towards the finals was the following:

Main Draw:
1st round: Belinda Bencic – bye
2nd round: Belinda Bencic – Annika BECK (Ger) 7:6,6:3
Quarterfinals: B.Bencic – A.PAVLYUCHENKOVA (Rus) 6:7,6:4,6:2
Semifinals: Belinda Bencic – Daria KASATKINA (Rus) 6:4,6:3
Finals: Belinda Bencic – Roberta VINCI (Ita) 4:6, 3:6

Players ranking:
Annika BECK (Ger) – #39 WTA
Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (Rus) – #26 WTA
Daria KASATKINA (Rus) – #63 WTA
Roberta VINCI (Ita) – #16 WTA

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24/01/16

23 Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of the 34th Les Petits As 2016 edition... Borna DEVALD reached the finals... Himari SATO reached semifinals ... Viktor JOVIC quarterfinals

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

… and out of 128 players in both girls and boys Main Draws I recognized in total 24 former Smrikva Bowl players (10 girls and 13 boys)

In the 1st round there were 23 Smrikva Bowl players out of 128 (17,97%)
In the 2nd round there were 12 Smrikva Bowl players out of 64 (18,75%)
In the 3rd round there were 8 Smrikva Bowl players out of 32 (25%)
In the quarterfinals round there were 3 Smrikva Bowl players out of 16 (18,75%)
In the semifinals round there were 2 Smrikva Bowl players out of 8 (25%)
and one in the finals

GIRLS

Himari Sato (JPN) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner
1st round: Himari Sato – Gabriella PRICE (USA) 6:2,6:1
2nd round: Himari Sato – Dasha LOPATETSKAYA (Ukr) 6:2,6:1
3rd round: Himari Sato – Carol PLAKK (Est) 6:2, 6:3
Quarterfinals: Himari Sato – Daria FRAYMAN (Rus) 6:3, 6:4
Semifinals: Himari Sato – Marta KOSTYUK (Ukr) 3:6,2:6

Kristyna Lavickova (Cze) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Kristyna Lavickova – Ziva FALKNER (Slo) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Kristyna Lavickova – Alexandra VECIC (Ger) 6:2,6:2
3rd round: Kristyna Lavickova – Daria FRAYMAN (Rus) 2:6,6:4,4:6

Avelina Sayfetdinova (Rus) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Avelina Sayfetdinova – Michelle VAN MOL (Bel) 6:3,6:3
2nd round: Avelina Sayfetdinova – Victoria HU (USA) 7:6,2:6,6:1
3rd round: Avelina Sayfetdinova – Denisa HINDOVA (Cze) 1:6,2:6

Weronika Baszak (Pol) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Weronika Baszak – Raluca M.TUDORACHE (Rou) 7:6,6:0
2nd round: Weronika Baszak – Carol PLAKK (Est) wo

Matilde Paoletti (Ita) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist
1st round: Matilde Paoletti – Sofiya BABYCH (Can) 7:5,6:1
2nd round: Matilde Paoletti – Sena TAKEBE (Jpn) 3:6,2:6

Ziva Falkner (Slo) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Ziva Falkner – Kristyna LAVICKOVA (Cze) 2:6,3:6

Noa Krznaric (CRO) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 winner
1st round: Noa Krznaric – Daria SNIGUR (Ukr) 2:6,0:6

Pia Lovric (Slo) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 semifinalist
1st round: Pia Lovric – Holly FISCHER (Uk) 2:6,2:6

Selin Sepken (TUR) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Selin Sepken – Salma DJOUBRI (Fra) 3:6,2:6

Kylie Bilchev (GBR) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up
1st round: Kylie Bilchev – Alina CHARAEVA (Rus) 3:6,6:4,3:6

BOYS

Borna Devald (Cro) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist
1st round: Borna Devald – Zane KHAN (USA) 6:4,6:2
2nd round: Borna Devald – Leo RAQUIN (FRA) 6:1,6:2
3rd round: B. Devald – J. VON DER SCHULENBURG (Sui) 6:4,3:6,7:6
Quarterfinals: B. Devald – Viktor JOVIC (Srb) 6:4,7:5
Semifinals: B. Devald – Dawid TACZALA (Pol) 3:6,6:3,7:6
Finals: B. Devald – Stefan LEUSTIAN (USA) 6:3,2:6,2:6

Viktor Jovic (Srb) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 semifinalist
1st round: Viktor Jovic – Jorge PLANS (Esp) 6:2,6:0
2nd round: Viktor Jovic – Mehdi SADAOUI (Fra) 6:4,6:4
3rd round: Viktor Jovic – Jaroslav SMEDEK (Cze) 6:3,6:2
Quarterfinals: Viktor Jovic – Borna DEVALD (Cro) 4:6,5:7

Sebastian Gima (Rou) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up
1st round: Sebastian Gima – Petr KAPUSKIN (Rus) 7:5,6:4
2nd round: Sebastian Gima – C. ALCARAZ GARFIA (Esp) 6:4,7:5
3rd round: Sebastian Gima – Harold MAYOT (Fra) 0:6,1:6

Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist
1st round: Lorenzo Musetti – Martin BREYSACH (Fra) 6:1,6:4
2nd round: Lorenzo Musetti – Nicholas GARCIA (USA) 7:5,6:0
3rd round: Lorenzo Musetti – Dalibor SVRCINA (Cze) 5:7,6:7

Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Holger V.N.Rune – Damien BERGEROU (Fra) 6:1,6:0
2nd round: Holger V.N.Rune – Kristian KUBIK (Cze) 6:1,6:2
3rd round: Holger V.N.Rune – Stefan LEUSTIAN (USA) 3:6, 3:6

Angel Guerrero Melgar (Esp) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Angel Guerrero Melgar – Ross WEIBULL (Swe) 6:4,6:4
2nd round: Angel Guerrero Melgar – E.AGAFONOV (Rus) 6:4,3:6,2:6

Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (Esp) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up
1st round: Carlos Alcaraz Garfia – H.MEDJEDOVIC (Srb) 5:7,6:3,6:3
2nd round: Carlos Alcaraz Garfia – Sebastian GIMA (ROU) 4:6,5:7

Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 semifinalist
1st round: H. Medjedovic – C.ALCARAZ GARFIA (Esp) 7:5,3:6,3:6

Stefan Popovic (Srb) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Stefan Popovic – Terence ATMANE (Fra) 2:6,0:6

Mikolaj Lorens (Pol) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Mikolaj Lorens – Kristian KUBIK (Cze) 1:6,0:6

Ryotaro Koshiba (Jpn) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Ryotaro Koshiba – Harold MAYOT (Fra) 3:6,2:6

Lovro Suevich (Cro) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Lovro Suevich – Moritz STOEGER (Ger) 3:6,2:6

Daniel Rincon (Esp) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Daniel Rincon – Stefan LEUSTIAN (USA) 3:6,6:3,3:6

24/01/16

Invitation to join "Little Mo" Internationals in Palm Springs, California from March 2-6, 2016

I am pleased to share Carol Weyman message about the event to be held during Indian Wells time…

All tennis families who are planing to attend Indian Wells event is an opportunity to play good tennis too the week before…

The players who are age 8-15 (born in 2008 – 2001) are pleased to take into consideration attending the “Little Mo” Internationals in Palm Springs, California from March 2-6.

Wayne Bryan (father and coach of the Bryan Brothers) will offer a “complimentary clinic” to all “Little Mo” players on Saturday, March 5th.

At “Little Mo” you can compete in your own age group because there is “Little Mo” and “Big Mo”…

Carol Weyman wish the players will stay on to attend the Indian Wells pro tournament which is 10 minutes away and will begin on March 7.

To REGISTER please visit the webist page: www.littlemopalmsprings.com

23/01/16

14 Smrikva Bowl players are in the Main Draws of the Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016... Tereza MIHALIKOVA is the runner up and Alex DE MINAUR reached semifinals and won the title in doubles!

There are 14 Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of the Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 out of 128: 6 girls and 8 boys…

GIRLS:

Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player
1st round: T.Mihalikova – Ioana MINCA (ROU) 7:5,6:4
2nd round: T.Mihalikova – Cristina BUCSA (ESP) 7:6,4:6,6:2
3rd round: T.Mihalikova – Lara Salden (BEL) 6:3, 6:2
Quarterfinals: T.Mihalikova – Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 6:1,6:3
Semifinals: T. Mihalikova – Rebeka Masarova (SUI) 6:3,6:3
Finals: T. Mihalikova – Vera Lapko (BLR) 3:6,4:6

Tereza is the winner of Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN doubles title

Lucie KANKOVA (CZE) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Lucie Kankova – Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN) 6:3,6:2
2nd round: Lucie Kankova – Baijing LIN (CHN) 4:6,6:7

Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Haruna Arakawa – Lucie KANKOVA (CZE) 3:6,2:6

Olga DANILOVIC (SRB) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner
1st round: Olga Danilovic – Anastasia POTAPOVA (RUS) 2:6,1:6

Berfu CENGIZ (TUR) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008
1st round: Berfu Cengiz – Rebeka MASAROVA (SUI) 3:6,5:7

Lea BOSKOVIC (CRO) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Lea Boskovic – Dayana YASTREMSKA (UKR) 6:3,5:7,2:6

BOYS:

Alex DE MINAUR (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Alex De Minaur – Corrado SUMMARIA (ITA) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – Elliot BENCHETRIT (CAN) 6:3,7:5
3rd round: Alex De Minaur – Youssef HOSSAM (EGY) 7:5,6:3
Quarterfinals: A.De Minaur – Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 6:7,7:5,6:0
Semifinals: Alex De Minaur – J. Karimov(UZB) 6:3,4:6,3:6

Alex is the winner of Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN doubles title

Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Rudolf MOLLEKER (GER) 6:2,6:2
2nd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Jack Mingjie LIN (CAN) 6:1,6:4
3rd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Yosuke WATANUKI (JPN) 6:4,2:6,6:8

Youssef HOSSAM (EGY) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player
1st round: Youssef Hossam – Robertas VRZESINSKI (LTU) 6:1,6:3
2nd round: Youssef Hossam – Piotr MATUSZEWSKI (POL) 6:1,7:6
3rd round: Youssef Hossam – Alex DE MINAUR (AUS) 5:7,3:6

Patrik RIKL (Cze) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Patrik Rikl – Daisuke SUMIZAWA (JPN) 6:2,6:4
2nd round: Patrik Rikl – Yunseong CHUNG (KOR) 7:5,4:6,7:9

Patrik is the runner up of Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN doubles

Nicola KUHN (GER) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner
1st round: Nicola Kuhn – Jack Mingjie LIN (CAN) 4:6,3:6

Gianmarco MORONI (ITA) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player
1st round: Gianmarco Moroni – Mate VALKUSZ (HUN) 4:6,4:6

Yshai OLIEL (ISR) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 semifinalist
1st round: Yshai Oliel – Tao MU (CHN) 6:4,3:6,5:7

Alexei POPYRIN (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 CD winner
1st round: Alexei Popyrin – Yunseong CHUNG (KOR) 3:6,2:6

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.

15/01/16

Six Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016: Dominic THIEM, Borna CORIC, Donna VEKIC, Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, Belinda BENCIC, Ana KONJUH... eight played qualifications...

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

… and this time… there are six former Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of a Grand Slam… Australian OPEN 2016: Dominic THIEM, Borna CORIC, Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, Donna VEKIC, Belinda BENCIC, Ana KONJUH…

In the qualification draws there were for the first time eight Smrikva Bowl players: Matteo DONATI, Federico GAIO, Djere LASLO, Alex DE MINAUR, Jana FETT, Ivana JOROVIC, Petra MARTIC, Tereza MIHALIKOVA…

The following are the results of the Main Draw:

Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 player, currently ranked #14 WTA, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016:

Main Draw:
1st round: Belinda Bencic – Alison Riske (USA) 6:4,6:3
2nd round: Belinda Bencic – Timea Babos (HUN) 6:3,6:3
3rd round: Belinda Bencic – K. Bondarenko (UKR) 4:6,6:4,6:2
4th round: Belinda Bencic – Maria Sharapova (RUS) 5:7,5:7

Players ranking:
Alison Riske (USA) – #74 WTA
Timea Babos (HUN) – #60 WTA
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) – #92 WTA
Maria Sharapova (RUS) – #5 WTA

Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, currently ranked #87 WTA, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016:

Main Draw:
1st round: Ana Konjuh – Urszula Radwanska (POL) 0:6,6:4,6:3
2nd round: Ana Konjuh – Daria Kasatkina (RUS)

Players ranking:
Urszula Radwanska (POL) – #109 WTA
Daria Kasatkina (RUS) – #69 WTA

Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 semifinalist, currently ranked #68 WTA, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016:

Main Draw:
1st round: Ajla Tomljanovic – Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 6:7,3:6

Players ranking:
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) – #91 WTA

Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #102 WTA, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015:

Main Draw:
1st round: Donna Vekic – Naomi Osaka (JPN) 3:6,2:6

Players ranking:
Naomi Osaka (JPN) – #127 WTA

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #20 ATP, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016:

Main Draw:
1st round: Dominic Thiem – Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6:2,7:6,4:6,7:6
2nd round: Dominic Thiem – Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 6:3,6:1,6:3
3rd round: Dominic Thiem – David Goffin (BEL) 1:6,6:3,6:7,5:7

Players ranking:
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) – #35 ATP
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) – #73 ATP
David Goffin (BEL) – #16 ATP

Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #40 ATP, at AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016:

Main Draw:
1st round: Borna Coric – A. Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 2:6,2:6,3:6

Players ranking:
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) – #55 ATP

13/01/16

Dino Prizmic and Lucija Ciric-Bagaric are the Croatian National Indoors under 12 Champions... Mili Poljicak and Daniela Huncak are runner up... all Smrikva kids :)

This week end at the Croatian National Tennis Center the Indoors under 12 Championship was held… and I was pleased to recognize many Smrikva Bowl names in the Main Draws and I am glad that both Champions and runner up are the kids I had pleasure to meet during their Smrikva Bowl…

BOYS

Dino PRIZMIC, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 quarterfinalist, currently ranked #1 on under 12 ranking list, is the boys under 12 Croatian Indoors Champion…

His road towards the victory was the following:

1st round: Dino Prizmic – Leon BABIC BRAJKO 6:0,6:0
2nd round: Dino Prizmic – Stjepan IVANEK 6:1,6:0
Quarterfinals: Dino Prizmic – Noa VUKADIN 6:1,6:0
Semifinals: Dino Prizmic – Luka MIKRUT 6:0,5:7,7:5
Finals: Dino Prizmic – Mili POLJICAK 6:3,6:2

Other Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draw were: Mili POLJICAK (finals), Luka MIKRUT (semifinals), Ivan SODAN (semifinals), Noa VUKADIN (quarterfinals), Matej DODIG (quarterfinals), Luka DOSEN (2nd round), Filip FEREGA (2nd round), Roko MARKOVINA (2nd round), Fran KUNA (2nd round), Viktor BOBAN (1st round), Dorian VASUNG (1st round), Borna PEJIĆ (1st round)

In doubles… the winners were Luka MIKRUT and Ivan SODAN… the winners of Smrikva Bowl IGRA Game in 2014 :)… while Dino PRIZMIC and Bartol BORSE… were runner up…

GIRLS

Lucije CIRIC BAGARIC, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 player, currently ranked #1 on under 12 ranking list, is the girls under 12 Croatian Indoors Champion…

Her road towards the victory was the following:

1st round: Lucija Ciric Bagaric – Bruna MARICIC 6:0, 6:2
2nd round: Lucija Ciric Bagaric – Lara VOLF 6:1, 6:0
Quarterfinals: Lucija Ciric Bagaric – Marina SKEGRO 6:2, 6:1
Semifinals: Lucija Ciric Bagaric – Hana SOKOLOVIC 4:6,6:1,7:5
Finals: Lucija Ciric Bagaric – Daniela HUNCAK 5:7,7:6,6:3

Other Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draw were: Daniela HUNCAK (finals), Hana SOKOLOVIC (semifinals), Marina SKEGRO (quarterfinals), Renata HUNCAK (quarterfinals), Korina MARTINCIC (2nd round), Petra MARCINKO (2nd round), Ema MIDZIC (2nd round), Laura ZIVKOVIC (2nd round), Tena RAJKI (2nd round), Tara SLADAKOVIC (1st round), Liv HABDIJA SUMAK (1st round), Leticia TAROCCO (1st roud), Valentina KOVACIC (1st round)

In doubles the winners were Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC with Marija MAJETIC… while runner up were sisters HUNCAK…

09/01/16

Borna CORIC played his first ATP 250 final in Chennai (India), while Dominic THIEM played with Roger FEDERER in the semifinals of ATP 250 Brisbane (AUSTRALIA)...

Great start of the year for Borna CORIC and Dominic THIEM… :D

AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN ATP 250 (INDIA)

Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #44 ATP reached the finals in Chennai and his road to the finals was the following:

Main Draw:
1st round: Borna Coric – Marcel Granollers (Esp) 7:6,2:6,6:4
2nd round: Borna Coric – Austin Krajicek (USA) 6:2,7:5
Quarterfinals: Borna Coric – R.Bautista Agut (Esp) 3:6,6:4,7:6
Semifinals: Borna Coric – Aljaz Bedene (Uk) 7:6,6:7,6:3
Finals: Borna Coric – Stan Wawrinka (Sui) 3:6,5:7

Players ranking:
Marcel Granollers (Esp) – #84 ATP
Austin Krajicek (USA) – #83 ATP
Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) – #25 ATP
Aljaz Bedene (Uk) – #45 ATP
Stan Wawrinka (Sui) – #4 ATP

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL ATP 250 (AUSTRALIA)

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #20 ATP, reached the semifinals in Brisbane and his road to the semifinals was the following:

Main Draw:

1st round: Dominic Thiem – James Duckworth (Aus) 3:6,6:4,6:3
2nd round: Dominic Thiem – Denis Kudla (USA) 6:3,6:2
Quarterfinals: Dominic Thiem – Marin Cilic (Cro) 2:6,7:6,6:4
Semifinals: Dominic Thiem – Roger Federer (Sui) 1:6,4:6

Players ranking:
James Duckworth (Aus) – #120 ATP
Denis Kudla (USA) – #69 ATP
Marin Cilic (Cro) – #13 ATP
Roger Federer (Sui) – #3 ATP

06/01/16

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

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #12 WTA (Aug 2015)
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)

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

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #18 ATP (Aug 2015)
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)

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #102 ATP doubles (Aug 2015)

As of 8th of January 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 – #14 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #65 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #82 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #103 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #148 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #152 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #190 on WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #205 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #258 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #273 WTA

Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #283 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #290 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #342 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #355 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #370 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #376 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #427 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #430 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #477 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #511 WTA

Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #514 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #519 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #536 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #559 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #564 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #574 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #578 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION – 2005 player – #602 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #606 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #636 WTA

Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #661 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #669 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – 676 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #691 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – 705 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #725 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #728 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #791 WTA

• 18 players TOP 800 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #20 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #44 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #180 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #186 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #240 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #245 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #272 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #276 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #315 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #358 ATP

Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 383 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #536 ATP
Luka ILIC – 2005 player – #665 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #683 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #720 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #723 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #751 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #758 ATP

• 1 player TOP 50 ATP doubles

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #47 ATP

• 11 boys and 12 girls… in total 23 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #5 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #6 William BLUMBERG – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 runner up (doubles)
- #10 Alex DE MINAUR
- #31 Patrik RIKL
- #33 Gian Marco MORONI
- #38 Alexei POPYRIN
- #46 Nicola KUHN
- #48 Yshai OLIEL
- #70 Samuele RAMAZZOTTI
- #72 Sven LAH
- #89 Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA

GIRLS:
- #3 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #6 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner
- #22 Michaela GORDON
- #23 Clair LIU
- #24 Viktoria KUZMOVA – Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
- #31 Lucie KANKOVA
- #45 Berfu CENGIZ
- #46 Maia LUMSDEN
- #58 Haruna ARAKAWA
- #80 Wiktoria KULIK
- #85 Ingrid NEEL
- #87 Olga DANILOVIC

• 3 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Nicola KUHN #5, Yshai OLIEL #8, Claire LIU #6)

• 4 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Borna DEVALD #4, Viktor JOVIC #7, Mikolaj LORENS #9, Helene PELLICANO #1, Himari SATO #8)

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, 1st Smrikva Bowl 1996 winner, from Croatia. Vilim’s best ranking was #612 in March 2006.
Ivana LISJAK, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner, from Croatia. Ivana’s best ranking was #95 on WTA list in June 2006.
Astrid BESSER, 4th Smrikva Bowl 1999 winner, from Italy. Atrid’s best ranking was #356 on WTA list in March 2009.
Tereza MRDEZA, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Croatia, is currently ranked #205 on WTA list.
Adelchi VIRGILI, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Italy, is currently ranked #758 on ATP list.

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

BOYS
Marin DRAGANJA, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #47 on ATP double ranking list.
Dino MARCAN, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #115 on ATP doubles ranking list.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #148 on WTA list.

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Italy, is currently ranked #245 on ATP list.
Javier MARTI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Spain, is currently ranked #272 on ATP ranking list, best ranking #170 on ATP list (Apr 2002).
Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #242 on ATP double list.
Ivan SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #242 on ATP double list.
Robin KERN, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Germany, is currently ranked #720 on ATP list.
Luca MARGAROLI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Switzerland, is currently ranked #318 on ATP double list.
Giacomo MICCINI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Italy, is currently ranked #1038 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #65 on WTA list.
Martina CAREGARO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #258 on WTA ranking list.
Ema BURGIC – 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #676 on WTA list.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #20 on ATP ranking list.
Nik RAZBORSEK, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Slovenia, is ranked #683 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #65 on WTA list.
Martina TREVISAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Italy, is ranked #376 on WTA list.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #430 on WTA list.
Manisha FOSTER, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from UK, is ranked #1034 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #315 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #536 on ATP ranking list.
Nerman FATIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #723 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Anita HUSARIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #791 on WTA ranking list.
Francesca PALMIGIANO, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #831 on WTA ranking list.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #44 on ATP list.
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Italy, is ranked #180 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #186 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #240 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #383 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #665 on ATP ranking list.
Nino SERDARUSIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #751 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #103 on WTA list.
Jana FETT, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Croatia, is ranked #152 on WTA ranking list.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #290 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #342 on WTA ranking list.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #536 on WTA list.
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Romania, is ranked #602 on WTA ranking list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #669 on WTA list.
Karin KENNEL, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Switzerland, is ranked #691 on WTA ranking list.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Italy, is ranked #383 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #1153 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #14 on WTA list
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #355 on WTA list.
Nina STOJANOVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Serbia, is ranked #370 on WTA list
Deborah CHIESA, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Italy, is ranked #1019 on WTA list

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

BOYS
Sacha MERZETTI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 winner, from Italy, is ranked #1190 on ATP list.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #1305 on ATP list.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #1492 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #82 on WTA list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #190 on WTA list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #725 on WTA list.
Anastasia MIKHEEVA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from UK, is ranked #367 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #276 on ATP ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner and doubles runner up, Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up.
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1003 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
Youssef HOSSAM, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Egypt, is ranked #19 on ITF ranking list and is ranked # 1050 on ATP ranking list.
Andrea GUERRIERI, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is ranked # 1090 on ATP ranking list.
Gian Marco MORONI, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Italy, is ranked # 1146 on ATP ranking list.
Luka PANIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Switzerland, is not ranked on ATP ranking list.
Grega KOKALJ, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is not yet ranked on ATP ranking list.
Sven LAH, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is ranked #72 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #283 on WTA ranking list.
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #427 on WTA ranking list.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Slovakia, is ranked #574 on WTA ranking list and is the Junior AUASTRALIAN OPEN 2015 Winner.
Nina ALIBALIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #636 on WTA ranking list.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #1040 on WTA ranking list.
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #1286 on WTA ranking list.
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Serbia, is ranked #189 on ITF ranking list.
Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #450 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
William BLUMBERG, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #6 on ITF ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 doubles runner up.

Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #578 on WTA ranking list.

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
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #5 on ITF ranking list and is ranked #1350 on ATP list.
Alex DE MINAUR, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #10 on ITF ranking list. Junior US
OPEN 2015 runner up and is ranked #1574 on ATP list.
Patrik RIKL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Czech Republic, is ranked #31 on ITF ranking list.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw winner, from Australia, is ranked #38 on ITF ranking list.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #70 on ITF ranking list.
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKKINA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Spain, is ranked #89 on ITF ranking list.
Max STEWART, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from UK, is ranked #222 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo DIVKOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #408 on ITF ranking list.
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from Spain, is ranked #548 on ITF ranking list.
Anthony POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #918 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #1296 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #519 on WTA ranking list.
Berfu CENGIZ, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 player, from Turkey, is ranked #559 on WTA ranking list.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #929 on WTA ranking list.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #966 on WTA ranking list.
Wiktoria KULIK, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Poland, is ranked #1086 on WTA ranking list.
Lucie KANKOVA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Czech Republic, is ranked #31 on ITF ranking list.
Haruna ARAKAWA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Japan, is ranked #58 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #293 on ITF ranking list.
Sina ZUGER, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Switzerland, is ranked #531 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #648 on ITF ranking list.
Alex GEE, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #661 on WTA ranking list.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #332 on ITF ranking list.

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, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Spain, is ranked #46 on ITF ranking list.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is ranked #48 on ITF ranking list.
Tomas MACHAC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #898 on ITF ranking ranking.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1296 on ITF ranking list.
Filippo MORONI, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, is ranked #122 on ETA under 16 list.

GIRLS
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, from Belgium, is ranked #137 on ITF ranking list.
Dalila SAID, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Egypt, is ranked #190 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #293 on ITF ranking list.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #350 on ITF ranking list.
Ania HERTEL, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #352 on ITF ranking list.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Slovenia, is ranked #360 on ITF ranking list.
Andja KARANUSIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #558 on ITF ranking list.
Marija ELENOVA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Macedonia, is ranked #753 on ITF ranking list.
Paula ARIAS MANJON, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is ranked #813 on ITF ranking list.
Emma ZAKORDONIEC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #1960 on ITF ranking list.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Max MOTLAGH, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

Claire LIU, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #23 on ITF ranking list.
Alexa BUTERA, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1680 on ITF ranking list.

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, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #16 on ETA under 14 list.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Spain is ranked #28 on ETA under 16 list.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #33 on ETA under 16 list.
Cezar CRETU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #38 on ETA under 16 list.
Stipan MADZAR, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is ranked #52 on ETA under 16 list.
Nemanja SUBANOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #93 on ETA under 16 list.
Makary ADAMEK, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Poland, is ranked #98 on ETA under 16 list.
Vanja DOBRNJAC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #99 on ETA under 16 list.
Eric VANSHELBOIM, from Ukraine, is ranked #105 on ETA under 16 list.
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #115 on ETA under 16 list.
Peetu POHJOLA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #122 on ETA under 16 list.
Marco FURLANETTO, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Italy, is ranked #687 on ETA under 16 list.
Sergiu MANCIOC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #808 on ETA under 16 list.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #87 on ITF ranking list.
Paula JOUKANEN, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #770 on ITF ranking list.
Iva ZELIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #782 on ITF ranking list.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is ranked #927 on ITF ranking list.
Oana Smaranda CORNEANU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #1212 on ITF ranking list.
Andjela SKROBONJA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, from Serbia, is ranked #73 on ETA under 16 list.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #380 on ETA under 16 list.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #467 on ETA under 16 list.

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, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #4 on ETA under 14 list.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Serbia, is ranked #7 on ETA under 14 list.
Mikolaj LORENS, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 player, from Poland, is ranked #9 on ETA under 14 list.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #16 on ETA under 14 list.
Angel GUERRERO MELGAR, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Spain, is ranked #36 on ETA under 14 list.
Luca NARDI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Italy, is ranked #41 on ETA under 14 list.
Lorenzo MUSETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #96 on ETA under 14 list.
Goran ZIVOTIC, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #103 on ETA under 14 list.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #172 on ETA under 14 list.

GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is ranked #423 on ITF ranking list and #8 on ETA under 14 list.
Helene PELLICANO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Malta, is ranked #707 on ITF ranking list, and #1 on ETA under 14 list.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is ranked #1635 on ITF ranking list, , is ranked #83 on ETA under 14 list.
Kristyna LAVICKOVA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Czech Republic, is ranked #21 on ETA under 14 list.
Živa FALKNER, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is ranked #23 on ETA under 14 list.
Weronika BASZAK, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Poland, is ranked #23 on ETA under 14 list.
Matilde PAOLETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #43 on ETA under 14 list.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is ranked #66 on ETA under 14 list.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa, is ranked #1861 on ITF ranking list
Charlotte OWENSBY, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from the USA.

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, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 player, from Denmark, is ranked #18 on ETA under 14 list.
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Serbia, is ranked #23 on ETA under 14 list.
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up, from Spain, is ranked #34 on ETA under 14 list.
Popovic STEFAN, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Serbia, is ranked #45 on ETA under 14 list.
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 winner, from Spain, is ranked #65 on ETA under 14 list.
Daniel RINCON YAGUE, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Spain, is ranked #139 on ETA under 14 list.

GIRLS
Noa KRZNARIC, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #190 on ETA under 14 list.
Kyle BILCHEV, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up, from UK, is ranked #40 on ETA under 14 list.
Kornelia HUNCAK, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Croatia, is ranked #190 on ETA under 14 list.
Selin Lidya SEPKEN, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Turkey, is ranked #60 on ETA under 14 list.

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, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner, from UK-Thailand, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Ante CIKOJEVIC, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 runner up, from Germany, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Enrico BALDISSERRI, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Italy, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Danil SOBOLIEV, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Ukraine, is too young for ETA under 14 list.

GIRLS
Tea LUKIC, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner, from Serbia – Germany, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Aliona FALEI, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 runner up, from Belarus, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Emma VALLETTA, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Italy, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Czech Republic, is too young for ETA under 14 list.

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, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 winner, from Monte Negro, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Iker SEVILLA, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 runner up, from Spain, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Spain, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Marc MAJDANDZIC, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Germany, is too young for ETA under 14 list.

GIRLS
Alena KASATKINA, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 winner, from Russia, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Anja PETKOVIC, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Mara GAE, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Romania, is too young for ETA under 14 list.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Czech Republic, is too young for ETA under 14 list.

27/12/15

Leonard Lozancic won the 4th Smrikva Kids 2015 older group... Nina Maretic the middle group... and Laura Blaskovic the youngest group...

Yesterday we organized 4th Smrikva Kids 2015 tournament for the Club members…

Leki, Marko, Ive, Tara, Filip, Helena, Nina, Stefo, Eni, Noel, Laura, Lara, Mate, Mariela and Andjelina had the opportunity to enjoy the tennis weekend and measure their progress…

There were 3 groups this time… 3 trophies, lots of medals and Christmas gifts for all the players :)

One group was formed by: Nina, Stefo, Eni and Noel…

… another older group by: Leki, Marko, Ive, Tara, Helena and Filip…

the youngest group by: Laura, Lara, Mate, Mariela and Andjelina…

… the first finals we had before PIZZA time between Stefo and Nina… and this time Nina crowned herself with the victory and trophy :)

… it was a cold and windy day… pizza around the fireplace in Konoba was the great moment to distribute gifts, medals and trophies to the winners of the youngest group: Laura… and the winner of the middle group: Nina…

… a group picture before we did another particular competition…

… for the first time we organized a competition of who can hit more times the wall… they had two opportunities… and the more experienced Leki won with 708 hits… but the most impressive was Nina’s wall ability… she hit 457 times :)

She likes to come to hit on Smrikva wall anytime the court is free and the exercise she made is super visible in her ability and all the friends were so impressed! Bravo Nina :D

This was the last part of the first day competition… the finals of the older group was left for Sunday…

… and here are the finalist of the 4th Smrikva Kids 2015: Marko Glavas and Leonard Lozancic – Leki…

… the last trophy of the event… attending to get to know who will take it home ;)…

Marko was playing great…

but today… Leki’s longer training career made him collect more points and win…

… see you all again in Spring with another edition ;)

… it was another nice tennis weekend in Smrikve…

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

22/12/15

2016 Smrikve and Smrikva Bowl Greetings letter... Sve najljepše... Auguri...

Dear Smrikve and Smrikva Bowl friends,

It is greetings time… time to stay with our families… and time to recall moments of the gone year…

… for many years I continued to believe that Smrikva Bowl kids and families have the opportunity to write life stories that will inspire by example generations to come…

Finally we decided to go on „Facebook“ and combine part of the many stories in Smrikva Bowl Club… to join this virtual Club as far as I understand Facebook there is a need to Like the page… so IF you DO IT ;)… thank you :D

https://www.facebook.com/smrikvabowlclub1996/

Year after year it is becoming more easy to foresee that Smrikva seeds will collect the most prestigious trophies of the tennis game… and more than one will write the name on the stars reserved to the Legends of tomorrow…

This year… 20th annul was celebrated… and so far 1580 Smrikva Bowl seeds are spread in 72 countries… they already have impressive tennis track record… 16 junior GRAND SLAM titles since 2009… 7 professional ATP/WTA titles since 2014… 9 of them reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking… and in the most prestigious under 12, 14, 18 tournaments around the World more then one is always at the end of the Draws…

Most players may not reach their „initial“ dream, but we should believe in dreams and do our best to follow where they lead… never forgetting that for those people who dream with us we are always special simply the way we are…

It takes strong will to act upon our dreams… and every day we learn something, and most of times it’s that what we’ve learned the day before changed… ;)

A part of Facebook news… I am pleased to share that preparations for the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 edition and for the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week (SBTTFW) 2016 are on going…

2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week (SBTTFW) 2016… scheduled for 16th – 23rd of April… is expected to be special again and will continue to be dedicated to 8 former Smrikva Bowl players and families per week…

Luca Appino… inspiring friend… credited for signing contracts with Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters, Dinara Safina… all of them scouted when they were far away from becoming #1… will help to make the week special and inspiring…

The week is arranged only for former Smrikva Bowl players with families who are still among the best players of their generation and still dream tennis the way they dream it when participating Smrikva Bowl…

„IF“ you have 30 seconds more to dedicate to this long greeting card ;)… I wish to share a poem we read together during the 1st SBTTFW this spring… it is an inspiring peom and most of the tennis fun may be familiar with because of the famous Wimbledon court #1 door inscription… No need to share the name of the author… those more curious will find it immediately ;)…

Here is the gift… Wish….

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

Thanks and best wishes in 2016!

Dragi prijatelji i poznanici Smrikvi i Smrikva Bowl-a,

Prosinac je vrijeme čestitanja… vrijeme želja… vrijeme koje rado provodimo uz svoje najbliže… i isto tako je vrijeme za prisjetiti se godine koja prolazi…

… dugi niz godina vjerujem da djeca Smrikve zajedno uz svoje obitelji imaju prilike zapisati priče koje će svojim primjerom nadahnuti generacije koje dolaze…

… Smrikva Bowl je prije par dana stigao na „Facebook“ da bi se okupio dio priča u Smrikva Bowl Club-u… a da bi se pridružili Klub-u, koliko se ja razumijem Facebook ;), potrebno je „lajkati“ stranicu… pa ako želite NAPRAVITE TO ;)…

https://www.facebook.com/smrikvabowlclub1996/

Svake godine postaje sve lakše razaznati da će brojna djeca Smrikve prikupiti najznačajnije trofeje u svijetu tenisa… i više njih će upisati svoje ime na zvjezdama koje su rezervirane za Legende teniskog sporta sutrašnjice…

Ove je godine održan 20.ti Smrikva Bowl… i sjeme Smrikva Bowl-a broji 1580 talenata raširenih u 72 zemlje svijeta… već danas posjeduju impresivan teniski životopis… 16 juniorskih GRAND SLAM titula od 2009.godine… 7 profesionalnih ATP/WTA titula od 2014.godine… 9 igrača je dostiglo TOP 100 ATP/WTA klub… i zadnjih 5-6 godina svaki najprestižniji turnir u svijetu do 12, 14 ili 18 godina uvijek ima poneko dijete Smrikve u završnici ždrijeba…

Znam da mnogi neće dostići svoj „prvi san“, ali svi bi mi trebali vjerovati u snove, u nadu, i činiti ono najbolje da bi slijedili gdje nas vode… znajući da za naše najbliže koji uz nas sanjaju smo često posebni jednostavno onakvi kakvi jesmo…

Neupitno je da su potrebni hrabrost i velika volja da bi slijedili snove… i vrijedi uživati u putovanjima spoznaje… jer svakoga dana se nešto nauči… a puno puta bude i to da ono što smo jučer naučili je prevaziđeno ili izmjenjeno ;)…

Osim novosti Facebook stranice SMRIKVA BOWL CLUB… rado dijelim vijest da pripreme za 21. Smrikva Bowl 2016… kao i za 2. Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week (SBTTFW) 2016. su odavno u tijeku…

2. SBTTFW 2016 će se održati od 16.-23. travnja… i trebalo bi biti zanimljivo iskustvo kao i prošle godine za 8 bivših igrača Smrikve i njihove obitelji…

Luca Appino… inspirativan prijatelj… zaslužan za potpisivanja ugovora s igračima poput Rafaela Nadala, Andy Roddicka, Kim Clijsters, Dinare Safina… većina njih otkrivena dok su bili daleko od #1 na svijetu… će učiniti druženje s talentima i obiteljima posebnim i nadahnjujućim…

Taj tjedan je posvećen djeci Smrikve koji su i dalje među najboljim igračima generacije i koji sanjaju tenis kao što su ga sanjali kada su igrali Smrikvu…

„AKO“ imate još 30 sekundi za uložiti u čitanje ove dugačke čestitke… rado bi podijelio jednu poeziju koju smo čitali tijekom večernjih druženja ovog proljeća za vrijeme 1. SBTTFW… nadahnjujuća je to poezija a i poznata mnogim teniskim prijateljima jer dio nje je zapisan iznad ulaza na centralni teren Wimbledon-a… nema potrebe imenovati autora… znatiželjni će ga zasigurno lako pronaći ;)…

… evo tog poklona… želje… svakome od nas…

Ako možeš sačuvati razum kad ga svi oko tebe
gube i za to krive tebe,
ako možeš da vjeruješ u sebe kad svi sumnjaju u tebe,
ali da ostaviš mjesta i za njihovu sumnju;
Ako možeš da čekaš a da ti čekanje ne dosadi,
ili, ako te lažu, da u lažima ne učestvuješ,
ili, ako te mrze, da ne daš mjesta mržnji,
a ipak, da ne djeluješ suviše dobar, i da ne pričaš previše mudro:

Ako možeš da sanjaš – a da snovi ne ovladaju tobom;
Ako možeš da razmišljaš – a da ti misli ne budu same sebi cilj;
Ako možeš da se suočiš sa Trijumfom i Katastrofom
a da se sa prema ta dva prevaranta ophodiš jednako;
Ako možeš da podneseš da istinu koju si izrekao
izvrću podlaci da namame budale,
Ili da gledaš stvari kojima si život posvetio, slomljene,
i da se pogneš i popraviš ih istrošenim alatom:

Ako možeš da sakupiš sve što si stekao na jednu gomilu
i sve to baciš na kocku,
i izgubiš, i opet kreneš ispočetka
i nikad se ne požališ zbog svog gubitka;
Ako možeš da natjeraš svoje srce i živce i snagu
da te služe dugo nakon što ih izgubiš,
i da se tako držiš i kad ničeg u tebi ne bude
sem Volje koja im govori: ‘Držite se!’

Ako možeš da razgovaraš sa gomilom a da sačuvaš svoju čast,
ili da šetaš s kraljevima – ne gubeći razumijevanje za obične ljude,
ako te ni neprijatelji ni voljeni prijatelji ne mogu povrijediti,
ako svi na tebe računaju, ali nitko previše;
Ako možeš da dobro iskoristiš svaki
sekund u minutu koji ne prašta,
tvoja je cijela zemlja i sve što je na njoj,
i – iznad svega – bićeš Čovjek, sine moj!

Sve najljepše u 2016.godini!

Cari amici di Smrikve e dello Smrikva Bowl!

E’ il tempo degli auguri… il tempo per stare insieme con i propri cari… ed e’ anche il momento per ricordarsi dell’anno passato…

… da tanti anni credo che bimbi dello Smrikva Bowl hanno l’opportunita’ di scrivere storie che possono ispirare con l’esempio le generazioni che veranno…

… e finalmente si e’ deciso di andare su „Facebook“ con Smrikva Bowl e mettere insieme parte di tante storie… per unirsi al Club, da quanto ho capito su Facebook, e ‘ necessario fare un Like sulla pagina… grazie per ogni Like :D

https://www.facebook.com/smrikvabowlclub1996/

Anno dopo anno diventa sempre piu’ facile scorgere che ragazzi Smrikva collezioneranno i piu’ prestigiosi trofei nel tennis… e piu’ di uno scriverra’ il proprio nome sulle stelle riservati alle Legende del tennis del domani…

Quest’anno…. la 20.esima edizione si e’ tenuta… e 1580 semi dello Smrikva sono sparsi in 72 paesi… hanno gia’ un impressionante elenco dei successi ottenuti… 16 titoli juniores negli GRANDE SLAM dal 2009… 7 titoli professionali ATP/WTA dal 2014… 9 ragazzi hanno raggiunto TOP 100 ATP/WTA… ed in tutti i tornei piu’ prestigiosi under 12,14,18 nel Mondo e sempre piu’ di uno che arriva verso la fine del tabellone…

Molti giocatori non raggiungeranno il sogno „iniziale“, ma e’ bello sognare e fare il meglio per seguire dove ci portano… non dimenticando che per la gente che sogna insieme a noi siamo noi stessi speciali semplicemente cosi’ come siamo…

Ci vuole coraggio e grande volonta per perseguire propri sogni… ed ogni giorno si impara qualcosa, il piu’ delle volte impariamo che quanto imparato ieri e’ gia’ superato… ;)

A parte la novita’ Facebook… ho il piacere di ricordare che si lavora da tempo per la preparazione della 21.esima edizione dello Smrikva Bowl 2016 ed anche per la preparazione per 2. edizione di Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week (SBTTFW) 2016…

2. SBTTFW 2016 si terra’ quest’anno tra il 16. ed il 23. Aprile… la settimana e’ dedicata a 8 ex-giocatori Smrikva Bowl che siano ancora tra i migliori ragazzi della loro generazione ed ancora sognano il tennis nello stesso modo nel quale lo sognavano al momento della partecipazione al loro Smrikva Bowl…

Luca Appino… amico ispiratore… al quale va il credito d’aver firmato giocatori come Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters, Dinara Safina… molti di loro scoperti quando erano lontani dal diventare #1 nel tennis… aiuterra’ a rendere la settimana speciale e stimolante…

„SE“ avete ancora 30 secondi da dedicara a questa lunga lettera… ho il piacere di condividere una poesia che venne letta durante una serate del 1. SBTTFW questa primavera… e’ una poesia che tanti amici del tennis potrebbero conoscere… perche’ una parte della stessa e’ scritta sopra l’entrata al famoso centrale del Wimbledon… non c’e’ bisogno di ricordare il nome dell’autore… sono sicuro che i piu’ curiousi lo troveranno ;)…

Se saprai mantenere la testa quando tutti intorno a te
la perdono, e te ne fanno colpa.
Se saprai avere fiducia in te stesso quando tutti ne dubitano,
tenendo però considerazione anche del loro dubbio.
Se saprai aspettare senza stancarti di aspettare,
O essendo calunniato, non rispondere con calunnia,
O essendo odiato, non dare spazio all’odio,
Senza tuttavia sembrare troppo buono, né parlare troppo saggio;

Se saprai sognare, senza fare del sogno il tuo padrone;
Se saprai pensare, senza fare del pensiero il tuo scopo,
Se saprai confrontarti con Trionfo e Rovina
E trattare allo stesso modo questi due impostori.
Se riuscirai a sopportare di sentire le verità che hai detto
Distorte dai furfanti per abbindolare gli sciocchi,
O a guardare le cose per le quali hai dato la vita, distrutte,
E piegarti a ricostruirle con i tuoi logori arnesi.

Se saprai fare un solo mucchio di tutte le tue fortune
E rischiarlo in un unico lancio a testa e croce,
E perdere, e ricominciare di nuovo dal principio
senza mai far parola della tua perdita.
Se saprai serrare il tuo cuore, tendini e nervi
nel servire il tuo scopo quando sono da tempo sfiniti,
E a tenere duro quando in te non c’è più nulla
Se non la Volontà che dice loro: “Tenete duro!”

Se saprai parlare alle folle senza perdere la tua virtù,
O passeggiare con i Re, rimanendo te stesso,
Se né i nemici né gli amici più cari potranno ferirti,
Se per te ogni persona conterà, ma nessuno troppo.
Se saprai riempire ogni inesorabile minuto
Dando valore ad ognuno dei sessanta secondi,
Tua sarà la Terra e tutto ciò che è in essa,
E — quel che più conta — sarai un Uomo, figlio mio!

… grazie ed auguri per il 2016!

Mio

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.

22/12/15

Smrikva Bowl Club on Facebook... LIKE and SHARE

SMRIKVA BOWL CLUB on Facebook
was launched few days ago… IF YOU PLAYED or LIKE SMRIKVA BOWL you can JOIN THE CLUB with a LIKE…

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.

17/12/15

20 Top Smrikva Bowl players on 54th Junior Orange Bowl 2015 edition... KRZNARIC reached the finals... OWNESBY reached the semifinals... BILCHEV, CORNEANU, MEDJEDOVIC reached quarterfinals

Over the last five years Smrikva Bowl players made good results at ORANGE BOWL (2010-2015) and have won various times…

Under 18
George MORGAN – 8th SB 2003 runner up – winner 2010
Dominic THIEM – 8th SB 2003 winner – winner 2011
Laslo DJERE – 10th SB 2005 runner up – winner 2012
Ana KONJUH – 12th SB 2007 runner up – winner 2012
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 14th SB 2009 quarterfinalist – winner 2015

Under 14
Maia LUMSDEN – 13th SB 2008 runner up – winner 2012
Claire LIU –“Little Mo”/SB 2010 player – winner 2013
Yshai OLIEL – 15th SB 2010 semifinalist – winner 2014

Under 12
Claire LIU –“Little Mo”/SB 2010 player – winner 2011
Yshai OLIEL – 15th SB 2010 semifinalist – winner 2012
Borna DEVALD – 17th SB 2012 quarterfinalist – winner 2014

This week the 54th edition of the Junior ORANGE BOWL 2015 is played for the under 12 and under 14 age groups and several top Smrikva Bowl players I recognized in the Main Draws…

Girls:

GIRLS UNDER 12

Noa Krznaric (CRO) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 winner
1st round: Noa Krznaric – Sofia Blanco (VEN) 6:0,6:0
2nd round: Noa Krznaric – Sofia Matiushova (RUS) 6:2,6:0
3rd round: Noa Krznaric – Isabelle Kouzmanov (USA) 6:1,6:0
4th round: Noa Krznaric – Midori Castillo (MEX) 6:2,6:0
Quarterfinals: Noa Krznaric – Anna Chekanskaya (RUS) 6:3,6:2
Semifinals: Noa Krznaric – Cori Gauff (USA) 6:4,6:4
Finals: Noa Krznaric – Daria Lopatetska (UKR)

Charlotte Owensby (USA) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 semifinalist
1st round: Charlotte Owensby – Boyoung Jeong (KOR) 6:0,6:1
2nd round: Charlotte Owensby – Olivia Almy (USA) 6:1,6:1
3rd round: Charlotte Owensby – C.Denysiewicz (CAN)
4th round: Charlotte Owensby – Selin Sepken (TUR) 6:3,6:3
Quarterfinals: Charlotte Owensby – K.Bilchev (UK) 1:6,6:4,6:0
Semifinals: C. Owensby – D. Lopatetska (UKR) 4:6,3:6

Kylie Bilchev (GBR) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up
1st round: Kylie Bilchev – Martina Marica (USA) 6:0, 6:0
2nd round: Kylie Bilchev – Anaelle Leclercq (FRA) 6:2, 6:2
3rd round: Kylie Bilchev – Emma Shasteen (SWE) 6:1,6:2
4th round: Kylie Bilchev – Punnin Kovapitukted (THI) 6:3,6:4
Quarterfinals: K. Bilchev -C.Owensby (USA) 6:1,4:6,0:6

Selin Sepken (TUR) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Selin Sepken – Sashi Kempster (USA) 6:0, 6:2
2nd round: Selin Sepken – Nicole Discenza (VEN) 6:1,6:4
3rd round: Selin Sepken – Zongyu Li (CHN) 6:1,7:6
4th round: Selin Sepken – Charlotte E. Owensby (USA) 3:6,3:6

Andrea Mrvic (SRB) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Andrea Mrvic – Isabella Kruger (RSA) 7:5,6:1
2nd round: Andrea Mrvic – Punnin Kovapitukted (THI) 1:6,2:6

Sofia Matiushova (RUS) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: S.Matiushova – Kristyna Beranova (CZE) 6:4,6:2
2nd round: Sofia Matiushova – Noa Krznaric (CRO) 2:6,0:6

Sophia Weiland (GER) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Sophia Weiland – Kyoka Kubo (JPN) 1:6,1:6

GIRLS UNDER 14

Oana S. Corneanu (ROM) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinals
1st round: Oana Corneanu – Lauren Anzalotta (PRI) 6:0,6:3
2nd round: Oana Corneanu – Gia M. Cohen (USA) 6:4,6:2
3rd round: Oana Corneanu – Himeno Sakatsume (JPN) 6:4,7:5
4th round: Oana Corneanu – Katie Volynets (USA) 6:1,7:5
Quarterfinals: O.Corneanu – M.Kostyuk (UKR) 3:6,3:5 ret.

Himari Sato (JPN) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner
1st round: Himari Sato – Yashna A. Yellayi (USA) 6:3,6:2
2nd round: Himari Sato – Lilly Elida Haseth (NOR) 6:3,6:4
3rd round: Himari Sato – Mai Nirundorn (USA) 6:2,6:2
4th round: H.Sato – Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 7:6,6:7,4:6

Lana Brezanin (CRO) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011
1st round: Lana Brezanin – Scout Mathews (USA) 2:6,1:6

Borna Mohac (CRO) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011
1st round: Borna Mohac – Carmen Roxana Manu (ROM) 3:6,1:6

Boys:

BOYS UNDER 12

Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Hamad Medjedovic – Mark Lajal (EST) 6:4,6:4
2nd round: Hamad Medjedovic – Ellis Short (USA) 6:0,6:2
3rd round: Hamad Medjedovic – Hyeondeok Yoon (KOR) 6:3,6:4
4th round: Hamad Medjedovic – Junha Hyun (KOR) 7:5,6:4
Quarterfinals: Hamad Medjedovic – C.Li (PER) 6:0,2:6,5:7

Patrick Brady (GBR) – 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner
1st round: Patrick Brady – Alexander Sviridochkin (HUN) 6:3,6:1
2nd round: Patrick Brady – Daan van Dijk (NLD) 6:2,6:3
3rd round: Patrick Brady – Jon Lan Suntar (SLO) 2:6,4:6

BOYS UNDER 14

Mihailo Popovic (SRB) – 16th Smrikv Bowl 2011 runner up
1st round: Mihailo Popovic – bye
2nd round: Mihailo Popovic – Matheus Gozzi (BRA) 6:3,6:0
3rd round: Mihailo Popovic – Sebastien Collard (CAN) 6:3,6:2
4th round: Mihailo Popovic – L.Weststrate (NLD) 3:6,6:3,3:6

Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: L.Musetti – Ronald Hohmann (USA) 6:1,6:2
2nd round: Lorenzo Musetti – Roi Ginat (ISR) 6:3, 6:0
3rd round: Lorenzo Musetti – Blu K. Baker (UK) 6:0,6:3
4th round: Lorenzo Musetti – Thiago Tirante (ARG) 4:6,1:6

Lancelot Carnello (SWE) – 15th Smrikv Bowl 2010
1st round: Lancelot Carnello – bye
2nd round: Lancelot Carnello – JB Bernard (USA) 6:2, 6:1
3rd round: Lancelot Carnello – Nini Dica (ROM) 2:6,0:6

Filip Misolic (AUT) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011
1st round: Filip Misolic – bye
2nd round: Filip Misolic – David Dorantes (MEX) 6:3,7:5
3rd round: Filip Misolic – Spencer Whitaker (USA) 3:6,3:6

Roko Horvat (CRO) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011
1st round: Roko Horvat – bye
2nd round: Roko Horvat – Keshav Chopra (USA) 4:6,3:6

Nemanja Malesevic (BIH) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011
1st round: N.Malesevic – Vinicius Rodriguez (BRA) 7:6,6:3
2nd round: Nemanja Malesevic – J.Ferreira (BRA) 0:6,1:6

Daniel Salazar (ESP) – 16th Smrikv Bowl 2011
1st round: Daniel Salazar – Nicolas O.Lavoie (CAN) 6:3,3:6,5:7

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.

13/12/15

11 Smrikva Bowl players were at Metropolia Orange Bowl International Championship 2015 - GRADE A under 18 ITF Tournament: Miomir MECMANOVIC is the winner and Clair LIU reached quarterfinals...

ORANGE BOWL 2015 – Junior Tennis Championships – Grade A – under 18

After Eddie Herr International most of the under 18 age group players who attended that tournament are playing the Grade A – U18 age group ORANGE BOWL 2015… and Miomir KECMANOVIC crowned himself the winner of the ORANGE BOWL 2015 edition…

After losing to Tsitsipas in straight sets at the Eddie Herr, Miso came out more aggressive this time… he said after the match: “I found out how to play him and raised my game a little. It turned out pretty good,”… “I think I was just hitting the ball harder, going for shots, unlike last week [when] I didn’t go for it and just stayed back a little.”… “This year I didn’t do that well, so I’m just happy to win such a big tournament. It sure ended in a nice way,” said Kecmanovic, who is 16 and plans to defend his title next year. “I still can’t believe it. I’m just going to need some time to process it.” ;)

This was Kecmanovic’s first Grade A final…

1st round: there were 11 Smrikva Bowl players out of 128 (8,6%)

2nd round: there were 9 Smrikva Bowl players out of 64 (14,1%)

3rd round: there were 6 Smrikva Bowl players out of 32 (18,8%)

Quarterfinals: there were 2 Smrikva Bowl players out of 16 (12,5%)

Semifinals: there was 1 Smrikva Bowl players out of 8 (12,5%)

Finals there was one Smrikva Bowl player out of 4 (25%)… and the winner Miomir KECMANOVIC…

BOYS UNDER 18

Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Miomir Kecmanovic – A.ROTSAERT (USA) 6:2,6:1
2nd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Kacper ZUK (POL) 6:2, 3:6, 6:3
3rd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Alex DE MINAUR (AUS) 6:4,6:2
Quarterfinals: M.Kecmanovic – Ulises BLANCH (USA) 6:2,6:4
Semifinals: Miomir Kecmanovic – Calin MANDA (ROU) 6:4,6:2
Finals: Miomir Kecmanovic – S.TSITSIPAS (GRE) 6:3,2:6,7:6

Alex De Minaur (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Alex De Minaur – Vasil KIRKOV (USA) 6:4,6:4
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – Yibing WU (CHN) 6:4,6:1
3rd round: Alex De Minaur – Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB) 4:6,2:6

Sven Lah (SLO) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008
1st round: Sven Lah – Alberto LIM (PHI) 7:6, 6:3
2nd round: Sven Lah – Bjorn THOMSON (IRL) 5:7,6:2,6:2
3rd round: Sven Lah – Kenneth RAISMA (EST) 1:6,6:7

Alexei Popyrin (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Alexei Popyrin – Ergi KIRKIN (TUR) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: A.Popyrin – Stefanos TSITSIPAS (GRE) 6:4,2:6,4:6

Yshai Oliel (SRB) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up
1st round: Yshai Oliel – Felipe M.R.ALVES (BRA) 2:6,5:7

GIRLS UNDER 18

Claire Liu (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Claire Liu – Mayuka AIKAWA (JPN) 6:2,6:1
2nd round: Claire Liu – Kariann PIERRE-LOUIS (USA) 6:3,6:3
3rd round: Claire Liu – Jaqueline CRISTIAN (ROU) 6:4,6:3
Quarterfinals: Claire Liu – Bianca ANDREESCU (CAN) 7:6,6:7,4:6

Michaela Gordon (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Michaela Gordon – Maria J.PORTILLO (MEX) 6:3,6:0
2nd round: Michaela Gordon – Nina KRUIJER (NED) 6:4,6:1
3rd round: Michaela Gordon – Evgenya LEVASHOVA (RUS) 3:6,0:6

Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008
1st round: Tereza Mihalikova – Emiliana ARANGO (COL) 6:2,6:7,6:3
2nd round: Tereza Mihalikova – Shelly KROLITZKY (ISR) 6:2,6:1
3rd round: Tereza Mihalikova – Maria MATES (USA) 6:2,6:4

Olga Danilovic (SRB) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner
1st round: Olga Danilovic – Sofia KENIN (USA) 6:0,5:7,7:5
2nd round: Olga Danilovic – Monika KLINAROVA (CZE) 4:6,0:6

Katie SWAN (UK) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner
1st round: Katie Swan – Morgan COPPOC (USA) 6:4,6:1
2nd round: Katie Swan – Anastasia DETIUC (ROU) 4:6,7:6,3:6

Ingrid Neel (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2008
1st round: Ingrid Neel – Eleni CHRISTOFI (GRE) 6:7,3:6

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12/12/15

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update December 2015)

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 December 2015 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 – #14 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #65 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #82 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #104 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #147 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #151 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #187 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #240 on WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #256 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #275 WTA

Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #278 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #286 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #296 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #331 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #356 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #372 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #433 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #438 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #472 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #511 WTA

Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #519 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #525 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #542 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #566 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #573 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #578 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #590 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #592 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #649 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION – 2005 player – #650 WTA

Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #665 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #669 WTA
Ema BURGIC BUCO – 2002 player – 675 WTA
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – 700 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #721 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #723 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #739 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #780 WTA

• 18 players TOP 800 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #20 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #44 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #173 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #183 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #241 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #270 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #274 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #280 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #314 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 368 ATP

Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #406 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #540 ATP
Luka ILIC – 2005 player – #665 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #676 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #711 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #720 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #751 ATP
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 player – #794 ATP

• 1 player TOP 50 ATP doubles

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #47 ATP

• 10 boys and 11 girls… in total 21 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #9 Tommy PAUL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner and runner up (doubles), Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up
- #9 William BLUMBERG – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 runner up (doubles)
- #19 Alex DE MINAUR
- #26 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #47 Patrik RIKL
- #52 Gian Marco MORONI
- #70 Nicola KUHN
- #71 Yshai OLIEL
- #77 Alexei POPYRIN
- #97 Bogdan BORZA

GIRLS:
- #4 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #7 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner
- #28 Michaela GORDON
- #30 Viktoria KUZMOVA – Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
- #33 Ingrid NEEL
- #36 Lucie KANKOVA
- #53 Clair LIU
- #54 Berfu CENGIZ
- #57 Maia LUMSDEN
- #74 Haruna ARAKAWA
- #96 Nina POTOCNIK

• 3 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Patrik RIKL #1, Miomir KECMANOVIC #6, Alex DE MINAUR #7, Katie SWAN #2)

• 4 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Duje AJDUKOVIC #3, Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA #7, Mihailo POPOVIC #8, Cezar CRETU #10, Helene PELLICANO #3)

Vilim VISAK, 1st Smrikva Bowl 1996 winner, from Croatia. Vilim’s best ranking was #612 in March 2006.
Ivana LISJAK, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner, from Croatia. Ivana’s best ranking was #95 on WTA list in June 2006.
Astrid BESSER, 4th Smrikva Bowl 1999 winner, from Italy. Atrid’s best ranking was #356 on WTA list in March 2009.
Tereza MRDEZA, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Croatia, is currently ranked #187 on WTA list.
Adelchi VIRGILI, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Italy, is currently ranked #815 on ATP list.

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

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #147 on WTA list.

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Italy, is currently ranked #241 on ATP list.
Javier MARTI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Spain, is currently ranked #270 on ATP ranking list, best ranking #170 on ATP list (Apr 2002).
Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #244 on ATP double list.
Ivan SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #244 on ATP double list.
Robin KERN, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Germany, is currently ranked #720 on ATP list.
Luca MARGAROLI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Switzerland, is currently ranked #794 on ATP list.
Giacomo MICCINI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Italy, is currently ranked #1041 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #65 on WTA list.
Martina CAREGARO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #256 on WTA ranking list.
Ema BURGIC – 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #675 on WTA list.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #65 on WTA list.
Martina TREVISAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Italy, is ranked #372 on WTA list.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #438 on WTA list.
Manisha FOSTER, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from UK, is ranked #995 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #314 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #540 on ATP ranking list.
Nerman FATIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #711 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Anita HUSARIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #739 on WTA ranking list.
Francesca PALMIGIANO, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #828 on WTA ranking list.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #44 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #173 on ATP list.
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Italy, is ranked #183 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #280 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #368 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #665 on ATP ranking list.
Nino SERDARUSIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #751 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #104 on WTA list.
Jana FETT, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Croatia, is ranked #151 on WTA ranking list.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #286 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #356 on WTA ranking list.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #542 on WTA list.
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Romania, is ranked #650 on WTA ranking list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #669 on WTA list.
Karin KENNEL, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Switzerland, is ranked #780 on WTA ranking list.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Italy, is ranked #368 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #1147 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #14 on WTA list
Nina STOJANOVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Serbia, is ranked #296 on WTA list
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #331 on WTA list.
Deborah CHIESA, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Italy, is ranked #1017 on WTA list
Katie BOULTER, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from UK, is ranked #1031 on WTA list

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

BOYS
Sacha MERZETTI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 winner, from Italy, is ranked #1225 on ATP list.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #1297 on ATP list.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #1485 on ATP list.
Gonzalo MORELL RASCHIATORE, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Australia, is ranked #627 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #82 on WTA list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #240 on WTA list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #721 on WTA list.
Anastasia MIKHEEVA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from UK, is ranked #418 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #274 on ATP ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner and doubles runner up, Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up.
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #981 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, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is ranked # 1086 on ATP ranking list.
Gian Marco MORONI, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Italy, is ranked # 1141 on ATP ranking list.
Luka PANIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Switzerland, is not ranked on ATP ranking list.
Grega KOKALJ, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is not yet ranked on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #278 on WTA ranking list.
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #433 on WTA ranking list.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Slovakia, is ranked #573 on WTA ranking list and is the Junior AUASTRALIAN OPEN 2015 Winner.
Nina ALIBALIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #649 on WTA ranking list.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #1035 on WTA ranking list.
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #1273 on WTA ranking list.
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Serbia, is ranked #227 on ITF ranking list.
Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #509 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
William BLUMBERG, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #9 on ITF ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 doubles runner up.

Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #578 on WTA ranking list.

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*14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #19 on ITF ranking list. Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up.
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #26 on ITF ranking list.
Patrik RIKL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Czech Republic, is ranked #47 on ITF ranking list.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw winner, from Australia, is ranked #77 on ITF ranking list.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #107 on ITF ranking list.
Max STEWART, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from UK, is ranked #319 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo DIVKOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #545 on ITF ranking list.
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from Spain, is ranked #721 on ITF ranking list.
Anthony POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #1212 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #1709 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #525 on WTA ranking list.
Berfu CENGIZ, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 player, from Turkey, is ranked #590 on WTA ranking list.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #920 on WTA ranking list.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #1236 on WTA ranking list.
Wiktoria KULIK, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Poland, is ranked #1273 on WTA ranking list.
Lucie KANKOVA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Czech Republic, is ranked #36 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #334 on ITF ranking list.
Sina ZUGER, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Switzerland, is ranked #601 on ITF ranking list.
Arianna CAPOGROSSO, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is not yet ranked on WTA ranking list.
Alessia WELTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Switzerland, is not yet ranked on WTA ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #853 on ITF ranking list.
Alex GEE, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #665 on WTA ranking list.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA.

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, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Spain, is ranked #70 on ITF ranking list.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is ranked #71 on ITF ranking list.
Tomas MACHAC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1187 on ITF ranking ranking.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1709 on ITF ranking list.
Filippo MORONI, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, is ranked #52 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, from Belgium, is ranked #169 on ITF ranking list.
Dalila SAID, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Egypt, is ranked #228 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #334 on ITF ranking list.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #400 on ITF ranking list.
Ania HERTEL, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #402 on ITF ranking list.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Slovenia, is ranked #410 on ITF ranking list.
Andja KARANUSIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #630 on ITF ranking list.
Marija ELENOVA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Macedonia, is ranked #855 on ITF ranking list.
Paula ARIAS MANJON, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is ranked #925 on ITF ranking list.
Emma ZAKORDONIEC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #2243 on ITF ranking list.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Max MOTLAGH, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

Claire LIU, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #53 on ITF ranking list.
Alexa BUTERA, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1931 on ITF ranking list.

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, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #3 in under 14 european ranking.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Spain is ranked #7 in under 14 european ranking.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #8 in under 14 european ranking.
Cezar CRETU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #10 in under 14 european ranking.
Stipan MADZAR, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is ranked #20 in under 14 european ranking.
Nemanja SUBANOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #34 in under 14 european ranking.
Makary ADAMEK, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Poland, is ranked #35 in under 14 european ranking.
Vanja DOBRNJAC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #36 in under 14 european ranking.
Eric VANSHELBOIM, from Ukraine, is ranked #41 in under 14 european ranking.
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #48 in under 14 european ranking.
Peetu POHJOLA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #52 in under 14 european ranking.
Marco FURLANETTO, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Italy, is ranked #397 in under 14 european ranking.
Sergiu MANCIOC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #463 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #119 on ITF ranking list.
Paula JOUKANEN, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #874 on ITF ranking list.
Iva ZELIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #887 on ITF ranking list.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is ranked #1057 on ITF ranking list.
Oana SMARANDA CORNEANU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #1399 on ITF ranking list.
Andjela SKROBONJA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, from Serbia, is ranked #26 in under 14 european ranking.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #192 in under 14 european ranking.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #294 in under 14 european ranking.

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna DEVALD, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #51 on under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Serbia, is ranked #72 on under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #94 on under 14 european ranking.
Lorenzo MUSETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #305 on under 14 european ranking.
Goran ZIVOTIC, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #317 on under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #500 on under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is ranked #478 on ITF ranking list.
Helene PELLICANO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Malta, is ranked #803 on ITF ranking list.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is ranked #1879 on ITF ranking list.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is ranked #183 on under 14 european ranking.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa.
Matilde PAOLETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy.
Charlotte OWENSBY, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from the USA.

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
Alejandro TURRIZIANI ALVAREZ, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 winner, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Carlos ALVAREZ GARFIA, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Daniel RINCON YAGUE, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Noa KRZNARIC, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 winner, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Kyle BILCHEV, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up, from UK, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Kornelia HUNCAK, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Croatia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Selin Lidya SEPKEN, ranked 3rd on 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013, from Turkey, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

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, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner, from UK-Thailand, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Ante CIKOJEVIC, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 runner up, from Germany, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Enrico BALDISSERRI, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Danil SOBOLIEV, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Ukraine, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Tea LUKIC, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner, from Serbia – Germany, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Aliona FALEI, 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 runner up, from Belarus, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Emma VALLETTA, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Italy, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA, ranked 3rd on 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014, from Czech Republic, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

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, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 winner, from Monte Negro, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Iker SEVILLA, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 runner up, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Jose Aless HERNANDEZ, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Spain, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Marc MAJDANDZIC, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Germany, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Alena KASATKINA, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 winner, from Russia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Anja PETKOVIC, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 runner up, from Serbia, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Mara GAE, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Romania, is too young for under 14 european ranking.
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA, ranked 3rd on 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015, from Czech Republic, is too young for under 14 european ranking.

07/12/15

Last weekend the 20th Tennis Coach Conference organized by Slovene Tennis Coach Association was held in Otočec (Slovenia)

Over the last weekend the 20th Tennis Coach Conference was organized by the Slovene Tennis Coach Association at the Šport Hotel Otočec… and thanks to the very good relationship between the Slovene Tennis Coach Association and Croatian Tennis Coach association I was pleased to attend the event organized and run by Dr. Aleš Filipčič, Slovene Tennis Coach Association President, and his team…

The conference general theme was “Success of Tennis Players coming from Former-Yugoslav countries”… and it was a pleasure to see over the two days program many top tennis coaches from Slovenia and other Former-Yugoslavia countries sharing their experiences…

The impressive list of speakers included tennis Legend Nikola »Niki« Pilić (CRO), Nikica Nadali (CRO), Vjeran Bayo Friščić (CRO), Aleš Filipčič (SLO), Dušan Milojković (SRB), Zlatko Soše (BIH), Marko Por (SLO), Gordan Janković (CRO), Hrvoje Zmajić (TE/ITF), Goran Shevchenko (MKD), Tomaž Mencinger (SLO), Tomaž Berendijaš (SLO), Bogdan Janša (SLO)…

It was two days of high quality, intensive tennis knowledge sharing experience…

After Aleš Filipčič conference opening speech Hrvoje Zmajić, ITF/Tennis Europe Development Officer for Europe, presented the success of Tennis Europe story… and the new project “TennisCoachEdu”…

… it was followed by Aleš Filipčič presentation of “Long-term serve development”…

Aleš made a nice presentation of the elements on which every coach should pay attention at different age… with numerous exercises to develop particular sensations starting with an early age… till the pro level…

… very nice was to see through videos the concentration and evolution of a serve… which is very important to me for the quality expectation management of the parents, our own expectations and the players’ expectations…

The story reminds me… that the same as a tree… it requires time to develop… in tennis I would say time and quality work…

Tomaž Mencinger presented the “Tactical training under pressure”… and introduced various elements which have impact on Momentum management…

It was a nice presentation… and I was very pleased to see a Smrikva Bowl player helping to explain the elements… Živa Falkner played some exercises guided by Tomaž :)…

The following Case study was also very interesting… presented by Marko Por… Marko presented “Grega Žemlje and Blaž Kavčič development”…

He presented an inspiring story of Grega and Blaž who were the first two Slovene players to crack into TOP 100 ATP… it was like a movie story… the formation of a dream team of coaches and people who believed in young players… and helped them to develop with internal Club forces… very nice and inspiring story…

Gordan Janković theme was “Player’s path from 12&under to the junior Grand Slam”… Gordan trained two Smrikva kids I remember well… Ajla Tomljanovic and Živa Falkner… and in his presentation Gordan summarized some of the key milestones that most of the players go through…although each player may follow a different development path…

The round table… panel discussion was scheduled for 5:30 PM… and was expected to last till 8:00 PM… the list of the speakers included: Niki Pilić, Vjeran Bajov Friščić, Nikica Nadali, Blaž Trupej, Tomaž Mencinger, Marko Por, Gordan Janković, Goran Schevchenko; Dušan Milojković, Zlatko Soše, Bogdan Janša and Anže Bašelj…

… a big and nice surprise to me was the presentation of a movie recently made on a legendary Slovenian – Yugoslavian tennis player Mima Jaušovec… Mima is perhaps most notable to the large public for winning the 1977 Roland Garros single championship…

The movie received various awards… and it was full of nice stories Mima with her family and friends shared via movie…

Very impressive story to me was her Orange Bowl victory in 1973… she arrived in Florida with only two Dunlop rackets… and one broke on her first training… without a racket she was so concerned how to play a tournament… and by luck a Wilson representative seeing how sad she was… decided to donate her two new Jack Kramer rackets :)

… and in the end she won the tournament…

… after the victory she was requested by the organizer if she would like her name to be inscribed on the victory bowl… and she said yes… without thinking how much it would cost… it was 25 USD… 50% of her total budget she had in the US…

… the whole movie is a fairy tale like… with lot of nice moments… brother Zoran… the family… some close friends such as Niki Pilić shared their memories…

…brother Zoran was always there to help when needed…

Niki Pilić was present on the conference… and in the movie he was interviewed…

… the moment I liked a lot was when Mima explained how Niki taught her how to play volleys… and the day after I was pleased to see Niki how he still plays great volleys :)…

… Niki said they also played mixed doubles together and recalled some other nice moments spent together…

Mima was among the most successful players of her time not only in Slovenia but also in Yugoslavia… and various players such as Slobodan Živojinović shared that they were inspired by her example to forge their dreams…

… Mima in the movie return to the Central Court in Paris…

… and you can see on her face the emotions of the 1977 finals moments still very live in her heart…

The movie was a perfect introduction for the panel discussion…

… and Niki Pilić, Vjeran Bajo Friščić, Nikica Nadali, Blaž Trupej, Tomaž Mencinger, Marko Por, Gordan Janković, Goran Schevchenko; Dušan Milojković, Zlatko Soše, Bogdan Janša, Anže Bašelj… presented shortly their stories…

… Goran Prpić story was shared by Nikica Nadali…

Niki Pilić was sharing over 50 years of his experience… ATP story… 1973… Davis Cup victories… 5 times with 3 different countries… stories of over 40 players he helped to enter TOP 100 in the World…. and stories of some tennis Legends he guided for years who are still writing the tennis history of today… Novak Djokovic… Becker…

… very nice experience…

… being this year the 20th anniversary… the Official dinner was arranged as the last gathering moment of the first conference day…

The second conference day started with Vjeran Bayo Friščić… Bayo was the first speaker of the morning…

Over the last 7 year I read over 150 tennis and sport related books… and his book “Tenis bez tajni” is still among preferred books I read in Croatian language… few years ago I had pleasure to meet Bayo during Smrikva Bowl he attended with one of his students…

… and it was a great pleasure to see him again and listen his extraordinary and very intelligent presentation…

… the theme was “Why the young tennis players do not perform complete strokes”… Bayo presented his lesson in an extraordinary way which last in time… the elements he presented are the heart of the great tennis… not relevant only today… but it was relevant yesterday and it will be relevant tomorrow…

The Legendary Niki followed Bayo…

… and Niki made a tennis lesson “Tennis training with young promising juniors” that I super enjoyed… between elements Niki presented he always went back to search in his deep memory of experience the examples he lived… very nice…

… the coaches with different backgrounds… having in common the love for this game…

Goran Schevchenko… Hrvoje Zmajić assistant at ITF… presented his last experience as ITF traveling coach… very interesting program set up by ITF for promising juniors… and his lesson on “How to be a good team leader on junior tour”… introduced a lot of human and professional elements that are important for those who dream to become coaches one day… and help kids to grow into independent and responsible individuals…

… the various elements… such as wake up in the middle of the night to be like a parent to the player who is sick… was a good introduction to the following subject exposed by Dušan Milojković… “Ethics in tennis”…

Dušan is Professor… and he has nice way of exposing the subject… he used his long experience, the same as Niki, to make the elements reach your deep memory…

… Dušan was the last one to sparing with Monica Seleš before she left the country for the US… and he shared a lot of stories of how coach can influence the life of his students and people around him… in a simple and daily manner… doing your best…

Zlatko Soše followed Professor Milojković… and his theme was “How to use IT in club organisation”… this was a good introduction to the various presentatiosn that followed… because all had in common the possibilities IT technology is offering to tennis today…

Tomaž Berendijaš presented his theme “Ideal performance state – hot to measure it” showing how technology can help us to measure this apparently invisible element… the mental power and Momentum management capability…

“The Momentum – hidden force in tennis”… is one of my preferred tennis books… and Tomaž and his university team are trying to find the way to measure it… at least to prove the physical evidence of the invisible… the same way as we can not see the wind… but we can see its effects… the waves on the water…

… very interesting element for any tennis level… because tennis is after all mainly a mental game…

“Financial support of Sport Foundation” was presented by Bogdan Janša…

In each country… no matter how big it is or how powerful it is… there is always importance of availability and allocation of financial resources… and Slovenian case was presented…

Money is comparable to organic waste… if only in one place , then mainly stinks… but if well allocated then can become food and life… the same in tennis… if well allocated resources can simply nurture talents…

…Tone Lovšinj was the last conference speaker… introducing an amazing adult learning tennis game instrument named Playsight… really amazing and nice tool… quite expensive but very nice ;)… probably in less then a decade the price will sharply decrease and every club will install it not only to improve your game but also to have fun… which the game is all about… to have fun…

… and at the end Aleš Filipčič closed the conference… and probably already started to think about the next year gathering…

It was a great conference :)…

01/12/15

31 Smrikva Bowl player at EDDIE HERR INTERNATIONAL 2015... Noa KRZNARIC won the under 12... reached finals: BILCHEV, DE MINAUR... reached semi MARCULESCU... reached quarterfinals: OWENSBY, LIU, KECMANOVIC

EDDIE HERR INTERNATIONAL 2015 – Junior Tennis Championships
IMG/Bollettieri Academies,
Bradenton, Florida USA

November 24th – December 6th, 2015.

This prestigious Junior International tournament was founded in 1987 by Eddie’s grandson (Glenn Feldman) to honor his grandfather for his life’s passion and success of bringing the world’s best junior tennis players together to compete. Eddie Herr was the founder of the Orange Bowl…

Over the past 20 years the Eddie Herr International Junior Tournament attracted players from over 136 nations and has served as a springboard to the professionals such as Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian, Anna Kournikova, Mardy Fish, Xavier Malisse, Marcelo Rios, Jelena Jankovic, and Ana Ivanovic – to name just a few.

There are various Smrikva Bowl players won won Eddie Herr International over the last year… Katarina Jokic (under 12 age group)… Dominic Thiem (under 18 age group)… Ana Konjuh (under 18 age group)… few years ago Miomir KECMANOVIC and Adam NEFF won respective under 14 and under 12 age groups… last year Himari SATO won under 12 age group…

I was pleased to recognize many Smrikva Bowl names in the Main Draws of this year edition too… there are under 12, 14, 16 and under 18 age group… in total 512 players…

In the first round there were 31 Smrikva Bowl players out of 512 (6,1%)

In the second round there were 22 Smrikva Bowl players out of 256 (8,5%)

In the third round there were 10 Smrikva Bowl players out of 128 (7,8%)

In the quarterfinals there were 7 Smrikva Bowl players out of 64 (10,9%)

In the semifinals there were 4 Smrikva Bowl players out of 32 (12,5%)

In the Finals there were 2 Smrikva Bowl players out of 16 (12,5%)

Noa KRZNARIC won the under 12 age group… Alex DE MINAUR reached the finals in the under 18 age group… while Miomir KECMANOVIC and Ingrid NEEL won doubles in under 18 age group…

Girls:

GIRLS UNDER 12

Noa Krznaric (CRO) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 winner
1st round: Noa Krznaric – Ari Siegel (USA) 6:0,6:0
2nd round: Noa Krznaric – Estefania Gonzalez (VEN) 6:3,6:0
3rd round: Noa Krznaric – Jade Haller (CHE) 6:1,6:0
Quarterfinals: Noa Krznaric – Punnin Kovapitukted (THA) 6:2,6:3
Semifinals: Noa Krznaric – Kylie Bilchev (GBR) 6:4,6:1
Finals: Noa Krznaric – Cori Gauff (USA) 6:3,6:3

Kylie Bilchev (GBR) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up
1st round: Kylie Bilchev – Anna Babayan (USA) 7:5,6:1
2nd round: Kylie Bilchev – Alexandra Yepifanova (RUS) 6:1,6:3
3rd round: Kylie Bilchev – Zongyu Li (CHN) 6:0,6:1
Quarterfinals: Kylie Bilchev – Nikki Yanez (USA) 6:1,6:0
Semifinals: Kylie Bilchev – Noa Krznaric (CRO) 4:6,1:6

Charlotte Owensby (USA) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 semifinalist
1st round: Charlotte Owensby – May Ilbert (ISR) 6:0,6:0
2nd round: Charlotte Owensby – Jimin Kwon (KOR) 6:1,6:1
3rd round: Charlotte Owensby – Midori Castillo (MEX) 6:1,6:0
Quarterfinals: Charlotte Owensby – Cori Gauff (USA) 1:6,3:6

Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz (AUS) – 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014
1st round: Charlotte Kempenaers – Karina Dergunova (USA) 6:2,6:0
2nd round: Charlotte Kempenaers – Nikki Yanez (USA) 2:6,2:6

Iva Divac (SRB) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Iva Divac – Amelie Rosadoro (USA) 6:0,6:1
2nd round: Iva Divac – Midori Castillo (MEX) 6:3,6:0

qualifications:
1st round: Iva Divac – bye
2nd round: Iva Divac – Tatiana Zelenko (USA) 6:2,6:1
3rd round: Iva Divac – Maria Ivanova (USA) 6:1, 6:2
4th round: Iva Divac – Elizaveta Chocchia (RUS) 6:0, 6:1
5th round: Iva Divac – Violeta Martinez (USA)

Andrea Mrvic (SRB) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Andrea Mrvic – Anna Chekanskaya (RUS) 3:6,4:6

Sophia Weiland (GER) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Sophia Weiland – Emily Callahan (USA) 1:6,1:6

GIRLS UNDER 14

Oana S. Corneanu (ROM) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinals
1st round: Oana Corneanu – A.Ferreira da Silva (BRA) 6:2,6:4
2nd round: Oana Corneanu – Emma D. Navarro (USA) 4:6,6:1,5:7

Francesca Curmi (MLT) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Francesca Curmi – Gia M. Cohen (USA) 4:6,3:6

Lana Brezanin (CRO) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011
1st round: Lana Brezanin – Alexandra Nielsen (CAN) 2:6,1:6

Mille Elsborg (DNK) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Mille Elsborg – Monica Raviraj (GBR) 1:6,1:6

GIRLS UNDER 16

Mihaela Marculescu (ROU) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Mihaela Marculescu – Andrijiana Stoilkovic (USA) 6:3,6:4
2nd round: Mihaela Marculescu – Jessi M. Muljat (USA) 6:1,6:1
3rd round: Mihaela Marculescu – Ines Milosevic (CAN) 7:5,6:4
Quarterfinals: Mihaela Marculescu – Selma S.Cadar (ROU) 6:2,6:4
Semifinals: Mihaela Marculescu – Ulyana Shirokova (RUS) 2:6,1:6

GIRLS UNDER 18

Claire Liu (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Claire Liu – Brindtha RAMASAMY (CAN) 6:3,6:0
2nd round: Claire Liu – Ingrid NEEL (USA) 6:2,7:6
3rd round: Claire Liu – Kayla DAY (USA) 6:3,6:3
Quarterfinals: Claire Liu – Dalma GALFI (HUN) 4:6,3:6

Michaela Gordon (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Michaela Gordon – Thaisa Grana PEDRETTI (BRA) 6:2,6:0
2nd round: Michaela Gordon – Ellie DOUGLAS (USA) 6:0,6:4
3rd round: Michaela Gordon – Amanda ANISIMOVA (USA) 1:6,6:1,2:6

Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008
1st round: Tereza Mihalikova – Isolde DE JONG (NED) 4:6,7:5,6:4
2nd round: Tereza Mihalikova – Kelly CHEN (USA) 6:7,5:7

Olga Danilovic (SRB) – 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner
1st round: Olga Danilovic – Jessica HINOJOSA GOMEZ (MEX) 6:3,6:2
2nd round: Olga Danilovic – Sofia KENIN (RUS) 2:6,0:6

Ingrid Neel (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2008
1st round: Ingrid Neel – Nidhi SURAPANENI (IND) 6:3,6:4
2nd round: Ingrid Neel – Claire LIU (USA) 2:6,6:7

Boys:

BOYS UNDER 12

Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 semifinalist
1st round: Hamad Medjedovic – Dion Loutas (AUS) 6:2,6:0
2nd round: Hamad Medjedovic – Credit Chaiyarin (THA) 5:7,2:6

Patrick Brady (GBR) – 19th Smrikva Bowl 2014 winner
1st round: Patrick Brady – Boros Attila (HUN) 6:0,6:1
2nd round: Patrick Brady – Martin Damm (USA) 1:6,4:6

qualifications:
1st round: Patrick Brady – Jiaxi J.Ma (USA) 6:2,6:2
2nd round: Patrick Brady – Ron Ellouck (ISR) 2:6,6:3,6:2
3rd round: Patrick Brady – Adam Duan (USA) 6:2,6:2
4th round: Patrick Brady – Nicholas Adamec (USA) 6:1,6:0

Thomas V. Santaguida (CAN) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Thomas Santaguida – Gabriel S. Jarrett (USA) 6:1,6:0
2nd round: Thomas Santaguida – Phillip M. Dell (USA)

Marko Jovanovic (SRB) – 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013
1st round: Marko Jovanovic – Phillip M. Dell (USA) 6:4,4:6,3:6

BOYS UNDER 14

Daniel Salazar (ESP) – 16th Smrikv Bowl 2011
1st round: Daniel Salazar – Roi Ginat (ISR) 6:3,2:6,6:2
2nd round: Daniel Salazar – Zihao Yuan (CHN) 5:7,6:3,6:4
3rd round: Daniel Salazar – Chun Hsin Tseng (CHN) 1:6,3:6

Lancelot Carnello (SWE) – 15th Smrikv Bowl 2010
1st round: Lancelot Carnello – Rodrigo Crespo (CRI) 3:6,7:5,6:1
2nd round: Lancelot Carnello – Dawid Taczala (USA) 3:6,2:6

Makary Adamek (POL) – 16th Smrikv Bowl 2011
1st round: Makary Adamek – Bradley Paliska (FRA) 6:2,7:6
2nd round: Makary Adamek – Admir Kalender (CRO) 3:6,1:6

Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012
1st round: Lorenzo Musetti – Spencer Whitaker (USA) 6:3,6:4
2nd round: Lorenzo Musetti – William Grant (USA) 4:6,6:3,6:4

BOYS UNDER 16

Noah S. Schachter USA – “Little Mo/ Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: N. Schachter – Ignacio A. Garcia (PRI) 3:6,6:1,4:0 ret.
2nd round: N. Schachter – Juan Hernandez Serrano (MEX) 6:1, 6:3
3rd round: N. Schachter – Ryan Goetz (USA) 5:7,1:6

Amaury de Beer (MUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Amaury de Beer – Andrew Fenty (USA) 6:7,6:7

BOYS UNDER 18

Alex De Minaur (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Alex De Minaur – Kyrylo TSYGURA (USA) 6:3,6:3
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – Jack Mingjie LIN (CAN) 6:3,6:3
3rd round: Alex De Minaur – Elliot BENCHETRIT (FRA) 6:0,6:3
Quarterfinals: Alex De Minaur – Ulises BLANCH (USA) 7:6,6:3
Semifinals: Alex De Minaur – Benjamin SIGOUIN (CAN) 6:1,6:3
Finals: A.De Minaur – Felix AUGER-ALIASSIME (CAN) 3:6,7:6,6:7

Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Jake VAN EMBURGH (USA) 7:6,6:3
2nd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Duarte VALE (POR) 6:4,6:4
3rd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Vasil KIRKOV (USA) 6:2,6:4
Quarterfinals: M.Kecmanovic – Stefanos TSITSIPAS (GRE) 2:6,6:7

Alexei Popyrin (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Alexei Popyrin – Alexandar LAZAROV (BUL) 6:2,4:6,4:6

Yshai Oliel (SRB) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up
1st round: Yshai Oliel – Ezekiel Thomas CLARK (USA) 3:6,4:6

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.

30/11/15

Jana Fett, Smrikva Bowl player, won USD 75,000 Toyota tournament played in Japan and reached her best career ranking #151 WTA

Last week, Jana Fett, Smrikva Bowl player, won USD 75,000 Toyota tournament played in Japan and reached her best career ranking #151 WTA…

In 2014 Jana Fett reached the finals of the junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN…

Her road to the victory of USD 75,000 Toyota 2015 was the following:
1st round: Jana Fett – Haruka KAJI (Jpn) 6:3, 6:0
2nd round: Jana Fett – Patricia Maria TIG (Rom) 4:6,6:1,6:2
Quarterfinals round: Jana Fett – Misa EGUCHI (Jpn) 7:6,6:4
Semifinals: Jana Fett – Naomi OSAKA (Jpn) 6:4, 6:1
Finals: Jana Fett – Luksika KUMKHUM (Thi) 6:4,4:6,6:4

Ranking of the players Jana played with:
Haruka KAJI (Jpn) – #1080 WTA
Patricia Maria TIG (Rom) – #118 WTA
Misa EGUCHI (Jpn) – #158 WTA
Naomi OSAKA (Jpn) – #159 WTA
Luksika KUMKHUM (Thi) – #191 WTA

24/11/15

Last week end the 17th International Tennis Symposium was held at Centro Pavesi in Milan (Italy) promoted by Pro Camp MGM Italia, UISP and GPTCA

I spent this week end at Centro Pavesi in Milan participating the 17th International Tennis Symposium… as per tradition the Symposium gathered many interesting speakers and it was again an opportunity to learn something new…

This year the event was promoted by Pro CAMP MGMG Italia and sponsored by UISP (Unione Italiana Sport per tutti) and GPTCA (Global Professional Tennis Coach Association)…

GPTCA is a quite a new fast growing tennis association of Profesional Coaches – certified by ATP – and chaired by Alberto CASTELLANI… Alberto CASTELLANI was also this year the main facilitator of the event because as last two years also this year the Symposium was combined with GPTCA Certification Course…

After the welcome word of the Symposium president Mr. Massimo Rossi over the week end many speakers shared their experience with the group

Alberto CASTELLANI, Dimitrav KATSANOS, Patricio REMONDEGUI, Salvador NAVARRO, Luca BOTTAZZI, Francesco GAMBETTI, Fabrizio SENATORE, Franco CASTELLI, Alexandr NIKITI, Carlo ROSSI…

The main theme was “DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION SKILLS TRAINING”…

The first topic presented was named “The Circuit Training Combination: physical, technical and mental – How to train speed and coordination”… and was presented by Dimitrav KATSANOS and Alberto CASTELLANI…

Dimitrav KATSANOS is the author of a new book “The Matrix of Tennis – A holistic approach in Tennis”. The book goes beyond technique, tactic, fitness and mental training and sheds a light on all peripheric areas which are also crucial to develop a top athlete and person… and parts of the books were included in his very interesting presentation…

The following topic was actually another new book presentation… and it was presented by the author of the same… Luca BOTTAZZI…

Luca Bottazzi and Carlo Rossi published recently the book named “Il codice del tennis. Bill Tilden. Arte e scienza del gioco”…

It is an amazing book… presenting a tennis genius Bill Tilden and his heritage… Bill Tilden wrote over 30 books on tennis and won most of the most prestigious tennis events of his time many times… Wimbledon… Davis Cup… but the way he loved and understood the game was probably second to none of his time… and might be second to few till the time we are living today… “The Art of Lawn Tennis” was written in 1920… and I would strongly recommend it to each person who wish to discover a little of Tilden’s understanding of the game…

“Match Play and the Spin of the Ball” was published in 1925 and is another of his masterpieces… Bottazzi and Rossi’s book… is really a book that you read in a breath… curious to discover page after page what Tilden discovered in trying to understand and develop his game…

Patricio REMONDEGUI followed with his presentation and he made some court exercises with the group of students… it was a real pleasure to watch at work the coach who helped Robin KERN in his tennis growth… and Robin played Smrikva Bowl in 2002 … Giulia LAMBIASE is another of his students and Giulia also played Smrikva…

The title of the topic presented by Patricio was: “The rhythm: the coordination skills to move better and faster on the court”…

Patricio presented the big influence that music can have in developing a player… and at “La Bottega” di Smrikve and during Smrikva Bowl… I keep sharing this element since 2011…

At the time I was inspired reading a book which was describing Larisa Preobrazhenskaya’s teaching method… and after that I started to apply it… I graduated at conservatory of music and it was not hard for me to understand the various potential links and bridges that could be applied to let players develop further and better…

It was a very nice presentation… with excellent kids and players who were performing and helping Remodegui to present the class…

After Patricio… the program continued with Francesco GAMBETTI… the founder of AITI… a very interesting and useful association idea that is expected to develop in Italy but in my opinion would be of interest to people who are dedicating to teach tennis world wide…

Salvador NAVARRO followed by…

Salvador Navarro presented his experience with Flavia Pennetta… US OPEN 2015 winner… it is one of his last professional Coaching experiences…

… and Salvador was presenting how to get the best performance from a Player… another very interesting presentation of motivation and confidence building…

… another part of the Symposium was dedicated to various recent scientific reports… and the first speaker to present his part was… Fabrizio SENATORE…

… some very interesting statistics were presented… which always when concentrated looks impressive…

… another very nice part was presented by Franco CASTELLI… that can be used in mental training… the inspiration for this work come from Greek tragedy… very interesting and funny presentation was arranged :)…

…Alexandr NIKITI from Prague… presented Suleyanov’s approach… “A Biologically determined concept for Athlets preparation”…

During the last day… Carlo ROSSI presented “Development of coordination skills and technical learning: from basic Tennis to the top”…

…after Patricio’s second part… which was already unexpected due to impossibility of Toni Nadal to reach Milan this year… Alberto CASTELLANI made one of his great lessons…

… it was “Bioenergetics” class… more then amazing and fun part of this year event…

Alberto CASTELLANI, a part of being a coach, is a great fun of culture, art and history thus his presentation are usually coloured with deep notes related with culture that I always enjoy…

… and he is, among other, the President of the ATP Global Professional Tennis Coach Association… and GPTCA can count on huge network of coaches around the World therefor the subjects elected to be shared are always of interest…

It was another Symposium “good year”… :)

13/11/15

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update November 2015)

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 13th of November 2015 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 35 WTA players TOP 800 WTA

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #14 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #66 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #80 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #105 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #144 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #184 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #219 on WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #231 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #270 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #271 WTA

Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #278 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #279 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #287 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #337 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #359 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #365 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #411 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #440 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #465 WTA
Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #469 WTA

Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #514 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #536 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #554 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #566 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #579 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #580 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #586 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #592 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #618 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #668 WTA

Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #672 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #684 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION – 2005 player – #690 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #691 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #716 WTA

• 17 players TOP 800 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #19 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #45 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #177 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #182 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #239 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #263 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #289 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #310 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #337 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 343 ATP

Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #500 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #616 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #664 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #671 ATP
Luka ILIC – 2005 player – #682 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #712 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #748 ATP

• 1 player TOP 50 ATP doubles

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #47 ATP

• 10 boys and 12 girls… in total 22 players are in TOP 100 ITF

BOYS:
- #5 Tommy PAUL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner and runner up (doubles), Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up
- #10 William BLUMBERG – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 runner up (doubles)
- #21 Alex DE MINAUR
- #27 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #41 Patrik RIKL
- #48 Gian Marco MORONI
- #71 Nicola KUHN
- #80 Alexei POPYRIN
- #95 Yshai OLIEL
- #100 Bogdan BORZA

GIRLS:
- #5 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner
- #6 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #24 Michaela GORDON
- #28 Ingrid NEEL
- #29 Viktoria KUZMOVA – Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
- #34 Lucie KANKOVA
- #44 Maia LUMSDEN
- #51 Berfu CENGIZ
- #62 Clair LIU
- #72 Haruna ARAKAWA
- #93 Seone MENDEZ
- #99 Nina POTOCNIK

• 3 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Patrik RIKL #1, Miomir KECMANOVIC #6, Alex DE MINAUR #9, Katie SWAN #2)

• 4 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Duje AJDUKOVIC #3, Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA #7, Mihailo POPOVIC #9, Cezar CRETU #10, Helene PELLICANO #3)

BOYS
Vilim VISAK, 1st Smrikva Bowl 1996 winner, from Croatia. Vilim’s best ranking was #612 in March 2006.

GIRLS
Ivana LISJAK, 2nd Smrikva Bowl 1997 winner, from Croatia. Ivana’s best ranking was #95 on WTA list in June 2006.

Astrid BESSER, 4th Smrikva Bowl 1999 winner, from Italy. Atrid’s best ranking was #356 on WTA list in March 2009.

Tereza MRDEZA, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Croatia, is currently ranked #184 on WTA list.

Adelchi VIRGILI, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Italy, is currently ranked #910 on ATP list.

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

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #144 on WTA list. Petra’s best raning is #42 on WTA list as of June 2012.

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

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Italy, is currently ranked #239 on ATP list.
Javier MARTI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Spain, is currently ranked #289 on ATP ranking list, best ranking #170 on ATP list (Apr 2002).
Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #267 on ATP double list.
Ivan SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #267 on ATP list.
Robin KERN, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Germany, is currently ranked #664 on ATP list.
Luca MARGAROLI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Switzerland, is currently ranked #840 on ATP list and 295 on ATP doubles list.
Giacomo MICCINI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Italy, is currently ranked #1029 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #66 on WTA list.
Martina CAREGARO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #278 on WTA ranking list.
Ema BURGIC – 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #957 on WTA list.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #19 on ATP ranking list.
Nik RAZBORSEK, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Slovenia, is ranked #671 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #66 on WTA list.
Martina TREVISAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Italy, is ranked #365 on WTA list.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #411 on WTA list.
Manisha FOSTER, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from UK, is ranked #1082 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #337 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #616 on ATP ranking list.
Nerman FATIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #712 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Anita HUSARIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #691 on WTA ranking list.
Francesca PALMIGIANO, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #821 on WTA ranking list.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #45 on ATP list.
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Italy, is ranked #177 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #182 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #310 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #343 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #682 on ATP ranking list.
Nino SERDARUSIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #748 on ATP ranking list.
Franko MIOCIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1065 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #105 on WTA list.
Jana FETT, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Croatia, is ranked #231 on WTA ranking list.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #270 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #337 on WTA ranking list.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #536 on WTA list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #672 on WTA list.
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Romania, is ranked #690 on WTA ranking list.
Karin KENNEL, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Switzerland, is ranked #801 on WTA ranking list.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Italy, is ranked #343 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #1142 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #14 on WTA list
Nina STOJANOVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Serbia, is ranked #287 on WTA list
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #359 on WTA list.
Katie BOULTER, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from UK, is ranked #889 on WTA list
Deborah CHIESA, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Italy, is ranked #1039 on WTA list

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

BOYS
Sacha MERZETTI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 winner, from Italy, is ranked #1217 on ATP list.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #1366 on ATP list.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #1468 on ATP list.
Gonzalo MORELL RASCHIATORE, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Australia, is ranked #621 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #80 on WTA list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #219 on WTA list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #668 on WTA list.
Anastasia MIKHEEVA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from UK, is ranked #415 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #263 on ATP ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner and doubles runner up, Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up.
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #978 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, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Italy, is ranked # 1128 on ATP ranking list.
Luka PANIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Switzerland, is ranked #1703 on ITF ranking list.
Grega KOKALJ, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovenia, is not yet ranked on ATP ranking list.
Andrea GUERRIERI, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Italy, is ranked # 1155 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #279 on WTA ranking list.
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #440 on WTA ranking list.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Slovakia, is ranked #554 on WTA ranking list and is the Junior AUASTRALIAN OPEN 2015 Winner.
Nina ALIBALIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #586 on WTA ranking list.
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #1265 on WTA ranking list.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #44 on ITF ranking list.
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Serbia, is ranked #221 on ITF ranking list.

Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #429 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
William BLUMBERG, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #10 on ITF ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 doubles runner up.

Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #580 on WTA ranking list.

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*14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #21 on ITF ranking list. Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up.
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #27 on ITF ranking list.
Patrik RIKL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Czech Republic, is ranked #41 on ITF ranking list.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw winner, from Australia, is ranked #80 on ITF ranking list.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #109 on ITF ranking list.
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from Spain, is ranked #396 on ITF ranking list.
Max STEWART, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from UK, is ranked #394 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo DIVKOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #618 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #1703 on ITF ranking list.
Anthony POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #1198 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #514 on WTA ranking list.
Berfu CENGIZ, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 player, from Turkey, is ranked #618 on WTA ranking list.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #910 on WTA ranking list.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #1229 on WTA ranking list.
Wiktoria KULIK, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Poland, is ranked #1265 on WTA ranking list.
Lucie KANKOVA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Czech Republic, is ranked #34 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #336 on ITF ranking list.
Sina ZUGER, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Switzerland, is ranked #591 on ITF ranking list.
Arianna CAPOGROSSO, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is not yet ranked on WTA ranking list.
Alessia WELTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Switzerland, is not yet ranked on WTA ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #969 on ITF ranking list.
Alex GEE, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA.

Michaela GORDON, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #684 on WTA ranking list.
Ashley LAHEY, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA.

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, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Spain, is ranked #71 on ITF ranking list.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is ranked #95 on ITF ranking list.
Tomas MACHAC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1276 on ITF ranking ranking.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1703 on ITF ranking list.
Filippo MORONI, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, is ranked #51 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, from Belgium, is ranked #167 on ITF ranking list.
Dalila SAID, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Egypt, is ranked #222 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #336 on ITF ranking list.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #400 on ITF ranking list.
Ania HERTEL, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #402 on ITF ranking list.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Slovenia, is ranked #485 on ITF ranking list.
Andja KARANUSIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #625 on ITF ranking list.
Marija ELENOVA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Macedonia, is ranked #855 on ITF ranking list.
Paula ARIAS MANJON, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is ranked #924 on ITF ranking list.
Emma ZAKORDONIEC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #2255 on ITF ranking list.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Max MOTLAGH, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.

Claire LIU, played 9th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #62 on ITF ranking list.
Alexa BUTERA, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1996 on ITF ranking list.

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, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #3 in under 14 european ranking.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Spain is ranked #7 in under 14 european ranking.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #9 in under 14 european ranking.
Cezar CRETU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #10 in under 14 european ranking.
Stipan MADZAR, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is ranked #20 in under 14 european ranking.
Nemanja SUBANOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #34 in under 14 european ranking.
Makary ADAMEK, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Poland, is ranked #35 in under 14 european ranking.
Vanja DOBRNJAC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #36 in under 14 european ranking.
Peetu POHJOLA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #40 in under 14 european ranking.
Luka ĐURĐEVIĆ, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #48 in under 14 european ranking.
Marco FURLANETTO, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Italy, is ranked #340 in under 14 european ranking.
Sergiu MANCIOC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #393 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #121 on ITF ranking list.
Paula JOUKANEN, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #875 on ITF ranking list.
Iva ZELIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #890 on ITF ranking list.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is ranked #1062 on ITF ranking list.
Oana SMARANDA CORNEANU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #1394 on ITF ranking list.
Andjela SKROBONJA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, from Serbia, is ranked #26 in under 14 european ranking.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #173 in under 14 european ranking.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #263 in under 14 european ranking.

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna DEVALD, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #51 on under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Serbia, is ranked #72 on under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #101 on under 14 european ranking.
Lorenzo MUSETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #267 on under 14 european ranking.
Goran ZIVOTIC, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #277 on under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #426 on under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is ranked #671 on ITF ranking list.
Helene PELLICANO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Malta, is ranked #976 on ITF ranking list.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is ranked #1881 on ITF ranking list.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is ranked #166 on under 14 european ranking.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa.
Matilde PAOLETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy.
Charlotte OWENSBY, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from the USA.

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

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

29/10/15

A nice video dedicated to Petra Marcinko, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 player, Croatian under 10 Nationals Master Champion...

I am pleased to share with Smrikva Bowl community a short video recorded after Petra’s victory of the under 10 Croatian Master played at Mali Losinj few weeks ago where she won the event which gathered 32 top boys and 32 girls in Croatia…

All the players in the finals of the Master played this year Smrikva Bowl: Petra Marcinko (winner) and Leticia Torocco (runner up)… and Dino Prizmic (winner) and Luka Plosnic (runner up)…

Other Smrikva Bowl players on the Masters with respective results were the following:

Girls:
Ema Midzic (semifinals)
Tena Rajki (quarterfinals)
Tara Sladakovic (quarterfinals)

Boys:
Roko Markovina (semifinals)
Roko Madjor (quarterfinals)
Filip Dubovecak (2nd round)
Max Horvatic (2nd round)