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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:

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 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)

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 #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…

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 #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

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 #676 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 #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.

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 #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.

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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

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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)

21/10/15

We collected olives and made olive oil that will end up in bottles for the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Ambassadors - Istrian olive oil - one of the best in the World and Smrikva kids "seeds of the legends" are making it more and more special year after year...

Yesterday and today was a very long day… 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Smrikva Bowl olive oil collection day…

… with over 10 friends we started to gather for the olive oil collection at 8:30 AM…

… and we returned home late in the afternoon from the olive mill with anther golden green annual :)

It is the 2016 Smrikva Bowl olive oil production :)…

In Smrikve is considered 2016 production because the next year every new Smrikva Bowl Ambassador will receive a bottle of it.

We moved from Smrikve to Fazana to collect the first part of the day…

later on we moved from Fazana to Valbandon… Villa Taste to collect the second part of the day…

… and than we finally reached Smrikve again…

and continued to collect all around Smrikve…

from the olive trees which hold names over 1100 players who planted some of our trees from 72 countries and all the continents…

In Smrikve we produce Istrian olive oil that has over 2000 years old tradition in olive oil making and was considered among the best one in the Roman Empire and today is still considered among the best one in the World.

During the Smrikva Bowl we use to give to every Smrikva Bowl Ambasador a bottle of oil as a memory to their Smrikva Bowl.

We are already able to produce special and limited collections of the Smrikva Bowl olive oil from the Smrikva Bowl centuries old olive trees planted by some of the future tennis Champions… the long road full of sweat and tears… and in end smile :)

Since 2009 Smrikva Bowl kids won 16 Junior GRAND SLAM Tournaments in total… very soon senior GRAND SLAM titles will come…

…and this year two players reached TOP 20 ATP and WTA ranking for the first time… Dominic THIEM and Belinda BENCIC

The tradition of the olive oil production started to develop in Istria during the time of the Emperor Augustus. Thanks to the olive oil Pula was for few centuries one of the richest towns in the Roman Empire and this is one of the main reasons why Pula got its magnificent Arena.

It is important to say that at the time olive oil was not used only as the salad dressing as we use it today but it was used also for lighting thus it was important as todays are important the sources of energy we use. It was the gold of its period. This explain the status and importance Pula had during the Roman Empire time.

Romans had deep knowledge of olive oil making and we do know that they had five different olive oils quality ranking:

1. Oleum ex albis ulivis: first quality olive oil made by green and white olives
(THIS IS WHAT WE DO FROM THE SMRIKVA BOWL OLIVES)
2. Viride: olive oil made by the olives that started to become black
3. Maturum: olive oil made by mature olives
4. Caducum: olive oil made by olives collected from the ground
5. Cibarium: olive oil made by rotten olives

In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started the tradition of planting an old Olive tree. The Olive tree selected was older than the oldest man living on the earth today.

On Brioni island there is an olive tree from the beginning of the 4th century that is one of the oldest olive trees in Europe… and many Smrikva Bowl kids visit it every year…

Marcus Valerius Martialis, native from Cordoba, who lived in the 1st century AD, during the Roman Empire times, celebrated Istrian olive oil with the following verses: “Uncto Corduba Laetior Venafro Histra Nec Minus Absolute Testa”. The translation in English would be: “Cordoba, you being more fertile than the olive oil region of Venafro and so perfect as the oil (amphora) from Istria”.

To learn more about ISTRIAN OLIVE OIL and the Region where Smrikva Bowl is played please visit:

…CULTURAL E-BOOK “Istria from Smrikve” aims to provide Smrikva Bowl players and their families with useful information about the places that should be visited in the Istria region. Here you will find information about: architecture, history, people, music, museums, major cultural events, cuisine, top restaurants and the best olive oil and wine producers.

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.

15/10/15

14 Smrikva Bowl players at Osaka Mayor's Cup 2015 - World Super Junior Tennis Championships

Osaka Mayor’s Cup 2015 – World Super Junior Tennis Championships had 14 Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws out of 128: 8 girls and 6 boys…

In the second round there were 12 players out of 64…

In the third round there are 10 players out of 32…

In the quarterfinals there are 5 players out of 16…

In the semifinals there is 1 player out of 8…

GIRLS:

Berfu CENGIZ (TUR) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Berfu Cengiz – Yang LEE (Tpe) 6:3,3:6,7:5
2nd round: Berfu Cengiz – Emma HIGUCHI (Usa) 6:1,6:3
3rd round: Berfu Cengiz – Bunyavi THAMCHAIWAT (Tha) 6:4,7:6
Quarterfinals: Berfu Cengiz – Misaki MATSUDA (Jpn) 6:3,5:7,7:5
Semifinals: Berfu Cengiz – Yuki NAITO (Jpn) 4:6,4:6

Katie SWAN (GBR) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner
1st round: Katie Swan – Yanni LIU (Chn) 6:4,6:2
2nd round: Katie Swan – I-Hsuan CHO (Tpn) 7:6,3:6,6.4
3rd round: Katie Swan – Haruna ARAKAWA (Jpn) 6:3,6:1
Quarterfinals: Katie Swan – Xinyu GAO (Chn) 1:6,4:6

Wiktoria KULIK (POL) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Wiktoria Kulik – Satoko SUENO (Jpn) 4:6,7:5,6:1
2nd round: Wiktoria Kulik – Saya ITO (Jpn) 6:2,4:6,6:2
3rd round: Wiktoria Kulik – Momoka CHIMURA (Jpn) 6:1,6:3
Quarterfinals: Wiktoria Kulik – Yuki NAITO (Jpn) 4:6,3:6

Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Haruna Arakawa – Shuyue MA (Chn) 7:6, 6:1
2nd round: Haruna Arakawa – Kanna NISHIDA (Jpn) 6:1,6:0
3rd round: Haruna Arakawa – Katie SWAN (Gbr) 3:6,1:6

Lucie KANKOVA (CZE) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Lucia Kankova – Ramu UEDA (Jpn) 6:3,6:1
2nd round: Lucia Kankova – Zhima DU (Chn) 6:2,6:1
3rd round: Lucia Kankova – Mai HONTAMA (Jpn) 3:6,3:6

Georgina AXON (GBR) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 player
1st round: Georgina Axon – Mihika YADAV (Ind) 6:3,6:2
2nd round: Georgina Axon – Mai HONTAMA (Jpn) 1:6,4:6

Lea BOSKOVIC (CRO) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 player
1st round: Lea Boskovic – Naho SATO (Jpn) 2:6,6:3,3:6

Himari SATO (JPN) – 17th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner
1st round: Himari Sato – Rifanty KAHFIANI (Ina) 4:6,6:0,3:6

BOYS:

Nicola KUHN (GER) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner
1st round: Nicola Kuhn – Mikhail SOKOLOVSKIY (Rus) 6:3,6:4
2nd round: Nicola Kuhn – Yuta KIKUCHI (Jpn) 7:5, 6:2
3rd round: Nicola Kuhn – Miomir KECMANOVIC (Srb) 2:6,6:4,6:3
Quarterfinals: Nicola Kuhn – Seong Chan HONG (Kor) 2:6,4:6

Alex DE MINAUR (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Alex De Minaur – Rio NOGUCHI (Jpn) 6:1,7:6
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – Piotr MATUSZEWSKI (Pol) 6:1, 6:4
3rd round: Alex De Minaur – Yunosuke TANAKA (Jpn) 6:2,6:1
Quarterfinals: Alex De Minaur – Mate VALKUSZ (Hun) 4:6,3:6

Alexei POPYRIN (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 CD winner
1st round: Alexei Popyrin – Shinji HAZAWA (Jpn) 4:6,6:3,6:4
2nd round: Alexei Popyrin – Sho SHIMABUKURO (Jpn) 6:7,7:5,7:5
3rd round: Alexei Popyrin – Casper RUUD (Nor) 4:6,6:4,5;7

Rimpei KAWAKAMI (JPN) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 player
1st round: Rimpei Kawakami – Kody PEARSON (Aus) 1:6,6:4,6:3
2nd round: Rimpei Kawakami – Alexey ALESHCHEV (Rus) 6:4,3:6,7:6
3rd round: Rimpei Kawakami – Jay CLARKE (Gbr) 5:7,3:6

Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Masaya KOBAYASHI (Jpn) 6:1,7:5
2nd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Finn BASS (Gbr) 6:1,6:1
3rd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Nicola KUHN (Ger) 6:2,4:6,3:6

Karlo BOLJAT (CRO) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player
1st round: Karlo Boljat – Taisei MIYAMOTO (Jpn) 6:1,6:4
2nd round: Karlo Boljat – Toru HORIE (Jpn) 6:3,1:6,6:7

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.

13/10/15

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update October 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 October 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 – #16 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #60 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #67 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #107 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #127 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #229 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #254 on WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #257 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #268 WTA

Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #284 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #290 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #335 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #361 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #366 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #416 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #420 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #424 WTA
Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #440 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #468 WTA

Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #531 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #546 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #548 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #564 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #573 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #580 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #587 WTA
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #590 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #630 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #643 WTA

Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #671 WTA
Oana Georgetta SIMION – 2005 player – #689 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #694 WTA
Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #696 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #704 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #721 WTA
Francesca PALMIGIANO – 2004 player – #793 WTA
Karin KENNEL – 2005 player – #791 WTA

• 18 players TOP 800 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #18 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #40 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #174 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #190 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #223 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #297 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #311 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #329 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 338 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #345 ATP

Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #490 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #553 ATP
Luka ILIC – 2005 player – #673 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #683 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #688 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #704 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #716 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #734 ATP

• 1 player TOP 50 ATP doubles

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #37 ATP

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

BOYS:
- #4 Tommy PAUL – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner and runner up (doubles), Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up
- #11 William BLUMBERG – Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 runner up (doubles)
- #24 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #27 Alex DE MINAUR
- #40 Patrik RIKL
- #46 Gian Marco MORONI
- #92 Yshai OLIEL
- #95 Bogdan BORZA
- #96 Nicola KUHN

GIRLS:
- #5 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner
- #6 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #24 Michaela GORDON
- #28 Ingrid NEEL
- #30 Viktoria KUZMOVA – Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
- #44 Maia LUMSDEN
- #61 Clair LIU
- #64 Seone MENDEZ
- #66 Lucie KANKOVA
- #85 Berfu CENGIZ
- #94 Nina POTOCNIK

• 3 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Patrik RIKL #1, Miomir KECMANOVIC #6, Alex DE MINAUR #8, Katie SWAN #2)

• 3 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Duje AJDUKOVIC #3, Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA #6, Mihailo POPOVIC #9, Helene PELLICANO #4)

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 #150 on WTA list.

Adelchi VIRGILI, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Italy, is currently ranked #683 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 #37 on ATP double ranking list.
Dino MARCAN, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #116 on ATP doubles ranking list.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #127 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 CHAMPIONSHIP

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Italy, is currently ranked #223 on ATP list.
Javier MARTI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Spain, is currently ranked #297 on ATP ranking list, best ranking #170 on ATP list (Apr 2002).
Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #278 on ATP double list.
Ivan SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #278 on ATP list.
Robin KERN, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Germany, is currently ranked #704 on ATP list.
Luca MARGAROLI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Switzerland, is currently ranked #808 on ATP list and 295 on ATP doubles list.
Giacomo MICCINI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Italy, is currently ranked #1027 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #60 on WTA list.
Martina CAREGARO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #268 on WTA ranking list.
Ema BURGIC – 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #1129 on WTA list.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, from Austria, is ranked #18 on ATP ranking list.
Nik RAZBORSEK, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Slovenia, is ranked #688 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #60 on WTA list.
Martina TREVISAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Italy, is ranked #366 on WTA list.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #424 on WTA list.
Manisha FOSTER, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from UK, is ranked #1033 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #345 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #553 on ATP ranking list.
Nerman FATIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #716 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Anita HUSARIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #696 on WTA ranking list.
Francesca PALMIGIANO, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #793 on WTA ranking list.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #40 on ATP list.
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Italy, is ranked #174 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #190 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #311 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #338 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #673 on ATP ranking list.
Nino SERDARUSIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #734 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 #108 on WTA list.
Jana FETT, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Croatia, is ranked #229 on WTA ranking list.
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #257 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #335 on WTA ranking list.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #468 on WTA list.
Oana Georgetta SIMION, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Romania, is ranked #689 on WTA ranking list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #721 on WTA list.
Karin KENNEL, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Switzerland, is ranked #791 on WTA ranking list.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Italy, is ranked #338 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #1174 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #16 on WTA list
Nina STOJANOVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Serbia, is ranked #290 on WTA list
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #361 on WTA list.
Deborah CHIESA, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Italy, is ranked #867 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 #1204 on ATP list.
Bogdan BORZA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #1361 on ATP list.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #1466 on ATP list.
Gonzalo MORELL RASCHIATORE, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Australia, is ranked #579 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #67 on WTA list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #254 on WTA list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #671 on WTA list.
Anastasia MIKHEEVA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from UK, is ranked #242 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #329 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 PLAYERS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

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

BOYS
Gian Marco MORONI, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Italy, is ranked # 1338 on ATP ranking list.
Luka PANIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Switzerland, is not yet ranked on ATP 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 #532 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #416 on WTA ranking list.
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #420 on WTA ranking list.
Nina ALIBALIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #580 on WTA ranking list.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Slovakia, is ranked #564 on WTA ranking list and is the Junior AUASTRALIAN OPEN 2015 Winner.
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #1253 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 #209 on ITF ranking list.

Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #419 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
William BLUMBERG, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #11 on ITF ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 doubles runner up.

Ingrid NEEL, played 7th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #590 on WTA ranking list.

IN 2009 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND 1 NEW CONTINENT THUS 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 #24 on ITF ranking list.
Alex *DE MINAUR*14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #27 on ITF ranking list. Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up.
Patrik RIKL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Czech Republic, is ranked #40 on ITF ranking list.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #107 on ITF ranking list.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw winner, from Australia, is ranked #110 on ITF ranking list.
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from Spain, is ranked #381 on ITF ranking list.
Max STEWART, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from UK, is ranked #404 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo DIVKOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #609 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #1659 on ITF ranking list.
Anthony POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #2173 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #548 on WTA ranking list.
Berfu CENGIZ, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 player, from Turkey, is ranked #643 on WTA ranking list.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #1215 on WTA ranking list.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #1022 on WTA ranking list.
Wiktoria KULIK, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Poland, is ranked #1253 on WTA ranking list.
Lucie KANKOVA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Czech Republic, is ranked #66 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #383 on ITF ranking list.
Sina ZUGER, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Switzerland, is ranked #689 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 #842 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 #694 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 #96 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1659 on ITF ranking list.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is ranked #92 on ITF ranking list.
Tomas MACHAC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1238 on ITF ranking ranking.
Filippo MORONI, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, is ranked #47 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, from Belgium, is ranked #172 on ITF ranking list.
Dalila SAID, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Egypt, is ranked #210 on ITF ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #383 on ITF ranking list.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #391 on ITF ranking list.
Ania HERTEL, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #394 on ITF ranking list.
Andja KARANUSIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #603 on ITF ranking list.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Slovenia, is ranked #611 on ITF ranking list.
Marija ELENOVA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Macedonia, is ranked #834 on ITF ranking list.
Emma ZAKORDONIEC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #1115 on ITF ranking list.
Paula ARIAS MANJON, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is ranked #146 in under 16 european ranking.
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 #61 on ITF ranking list.
Alexa BUTERA, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1991 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 #6 in under 14 european ranking.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #9 in under 14 european ranking.
Stipan MADZAR, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is ranked #20 in under 14 european ranking.
Vanja DOBRNJAC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #34 in under 14 european ranking.
Makary ADAMEK, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Poland, is ranked #46 in under 14 european ranking.
Peetu POHJOLA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #71 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 #388 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #123 on ITF ranking list.
Paula JOUKANEN, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #846 on ITF ranking list.
Iva ZELIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #948 on ITF ranking list.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is ranked #1015 on ITF ranking list.
Oana SMARANDA CORNEANU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #1376 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 #169 in under 14 european ranking.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #259 in under 14 european ranking.

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Borna DEVALD, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #47 on under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Serbia, is ranked #88 on under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #100 on under 14 european ranking.
Lorenzo MUSETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #262 on under 14 european ranking.
Goran ZIVOTIC, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #274 on under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #422 on under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is ranked #788 on ITF ranking list.
Helene PELLICANO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Malta, is ranked #1276 on ITF ranking list.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is ranked #1887 on ITF ranking list.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is ranked #163 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

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 Rumenia, 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.

21/09/15

21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 Presentation Letter - Smrikva Bowl Ambassador's Day (SBAD)...

Dear Smrikva Bowl and Smrikve friends!

It was 1996 when the Smrikva Bowl story started… and today is time to open the 21st annual candidacy process…

How to describe 20 years? … 20 years of passion and inspiration…

… maybe a good start would be to mention over 1580 kids and life stories spread in 72 countries who played the event since 1996… over 710 signed books in the Smrikva Bowl library from 61 country (started in 2009)… over 1100 names given to 11 old Smrikva Bowl olive trees (started in 2005)… 16 junior GRAND SLAM titles since 2009… 7 professional ATP/WTA titles since 2014… 9 Smrikva Bowl players are members of the TOP 100 ATP/WTA Club… 3 players are members of the TOP 20 ATP/WTA Club… numerous victories over the last decade in the most prestigious under 12, 14, 16, 18 tournaments around the World…

… but Smrikva Bowl story to me was always more then numbers and more then tennis… and I am gratful to the Smrikva Bowl players, families, coaches, friends who in most different ways inspire me to do better and help my family and friends to go beyond our imaginations…

I am aware that people today do not have time to read long letters ;)… and my letters are usually long :)… I know that not everybody will reach the bottom of this letter… but I hope that those who do it will find it of interest and may enjoy Smrikva ideas, recalling some moments spent together in Smrikve…

I like to repeat myself from time to time… it is teaching I learned from Rafiki in Lion King 3 when he said to Timoon and Pumba that a story we like should be repeated more then once ;)… and I am saying this for those who know me well and will find most of my thinking already known ;D…

It is the 21st of September 2015… and it is the selection date start for the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 edition…

I will also take the opportunity to announce the 2nd Smrikva Bowl Tennis Talents Family Week (SBTTFW) 2016 edition with Luca Appino, reserved for only eight past Smrikva Bowl tennis talents and families and will be held from 16th till 23rd of April 2016…

Today is also celebrated the International Day of Peace, also known as the World Peace Day… and many years ago this date was selected as the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day (“SBA” Day)…

The SBA Day, although celebrated on the same day as the World Peace Day, is dedicated to intergenerational responsibility, civilization and tennis. Without civil society in a modern world there is no guarantee for peace… and both civil society and peace are the pillars for any talent development…

In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started a tradition of planting an old Olive tree during Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Nomination Ceremony. The Olive tree selected was older than the oldest man living on the earth today… during the ceremony, every Ambassador put a tiny piece of land close to the root and donated his/her name to the tree…

The Olive tree is a symbol of peace in various cultures… and his age is symbol of intergenerational responsibility. Every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to understand and to learn to preserve all that each of us is born with… this is the message SBA Olive trees transmit… intergenerational responsibility alone will allow future generations to enjoy the beauty of life, the sunsets and the seasons of the earth.

Smrikva Bowl is dedicated to children… and to find the proper way to communicate with them I learned to love cartoons… cartoons help me to speak with children and to be understood by them… The Lion King is nice one for the Old Olive Tree story that I am pleased to share today again on the World Peace Day… the Circle of Life story…

This cartoon is full of life messages which are in line with the Smrikva Bowl dream. They are in line with the message of the Ambassadors’ Olive Tree; they are in line with the values of friendship and love; they are in line with empathy. Love, friendship and empathy are all Cosmopolitan values per excellence, as far as people and humanity are concerned.

The relationship between Mufasa, Sarabi and Simba reminds me of parents and family love, but also the intergenerational responsibility.

Timon, Pumbaa and Simba relationship reminds me about love between friends. Pumbaa also make me think about empathy, intuition and loyalty. The relationship between Simba and Nola reminds me again about the importance of love.

Rafiki, the wise old baboo, with his many centuries old tree reminds me about the importance of knowledge and experience of the older. There are many other particular moments that every person on its own, based on his or her own life experience, discovers by watching cartoon artworks.

…most of the character’s names in this cartoon have a particular meaning in Swahili language: Simba means “lion”; Nala means “gift”, and love is in many cultures one of the greatest gifts that people can receive and give during their life; Sarabi means “mirage”; Pumbaa means “dull-witted” or “stunned”; and Rafiki means “friend” :)…

Every children is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to understand and to learn, to preserve all that each of us is born with.

When Mufasa was explaining to Simba that is not easy to be the King… a good King should know that everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. The intergenerational responsibility is the key to allow future generations to enjoy the beauty of life, the sunsets and the seasons of the earth.

To end this introductory comment I am pleased to repeat words of a Nobal Prize for Peace – guest speaker to one of Ambrosetti’s Young Leader Group meetings: “The future is always in a minority. Yet the history of the future is more important than the history of the past. It is for the old to remember the past. It is for the young to build the world of tomorrow.

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

It is worth bearing in our minds that Peace is always a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. Knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important. They are all parts of the civilization path.

Our Nobel Prize guest used in his note the statement: “Do it!” thus reminded me Yoda’s wisdom words when he shares his knowledge with young Jedi: “There is no try. Do or do not ” ;)

Long time ago I learned when people believe in the future there is future…. and when people do not beleive in the future there is no future.

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

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

We are those who represent the current civilization.

This is an important concept. Today people live an average of about 80 years. What we call civilization is mostly made up of the human knowledge we have accumulated until today, which our institutions pass onto future generations… and this is part of the idea hidden behind the Smrikva Bowl Library foundation in 2009…

World Peace Day is a good day to start the research of the Smrikva Bowl talents for the 2016 edition… and with this e-mail the selection process for the 21st annual Smrikva Bowl 2016 starts.

21th Smrikva Bowl 2016 will be held in Pula-Istria, Croatia, from (18th) 20th till 25th of June 2016. Smrikva Bowl, as most of you may know, gathers under 10 tennis talents from all over the World…

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

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

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

Year after year seems more and more likely that more than one senior Grand Slam Tournament will be conquered by Smrikva children… they already won every junior Grand Slam Tournament… since 2009… there were 13 Smrikva Bowl kids able to conquere 16 junior Grand Slam Titles in singles and doubles… and my dream and wishes goes beyond Grand Slam dream… being the SBA Day celebrated on a World Peace Day… and having mentioned in my letter the inspiring words of the Nobel Prize for Peace I am pleased to extend Grand Slam dream to more than one Nobel Prize for Peace dream…

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

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

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

There is one part in Andre Agassi’s book that I liked a lot and I like to share it… it is about inspiration, faith and what does it mean to be a good coach… to have the right word in the right moment… and is about people who believe in other people and help them to write their life stories and to write their own… the following are Gil’s words when he accepted to help Agassi to inscribe his name on the sky of the Tennis Stars…

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

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

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

The Smrikva Bowl tennis talent gathering aims to inspire its Ambassadors to believe in their dreams and work hard to reach them.

Many people come to Smrikve with different expectations… not understanding that the result is not the key for being part of the Smrikva Bowl… and I need Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors’ help in explaining that Smrikva Bowl is… FUN and GAME… and to have fun in tennis… common sense and respect always come first…

There is a detailed presentation of the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 edition with the application form and other relevant information on the main page of the Smrikva Bowl website:

http://www.smrikve.com/smrikva-bowl/

I am pleased to recall that 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 gathered top players from 42 countries and all the continents…

Since the tournament foundation in 1996, over 1580 top players from 72 countries played in the event… This year… was the second time that over 50% of participants accepted were ranked #1 in their countries…

Smrikva Bowl “more than tennis” idea… would not be explained… will always remain left to the interpretation of each Ambassador… of their feelings because in end they are the one who are writing the Smrikva Bowl story… my only wish is that huge percentage of the interpretation may match my dream too…

As I wrote above, in 2005 we started to plant old olive trees during the Ambassadors’ nomination ceremony… and there are 11 special olive trees in Smrikve with over 1100 names from all around the World…

In 2009 the cultural tourism guide “Istria from Smrikve” was published and this is a gift to the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors and Smrikve friends… SBA are helping us in scouting talents around the world and our little Ambassadors also help us in spreading the word about Istria as cultural tourism destination worth visiting…

That same year, Smrikva Bowl participants started to bring a book about the culture of the place they are coming from thus we started to create Smrikva Bowl Library… from time to time we are also using the library as classroom for “La Bottega” di Smrikve students… donated book form a library of over 710 books from 61 countries…

Cosmopolite is another gift to Smrikve and our Ambassadors. It is dedicated to a book describing the importance of civilization for the talent development.

Many of you are our Ambassadors and I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the number of the accepted players will be 96 players (48 girls and 48 boys) and your help will be precious.

If you know a good tennis player born in 2006 that deserves to play Smrikva Bowl or you wish to present your candidacy for the 2nd SBTTFW 2016 please let me know… and you are more than welcome to participate in helping to spread the word about Smrikva Bowl idea in your community.

I am pleased to recall that since the Smrikva Bowl foundation nine players reached TOP 100 ATP and WTA and their best ranking at the moment is the following: Belinda BENCIC (#12 WTA), Dominic THIEM (#18 ATP), Marin DRAGANJA (#20 ATP doubels), Borna CORIC (#33 ATP), Petra MARTIC (#42 WTA), Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (#47 WTA), Ana KONJUH (#55 WTA), Donna VEKIC (#62 WTA), Ivana LISJAK (#95 WTA)…

… for the end of my long presentation letter of the 21st annual… being today World Peace Day… I wish Smrikva kids to continue to inspire by example other children… and wish some of them may make true during their living and competing Nelson Mandela – Madiba’s words when he noted that “Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”

Thank you all for your help and attention and special thanks to all the people who return to visit us in Smrikve,

Mio

15/09/15

Top Smrikva Bowl and "Little Mo"/Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European under 14 and 16 ranking lists (update September 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 15th of September 2015 the ranking summary of the very TOP former Smrikva Bowl boys and girls is the following:

• 37 WTA players TOP 800 WTA

Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #15 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #61 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #67 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #125 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #131 WTA
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #168 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #227 WTA
Olga IANCHUK – 2005 runner up – #253 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #264 on WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #277 WTA

Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #298 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #307 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #345 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #351 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 quarterfinalist – #402 WTA
Ema MIKULCIC – 2002 quarterfinalist – #405 WTA
Iva MEKOVEC – 2005 player – #414 WTA
Silvia NJIRIC – 2003 runner up – #416 WTA
Olga FRIDMAN – 2008 player – #482 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semifinalist – #495 WTA

Ingrid NEEL – 2008 player – #513 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #536 WTA
Pia CUK – 2006 player – #541 WTA
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #548 WTA
Michaela GORDON – 2009 player – #612 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #616 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #622 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #632 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #641 WTA
Nina ALIBALIC – 2008 player – #665 WTA

Anita HUSARIC – 2004 player – #701 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #712 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #721 WTA
Francesca PALMIGIANO – 2004 player – #716 WTA
Giada CLERICI – 2004 player – #737 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #746 WTA
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #778 WTA

• 18 players TOP 800 ATP

Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #20 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #33 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #169 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #177 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #220 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #328 ATP
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 331 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #345 ATP
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #355 ATP
Miki JANKOVIC – 2004 runner up – #418 ATP

Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #493 ATP
Filip VEGER – 2004 semifinalist – #572 ATP
Adelchi VIRGILI – 1999 winner – #666 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #692 ATP
Nik RAZBORSEK – 2003 player – #696 ATP
Luka ILIC – 2005 player – #719 ATP
Robin KERN – 2002 player – #746 ATP
Nerman FATIC, 2004 semifinalist- #775 ATP

• 1 player TOP 50 ATP doubles

Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #36 ATP

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

BOYS:
- #3 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)
- #24 Miomir KECMANOVIC
- #25 Alex DE MINAUR
- #41 Patrik RIKL
- #48 Gian Marco MORONI
- #93 Yshai OLIEL
- #98 Bogdan BORZA
- #99 Nicola KUHN

GIRLS:
- #5 Tereza MIHALIKOVA – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 winner
- #6 Katie SWAN – Junior AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015 runner up
- #24 Michaela GORDON
- #28 Ingrid NEEL
- #30 Viktoria KUZMOVA – Junior US OPEN 2015 doubles winner
- #32 Clair LIU
- #46 Maia LUMSDEN
- #67 Seone MENDEZ
- #69 Lucie KANKOVA
- #77 Berfu CENGIZ
- #95 Nina POTOCNIK

• 3 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Patrik RIKL #1, Miomir KECMANOVIC #3, Nicolas KUHN #9, Katie SWAN #2, Michaela GORDON #10)

• 3 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Duje AJDUKOVIC #3, Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA #5, Mihailo POPOVIC #9, Helene PELLICANO #8)

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 #168 on WTA list. Tereza’s best ranking was # 151 on WTA list in April 2013.

Adelchi VIRGILI, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, from Italy, is currently ranked #666 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 #36 on ATP double ranking list.
Dino MARCAN, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #774 on ATP ranking list and 112 on ATP doubles ranking list.

GIRLS
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, from Croatia, is ranked #125 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 CHAMPIONSHIP

2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Javier MARTI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Spain, is currently ranked #355 on ATP ranking list, best ranking #170 on ATP list (Apr 2002).
Giacomo MICCINI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Italy, is currently ranked #1048 on ATP list.
Matej SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #234 on ATP double list.
Ivan SABANOV, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Croatia, is currently ranked #234 on ATP list.
Federico GAIO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Italy, is currently ranked #220 on ATP list.
Robin KERN, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Germany, is currently ranked #746 on ATP list.
Luca MARGAROLI, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002, from Switzerland, is currently ranked #860 on ATP list and 316 on ATP doubles list.

GIRLS
Martina CAREGARO, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 winner, from Italy, is ranked #307 on WTA ranking list.
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #61 on WTA list.
Ema BURGIC – 7th Smrikva Bowl 2002 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #778 on WTA list.

2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl

GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, ranked 3rd on 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, from Croatia, is ranked #61 on WTA list.
Silvia NJIRIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #416 on WTA list.
Martina TREVISAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from Italy, is ranked #351 on WTA list.
Manisha FOSTER, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 player, from UK, is ranked #1037 WTA

2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Miki JANKOVIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #418 on ATP ranking list.
Filip VEGER, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #572 on ATP ranking list.
Nerman FATIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 semifinalist, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #775 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 player, from Italy, is ranked #1163 on WTA ranking list.
Francesca PALMIGIANO, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #716 on WTA ranking list.
Anita HUSARIC, 9th Smrikva Bowl 2004, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #701 on WTA ranking list.

IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM 3 CONTINENTS

2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, from Italy, is ranked #169 on ATP list.
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #177 on ATP list.
Gianluigi QUINZI, ranked 3rd on 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Italy, is ranked #331 on ATP list.
Nikola MILOJEVIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 Consolation tournament winner, from Serbia, is ranked #328 on ATP list.
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #33 on ATP list.
Luka ILIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Serbia, is ranked #719 on ATP ranking list.
Franko MIOCIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #1065 on ATP ranking list.
Nino SERDARUSIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #692 on ATP ranking list.

GIRLS
Olga IANCHUK, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, from Ukraine, is ranked #253 on WTA list.
Irina Maria BARA, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Romania, is ranked #345 on WTA ranking list.
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #131 on WTA list.
Iva MEKOVEC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Croatia, is ranked #414 on WTA list.
Camilla ROSATELLO, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, from Italy, is ranked #746 on WTA list.
Jana FETT, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, from Croatia, is ranked #227 on WTA ranking list.

2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Gianluigi QUINZI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 winner, from Italy, is ranked #331 on ATP list.
Filip KRALJEVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1548 on ATP list.
Andre BIRO, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalist, from Hungary, is ranked #1218 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Ilka CSOREGI, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 semifinalists, from Romania, is ranked #850 on WTA list.
Dea HERDZELAS, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 quarterfinalists, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #402 on WTA list.
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Switzerland, is ranked #15 on WTA list
Nina STOJANOVIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, from Serbia, is ranked #277 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 #1335 on ATP list.
Gonzalo MORELL RASCHIATORE, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Australia, is ranked #496 on ITF ranking list.
Sergiu BUCUR, ranked 4th on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Romania, is ranked #1438 on ATP list.

GIRLS
Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #67 on WTA list.
Nina POTOCNIK, ranked 3rd on 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from Slovenia, is ranked #721 on WTA list.
Ivana JOROVIC, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Serbia, is ranked #264 on WTA list.
Bianka BEKEFI, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 player, from Hungary, is not yet ranked on WTA list.
Anastasia MIKHEEVA, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007, from UK, is ranked #244 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Eduardo NAVA, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #971 on ATP ranking list.
Tommy PAUL, played 6th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #345 on ATP ranking list. Junior ROLAND GARROS 2015 winner and doubles runner up, Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up.

IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

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

BOYS
Luka PANIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Switzerland, is not yet ranked on ATP 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 #515 on ITF ranking list.

GIRLS
Katarina JOKIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 winner, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #1238 on WTA ranking list.
Maia LUMSDEN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up, from Scotland, is ranked #46 on ITF ranking list.
Viktoria KUZMOVA, ranked 3rd on 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, from Slovakia, is ranked #495 on WTA ranking list.
Olga FRIDMAN, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Ukraine, is ranked #482 on WTA ranking list.
Nikolina JOVIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Serbia, is ranked #209 on ITF ranking list.
Gabriella Patricia TAYLOR, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from UK, is ranked #1157 on WTA ranking list.
Marija CURNIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #413 on ITF ranking list.
Nina ALIBALIC, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Croatia, is ranked #665 on WTA ranking list.
Tereza MIHALIKOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player, from Slovakia, is ranked #548 on WTA ranking list and is the Junior AUASTRALIAN OPEN 2015 Winner.

“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 #513 on WTA ranking list.

IN 2009 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND 1 NEW CONTINENT THUS 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
Alvaro REGALADO PEDROL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from Spain, is ranked #333 on ITF ranking list.
Samuele RAMAZZOTTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Italy, is ranked #112 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #1627 on ITF ranking list.
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Serbia, is ranked #24 on ITF ranking list.
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 Consolation Draw winner, from Australia, is ranked #113 on ITF ranking list.
Max STEWART, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from UK, is ranked #478 on ITF ranking list.
Patrik RIKL, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Czech Republic, is ranked #41 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo DIVKOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Croatia, is ranked #783 on ITF ranking list.
Anthony POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #2103 on ITF ranking list.
Alex *DE MINAUR*14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Australia, is ranked #25 on ITF ranking list. Junior US OPEN 2015 runner up.

GIRLS
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, from United Kingdom, is ranked #616 on WTA ranking list.
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #406 on ITF ranking list.
Inci OGUT, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Turkey, is ranked #1195 on WTA ranking list.
Arianna CAPOGROSSO, ranked 3rd on 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Italy, is not yet ranked on WTA ranking list.
Berfu CENGIZ, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 player, from Turkey, is ranked #632 on WTA ranking list.
Lucie KANKOVA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Czech Republic, is ranked #69 on ITF ranking list.
Sina ZUGER, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Switzerland, is ranked #724 on ITF ranking list.
Andrea Amalia ROSCA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #222 on ITF ranking list.
Alessia WELTI, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist, from Switzerland, is ranked #1333 on ITF ranking list.
Wiktoria KULIK, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, from Poland, is ranked #128 on ITF ranking list.

“Little Mo” TEAM
Noah SCHACHTER, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #811 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 #612 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 #99 on ITF ranking list.
Karlo SUEVICH, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Croatia, is ranked #1627 on ITF ranking list.
Yshai OLIEL, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Israel, is ranked #93 on ITF ranking list.
Tomas MACHAC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, is ranked #1220 on ITF ranking ranking.
Filippo MORONI, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, is ranked #45 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Jovana VUKOVIC – JOKA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #406 on ITF ranking list.
Paula ARIAS MANJON, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 runner up, from Spain, is ranked #146 in under 16 european ranking.
Neli SUNJIC, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is not ranked on ITF ranking list.
Kristina NOVAK, ranked 3rd on 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Slovenia, is ranked #823 on ITF ranking list.
Andja KARANUSIC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Croatia, is ranked #502 on ITF ranking list.
Dalila SAID, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Egypt, is ranked #112 on ITF ranking list.
Mihaela Lorena MARCULESCU, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Romania, is ranked #420 on ITF ranking list.
Ania HERTEL, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #393 on ITF ranking list.
Irina CANTOS SIEMERS, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 quarterfinalist, from Belgium, is ranked #175 on ITF ranking list.
Emma ZAKORDONIEC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Poland, is ranked #945 on ITF ranking list.
Marija ELENOVA, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010, from Macedonia, is ranked #774 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 #32 on ITF ranking list.
Alexa BUTERA, played 8th “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl, from the USA, is ranked #1976 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.
Mihailo POPOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #9 in under 14 european ranking.
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Spain is ranked #5 in under 14 european ranking.
Stipan MADZAR, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Croatia, is ranked #17 in under 14 european ranking.
Sergiu MANCIOC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Romania, is ranked #381 in under 14 european ranking.
Marco FURLANETTO, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Italy, is ranked #331 in under 14 european ranking.
Peetu POHJOLA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #70 in under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #161 on ITF ranking list.
Ksenija TMUSIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 runner up, from Serbia, is ranked #255 in under 14 european ranking.
Emilija KOJCIC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Serbia, is ranked #168 in under 14 european ranking.
Betina TOKAC, ranked 3rd on 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Turkey, is ranked #1200 on ITF ranking list.
Andjela SKROBONJA, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 player, from Serbia, is ranked #31 in under 14 european ranking.
Oana SMARANDA CORNEANU, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Romania, is ranked #14 in under 14 european ranking.
Iva ZELIC, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #1268 on ITF ranking list.
Paula JOUKANEN, 16th Smrikva Bowl 2011, from Finland, is ranked #837 on ITF ranking list.

2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl

BOYS
Goran ZIVOTIC, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Serbia, is ranked #272 on under 14 european ranking.
Sebastian GIMA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Romania, is ranked #104 on under 14 european ranking.
Viktor JOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Serbia, is ranked #85 on under 14 european ranking.
Ajdin MUHAREMOVIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is ranked #417 on under 14 european ranking.
Borna DEVALD, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Croatia, is ranked #45 on under 14 european ranking.
Lorenzo MUSETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 quarterfinalist, from Italy, is ranked #256 on under 14 european ranking.

GIRLS
Himari SATO, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 winner, from Japan, is ranked #1610 on ITF ranking list.
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 runner up, from Germany, is ranked #1861 on ITF ranking list.
Pia LOVRIC, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Slovenia, is ranked #156 on under 14 european ranking.
Zoe KRUGER, ranked 3rd on 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012, from Republic of South Africa.

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

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 Rumenia, 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.

12/09/15

Today we finished to collect grapes and started the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 - SMRIKVE Malvazija wine production

We just collected grapes and started 2016 Smrikve wine production… the wine collection of limited 160-200 bottles will be made as per tradition… and it will be donated to the families participating the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 edition…

As per tradition we will do our best to make good wine…

Smrikve Malvazija is thanks to the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors spread in 72 countries and all the continents. Last year we created a limited collection of 160 bottles and never above 200 bottles… it is always a gift of our family to the Smrikva Bowl families and to our friends.

Wine and gastronomy are part of a culture and wine bottle that we give to every Smrikva Bowl family is part of our cultural gift that every year we are pleased to make to our guests coming from all around the World.

The wine making is the tradition in Smrikve since 1957…

The wine production is a passion for many Istrian families and my grandfather Mate was a great lower of wine and wine making. The first thing he made in 1957 when he settled in Smrikve was planting the vineyard.

Probably not many Smrikva Bowl readers do know the story how my grandfather agreed to take out a row of vineyard to create the space for the court where today the Smrikva Bowl finals are played.

My father, me and my Uncle continue the wine making tradition in Smrikve…

Several years ago I bought a vineyard close to the vineyard planted by my grandfather and today my father and me are doing our best to get the best from what Malvasia grapes can give.

The first phase of the processing the grapes started today…

We collected the grapes but also separated the juice of the rest to obtain the golden color that usually our Istrian Malvazija (Malmsey) wine has. Now for two days the fermentation will be blocked to allow the wine to start its transformation process cleaner than it is today after the collection.

In Smrikve we produce Istrian Malvazija (Malmsey) and during the Smrikva Bowl we use to give a bottle of wine to every family as a memory to their Smrikva Bowl. Probably one day this bottles might be something special if our kids continue to love tennis game and continue to write the Smrikva Bowl story with their results.

Wine as part of the culture…

In the regions where the wine is produced the wine was always part of the culture of the particular site. Also the wine we produce is part of the Smrikve tradition and this is the reason why we are pleased to give a bottle to every family that come to visit us for the Smrikva Bowl.

There is an old Istrian saying: ”Vino od loze i mliko od koze” and “Kruh je za tilo a vino je za dušu”. The translation from Croatian is difficult because you loose the feel of the language. Goat is the symbol of Istria and the meaning of the first saying would be: ”Wine from the grapevine and milk from the goat” and the meaning of the second would be: “Bread is for the body, wine is for the soul”.

With todays collection as I said we started the process of transforming the grapes into wine for the 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 edition of Malvazija.

The main Istrian wines are: Malvazija, Terran, Refosc and Muscatel.

The glory of the Istrian wine dates back to over 2000 years ago…

For those who are not familiar with Istrian wine I am pleased to remined the reader that Istrian wine was considered one of the best in the Roman Empire, around 20 centuries ago, and was preferred by Livia Drusilla, also known as Iulia Augusta, the wife of the first Roman Emperor Augustus.

Livia Drusilla’s preferred wine was the Istrian wine Pucinum. Livia is considered one of the most influent women in the beginning of the Roman Empire era. It is not know what wine it was because todays wines were brought in Istria mostly by Venitians.

Todays Istrian Malvazija’s story is related with Serenissima… the Venetian Republic

The story of Istrian Malvazija, cultivated in Istria since the end of the 16th century, is fascinating and it relates to the Venetians.

At the beginning of the 15th century the Venetians occupied Peloponnesus in Greece. In the Peloponnesus region there is a town Monemvassia, also named Malvasia. From this town the Venetians started to import the wine into Venice and the other areas controlled by the Venetian Republic.

This wine was so successful and became so famous all over Europe that Venetians decided to plant huge vineyards on the biggest Greek island, Crete.

Between the 16th and 18th century Malvasia become the most important wine in Europe. In 1570 the Turks conquered Crete and Venetians decided to plant Malvasia vineyards in other areas that had friendly relations with Venice which, at that time, also included Istria.

In end Malvasia is in Istria since the above mentioned period while it is not known the sort of the wine that was preferred by the wife of the Emperor Augustus, Livia Drusilla – Julia Augusta.

Giacomo Casanova in his diary talks about another Istrian sort and another great wine…

Giacomo Casanova visited Vrsar several times and in his diary he describes a good wine Refosc and nice women… That Refosc could be Terran too because if you look at the grapes you will hardly note the difference and today Refosc is mostly cultivated in the Slovenian part of Istria while in other areas the dominant sort is Malvasia.

Another excellent wine can be found around Momjan area made of Muscatel sort.

On Istria from Smrikve you can learn much more…

To learn more about Istrian gastronomy and wine please visit the E-book about Istrian cultural heritage on www.smrikve.com/istria/ named “Istria from Smrikve” or join Discover Istria from Smrikve group on Linked In.

The grapes are very nice this year… and the wine should be extraordinary again…

From today… the most important part of wine transformation process starts ;)… and at the beginning of November we will make the first quality level tasting check :)…

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

11/09/15

Maria TIMOFEEVA, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2002 player, is visiting Smrikve with her family and her coach Egor Puntus...

It is third visit of Masha to Smrikve this year :D… it is always a pleasure to see her progressing…

In March Maria was in Smrikve with her friend Oksana SELEKHMETEVA after their victory in Auray in doubles to play ETA under 12 in UMAG…

… and at the end of April she was visiting us with her family on her tournament road again…

… and this week she is back… again on her tournament road… and this time with family and her coach Egor Puntus…

06/09/15

Under 10 Regional Master of "Istra and Primorje" 2015 was held last week end at Tennis Klub Kvarner in Rijeka... Tara won the 1st place in the Golden Group while Stefan won the 1st place in the Bronze Group...

Regional Master of “Istria and Northern Adriatic” was held this week end at Tennis Klub Kvarner in Rijeka…

Th event represented the Regional conclusion of a series of nine under 10 tournaments held in the Region… the series of nine tournaments started in Spring and ended the early summer…

The possibility to play the Master was given to 16 boys and girls counting their best results in four tournaments…

The players were competing on the Regional Master to get the possibility to qualify for the National Master…

Tara (9 years old player) and Stefan (7 years old player) both qualified to play the Regional Master of “Istria and Northern Adriatic” by taking into account the four best tournaments results…

At the end of the long tennis day… Stefan was able to win the 1st place in the Bronze Group, while Tara was able to qualify for the National Master by winning the Regional Master obtaining the first place in the Golden Group…

Stefo played four matches during the day winning two of them… while Tara played five matches in total…

Only drinking water, eating little fruit and having small sandwiches between the matches was finally replaced at the end of the last match played with a good home made pasta :D…

Tennis Klub Kvarner host many Croatian Tennis Association tournaments, ETA and ITF… and hopefully future tennis talent development of Tara and Stefo may allow them to return to play again at Kvarner… admire the breathtaking view towards the Kvarner bay and Adriatic sea from the area around the tennis courts… and play nice matches as they did over the week end…

06/09/15

15 Smrikva Bowl players are in the Main Draws of the Junior US OPEN 2015... Alex DE MINAUR reached semifinals... while Tommy PAUL reached the finals...

There are 15 Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of the Junior US OPEN 2015 out of 128: 7 girls and 8 boys…

GIRLS:

Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 semifinalist
1st round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Abigail Desiatnikov (USA) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 4:1 ret.
3rd round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Vera Lapko (BLR) 1:6,3:6

Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 player
1st round: T.Mihalikova – Kayla Day (USA) 7:5,7:6
2nd round: T.Mihalikova – Michaela Gordon (USA) 6:3,6:3
3rd round: T.Mihalikova – Francesca Di Lorenzo (USA) 6:7,3:6

Michaela GORDON (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2009
1st round: Michaela Gordon – Rebeka Masarova (SUI) 7:5,6:4
2nd round: Michaela Gordon – Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) 3:6,3:6

Maia LUMSDEN (GBR) – 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008 runner up
1st round: Maia Lumsden – Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 4:6,6:4,6:1
2nd round: Maia Lumsden – Anastasia Detiuc (MDA) 4:6,7:6,0:6

Ingrid NEEL (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2008
1st round: Ingrid Neel – Emily Arbuthnott (GBR) 6:7,6:3;2:6

Katie SWAN (GBR) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner
1st round: Katie Swan – T.Andrianjafitrimo (FRA) 6:7,0:3 ret.

Clair LIU (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2010
1st round: Clair Liu – Elena Rybakina (RUS) 6:7,2:6

BOYS:

Tommy PAUL (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2007
1st round: Tommy Paul – Mattias Siimar (EST) 6:4,6:3
2nd round: T.Paul – Felix Auger Aliassime (CAN) 4:6,6:4,7:5
3rd round: Tommy Paul – Corentin Denolly (FRA) 6:3,6:1
Quarterfinals: Tommy Paul – Seong-chan Hong (KOR) 2:6,7:5,6:1
Semifinals: Tommy Paul – Alex De Minaur (AUS) 6:0, 6:0
Finals: Tommy Paul – Talor Fritz (USA) 2:6,7:6,2:6

Alex DE MINAUR (AUS) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Alex De Minaur – Alexandre Rotsaert (USA) 6:4,6:4
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN) 6:1,7:6
3rd round: Alex De Minaur – William Blumberg (USA) 7:5,3:6,6:3
Quarterfinals: Alex De Minaur – Michael Mmoh (USA) 1:6,6:3,6:4
Semifinals: Alex De Minaur – Tommy Paul (USA) 0:6,0:6

Qualification draw:
1st round: Alex De Minaur – Yuki Mochiduki (JPN) 6:1,6:4
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – Emil Reinberg (USA) 6:4,6:2

Lloyd George HARRIS (RSA) – 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 quarterfinalist
1st round: Lloyd Harris (RSA) – Sam Riffice (USA) 6:3,6:7,6:4
2nd round: Lloyd Harris (RSA) – Sora Fukuda (JPN) 6:4,6:4
3rd round: Lloyd Harris (RSA) – Seong-chan Hong (KOR) 3:6,4:6

William BLUMBERG (USA) – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2008
1st round: William Blumberg – Lukas Klein (SVK) 7:6,6:1
2nd round: William Blumberg – Jeff Wolf (USA) 3:6,6:4,6:1
3rd round: William Blumberg – Alex De Minaur (AUS) 5:7,6:3,3:6

Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Marko Osmakcic (SUI) 6:4,7:6
2nd round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Mikael Ymer (SWE) 4:6,3:6

Patrik RIKL (Cze) – 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 quarterfinalist
1st round: Patrik Rikl – Jake Delaney (AUS) 7:6,6:4
2nd round: Patrik Rikl – Yunseong Chung (KOR) 5:7,4:6

Eduardo NAVA – “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2007
1st round: Eduardo Nava – Andrea Pellegrino (ITA) 3:6,6:4,4:6

Nicola KUHN (GER) – 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 winner
1st round: Nicola Kuhn – Casper Ruud (NOR) 4:6,3:6

Qualification draw:
1st round: Nicola Kuhn – Igor Marcondes (BRA) 6:3,6:7,6:1
2nd round: Nicola Kuhn – Zeke Clark (USA) 6:4,6:1

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.

31/08/15

Daria Solovyeva - Dasha is visiting Smrikve after her first ITF title conquered in Macedonia - Jug Open 2015 :)... and also Miro arrived from China with his four new students :D...

Daria Solovyeva – Dasha spend many hours training and developing at “La Bottega” di Smrikve… and last week she crowned herself with her first ITF title at the tournament held in Macedonia… and few days ago she reached the finals at another ITF tournament held also in Macedonia… :)

There were several strong Smrikva Bowl girls I recognized in girls Main Draw at Jug Open 2015: Kristina Miletic (finals), Mihaela Lorena Marculescu (semifinals), Giualia Peoni (quarterfinals), Benedetta Ivaldi (quarterfinals), Betina Tokac (2nd round), Maria Elenova (2nd round)…

This is Dasha’s first ITF title… and with Kristina Miletic she won also in doubles ;)…

… it is a great pleasure to see her in Smrikve again… and to enjoy her development level on the court…

… Dasha had opportunity to meet four new friends from China… and to see Miro :)

… a nice tennis morning…

with developing talents ;)…

a real pleasure to see…

27/08/15

Seven Smrikva Bowl players in the Qualification Draws and seven in the Main Draws of the US OPEN OPEN 2015...

There were seven former Smrikva Bowl players in the Qualification Draws of this year US OPEN: Tommy PAUL, Tereza MRDEZA, Petra MARTIC, Clair LIU, Donna VEKIC, Matteo DONATI and Djere LASLO…

Two of them qualified for the Main Draw: Tommy PAUL and Tereza MRDEZA…

… and there are in total seven former Smrikva Bowl players in the Main Draws of this year US OPEN including: Borna CORIC, Dominic THIEM, Belinda BENCIC, Ana KONJUH and Ajla TOMLJANOVIC…

The following are the results obtained:

Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #18 ATP, at US OPEN 2015:

Main Draw:
1st round: Dominic Thiem – Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 7:5,6:3,7:5
2nd round: Dominic Thiem – Denis Istomin (UZB) 6:4,6:4,1:0 ret.
3rd round: Dominic Thiem – Kevin Anderson (RSA) 3:6,6:7,6:7

Players ranking:
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) – #76 ATP
Denis Istomin (UZB) – #70 ATP
Kevin Anderson (RSA) – #14 ATP

Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #35 ATP, at US OPEN 2015:

Main Draw:
1st round: Borna Coric – Rafael Nadal (Esp) 3:6,2:6,6:4,4:6

Players ranking:
Rafael Nadal (Esp) – #8 ATP

Tommy PAUL, “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2007, currently ranked #430 ATP, at US OPEN 2015:

Main Draw:
1st round: Tommy Paul – Andreas Seppi (ITA) 4:6,0:6,5:7

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Tommy Paul – Blaz Rola (SLO) 6:3,4:6, 6:4
2nd round: Tommy Paul – J.Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) 6:3,7:5
3rd round: Tommy Paul – Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) 6:1, 6:4

Players ranking:
Blaz Rola (SLO) – #128 ATP
J.Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) – #183 ATP
Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) – #311 ATP

Andreas Seppi (ITA) – #25 ATP

Matteo DONATI, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 winner, currently ranked #169 ATP, at US OPEN 2015:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Matteo Donati – Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 3:6,6:7

Players ranking:
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) – #80 ATP

Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, currently ranked #179 ATP, at US OPEN 2015:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Laslo Djere – Mathias Bourgue (FRA) 3:6,7:6, 4:6

Players ranking:
Mathias Bourgue (FRA) – #210 ATP

Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 player, currently ranked #12 WTA, at US OPEN 2015:

Main Draw:
1st round: Belinda Bencic – Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL) 6:1,6:2
2nd round: Belinda Bencic – Misaki Doi (JPN) 5:7,7:6,6:3
3rd round: Belinda Bencic – Venus Williams (Usa) 3:6,4:6

Players ranking:
Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL) – #106 WTA
Misaki Doi (JPN) – #75 WTA
Venus Williams (Usa) – #23 WTA

Ana KONJUH, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 runner up, currently ranked #78 WTA, at US OPEN 2015:

Main Draw:
1st round: Ana Konjuh – Tatjana Maria (GER) 6:4,6:4
2nd round: Ana Konjuh – Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 4:6,4:6

Players ranking:
Tatjana Maria (GER) – #66 WTA
Daria Kasatkina (RUS) – #133 WTA

Ajla TOMLJANOVIC, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 semifinalist, currently ranked #62 WTA, at US OPEN 2015:

Main Draw:
1st round: Ajla Tomljanovic – Karin Knapp (ITA) 7:6,2:6,4:6

Players ranking:
Karin Knapp (ITA) – #33 WTA

Tereza MRDEZA, 5th Smrikva Bowl 2000 winner, currently ranked #193 WTA, at US OPEN 2015:

Main Draw:
1st round: Tereza Mrdeza – Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Tereza Mrdeza – Kristina Kucova (SVK) 7:5, 7:5
2nd round: Tereza Mrdeza – Raveena Kingsley (USA) 6:1,3:6,7:5
3rd round: Tereza Mrdeza – Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 5:7,7:6,7:6

Players ranking:
Kristina Kucova (SVK) – #160 WTA
Raveena Kingsley (USA) – #951 WTA
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) – #87 WTA

Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) – #93 WTA

Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, currently ranked #139 WTA, at US OPEN 2015:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Petra Martic – Florencia Molinero (ARG) 6:1,6:2
2nd round: Petra Martic – Shuai Zhang (CHN) 4:6,6:4,6:4
3rd round: Petra Martic – Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4:6,4:6

Players ranking:
Florencia Molinero (ARG) – #241 WTA
Shuai Zhang (CHN) – #198 WTA
Maria Sakkari (GRE) – #206 WTA

Clair LIU, “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2010, currently ranked #827 WTA, at US OPEN 2015:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Clair Liu – Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) 4:6,7:5,6:2
2nd round: Clair Liu – Jana Cepelova (SVK) 7:6,6:4
3rd round: Clair Liu – Paula Kania (POL) 4:6,1:6

Players ranking:
Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) – #155 WTA
Jana Cepelova (SVK) – #111 WTA
Paula Kania (POL) – #146 WTA

Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #129 WTA, at US OPEN 2015:

Qualification Draw:
1st round: Donna Vekic – Riko Sawayanagi (JPN) 3:6,7:5,6:4
2nd round: Donna Vekic – Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 6:7,6:2,4:6

Players ranking:
Riko Sawayanagi (JPN) – #185 WTA
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) – #176 WTA

23/08/15

Lara Stojanovski, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 player, is visiting Smrikve... while Mau from Milan just completed his two weeks holidays...

Lara with her family is visiting Smrikve again… and this time is for Lara time for total relax :D… this is very important for every player… to find time during the year and take total rest from tennis activity…

… and Mau from Milan with his family spend two tennis vacation weeks with his numerous new Smrikve friends… recharging the batteries for the new working season ;)…

16/08/15

Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 player, win the ROGERS CUP 2015 in Toronto (Canada) defeating 4 TOP 10 players in a week...

Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 player, currently ranked #20 WTA, won the ROGERS CUP 2015 played in Toronto (Canada) this week…

To reach the victory she was able to defeat 4 players ranked TOP 10… and always impressive and strong Serena WILLIAMS #1 and tennis legend…

Belinda’s road towards the victory was the following:

Main Draw:
1st round: Belinda Bencic – Eugenie BOUCHARD (Fra) 6:0,5:7,6:2
2nd round: Belinda Bencic – Caroline WOCNIACKI (Den) 7:5,7:5
3rd round: Belinda Bencic – Sabine LISICKI (Ger) 6:1,1:6,7:6
Quarterfinals: Belinda Bencic – Ana IVANOVIC (Srb) 6:4,6:2
Semifinals: Belinda Bencic – Serena WILLIAMS (Usa) 3:6,7:5,6:4
Finals: Belinda Bencic – Simona HALEP (Rou) 7:6,6:7,3:0 ret.

Players ranking:
Eugenie BOUCHARD (Fra) – #25 WTA
Caroline WOCNIACKI (Den) – #5 WTA
Sabine LISICKI (Ger) – #24 WTA
Ana IVANOVIC (Srb) – #6 WTA
Serena WILLIAMS (Usa) – #1 WTA
Simona HALEP (Rou) – #3 WTA