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30/06/23
23 Smrikva Bowl players in London for the WIMBLEDON 2023 singles Main Draws: Carlos Alcaraz is in the Champion and Holger Rune reached the quarterfinals
15 years ago there were traditionally about 10 former Smrikva Bowl players at the beginning of the Junior Grand Slam Draws… now we have almost always over two times more players at the beginning of Senior Grand Slam Draws… this year there are 10 seeded players out of 64 seeded single players…
In 2013… out of eight possible first places former Smrikva Bowl players collected six first places: Ana Konjuh (Junior Australian Open and Junior US Open), Belinda Bencic (Junior Roland Garros and Junior Wimbledon), Gianluigi Quinzi (Junior Wimbledon) and Borna Coric (Junior US Open)…
… and since 2009 there are 34 Smrikva Bowl players holding 42 junior Grand Slam titles and 2 Grand Slam title in total…
Smrikva Bowl Grand Slam Club members is formed by 34 players: Dominic Thiem, Borna Coric, Alex De Minaur, Tommy Paul, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Alexei Popyrin, Gianluigi Quinzi, Nicola Kuhn, Lorenzo Musetti, Holger Rune, Daniel Rincon, Marin Draganja, Dino Marcan, Yshai Oliel, Daniel Berta, Patrik Rikl, George Morgan, Robin Kern, Flavio Cobolli, Mili Poljicak Belinda Bencic, Ana Konjuh, Olga Danilovic, Claire Liu, Petra Marcinko, Alexandra Eala, Tereza Mihalikova, Ajla Tomljanovic, Viktoria Kuzmova, Paula Arias Manjon, Rose Marie Nijkamp, Martin Landaluce, Carlos Alcaraz, Dino Prizmic.
This year WIMBLEDON will attend 60+ former Smrikva Bowl players including junior draws and doubles draws:
MAIN DRAWS (14+9):
Carlos Alcaraz, Holger Rune, Borna Coric, Tommy Paul, Alex de Minaur, Lorenzo Musetti,
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Miomir Kecmanovic, Laslo Djere, Alexei Popyrin, Lloyd Harris, Dominic Thiem, Tomaš Machač (qualified), Hamad Medjedovic (qualified)
Belinda Bencic, Martina Trevisan, Donna Vekic, Petra Martic, Claire Liu, Linda Fruhvirtova, Katie Boulter WC, Katie Swan WC, Viktoria Kuzmova Hruncakova (qualified)
DOUBLES (3): Tereza Mihalikova, Ingrid Neel, Maia Lumsden
QUALIFICATIONS (10+5):
Federico Gaio, Luciano Darderi, Luca Nardi, Mili Poljičak, Tomaš Machač (qualified), Charles Broom, Flavio Cobolli, Mattia Bellucci, Hamad Medjedovic (qualified), Filip Misolic
Maria Timofeeva, Irina Bara, Viktoria Kuzmova Hruncakova (qualified), Ana Konjuh, Olga Danilovic
BOYS DRAWS (14)
Federico Bondioli, Benjamin Gusic Wan (wc), Zach Stephens (wc), Matic Kriznik, Branko Djuric, Lorenzo Sciahbasi, Petr Brunclik (qualified), Kaylan Bigun, Kevin Edengren, Tomasz Berkieta, Filippo Romano (qualified), Mees Rottgering, Federico Cina, Oliver Bonding.
GIRLS DRAWS (11)
Tereza Valentova, Ena Koike, Anastasia Grechkina (qualified), Malwina Rowinska (qualified), Hepzibah Oluwadare (wc), Mara Gae, Given Roach (wc), Teodora Kostovic, Rositsa Dencheva, Ela Nala Milic, Roisin Gilheany (qualified),
Junior QUALIFICATIONS (3+4):
Filippo Romano (qualified), Petr Brunclik (qualified), MeecahBigun
Malwina Rowinska (qualified), Anastasia Grechkina (qualified), Roisin Gilheany (qualified)
The following are the results obtained in the singles Main Draws:
Carlos ALCARAZ, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 runner up, currently ranked #1 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Carlos Alcaraz – Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 6:0, 6:2, 7:5
2nd round: Carlos Alcaraz – Alexander Muller (Fra) 6:4,7:6,6:3
3rd round: Carlos Alcaraz – Nicolas Jarry (Chi) 6:3,6:7,6:3,7:5
4th round: Carlos Alcaraz – Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 3:6,6:3,6:3,6:3
Quarterfinals: Carlos Alcaraz – Holger Rune (Den) 7:6,6:4,6:4
Semifinals: Carlos Alcaraz – Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 6:3,6:3,6:3
Finals: Carlos Alcaraz – Novak Djokovic (Srb) 1:6,7:6,6:1,3:6,6:4
Players ranking:
Jeremy Chardy (Fra) – #534 ATP
Alexander Muller (Fra) – #84 ATP
Nicolas Jarry (Chi) – #28 ATP
Matteo Berrettini (Ita) – #38 ATP
Holger Rune (Den) – #6 ATP
Daniil Medvedev (Rus) – #3 ATP
Novak Djokovic (Srb) – #2 ATP
Holger RUNE, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 QF, currently ranked #6 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Holger Rune – George Loffhagen (Gbr) 7:6,6:3,6:2
2nd round: Holger Rune – Roberto Carballes Baens (Esp)
3rd round: Holger Rune – A.Davidovich (Esp) 6:3,4:6,3:6,6:4,7:6
4th round: Holger Rune – Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 3:6,7:6,7:6,6:3
Quarterfinals: Holger Rune – Carlos Alcaraz (Esp)
Players ranking:
George Loffhagen (Gbr) – #367 ATP
Roberto Carballes Baens (Esp) – #57 ATP
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Esp) – #34 ATP
Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) – #24 ATP
Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) – #1 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 SF, currently ranked #34 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: A.Davidovich – Arthur Fils (Fra) 7:6,6:1,6:2
2nd round: A.Davidovich – Botic Van De Zandschulp (Ned) 6:3,7:6,6:4
3rd round: A.Davidovich – Holger Rune (Den) 3:6,6:4,6:3,4:6,6:7
Players ranking:
Arthur Fils (Fra) – #58 ATP
Botic Van De Zandschulp (Ned) – #44 ATP
Holger Rune (Den) – #6 ATP
Tommy PAUL, “Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl 2007, currently ranked #17 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Tommy Paul – Shintaro Mochizuki (Jpn) 7:5,6:3,6:1
2nd round: Tommy Paul – Milos Raonic (CAN) 6:4,6:7,7:6,6:4
3rd round: Tommy Paul – Jiri Lehecka (Cze) 2:6,6:7,7:6,7:6,2:6
Players ranking:
Shintaro Mochizuki (Jpn) – #209 ATP
Milos Raonic (CAN) – #849 ATP
Jiri Lehecka (Cze) – #37 ATP
Laslo DJERE, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 runner up, currently ranked #56 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Laslo Djere – Maxime Cressy (USA) 6:7,7:6,7:6,7:6
2nd round: Laslo Djere – Ben Shelton (USA) 3:6,6:3,7:6,6:3
3rd round: Laslo Djere – Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 4:6,6:7,4:6
Players ranking:
Maxime Cressy (USA) – #55 ATP
Ben Shelton (USA) – #36 ATP
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) – #5 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI, 17th Smrikva Bowl 2012 QF, currently ranked #15 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Lorenzo Musetti – Juan Pablo Varillas (Per) 6:3,6:1,7:5
2nd round: Lorenzo Musetti – Jaume Munar (Esp) 6:4, 6:3, 6:1
3rd round: Lorenzo Musetti – Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 6:7,4:6,4:6
Players ranking:
Juan Pablo Varillas (Per) – #60 ATP
Jaume Munar (Esp) – #109 ATP
Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) – #18 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 QF, currently ranked #16 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Alex De Minaur – Kimmer Coppejans (Bel) 6:7,6:3,6:3,7:6
2nd round: Alex De Minaur – Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 3:6,4:6,4:6
Players ranking:
Kimmer Coppejans (Bel) – #187 ATP
Matteo Berrettini (Ita) – #38 ATP
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC, 18th Smrikva Bowl 2013 SF, currently ranked #156 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Hamad Medjedovic – Christopher O’Connell (AUS) 5:7,4:6,6:4,4:6
Players ranking:
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) – #70 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS, 12th Smrikva Bowl 2007 QF, currently ranked #298 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Lloyd Harris – Gregoire Barrere (Fra) 5:7,7:6,5:7,3:6
Players ranking:
Gregoire Barrere (Fra) – #57 ATP
Borna CORIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005, currently ranked #14 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Borna Coric – Guido Pella (Arg) 3:6,5:7,6:4,6:3,1:6
Players ranking:
Guido Pella (Arg) – #334 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, currently ranked #41 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Miomir Kecmanovic – Diego Schwartzman (Arg) 0:6,3:6,4:6
Players ranking:
Diego Schwartzman (Arg) – #98 ATP
Tomas MACHAC, 15th Smrikva Bowl 2010 QF, currently ranked #107 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Tomas Machac – Cameron Norrie (GBR) 3:6,6:4,1:6,4:6
Players ranking:
Cameron Norrie (GBR) – #13 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009, currently ranked #92 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Alexei Popyrin – Dominic Stricker (Sui) 6:3,3:6,2:6,6:4,5:7
Players ranking:
Dominic Stricker (Sui) – #117 ATP
Dominic THIEM, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003 winner, currently ranked #90 ATP, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Dominic Thiem – Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 6:3,6:7,2:6,7:6,6:7
Players ranking:
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) – #5 ATP
Belinda BENCIC, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006, currently ranked #14 WTA, at W 2023:
Main Draw
1st round: Belinda Bencic – Katie Swan (GBR) 7:5,6:2
2nd round: Belinda Bencic – Danielle Collins (USA) 3:6,6:4,7:6
3rd round: Belinda Bencic – Magda Linette (Pol) 6:3,6:1
4th round: Belinda Bencic – Iga Swiatek (Pol) 7:6,6:7,3:6
Players ranking:
Katie Swan (GBR) – #146 WTA
Danielle Collins (USA) – #52 WTA
Magda Linette (Pol) – #52 WTA
Katie BOULTER, 11th Smrikva Bowl 2006 player, currently ranked #150 WTA, at W2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Katie Boulter – Daria Saville (AUS) 7:6,6:2
2nd round: Katie Boulter – Viktoriya Tomova (BLG) 6:0,3:6,6:3
3rd round: Katie Boulter – Elena Rybakina (Rus) 1:6,1:6
Players ranking:
Daria Saville (AUS) – #228 WTA
Viktoriya Tomova (BLG) – #99 WTA
Elena Rybakina (Rus) – #3 WTA
Petra MARTIC, 6th Smrikva Bowl 2001 winner, currently ranked #30 WTA, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Petra Martic – Linda Fruhvirtova (Cze) 7:5,6:7,4:1ret.
2nd round: Petra Martic – Diane Parry (Fra) 4:6,6:3,6:3
3rd round: Petra Martic – Iga Swiatek (Pol) 2:6,5:7
Players ranking:
Linda Fruhvirtova (Cze) – #49 WTA
Diane Parry (Fra) – #96 WTA
Iga Swiatek (Pol) – #1 WTA
Donna VEKIC, 10th Smrikva Bowl 2005 player, currently ranked #20 WTA, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Donna Vekic – Shuai Zhang (Chn) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Donna Vekic – Sloane Stephens (USA) 4:6,7:5,6:4
3rd round: Donna Vekic – Marketa Vondrušova (Cze) 1:6,5:7
Players ranking:
Shuai Zhang (Chn) – #37 WTA
Sloane Stephens (USA) – #39 WTA
Marketa Vondrušova (Cze) – #39 WTA
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA, 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 SF, currently ranked #49 WTA, at RG 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Linda Fruhvirtova – Petra Martic (Cro) 5:7,7:6,1:4 ret.
Players ranking:
Petra Martic (Cro) – #30 WTA
Claire LIU, LM/SB 2010, currently ranked #95 WTA, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Claire Liu – Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) 3:6,6:3,4:6
Players ranking:
Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) – #56 WTA
Martina TREVISAN, 8th Smrikva Bowl 2003, currently ranked #62 WTA, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Martina Trevisan – Sara Sorribes Tormo (Esp) 3:6,1:6
Players ranking:
Sara Sorribes Tormo (Esp) – #84 WTA
Katie SWAN, 14th Smrikva Bowl 2009 winner, currently ranked #146 WTA, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Katie Swan – Belinda Bencic (Sui) 5:7,2:6
Players ranking:
Belinda Bencic (Sui) – #14 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA HRUNCAKOVA, 13th Smrikva Bowl 2008, currently ranked #82 WTA, at W 2023:
Main Draw:
1st round: Viktoria Kuzmova – Elise Mertens (Bel) 6:7,2:6
Players ranking:
Elise Mertens (Bel) – #7 WTA
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25/06/23
Some pictures of the 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 actors... taken during the Sixth and Final day of their Smrikva Bowl... the AWARDING day... the cake and swimming pool day :)
Smrikva Bowl finals are played since 1996 with linesman and ball kids… it was a rarely fresh morning with the sky ready for the finals and a little bit of wind in the forecast…
and at 8:30 AM everything was ready for the final act of this year 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Opera stage… the central court was ready :)
When I think of Smrikva Bowl I try to imagine it as a theater where every year we work hard to set a stage where the world’s talents can gather… Every year we gather all these different actors, great talents, very special kids, arriving from different cultures, having different dreams,…
We set the stage and later on they are in charge with their will, dreams and hard work… they are the ones who write the most different stories…
The Finals and Awarding ceremony day of the 28th annual started with traditional Staff and Ball Kids gathering…
Damir and Tamara made the final instructions to our this year Staff seeds…
and to our linesman…
… over 100 invisible hands that make MORE THEN TENNIS a reality for a week… year after year…
and here we are ready to assist our finalists…
and ready to jump into another wonderful finals…
The girls finals are per tradition scheduled at 9:00 AM and it always start with flower pictures of the finalists… and this year Consolation Draw actors were: Karin Julia Gajdosechova from Slovakia and Honey Robinson from Great Britain. The Chair Umpire Elio was in charge for the Consolation finals…
Today Karin was able to win the Consolation Draw finals match…
… while the Main Draw actors of this year Opera final act were Ana Marija Rebić from Croatia and Lyubov Pronenko from Russia :)…
… the stage was ready and Chair Umpire Damir gave to Ana Marija and Lyubov the final instructions before their opera act started… to enjoy the game and let’s the public enjoy your tennis talent level…
… one more picture with the girls which includes their dreams and the dreams of this year generation to play one day on the most famous tennis courts in London, New York, Wimbledon and Paris…
… here we are starting…
… it was a lovely tennis day… for all the people who gathered around the court #1 where the finals were played… and here is Ana Marija in action…
… a small reminder of the week we lived together during our 28th birthday party…
and one more time…
… precious assistants… from the first edition ball kids are part of the stage… and I wish to thanks: David, Olivia, Lenka, Viktor, Sebastian, Juraj, Tiki, Chloe, Wiktor, Sebastian, Ksawery, Rio, Ramona, Gabriel for making the finals of today special :D
… this year Ana Marija was able to collect more points then Lyubov and take the bike :)…
Ana Marija Rebic crowned herself the 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 edition winner…
I am sure this is only one of the first meetings for the most Smrikva kids and there will be many matches in the future for most of them… and many opportunities to measure their skills development…
… after the girls exhibition of their skills it was the time of boys…
… and after girls Consolation finals at the court #2 the boys Consolation finals started… between Samuel Hartley from USA and Mizuki Kobayashi from Japan…
Today Samuel was able to win the Consolation Draw finals match…
… in the Main Draw… two boys to reach the finals were James Borchard from United States and Kajetan Kosinski from Croatia.
here we are with Kajetan and James just few minutes before their match… including their dreams and their generation dreams…
ready for the finals…
totally ready…
completing the warm up…
after the final instructions from the Chair Umpire Damir our James and Kajetan were ready to start their game show exhibition…
there are always a lot of tennis friends to watch the finals…
and here is James in action…
the audience… cheering the points making abilities of the players…
Kajetan…
again…
there were a lot of beautiful points…
…
… ups and downs…
…
James in action…
one picture including our ball kids orchestra director Tamara…
…
Kajetan in action
and James collecting more points today…
and crowning himself the 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Champion…
shaking hands on the net… till they meet again…
here we are with Ana Marija and James…
and their trophies… right before the awarding ceremony for the 40 medals and trophies started…
right before the awarding ceremony for the 40 medals and trophies started…
traditional winners US OPEN ball signing donated by Justin Lee back in 2009… first signed by Ana Marija…
followed by James Borchard…
making the winners circle with the bike…
and finally the cake…
time to seal the memories of this year edition with something sweet :)
winners and friends cutting it all together…
and the final acting before departing home is the swimming pool swim all together ;)
It was a super particular edition… and I hope most of the kids will get a little of inspiration to keep developing their tennis talent…
Thanks to all the participants… players… families… coaches… Smrikva Bowl Staff and friends…
for making 28th annual… ANOTHER GOOD YEAR… :)
24/06/23
28th SMRIKVA BOWL 2023 Press Release
PULA, CROATIA 19th JUNE – 24th JUNE 2023
- one game one nation -
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 – tennis tournament for boys and girls under 10 – gathered 98 boys and girls representing over 35 Smrikva Bowl countries and five continents. It was another successful annual and Smrikva Bowl with this year edition confirms the presence of its Ambassadors in 101 countries and six continents.
Smrikva Bowl winners:
• Vilim Višak (CRO) - Natali Zuliani (CRO) 1996
• Željko Perić (CRO) - Ivana Lisjak (CRO) 1997
• Filip Kovačić (CRO) - Mateja Horvat (CRO) 1998
• Borko Mudronja (CRO) - Astrid Besser (ITA) 1999
• Adelchi Virgili (ITA) - Tereza Mrdeža (CRO) 2000
• Marin Draganja (CRO) - Petra Martić (CRO) 2001
• Javier Marti (ESP) - Martina Caregaro (ITA) 2002
• Dominic Thiem (AUT) - Jennifer Ren (UK) 2003
• Ivan Levar (CRO) - Saška Gavrilovska (SRB) 2004
• Matteo Donati (ITA) - Saška Gavrilovska (SRB) 2005
• Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA) - Eleonor Dean (UK) 2006
• Sacha Merzetti (ITA) - Virgina Pena (ESP) 2007
• Luka Panic (SUI) - Katarina Jokić (BiH) 2008
• Alvaro Regalado (ESP) - Katie Swan (UK) 2009
• Nicola Kuhn (ESP) - Jovana Vuković (SRB) 2010
• Duje Ajduković (CRO) - Olga Danilović (SRB) 2011
• Goran Životić (SRB) - Himari Sato (JPN) 2012
• Turriziani Alvarez (ESP) - Noa Krznarić (CRO) 2013
• Patrick Brady (UK) - Tea Lukić (SRB) 2014
• Branko Đurić (MNE) - Alena Kasatkina (RUS) 2015
• Kaylan Bigun (USA) - Ela Nala Milič (SVN) 2016
• Roben Gavani (BGR) - Rositsa Dencheva (BGR) 2017
• Vito Darderi (ARG) - Alisa Oktiabreva (RUS) 2018
• Svit Suljič (SVN) - Ksenia Efremova (RUS) 2019
• Daniel Gardality (USA) - Arina Fomina (RUS) 2022
• James Borchard (USA – Ana Marija Rebić (CRO 2023
James Borchard from USA won the boys finals, while Ana Marija Rebic from Croatia won the girls finals
The winners won, among other, the mountain bikes – the traditional Smrikva Bowl prize – a week stage at Patrick Mouratoglou Academy, and Wilson International support.
28th SMRIKVA BOWL 2023 MAIN RESULTS
Boys:
Finals:
James Borchard (USA) – Kajetan Kosinski (POL) – (4:1, 4:0)
Semifinals:
Kajetan Kosinski (POL) – Lennox Kelly (AUS) (4:5,4:1, 10:7)
James Borchard (USA) – Matyas Oprchal (GBR) (5:3,4:0)
Quarterfinals:
Lennox Kelly (AUS) – Stavros Laderos (GRE) (5:3,4:1)
Kajetan Kosinski (POL) – Adam Zikmund (CZE) (5:3,4:0)
Matyas Oprchal (GBR) – Ian Suljič (SVN) (4:1,4:0)
James Borchard (USA) – Luis Castro (ESP) – (5:3,4:0)
Girls:
Finals:
Ana Marija Rebić (CRO) – Lyubov Pronenko (RUS) (4:2, 4:1)
Semifinals:
Ana Marija Rebić (CRO) – Mio Ohta (JPN) (4:1,4:1)
Lyubov Pronenko (RUS) – Nicole Kurylova (CZE) (5:3,3:5,10:4)
Quarterfinals:
Ana Marija Rebić (CRO) – Amajla Kadrić (BIH) (4:0,4:0)
Lyubov Pronenko (RUS) – Arina Pavlova (TUR) (4:5,4:1,10:6)
Nicole Kurylova (CZE) – Isuzu Kawaguchi (JPN) (4:0,5:3)
Mio Ohta (JPN) – Karla Barzakova (BGR) (4:2,4:1)
Thanks to the all Smrikva Bowl supporters and especially to the: Smrikva Bowl Friends, Staff, Golden and Honorary Members!
23/06/23
Some pictures of the 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 actors :)... taken during the Fifth day of their Smrikva Bowl... the day when "IGRA" game winners were known... :))... and the day when the finalists of this year edition were known... the BRIONI day :)
The fifth day was the day when the semifinalist of the Main and Consolation Draw were known… but was also the day of Brioni Islands visit and the day of the “IGRA” Game finals :)
I am pleased to present the list of the actors of the Day who make it to the finals in their singles and towards the victory in special “IGRA” doubles…
FINALIST Main Draw:
Boys:
Kajetan Kosinski (POL)
James Borchard (USA)
Girls:
Ana Marija Rebić (CRO)
Lyubov Pronenko (RUS)
FINALIST Consolation Draw:
Boys:
Mizuki Kobayashi (JPN)
Samuel Hartley (USA)
Girls:
Honey Robinson (GBR)
Karin Julia Gajdosechova (SVK)
“IGRA” GAME WINNERS and RUNNER UPS:
James Borchard (USA)
Samuel Hartley (USA)
Samuel Tigani (ITA)
Pietro Carra (ITA)
After the presentation of the actors of the Day who made it into the finals… I am pleased to share a little piece of the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day celebrated on 21st of September… because today we spent on Brioni Islands… once upon a time named the Islands of Peace…
Smrikve, September 2010
The International Day of Peace, also known as the World Peace Day, occurs annually on September 21st and this day has been elected to be also the Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors’ Day.
It is dedicated to peace, or specifically the absence of war, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone. It is observed by many people. For the first time this holiday was celebrated in 1981.
The Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors Day, although celebrated on the same day as the World Peace Day, is dedicated to civilisation, intergenerational responsibility and tennis. Without civil society in a modern world there is no guarantee for peace.
In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly declared, in a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, the third Tuesday of September (the opening day of regular sessions of the General Assembly) as the International Day of Peace devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace and civilisation values.
In 2001, the day was changed from the third Tuesday to specifically the twenty-first day of September. A new resolution was passed by the General Assembly, sponsored by the United Kingdom (giving credit to Peace One Day) and Costa Rica (the sponsors of the original day) to give the Day of Peace a fixed date and declare it as a global ceasefire day.
In 1991, on September 21st, I left Smrikve for Milan, it was the war time in my country, 5 years before, on the same day, in 1986, I sailed with a boat to Dubrovnik with school friends living a nice life time memory experience.
Having our calendar year 365 days if we live for some time and create our own experience we learn that the same day can remind us something nice and something not nice… it is a circle…
Not nice could be compared to a mistake in tennis… we learn from the mistakes. They help us understand what is not good or what we do not do properly…
To end this comment I am pleased to repeat words of a Nobal Prize for Peace who was guest speaker to one of Ambrosetti’s Young Leader Group meetings. It is a tradition that every guest dedicate few words to the Group and he wrote down the following:
“The future is always in a minority. Yet the history of the future is more important than the history of the past. It is for the old to remember the past. It is for the young to build the world of tomorrow.
Do it! You can build a world without wars. You can build a new humanity.”
Everything around us lives in a delicate equilibrium and with intelligence we should try to understand it and respect it. The knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important. They are all parts of the civilisation path.
Shimon Peres used in his note the statement: “Do it!” thus reminded me Yoda’s wisdom words when he shares his knowledge with young Jedi: “Try not. Do or do not “ :)
If people believe in the future there is future. If people do not believe in the future there is no future.
Miodrag Bozovic
… and tomorrow is the single FINALS Day… the day of the Cake…
Awarding Ceremony Day…
and the Day of the Swimming Pool :D
… and before going into a new day once again congratulations to the finalist, semifinalists and quarterfinalist of the IGRA Game who made our pizza night special…
“IGRA” GAME WINNERS
James Borchard (USA)
Samuel Hartley (USA)
and RUNNER UPS:
Samuel Tigani (ITA)
Pietro Carra (ITA)
GO SMRIKVA GO!!! :D
23/06/23
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Draws and Results - Fifth Day Results and Order of Play for the 6th Day
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Draws and 5th Day Results
ORDER OF PLAY FOR THE SIXTH DAY IS AS FOLLOWS:
23rd of June:
2:00 PM : BRIONI Islands trip gathering in Fazana
2:30 PM : departure from Fazana with boat to BRIONI islands
7:00 PM : return to Smrikve
7:30 PM : Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals of the IGRA Game + PIZZA party for all the players cheering for the finals of the IGRA GAME :D
FINALIST Main Draw:
Boys:
Kajetan Kosinski (POL)
James Borchard (USA)
Girls:
Ana Marija Rebić (CRO)
Lyubov Pronenko (RUS)
FINALIST Consolation Draw:
Boys:
Mizuki Kobayashi (JPN)
Samuel Hartley (USA)
Girls:
Honey Robinson (GBR)
Karin Julia Gajdosechova (SVK)
22/06/23
Some pictures of the 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 actors... taken during the fourth day of their Smrikva Bowl... the day when the children participated lucky draw :)... and pictures with few words related to Smrikva Bowl Mission story...
During the long Fourth Smrikva Bowl Day the semifinalist of all the single draws and part of the IGRA game were known :)…
… and I am pleased to take the opportunity to share few words related to Smrikva Bowl Mission story with our new Ambassadors generation ;)…
SEMIFINALIST Main Draw:
Boys:
Lennox Kelly (AUS)
Kajetan Kosinski (POL)
Matyas Oprchal (GBR)
James Borchard (USA)
Girls:
Ana Marija Rebić (CRO)
Mio Ohta (JPN)
Nicole Kurylova (CZE)
Lyubov Pronenko (RUS)
SEMIFINALIST Consolation Draw:
Boys:
Mizuki Kobayashi (JPN)
Daniel Vasev (BGR)
Samuel Hartley (USA)
Haruto Yatsushiro (JPN)
Girls:
Lota Žižek (CRO)
Honey Robinson (GBR)
Karin Julia Gajdosechova (SVK)
Marija Milat (CRO)
Just few promised words behind Smrikva ;)…
Smrikva Bowl mission is to inspire, develop and spread cosmopolitan values.
Love, friendship and empathy are cosmopolitan values per excellence for people and humanity…
What does that mean?…
CULTURE, CHILDREN, SPORT and MUSIC are part of the Smrikva Bowl idea of the cosmopolitan world. It is a matter of civilization …
…a truly wise windy, product of imagination, once whispered… “Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.” (M.Y.)… and fairy tales seems to help that beauty…
… but I am sure you will cross in the future with the following opinion… “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” (A.E.)…
I noted that all of you are very calm during hard points… and usually in tennis game, as well as in many other fields, it does not matter what goes wrong but your reaction to it…
… we prepared special gifts for the Lucky Draw for this year generation thanks to…
• Dominic Thiem & family (grandfather Josef Mullner, mom Karin, dad Wolfgang and brother Moritz)
• Borna Coric & family (dad Damir and mom Zeljka)
• Alex De Minaur & family (mom Esther)
• Donna Vekic & family (dad Igor and mom Brankica)
• Carlos Alcaraz & family (dad Carlos)
• Lloyd Harris & family (mom Cecelia)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina & family (mom Tatiana)
• Lorenzo Musetti and Simone Tartarini
• Miomir Kecmanovic & family (aunt Tanja Pavlov)
• Olga Danilovic & family (mom Svetlana)
• Matej Sabanov and Ivan Sabanov (brother Aleksandar, dad Zlatko & mom Nada)
• Zvonimir Babic & family (dad Vlado and mom Marija)
• Mili Poljicak & family (dad Ante & mom Nilija)
• Holger Rune & family (mom Aneke)
• Flavio Cobolli & family (mom Francesca Neri)
• Tommy Paul & family (mom Jillian)
• Tomas Machac & family (mom Daniela)
• Mihaela Marculescu
• Martin Landaluce & family (dad Alejandro)
• Xinyu Wang & coach Miro Hrvatin
… and their success could teach us how fear and anger are for the brain the same as cramps for the muscles…
and… what Master Yoda noted “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”…
… in tennis seems to be the same… if you want to win more… you master your skills and believe in your game ;)
There are different ways to look at sport. There are different ways to look at music, culture, love and also to children.
The vision of sport preferred in Smrikve can be described and extended to: culture, music and children using the following Nelson Mandela – Madiba’s words…
… “Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”
… a wise men living in China 2500 years ago once observed… “To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.” …
hmmm… sounds very interesting… hm hm :)
an interesting opinion…
… and to set your heart right you need good characters… those who wish to contribute to the greater public good had to begin by working on themselves…
… only then they will see progress radiate out from their personal circles to society at large…
Today is the semifinals day…
the BRIONI Islands Day…
and IGRA GAME Day :D…
a lot to do and a lot to see ;)….
GO SMRIKVA GO!!! :D
FEW WORDS ABOUT L…
The strongest force among human beings is named “Love”. Love can be very powerful but can also be very painful force.
THE LITTLE PRINCE…by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry… is a very special book that every person at different age read differently.
It is a book that last over time and was likely the last love gift Antoine de Saint-Exupéry made to his wife Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry.
Over time this book was translated in many different languages thus become a love gift for many generations around the world.
It is a children’s book writen for the olders… I like many parts of it… especially the description that Antoine make of the adult people…
the description of the moment when the rose was born… the importance of the right orders on the King’s planet…
“you never know” statement…
the meeting with the wise fox…
the smiling stars and many other parts…
Only best friends, when they trust each other, do share their deep knowledge…
and once The Little Prince and the fox created such a special relationship the fox shared a secret with him…
“Goodbye, said the fox. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry beleived that: Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.…
“Ljubav ne zahtjeva da dvoje ljudi gledaju jedno u drugo, već da zajedno gledaju u istom pravcu”.
22/06/23
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Draws and Results - Fourth Day Results and Order of Play for the 5th Day
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Draws and 4th Day Results
ORDER OF PLAY FOR THE FIFTH DAY IS AS FOLLOWS:
21/06/23
Some pictures of the 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 actors... the day when they start super IGRA game... some pictures taken during the day to share Smrikva Bowl Library story...
Third Smrikva Bowl day is the day when the IGRA game start… and is also the day when the quarterfinalist of the edition start to be known…
Third day is also the FORUM day… knowledge sharing day…
I am pleased to take the opportunity to share a bit of the story of our Library with the actors of the third day…
It was 2009 when we started to build the Smrikva Bowl library… and each Smrikva Bowl player was requested to bring with him a cultural book that will remember his stay in Smrikve and will represent his culture of origin that one day guests of Smrikve will be able to consult, enjoy and discover…
With this year edition Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors are spread in 101 countries and all the continents… and the library reached over 1400 books from around 80 countries…
Historically their task was to search the talented kids in their countries of origin and invite them to play the Smrikva Bowl but from this year they are also our Cultural Ambassadors…
Cultural Ambassadors is both spreading the Smrikva idea and spreading the ISTRIA from SMRIKVE E-book… the cultural e-book for travelers…
It was shared yesterday with kids that the old olive tree Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors plant every year is a symbol of friendship and intergenerational responsibility and Smrikva Bowl’s idea of children, sport, music and culture that are able to pass all frontiers are incorporated in the creation of this Smrikva Bowl Library.
…in some languages… the word generations means also history… and in my first book on European Union and Cosmopolitan Democracy I come to a simple conclusion that we are those who represent the current civilization.
O yes ;)… 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.
there is a big importance of a quality book… o yes ;)
They represent a great 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 ;)
I’d like to observe that 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.
I just wish to say that Smrikva Bowl’s more then tennis is something you find above… hm… not only tennis… music… culture… children… sport… four interesting pillars…
Smrikva Bowl mission is to develop and spread cosmopolitan values. Love, friendship and empathy are cosmopolitan values per excellence for people…
Friendship… is long term trust… and long term bridge… always takes time to get built… and always require maintenance ;)…
… and IGRA game is spreading… it is reaching different places… different continents…
… with music… run… play… and say “IGRA” :)
Quarterfinalist of the 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023
MAIN DRAW:
BOYS:
Lennox Kelly (AUS)
Stavros Laderos (GRE)
Kajetan Kosinski (POL)
Adam Zikmund (CZE)
Matyas Oprchal (GBR)
Ian Suljič (SVN)
Luis Castro (ESP)
James Borchard (USA)
GIRLS:
Ana Marija Rebić (CRO)
Amajla Kadrić (BIH)
Mio Ohta (JPN)
Karla Barzakova (BGR)
Nicole Kurylova (CZE)
Isuzu Kawaguchi (JPN)
Arina Pavlova (TUR)
Lyubov Pronenko (RUS)
CONSOLATION DRAW:
BOYS:
Lovro Marinčič (SVN)
Mizuki Kobayashi (JPN)
Daniel Vasev (BGR)
Yuki Watanabe (JPN)
Samuel Hartley (USA)
Andrej Koprivanac (CRO)
Haruto Yatsushiro (JPN)
Đura Kotur (SRB)
GIRLS:
Lota Žižek (CRO)
Ramona Alekseeva (BGR)
Melissa Straga (GER)
Honey Robinson (GBR)
Karin Julia Gajdosechova (SVK)
Bianca Bertani (ITA)
Yik Hong Lenka Hung (HKG)
Marija Milat (CRO)
… and the LOTTERY!!! is on schedule for tomorrow at 4:00 PM… o yes… many possibilities…
… we will see who win what ;)….
… the Tennis Talents FORUM is worth recalling… always a nice moment to share just few elements that could be useful to the families and coaches on their path in helping their children to reach their potential…
Tomorrow is the day of QUARTERFINALS…
and the day of IGRA…
it is also the LOTTERY DAY!!!! “LUCKY DRAW” :D
GO SMRIKVA GO :D
be playful and enjoy…
it is a circle of life <3
getting ready for another Smrikva Bowl day :D
21/06/23
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Draws and Results - Third Day Results and Order of Play for the 4th Day
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Draws and 3rd Day Results
ORDER OF PLAY FOR THE FOURTH DAY IS AS FOLLOWS:
IGRA GAME WILL CONTINUE AFTER THE LUCKY DRAW THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR 4:00 PM
20/06/23
The day when I become SMRIKVA BOWL Ambassador - 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 generation
A bit after 8:00 PM the Smrikva Bowl players of this year edition became Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors… the ceremony started at 6:00 PM…
I am pleased to repeat the story of the Smrikva Bowl Olive Trees traditionally planted in Smrikve… being this moment one of the most important parts of the Smrikva Bowl story…
In 2005, for the 10th Smrikva Bowl anniversary, we started a tradition of planting an Olive tree… The Olive tree selected was at the beginning older than the oldest man living on the earth today. The tree that we planted for the 10th Smrikva Bowl was over 150 years old…
…during the ceremony, every Ambassador put a tiny piece of land close to the root of the Olive tree and say his or her name. This way the tree gets their names…
This year again was the name and several symbols story shared during the introductory words ;)… the story of borrowing books and building trust… the story of a pen… and the children and parents who were present hopefully will remember the story…
During the ceremony of the 28th Smrikva Bowl Olive Tree Generation… the tree received new names…
… Olive tree is a symbol of peace… but the age of the tree means 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… :)
… The Lion King cartoon is an artwork and most of the life messages one can find in it are in line with the Smrikva Bowl founding ideas… ;) Life messages you find in Lion King 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… it is true that the relationship between Mufasa, Sarabi and Simba reminds me of both: parents and family love, but also about the intergenerational responsability.
Timon, Pumbaa and Simba relationship reminds me about love between friends. Pumbaa also make me think abuout empathy, intuition and loyalty and 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… that there are many other particular moments that every person on its own, based on his or her own life experience, discover by watching these artworks.
You might be interested to know that most of the characters’ names in this cartoon have a particular meaning in Swahili language…
Simba means “lion”… Nala means “gift”, and love is for me one of the greatest gifts that people can receive and give during their life
Sarabi means “mirage”… Pumbaa means “dull-witted” or “stunned”… and Rafiki means “friend” :)… These names with their meanings make me think of the American Indians and the way they used to give the names to their people.
As I wrote at the beginning of today’s article every person is born without knowing anything about life on this earth and it is the responsibility of every generation to understand and to learn, to preserve all that each of us is born with.
When Mufasa was explaining to Simba that is not easy to be the King… he tried to explain that 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…
is true that every generation face new challenges but there are many examples in the past how the old generations managed and solved particular problems… ;) and this is why… knowledge, human curiosity and will to learn are important…
It was another long Smrikva day… ended with a Grand Slam dream victory and good LEDO ice cream at the end :)… everybody wished to make true their dream ;)
Tomorrow is the new day… IGRA game day… it is the day to choose IGRA partners…
and the FORUM day… the 28th Smrikva Bowl generation will discover the IGRA game…
Tomorrow we will learn and experience something new again :)
20/06/23
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Draws and Results - Second Day Results and Order of Play for the 3rd Day
28th Smrikva Bowl 2022 Draws and 2nd Day Results
ORDER OF PLAY FOR THE THIRD DAY:
28th SB 2023 Order of Play 21st of June, 3rd day
19/06/23
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Draws and Results - First Day Results and Order of Play for the 2nd Day
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Draws and 1st Day Results
ORDER OF PLAY FOR THE SECOND DAY IS AS FOLLOWS:
28th SB 2023 Order of Play, 20th of June, 2nd day in SMRIKVE Boys and Girls
All the matches on schedule on 2nd day 20th of June will be played in Smrikve… Surida will be available for practice… The matches will start at 8 AM.
19/06/23
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 started today at 8:00 AM with presentation of 98 tennis talents representing five continents and over 35 countries...
With new nominated Ambassadors our Smrikva Bowl family will grow up to over 2400 players and families since Smrikva Bowl foundation in 1996…
… it was a pleasure to meet and present each one personally… representing five continents of our Planet… and it is always a pleasure to wish to the players a good game… :)
Tomorrow at 6:00 PM 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 players will be nominated Ambassadors and will plant as per tradition an Olive Tree.
The creation of the Smrikva Bowl Library started in 2009 and with this year donations we will be around 1300 cultural books from nearby 80 countries… tomorrow at 6:00 PM each book will be presented… and the old olive tree of the 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 generation will be planted…
WELCOME TO THE … 28th SMRIKVA BOWL GENERATION!
19/06/23
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 Draws and Order of Play
28th SB 2023 Order of Play, 19th of June, 1st day SMRIKVE BOYS
28th SB 2023 Order of Play, 19th of June, 1st day SURIDA GIRLS
19/06/23
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 "seeds of the Legends of tomorrow" list... :D
World in Smrikve … Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors network of around 2400 players will be spread in 101 country after Tuesday’s Ambassador Nomination Ceremony…
The level of the players is expected to be very high again this year among 98 registered participants representing five continents and over 35 countries…
The list of the names of the players that honored us with their arrival to Smrikve this year:
Girls
Ana Marija Rebić (CRO)
Emina Jahić (SUI)
Natalija Sulaver (BiH)
Madeleine Plog (GER)
Giana Smith (ZAF)
Yik Hong Lenka Hung (HKG)
Ena Arapović (CRO)
Karin Julia Gajdosechova (SVK)
Amajla Kadrić (BIH)
Aliaksandra Unuchka (BLR)
Yue Ying Tsang (HKG)
Mio Ohta (JPN)
Bianca Bertani (ITA)
Ramona Alekseeva (BGR)
Lea Bertos (CRO)
Klara-Lan Tran Tien (GER)
Katsiaryna Unuchka (BLR)
Nikor Zrinič (SVN)
Karla Barzakova (BGR)
Nicole Kurylova (CZE)
Olivia Midworth (GBR)
Lota Žižek (CRO)
Matilde Pozza (SUI)
Kaede Kojima (JPN)
Carlotta Arginelli (ITA)
Georgia Varoni (GRE)
Isuzu Kawaguchi (JPN)
Hanna Cyronek (POL)
Arina Pavlova (TUR)
Lina Redza (XXK)
Sulgun Ishakuliyeva (TKM)
Asli Ece Altinkaya (TUR)
Marija Milat (CRO)
Mila Knaus (SUI)
Bianca Fagerlund (SWE)
Melissa Straga (GER)
Honey Robinson (GBR)
Lyubov Pronenko (RUS)
Boys
Borna Marić (CRO)
Yuki Watanabe (JPN)
Ben Fisher (AUT)
Lennox Kelly (AUS)
Aymen Albusaidi (OMN)
Oliver Kozel (SVK)
Daniel Vasev (BGR)
Jakov Ogrizek (CRO)
Pietro Garghentini (ITA)
Omer Alkin Dogruel (TUR)
Lovro Marinčič (SVN)
Achille Biagi (ITA)
Tomas Gabor (GBR)
Stavros Laderos (GRE)
Haruto Yatsushiro (JPN)
Lovro Karamatić (CRO)
Kajetan Kosinski (POL)
Luca Hazell (GBR)
Anže Pušlar (SVN)
Vimos Szucs (HUN)
Boris Jelinić (BiH)
Viktor Damyanov (GER)
Marin Martinović (CRO)
Felix Kardhordo (HUN)
Jan Elon Gabriel Ritonga (GER)
Mizuki Kobayashi (JPN)
Adam Zikmund (CZE)
Samuel Hartley (USA)
Max Richardson (GBR)
Samuel Tigani (ITA)
Matyas Oprchal (GBR)
Efe Ariman (TUR)
Gabriele Aceto (ITA)
Takuto Kasahara (JPN)
Teodor Nikolchovski (BGR)
Nolan Panich (CAN)
Sebastian Fend (LIE)
Ian Suljič (SVN)
Leopold Miksch (AUT)
Jesse Chu (HKG)
Jakov Kramarić (CRO)
Ksawery Szczerbowski (POL)
Milan Szucs (HUN)
Andrej Koprivanac (CRO)
Ahmed Karim Šaćirović (BiH)
Gregorio Maria Fenelli (ITA)
Jan Celiščak (CRO)
Sebastien Safar (FRA)
Pietro Carra (ITA)
Rio Kato (JPN)
Vid Pušlar (SVN)
Rafael Beletić (CRO)
Luis Castro (ESP)
Alp Demirceviren (TUR)
Tim Richard (GER)
Luca Godaux (BEL)
Sebastian Gori (CRO)
Đura Kotur (SRB)
Danny Kollar (SVK)
James Borchard (USA)
The opening ceremony is scheduled for 8:00 AM while, tomorrow at 6:00 PM 28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 players will be nominated Smrikva Bowl Ambassadors that will be followed by the Olive Tree planting ceremony…
17/06/23
28th Smrikva Bowl 2023... a new “seeds of the Legends of tomorrow” story is starting… the orientation moment started today...
The final registration…
and orientation moment on going…
with new stories and new dreams to be planted…
14/06/23
The Mission Dream
Smrikva Bowl mission is to inspire, develop and spread cosmopolitan values. Love, friendship and empathy are cosmopolitan values per excellence for people and humanity…
CULTURE, CHILDREN, SPORT and MUSIC are part of the Smrikva Bowl idea of the cosmopolitan world. It is a matter of civilization …
A wise wind, product of imagination, once whispered… “Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.” (M.Y.)… and fairy tales seems to help that beauty…
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” (A.E.)…
Usually in tennis game it does not matter what goes wrong but your reaction to it…
Fear and anger are for the brain the same as cramps for the muscles… and as Yoda noted “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”… like in tennis, so similar seems to be life…
There are different ways to look at sport. There are different ways to look at music, culture, love and also to children.
The vision of sport preferred in Smrikve can be described and extended to: culture, music and children using the following Nelson Mandela – Madiba’s words:
“Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else does – it is an instrument of peace. It speaks to youth in a language they understand.”
For the following song I would say “Music and children have the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – there are both instruments of peace.” :)
… a wise men living in China 2500 years ago once observed… “To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.” … and to set your heart right you need good characters… those who wish to contribute to the greater public good had to begin by working on themselves…
…only then they will see progress radiate out from their personal circles to society at large…
The same Grandmother Willow tried to pass to John Smith in Pocahontas…
Grandmother Willow: Now then, there’s something I want to show you. Look.
[dips her vine in the water in which glowing ripples begin to form]
Pocahontas: The ripples.
John Smith: What about them?
Grandmother Willow: So small at first, then look how they grow. But someone has to start them…
12/06/23
"Smrikve theatre stage" for the "seeds of the Legends" is entering final phase of the preparations...28th Smrikva Bowl 2023 edition...
21st of September, on Smrikva Bowl Ambassador’s Day, we traditionally start to receive candidacies from all around the World… and after 9 months… at the end of June the talents of the year gather together… it is the 28th annual… and so many of the kids who honored us with their visit are writing beautiful tennis pages with their rackets around the World…
As of June 6th, 2023 their track record includes the following:
=> 88 professional ATP/WTA titles (2 Grand Slams) conquered by 26 players
=> 44 GRAND SLAM titles (including junior titles) conquered by 34 players
=> 1 Olympic golden medal (singles) & 1 Olympic silver medal (doubles)
=> 1 Davis Cup title & 1 Billie Jean King title
=> 1 NEXT GEN ATP Finals title
=> 72 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking => 36 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking => 13 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA => 4 players reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking => 1 player reached #1 ATP ranking
=> 13 players reached #1 ITF ranking; 1 player reached #1 ATP ranking
280 + SB players received scholarships to study & play tennis for the US Universities.
Many famous tennis players left footprints on Smrikve tennis courts and we are proud to present the names of the players who reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA during their career so far… and those who among their titles holds also a Grand Slam title.
Smrikva Bowl Top 100 ATP/WTA Club (36 players): Dominic Thiem, Borna Coric, Alex De Minaur, Marin Draganja, Laslo Djere, Miomir Kecmanovic, Tommy Paul, Lloyd Harris, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Alexei Popyrin, Lorenzo Musetti, Carlos Alcaraz, Holger Rune, Dino Marcan, , Ivan Sabanov, Matej Sabanov, William Blumberg, Belinda Bencic, Petra Martic, Donna Vekic, Ana Konjuh, Ajla Tomljanovic, Viktoria Kuzmova, Olga Danilovic, Nina Stojanovic, Martina Trevisan, Katie Boulter, Jana Fett, Ivana Jorovic, Ivana Lisjak, Irina Maria Bara, Igrid Neel, Claire Liu, Tereza Mihalikova, Linda Fruhvirtova, Tomaš Machač.
Smrikva Bowl Grand Slam Club (34 players): Dominic Thiem, Borna Coric, Alex De Minaur, Tommy Paul, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Alexei Popyrin, Gianluigi Quinzi, Nicola Kuhn, Lorenzo Musetti, Holger Rune, Daniel Rincon, Marin Draganja, Dino Marcan, Yshai Oliel, Daniel Berta, Patrik Rikl, George Morgan, Robin Kern, Flavio Cobolli, Mili Poljicak Belinda Bencic, Ana Konjuh, Olga Danilovic, Claire Liu, Petra Marcinko, Alexandra Eala, Tereza Mihalikova, Ajla Tomljanovic, Viktoria Kuzmova, Paula Arias Manjon, Rose Marie Nijkamp, Martin Landaluce, Carlos Alcaraz, Dino Prizmic.
… with all the above Smrikva continue to dream to be always something more than tennis…
I am please to recall parts of an article written at the beginning of 2010… when I compared for the first time Smrikva Bowl to a theater stage…
… When I think of Smrikva Bowl I try to imagine it as a theatre where every year we work hard to set the stage where the world’s talents can gather… Every year we gather all this different actors, great talents, very special kids, arriving from different cultures, having different dreams,…
We set the stage and later on they are in charge with their will, dreams and hard work… they are the ones who write the most different stories…
Smrikva Bowl is still very young tournament but I would like to think that some of these kids will write… inspiring stories in most different professional fields.
I also know that according to the statistics only few of the kids participating Smrikva Bowl will make it to become top professional tennis players, but I like to think that they will make it in other professional fields they choose in their lives.
I read Andre Agassi’s book and through the whole book he was repeating to friends and people meeting… that he doesn’t like tennis thus it seems to me that he never had the option to choose, but in end he ended up being the Champion and according to Luke Jensen a person with big heart and very good friend.
I will never know how many kids playing Smrikva Bowl are playing it because their parents would like them to become professional tennis players and how much of them play it because they enjoy the game.
What I do know is that any kind of sport can help kids in their growth and I also know that people that do excel in any field require total dedication and a lot of sacrifice to reach the excellence.
When I think of Andre’s words of not loving what he was doing for most of the time of his life I start thinking of other 90% of people around the World that make for living doing jobs they do not like, but “La vita e’ bella” Roberto Benigni would say and tennis helped Andre to grow up.
There is one part in the book that I liked a lot… it is about inspiration, faith and what does it mean to be a good coach… to have the right word in the right moment… this part is related with Gil… and is about people that do believe in other people and help them to write their life stories and to write their own one…
Here are Gil’s words reported by Andre in his book when he accepted to coach him:
“I’m not one of those people who expresses or articulates feelings very well, but from now on, just know this: It’s on, man. It is on.
You know what I’m saying? We are in a fight, and you can count on me until the last man is standing. Somewhere up there is a star with your name on it. I might not be able to help you find it, but I’ve got pretty strong shoulders, and you can stand on my shoulders while you’re looking for that star. You hear? For as long as you want. Stand on my shoulders and reach, man. Reach.”
In every life there are people that influence what we do and how we do it.
The Smrikva Bowl festival dream to inspire its players and Ambassadors to believe in their dreams and work hard to reach them.
Sport and music are in general good educators and the vision of sport preferred in Smrikve is the one Nelson Mandela once said:
“Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire and the power to unite people in a way little else can – it is an instrument of peace.”
There are over two thousand stories written every week by Smrikva seeds in over 100 countries and all the continents… :) and very soon I will have the pleasure to meet over 90 new seeds of the 28th SMRIKVA BOWL 2023 edition from all over the world again…
The BOWL story… SMRIKVA BOWL story…
06/06/23
Top Smrikva Bowl players on ATP, WTA, ITF and European U14 and 16 ranking lists (update June 2023)
Former top Smrikva Bowl players that reached certain results on the professional ranking list and the top Smrikva Bowl players current ranking.
As of June 5th, 2023 their track record includes the following:
=> 88 professional ATP/WTA titles (2 Grand Slams) conquered by 26 players
=> 43 GRAND SLAM titles (including junior titles) conquered by 33 players
=> 1 Olympic golden medal (singles) & 1 Olympic silver medal (doubles)
=> 1 Davis Cup title & 1 Billie Jean King title
=> 1 NEXT GEN ATP Finals title
=> 72 players reached TOP 200 ATP/WTA ranking => 36 players reached TOP 100 ATP/WTA ranking => 13 players reached TOP 20 ATP/WTA => 4 players reached TOP 10 ATP/WTA ranking => 1 player reached #1 ATP ranking
=> 13 players reached #1 ITF ranking; 1 player reached #1 ATP ranking
=> 280 + SB players (1996-2014) received scholarships to study in the US & play tennis… and the list of the players can be seen on the following link SB US University Club
- 370+ SB players (1996-2015) collected ATP/WTA points on the following link ATP/WTA SB Club
• 38 TOP 200 WTA Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #4 WTA (Feb 2020)
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #14 WTA (Jan 2020)
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #18 WTA (May 2023)
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #19 WTA (Nov 2019)
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #20 WTA (Jul 2017)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- # 32 WTA (Apr 2022)
Viktoria KUZMOVA – 2008 semif.- #43 WTA (Mar 2019)
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA – 2005 semif. – #50 (Mar 2023)
Clair LIU – 2010 “LM”/SB player -#52 WTA (Jan 2023)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #81 WTA (Mar 2020)
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #82 WTA (Feb 2019)
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #86 on WTA (Jul 2019)
Ivana LISJAK – 1997 winner – #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #96 WTA (Oct 2018)
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #97 WTA (Oct 2017)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #104 WTA (Apr 2022)
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #118 WTA (Oct 2022)
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #143 WTA (Jun 2018)
Tereza MRDEZA – 2000 winner – #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
Petra MARCINKO – 2015 player – #161 WTA (Mar 2023)
Gabriela TAYLOR – 2008 player – #162 WTA (Dec 2018)
Joanne ZUGER – 2010 player – #164 WTA (Jul 2022)
Lina GJORCHESKA – 2003 player – #170 WTA (Jun 2017)
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 player – #183 (May 2022)
Antonia RUZIC, 18th SB 2013, #184 WTA (Sep 2022)
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #187 WTA (Jul 2018)
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #198 WTA (Mar 2022)
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #200 WTA (Sep 2022)
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #37 WTA doubles (Jan 2022)
Tereza MIHALIKOVA – 2008 player – #42 WTA doubles (Jan 2023)
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #56 WTA doubles (May 2019)
Ingrid NEEL – 2008 “LM”/SB player -#75 WTA doubles (May 2023)
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #134 WTA doubles (Jan 2018)
Giorgia MARCHETTI – 2005 player – #143 WTA doubles (May 2019)
Ema BURGIC – 2002 semifinalist – #145 WTA doubles (Oct 2016)
Maia LUMSDEN – 2008 runner up – #151 WTA doubles (May 2023)
Vladica BABIC – 2005 player – #164 WTA doubles (Nov 2019)
Anglela FITA BOLUDA – 2009 player – #168 WTA doubles (Aug 2022)
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – 179 WTA doubles (Sep 2022)
Maria TIMOFEEVA – 2012 player – #179 WTA doubles (Feb 2023)
• 34 TOP 200 ATP Smrikva Bowl Players Club with their best historical ranking:
Carlos ALCARAZ – 2013 runner up – #1 ATP (Sep 2022)
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #3 ATP (Mar 2020)
Holger RUNE – 2013 QF – #6 ATP (May 2023)
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #12 ATP (Nov 2018)
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #15 ATP (Jun 2021)
Tommy PAUL – 2007 “LM”/SB player – #17 ATP (Apr 2023)
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 QF – #18 ATP (Jan 2023)
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 SF- #24 ATP (Apr 2023)
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #27 ATP (Jun 2019)
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 quarterf.- #27 ATP (Jan 2023)
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #31 ATP (Sep 2021 )
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 CD winner – #59 ATP (Nov 2021)
Tomas MACHAC – 2010 QF – #97 (Dec 2022)
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #124 ATP (Feb 2020)
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #125 ATP (Feb 2022)
Luca NARDI – 2013 player – #126 ATP (Nov 2022)
Filip MISOLIC – 2011 player – #126 ATP (Apr 2023)
Flavio COBOLLI – 2012 player – #133 ATP (Jul 2022)
Mattia BELLUCCI – 2010 player – #142 ATP (Jan 2023)
Gianluigi QUINZI – 2006 winner – # 142 ATP (Apr 2019)
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #159 ATP (Jun 2022)
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #167 ATP (Jun 2022)
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC – 2013 SF – #168 ATP (May 2023)
Javier MARTI – 2002 winner – #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Luciano DARDERI – 2012 player – #171 ATP (Aug 2022)
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #174 ATP (Oct 2019)
Nerman FATIC – 2004 SF – #195 ATP (Oct 2022)
Marin DRAGANJA – 2001 winner – #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Matej SABANOV – 2002 semi – #72 ATP doubles (Apr 2022)
William BLUMBERG – 2008 “LM”/SB player – #74 ATP doubles (Aug 2022)
Ivan SABANOV – 2002 semi – #75 ATP doubles (Apr 2022)
Dino MARCAN – 2001 runner up – #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Luca MARGAROLI – 2002 – #128 ATP doubles (May 2019)
As of May 8th 2023 the ranking summary of the TOP 1000 ATP/WTA former Smrikva Bowl players is the following:
• 67 WTA players (6,7%)
Belinda BENCIC – 2006 player – #12 WTA
Donna VEKIC – 2003-2005 player – #22 WTA
Martina TREVISAN – 2003 player – #24 WTA
Petra MARTIC – 2001 winner – #38 WTA
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC – 2003 semif.- #47 WTA
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA – 2015 SF – #59 WTA
Claire LIU – 2010 player – #102 WTA
Olga DANILOVIC – 2011 winner – #105 WTA
Katie BOULTER – 2006 player – #125 WTA
Viktoria KUZMOVA HRUNCANKOVA – 2008 SF – #136 WTA
Katie SWAN – 2009 winner – #162 WTA
Ana KONJUH – 2007 runner up – #173 WTA
Irina Maria BARA – 2005 player – #186 WTA
Maria TIMOFEEVA – 2012 player – #212 WTA
Joanne ZUGER – 2010 player – #216 WTA
Lina GJORCHESKA – 2003 player – #230 WTA
Antonia RUZIC – 2013 player – #235 WTA
Miriam BULGARU – 2008 player – #238 WTA
Jana FETT – 2005 player – #242 WTA
Berfu CENGIZ – 2009 player – #249 WTA
Lea BOSKOVIC – 2009 player – #256 WTA
Petra MARCINKO – 2015 player – #262 WTA
Alexandra EALA – 2015 SF – #262 WTA
Matilde PAOLETTI, 2012 quarterf., #269 WTA
Lola RADIVOJEVIC – 2015 player – #275 WTA
Camilla ROSATELLO – 2005 player – #284 WTA
Nina POTOCNIK – 2007 player – #287 WTA
Angela FITA BOLUDA – 2009 player – #289 WTA
Tena LUKAS – 2005 player – #295 WTA
Francesca CURMI – 2012 player – #317 WTA
Ashley LAHEY – 2009 LM/SB – #336 WTA
Seone MENDEZ – 2009 player – #343 WTA
Angelica MORATELLI – 2004 player – #384 WTA
Luisa MEYER AUF DER HEIDE – 2012 runner up – #393 WTA
Dea HERDZELAS – 2006 QF- #405 WTA
Mia RISTIC – 2016 SB SF – #425 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 player – #428 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA – 2008 player – #439 WTA
Oana Georgeta SIMION – 2005 player – #446 WTA
Maia LUMSDEN – 2009 player – #448 WTA
Jessica PIERI – 2007 player – #471 WTA
Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC – 2014 player – #473 WTA
Denislava GLUSHKOVA – 2014 player – #497 WTA
Andreea ROSCA – 2009 player – #503 WTA
Katarina JOKIC – 2008 winner – #521 WTA
Joelle STEUR – 2014 player – #522 WTA
Ziva FALKNER – 2012 player – #544 WTA
Aleksandra VECIC – 2011 player – #548 WTA
Pia LOVRIC – 2012 player – #553 WTA
Dejana RADANOVIC – 2006 player – #557 WTA
Julie BELGRAVER – 2012 player – #558 WTA
Deborah CHIESA – 2006 playe – #571 WTA
Ivana JOROVIC – 2007 player – #599 WTA
Nina STOJANOVIC – 2006 player – #632 WTA
Aliona FALEI – 2014 runner up – #679 WTA
Himari SATO – 2012 winner – #692 WTA
Weronika BASZAK – 2012 player – #716 WTA
Tatiana PIERI – 2007 player – #771 WTA
Alexandra IORDACHE – 2013 player – #793 WTA
Martina CAREGARO – 2002 winner – #828 WTA
Mao MUSHIKA – 2005 player – #844 WTA
Ariana GEERLINGS – 2015 player – #860 WTA
Paula ARIAS MANON – 2010 runner up – #866 WTA
Yufei REN – 2016 SF – #888 WTA
Carolina GOMEZ – 2014 player – #907 WTA
Tina CVETKOVIC – 2009 player – #909 WTA
Iva PRIMORAC – 2006 player – #923 WTA
Ania HERTEL – 2010 player – #947 WTA
• 67 ATP players (6,7%)
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA – 2013 runner up – #1 ATP
Holger RUNE – 2013 QF – #6 ATP
Borna CORIC – 2005 player – #16 ATP
Tommy PAUL – 2007 player – #17 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 QF – #18 ATP
Alex DE MINAUR – 2009 player – #19 ATP
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA – 2009 SF- #34 ATP
Miomir KECMANOVIC – 2009 player – #37 ATP
Laslo DJERE – 2005 runner up – #60 ATP
Alexei POPYRIN – 2009 cd winner – #85 ATP
Dominic THIEM – 2003 winner – #92 ATP
Tomas MACHAC – 2010 QF- #127 ATP
Filip MISOLIC – 2011 player – #142 ATP
Luca NARDI – 2013 player – #151 ATP
Flavio COBOLLI – 2012 player – #159 ATP
Mattia BELLUCCI – 2010 player – #167 ATP
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC – 2013 SF – #168 ATP
Luciano DARDERI – 2012 player – #179 ATP
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #235 ATP
Abedallah SHELBAYH – 2013 player – #244 ATP
Daniel RINCON – 2013 SF – #269 ATP
Nerman FATIC – 2004 player – #278 ATP
Dino PRIZMIC – 2015 QF – #293 ATP
Lloyd HARRIS – 2007 player – #294 ATP
Nino SERDARUSIC – 2005 player – #295 ATP
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA – 2011 QF – #305 ATP
Nikola MILOJEVIC – 2005 CD winner – #307 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV – 2012 player – #331 ATP
Damian WENGER – 2010 player – #366 ATP
Duje AJDUKOVIC – 2011 winner – #384 ATP
Remy BERTOLA – 2008 player – #386 ATP
Charles BROOM – 2008 player – #410 ATP
Jerome KYM – 2011 player – #413 ATP
Cezar CRETU – 2011 player – #420 ATP
Kalin IVANOVSKI – 2014 CD winner – #421 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI – 2008 player – #426 ATP
Eric VANSHELBOIM – 2011 player – #435 ATP
Gabi Adrian BOITAN – 2009 player – #495 ATP
Rimpei KAWAKAMI – 2010 player – #501 ATP
Daniel MERIDA AGUILAR – 2014 player – #509 ATP
Yshai OLIEL – 2010 runner up – #510 ATP
Gian Marco MORONI – 2008 player – #519 ATP
Jaime FARIA – 2013 player – #522 ATP
Sebastian GIMA – 2012 runner up – #524 ATP
Vilius GAUBAS – 2014 player – #535 ATP
Jiri BARNAT – 2011 player – #605 ATP
Bor ARTNAK – 2014 player – #655 ATP
Stefan POPOVIC – 2013 player – #658 ATP
Mili POLJICAK – 2014 player – #667 ATP
Patrik RIKL – 2009 player – #676 ATP
Matyas *FUELE*- 2008 player – #685 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI – 2008 player – #707 ATP
Fabrizio ANDALORO – 2011 player – #726 ATP
Luka MIKRUT – 2014 player – #728 ATP
Roko HORVAT – 2011 player – #779 ATP
Nicola KUHN – 2010 winner – #792 ATP
Pedro RODENAS – 2014 player – #798 ATP
Matteo DONATI – 2005 winner – #829 ATP
Matej DODIG – 2015 player – #836 ATP
Nicolas KOBELT – 2014 player – #843 ATP
Dusan OBRADOVIC – 2011 player – #850 ATP
Martin LANDALUCE – 2016 QF – #864 ATP
Patrick BRADY – 2014 SB winner- #911 ATP
Aziz KIJAMETOVIC – 2006 player – #923 ATP
Vito TONEJC – 2009 player – #926 ATP
William BLUMBERG – 2008 player – #934 ATP
Yannik STEINEGGER – 2009 player – #982 ATP
• 20 players TOP 100 ATP last RACE TO MILAN 2022 NEXT GEN (20%)
Carlos ALCARAZ – 2013 runner up – #1 ATP
Holger RUNE – 2013 QF – #2 ATP
Lorenzo MUSETTI – 2012 QF – #3 ATP
Flavio COBOLLI – 2012 – #7 ATP
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC – 2013 SF – #8 ATP
Luca NARDI – 2013 – #13 ATP
Abedallah SHELBAYH – 2013 – #18 ATP
Dino PRIZMIC – 2015 QF – #27 ATP
Luciano DARDERI – 2012 – #29 ATP
Daniel RINCON – 2013 SF – #31 ATP
Alibek KACHMAZOV – 2012 – #32 ATP
Kalin IVANOVSKI – 2014 – #52 ATP
Vilius GABAUS – 2014 – #56 ATP
Jerome KYM – 2013 – #57 ATP
Daniel MERIDA AGUILAR – 2014 – #59 ATP
Sebastian GIMA – 2012 – #70 ATP
Mili POLJICAK – 2014 QF – #82 ATP
Luka MIKRUT – 2014 – #85 ATP
Matej DODIG – 2015 – #95 ATP
Jamie FARIA – 2013 – #100 ATP
NEXT GEN SB PLAYERS:
2017: Borna CORIC and Gianluigi QUINZI (WC)
2018: Alex DE MINAUR (runner up) and Lloyd HARRIS (invited)
2019: Alex DE MINAUR (runner up), Miomir KECMANOVIC (semifinals), Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (round robin)
2020: not played for Covid – 19 but would have played: Alex DE MINAUR, Miomir KECMANOVIC, Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Lorenzo MUSETTI, Carlos ALCARAZ
2021: Carlos ALCARAZ (winner), Lorenzo MUSETTI (round robin), Holger RUNE (round robin), Flavio COBOLLI (alternate)
2022: Lorenzo MUSETTI, Carlos ALCARAZ (qualified but did not play), Holger RUNE (qualified but did not play)
• 18 boys (18%) and 13 girls (13%)… in total 29 players are in TOP 100 ITF
BOYS:
- #5 Martin LANDALUCE – junior US OPEN 2022 winner
- #6 Branko DJURIC
- #12 Federico BONDIOLI
- #15 Tomasz BERKIETA
- #20 Kevin EDENGREN
- #23 Federico CINA
- #35 Matic KRIZNIK
- #37 Kylan BIGUN
- #45 Oliver BONDING
- #49 Mees ROTTGERING
- #62 Petr BRUNCLIK
- #80 Aleksa PISARIC
- #83 Filippo ROMANO
- #87 Marc MAJDANDZIC
- #83 Timofei DEREPASKO
- #90 Lorenzo SCIAHBASI
- #93 Max STENZER
- #96 Meecah BIGUN
- #104 Marko MAKSIMOVIC
- #118 Ofek SHIMANOV
- #127 Viktor MARKOV
- #137 William REJCHTMAN VINCIGUERRA
- #144 Giacomo NOSEI
- #162 Alexander VASILEV
- #167 Benjamin GUSIC WAN
- #179 Matthias Uwe KASK
- #199 Leo MATTHYSEN
- #211 Duje MARKOVINA
- #213 Rafael SEGADO ESTEVE
- #214 Matej DODIG
- #230 Andreas TIMINI
- #240 Antonio VOLJAVEC
- #241 Georgi GEORGIEV
- #253 Daniele RAPAGNETTA
- #258 Andrea MEDURI
- #260 Ognjen MILIC
- #276 Iker SEVILLA
- #327 Dominick MOSEJCZUK
- #332 Marko NIKOLIC
- #333 Luis GARCIA PAEZ
- #337 Nikolai BARSUKOV
- #338 Dino PRIZMIC
- #361 Nico HIPFL
- #367 Ziga SVEC
- #399 Filip KOSINSKI
- #412 Mika PETKOVIC
- #488 Pavel MARINOV
- #491 Mak MIKOVIC
- #547 Niels McDONALD
- #569 Zach STEPHENS
- #613 Tim VAISMAN
- #635 Maximilian CARRIER
- #666 Federico GARBERO
- #686 Jacob Kailiang SHEN
- #689 Svit SULJIC
- #697 Vito DARDERI
- #704 Victor RYDEN
- #723 Thilo BEHRMANN
- #727 Kristian TUMBAS KAJGO
- #744 Chris SPYROU
- #755 Ryuto SUZUKI
- #780 Roben GAVANI
- #816 Lazar DIMITRIJEVIC
- #885 Jose Alessandro HERNANDEZ
GIRLS:
- #13 Ena KOIKE
- #14 Tereza VALENTOVA
- #20 Teodora KOSTOVIC
- #24 Mara GAE
- #32 Rositsa DENCHEVA
- #35 Ela Nala MILIC
- #39 Elizara YANEVA
- #58 Malwina ROWINSKA
- #64 Emma GHIRARDATO
- #69 Hepzibah OLUWADARE
- #74 Alisa OKTIABREVA
- #89 Monica STANKIEWICZ
- #96 Anastasia GRECHKINA
- #107 Roisin GILHEANY
- #113 Barbora MICHALKOVA
- #118 Mia RISTIC
- #159 Rose NIJKAMP – Junior W 2022 doubles winner
- #180 Given ROACH
- #240 Iva LAKIC
- #241 Liya CHU
- #258 Ksenia EFREMOVA
- #264 Dora MISKOVIC
- #318 Jovana GRUJIC
- #320 Lara STOJANOVSKI
- #331 Antonina CZAJKA
- #338 Camilia SAMEL DRUZ
- #375 Alana SUBASIC
- #385 Petra KONJIKUSIC
- #356 Petra MARCINKO – junior ORANGE BOWL winner, junior AO 2022 winner
- #410 Angelica SARA
- #420 Lana PETKOVIC
- #433 Aleksandra GABROVSKA
- #441 Chiara JEROLIMOV
- #461 Jaquelyn OGUNWALE
- #490 Ariana GEERLINGS
- #510 Shanice ROIGNOT
- #514 Africa BURILLO BEREZAK
- #533 Ema KOVACEVIC
- #568 Letizia TAROCCO
- #580 Flora JOHNSON
- #601 Aurora NOSEI
- #624 Lia BELIBOVA
- #646 Ece GENCER
- #706 Eva KHRUSTALEVA
- #761 Anastasija IGNJATIC
- #818 Georgiana MITITELU
- #819 June BJORK
• 5 boys and 2 girls are in TOP 10 ETA under 16 – (Federico Cina #1, Oliver Bonding #4, William Rehchman Vinciguerra #5, Timofei Derepasko #6, Mees Rottgering #8; Tereza Valentova #4, Teodora Kostovic #5)
• 2 boys and 1 girl are in TOP 10 ETA under 14 – (Svit Suljic #8, Mustafa Ege Sik #9; Ksenia Efremova #1)
IN 1996 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP PLAYERS FROM ISTRIA AND KVARNER (1st Smrikva Bowl)…
IN 1997 TOP PLAYERS FROM CROATIA gathered on the 2nd Smrikva Bowl… IN 1998 3rd SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO GATHER FIRST FOREIGN PLAYERS… and in 2001 – 6th Smrikva Bowl was the last year with dominance of the top national players…
Vilim VISAK (CRO), 1st SB 1996 winner, #612 ATP (Mar 2006)
Ivana LISJAK (CRO), 2nd SB 1997 winner, #95 WTA (Jun 2006)
Mateja HORVAT (CRO), 3rd SB 1998 winner, #830 WTA (Nov 2005)
Astrid BESSER (ITA), 4th SB 1999 winner, #356 WTA (Mar 2009)
Deni ZMAK (CRO), 4th SB 1999 runner up, #961 ATP (May 2010)
Tereza MRDEZA (CRO), 5th SB 2000 winner, #150 WTA (Oct 2015)
Adelchi VIRGILI (ITA), 5th SB 2000 winner, #394 ATP doubles (Oct 2017)
Marin DRAGANJA (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #20 ATP doubles (Apr 2015)
Dino MARCAN (CRO), 6th SB 2001 runner up, #87 ATP doubles (May 2017)
Martina CAREGARO (ITA), 7th SB 2002 winner, #253 WTA (Feb 2016)
Javier MARTI (ESP), 7th SB 2002 winner, #170 ATP (Apr 2012)
Ema BURGIC (BiH), 7th SB 2002 SF, #145 WTA (Oct 2016)
Silvia NJIRIC (CRO) – 8th SB 2003 runner up – #370 WTA (May 2015)
Miki JANKOVIC (SRB), 9th SB 2004 runner up, #256 ATP (Aug 2016)
Vladica BABIC (MNE), 9th SB 2004, #164 WTA doubles (Nov 2019)
Karin KENNEL (SUI), 10th SB 2005, #409 WTA (Apr 2014)
Gianluigi QUINZI (ITA), 11th SB 2006 winner, # 142 ATP (Apr 2019)
Petra MARTIC (CRO), 6th SB 2001 winner, #14 WTA (Jan 2020)
IN 2002 SMRIKVA BOWL STARTED TO BE A EUROPEAN TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2002 – 7th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Federico GAIO – 2002 player – #124 ATP (Feb 2020)
Matej SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #72 ATP doubles (Apr 2022)
Ivan SABANOV (CRO), 7th SB 2002 semif., #75 ATP doubles (Apr 2022)
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI), 7th SB 2002, #171 ATP doubles (May 2019)
GIRLS
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO), 7th SB 2002 runner up, # 32 WTA (Apr 2022)
2003 – 8th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dominic THIEM (AUT), 8th SB 2003 winner, #3 ATP (Mar 2020)
GIRLS
Martina TREVISAN (ITA), 8th SB 2003, #18 WTA (May 2023)
Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO),8th SB 2003 semif., # 32 WTA (Apr 2022)
Lina GJORCHESKA (MKD), 8th SB 2003, #170 WTA (Jun 2017)
2004 – 9th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Nerman FATIC (BiH), 9th SB 2004 semif, #195 ATP (Oct 2022)
GIRLS
Angelica MORATELLI (ITA), 9th SB 2004, #384 WTA
Anita WAGNER HUSARIĆ (BiH), 9th SB 2004, #633 WTA (Dec 2013)
IN 2005 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 3 CONTINENTS
2005 – 10th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Borna CORIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #12 ATP (Nov 2018)
Laslo DJERE (SRB), 10th SB 2005 runner up, #27 ATP (Jun 2019)
Nikola MILOJEVIC (SRB), 10th SB 2005 Cons.winner, #125 ATP (Feb 2022)
Matteo DONATI (ITA), 10th SB 2005 winner, #159 ATP (Jul 2015)
Nino SERDARUSIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #167 ATP (Jun 2022)
GIRLS
Donna VEKIC (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #19 WTA (Nov 2019)
Jana FETT (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #97 WTA (Oct 2017)
Irina Maria BARA (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #104 WTA (Apr 2022)
Tena LUKAS (CRO), 10th SB 2005, #200 WTA (Sep 2022)
Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA), 10th SB 2005, #134 WTA doubles (Jan 2018)
Oana Georgetta SIMION (ROM), 10th SB 2005, #446 WTA
2006 – 11th Smrikva Bowl
GIRLS
Belinda BENCIC (SUI), 11th SB 2006, #4 WTA (Feb 2020)
Katie BOULTER (UK), 11th SB 2006, #82 WTA (Feb 2019)
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB), 11th SB 2006, #81 WTA (Mar 2020)
Deborah CHIESA (ITA), 11th SB 2006, #143 WTA (Jun 2018)
Dea HERDZELAS (BiH), 11th SB 2006 quarterf., #183 (May 2022)
Dejana *RADANOVIC*(SRB), 11th SB 2006, #187 WTA (Jul 2018)
2007 – 12th Smrikva Bowl and 6th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Lloyd HARRIS (RSA), ,12th SB 2007, #31 ATP (Sep 2021)
GIRLS
Ana KONJUH (CRO), 12th SB 2007 runner up, #20 WTA (Jul 2017)
Ivana JOROVIC (SRB), 12th SB 2007, #86 on WTA (Jul 2019)
Nina POTOCNIK (SLO), 12th SB 2007 semif., #287 WTA
Jessica PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #471 WTA
Tatiana PIERI (ITA), 12th SB 2007, #771 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Tommy PAUL (USA), 6th “Little Mo”/SB, #17 ATP (Apr 2023)
IN 2008 SMRIKVA BOWL GATHERED TOP TENNIS TALENTS FROM 5 CONTINENTS AND TURNED INTO A WORLD TENNIS TALENTS GATHERING
2008 – 13th Smrikva Bowl and 7th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Gian Marco MORONI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #159 ATP (Jun 2022)
Charles BROOM (UK) , 13th SB 2008, #410 ATP
Jacopo BERRETTINI (ITA), 13th SB 2008, #426 ATP
Matyas FUELE (HUN), 13th SB 2008, #685 ATP
Andrea GUERRIERI (ITA), 13th SB 2008 semif., #707 ATP
GIRLS
Viktoria KUZMOVA HRUNCANKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008 semif., #43 WTA (Mar 2019)
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK), 13th SB 2008, #42 WTA doubles (Jan 2023)
Maia LUMSDEN (UK), 13th SB 2008 runner up, #151 WTA doubles (May 2023)
Katarina JOKIC (SRB), 13th SB 2008 winner, #521 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Ingrid NEEL (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #75 WTA doubles (May 2023)
William BLUMBERG (USA), 7th “Little Mo”/SB, #74 ATP doubles (Aug 2022)
IN 2009 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND 1 NEW CONTINENT THEREFORE REACHED THE TOTAL OF 40 COUNTRIES AND 6 CONTINENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2009 – 14th Smrikva Bowl and 8th“Little Mo”/Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Alex DE MINAUR (AUS), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #15 ATP (Jun 2021)
Alejandro DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (ESP), 14th SB 2009 semif., #24 ATP (Apr 2023)
Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #27 ATP (Jan 2023)
Alexei POPYRIN (AUS), 14th SB 2009 Cons.winner, #59 ATP (Nov 2021)
Patrik RIKL (CZE), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., #676 ATP
GIRLS
Katie SWAN (UK), 14th SB 2009 winner, #118 WTA (Oct 2022)
Seone MENDEZ (AUS), 14th SB 2009, #198 WTA (Mar 2022)
Berfu CENGIZ (TUR), 14th SB 2009 player, #249 WTA
Haruna ARAKAWA (JPN), 14th SB 2009, #439 WTA
Angela FITA BOLUDA (ESP), 14th SB 2009, #168 WTA doubles (Aug 2022)
Andrea Amalia ROSCA (ROU), 14th SB 2009 quarterf., 179 WTA doubles (Sep 2022)
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
Tomas MACHAC (CZE), 15th SB 2010 quarterf., #97 (Dec 2022)
Mattia BELLUCCI (ITA), 15th SB 2010, #142 ATP (Jan 2023)
Nicola KUHN (ESP), 15th SB 2010 winner, #174 ATP (Oct 2019)
Damien WENGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #366 ATP
Rimpei KAWAKAMI (JPN), 15th SB 2010, #501 ATP
Yshai OLIEL (ISR), 15th SB 2010 semif., #510 ATP
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 15th SB 2010, #96 WTA (Oct 2018)
Joanne ZUGER (SUI), 15th SB 2010, #164 WTA (Jul 2022)
Paula ARIAS MANJON (ESP), 15th SB 2010 runner up, #866 WTA
Tina CVETKOVIC (SLO), 15th SB 2010, #909 WTA
Ania HERTEL (POL), 15th SB 2010, #947 WTA
“Little Mo” TEAM
Claire LIU (USA), 9th “Little Mo”/SB, #52 WTA (Jan 2023)
IN 2011 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 54 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
2011 – 16th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Filip MISOLIC (AUT), 16th SB 2011, #126 ATP (Apr 2023)
Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP), 16th SB 2011 quarterf., #305 ATP
Duje AJDUKOVIC (CRO), 16th SB 2011 winner, #384 ATP
Cezar CRETU (ROU), 16th SB 2011, #420 ATP
Eric VANSHELBOIM (UKR), 16th SB 2011, #435 ATP
GIRLS
Olga DANILOVIC (SRB), 16th SB 2011 winner, #96 WTA (Oct 2018)
Alexandra VECIC (GER), 16th SB 2011, #548 WTA
IN 2012 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 4 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 58 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION… and for the first time in the quarterfinals there were still five continents represented: AFRICA, ASIA, AMERICA, OCENIA and EUROPE
2012 – 17th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #18 ATP (Jan 2023)
Flavio COBOLLI (ITA), 17th SB 2012, #133 ATP (Jul 2022)
Luciano DARDERI (ITA), 17th SB 2012, #171 ATP (Aug 2022)
Alibek KACHMAZOV (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #331 ATP
Sebastian GIMA (ROU), 17th SB 2012 runner up, #524 ATP
GIRLS
Maria TIMOFEEVA (RUS), 17th SB 2012, #212 WTA
Matilde PAOLETTI (ITA), 17th SB 2012 quarterf., #269 WTA
Francesca CURMI (MLT), 17th SB 2012, #317 WTA
Živa FALKNER (SLO), 17th SB 2012, #544 WTA
Pia LOVRIC (SLO), 17th SB 2012 semif., #553 WTA
Julie BELGRAVER (FRA), 17th SB 2012, #558 WTA
Himari SATO (JPN), 17th SB 2012 winner, #692 WTA
Weronika BASZAK (POL), 17th SB 2012, #716 WTA
Zoe KRUGER (RSA), 17th SB 2012 semif., #424 WTA (Apr 2022)
IN 2013 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 5 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 63 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2013 – 18th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Carlos ALCARAZ GARFIA (ESP), 18th SB 2013 runner up, #1 ATP (Sep 2022)
Holger Vitus Nodskov RUNE (DEN), 18th SB 2013, #6 ATP (May 2023)
Luca NARDI (ITA), 18th SB 2013, #126 ATP (Nov 2022)
Hamad MEDJEDOVIC (SRB), 18th SB 2013 semif., #168 ATP (May 2023)
Abedallah SHELBAYH (JOR), 18th SB 2013, #244 ATP
Daniel RINCON (ESP), 18th SB 2013 semif., #269 ATP – junior US OPEN 2021 winner
Jerome KYM (SUI), 18th SB 2013, #413 ATP
GIRLS
Antonia RUZIC (CRO), 18th SB 2013, #184 WTA (Sep 2022)
IN 2014 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 2 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 65 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2014 – 19th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Kalin IVANOVSKI (MKD), 19th SB 2014, #421 ATP
Daniel MERIDA AGUILAR (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #509 ATP
Vilius GAUBAS (LIT), 19th SB 2014, #535 ATP
Bor ARTNAK (SVN), 19th SB 2014, #655 ATP
Mili POLJICAK (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #667 ATP
Luka MIKRUT (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #728 ATP
Pedro RODENAS (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #798 ATP
Patrick BRADY (GBR), 19th SB 2014 winner, #911 ATP
Maj PREMZL (SLO), 19th SB 2014, #889 ATP doubles
William JANSEN (GBR), 19th SB 2014, #1012 ATP doubles
Matija SAMARDZIC (MNE), 19th SB 2014, #1640 ATP doubles
Nikola ZEKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014, #2106 ATP doubles
Ivan SODAN (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #2317 ATP doubles
GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 19th SB 2014 semif., #59 WTA
Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC (CRO), 19th SB 2014, #473 WTA
Denislava GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 19th SB 2014, #497 WTA
Joelle STEUR (GER), 19th SB 2014, #522 WTA
Aliona FALEI (BLR), 19th SB 2014 runner up, #679 WTA
Carolina GOMEZ (ESP), 19th SB 2014, #907 WTA
Patricija PAUKSTYTE (LTU), 19th SB 2014, #1000 WTA
Tea LUKIC (SRB), 19th SB 2014 winner, #858 WTA doubles
Petja DRAME (SLO), 19th SB 2014, #1275 WTA doubles
Charlotte KEMPENAERS POCZ (AUS), 19th SB 2014, #1298 WTA doubles
Sarah MUELLER (GER), 19th SB 2014, #1299 WTA doubles
Suana TUCAKOVIC (BIH), 19th SB 2014 semif., not ranked yet on WTA
IN 2015 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 9 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 73 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2015 – 20th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Dino PRIZMIC (CRO), 20th SB 2015 quarterf., #293 ATP
Matej DODIG (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #836 ATP
Branko DJURIC (MNE), 20th SB 2015 winner, #1230 ATP
Federico BONDIOLI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #639 ATP doubles
Filippo ROMANO (ITA) , 20th SB 2015, #881 ATP doubles
Ofek SHIMANOV (ISR), 20th SB 2015, #1456 ATP doubles
Aleksa PISARIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #1663 ATP doubles
Matic KRIZNIK (SVN), 20th SB 2015, #2106 ATP doubles
Kevin EDENGREN (SWE), 20th SB 2015, #20 ITF
Marc MAJDANDZIC (GER), 20th SB 2015 semif., #87 ITF
Mikalai BANKOU (BLR), 20th SB 2015, #98 ITF (Jan 2022)
Giacomo NOSEI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #144 ITF
Matthias UWE KASK (CAN), 20th SB 2015, #179 ITF
Andrea MEDURI (ITA), 20th SB 2015, #258 ITF
Iker SEVILLA (ESP), 20th SB 2015 runner up , #276 ITF
Kristian TUMBAS KAJGO (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #727 ITF
Jose Alessandro HERNANDEZ (ESP), 20th SB 2015 semif., 885 ITF
GIRLS
Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE), 20th SB 2015 semif., #59 WTA
Petra MARCINKO (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #262 WTA
Alexandra EALA (PHI), 20th SB 2015 , #262 WTA
Lola RADIVOJEVIC (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #275 WTA
Mao MUSHIKA (JPN), 20th SB 2015, #682 WTA
Mara GAE (ROU), 20th SB 2015 semif. ,#24 ITF
Malwina ROWINSKA (POL), 20th SB 2015, #58 ITF
Anastasia GRECHKINA (RUS), 20th SB 2015, #96 ITF
Mio MUSHIKA (JPN), 20th SB 2015, #133 ITF (Jan 2021)
Vanesa DANKO (HUN), 20th SB 2015, #244 ITF (Apr 2022)
Lara STOJANOVSKI (SRB), 20th SB 2015, #320 ITF
Ariana GEERLINGS (ESP), 20th SB 2015, #490 ITF
Jaquelyn OGUNWALE (UK), 20th SB 2015, #461 ITF
Leticia TAROCCO (CRO), 20th SB 2015, #568 ITF
June BJORK (SWE), 20th SB 2015, #819 ITF
Anastasia NIKOLOVA (BGR), 20th SB 2015, #1257 ITF
Klio Maria IOANNOU (CYP), 20th SB 2015, #1434 ITF
IN 2016 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD 6 NEW COUNTRIES AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 79 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2016 – 21st Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Martin LANDALUCE (ESP), 21st SB 2016, #864 ATP
Tomasz BERKIETA (POL), 21st SB 2016, #1385 ATP
Kaylan BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 winner, #1450 ATP
Meecah BIGUN (USA), 21st SB 2016 semif., #1520 ATP
Petr BRUNCLIK (CZE), 21st SB 2016 semif., #1286 ATP doubles
Marko MAKSIMOVIC (BiH), 21st SB 2016, #2106 ATP doubles
Max STENZER (GER), 21st SB 2016, #93 ITF
Rafael SEGADO ESTEVE (ESP) , 21st SB 2016, #213 ITF
Andreas TIMINI (CYP), 21st SB 2016, #230 ITF
Antonio VOLJAVEC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #240 ITF
Georgi GEORGIEV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #241 ITF
Daniele RAPAGNETTA (ITA), 21st SB 2016, #253 ITF
Luis Garcia PAEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 runner up, #333 ITF
Nikolai BARSUKOV (GER), 21st SB 2016, #337 ITF
Nico HIPFL (AUS), 21st SB 2016, #361 ITF
Ziga SVEC (PVN), 21st SB 2016, #367 ITF
Mika PETKOVIC (GER) , 21st SB 2016, #412 ITF
Pavel MARINOV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #488 ITF
Chris SPYROU (GRE), 21st SB 2016, #744 ITF
Fran RAKONIC (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #1019 ITF
Bora CANKAYA (TUR), 21st SB 2016, #1319 ITF
Viktor KIROV (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #1408 ITF
Rares Andrei GOLESCU (ROU), 21st SB 2016, #1502 ITF
GIRLS
Mia RISTIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 semif., #425 WTA
Yufei REN (CHN), 21st SB 2016 semif. , #888 WTA
Ela Nala MILIC (SVN), 21st SB 2016 winner, #1004 WTA
Monika STANKIEWICZ (POL), 21st SB 2016 , #89 ITF
Barbora MICHALKOVA (CZE) , 21st SB 2016, #113 ITF
Rose Marie NIJKAMP (NLD), 21st SB 2016, #159 ITF
Jovana GRUJIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016 CD winner, #318 ITF
Camilia SAMEL DRUZ (FRA), 21st SB 2016 runner up, #338 ITF
Aleksandra GABROVSKA (BGR), 21st SB 2016, #433 ITF
Chiara JEROLIMOV (CRO), 21st SB 2016, #441 ITF
Ema KOVACEVIC (BEL), 21st SB 2016, #533 ITF
Ece GENCER (TUR), 21st SB 2016 winner, #646 ITF
Anastasija IGNJATIC (BiH), 21st SB 2016, #761 ITF
Luna DINOTO FERNANDEZ (ESP), 21st SB 2016 , #753 ITF (Jan 2022)
Ann Akasha CEUCA (GER), 21st SB 2016, #962 ITF
Dunja MARIC (SRB), 21st SB 2016, #1136 ITF
Karina JUMAZHANOVA (KAZ), 21st SB 2016 , #1211 ITF
Nera TESANKIC (CRO), 21st SB 2016 , #1237 ITF
Tara MIHALJEVIC (SRB) , 21st SB 2016, #1561 ITF
Valeriia TROITCKAIA (RUS), 21st SB 2016 , #1787 ITF (Jan 2022)
IN 2017 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 85 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2017 – 22nd Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Federico CINA (ITA), 22nd SB 2017, #1827 ATP
Oliver BONDING (UK), 22nd SB 2017, #45 ITF
Mees ROTTGERING (NDL), 22nd SB 2017, #49 ITF
Timofei DEREPASKO (RUS), 22nd SB 2017, #83 ITF
William REJCHTMAN VINCIGUERRA (SWE), 22nd SB 2017 runner up, #137 ITF
Alexander VASILEV (BGR) , 22nd SB 2017, #162 ITF
Benjamin GUSIC WAN (UK), 22nd SB 2017, #167 ITF
Duje MARKOVINA (CRO), 22nd SB 2017 semif., #211 ITF
Ognjen MILIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #260 ITF
Filip KOSINSKI (POL), 22nd SB 2017, #399 ITF
Tim VAISMAN (ISR), 22nd SB 2017, #613 ITF
Maximilian CARRIER (UK), 22nd SB 2017, #635 ITF
Jacob Kailiang SHEN (HKG), 22nd SB 2017, #686 ITF
Roben GAVANI (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner, #780 ITF
Štepan SKLENIČKA (CZE), 22nd SB 2017 semif., #991 ITF
Ivaylo SIMEONOV (BGR), 22nd SB 2017, #1898 ITF
Michele MECARELLI (ITA), 22nd SB 2017, #2371 ITF
Jovan TOMOVIC (MNE), 22nd SB 2017, #3361 ITF
Oleh CHERNAT (UKR), 22nd SB 2017, not ranked on ITF
Samy KHEDIRI (GBR) , 22nd SB 2017, not ranked on ITF
Vuk KRUSCIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, not ranked on ITF
Milan MATOVIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, not ranked on ITF
GIRLS
Tereza VALENTOVA (CZE) , 22nd SB 2017, #14 ITF
Teodora KOSTOVIC (SRB) , 22nd SB 2017, #20 ITF
Rositsa DENCHEVA (BGR), 22nd SB 2017 winner, #32 ITF
Elizara YANEVA (BGR), 22nd SB 2017, #39 ITF
Hephzibah OLUWADARE, 22nd SB 2017, #69 ITF
Liya CHU (TWN), 22nd SB 2017 semif., #241 ITF
Dora MISKOVIC (CRO), 22nd SB 2017, #264 ITF
Antonina CZAJKA (POL) , 22nd SB 2017, #331 ITF
Petra KONJIKUSIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #385 ITF
Lana PETKOVIC (BiH) , 22nd SB 2017, #420 ITF
Shanice ROIGNOT (FRA), 22nd SB 2017 runner up, #510 ITF
Africa BURILLO BEREZAK (ESP) , 22nd SB 2017, #514 ITF
Flora JOHNSON (GBR) , 22nd SB 2017, #580 ITF
Aurora NOSEI (ITA) , 22nd SB 2017, #601 ITF
Sapir COHEN (ISR), 22nd SB 2017, #936 ITF
Francesca DE MATTEO (ITA) , 22nd SB 2017, #987 ITF
Aleksandra STEVANOVIC (SRB), 22nd SB 2017, #976 ITF
Julija BOGATIN (SVN), 22nd SB 2017, #1735 ITF
Greta RIZZETTO (ITA) , 22nd SB 2017, #1817 ITF
Eva CIKAJLO (SVN) , 22nd SB 2017, #2013 ITF
Lucija RASTOCIC (CRO) , 22nd SB 2017, #2631 ITF
Mai GOTO (JPN), 22nd SB 2017 semif., #2544 ITF
Mia MILISAVLJEVIC (SRB) , 22nd SB 2017, #3578 ITF
IN 2018 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 87 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2018 – 23rd Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Niels McDONALD (GER), 23rd SB 2018 runner up, #547 ITF
Vito DARDERI (ARG), 23rd SB 2018 winner, #697 ITF
Victor RYDEN (SWE), 23rd SB 2018, #704 ITF
Thilo BEHRMANN (AUT), 23rd SB 2018, #723 ITF
Lenny PETIT (FRA), 23rd SB 2018 winner, #1317 ITF
Žiga ŠEŠKO (SLO), 23rd SB 2018 semif., #1396 ITF
Alex BERGOMI (SUI), 23rd SB 2018, #1455 ITF
Marko DRAGOVIC (MNE), 23rd SB 2018, #1495 ITF
Dimitar KISIMOV (BLG), 23rd SB 2018, #1657 ITF
Wiktor JEZ (POL), 23rd SB 2018, #2035 ITF
Pietro VERNO (ITA), 23rd SB 2018, #2353 ITF
Antoni KASPERSKI (POL), 23rd SB 2018, #2964 ITF
Skender *KATANA*(MNE), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Marcell KOVACS (HUN), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Krystof KOMINEK (CZE), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Maksim DESPOTOVIC (SVN), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Patrick-Valentin MOISE (GER), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Ryan ZUBERBUEHLER (CRO), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Ian BOLOBAN (BiH), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Viggo WAGENKNECHT (GER), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Vitorio STANKOV (BUL), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Luka NIKOLIC (FRA), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Thom GABELIC (SWE), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Oliver MAJDANDZIC (GER), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Samuil CHESTOVALIEV (MKD), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
Riki IMAI (JPN), 23rd SB 2018 semif. not ranked yet on ITF
GIRLS
Alisa OKTIABREVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 winner, #74 ITF
Iva LAKIC (MNE), 23rd SB 2018 runner up, #240 ITF
Eva KHRUSTALEVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018, #706 ITF
Georgiana MITITELU (UK), 23rd SB 2018, #818 ITF
Sarina SCHNYDER (SUI), 23rd SB 2018, #1139 ITF
Amalia WIDDOWSON (UK), 23rd SB 2018, #1383 ITF
Lana VIRC (SRB), 23rd SB 2018, #1525 ITF
Eva ANDREEA MUNTEANU (ROU), 23rd SB 2018, #1555 ITF
Daria KORESHKOVA (RUS), 23rd SB 2018 semif., #1605 ITF
Alja SENICA (SVN), 23rd SB 2018, #2250 ITF
Marta DOBRIC (CRO), 23rd SB 2018, #2832 ITF
Astrid JOHA-BILIC (CRO), 23rd SB 2018, #2969 ITF
Selena ROMERO CALVO (ESP), 23rd SB 2018, #3501 ITF
Tatiana CANTOS SIEMERS (GER), 23rd SB 2018, #3578 ITF
Zlatina ANGELOVA (BUL), 23rd SB 2018 semif., not ranked yet on ITF
Paola PIERAGOSTINI (ITA), 23rd SB 2018, not ranked yet on ITF
IN 2019 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD AGAIN SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND REACHED THE TOTAL OF 93 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
2019 – 24th Smrikva Bowl
BOYS
Svit SULJIC (SVN), 24th SB 2019 winner, #689 ITF
Mustafa EGE SIK (TUR), 24th SB 2019, #1935 ITF
Filip LADMAN (CZE), 24th SB 2019 semif., #22 U14
Alexey FROLOV (RUS), 24th SB 2019, #23 ETA U14
Aleksandar TOLEV (BLG), 24th SB 2019, #46 ETA U14
Carlo PACI (ITA), 24th SB 2019, #47 ETA U14
Marko ERCEG (CRO), 24th SB 2019, #84 ETA U14
Filippo GARBERO (ITA), 24th SB 2019, #89 ETA U14
Filip DJOKIC (SRB), 24th SB 2019, #99 ETA U14
Dario ZORICA (CRO), 24th SB 2019, #99 ETA U14
Dennis Ciprian SPIRCU (ROU), 24th SB 2019, #118 ETA U14
Juliusz STANCZYK (POL), 24th SB 2019 semif., #122 ETA U14
Murray WATTERS (GBR), 24th SB 2019, #132 ETA U14
Ivan DUMBOVIC (CRO), 24th SB 2019, #165 ETA U14
Novak JACIMOVIC (BiH), 24th SB 2019, #229 ETA U14
Mihailo TOPIC (SRB), 24th SB 2019, #249 ETA U14
Ivan USHAKOV (UKR), 24th SB 2019, #259 ETA U14
Ivan MARAKOVIC (CRO), 24th SB 2019, #280 ETA U14
Tadevos MIRIJANYAN (USA), 24th SB 2019 runner up
GIRLS
Ksenia EFREMOVA (RUS), 24th SB 2019 winner, #258 ITF
Angelica SARA (ITA), 24th SB 2019, #410 ITF
Lia BELIBOVA (MDA), 24th SB 2019 runner up, #624 ITF
Briyana IVANOVA (BGR), 24th SB 2019, #13 ETA U14
Zoja PETERNEL (SVN), 24th SB 2019, #29 ETA U14
Eleonora TONEVA (BGR), 24th SB 2019, #37 ETA U14
Andreya GLUSHKOVA (BGR), 24th SB 2019, #61 ETA U14
Karolina JECMINKOVA (CZE), 24th SB 2019, #77 ETA U14
Lora KARDOS (HUN), 24th SB 2019, #113 ETA U14
Katsiaryina DUBIK (BLR), 24th SB 2019, #126 ETA U14
Marta GAYOSO DE LOS RIOS (ESP), 24th SB 2019, #167 ETA U14
Lola FEHER (HUN), 24th SB 2019, #196 ETA U14
Nika CAKARUN (CRO), 24th SB 2019, #202 ETA U14
Mihaela BOBEVA (BGR), 24th SB 2019, #212 ETA U14
Eva ZHAROVA (RUS), 24th SB 2019, #226 ETA U14
Varitsa YANEVA (SVN), 24th SB 2019, #230 ETA U14
Milana RASAN-BUHA (CRO), 24th SB 2019, #269 ETA U14
Evelin BORTSOVA (ISR), 24th SB 2019, #324 ETA U14
Daria BARSUKOV (GER), 24th SB 2019 semif. , #386 ETA U14
Veronika GUBASHEVA (RUS), 24th SB 2019 semif.
IN 2020 SMRIKVA BOWL WAS NOT HELD DUE TO COVID 19 BUT THE SELECTION PROCESS WAS COMPLETED AND THERE WERE SIX CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND SB REACHED THE TOTAL OF 95 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
IN 2021 SMRIKVA BOWL WAS NOT HELD DUE TO COVID 19 BUT THE SELECTION PROCESS WAS COMPLETED AND THERE WERE FIVE CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND SB REACHED THE TOTAL OF 98 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED SINCE ITS FOUNDATION…
IN 2022 SMRIKVA BOWL HAD FOUR CONTINENTS REPRESENTED AND ITS AMBASSADORS ARE SPREAD IN 98 COUNTRIES…
2022 – 27th Smrikva Bowl
Daniel GARDALITY (USA), 27th SB 2022 winner, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Luka MITROVIC (CRO), 27th SB 2022 runner up, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Philip DIANATI (DEN), 27th SB 2022 SF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Daniel STOYANOV (BGR), 27th SB 2022 SF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
David SCHWENK (GER), 27th SB 2022 QF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Pekko PFUNDSTEIN (GBR), 27th SB 2022 QF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Kaloyan GAYDADZHIEV (BGR), 27th SB 2022 QF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Nikola JOTIC (SRB), 27th SB 2022 QF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Arina FOMINA (RUS), 27th SB 2022 winner, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Beata MARESOVA (CZE), 27th SB 2022 runner up, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Nadia POZNICK (USA), 27th SB 2022 SF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Korana BARISIC (CRO), 27th SB 2022 SF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Nicole SCARPINO (ITA), 27th SB 2022 QF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Nađa KNEZEVIC (MNE), 27th SB 2022 QF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Ginny CHEN (GBR), 27th SB 2022 QF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
Giulia LUCHETTI (SVK), 27th SB 2022 QF, not yet ranked on ETA U14
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03/06/23
17 Smrikva Bowl players are in the singles Main Draws of the Junior ROLAND GARROS 2023: Dino PRIZMIC is the Champion, Lorenzo SCIAHBASI doubles runner up
Happy to recognize 17 Smrikva Bowl players in the singles Main Draws of the Junior ROLAND GARROS 2023.
BOYS DRAWS (10)
Branko Djuric, Federico Bondioli, Tomasz Berkieta, Kevin Edengren, Federico Cina, Kaylan Bigun, Matic Kriznik, Oliver Bonding, Dino Prizmic, Lorenzo Sciahbasi (qualified)
GIRLS DRAWS (7)
Tereza Valentova, Ena Koike, Teodora Kostovic, Mara Gae, Rositsa Dencheva, Mia Ristic (qualified), Alisa Oktiabreva (qualified)
Junior QUALIFICATIONS (3+7):
Petr Brunclik, Lorenzo Sciahbasi (qualified), Marc Majdandzic
Ela Nala Milic, Emma Ottavia Ghirardato, Mia Ristic (qualified), Alisa Oktiabreva (qualified), Hephzibah Oluwadare, Monika Stankiewicz, Anastasia Grechkina.
BOYS:
Dino PRIZMIC (Cro) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 QF
1st round: Dino Prizmic – Jangjun Kim (Kor) 6:1,6:2
2nd round: Dino Prizmic – Hayato Matsuoka (Jpn) 6:1,6:3
3rd round: Dino Prizmic – Maxim Mrva (Cze) 4:6,6:1,6:0
Quarterfinals: Dino Prizmic – Henry Searle (UK) 7:6,6:3
Semifinals: Dino Prizmic – Darwin Blanch (USA) 6:3,6:2
Finals: Dino Prizmic – Juan Carlos Prado Angelo (Bol) 6:1,6:4
Lorenzo SCIAHBASI (Ita) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Lorenzo Sciahbasi – Branko Djuric (Srb) 7:6,7:6
2nd round: Lorenzo Sciahbasi – Keegan Rice (Can) 6:2,6:3
3rd round: Lorenzo Sciahbasi – Cooper Williams (USA) 3:6,3:6
Kevin EDENGREN (Swe) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Kevin Edengren (Swe) – Loann Massard (Fra) 6:4,6:0
2nd round: Kevin Edengren (Swe) – Joel Schwaerzler (Aut) 2:6,3:6
Matic KRIZNIK (Svn) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Matic Kriznik – Paul Barbier Gazeu (Fra) 1:6,5:7
Kylan BIGUN (USA) – 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016 winner
1st round Kylan Bigun – Juan CarlosPrado Angelo (Bol) 6:4,2:6,4:6
Federico CINA (Ita) – 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017
1st round: Federico Cina – ThijsBoogaard (Ned) 3:6,6:3,2:5
Tomasz BERKIETA (Pol) – 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016
1st round: Tomasz Berkieta – Andrea M’chich (Fra) 5:7,4:6
Branko DJURIC (Srb) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015 winner
1st round: Branko Djuric – Lorenzo Sciahbasi (Ita) 6:7,6:7
Oliver BONDING (UK) – 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017
1st round: Oliver Bonding- Joel Schwaerzler (Aut) 6:2,3:6,3:6
Federico BONDIOLI (Ita) – 20th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Federico Bondioli – Learner Tien (Fra) 4:6,3:6
GIRLS:
Alisa OKTIABREVA (Rus) – 23rd Smrikva Bowl 2018 winner
1st round: Alisa Oktiabreva – Aya El Aouni (Mar) 6:2,7:6
2nd round: Alisa Oktiabreva – T. S. R. Rajaonah (Fra) 6:4,7:6
3rd round: Alisa Oktiabreva – Teodora Kostovic (Srb) 4:6,6:2,6:3
Quarterfinals: Alisa Oktiabreva – Clervie Ngounoue (USA) 7:5,6:1
Semifinals: Alisa Oktiabreva –
Teodora KOSTOVIC (Srb) – 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017
1st round: Teodora Kostovic – Sayaka Ishii (Jpn) 7:6,6:2
2nd round: Teodora Kostovic – Tamara Kostic (Aut)
3rd round: Teodora Kostovic – Alisa Oktiabreva (Rus) 6:4,2:6,3:6
Tereza VALENTOVA (Cze) – 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017
1st round: Tereza Valentova – Luca Udvardy (Hun) 6:3,6:3
2nd round: Tereza Valentova – Cara Maria Mester (Rou) 6:1,6:2
3rd round: Tereza Valentova – Mayu Crossley (Jpn) 1:6,3:6
Ena KOIKE (Jpn) – 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016
1st round: Ena Koike – Laura Samsonova (Cze) 6:2,6:3
2nd round: Ena Koike – Anastasiia Gureva (Rus) 6:0,6:7,3:6
Mara GAE (Rom) – 25th Smrikva Bowl 2015
1st round: Mara Gae – Charo Esquiva Banuls 6:4,4:6,3:6
Rositsa DENCHEVA (Bul) – 22nd Smrikva Bowl 2017 winner
1st round: Rositsa Dencheva – Sonja Zhiyenbayeva (Ger) 5:7,4:6
Mia RISTIC (Srb) – 21st Smrikva Bowl 2016
1st round: Mia Ristic – Jenny LIM (Fra) 6:2,6:7,2:6
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