Petits As

Les Petits As (English: Little champions) is a premier junior tennis tournament for players aged 12–14. It is held in Tarbes, France. It is often considered to be the European equivalent of the Junior Orange Bowl in Florida, United States due to the high number of international players that it attracts.

The event has seen a number of its champions go on to become slam winners, including Rafael Nadal, Michael Chang, Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, and Jeļena Ostapenko . Due to the relatively restrictive age range, few players have won the title more than once, although Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky have both done so. Most recently, upcoming Spanish player became the first boy to do so.

The tournament is played on indoor GreenSet (hard) courts. Roughly 7,000 players enter the pre-qualifying tournaments held across France, with that number being narrowed down to 350 for the final qualifying stage, and 64 for the final tournament.^[1] The event is regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and has businesses such as Head, Eurosport, Coca-Cola, and Peugeot amongst its portfolio of partners.^[2]

Results[]

Boys' singles[]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1983
1984	Frédéric Fontang
1985	Richard Krajicek
1986	Michael Chang	Johan Alvén
1987	Reinhard Wawra
1988	Brian Dunn	Julian Knowle
1989	Tommy Shimada
1990	Maxime Boyé	Magnus Norman
1991	Răzvan Sabău
1992	Olivier Mutis	Björn Rehnquist
1993
1994	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Fernando González
1995	Olivier Rochus
1996	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Todor Enev
1997		Carlos Cuadrado	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1998		Mario Ančić	6–1, 6–3
1999	Richard Gasquet	Brian Baker	7–5, 6–3
2000	Rafael Nadal		6–4, 6–1
2001	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Andy Murray	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
2002		Robin Roshardt	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003	Donald Young		6–2, 6–1
2004		Daniel Cox	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2005	Chase Buchanan		6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2006			7–6(7–3), 6–3
2007		Christian Harrison	6–2, 6–2
2008		Liam Broady	6–4, 7–5
2009	Nikola Milojević	Borna Ćorić	6–2, 6–3
2010	Quentin Halys	Noah Rubin	6–1, 6–2
2011		Bogdan Borza	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2012	Frances Tiafoe	William Blumberg	6–0, 6–2
2013		Miomir Kecmanović	7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–0
2014	Rayane Roumane	Nicola Kuhn	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
2015	Tseng Chun-hsin	Timofey Skatov	6–4, 6–1
2016			6–2, 6–1
2017	Luca Nardi	Hamad Međedović	6–2, 7–5
2018	Victor Lilov		6–4, 7–6(7–6)
2019		Rashed Nawaf	4-6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
2020			6–4, 6-1
2021			6–3, 3-6, 6-0

Girls' singles[]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1983	Sybille Niox-Château
1984	Emmanuelle Derly	Alexia Dechaume
1985	Sandrine Jaquet	Annika Narbe
1986	Laxmi Poruri
1987	Kim Kessaris
1988	Anke Huber
1989	Nicole London	Zdeňka Málková
1990	Heike Rusch	Lindsay Davenport
1991	Martina Hingis	Dally Randriantefy
1992	Martina Hingis	Rita Kuti-Kis
1993	Stephanie Halsell	Réka Vidáts
1994	Anna Kournikova
1995	Mirjana Lučić	Justine Henin
1996	Jelena Pandžić	Melissa Middleton
1997	Kim Clijsters	Elena Bovina	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1998	Lina Krasnoroutskaya
1999	Bethanie Mattek	Matea Mezak
2000	Dinara Safina	Lina Stančiūtė
2001	Vojislava Lukić	Dia Evtimova
2002	Timea Bacsinszky	Alisa Kleybanova
2003	Timea Bacsinszky	Raluca Olaru
2004		Madison Brengle	6–4, 6–4
2005	Ksenia Pervak
2006	Gabriela Dabrowski	Anna Arina Marenko	6–3, 6–4[3]
2007	Anna Orlik	Nicole Gibbs	6–4, 6–1
2008	Daria Gavrilova	Laura Robson	6–3, 6–3
2009	Yulia Putintseva	Irina Khromacheva	6–4, 6–2
2010		Indy de Vroome	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2011	Jeļena Ostapenko	Anastasiya Komardina	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
2012	Jaqueline Cristian	Tornado Alicia Black	6–2, 6–3
2013	CiCi Bellis	Andreea Amalia Roșca	6–0, 6–2
2014	Bianca Andreescu	Claire Liu	6–4, 7–5
2015	Anastasia Potapova	Olga Danilović	6–4, 6–4
2016	Marta Kostyuk		6–2, 6–1
2017	Maria Timofeeva		6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2018	Alexandra Eala	Linda Nosková	5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2019	Linda Fruhvirtová		6–1, 6–0
2020	Brenda Fruhvirtová	Clervie Ngounoue	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
2021			4-6, 6-2, 6-1

Exhibitions[]

The tournament often features retired and/or active players making appearances in exhibition matches in the evening preceding the final day of play. It is common for upcoming and veteran French players to be present. In recent tournaments, players present have included:

• 2004: Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte.
• 2005: Juan Carlos Ferrero (a former champion) and David Nalbandian, who replaced compatriot and French Open champion Gastón Gaudio at the last minute.
• 2006: Rafael Nadal and Fabrice Santoro.
• 2007: Richard Gasquet and Gaël Monfils.
• 2008: Fabrice Santoro and Marc Gicquel, after Paul-Henri Mathieu and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdrew. Mathieu, who had injured himself at the 2008 Australian Open, signed autographs instead.

References[]

External links[]

• Les Petits As website (in French and English)
• 2008 Boys' Singles draw
• 2008 Girls' Singles draw