Andrey Rublev (RUS) defeated Taylor Fritz (USA) 67(2) 63 64 to be crowned men’s ITF Junior Masters champion and Xu Shilin (CHN) overcame Kristina Schmiedlova (SVK) 64 62 to win the women’s ITF Junior Masters title. Both champions will receive a travel grant of $15,000 and the pick of three wild cards, including the ATP World Tour 500 event in Valencia and the ATP World Tour 250 qualifying event in Gstaad.
The ITF Junior Masters featured eight male and eight female players who qualified on the basis of their 18-and-under ITF Junior World Ranking at the end of 2014. Both draws were played on a knock-out basis with positional play-offs, with each player guaranteed three matches to determine their final position between first and eighth. The 16 competitors also competed for a total prize fund of $160,000 in travel grants, and wild cards that have been offered by the ITF’s member nations and professional tournaments.
To review all the coverage of the ITF Junior Masters visit the match centre on the ITF Juniors website: http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/itf-junior-masters.aspx.
Results
Men’s Singles final
No. 1 Andrey Rublev (RUS) d. Taylor Fritz (USA) 67(2) 63 64
Women’s Singles final
No. 1 Xu Shilin (CHN) d. Kristina Schmiedlova (SVK) 64 62
Men’s Singles 3rd-4th play-off
Duck Hee Lee (KOR) d. No. 2 Orlando Luz (BRA) 63 75
Women’s Singles 3rd-4th play-off
No. 2 Iryna Shymanovich (BLR) d. Jil Teichmann (SUI) 62 62
Men’s Singles 5th-6th play-off
Chung Yunseong (KOR) d. Michael Mmoh (USA) 57 75 75
Women’s Singles 5th-6th play-off
Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov (ESP) d. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 61 76(1)
Men’s Singles 7th-8th play-off
Marcelo Zormann (BRA) d. Jaume Munar (ESP) 64 63
Women’s Singles 7th-8th play-off
Elena Gabriela Ruse (ROU) d. Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 75 ret.
Matches carried over from Saturday 4 April:
Women’s Singles semifinal
No. 1 Xu Shilin (CHN) d. Jil Teichmann (SUI) 76(4) 46 63
Women’s Singles 5th-8th place play-off
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d. Elena Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 62 36 62
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