Qualification update: 2024 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals
Qualification for the 2024 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals has been taking place all around the world with the line-up for the much-anticipated finale firmly taking shape.
ITF World Junior Tennis is the premier international team event in the 14-and-under age category and like Billie Jean King Cup Juniors by Gainbridge and Davis Cup Juniors – and their professional equivalents – has a year-long narrative.
The qualification process has been completed in four of five regions: Africa, Asia/Oceania, North/Central America and the Caribbean and South America. Only European qualifying remains unresolved. European qualifying will take place 5-7 July.
So, which nations have reached the Finals?
Boys’ teams to have qualified for the 2024 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals:
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Czechia (host nation), Ecuador, India, Japan, Korea, Rep., Morocco, Tunisia, USA
Girls’ teams to have qualified for the 2024 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals:
Argentina, Australia, Chinese Taipei, Czechia (host nation), Japan, Korea, Rep., Mexico, Morocco, Paraguay, Peru, USA
The 2024 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals will be held at TK Agrofert in Prostejov, Czechia from 5-10 August.
This year marks a very special occasion as it is the 25th anniversary of Prostejov first hosting the tournament, which was originally held in Yamanakako and then Nagoya in Japan from 1991-1998 before switching to Czechia.
ITF World Junior Tennis is a tournament with a rich history and it is a true festival of junior tennis, with players wearing their nation’s colours with pride – just as professionals do in Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup.
Indeed, many of today’s top players have honed their skills at the event, going on to represent their nations at senior level, as well as earning individual honours at the Grand Slams and on the ATP and WTA Tours.
The likes of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek, Andy Roddick, Coco Gauff, Bianca Andreescu, Katerina Siniakova, Juan Martin del Potro, Kei Nishikori, Marketa Vondrousova, Alex de Minaur, Ashleigh Barty, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Frances Tiafoe have all competed at the Finals.
Such a back catalogue of star names reflects the importance and significance of ITF World Junior Tennis as players progress along the player pathway and continue their on-court development.
At the Finals, the 16 qualifying nations will be split into round-robin groups with the best-performing teams – two from each group – reaching the knockout stage from where world champions will be crowned.