Date: Winter 2024
Location: Frank Veltri Tennis Center, Plantation

The rites of passage in junior tennis include a pilgrimage to the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, according to Hall of Fame tennis journalist (and former Orange Bowl participant) Bud Collins. It’s part of the education.

For many foreign players, their first visit to the United States is to play in the Orange Bowl. For many American players, the tournament is their first taste of international competition.

The Orange Bowl tournament was founded in 1947 by Eddie Herr of Miami Beach. When his daughter Suzanne began playing as a junior, Herr discovered there were few tournaments in the area. He decided to launch the Orange Bowl event at the nearby public clay courts at Flamingo Park. Suzanne, 13, won the first girls’ 18s doubles title with Joan Johnson of Wyandotte, Mich., who also won the singles championship. Lew McMasters of St. Petersburg, Fla., captured the first boys’ 18s title.

The caliber of competition increased quickly as word spread about the tournament. Melita Ramirez of Mexico won the girls’ 18s title in 1948, but no other foreign player won until Carlos Fernandez of Brazil in 1956. Since then, the Orange Bowl’s list of champions has reflected the international scope of tennis. Over the years, winners have come from more than 20 nations – from Australia to Cyprus to Sweden.

The list of champions could comprise its own Hall of Fame and includes Bjorn Borg, Jim Courier, Elena Dementieva, Chris Evert, Roger Federer, Mary Joe Fernandez, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe, Andy Roddick and Gabriela Sabatini. Other participants include Arthur Ashe, Boris Becker, Jennifer Capriati, Jimmy Connors and Yannick Noah.

Recent champions of the tournament include some of Tennis’ rising stars including Coco Gauff, Sofia Kenin, Bianca Andreescu and Miimir Kecmanović.

Past Champions

Boys ’18

Lew McMasters- 1947  

Tommy Boys- 1948

Gil Bogley- 1949

Jacque R. Grigry- 1950

Sam Giammalva- 1951

Eddie Rubinoff- 1952

Mike Green- 1953

Allen Quay- 1954

Mike Green- 1955

Carlos Fernandes- 1956

Chris Crawford- 1957

Ronnie Barnes- 1958

José Luis Arilla- 1959

William Lenoir- 1960

Mike Belkin- 1961

Tony Roche- 1962

Thomaz Koch- 1963

Marcello Lara- 1964

Ismail El Shafei- 1965

Manuel Orantes- 1966

Mike Estep- 1967

Richard Stockton- 1968

Harold Solomon- 1969,1970

Corrado Barazzutti- 1971

Björn Borg- 1972

Billy Martin- 1973, 1974

Fernando Luna- 1975

John McEnroe- 1976

Ivan Lendl- 1977

Gabriel Urpí- 1978

Raúl Viver- 1979

Joakim Nyström- 1980

Roberto Argüello- 1981

Guy Forget- 1982

Ket Carlsson- 1983

Ricky Brown- 1984

Claudio Pistolesi- 1985

Javier Sánchez- 1986

Jim Courier- 1987

Marc Rosset- 1988

Fernando Meligeni- 1989

Andrei Medvedev- 1990

Marcelo Charpentier- 1991

Vincent Spadea- 1992

Albert Costa- 1993

Nicolás Lapentti- 1994

Mariano Zabaleta- 1995

Nicholás Massú- 1997

Roger Federer- 1998

Andy Roddick- 1999

Todor Enev- 2000

Robin Söderling- 2001

Brian Baker- 2002

Marcos Baghdatis- 2003

Timothy Nelly- 2004

Robin Roshardt- 2005

Petru-Alenadru Luncanu- 2006

Ričardas Berankis- 2007

Yuki Bhambri- 2008

Gianni Mina- 2009

Geoge Morgan- 2010

Dominic Thiem-2011

Laslo Đere- 2012

Frances Tiafoe- 2013

Stefan Kozlov- 2014

Miomir Kecmanović- 2015, 2016

Hugo Gaston- 2017

Otto Virtanen- 2018

Thiago Agustín Tirante- 2019

Arthur Fils- 2020

Adolfo Daniel Vallejo – 2021

Gerard Campana Lee- 2022

Danil Panarin – 2023

Girls ’18

Joan Johnson – 1947

Melita Ramírez- 1948 

Elaine Lewicki- 1949 

Toby Greenberg- 1950 

Karol Fageros- 1951

Karol Fageros- 1952 

Pat Shaffer- 1953 

Marilyn Stock-1954 

Mimi Arnold- 1955 

Mary Ann Mitchell- 1956 

Maria Esther Bueno- 1957

Carol Hanks- 1958

Sandy Warshaw- 1959

Carole Ann Prosen- 1960

Judy Alvarez- 1961

Stephanie DeFina- 1962 

Peaches Bartkowicz-1963-66

Patti Hogan- 1967

Patricia Montaño- 1968 

Chris Evert- 1969, 1970

Donna Ganz – 1971, 1972

Mima Jaušovec- 1973

Lynn Epstein- 1974, 1975

Marise Kruger- 1976

Anne Smith- 1977

Andrea Jaeger- 1978

Kathleen Horvath- 1979

Susan Mascarin- 1980

Penny Barg- 1981

Carling Bassett- 1982

Debbie Spence- 1983

Gabriela Sabatini- 1984

Mary Joe Fernandez- 1985 

Patricia Tarabini- 1986

Natalia Zvereva- 1987

Carrie Cunningham- 1988

Luanne Spadea- 1989

Pilar Pérez- 1990

Elena Likhovtseva- 1991

Barbara Mulej- 1992

Ángeles Montolio- 1993

Mariam Ramón- 1994

Anna Kournikova- 1995

Ana Alcázar- 1996

Tina Pisnik- 1997

Elena Dementieva-1998

María José Martínez Sánchez-1999

Vera Zvonareva- 200, 2001, 2002

Nicole Vaidišová- 2003

Jessica Kirkland- 2004

Caroline Wozniacki- 2005

Nikola Hofmanova- 2006

Michelle Larcher de Brito- 2007

Julia Boserup- 2008

Gabriela Dabrowski- 2009

Lauren Davis- 2010

Anett Kontaveit- 2011

Ana Konjuh- 2012

Varvara Flink- 2013

Sofia Kenin- 2014

Bianca Andreescu- 2015

Kaja Juvan- 2016

Whitney Osuigwe- 2017

Coco Gauff- 2018

Robin Montgomery- 2019

Ashlyn Krueger- 2020

Petra Marcinko – 2021

Mayu Crossley- 2022

Hannah Klugman – 2023

Boys ’16

Dick Holroyd- 1947

Bobby Sierra- 1948

Reynaldo Garrido- 1949

Al Harum-1950

Jerry Moss- 1951

Esteban Reyes Jr.- 1951

Jimmy Skogstad- 1953

Earl Buchholz Jr.- 1954, 1955

Ray Senkowski- 1956

Mike Neely-1957

Charlie Pasarell- 1959

Mike Belkin- 1960

Shyam Minotra- 1961

Bill Harris- 1961

Charles Brainard- 1963

Zan Guerry- 1964

Mac Claflin- 1965

Charles Owens-1966

Woody Blocher- 1967

uillermo Vilas- 1968

John Whitliner- 1969

Billy Martin- 1970

Björn Borg- 1971

Hans ildemesiter- 1972

Christophe Casa- 1973

Van Winitsky- 1974

Bobby Berger- 1975

Ivan Lendl- 1976

Scott Davis- 1977

Thierry Tulasne- 1978

Mats Wilander- 1979

Michael Kures- 1980

Carlos Chabalgoity- 1981

Stefan Edberg- 1982

Bruno Orešar- 1983

Horst Skoff- 1984

Arnaud Boetsch- 1985

Jim Courier- 1986

Paul Dogger- 1987

Fabrice Santoro- 1988

Juan Garat- 1989

Àlex Corretja- 1990

Gonzalo Corrales- 1991

Rene Nicklisch- 1992

Mariano Zabaleta- 1993

Markus Hipfl- 1994

Dario Sciortino- 1995

Julien Jeanpierre- 1996

Guillermo Coria- 1997

Tommy Robredo- 1998

Giovanni Lapentti- 1999

Brian Dabul- 2000

Florin Mergea- 2001

José Luis Muguruza- 2002

Dnald Young- 2003

Emiliano Massa-2004

Georgi Rumenov Payakov- 2005

Grigor Diminitrov- 2006

Bernard Tomic- 2007

Denis Kudla- 2008

Alexios Halebian- 2009

Laurent Lokoli- 2010

Chung Hyeon- 2011

Andrey Rublev- 2012

Chun Yun-seong- 2013

Sam Riffice- 2014

Sebastián Báez- 2015

Steven Sun- 2016

Nicholas David Ionel- 2017

Pablo Llamas Ruiz- 2018

Daniel Rincón- 2019

Jonah Braswell- 2020

Quang Duong – 2021

Naoya Honda- 2022

Dominick Mosejczuk – 2023

Girls ’16

Joan Woodberry- 1947

Toby Greenberg- 1948

Suzanne Herr- 1949

Meta Schroedel- 1950

Leigh Hay- 1951

Rose Marie Reyes- 1952

Pat White- 1953

Sandra Lewis- 1954

Gwyneth Thomas- 1955

Gail DeLozier- 1956

Frances Farrar- 1957

Carol Ann Prosen- 1958

Julie Heldman- 1959

Stephanie DeFina- 1961

Peaches Bartkoqicz- 1962

Vicki Holmes- 1963

Carol Hunter- 1964, 1965

Linda Tuero- 1966

Kazuko Sawamatsu- 1967

Chris Evert- 1968

Laurie Fleming- 1969

Sandy Stap- 1970

Jeanne Evert- 1971

Robin Tenney- 1972

Zenda Liess- 1973, 1974

Jennifer Balent- 1975

Mary Lou Piatek- 1976

Hana Mandlíková- 1977

Michelle DePalmer- 1978

Pamela Casale- 1979

Barbara Bramblett- 1980

Raffaella Reggi- 1981

Claudia Hernández- 1982

Shawn Foltz- 1983

Mary Joe Fernandez- 1984

Sybille Niox- Château- 1985

Alexia Dechaume- 1986

Florencia Labat- 1987

Sylvie Sabas- 1988

Svetlana Komleva- 1989

Petra Kamastra- 1990

Andrea Glass- 1991

Emanuela Sangiorgi- 1992

Stephanie Halsell- 1993

Nathalie Dechy- 199

Ana Alccázar- 195

Elena Dementieva- 1996

Lourdes Domínguez Lino- 1997

Marta Merrero- 1998

Raluca Ciochină- 1999

Marion Bartoli- 2000

Whitney Deason- 2001

Charlène Vanneste- 2002

Alexa Gauch- 2003

Florencia Molinero- 2004

Oksana Kalashnikova- 2005

Allie Will- 2006

Lily Kimbell- 2007

Chanelle Van Nguyen- 2008

Breaunna Addison- 2009

Alexandra Kiick- 2010

Erin Routliffe- 2011

Gloria Liang- 2012

Charlotte Robillard- Millette- 2013

Bianca Andreescu- 2014

María Lourdes Carlé- 2015

Katie Volynets- 2016

Katriin Saar- 2017

Madison Sieg- 2018

Ashlyn Krueer- 2019

Valeria Ray- 2020

Kate Kim – 2021

Alexis Nguyen-2022

Leena Friedman – 2023