Mitsubishi Lancer International Junior Tennis Championship

Mitsubishi Lancer International Junior Tennis Championship
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1990
Abolished2014
Editions25
LocationManila, Philippines
VenueRizal Memorial Tennis Center
CategoryGrade 1 (2002–2014)
SurfaceHard

The Mitsubishi Lancer International Junior Tennis Championship (MLIJTC) is an international junior tennis tournament in the Philippines.

History

The Mitsubishi Lancer International Junior Tennis Championship (MLIJTC), a tournament sponsored by Mitsubishi Motors Philippines, held its first edition in 1990.[1] It has been part of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior circuit starting as a Grade 3 competition.[2]

By 1996, the MLIJTC is already Grade 2 tournament. It was reportedly the third largest tournament in Asia after the Suntory Open in Japan (Grade 1) and the Hong Kong Interntional Juniors (Grade 2) at around that time.[3]

In 2002, the MLIJTC was elevated to Grade 1.[2] It remained so until its last iteration.[4]

The tournament held its 25th edition in 2014.[5][6] The Philippine Tennis Association announced in 2015, that Mitsubishi has informed them that it is dissolving the tournament over unaddressed issues over the state of the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.[7]

Venue

The Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila is the main venue of the MLIJTC.[7] In 1996, the tournament was held at the Manila Polo Club in Makati instead when the Rizal venue was being renovated.[3]

Legacy

The tournament itself was inducted to the PSA Hall of Fame of the 2015 Annual Awards of the Philippine Sportswriters Association.[8]

Dominated by foreign tennis players, the boys' single tournament has never been won by a Filipino.[9] Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, Leander Paes, and Mark Philippoussis have played in the MLIJTC.[1] In 2009, Francis Alcantara teamed up with Swedish player Daniel Berta to win the boys' doubles.[10]

There are three Filipina winners in the girls' tournament: Francesca La'O (1991 and 1994), Jennifer Saret (1993), and Maricris Fernandez (1995 and 1997).[1][5]

Results

Boys' singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score Ref.
1990–1992 No information (3)
1993 Martin Hromec James Sekulov 6–3, 6–3 [11]
1994 Andrian Raturandang Dominik Hrbatý 7–5 4–6 6–3 [12]
1995 Martin Lee Jocelyn Robichaud w/o [13]
1996 Miha Gregorc Lee Seung-hoon 6–3, 6–4 [14]
1997 Wesley Whitehouse Lleyton Hewitt 6–4, 6–3 [15]
1998 Danai Udomchoke Jacob Adaktusson 7–5, 6–0 [16]
1999 David Martin Mardy Fish 7–6, 6–3 [17]
2000 Simon Stadler Matthew Emeryn 6–2, 6–0 [18]
2001 Luka Gregorc Clint Charles 6–4, 6–3 [19]
2002 Robert Smeets Chris Kwon 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 [20]
2003 Adam Feeney Jamie Baker 6–2, 6–2 [21]
2004 Tom Rushby Tushar Liberhan 6–4, 7–6 (8) [22]
2005 Abdullah Maqdes Martin Sayer 6–3, 6–3 [23]
2006 Lee Hsin-Han Sho Aida 7–6 (2), 5–7, 6–4 [24]
2007 John-Patrick Smith Silvio Dadic 6–4, 6–4 [25]
2008 Cho Soong-Jae Borut Puc 7–5, 6–1 [26]
2009 Daniel Berta Riki McLachlan 6–3, 6–4 [27]
2010 James Duckworth Tobias Blomgren 6–3, 6–2 [28]
2011 Andrew Whittington Jeson Patrombon 6–2, 6–3 [29]
2012 Nikola Milojević Jordan Thompson 6–0, 7–5 [30]
2013 Cameron Norrie Luke Bambridge 6–2, 6–4 [31]
2014 Kang Ku-keon Rhett Purcell 6–3, 6–4 [32]

Girls' singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score Ref.
1990 No information
1991 Francesca La'O [1]
1992 Cătălina Cristea [33]
1993 Jennifer Saret [1]
1994 Francesca La'O Jodi Richardson 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 [34]
1995 Maricris Fernandez [3]
1996 Saori Obata Liu Weina 6–3, 6–3 [35]
1997 Maricris Fernandez [5]
1998–1999 No information (2)
2000 Angelique Widjaja Nicole Kriz 6–4, 6–4 [36]
2001 Hsieh Su-wei [37]
2002–2006 No information (5)
2007 Zhang Li Chang Kai-chen 6–4, 6–1 [38]
2008 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Timea Babos 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 [39]
2009 Polina Leykina Ekaterina Nikitina 6–2, 6–4 [40]
2010 Irina Khromacheva Tian Ran 6–2, 6–2 [41]
2011 Jovana Jović Anett Kontaveit 6–4, 7–6 (3) [42]
2012 Storm Sanders Anna Tyulpa 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 [43]
2013 İpek Soylu Katie Boulter 6–2 4–6 6–3 [44]
2014 Gloria Liang Kimberly Birrell 6–2 7–5 [45]

Boys' doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score Ref.
1990–1993 No information
1994 Chris Santoso
Novak Nash		 Dominik Hrbatý
Milan Turkovik		 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 [34]
1995 No information
1996 Wesley Whitehouse
Damien Roberts		 Dominik Hrbatý
Xavier Malisse		 7–6 (2), 6–2 [35]
1997–1998 No information
1999 David Martin
Chris Martin		 [9]
2000–2005 No information
2006 Lee Hsin-Han
Peng Hsien-yin		 [9]
2007 Peng Hsien-yin
Yang Tsung-hua		 Nikita Zotov
Evgeny Donskoy		 6–3, 6–3 [38]
2008 Borut Puc
Kittipong Wachiramanowong		 Andrew Thomas
Mark Verryth		 7–6 (1), 6–1 [39]
2009 Francis Alcantara
Daniel Berta		 Ben McLachlan
Niki McLachlan		 6–3, 6–0 [9]
2010 Francis Alcantara
Raymond Sarmiento		 Sam Barry
Ben McLachlan		 6–4, 6–3 [41]
2011–2013 No information
2014 Rhett Purcell
Alexander Klintcharov		 Lin Wei De
Yang Shao Chi		 7–6 (5), 7–5 [45]

Girls' doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score Ref.
1990–1995 No information
1996 Saori Obata
Nami Orabe		 Surina de Beer
Marissa Niroj		 6–3, 7–5 [35]
1997–1998 No information
2000 Angelique Widjaja
Dea Sumantri		 Elena Baltacha
Jane O'Donoghue		 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 [36]
2001–2006 No information
2007 Denise Dy
Jessy Rompies		 Chang Kai-chen
Veronica Li		 6–3, 6–1 [38]
2008 Timea Babos
Réka Luca Jani		 Misaki Doi
Elena Chernyakova		 6–5 (4), 6–0, 10–7 [39]
2009 No information
2010 Tamara Čurović
Luksika Kumkhum		 Irina Khromacheva
Ilona Kremen		 5–7, 6–4, 10–8 [41]
2011–2013 No information
2014 Katie Boulder
Freya Christie		 Natsuho Arakawa
Lizette Cabrera		 6–4, 6–1 [45]

See also

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