In the championship match it was a third meeting against home favourite and doubles partner Max Lorincik with Pagonis now forging ahead to a 2-1 lead in their head-to-head encounters. Maintaining a clean sheet en route to the final, Pagonis was true to form in the final posting a 6-3 6-3 win in a stoush between the top two seeds. Look out for Tuesday’s Race update, where the Greek player looks to moves from #4 and cast a warning signal to French players Mario Vukovic and Samuel Dakessian who have had a stranglehold on the top 2 spots for months. Read more about Pagonis in this month’s feature interview here.

Estonian Elizaveta Anikina has now played in five finals this year, one of which was a 16&U event. In Piestany, the third seed was ruthless, not giving up on her quest for a fourth title. A break in each set was all that was required as she would not be denied, dashing the hopes of Konstantina Volonaki (GRE) of a third TEJT title and her first outside of her homeland. It was not to be as Anikina secured a 6-4 6-3 win that will elevate her from #10 in the Race upon the next update.

Victory in the boys’ doubles went to Rafa García Domenech (ESP) & Stefan Shangichev while the British combination of Hermione Korpanec Davies & Milica Sakamoto Milojevic were the girls’ doubles champions.

IMG Future Stars

12&U Invitational, Athens (GRE)

The IMG Future Stars event at the Tatoï Club in Athens, Greece was back for a fourth year. Some of the world’s top 12&U players were invited to play at this phenomenal sports venue with Jakub Kyncl (CZE) and Tina Jansone (LAT) being crowned champions. The Latvian beat Anna Chuchilina 6-4 6-4 in their final, while Kyncl posted a 7-6 6-3 win over Max Hodkinson (GBR) and secured the match with a seemingly impossible cross-court tweener on match point to secure the title.

This event is more than just a tennis tournament and, as they did last year, the organisers went big. This year, the players had their welcome event at the Nike Distribution Centre and were kept busy with games and more organized by Wilson. Sam Smith and Carlos Ramos ran the draw ceremony while trick-shot expert Stefan Bojic kept everyone entertained in his own inimitable style.

Top players to send inspirational words of wisdom via video included Madison Keys, Mirra Andreeva, Jack Draper and Carlos Alcaraz, while Ajla Tomljanovic was on site to speak to the players. Our partners at Baseline Vision also hosted a mini competition and players were treated to a tour of the Acropolis as an added bonus to an already packed schedule.

Due to the invitational status of the tournament, no points are awarded on the Tennis Europe rankings, however it is an amazing stage nonetheless for European youngsters to experience tennis of such calibre against players from other continents at an event of this stature.

Elsewhere on the TEJT this week:

BELLEVUE CUP, 12&U Cat2, Ulcinj (MNE)
Local Matija Stankovic, the Development Championships runner-up, notched his much-deserved first-ever win on the TEJT with a gruelling 7-6 6-7 11-9 win over Swiss Julian Lubina. Polina Car (CRO), was the girls’ champ, posting a 6-1 7-5 win in the final over Amajla Kadric (BIH).

ZLTC BRNO CUP, 16&U Cat2, Brno (CZE)
Patrik Semenic (SLO) and Anna Idaszewska (POL) have both made their long-awaited debut on the winner’s podium this season. This means that Semenic has won his second career TEJT title, while the Pole has now accumulated an impressive fifth title on tour.

MARIA LANZENDORF OPEN, 14&U Cat3, Maria Lanzendorf (AUT)
Julius Feldmann (GER) and Greta Carrara (ITA), pulled off double wins, with both players taking home the winners’ trophies in singles and doubles.

For a full list of this week’s winners, click here. For access to our 2025 photo galleries, click here.