Petits As

Les Petits As (English: Little champions) is a junior tennis tournament for players aged 12–14, held in Tarbes, France.

The event has seen a number of its champions go on to become slam winners, including Rafael Nadal, Michael Chang, Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, and Jeļena Ostapenko . Due to the relatively restrictive age range, few players have won the title more than once, although Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky have both done so. Most recently, upcoming Spanish player Carlos Boluda became the first boy to do so.

The tournament is played on indoor GreenSet (hard) courts. Roughly 7,000 players enter the pre-qualifying tournaments held across France, with that number being narrowed down to 350 for the final qualifying stage, and 64 for the final tournament.^[1] The event is regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and has businesses such as Head, Eurosport, Coca-Cola, and Peugeot amongst its portfolio of partners.^[2]

Results

Boys' singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1983	Jean-Baptiste Bollée	Juan Manuel Naves
1984	Frédéric Fontang	Marek Miskolci
1985	Richard Krajicek	Philippe Leblanc
1986	Michael Chang	Johan Alvén
1987	Reinhard Wawra	David Klein
1988	Brian Dunn	Julian Knowle
1989	Tommy Shimada	Gonzalo Corrales
1990	Maxime Boyé	Magnus Norman
1991	Răzvan Sabău	Juan Antonio Saiz
1992	Olivier Mutis	Björn Rehnquist
1993	Miha Gregorc	Dumitru Caradima
1994	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Fernando González
1995	Olivier Rochus	Gasper Martinjak
1996	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Todor Enev
1997	Julien Maigret	Carlos Cuadrado	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1998	Matthew Smith	Mario Ančić	6–1, 6–3
1999	Richard Gasquet	Brian Baker	7–5, 6–3
2000	Rafael Nadal	Julien Gely	6–4, 6–1
2001	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Andy Murray	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
2002	Dylan Arnould	Robin Roshardt	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
2003	Donald Young	Leo Rosenberg	6–2, 6–1
2004	Andrew Thomas	Daniel Cox	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2005	Chase Buchanan	Lazare Kukhalashvili	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2006	Carlos Boluda	Sebastian Lavie	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
2007	Carlos Boluda	Christian Harrison	6–2, 6–2
2008	Edward Nguyen	Liam Broady	6–4, 7–5
2009	Nikola Milojević	Borna Ćorić	6–2, 6–3
2010	Quentin Halys	Noah Rubin	6–1, 6–2
2011	Henrik Wiersholm	Bogdan Borza	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2012	Frances Tiafoe	William Blumberg	6–0, 6–2
2013	Samuele Ramazzotti	Miomir Kecmanović	7–6^(10–8), 0–6, 6–0
2014	Rayane Roumane	Nicola Kuhn	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
2015	Tseng Chun-hsin	Timofey Skatov	6–4, 6–1
2016	Stefan Leustian	Borna Devald	6–2, 6–1
2017	Luca Nardi	Hamad Međedović	6–2, 7–5
2018	Victor Lilov	Mikhail Gorokhov	6–4, 7–6^(7–6)
2019	Vojtech Petr	Rashed Nawaf	4-6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
2020	Oleksandr Ponomar	Janis Rafael Simmen	6–4, 6-1
2021	Maxim Mrva	Federico Cina	6–3, 3-6, 6-0
2022	Thijs Boogaard	Carel Aubriel Ngounoue	3-6, 6-2, 6-3

Girls' singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1983	Sybille Niox-Château	Cécile Bourdaix
1984	Emmanuelle Derly	Alexia Dechaume
1985	Sandrine Jaquet	Annika Narbe
1986	Laxmi Poruri	Yvonne Grubben
1987	Kim Kessaris	Ursula Priller
1988	Anke Huber	Katherine Denn Samuel
1989	Nicole London	Zdeňka Málková
1990	Heike Rusch	Lindsay Davenport
1991	Martina Hingis	Dally Randriantefy
1992	Martina Hingis	Rita Kuti-Kis
1993	Stephanie Halsell	Réka Vidáts
1994	Anna Kournikova	Stephanie Kovacik
1995	Mirjana Lučić	Justine Henin
1996	Jelena Pandžić	Melissa Middleton
1997	Kim Clijsters	Elena Bovina	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1998	Lina Krasnoroutskaya	Caroline Raba
1999	Bethanie Mattek	Matea Mezak
2000	Dinara Safina	Lina Stančiūtė
2001	Vojislava Lukić	Dia Evtimova
2002	Timea Bacsinszky	Alisa Kleybanova
2003	Timea Bacsinszky	Raluca Olaru
2004	Yelena Kulikova	Madison Brengle	6–4, 6–4
2005	Ksenia Pervak	Gracia Radovanovic
2006	Gabriela Dabrowski	Anna Arina Marenko	6–3, 6–4^[3]
2007	Anna Orlik	Nicole Gibbs	6–4, 6–1
2008	Daria Gavrilova	Laura Robson	6–3, 6–3
2009	Yulia Putintseva	Irina Khromacheva	6–4, 6–2
2010	Kanami Tsuji	Indy de Vroome	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2011	Jeļena Ostapenko	Anastasiya Komardina	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
2012	Jaqueline Cristian	Tornado Alicia Black	6–2, 6–3
2013	CiCi Bellis	Andreea Amalia Roșca	6–0, 6–2
2014	Bianca Andreescu	Claire Liu	6–4, 7–5
2015	Anastasia Potapova	Olga Danilović	6–4, 6–4
2016	Marta Kostyuk	Denisa Hindová	6–2, 6–1
2017	Maria Timofeeva	Daria Lopatetska	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2018	Alexandra Eala	Linda Nosková	5–7, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
2019	Linda Fruhvirtová	Sofia Costoulas	6–1, 6–0
2020	Brenda Fruhvirtová	Clervie Ngounoue	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
2021	Mathilde Ngijol Carre	Mika Buchnik	4-6, 6-2, 6-1

Exhibitions

The tournament often features retired and/or active players making appearances in exhibition matches in the evening preceding the final day of play. It is common for upcoming and veteran French players to be present. In recent tournaments, players present have included:

• 2004: Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte.
• 2005: Juan Carlos Ferrero (a former champion) and David Nalbandian, who replaced compatriot and French Open champion Gastón Gaudio at the last minute.
• 2006: Rafael Nadal and Fabrice Santoro.
• 2007: Richard Gasquet and Gaël Monfils.
• 2008: Fabrice Santoro and Marc Gicquel, after Paul-Henri Mathieu and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdrew. Mathieu, who had injured himself at the 2008 Australian Open, signed autographs instead.

References

1. "INTRODUCTION Logistic and Budget". Retrieved 2008-03-04.
2. "Partners". Retrieved 2008-03-04.
3. "Ontario Girls Win in Europe". Ontario Tennis. Ontario Tennis Association. 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-02.

External links

• Les Petits As website (in French and English)