Belfast City ITF Tournament at Windsor
Saturday 22nd to Friday 28th June 2024
Qualifying: Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June
Main Draws: Monday 24th June to Friday 28th June
Tournament Draws and Schedule
Boys Qualifying Draw (Completed)
Girls Qualifying Draw (Completed)
Schedule of Play Wednesday 26th June
The draws and schedule will be updated and published each day for the next day’s play.
The official tournament site is at https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/j60-belfast/irl/2024/j-j60-irl-2024-002/fact-sheet/
ITF Launch 2024
At the official launch, we welcomed a number of distinguished guests to the club, including Belfast Lord Mayor Micky Murray, Tennis Ireland President Letty Lucas and Tennis Ireland Chief Executive Kevin Quinn. Also attending were local representatives Claire Hanna (MP South Belfast), Edwin Poots (Speaker Northern Ireland Assembly), and Belfast City Councillors Donal Lyons and Tracy Kelly.
They are joined by top Under 18 Junior players from Ireland, Europe and further afield to compete in what promises to be a very high standard of tennis. The tournament has been upgraded this year, so the standard will be even higher than before. Qualifying matches will take place on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June, with the main draw commencing on Monday 24th June.
History of the Belfast City ITF Tournament
Since 2013 Windsor has been fortunate to stage the Belfast City ITF Junior Tournament. This is an ITF J60 junior event attracting top junior players from Ireland, Great Britain, Europe and around the world for a week’s top-quality tennis on the courts of Windsor Tennis Club.
The event is coordinated between Ulster Tennis and Windsor Tennis Club Belfast, and generously supported by Belfast City Council and is the only international Under 18 ranking point tournament in Ulster.
This tournament is a real coup for Windsor Tennis Club Belfast which is working hard to raise the standards and profile of the sport in Northern Ireland, and become the best club for tennis in Belfast. As part of the club’s strategy to become a Tennis Centre of Excellence Windsor has developed its own High-Performance Squad in recent years, which offers top class coaching supported by all round fitness and nutritional programmes.
The tournament is refereed by former Windsor Racquets Director Simon McFarland and the Tournament Director is Windsor’s Head of Coaching Michael Blease.
Windsor has enjoyed success in the tournament as in 2013 Karola Bejenaru won the Girls Singles event at the age of 16, and in 2014 Annie and Caitlin McCullough were runners-up in the Girls Doubles.
Roll of Honour
Past winners of the events at the Belfast City ITF Tournament:
Singles
YEAR | Boys Singles Winner | Boys Singles Runner-up | Girls Singles Winner | Girls Singles Runner-up |
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2017 | Bradley Buckland | Connor Thomson | Erin Richardson | Elisa van Meeteren |
2016 | Peter Corrie | Robeert Leck | Anna Bowtell | Morgan Cross |
2015 | Carles Sarrio Tamarit | Albert Roglan | Georgia Drummy | Jennifer Timotin |
2014 | Ewan Moore | Osgar O'Hoisin | Georgia Drummy | Lauren Deegan |
2013 | Mason Recci | Ben Stride | Karola Bejenaru | Lauren Deegan |
Doubles
Year | Boys Doubles Winners | Boys Doubles Runners-up | Girls Doubles Winners | Girls Doubles Runners-up |
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2017 | David Cierny Roko Horvat | Louis Quaynor Luke Quaynor | Erika Dodridge Erin Richardson | Victoria Subev Elisa van Meeteren |
2016 | Morgan Lohan Finlay McFadyen | Julian Lewis Bradley Stoneham | Anna Bowtell Eimear Maher | Sophia Derivan Summer Yardley |
2015 | Sam Bothwell Alexander Parker | James Davis Matthew Summers | Georgia Drummy Jennifer Timotin | Maria Budin Megan Davies |
2014 | Reuben Henry Ewan Moore | James Davis Lucas Taylor | Georgia Drummy Jennifer Timotin | Annie McCullough Caitlin McCullough |
2013 | David Gardiner Eoin McGovern | Shamael Chaudhrey Lucas Taylor | Karola Bejenaru Caroline Lynch | May Kimhi Eden Richardson |