2024 ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals | Chengdu

2024 ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals

ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors Finals

Dates: 16 Oct - 20 Oct 2024
Host nation: China, P.R.
Surface: Hard - O
Date: 16 Oct, 2024
Host nation: China, P.R.
Surface: Hard - O

Overview

The 2024 ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals took place at the Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, China on 14-20 October 2024, with Australia’s Emerson Jones and Mees Rottgering of Netherlands crowned champions.

The event, which showcases the best 8 boys and best 8 girls from the past twelve months on the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors, is the junior equivalent of the ATP and WTA Finals and one of the most prestigious tournaments on the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors calendar.

Jones and Rottgering have written their names into the event’s illustrious history and, by doing so, have become the first players from their nations to win the ITF Junior Finals.

The following players competed at the 2024 ITF Juniors Finals:

Boys Girls
Rafael Jodar (ESP) Emerson Jones (AUS)
Mees Rottgering (NED) Tyra Caterina Grant (USA)
Maxim Mrva (CZE) Laura Samson (CZE)
Luca Preda (ROU) Wakana Sonobe (JPN)
Jan Kumstat (CZE) Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)
Charlie Robertson (GBR) Jeline Vandromme (BEL)
Hayden Jones (AUS) Kristina Penickova (USA)
Kim Jangjun (KOR) Antonia Vergara Rivera (CHI)
Alternate: Alternate: Sonja Zhiyenbayeva (KAZ)

All players in Chengdu received travel grants to support their future progression to professional tennis. The 2024 champions received $19,000 USD in travel grants, with the grants staggered so those in eighth position received $6,000.

Grand Slam champions Marketa Vondrousova, Elena Rybakina, Sofia Kenin and Jelena Ostapenko have all competed at past ITF Junior Finals, as have Casper Ruud, Holger Rune, Andrey Rublev, Taylor Fritz, Leylah Fernandez, Lorenzo Musetti and Marta Kostyuk.

Points and prizes

As event winners, Jones and Rottgering each earned 850 points in the ITF Junior Rankings, boosting their ITF Junior Year-End Ranking position whereby players earn Junior Accelerator places into professional tournaments. 

Re-cap the girls' and boys' Finals here