The South African Team won the Team Trophy of the 32nd African Junior Championships held from 11 to 18 April 2009 in Casablanca – Morocco at the C.O.C & R.U.C Clubs. The second place returns to the Egyptian Team and the third place to the Tunisian Team which won the Girls Team trophy.
The singles titles were headed by the South African (2), Egyptian (2), Tunisian (1) and Moroccan (1)South Africa’s successes were headed by Chanel Simmonds, who dropped only six games en route the girls’ 18 & under title, defeating Tunisia’s Anais Hella Deville (15 years old) 60 61 in the final, and Wayne Montgomery, whose confirmed his dominance of the 14 & under singles with a 60 64 final win over Soufiane Mouline (MAR).
The two titles of the Egyptian Team were won by Karim Hossam in the 16 & Under when he defeated South African Hernus Pieters by 63 64, and Marina Albert whose defeated in the Final of the 14 & Under Girls her compatriot Mayar Sherief 76 62.
Tunisan Girl, Ons Jabeur (14 years and 7 months) won the 16 & Under Single title when she defeated her compatriot Nour Abbes 60 75. The other single title was won by the unseeded Moroccan player Hicham Khaddari when he defeated the number one seed and favourite Karim Maamoun (EGY) by 60 63
The team trophy was awarded to the nation who accumulated the highest number of points based on the best four singles results and the best four individual doubles results of each team. South Africa finished in first place, ahead of Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. South Africa also won the boys’ team trophy, while Tunisia won the girls’ team trophy.
The South African Team won the Team Trophy of the 32nd African Junior Championships held from 11 to 18 April 2009 in Casablanca – Morocco at the C.O.C & R.U.C Clubs. The second place returns to the Egyptian Team and the third place to the Tunisian Team which won the Girls Team trophy.
The singles titles were headed by the South African (2), Egyptian (2), Tunisian (1) and Moroccan (1)South Africa’s successes were headed by Chanel Simmonds, who dropped only six games en route the girls’ 18 & under title, defeating Tunisia’s Anais Hella Deville (15 years old) 60 61 in the final, and Wayne Montgomery, whose confirmed his dominance of the 14 & under singles with a 60 64 final win over Soufiane Mouline (MAR).
The two titles of the Egyptian Team were won by Karim Hossam in the 16 & Under when he defeated South African Hernus Pieters by 63 64, and Marina Albert whose defeated in the Final of the 14 & Under Girls her compatriot Mayar Sherief 76 62.
Tunisan Girl, Ons Jabeur (14 years and 7 months) won the 16 & Under Single title when she defeated her compatriot Nour Abbes 60 75. The other single title was won by the unseeded Moroccan player Hicham Khaddari when he defeated the number one seed and favourite Karim Maamoun (EGY) by 60 63
The team trophy was awarded to the nation who accumulated the highest number of points based on the best four singles results and the best four individual doubles results of each team. South Africa finished in first place, ahead of Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. South Africa also won the boys’ team trophy, while Tunisia won the girls’ team trophy.
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South Africa – Winner Team Trophy - AJC 2009 |
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Egypt – 2nd Team Trophy – AJC 2009 |
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Tunisia – 3rd Team Trophy - AJC 2009 |
The African qualifying event for the 16 and 14 & under ITF junior team competitions took place as a final part of the African Junior Championships at the R.U.C Club. Morocco earned the one available place in the Junior Davis Cup BNP Paribas Finals, while Tunisia and Egypt qualified for the Junior Fed Cup Finals.
In the World Junior Tennis competition, South Africa scored a notable double by securing the one available place in the Finals for both the boys’ and girls’ events.
The closing ceremony of the 32nd African Junior Championships showed the attendance of Mr. Mohamed M’jid, President of the Royal Moroccan Tennis Federation, Mr. Tarak Cherif President of the Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) and the Governor of Casablanca. Mr Francesco Ricci Bitti has also attended the 18 & Under Single’s Final and awarded the trophy the Winners. As follow the final results of the 32nd African Junior Championships.
Boys 14 & U Single: - Winner & Gold Medal: Wayne Montgomery (RSA)
- Runner Up & Silver Medal: Sofiane Mouline (MAR)
- Bronze Medals: Kader Ben Abdallah (MAR) & Amine Mansour (MAR)
Boys 14 & U Doubles: - Winners: Wayne Montgomery & Matthew Rossouw (RSA).
- Runners Up: Mohamed Abde Aziz & Mazen Osama (EGY)
Girls 14 & U Single: - Winner & Gold Medal: Marina Albert (EGY)
- Runner Up & Silver Medal: Mayar Sherief (EGY)
- Bronze Medals: Kay-Leigh Nicholas (RSA) & Madrie Le Roux (RSA)
Girls 14 & U Doubles: - Winners: Madrie Le Roux & Kay-Leigh Nicholas (RSA)
- Runners Up: Marina Albert & Mayar Sherief (EGY)
Boys 16 & U Single: - Winner & Gold Medal: Karim Hossam (EGY)
- Runner Up & Silver Medal: Hernus Pieters (RSA)
- Bronze Medals: Ahmed Al Bitar (EGY) & Tendai Tapfuma (ZIM)
Boys 16 & U Doubles: - Winners: Ismail Lahlou & Younes Matrougui (MAR)
- Runners Up: Marlu Janse Vanvuuren & Hernus Pieters (RSA)
Girls 16 & U Single: - Winner & Gold Medal: Ons Jabeur (TUN)
- Runner Up & Silver Medal: Nour Abbes (TUN)
- Bronze Medals: Zarah Razafimahatratra (MAD) & Yasmin Ebada (EGY)
Girls 16 & U Doubles: - Winners: Ons Jabeur & Nour Abbes (TUN)
- Runners Up: Yasmin Ebada & Mora Eshak (EGY)
Boys 18 & U Single: - Winner & Gold Medal: Hicham Khaddari (MAR)
- Runner Up & Silver Medal: Karim Maamoun (EGY)
- Bronze Medals: Grant Ive (RSA) & Slim Hamza (TUN)
Boys 18 & U Doubles: - Winners: Grant Ive & Nikala Scholtz (RSA)
- Runners Up: Slim Hamza & Sami Ghorbel (TUN)
Girls 18 & U Single: - Winner & Gold Medal: Chanel Simmonds (RSA)
- Runner Up & Silver Medal: Anais Hella Deville (TUN)
- Bronze Medals: N Rasolomalala (MAD) & Bianca Swanepoel (RSA)
Girls 18 & U Doubles: - Winners: Chanel Simmonds & Bianca Swanepoel (RSA)
- Runners Up: Lina Bennani & Amina El Khattabi (MAR)