The Porto Alegre Junior Championships (), also known as the Copa Gerdau, is a prestigious junior tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The tournament is held annually in late February or early March. It is one of five Grade A tournaments, the junior equivalent of ATP Masters or WTA Premier Mandatory events in terms of rankings points allocated.
History The Copa Gerdau was founded in 1984, and has hosted international players since 1987. It has been a Grade A event since 2007. Before this event was promoted to Grade A, Brazil's Banana Bowl tournament had held that distinction since 1998. The original venue for the Grade A tournament was the International Championships of Venezuela, which was founded in 1978 and held in Caracas.
Singles champions Year Boys Girls↓ International Championships of Venezuela ↓ 1978 Alejandro Ganzábal Claudia Casabianca 1979 Raúl Viver Cláudia Monteiro 1980 Roberto Argüello Graciela Perez 1981 Eduardo Oncins Helena Suková 1982 Martín Jaite Helena Olsson 1983 Bill Stanley Silvana Campos 1984 Thomas Muster Silvana Campos 1985 Franco Davín Patricia Tarabini 1986 Gilbert Schaller Gisele Miró 1987 Alejandro Aramburú Tanja Weigl 1988 Nicolás Pereira Patricia Miller 1989 Aki Rahunen Florencia Labat 1990 Pavel Gazda Radka Bobková 1991 Juan Garat Eugenia Maia 1992 Gabriel Silberstein Cătălina Cristea 1993 Răzvan Sabău Nino Louarsabishvili 1994 Gustavo Kuerten Henrieta Nagyová 1995 Tomáš Čatár Aleksandra Olsza 1996 Rodolfo Rake Jessica Lehnhoff 1997 Julien Jeanpierre Melissa Middleton↓ Banana Bowl ↓ 1998 Fernando González Erica Krauth 1999 Paul-Henri Mathieu Anikó Kapros 2000 Andy Roddick María Emilia Salerni 2001 Gilles Müller Svetlana Kuznetsova 2002 Marcos Baghdatis Myriam Casanova 2003 David Brewer Alisa Kleybanova 2004 Eduardo Schwank Alisa Kleybanova 2005 Leonardo Mayer Sharon Fichman 2006 Albert Ramos Viñolas Alizé Cornet↓ Copa Gerdau ↓ 2007 Uladzimir Ignatic Cindy Chala 2008 José Pereira Elena Bogdan 2009 José Pereira Silvia Njirić 2010 Mathias Bourgue Monica Puig 2011 Thiago Monteiro Eugenie Bouchard 2012 Mathias Bourgue Anna Danilina 2013 Gianluigi Quinzi Varvara Flink 2014 Orlando Luz Jil Teichmann 2015 Orlando Luz Usue Maitane Arconada 2016 Yosuke Watanuki Usue Maitane Arconada 2017 Trent Bryde Amanda Anisimova 2018 Sebastián Báez Leylah Annie Fernandez 2019 Nicolás Álvarez Varona Ane Mintegi del Olmo 2020 Luciano Darderi Elvina Kalieva2021 Leo Borg Océane Babel2022 Nishesh Basavareddy Lucie Havlíčková2023 Darwin Blanch Mayu Crossley2024 Hoyoung Roh Kaitlyn Rolls2025 Noah Johnston Thea Frodin2026 Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity Nauhany Vitória Leme da Silva
Doubles champions Year Boys Girls 1998 Tomáš Cakl Jiří Vrbka Clarisa Fernández María Emilia Salerni 1999 José de Armas Daniel Langre Eugenia Chialvo Erica Krauth 2000 Lee Childs James Nelson Eugenia Chialvo María Emilia Salerni 2001 Alejandro Falla Carlos Salamanca Petra Cetkovská Barbora Strýcová 2002 Fred Gil Leonardo Tavares Myriam Casanova Elke Clijsters 2003 Fred Gil Chris Kwon Larissa Carvalho Soledad Esperón 2004 Lukáš Lacko Peter Miklušičák Alisa Kleybanova Irina Kotkina 2005 Piero Luisi David Navarrete Bianca Ioana Bonifate Sharon Fichman 2006 Jamie Hunt Nathaniel Schnugg Klaudia Boczová Kristína Kučová↓ Copa Gerdau ↓ 2007 Daniel Cox David Rice Tatiana Búa Roxane Vaisemberg 2008 Axel Michon Guillaume Rufin Kristina Mladenovic Maryna Zanevska 2009 Patrik Brydolf Tristan-Samuel Weissborn Kristina Mladenovic Silvia Njirić 2010 Filip Horanský Jozef Kovalík Jana Čepelová Vivien Juhászová 2011 Marco Aurelio Núñez Kaichi Uchida Doménica González Montserrat González 2012 Luke Bambridge Joshua Ward-Hibbert Anna Danilina Zuzanna Maciejewska 2013 Orlando Luz Marcelo Zormann Alejandra Cisneros Victoria Rodríguez 2014 Quentin Halys Johan Tatlot Priscilla Hon Jil Teichmann 2015 Felipe Cunha e Silva Alejandro Tabilo Francesca Di Lorenzo Luisa Stefani 2016 Brian Cernoch Vasil Kirkov Panna Udvardy Dayana Yastremska 2017 Alafia Ayeni Trent Bryde María José Portillo Ramírez Sofia Sewing 2018 Sebastián Báez Clément Tabur Clara Tauson Anastasia Tikhonova 2019 Shunsuke Mitsui Keisuke Saitoh Natsumi Kawaguchi Shavit Kimchi 2020 Luciano Darderi Gustavo Heide Ana Geller Guillermina Grant2021 Alexander Bernard Dali Blanch Kira Pavlova Diana Shnaider2022 Aidan Kim Cooper Williams Irina Balus Nikola Daubnerová2023 Federico Cinà Rei Sakamoto Francesca Gandolfi Greta Greco Lucchina2024 Miguel Tobón Máximo Zeitune Olivia Carneiro Jeline Vandromme2025 Ronit Karki Jack Satterfield Victoria Luiza Barros Yoana Konstantinova2026 Rihards Neimanis Daniel Tazabekov Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi Naná Silva
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List of champions