51st. Coffee Bowl – Copa del Cafe, Costa Rica 2015

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Coffee Bowl – Copa del Café, Costa Rica is one of the best liked and well organized international tennis tournament

An amazing tournament. The Coffee Bowl – Copa Del Café is one of those events you have to see live to appreciate what it means to these players to compete for the Coffee Bowl title.

Many players have been watching the Coffee Bowl since they started tennis and always wondered what it would be like to actually attend. Players that competed say it is far better than they had imagined. The tournament is well liked by the players and very well organized. Many players have been to many tournaments but said that you won’t find a better atmosphere.

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If you’re a tennis fan, player or accompany a player don’t ever have a doubt about attending this great tournament. What a great experience, an awesome event with a beautiful stadium and a courteous local staff team.

Coffee Bowl is one of the best Grade 1 ITF tournaments in Latin America

We think that the Coffee Bowl is one of the best Grade 1 ITF tournaments in Latin America, and this is why: The Coffee Bowl has become known for great coverage and commentary throughout the tournament and supports the matches by live TV streaming. The home team is always present and greatly supported. The local fans are awesome and it is exciting as a player to play and receive so much attention. As a player of the Coffee Bowl you feel like a rock star. If you go to watch a Coffee Bowl match, there is a good chance you are going to see a future tennis champion.

The silver/golden shine of the Coffee Bowl Dish is a trophy that honor the champion and is an honor many players would dream of achieving. The Coffee Bowl Dish represents Costa Rica in all of its glory and all its past and future champions.

To say the fans at the Coffee Bowl are hard core tennis fans is an understatement. Costa Rican’s love their tennis. While Costa Rica has many past times, it seems that the Costa Rica Bowl becomes a sort of celebration for a country and international tennis. The fans are respectful, especially if it comes to players that have achieved something.

The Coffee Bowl organization and other activities at the “club” are top notch and the Center Court is majestic. The Coffee Bowl holds to its prestige and the fans wondering who will become the next Champion, will take the trophy and remains a symbol for tennis around the world.

Famous tennis players, many of them well known professionals now or in the past, have honored the Coffee Bowl over the years with their play on the courts of the Costa Rica Country Club. A list of some of the more famous alumni and their country of origin is a list of world tennis during the past 50 years.

Successful Players – Men
Marcos Bagdhatis Cyprus
Bjorn Borg Sweden
Shelby Cannon USA
Marin Cilic Croatia
Kevin Curren South Africa
Juan Martin Del Potro Argentina
Arnaud Di Pasquale France
Roger Federer Switzerland
Brian Gottfried USA
Sebastian Grosjean France
Tommy Haas Germany
José Higueras Spain
John Isner USA
Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia
Amos Mansdorf Israel
Nicolas Massu Chile
Miroslav Mecir Czechoslovakia
Víctor Pecci Paraguay
Mariano Puerta Argentina
Sam Querrey USA
Emilio Sánchez Spain
Javier Sanchez Spain
Harold Solomon USA
Richard Stockton USA
Guillermo Vilas Argentina
Successful Players – Women
Dominika Cibulkova Slovakia
Julia Goerges Germany
Andrea Petkovic Germany
Lucie Safarova Czech Republic
Victoria Azarenka Belarus
Amanda Coetzer South Africa
Ana Lena Groenefeld Germany
Andrea Holikova Czechoslovakia
Anke Huber Germany
Madison Keys USA
Alisa Kleybanova Russia
Micaela Krajicek Holland
Jana Novotna Czechoslovakia
Sandra Wasserman Belgium
Aleksandra Wozniak Canada
Vera Zvonereva Russia
Monica Puig Puerto Rico

Here are the results of the Semifinal:

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In the first Boys singles, no. 5 seed Casper RUUD of Norway easily dispatched 16th seed Yshai OLIEL of Israel by 6-0, 6-1. The Israeli athlete played well last night in a three setter over GENENDER of USA but was flat today, pummeled by the aggressive RUUD, who now goes to the final on Saturday. In the bottom half of the draw the smooth no. 4 seed Ulises BLANCH of USA took on the strong no. 2 seed Miomir KECMANOVIC under the lights at stadium court. BLANCH put up a valiant fight but in the end the Serb was too strong and took the match 6-3, 6-4.

The first Girls singles match of the day featured two Americans, no. 1 seed Sofia KENIN and no. 4 seed Michaela GORDON. The players had similar styles of play, hitting hard and placing well. It was an intense match with GORDON prevailing in 3 sets 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. In the end the difference was perhaps GORDON´s calm, serene demeanor in contrast to KENIN´s emotional, sometimes petulant, state of mind. The other Girls singles featured another pair of Americans, no. 6 seed Olivia HAUGER and no. 2 seed Usue ARCONADA. A veteran of 4 Copas, ARCONADA is a tough competitor with an overall strong, competent game. Usue started off quickly with a first set 5-0 lead as HAUGER committed many unforced errors. Olivia settled down and made a match of it in the second set, but too little, too late. ARCONADA goes to the final 6-1, 6-4.

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Semifinal Girls

Here are the results of the Quarterfinal:

Sofia “Sonya” Kenin exceeded into the next round. Read more about Kenin at:

http://proworldus.com/2014/12/15/sonya-sofia-kenin-orange-bowl-champion-wins-girls-18s-title-over-ingrid-neel/

http://proworldus.com/2014/11/14/player-sonya-kenin-proworld-tennis-academy/

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Quarterfinal Boys

Quarterfinal Girls

Here are the results of the 3rd round:

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One of the greatest upset in the boys singles draw was no.1 seed Sora Fukuda of Japan upset by Sami Kirberg of USA in 2 sets 6:3, 7:6. Kirberg played an exciting match and was able to put the match away in spite of FUKUDA’s late second set comeback bid.

Read more about Kirberg here:

http://proworldus.com/2015/01/03/sami-kirberg-player-profile/

The top half of the draw going into the quarterfinals includes no. 5 seed Casper RUUD of Norway, 16th seed Yshai OLIEL of Israel, and 2 unseeded players, KIRBERG, and Michael GENENDER of USA. The bottom half of the draw includes strong players:  KECMANOVIC of Serbia seeded 2, BLANCH and REINBERG of USA seeded 4 and 7, and upstart unseeded Maxime MORA of France who pulled off a brilliant win in night play over the tough Oscar JANGLIN of Sweden in three tough sets. The road to the semifinals will be difficult.

The Girls Singles Draw third round was surprisingly lopsided with all straight set results. Seven of eight quarterfinalists are seeded and all seeds won in accordance with respective rankings. The lone unseeded player is Jaclyn SWITKES of USA ranked 1246 who bested fellow American Meible CHI ranked 1050. CHI has made a valiant run as she participated in two major upsets and both girls will see their rankings improve considerably as the result of this tournament.

3rd Round – Boys

3rd Round – Girls

Here are the results of the 1st round and 2nd round:

Boys:

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2nd Round

Girls:

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2nd Round

Coffee Bowl under way in Costa Rica

This week, Costa Rica hosts the 51th Coffee Bowl. Taking place at the Costa Rica Country Club, the Copa del Cafe is the first Grade 1 event of 2015.

KeninThis year the US will have Sofia Kenin as the best-ranked girl playing the world event. Kenin, 16, who won the Orange Bowl in Miami just a few weeks ago and with her latest triumph puts her into the top 15 in the world of the ITF junior circuit

Kenin hold also the doubles title of the international Eddie Herr ITF tournament and made it to the semi-final of the Easter Bowl Championship. Read more about at: Sofia Kenin.


ArconadaAs second player to look out for will be the ArgentinaUS Usue Arconada, who will participate for the fourth consecutive year. Arconda, 16 years old, went to the single semi-final at the prestigious USTA International Spring Championship and holds the double title of the Asuncion Bowl.

Arconda made it to the final of the 2014 Ecuador ITF 1 and she will be gunning to make an impact on this years Coffee Bowl.

Levashova Russian Evgeniya Levashova will be the third top tennis player in this years event. Levashova , 15 years old and ranked 35 in the world.

Lavashova holds already the singles titles for the Matan Gafniel Raanana Open (Israel), 26th Czech International Junior Indoor Championship and the double title for the Prince George’s County International Hard Court Junior Tennis Championship.

Sora Fukuda, ranke2014 Australian Open Junior Championshipsd No. 51, headlines the boys entries. The top Japanese was the runner-up of the singles event at the Hong Kong Open 2014  and will be feeling confident ahead of this week’s tournament.KecmanovicAlso in contention for this years titleareMiomirKecmanovic and Marcelo Barrios Vera.Kecmanovic representing Serbia, 15 years old and ranked 62.Kecmanovicjust recently reached the quarterfinal of the Eddie Herr tournament.VeraBarrios Vera from Chile, the 17 years old player is ranked 92, won the Inka Bowl doubles and is hoping to make an impact.

The players began arriving this Thursday January 1st. and the Coffee Bowl begins this weekend with the qualifying rounds.

Watch the Coffee Bowl 2015 live, starting Monday 05/01/2015 and check out the live video streaming at: http://www.copacafe.com/news-media/live-tv-streaming

Copa del Cafe – Coffee Bowl, Costa Rica 2015

The new tennis season is about to begin with a big bang, the traditional Coffee Bowl or Copa del Cofe are about to begin on the 5th of January 2015. 51 years have passed since the tournament started in Costa Rica for the first time. Since then it has become a place for high expectations and the Coffee Bowl has become one of the most prestigious tennis tournament for international junior players worldwide. Copa-Cafe_9

The ITF tournament will start January 5 and will run until January 10 and players from 47 countries will compete for the championship title. All matches will be held at the Costa Rica Country Club located in Escazu.

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Watch the Coffee Bowl 2015 live, starting Monday 05/01/2015 and check out the live video streaming at: http://www.copacafe.com/news-media/live-tv-streaming

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Acceptance list:

Boys 18 and under:

Pos Player Ranking National ranking Priority Info
1 Sora FUKUDA (JPN) 51 1
2 Miomir KECMANOVIC (SRB) 62 1
3 Marcelo Tomas BARRIOS VERA (CHI) 93 1
4 Ulises BLANCH (USA) 136 1
5 Casper RUUD (NOR) 163 2 1
6 Catalin MATEAS (USA) 177 1
7 Oscar JANGLIN (SWE) 213 1
8 Tiago CACAO (POR) 224 2 1
9 Geoffrey BLANCANEAUX (FRA) 226 1
10 Guillermo CABRERA (PER) 235 59 1
11 Louis TESSA (FRA) 246 1
12 Emil REINBERG (USA) 251 1
13 Gabriel DECAMPS (BRA) 261 1
14 Constantin BITTOUN KOUZMINE (FRA) 264 36 1
15 Yshai OLIEL (ISR) 277 1
16 William TUTECKY (CAN) 289 1
17 Ryan James STORRIE (GBR) 301 1
18 Ugo HUMBERT (FRA) 302 1
19 Nathan PERRONE (USA) 333 1
20 Gonzalo Agustin RIBERA (ARG) 336 1
21 Aland MOYNA (CHI) 358 1
22 Stephen MADONIA (USA) 360 1
23 Afonso SALGADO (POR) 367 1
24 Elijah OGILVY (CAN) 382 1
25 Michael GENENDER (USA) 395 1
26 Agustin MORENO (MEX) 399 1
27 Eduardo PAZ (BOL) 410 4 1
28 Maxime MORA (FRA) 429 2
29 Miguel Angel ESTE (VEN) 443 1
30 Borna GOJO (CRO) 453 14 1
31 John JORGESON (USA) 463 1
32 Jakub WOJCIK (USA) 506 1
33 Franz LUNA LAVIDALIE (GUA) 511 1
34 Nikola SAMARDZIC (USA) 534 1
35 William KIRKMAN (DOM) 551 1
36 Nikita POTAPOV (RUS) 555 2
37 Brian SHI (USA) 586 1
38 Sami KIRBERG (USA) 596 1
39 Bryan HUSIN (INA) 615 8 1
40 Robert LOEB (USA) 673 1
41 Agustin CATTORETTI (BOL) 676 1
42 Tristan BAUTIL (DOM) 715 1
43 Zeke CLARK (USA) 766 1
44 Ryan Alexander MUELLER (GUA) 776 1
45 Paolo CUCALON HERRERA (COL) 819= 70 1
46 Luis Mariano ARGOTE (MEX) 1 16E

Girls 18 and under:

Pos Player Ranking National ranking Priority Info
1 Usue Maitane ARCONADA (USA) 30 1
2 Evgeniya LEVASHOVA (RUS) 36 2
3 Sofia KENIN (USA) 37 1
4 Michaela GORDON (USA) 58 1
5 Emily ARBUTHNOTT (GBR) 94 1
6 Olivia HAUGER (USA) 98 1
7 Thaisa Grana PEDRETTI (BRA) 115 1
8 Claire LIU (USA) 126 1
9 Vanessa WONG (CAN) 162 1
10 Mira ANTONITSCH (AUT) 163 2
11 Helen Abigail ALTICK (USA) 186 1
12 Alexandra SANFORD (USA) 191 1
13 Maria Paula TORRES (PER) 258 12 1
14 Gabriella POLLNER (USA) 288 1
15 Maria MATEAS (USA) 289 1
16 Daniela MORALES BECKMANN (MEX) 290 1
17 Alexandra MILLER-KRASILNIKOV (USA) 293 1
18 Meghan KELLEY (USA) 323 1
19 Ndindi Inziani MWARUKA (USA) 346 1
20 Jessica LIVIANU (USA) 375 1
21 Alexa BORTLES (USA) 436 1
22 Dominique SCHAEFER (PER) 444 1
23 Mimi LEVINE (USA) 445 1
24 Georgia LAWSON (GBR) 446 3
25 Yuliana MONROY (COL) 474 19 1
26 Elyse LAVENDER (USA) 504 1
27 Alexa CORCOLEOTES (USA) 537 1
28 Anna DOLLAR (USA) 543 1
29 Andrea KEVAKIAN (USA) 546 1
30 Mishelle CORDERO LOPEZ (GUA) 553 1 16E
31 Natalia BARBERY (BOL) 574 6 1
32 Daria LUKYANOVA (RUS) 577 1
33 Thais MENDEZ (CHI) 579 1
34 McKenzie MAJERLE (USA) 708 1
35 Julia GOLDBERG (USA) 806= 1
36 Julia FISCH (USA) 843 1
37 Ashley Zi Yin ZHU (CAN) 864 1
38 Ellie DOUGLAS (USA) 902 79 1
39 Rebeca REYES (GUA) 995 1
40 Meible CHI (USA) 1048 1
41 Ulyana SHIROKOVA (RUS) 1062= 1
42 Nada DIMOVSKA (USA) 1103= 1
43 Jaclyn O’Brien SWITKES (USA) 1246= 1
44 Ekaterina OVCHARENKO (RUS) 1267 1
45 Eugenia CAMACHO (CRC) 1277= 2 1
46 Paola BOU (PUR) 1912= 1 16E

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