Petits As

Template:Short description Les Petits As – Le Mondial Lacoste (English: Little champions – The Lacoste world championship) is a junior tennis tournament for players aged 12–14, held in Tarbes, France. This tournament is one of the five Super Category tournaments in the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, and it is universally recognized as the world’s leading indoor U14 competition. The tournament is traditionally held at the end of January, although the 2020 and 2021 editions had to take place in September due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The event has seen a number of its champions go on to become Grand Slam winners later on, including Rafael Nadal, Michael Chang, Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Jeļena Ostapenko and Bianca Andreescu. Due to the relatively restrictive age range, few players have won the title more than once, although Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky have both done so. Most recently, upcoming Spanish player Carlos Boluda became the first boy to do so.

Format

The tournament is played on indoor GreenSet (hard) courts. Roughly 7,000 players enter the pre-qualifying tournaments held across France, with that number being narrowed down to 350 for the final qualifying stage, and 64 for the final tournament. This event welcomes 45 000 visitors each year in Tarbes and garners over 125 000 live-stream viewers across 151 countries yearly. The event is regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and has businesses such as Head, Eurosport, Coca-Cola, and Peugeot amongst its portfolio of partners.

Notably, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray faced each other for the very first time in the quarterfinals of the 2001 edition, which was won by Murray 6-0 6-1. In the 2017 edition, the 13-year-old Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune played together in the doubles competition. In 1994, future No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero produced one of the competition's most unexpected triumphs when he won the tournament without a ranking.

Results

Boys' singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1983	Template:Flagicon Jean-Baptiste Bollée	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Naves
1984	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Fontang	Template:Flagicon Marek Miskolci
1985	Template:Flagicon Richard Krajicek	Template:Flagicon Philippe Leblanc
1986	Template:Flagicon Michael Chang	Template:Flagicon Johan Alvén
1987	Template:Flagicon Reinhard Wawra	Template:Flagicon David Klein
1988	Template:Flagicon Brian Dunn	Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle
1989	Template:Flagicon Tommy Shimada	Template:Flagicon Gonzalo Corrales
1990	Template:Flagicon Maxime Boyé	Template:Flagicon Magnus Norman
1991	Template:Flagicon Răzvan Sabău	Template:Flagicon Juan Antonio Saiz
1992	Template:Flagicon Olivier Mutis	Template:Flagicon Björn Rehnquist
1993	Template:Flagicon Miha Gregorc	Template:Flagicon Dumitru Caradima
1994	Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Ferrero	Template:Flagicon Fernando González
1995	Template:Flagicon Olivier Rochus	Template:Flagicon Gasper Martinjak
1996	Template:Flagicon Paul-Henri Mathieu	Template:Flagicon Todor Enev
1997	Template:Flagicon Julien Maigret	Template:Flagicon Carlos Cuadrado	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1998	Template:Flagicon Matthew Smith	Template:Flagicon Mario Ančić	6–1, 6–3
1999	Template:Flagicon Richard Gasquet	Template:Flagicon Brian Baker	7–5, 6–3
2000	Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal	Template:Flagicon Julien Gely	6–4, 6–1
2001	Template:Flagicon Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Template:Flagicon Andy Murray	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
2002	Template:Flagicon Dylan Arnould	Template:Flagicon Robin Roshardt	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003	Template:Flagicon Donald Young	Template:Flagicon Leo Rosenberg	6–2, 6–1
2004	Template:Flagicon Andrew Thomas	Template:Flagicon Daniel Cox	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2005	Template:Flagicon Chase Buchanan	Template:Flagicon Lazare Kukhalashvili	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2006	Template:Flagicon Carlos Boluda	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Lavie	7–6(7–3), 6–3
2007	Template:Flagicon Carlos Boluda	Template:Flagicon Christian Harrison	6–2, 6–2
2008	Template:Flagicon Edward Nguyen	Template:Flagicon Liam Broady	6–4, 7–5
2009	Template:Flagicon Nikola Milojević	Template:Flagicon Borna Ćorić	6–2, 6–3
2010	Template:Flagicon Quentin Halys	Template:Flagicon Noah Rubin	6–1, 6–2
2011	Template:Flagicon Henrik Wiersholm	Template:Flagicon Bogdan Borza	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2012	Template:Flagicon Frances Tiafoe	Template:Flagicon William Blumberg	6–0, 6–2
2013	Template:Flagicon Samuele Ramazzotti	Template:Flagicon Miomir Kecmanović	7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–0
2014	Template:Flagicon Rayane Roumane	Template:Flagicon Nicola Kuhn	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
2015	Template:Flagicon Tseng Chun-hsin	Template:Flagicon Timofey Skatov	6–4, 6–1
2016	Template:Flagicon Stefan Leustian	Template:Flagicon Borna Devald	6–2, 6–1
2017	Template:Flagicon Luca Nardi	Template:Flagicon Hamad Međedović	6–2, 7–5
2018	Template:Flagicon Victor Lilov	Template:Flagicon Mikhail Gorokhov	6–4, 7–6(7–6)
2019	Template:Flagicon Vojtech Petr	Template:Flagicon Rashed Nawaf	4-6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
2020	Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Ponomar	Template:Flagicon Janis Rafael Simmen	6–4, 6-1
2021	Template:Flagicon Maxim Mrva	Template:Flagicon Federico Cinà	6–3, 3-6, 6-0
2022	Template:Flagicon Thijs Boogaard	Template:Flagicon Carel Aubriel Ngounoue	3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2023	Template:Flagicon Mark Ceban	Template:Flagicon Daniel Jade	6-3, 6-2
2024	Template:Flagicon Michael Antonius	Template:Flagicon Izan Baranes Lasala	4-6, 6-2, 6-0
2025	Template:Flagicon Mario Vukovic	Template:Flagicon Tristan Ascenzo	6-1, 6-0

Girls' singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1983	Template:Flagicon Sybille Niox-Château	Template:Flagicon Cécile Bourdaix
1984	Template:Flagicon Emmanuelle Derly	Template:Flagicon Alexia Dechaume
1985	Template:Flagicon Sandrine Jaquet	Template:Flagicon Annika Narbe
1986	Template:Flagicon Laxmi Poruri	Template:Flagicon Yvonne Grubben
1987	Template:Flagicon Kim Kessaris	Template:Flagicon Ursula Priller
1988	Template:Flagicon Anke Huber	Template:Flagicon Katherine Denn Samuel
1989	Template:Flagicon Nicole London	Template:Flagicon Zdeňka Málková
1990	Template:Flagicon Heike Rusch	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport
1991	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	Template:Flagicon Dally Randriantefy
1992	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	Template:Flagicon Rita Kuti-Kis
1993	Template:Flagicon Stephanie Halsell	Template:Flagicon Réka Vidáts
1994	Template:Flagicon Anna Kournikova	Template:Flagicon Stephanie Kovacik
1995	Template:Flagicon Mirjana Lučić	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin
1996	Template:Flagicon Jelena Pandžić	Template:Flagicon Melissa Middleton
1997	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Elena Bovina	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1998	Template:Flagicon Lina Krasnoroutskaya	Template:Flagicon Caroline Raba
1999	Template:Flagicon Bethanie Mattek	Template:Flagicon Matea Mezak
2000	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina	Template:Flagicon Lina Stančiūtė
2001	Template:Flagicon Vojislava Lukić	Template:Flagicon Dia Evtimova
2002	Template:Flagicon Timea Bacsinszky	Template:Flagicon Alisa Kleybanova
2003	Template:Flagicon Timea Bacsinszky	Template:Flagicon Raluca Olaru
2004	Template:Flagicon Elena Kulikova	Template:Flagicon Madison Brengle	6–4, 6–4
2005	Template:Flagicon Ksenia Pervak	Template:Flagicon Gracia Radovanovic	6–1, 6–4
2006	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Dabrowski	Template:Flagicon Anna Arina Marenko	6–3, 6–4
2007	Template:Flagicon Anna Orlik	Template:Flagicon Nicole Gibbs	6–4, 6–1
2008	Template:Flagicon Daria Gavrilova	Template:Flagicon Laura Robson	6–3, 6–3
2009	Template:Flagicon Yulia Putintseva	Template:Flagicon Irina Khromacheva	6–4, 6–2
2010	Template:Flagicon Kanami Tsuji	Template:Flagicon Indy de Vroome	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2011	Template:Flagicon Jeļena Ostapenko	Template:Flagicon Anastasiya Komardina	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
2012	Template:Flagicon Jaqueline Cristian	Template:Flagicon Tornado Alicia Black	6–2, 6–3
2013	Template:Flagicon CiCi Bellis	Template:Flagicon Andreea Amalia Roșca	6–0, 6–2
2014	Template:Flagicon Bianca Andreescu	Template:Flagicon Claire Liu	6–4, 7–5
2015	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Potapova	Template:Flagicon Olga Danilović	6–4, 6–4
2016	Template:Flagicon Marta Kostyuk	Template:Flagicon Denisa Hindová	6–2, 6–1
2017	Template:Flagicon Maria Timofeeva	Template:Flagicon Daria Lopatetska	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2018	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Eala	Template:Flagicon Linda Nosková	5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2019	Template:Flagicon Linda Fruhvirtová	Template:Flagicon Sofia Costoulas	6–1, 6–0
2020	Template:Flagicon Brenda Fruhvirtová	Template:Flagicon Clervie Ngounoue	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
2021	Template:Flagicon Mathilde Ngijol Carre	Template:Flagicon Mika Buchnik	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2022	Template:Flagicon Julia Stusek	Template:Flagicon Hannah Klugman	6–3, 6–3
2023	Template:Flagicon Anna Pushkareva	Template:Flagicon Giulia Safina Popa	7–5, 6–1
2024	Template:Flagicon Marta Mariia Makarova	Template:Flagicon Kseniia Ruchkina	6–3, 6–2
2025	Template:Flagicon Ekaterina Dotsenko	Template:Flagicon Darina Matvejeva	6–3, 6–4

Exhibitions

The tournament often features retired and/or active players making appearances in exhibition matches in the evening preceding the final day of play. It is common for upcoming and veteran French players to be present. In recent tournaments, players present have included:

• 2004: Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte.
• 2005: Juan Carlos Ferrero (a former champion) and David Nalbandian, who replaced compatriot and French Open champion Gastón Gaudio at the last minute.
• 2006: Rafael Nadal and Fabrice Santoro.
• 2007: Richard Gasquet and Gaël Monfils.
• 2008: Fabrice Santoro and Marc Gicquel, after Paul-Henri Mathieu and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdrew. Mathieu, who had injured himself at the 2008 Australian Open, signed autographs instead.

External links

• Les Petits As website Template:In lang
• 2008 Boys' Singles draw
• 2008 Girls' Singles draw