2017 U10 Champions

Ontario Tennis Association

April 3, 2018

One hundred of the best Under 10 players in the province competed, at first in round robin play, and then in elimination play. They are all amazing!

The 2017 offering of “The Champions” an Under 10 Tournament, was played at the Aviva Centre in Toronto the weekend of February 18 to 20, to coincide with the Family Day holiday.

One hundred of the best Under 10 players in the province competed, at first in round robin play, and then in elimination play, for a total of $20,000 to support their development with the professional with whom they are already training. The two champions, one boy and one girl, will each receive $6,000 worth of private coaching over a two year period, while the two finalists will receive $4,000 towards coaching over the same period.

“The Champions” is the brainchild of Murray Rubin, a life-long tennis enthusiast and member of the York Racquets Club in Toronto. Mr. Rubin and his wife Roda have donated more than $70,000 to the program since its inception in 2013. This year the OTA was pleased to welcome Forest Hill Real Estate and Scotiabank as generous supporters of the event. You can see the video, of the first Champions event, which includes some inspirational footage from Murray by clicking here.

“Canada is on the world map now,” said David Fingold, president of Forest Hill Real Estate. “This is really the first time we’ve had players of that quality, and the young people see that. Some of them want to become the next Milos or the next Genie. It’s the same thing as when I was growing up and you wanted to be the next Frank Mahovlich or Rocket Richard.”

Boy’s U10 Champions winner Michael Gutkowski rips a crosscourt backhand

After three full days of competition and more than 240 matches, the final results for the Championship flight were as follows:

FUTURE STARS U9 BOYS

Result Name
Champion Dani
Szabo
Finalist Chris
Bulgaru
3 Luka
Kostic
4 Luke
Basiji
5 Angad
Singh

FUTURE STARS U10 GIRLS

Result Name
Champion Elena
Sasic
Finalist Laila
Kamil
3 Maria
Matafonova
4 Elise
Reed
5 Sienna
Cerny

FUTURE STARS U10 BOYS

Result Name
Champion Ranak
Pajpani
Finalist Dani
Szabo
3 Chris
Bulgaru
4 Griffin
Heyn
5 Nikita
Ammossov

FUTURE STARS CIRCUIT U9

Result Name
Champion (tie) Victor
Dimitrov
Champion (tie) Adrian
Palframan
3 Bronwyn
Duggan
4 Kiana
Jarrah
5 Jed
Cudney

FUTURE STARS CIRCUIT U10

Result Name
Champion Henry
Sanderson
Finalist Sebastian
Mandic
3 Layla
Jappert
4 Alexander
MacDonnell Doak
5 Andreas
Daniel Balteanu

U10 CHAMPIONS BOYS

Result Name
Champion Michael
Gutkowski
Finalist Mikael
Arseneault

U10 CHAMPIONS GIRLS

Result Name
Champion Sarah
Gutkowski
Finalist Amy
Natalie Mucea

Girl’s U10 Champions winner Sarah Gutkowski keeps a close eye on the ball

A huge thank you goes to Murray and Roda Rubin, David Fingold from Forest Hill Real Estate and Moncef Kechroud and the team from Scotiabank, Forest Hill branch, for their tremendous support!

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