Porto_Alegre_Junior_Championships
Porto Alegre Junior Championships
Tennis tournament
The Porto Alegre Junior Championships (Portuguese: Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tênis de Porto Alegre), 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.
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| Porto Alegre Junior Championships | |
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| Tournament information | |
| Founded | 1978 (Copa Gerdau in 1984) |
| Location | Porto Alegre Brazil |
| Venue | Associação Leopoldina Juvenil and Sogipa |
| Category | ITF Junior Grade A (2007–current) |
| Surface | Red clay – outdoors |
| Draw | 64S / 64Q / 32D (Boys) 64S / 48Q / 32D (Girls) |
| Website | www.campeonatointernacional.com.br |
| Current champions (2018) | |
| Singles |  Sebastián Báez (Boys)  Leylah Annie Fernandez (Girls) |
| Doubles | Sebastián Báez (Boys) Clément Tabur  Clara Tauson (Girls) Anastasia Tikhonova |
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.[1]
- "Porto Alegre Junior Championships". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 31 May 2018.