“The girls trophy got Lilly Tager, and Niels McDonald became the champion in the boys”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
The girls were the winner of the 17-year-old Austrian Lilly Tagger. In the finals, she beat Anna Klugman from the United Kingdom with a score of 6: 2, 6: 0. On the way to the trophy Lilly, she never gave away the set.
Tager became the second representative of Austria after Jurgen Melzer at Wimbledon-1999, who managed to win the Junior Major. In 2025, Lilly also reached Australian Open’s quarterfinals, and in March and April won the J200 trophies in Valencia and J300 in Park respectively. In addition, Lilly already has one 35,000th in the Spanish city of Tarras.
The guys became a 17-year-old German champion Niels McDonald. In a decisive duel, he defeated his peers and compatriots Max Schngus with a score of 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 0, 6: 3.
Niels became the fifth German who managed to win the junior Slem, and the first since 2014, when Alexander Zverev won the Australian Open. McDonald performed in his career for the second time in Major – in January he lost in the first round on Melbourne courts.
In March 2025, Niels won two Trofes in J200 soil tournaments in Valencia and Benicarlo.
As for the paired category, the girls were the winners of Germany Eva Bennemann and Sonia Zhenykhov. In the final, the Germans overcame the sisters of Alyon and Yana Kvachkiv from the Czech Republic – 4: 6, 6: 4, [10:8].
The guys trophy won Oscar pandanius (Finland) and Alan is important (Poland), who won the Americans David Johnston and Benjamin Wilrt in the finals with a score of 6: 2, 6: 3.
Ukrainian tennis players also performed at this Junior Open Championship of France. 18-year-old Elizabeth Kotlyar lost in the first round.
Among the boys was attended by 16-year-old Nikita Belozertsev, for whom it was the second Major. He reached the third round of the lone, where he gave way to the second sown Vasami. In a couple of Nikita, he played with Bern from Austria and in the second round, the Ukrainian-Austrian duo was defeated by Oliver Bonding (UK) / Jagger Lich (USA).

Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Lilly Tagger
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Niels McDonald
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Sonia Zhenykhova and Eve Bennemann
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Alan is important and Oscar Paladanius