Junior Update by Har-Tru: Canadian Boys Clean Up at Home Events

The first Canadian ITF Junior events on the 2026 calendar took place over the last month and the locals, especially the boys, came to play. Four events were contested on Canadian soil since the last Junior Update and Canada’s boys accounted for all four singles titles and three of the four doubles titles.

Here is the monthly junior tennis update presented by Har-Tru.

In singles, Felix Roussel was the top Canadian performer, reigning victorious at the first two events in Woodbridge and Kingston. At the J200 in Woodbridge, the first Canadian ITF Junior event of the season, Roussel took out three seeds, including No. 1 seed Jack Secord of the USA in the quarter-finals, on his way to the title.  

Two weeks later in Kingston, Roussel was the top seed himself and claimed another trophy, beating the third and second seeds, his compatriots Quincy Yao and Dani Szabo, back-to-back in the semis and final.

The victories were the fourth and fifth ITF Junior singles titles for Roussel, with the J200 win in Woodbridge being the biggest title of his junior career.

While Roussel won the most singles titles during this run of events, Szabo was the most consistent Canuck, reaching the final at three of the four. After losing in the quarter-finals of Woodbridge, he reached the title match in the next three events and lifted the trophy in Quebec City with a win over Yao. He nearly went back-to-back with another title in Ile des Soeurs, but lost in a third-set tiebreak in the final to fellow Canadian Randy Manoela Rakotonavahy.  

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The Canadian boys, especially Andy Tchinda Kepche, were nearly as dominant in doubles over the last month.  

Americans Ford McCollum and Jack Secord took the first title in Woodbridge but from there, it was all Canada. Caden Colbune and Tchinda Kepche went back-to-back in the doubles with titles in Kingston and Quebec City before Tchinda Kepche made it three titles in three weeks, winning Ile des Soeurs with Antoine Clavel.  

Tchinda Kepche is up to five doubles titles in 2026, with four of those victories coming alongside Colburne.

Canada’s girls may not have swept the disciplines on home soil at these events the way their male counterparts did, but they still delivered strong performances. Three of the four singles titles went to Canadians, including Canada’s top junior Nadia Lagaev cruising to her third straight Woodbridge title without dropping a set, and they picked up a doubles win in Quebec City courtesy of Emy Gauvin and Annika Lavoie.  

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There was Canadian representation in every girls’ final, singles and doubles, at the four events.

Here is the full list of winners from the Canadian ITF Junior events over the last month. Winners are Canadian unless otherwise indicated:

The ITF swing through Canada is not slowing down any time soon. There is an event taking place this week in Halifax with tournaments happening over the coming weeks in Fredericton, Calgary, Edmonton, and Ottawa before we catch up with the juniors again.

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Here are the Canadian finalists from ITF Junior Tour events outside of Canada over the last month (titles in bold):

• Jasmine Li: J60 Puebla girls doubles champion, J30 Puebla girls singles champion, J30 Puebla girls doubles champion
• Martin Salvador Pages: J30 Ibague boys singles champion, J30 Tegucigalpa boys doubles champion
• Xzavier Hastick: J30 Bridgetown boys singles champion, J30 Bridgetown boys doubles champion (w/ Mujoomdar)
• Leah Schwarz: J30 Bridgetown girls doubles champion (w/ Saraswathi), J30 Kingston girls doubles champion
• Filip Malis: J100 Rabat boys doubles champion, J100 Mohammedia boys doubles runner-up
• Anvika Saraswathi: J30 Bridgetown girls doubles champion (w/ Schwarz), J60 Tacarigua girls doubles runner-up
• Alexie Duclair: J30 Abidjan girls doubles champion, J30 Abidjan girls singles runner-up
• Clemence Mercier: J200 College Grove girls doubles champion
• Payton Dith: J100 San Jose girls doubles champion
• Luke Basiji: J30 Puebla boys doubles champion
• Simon Mujoomdar: J30 Bridgetown boys doubles champion (w/ Hastick)
• Tessa Puente: J30 Curico girls singles champion
• Veronica Rabinovich: J30 Tegucigalpa girls doubles champion
• Yanis Roch: J30 Kingston boys singles champion
• Ava Sanicharan: J30 Bridgetown girls singles champion
• Aaron-David Mefire Younzwe: J30 Douala 1 boys singles runner-up, J30 Douala 2 boys singles runner-up, J30 Douala 1 boys doubles runner-up, J30 Douala 2 boys doubles runner-up
• Maya Lazar: J30 Christiansted girls doubles runner-up (w/ Woodruff), J30 Kingston girls doubles runner-up
• Joshua Adamson: J200 Haskovo boys doubles runner-up (w/ Azar)
• Benjamin Azar: J200 Haskovo boys doubles runner-up (w/ Adamson)
• Layla Notta: J60 Puebla girls singles runner-up
• Danylo Glinnyi: J30 Kingston boys doubles runner-up
• Mina Woodruff: J30 Christiansted girls doubles runner-up (w/ Lazar)

Canada Advances to Junior Team Finals

In mid-April, Canada’s U14 and U16 teams completed another successful qualifying campaign at the North, Central America, and Caribbean qualifying round of the ITF World Junior Team Competitions at IGA Stadium in Montreal. All four Canadian teams finished second in their respective groups, good enough to qualify for the Finals later in the year.

CLICK HERE for more about the junior team qualifying results from Montreal.

Rankings Update

Roussel’s wins on home soil helped him climb up to a new career-high ranking of No. 70 in the ITF Junior rankings. He is currently the No. 3 Canadian boy. Azar is on top among the Canadian boys at No. 51, with Xavier Massotte 10 spots behind at No. 51.

Lagaev is the top Canadian overall at No. 39 in the girls’ rankings. She is the only Canadian girl in the Top 100. 

Check out the full ITF junior rankings here.

Feature Photo : Sarah-Jade Champagne