Junior Update by Har-Tru: Canadian Boys Victorious at Final Domestic Events of 2026

The World Tennis Junior Tour made its final stops in Canada in 2026 over the last month, with a couple of local boys taking advantage to score one more trophy at home.

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

First up was the J60 event in Victoria, BC, where Deniz Karabulut denied the United States of a sweep by claiming the boys singles title.  

Karabulut dominated, dropping just five total games on his way to the title. He beat countryman Milan Grabovica in his opening match before his opponent retired at 5-0 in the semis. In the final, Karabulut dispatched American Jaidyn Finley 6-2, 6-0 to secure his second singles title of the year.

The hosts were also represented in the girls singles final by Kendra Zhang and in the boys doubles by Ilya Sherifali and Alden Yu, but they were all beaten in the title match.

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Back east for the J100 in Woodbridge, ON, it was Kye McDadi and Thomas O'Neill getting the job done for the home side, winning the boys doubles title. The pair were seeded third and did not drop a set on their way to the final, which included a semifinal win over top seeds Eli Kaminski and Tristan Stratton.

In the final, they were pushed to a decider for the first time all week by Americans Sebastian Bielen and Kahven Singh but took the match tiebreak 10-5 to clinch the trophy.  

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Antoine Généreux reached the singles final but was beaten by Stratton. Payton Dith got to the girls doubles final with American partner Sofia Kedrin but were edged out in a match tiebreak by Daniela Del Mastro and Priscilla Sirichantho.  

Here is the full list of winners from the Canadian World Tennis Tour Junior events over the last month (winners are Canadian unless otherwise indicated):

Team Canada competed last week at the Davis Cup Juniors and Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals in Cairo, Egypt, but neither team managed to qualify for the quarter-finals. CLICK HERE to read more about the group stage results.

Both teams ultimately finished 14th. In the 9th-to-16th playoffs, the Billie Jean King Cup Juniors team lost to Colombia, beat Egypt, and finally fell to Chinese Taipei in the 13th-place playoff. The Davis Cup Juniors team lost to the United States, beat Italy, then lost to Australia in their final tie.

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

• Payton Dith: J60 Santo Domingo girls doubles runner-up, J60 Santo Domingo girls doubles runner-up
• Brielle Amey: J60 Santa Tecla girls doubles champion, J60 Santa Tecla girls singles runner-up
• Veronica Rabinovich: J30 Santa Tecla girls singles champion, J30 Santa Tecla girls doubles runner-up
• Elle Tucci: J30 Bridgetown girls singles champion, J30 Cabarete girls doubles runner-up (w/ Campbell)
• Isabella Ruyu Yan: J200 Cairo girls singles champion
• Tristan de Cande: J60 Tampere boys doubles champion
• Eric Gurin: J30 Bridgetown boys doubles champion (w/ M. Gurin)
• Mark Gurin: J30 Bridgetown boys doubles champion (w/ E. Gurin)
• Tommy Pevev: J30 Santa Tecla boys singles champion
• Tomas Giachero: J100 Itajai boys doubles runner-up
• Eve Thibault: J100 Guadalajara girls singles runner-up
• Gabriella Chase: J60 Panama girls doubles runner-up
• Vida Gonzalez Campbell: J30 Cabarete girls doubles runner-up (w/ Tucci)
• Lucian Enns: J30 Cabarete boys doubles runner-up (w/ Mantache)
• Kamil Mantache: J30 Cabarete boys doubles runner-up (w/ Enns)

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Rankings Update

Isabella Ruyu Yan continued her breakout 2026 season on the junior circuit with a second J200 singles title and seventh singles title overall this season over the last month in Cairo ahead of her participation at the Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals. As a result of her most-recent win, the 15-year-old is up to a career-high of No. 71 in the junior rankings.

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She is one of four Canadian girls currently ranked inside the Top 100 along with Avery Alexander (No. 55), Nadia Lagaev (No. 66), and Clémence Mercier (No. 79), who was recently named to Canada's pro Billie Jean King Cup team for the upcoming playoff tie with Brazil.

There are three Canadian boys currently in the Top 100. Joshua Adamson is the top-ranked Canadian junior overall at No. 47. Felix Roussel is not far behind at No. 50, while Benjamin Azar rounds out the trio at No. 72.

Check out the full ITF junior rankings here.

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