Tennis Australia Press Release, December 12, 2022

Australia’s most prestigious junior event, the December Showdown is underway at Melbourne Park with more than 180 juniors competing for national titles in the 12/u, 14/u, 16/u and 18/u Australian Championships which runs until Saturday 17 December. 

The 14/u and 18/u champions were crowned over the weekend, with 17-year-old Stefani Webb (Melbourne, Vic) and 16-year-old Pavle Marinkov (Sydney, NSW), crowned 18/u champions. 14-year-old Daniel Jovanovski (Melbourne, Vic) and 13-year-old Sara Nikolic (Perth, WA) 14/u champions in the singles finals.

Play for the 16/u and 12/u events has started with the best players from around the country competing for national titles. The finals for both age groups will take place this Saturday.

December Showdown 2022 – Week one finals results

14/u Australian Championships results –Melbourne Park

• Boys’ Final: [3] Daniel Jovanovski (Vic) d [5] Nemanja Savic (WA) 6-1 6-1
• Girls’ Final: [2] Sara Nikolic (WA) d [5] Ava Beck (Vic) 6-3 3-6 6-1
• Boys’ doubles: [1] Cameron Burton (WA)/Daniel Jovanovski (Vic) d Ari Lewis-Kelly (SA)/Jeffrey Strydom (SA) walkover
• Girls’ doubles: Gina Cha (Qld)/Scarlett Dattoli (Vic) d Sarah Mildren (SA)/Kalina Stefanov (SA) 6-4 4-6 [10-5]

18/u Australian Championships results – Melbourne Park 

• Boys’ Final: [2] Pavle Marinkov (NSW) d [6] Lachlan Vickery (Qld) 6-1 6-1
• Girls’ Final: [3] Stefani Webb (Vic) d [5] Elim Yan (SA) 6-3 6-1
• Boys’ doubles: [4] Cooper Errey (Vic)/Marcus Schoeman (Qld) d Jiayang Dong (NSW)/Taj Hibbert (NSW) 6-2 6-2
• Girls’ doubles: [1] Anja Nayar (Qld)/Stefani Webb (Vic) d [3] Cassidy Mataia (Qld)/Elim Yan (SA) 3-6 6-1 [10-5]