Just under a month after the launch of the call for applications, the first selection phase for the Little Tennis Champions 2025–26 programme for Italy, Albania, Kosovo, and Montenegro, the new edition of the I Tennis Foundation’s charitable scholarship programme, has officially come to an end.
We would like to express our heartfelt thanks for the large number of entries from boys and girls born in 2011 and 2012 who submitted their applications, and above all to the families who believed in the value of this project.
Special thanks go to all the sponsors and partners of the I Tennis Foundation and to the Tennis Federations of Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro for their great commitment, trust and valuable collaboration in supporting the initiative and facilitating the selection process.
After careful analysis of the applications received, the Technical Committee has notified the young talents selected for the upcoming trials in Turin for Italian kids and in Tirana for Albanian and Kosovar kids.
Given the large number of Italian applicants and the need to test more deserving players on the court and in the classroom, seven boys and seven girls were selected, four more than originally planned.
Following the trials held last week in Montenegro, the next appointments are in Tirana on 24 and 25 June for young Albanians and Kosovars, and in Turin on 28 and 29 June for trials and interviews with the young players: we look forward to meeting you, young tennis players!