TAM has announced the 16 & Under National Team tennis team participating in the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup- pre-qualifying event that will be held from 22nd February – 1st March 2020 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
3 boys and 3 girls are nominated based on the results of selection matches that was held in January 2020. The selection was played on a round-robin format amongst all players that submitted interest to participate in the selection.
The pre-qualifying round will be followed a Final qualifying round in Malaysia. The best two teams in the Junior Davis Cup pre-qualifying event will join the other 14 boys’/ girls’ teams to contest the Final qualifying round.
From the competition’s inaugural year in 1985 when 44 nations took part in regional qualifying with the top 16 boys’ and 16 girls’ teams moving through to the Final in Kobe, Japan, the competition has gone from strength to strength. The number of participants has grown to around 100 nations each year.
The 2020 Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals will be played in Lake Nona, USA. The event will be played on 16 clay courts and will be a joint operation between the International Tennis Federation and the host nation.