Hovde, an American tennis upstart, recorded a comfortable victory in the semi-final against Canadian player Victoria Mboko to make it through to the last two.
The final of the 2022 Wimbledon Juniors girls’ singles event will be played between top seed Liv Hovde and seventh seed Luca Udvardy. Hovde, an American tennis upstart, recorded a comfortable victory in the semi-final against Canadian player Victoria Mboko to make it through to the last two of the competition. The score-line at the end of tie was 6-4, 6-3 in the American’s favour. Hovde has defeated the likes of Kayla Cross, Ella Seidel, Ana Candiotto and Anastasiya Lopata en route to the final. Hungarian tennis player Luca Udvardy had a slightly difficult test in the semis. The seventh seed beat Linda Klimovicova 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 to book her place alongside Hovde. The Hungarian has beaten the likes of Nikola Bartunkova, Annabelle Xu, Alexis Blokhina and Daniela Piani in the competition so far.
Liv Hovde and Luca Udvardy are scheduled to face each other on Saturday, July 9 in the girls’ singles final of the 2022 Wimbledon Junior Championships. The timing of the match has not been decided yet. The Championship is scheduled to begin on June 27 and go on until July 10.
Player | Seed |
Liv Hovde | 1 |
Celine Naef | 2 |
Nikola Bartunkova | 3 |
Nikola Daubnerova | 4 |
Victoria Mboko | 5 |
Taylah Preston | 6 |
Luca Udvardy | 7 |
Qavia Lopez | 8 |
Luciana Moyano | 9 |
Annabelle Xu | 10 |
128 players enter The Championships’ main draw every year, both for the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Singles categories. These players go through a series of elimination matches before only one victor remains. Overall, there are seven rounds in the main draw of Wimbledon. These are the first round, second round, third round, fourth round, quarter-final, semi-final and final.
Competition stage | Dates |
First round | June 27-28 |
Second round | June 29-30 |
Third round | July 1-2 |
Fourth round | July 3-4 |
Quarter-final | July 5-6 |
Semi-final | July 7 (Ladies’), July 8 (Gentlemen’s) |
Final | July 9 (Ladies’), July 10 (Gentlemen’s) |
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Australia – Nine
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