Seven years ago a 10-year-old girl from Russia appeared at the Baublies Jugend Cup in Rutesheim for the first time. The girl was still too young to compete – but good enough to practice with her older sister Erika, who went to win the tennis tournament twice. Today, Erika is a top 100 player and the little Mirra Andreeva from back then is a superstar: the 17-year-old won the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, California, the so called 5th Slam, beating Ukrainian Jelena Svitolina, Poland’s Iga Swiontek and Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus on her way to the title. It was the second major triumph of the year, taking “Mirra Mirracle” to # 6 spot at the WTA world rankings. We are proud to have experienced you twice at our venue and wish you good luck on your way to # 1.
Die 17-jährige Mirra Andreeva, die den Baublies Youth Cup bereits zweimal (2017 und 2019) mit ihrer Anwesenheit beehrt hat, gewann in Dubai das erste 1000er-Turnier ihrer jungen Karriere. Die Russin, die seit einigen Jahren im südfranzösischen Nizza lebt, besiegte im Finale die Dänin Klara Tauson 7:6 (1), 6:1. In der zweiten Runde hatte sie Iga Swiontek ausgeschaltet. Der Sieg katapultierte Mirra auf Platz 9 der WTA-Weltrangliste. / The 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who has honoured the Baublies Youth Cup twice with her presence (2017 and 2019), won the first 1000 tournament of her young career in Dubai. The Russian, who has been living in Nice in the south of France for the past few years, defeated Denmark’s Klara Tauson 7-6 (1), 6-1 in the final. She had knocked out Iga Swiontek in the second round. The victory catapulted Mirra up to 9th in the WTA world rankings.
Der Baublies Jugend Cup Rutesheim gratuliert zwei ehemaligen Teilnehmern zu herausragenden Erfolgen bei den Australian Open 2025: Der Schweizer Henry Bernet (BJC 2023) feierte an seinem 18. Geburtstag den Sieg im Junioren-Finale. Super Star Alexander Zverev (BJC 2010) musste sich im Finale der Großen einem noch Größeren geschlagen geben und wurde Vize-Meister. Alles in allem hat die Nummer 2 der Weltrangliste ein herausragendes Turnier gespielt. Wir sind stolz auf unsere beiden Alumni und sind sicher, dass beide zu noch größeren Triumphen fähig sind.



From the Jugend Cup up to the Laver Cup: 4 former players – Flavio Cobolli, Jan Lennart Struff, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Sascha Zverev – were part of Team Europe in Berlin. Another participant at that spectacular event was our Rutesheim club member Kai Koske as a linesman.


At the Jugend Cup 2017 in Rutesheim he lost in 1st round against German Andre Steinbach. At the ATP 500 Hamburg Open 2024 French Arthur Fils overcame world’s #4 and defending champion Alexander Zverev in a thrilling 3 setter, saving 21 break points. 20-year-old Fils climbed onto spot 20 in the world rankings. Congratulations!
2023 Ella Seidel won the Baublies Jugend Cup, now the 18-year-old Hamburg born qualified for the Australian Open. In 1st round the young German will face defending champion Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus. Good luck Ella!