The USTA Orange Bowl finals happened today. The premier competition of tennis’s young future stars took place in Florida with very little fanfare.
In fact, there was such little fanfare that people could not even find out the results.
To begin with, four finals were scheduled to take place at the same time, 9 AM ET on Sunday morning.
The Orange Bowl scheduled every single final at 9AM on Sunday
Boys 18s singles & dubs
Girls 18s singles & dubsTennis continues to tennis.
It’s like we have zero people with any clue on how event planning works in this space.
Feels like NCAA Championships all over again 🚩
— notyourcountryclub (@showfortennis) December 14, 2025
Some said the scheduling was weather-related, but that has not been confirmed.
Regardless, the lack of information is alarming.
It’s really hard to find out if Jack Kennedy won the Orange Bowl junior title this morning….
— Randy Walker (@TennisPublisher) December 14, 2025
American Jack Kennedy, a University of Virginia commit, was in the Boys 18 final, and seven hours later, tennis media professionals were trying to find out the final result. Kennedy is the reigning 2025 Junior US Open doubles champion.
WAHOOWA! Welcome to the Cavaliers Jack Kennedy ⚔️
🔶 No. 1⃣ ranked recruit
🔷 Top 🔟 Junior World Ranking
🔶 2025 US Open Junior Doubles Champion
🔷 2024 Junior Davis Cup Champion
🔗 https://t.co/wpOWTWWh2v pic.twitter.com/7fv2eMuqws— Virginia Men’s Tennis (@UVAMensTennis) November 13, 2025
What Is The Tennis Orange Bowl?
If you are thinking, the Orange Bowl is not a big deal hence the lack of coverage, you would be incorrect.
Esteemed Grand Slam champions have won the Orange Bowl before setting the WTA and ATP Tours on fire.
Coco Gauff won in 2018. Other recent champions include Sofia Kenin (2014) and Bianca Andreescu (2015).
Roger Federer (1998), Andy Roddick (1999), and Dominic Thiem (2011) have also won the Orange Bowl.
In addition, Chris Evert is involved with the event as it is hosted at her facility.
Chris Evert, speaking to the crowd and Orange Bowl officials dedicated the new Chris Evert Stadium Court at Jimmy Evert Tennis Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. pic.twitter.com/5SO1gh01iu
— Mom the Gardener (@Momsgarden) December 11, 2025
Because it is a good barometer for tennis’s future stars and occurs during the brief ATP and WTA offseason, it is surprising that it does not get more publicity.
By the way we eventually learned that Kennedy lost 6-3, 6-3 to Thijs Boogaard. Thanks Zoo Tennis.com.
