The IC of Argentina qualify for the IC Rod Laver Junior Challenge World Finals 2027

The South American qualifying event for the 2026 IC Rod Laver Junior Challenge took place on 13-16 July 2026 and brought together teams from the ICs of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club in Montevideo. Hosted by the IC of Uruguay, the event combined high-quality junior tennis with the International Clubs' enduring values of friendship, sportsmanship and international fellowship.

Despite weather forcing a revised schedule, the competition was completed successfully over three days. The IC of Argentina produced consistently outstanding tennis throughout the tournament, defeating the IC of Uruguay (1) by 5–1 in a closely contested final to secure qualification for the IC Rod Laver Junior Challenge World Finals. The IC of Bolivia in particular made an impressive debut in the competition after the creation of the IC in 2025, finishing in third place ahead of the ICs of Chile, Brazil and Uruguay (2).

Off the court, the event reflected the IC spirit through a welcome reception, social activities and a community tennis clinic with children from the IC of Uruguay's "Growing up with Tennis" programme, where players shared their skills and experiences with young participants.

The Sportsmanship Awards, voted for by the team captains, recognised Maria E. Moretti (Brazil) and Andree Montellano (Bolivia) for their exemplary sportsmanship. The tournament concluded with a light-hearted captains' doubles match, providing a fitting celebration of the friendships forged throughout the week.

You can view the full tournament report, photos and video below.

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Cancellation of the proposed Legends Event

After a lot of soul searching, discussion and in the end failure to come up with positive answers to many tricky questions, it is with a huge amount of regret that we have decided to cancel the proposed inaugural Legends event. You will recall that we postponed the event in 2020 and hoped to hold it this year, but the circumstances that we still find ourselves in, leave us with very little or no alternative but to cancel.

The situation regarding the Covid pandemic both here and around the world has left far too many questions unanswerable for us to consider holding the event. We also owe a huge responsibility to those players who would be taking part to ensure their complete safety at all times.

Travel to and from South Africa is still difficult with some countries still reluctant to operate a service and then if players could get here what quarantine stipulations would be in place to say nothing of possible quarantine when they return home. 

Chairman Mike Dunk issued the following statement.

“It is with a heavy heart that we have come to the decision to cancel our Legends event. Sad to say there are far too many unanswerable questions surrounding the holding of such an event under the current situation. It is still our ardent hope that in time we can re look at staging such a unique event for the benefit of the whole IC movement, but when that will be, time will decide. I wish to pay a huge tribute and thanks to both Leonie Grondel, who conceptualized the event and Lorna Krog for the massive amount of planning, thought and dedication in trying to get the event to fruition, but outside forces have conspired against them. Their efforts, sadly, came to nought but I extend my sincere gratitude for their diligence and commitment to the task. Where would we be without two such dedicated people as Leonie and Lorna.”

It is planned that later in the year we will be in a position to hold a dinner to honour the Legends of South African tennis which was planned as part of the original event.