Sanchita Chatterjee, BS News Agency, Kolkata: The ITF Junior Tennis, a calendar event for Kolkata will be held from 19h to 24th January 2026, once again at the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad (DKS) tennis courts. This year would be the 33rd year of the championship and since the past few years, we have been entrusted by the federation (ITF) to host a J200 (previously known as Grade 2) tournament. The qualifying rounds will be played on the 17th & 18 January 2026.
After organising the ITF Junior Circuit in Kolkata for the past thirty two years and pioneering in getting the same to India, we have been entrusted once again to hold this prestigious World Ranking championship this year. The professional approach and personalized attention given to each individual participating player has earned the organizing team the distinction of hosting this J200 category tourmament. It has also had the distinction of being voted the Best Organized Tournament in 2002 by the International Tennis Federation. (ITF),
The official accommodations are VIC Terrace, Metropole and Casa Broadway,
The tournament will follow the guidelines laid down by the "International Tennis Federation
Only Boys and Girls born between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2013 may participate Players cannot participate unless they have reached their 13th birthday before the start of the Main Draw
POINTS TABLE (As of 1 Jan 2026)
SINGLES DOUBLES (Each player)
Winner 200 150
Runners-up 140 105
Semi Finalist 100 75
Quarter Finalist 60 45
Loser in last 16 36 27
Loser in last 32 18
The Following events shall be held:-
DRAW DRAW
Boys Singles 32 Girls Singles 32
Boys Doubles 16 Girls Doubles 16
All matches will be of 3 Tie-Break Sets
The Tournament would be played on the five red clay courts as in the Roland Garros at the DKS Sports Complex, Deshapriya Park, Kolkata.
Normal playing hours would be from 09.30 am to 6 pm. Before and after the match playing hours, courts are provided to players for practice
Free board and lodge would be provided to all main draw players.
Entries for the Championship have been received from sixteen foreign countries viz. Great Britain, Egypt, Denmark, Korea, Japan, Republic of South Africa, United States of America, China, Thailand, Austria, Canada, Indonesia, Taipei, Uzbekistan, Russia, Latvia apart from host country India.
Notable Main Draw entries received are as below:
BOYS
With such a large foreign participation, the tournament will indeed be of a very high standard With the organisational experience of DKS Sports Complex & Bengal Tennis Association, we can assure you that it would be one of the best tournaments of the year.
The Inauguration Ceremony will be held on Sunday, 18th January 2026 at 05:00 pm. Shri Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Principal Secretary for West Bengal's Youth Services & Sports Department will inaugurate the championship in the presence of Shri Hironmoy Chatterjee, Vice President, All India Tennis Association and other dignitaries
As per our usual practice, Draw Sheets, Order of Play and dally Media Release would be emailed to all the media houses by 8.00 pm every day. We would also request you to visit the venue (DKS Sports Complex. Deshapriya Park) and cover this prestigious championship.