The 2026 JOOLA Europe Youth Series Portugal Open starts today in Albufeira, bringing together Europe’s promising young talents for five days of competition at the Pavilhão Desportivo de Olhos de Água.
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The tournament will run from 21 to 25 May and will feature U13 and U15 events in boys’ and girls’ categories, including team competitions, singles, and mixed doubles.
This year’s event host 75 playes in Under 15 Boys Event, 40 in Under 15 Girls, and 38 and 23 in each Under 13 Boy’s and Girls events. A total of 15 nations will be represented in Albufeira: Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine.
Competition begins today with the U15 and U13 Boys’ and Girls’ Team group stages, while the programme throughout the week also includes singles events and mixed doubles competitions. Finals in team events are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, while singles main draw matches will dominate the final two days of the tournament.
Among the top seeds in the U15 Boys Singles event are Spain’s Alexander MALOV, Germany’s Lukas WANG and Finland’s Jimi KOIVUMÄKI, while the U15 Girls Singles draw is led by Adela BRHELOVA of Czechia, Laura MARSICKOVA of Czechia and Teresa CARRASCO VIEITO of Spain.
The U13 categories also promise strong competition. England’s Dimitar DIMITROV heads the U13 Boys Singles seeding list ahead of Pietro CAMPAGNA of Italy and Luca ROMERO of Spain, while Adela BRHELOVA again appears as the top seed in the U13 Girls Singles event, followed by Carmen GOMEZ of Spain and Julia FERNANDEZ of Spain.
In the team competitions, Spain enters as one of the strongest nations across several categories. Spanish teams lead the seeding in both U13 Boys and U13 Girls events, while Germany tops the U15 Boys Teams seeding and Spain again leads the U15 Girls Teams competition.
