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Tennis at the 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival | |
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Venue | Tampere Tennis Centre |
Dates | 19–24 July |
Tennis at the 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held at Tampere Tennis Centre, Tampere, Finland from 19 to 24 July 2009.
Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women competition.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Boys singles | Adam Pavlásek Czech Republic | Julien Cagnina Belgium | Christian Perinti Italy |
Boys doubles | Italy Michele Palma Christian Perinti | Czech Republic Marek Jaloviec Adam Pavlásek | Denmark Hans Lindenberg Stentoft Mikael Torpegaard |
Girls singles | An-Sophie Mestach Belgium | Malin Ulvefeldt Sweden | Ilona Kremen Belarus |
Girls doubles | Belgium Elke Lemmens An-Sophie Mestach | Belarus Darya Chernetsova Ilona Kremen | Switzerland Mégane Bianco Gaëlle Rey |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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