Belgium’s Temmermans and De Vleeschouwer win home Under-16 title in Koksijde

Jolien Temmermans and Elisa De Vleeschouwer gave Belgium the headline result at FIP Promises Koksijde, beating Spain’s Emma Diaz Andreu and Anna Carolina Leder 6-2, 6-1 to win the girls’ Under-16 title on home soil. The Belgian pair controlled the final from the opening games and completed a tournament run in which they did not concede a set.

The event ran from July 3 to July 5, with qualification held on July 2, across four match courts and one practice court in Koksijde. It was staged outdoors on blue turf and built around a 32-team main draw, made up of 26 direct acceptances, four qualifiers and two wild cards. That structure gave the junior field a clear route into international play, with the same blend of entry paths that shape the professional game.

For Belgium, the significance went beyond one trophy. Temmermans and De Vleeschouwer produced the kind of emphatic home win that can sharpen belief in the country’s junior pathway, especially against Spanish opposition, still one of the sport’s strongest references at youth level. Temmermans arrived with some international standing already in place: on April 13, she sat 89th in the FIP Promises girls’ Under-18 rankings with 240 points, and her best prior result came at FIP Promises Middelkerke in February.

Koksijde also delivered broader home success. FIP’s post-event roundup listed Loris Morvan and Elliot Verraghen as boys’ Under-18 champions, Vince Liekens and Maxim Struyf as boys’ Under-16 winners, and Juan Segura and Lucas Terminet as boys’ Under-14 champions. With Belgian names across several age groups, the tournament became a useful snapshot of a junior system that is starting to produce results on its own courts rather than waiting for them abroad.

The official event listing named Franky Noterdaeme as tournament director, Thijs Lynn as the players-services contact and Bart Deblauwe as referee. FIP’s calendar placed Koksijde in the wider 2026 Promises circuit, reinforcing its role as part of a development ladder rather than a one-off stop. For Belgium, the clean sweep in Koksijde offered more than a home title, it showed that its youngest players can now meet top European opposition with authority and win.