Compared to Roger Federer in many points, Henry Bernet has already done something more than the master: winning the Australian Open among the juniors. Saturday, day of his 18th birthday, the other Baseois won in the final against the American Benjamin Willweth (6-3 6-4). Arrived in favorite in Melbourne after his victory in the preparatory tournament of TRARALGON, the other juniors of TC Old Boys deployed his attack tennis with insurance throughout the week, losing only a set in the round of 16 in front of At the Serbian Ognjen Milor (his only match hung).
The Australian Open, which had started very badly in the Swiss camp (only one qualified, defeats by Viktorija Golubic, Stan Wawrinka and Dominic Sticker in the first round, eighth finals for the income Belinda Bencic) therefore ends on a Optimistic note. But the road is long and a big home title among juniors does not guarantee to become a major player on the professional circuit.
Henry Bernet is the fifth Swiss to win a Grand Chelem tournament in juniors, after Heinz Günthardt (Roland-Garros and Wimbledon 1976), Roger Federer (Wimbledon 1998), Valent Roman (Wimbledon 2001), Stan Wawrinka (Roland-Garros 2003) and Dominic Starcker (Roland-Garros 2020). Among the girls, Martina Hingis won two years in a row Roland-Garros (which she could never do later) in 1993-at 12 and a half! -and 1994. Belinda Bencic, barely less early, succeeded in the double Roland-Garros-Wimbledon in 2013 at the age of 15. Finally, the Basel Rebeka Masarova won Roland-Garros in 2016, a finalist of the Australian Open in 2017, decided to play for Spain in 2018 before returning to Swiss Giron at the start of this year.
