The VARTA ÖTV youth championships are an important benchmark in Austrian junior tennis. This year, the tournament of tournaments will be held in Innsbruck from August 15th to 21st. The first qualifying matches were played this Monday. The “VARTA Energy Storage” days take place at the same time as the Austrian championships. VARTA is available to visitors for advice on all aspects of energy self-sufficiency using storage systems.
It’s not just a tournament, it paves the way for international careers: The VARTA ÖTV Youth Championships are the flagship event in junior tennis. Almost 300 young tennis talents fight for medals in Innsbruck for a week. VARTA has been the official premium partner of the Austrian Tennis Association (ÖTV) in the youth and junior sector since last year. “It’s really hard in professional sport to rise to the top young players in the world. This includes perseverance, passion, but also courage. VARTA stands for the future – just like the young tennis talents who give everything to start a national or international career. VARTA supports young people and invests in their future. We are pleased that we can not only promote the best minds in business and technology, but also the best sporting talents,” emphasizes Michael Tojner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and majority owner of VARTA AG and founder of Montana Tech Components.
Melzer: “It’s important to support young people so that they are well prepared for the future”
After the successful start of the tennis youth championships in 2016 in Klagenfurt, the renowned junior tennis tournament (U12, U14 and U16) is held in a different federal state every year. This year the VARTA ÖTV youth championships will take place from August 15th to 21st in Innsbruck (tennis club IEV MED-EL, Reichenauerstraße 144). Last year, Tyrolean Anna Pircher and Gabriel Niedermayr (Upper Austria) won the individual U12 class, while BTV aces Leonie Rabl and Thilo Behrmann won the U14 class. Tamara Kostic from Vienna and Joel Schwärzler from Vorarlberg became Austrian U16 champions. “The youth tennis championships are an extremely important tournament because they determine the status quo of who is the best player in Austria. And for that we need strong partners in junior tennis. It is important to support young people so that they are well prepared for the future. Because the youngsters will become the professional players of tomorrow,” comments ÖTV sports director and Davis Cup captain Jürgen Melzer.
VARTA is a strong partner in youth development
VARTA AG has been promoting young athletes for many years. In addition to supporting the SK Rapid U15 team, sponsoring the international SK Rapid U15 youth tournament and the annual VARTA Cup in Haag, VARTA has been the official premium partner of the Austrian Tennis Association (ÖTV) in the youth and junior sector since May 2021. In the previous year, a sponsorship was entered into with the German record champions FC Bayern Munich under the motto “Maximum performance, pure passion”. The new partnerships complete VARTA’s committed promotion of young talent.
VARTA ÖTV youth championships U12, U14, U16
August 15th to 21st at TK IEV MED-EL, Reichenauerstraße 144, 6020 Innsbruck
• Qualification: August 15th and 16th from 9:00 am
• Main competition: August 16 from 12:00 noon
• Semifinals: August 20 from 9:00 am
• Finals: August 21 from 9:00 am
Supporting program of the tournament week: award ceremony and Magic Hit party on the final day, players party on Wednesday, August 17th, from 6:00 p.m., presented by Magic Hit, the Tyrolean hit radio; ASVÖ tournament accompaniment with bubble balls, among other things
Admission free!
“VARTA Energy Storage” roofs
The “VARTA Energy Storage” days are taking place in Innsbruck at the same time as the VARTA ÖTV youth championships. On site, visitors have the opportunity to visit the mobile showroom and get advice on VARTA energy storage systems. VARTA energy storage makes it possible to temporarily store the self-produced electricity and only use it when it is needed – such as excess energy from photovoltaic systems.
Here are all the results and draws from the VARTA ÖTV Youth Championships 2022.
