British Junior Open

The British Junior Open is the most prestigious junior event in the world. In 2015, Team USA took their first national team trip to Sheffield, England for the event and this has now become a yearly tradition.

The British Junior Open is a great opportunity to expose our elite junior players to international players as we continue to test ourselves against the world’s best. The event, now hosted in Birmingham, England, has become a major part of Team USA’s development program. England Squash allows Team USA to travel with fifty athletes, five in each age group ranging from U11 through U19.

Selection Criteria

Coaches

Ashraf Yassin

Nick Taylor

Ollie Holland

Chris Brownell

Charlie Johnson

Chris Longman

Luke Butterworth – Head National Junior Boys Coach

Alex Stait

Simba Muhwati

History

2020

WINNER

FINALIST

SEMI-FINALIST
Marina Stefanoni [3/4] GU19
Caroline Fouls [5/8] GU15

QUARTER-FINALIST
Thomas Rosini [9/16] BU19
Emma Trauber GU15
Caroline Eielson[9/16] GU15
Kaitlyn Vahisinng[9/16] GU11
Layla Gupta GU11

2019

WINNER
Marina Stefanoni GU17

FINALIST

SEMI-FINALIST

QUARTER-FINALIST
Dana Santry [9/16] BU17
Lucie Stefanoni [5/8] GU15
Tad Carney [9/26] BU15
Mukunth Gopalakrisnan BU15
Eva Karolina Salzman [5/8] GU13
Riya Navani [5/8] GU13
Caroline Eielson [5/8] GU13
Jack Elriani [9/16] BU11

2018

WINNER
Marina Stefanoni GU17

FINALIST

SEMI-FINALIST
Christian Capella [5/8] GU11

QUARTER-FINALIST
Elizabeth Ross [9/16] GU19
Charles Culhane [9/16] BU19
Khushi Kukadia [9/16] GU13
Eliza Schuster [5/8] GU11

2017

WINNER

FINALIST

SEMI-FINALIST
Andrew Douglas BU19
Daelum Mawjii BU17
Marina Stefanoni [1] GU15
Thomas Rosini BU15
Dana Santry BU15
Lucie Stefanoni [3/4] GU13
John Ho BU13

QUARTER-FINALIST
Elizabeth Ross GU17
bt Tiber Worth BU17
Priya Verma GU15
Myles McIntyre BU15
Andrew Barr BU15
Abigail Schuster GU13
Hollis Robertson BU13

2016

WINNER

FINALIST
Marina Stefanoni [1] GU15

SEMI-FINALIST

QUARTER-FINALIST
Lucie Stefanoni [3/4] GU13
Sam Scherl [5/8] BU17
Casey Wong GU19

2015

WINNER

FINALIST

SEMI-FINALIST

QUARTER-FINALIST
Marina Stefanoni [9/16] GU13

2014

WINNER

FINALIST

SEMI-FINALIST

QUARTER-FINALIST
Marina Stefanoni [9/16] GU13

2013

WINNER

FINALIST

SEMI-FINALIST

QUARTER-FINALIST
Sabrina Sobhy [5/8] GU19
David Yacobucci BU15

2011

WINNER

FINALIST
Amanda Sobhy [1] GU19

SEMI-FINALIST
Olivia Blatchford [3/4] GU19

QUARTER-FINALIST
Marina Ubina GU17

British Junior Open News

British Junior Open

American Trio Record Top Three Finishes at British Junior Open

January 9, 2024

Team USA's Caroline Fouts, Vivienne Sze and Kaylee Li all recorded top three finishes at the 2024 Dunlop British Junior Open, January 3-7, in Birmingham, England. Egypt continued their recent domination of the tournament, sweeping all ten divisional titles and boasting sixteen of twenty finalists. Fouts was one of the four non-Egyptian finalists after the U.S. junior champion reached the final without dropping a game all tournament. Fouts, the GU19 two seed, fell short in the...

British Junior Open

Team USA Produces Record Sixteen British Junior Open Quarterfinalists

January 5, 2024

Team USA has made history by producing sixteen British Junior Open quarterfinalists–topping a previous best of fifteen last year–after two days of play in Birmingham, England. The U.S. contingent enjoyed a strong start to the tournament with thirty-five of fifty-four players reaching the round of sixteen over the first two days of play, January 3-4. Carter Macdougall (BU11), Henry Urbanek (BU13), Akaisha Bhatia (GU15), Trinity Moshi (GU15), Hart Robertson (BU17) and Avery Park (GU19) all upset...

British Junior Open

Team USA Prepared to Face World’s Best at British Junior Open

December 22, 2023

Fifty-four players are set to represent Team USA against the world's best juniors at the 2024 British Junior Open, January 3-7, in Birmingham. The 2024 BJO marks Team USA's tenth annual trip to England as a team. The BJO is considered to be akin to the World Junior Championships with the world’s top players competing in all age divisions from U11 to U19, while the World Juniors fields just the U19 division. Last year, Team USA...

British Junior Open

Karim Ibrahim – Director of Junior National Teams

September 27, 2023

Karim is a former US Junior Open Champion (U17s) and ranked as high as #2 in Egypt and #3 in the world as a junior. Karim attended St Lawrence University where he studies both Economics and Business and names CSA First Team All-American and was captained the St Lawrence team for two years. Karim grew up playing squash at the infamous Wadi Degla Club in the heart of Cairo where he ended up coaching...

Battle of the Border

Junior National Team 2023-2024 Selection Criteria

June 20, 2023

US Squash held a junior squash information session on June 13, 2023 covering selection criteria for all U.S. Junior National Team events in the 2023-2024 season. The live event was led by US Squash national team coaches and staff members. Selection criteria for the following events were covered: World Junior Women’s Individual Championships (U19) World Junior Men’s Team & Individual Championships (U19) Pan American Junior Championships (U19) Battle of the Border (U13, U15, U17) British...

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Team USA’s Ho and Capella Capture Historic British Junior Open Titles

January 8, 2023

Madison Ho and Carlton Capella became the first American co-champions at the prestigious British Junior Open in the GU17 and BU13 divisions, respectively, capping off what was a record-setting tournament for Team USA, January 4-8, in Birmingham England. Team USA ends its ninth trip to the BJO with a number of new records set including its first title double and first boys champion, and new highs of five semifinalists and fifteen quarterfinalists--including a quarterfinalist in...