Australian Open Junior Champions: Where are they now?

2008:

Boys’ Singles Champion: Bernard Tomic

Girls’ Singles Champion: Arantxa Rus

Bernard Tomic

The 2008 boys singles champion, Bernard Tomic is one of the well-known names on the ATP tour today, often for the wrong reasons. Still hailed as Australia’s next big hope, the 21 year-old has often shown that he has still not matured enough to take on that mantle. A fractured relationship with his father does not help, and he was involved in an ugly saga last year, where his father physically hit his hitting partner, making headlines across the world. Still, Tomic has the game to make an impression and has produced some stellar runs at Slams, most notably at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. If he manages to get his temperament in check, he could be one to look out for in the years to come.

Arantxa Rus, from the Netherlands, is best known for her upsets of Kim Clijsters and Samantha Stosur at the 2011 French Open and the 2012 Wimbledon championships respectively. She is yet to win a title on tour, and suffered a 17 match losing streak last year, which has seen her current ranking drop to a lowly 164 in the world.