Copa del Café

Director: Luis Esteban Fernández

• Main Draw: January 22 to 27, 2024.
• Qualifying Draw: January 20 to 21, 2024 (sign-in on January 19 until 6:00 PM).

• Group 1 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Circuit.

• Players aged 18 or younger can participate. For 2024, only players born in 2006 or later are accepted. In the U18 category, each player must have turned 13 years old.

• Male and female, in singles and doubles.

• Main: 32 singles, 16 doubles.
• Qualifying: 32 players.

1. International Tennis Federation (ITF): http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/
2. Costa Rican Tennis Federation (FCT): http://www.fctenis.com/

• All U18 players must register through the International Tennis Federation (ITF Juniors) website and must be endorsed by their respective federation.
• U14 players must register directly with the Organizing Committee.

• Costa Rica Country Club Escazú, San José, Costa Rica Tel.: +(506) 2208-5000 ext. 5008 | Fax: +(506) 2289-9076 http://www.elcountry.cr/

• Temperate climate, with temperatures between 20 and 24 degrees Celsius. Players are recommended to bring a light sweater for the courts.

• 6 hard courts.
• 4 semi-hard Hartru covered practice courts.

• Daytime: Starting at 9:00 AM.
• Night: First match at 6:00 PM, second match at 7:30 PM, followed by the third match.

• There will be a mini fair with food stands and other activities.

• The Copa del Café is one of the few junior tennis tournaments in the world with extensive national and international press coverage. Coverage includes print, radio, and television. All night matches are broadcast live on a local television channel.

• The Copa has an updated website with the support of CR Servers (www.crservers.com), providing cyber coverage to the press and public worldwide at http://www.copacafe.cr. On this site, you can check the draws, results, match schedules, photos, links to sponsors, and sites of interest in Costa Rica, as well as general tournament information.

• Luis Esteban Fernández, Tournament Director
• Katherine Montoya, Assistant to the Organizing Committee Tel.: +(506) 2208-5024 or +(506) 2208-5008 Email: copadelcafe@outlook.com Website: www.copacafe.cr

• Crowne Plaza Hotel San José La Sabana Location: Sabana Norte, western sector of San José, adjacent to the General Cañas Highway Tel.: +(506) 2543-6000 (front desk and reservations) or +(506) 2543-6021 Web: www.crowneplaza.com/corobici Reservations: Agente2.reservaciones@corobicicp.co.cr or Ingrid.arquin@corobicicp.co.cr Special Copa del Café Rate: US$120.91 per night (US$107.00 + 13% tax).