North Palmyra Trophies is a unique international exhibition tournament in which teams made up of current players and legends of the sport compete for victory. The tournament was founded in 2022 and is hosted by St. Petersburg with the support of Gazprom.
TOURNAMENT FACTS:
2022
Year of foundation
Hard
Surface
7 countries
Participants from
Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Serbia
Broadcast regions
WINNERS
2024 Team Lions
M. Youzhny, K. Khachanov, R. Bautista Agut, D. Lajovic, A. Potapova, V. Tomova
2023 Team Lions
S. Kuznetsova, K. Khachanov, L. Djere, A. Shevchenko, A. Potapova, V. Tomova, V. Zvonaryova, А. Bublik
Young tennis players from all over Russia had an opportunity to play in pairs with the legends of the sport – Mansour Bahrami and Mikhail Youzhny. Each child, changing after each game, experienced himself in the conditions of a real match, which was broadcast on TV.
Tennis Talk
Tennis Talk is an open interactive talk show for viewers. Conducted more than 20 interviews with famous tennis players in the format of Tennis Talk studio.
Autograph sessions
During the tournament visitors could take autographs and take pictures with the players during the organized meetings in the foyer.
Children's Master Class
More than 100 pupils from tennis schools of Moscow and St. Petersburg took part in the master class with the participation of famous tennis players.
Children's zone
KSC "Arena" realized a court in the foyer, where children could take part in competition with each other, as well as aqua makeup artists could apply patterns of Lions and Sphinx teams or tennis related ones. There was also organized an interactive online zone with various entertainment for children on the tennis theme: coloring books, riddles, crosswords.