French U14 Championships – Laforge / Le Roux reign supreme: one title and only five games lost

Lylwenn Laforge and Elise Le Roux are French U14 champions 2026. Seeded number 1 in Cabriès, the two young Frenchwomen lived up to their status by dominating the final. 6 / 4 6 / 0 A title achieved at the end of a particularly well-controlled run: in four matches, they only abandoned one. five games .

The French U14 Championships , played from August 17 to 19, 2026 in Cabriès, therefore confirmed the pair who already appeared as the big favorite in the women's draw.

Laforge / Le Roux dominated the table

Exempt from the first round in their capacity as 1 seeded Laforge (Ligue ARA) and Le Roux (Ligue Réunion / Mayotte) began their tournament in the round of 16 against Liza Chamboredon / Ninon Van Delft .

First demonstration: 6 / 1 6 / 0 .

In the quarter-finals, they accelerated even further against Mila Oliveira / Elsa Ballay , seeded #7. Result: 6 / 0 6 / 1 .

The scenario repeated itself in the semi-final. Facing Tessa Cassagne / Justine Picon , seeded 4th, Laforge and Le Roux left no opening: 6 / 0 6 / 0 Cassagne and Picon had, however, had a solid run up to that point, notably with a victory 7 / 5 6 / 1 then a success 6 / 2 6 / 4 to reach the last square.

There was then one last step.

The Younger / Meyer held on for a set

In the final, the favorites faced each other again. Chloé Le Jeune ( Centre-Val de Loire League) / Lois Meyer (Ligue IDF), seeded 3.

They had to fight harder to reach the title match. After a victory 6 / 1 6 / 3 Against Clara Deruytere / Inès Bajard, they needed three sets to eliminate Camille Babef / Siloé Vallon-Hoarau: 6/2 2/6 7/5 .

In the semi-final, Le Jeune/Meyer then achieved an important performance by eliminating Sienna Dubois / Carina Badina, No. 2 seed , on the score of 6/2 2/6 7/5 according to the official table.

The final offered more resistance in its first set. Le Jeune and Meyer managed to take four games from the favorites, almost as many as all their previous opponents combined.

But once the first set was won 6/4 Laforge and Le Roux no longer let much slide. They inflict a 6/0 in the second round and clinch the title of French U14 Champions 2026: 6/4 6/0 .

French U14 Championships – Laforge/Le Roux dominion: one title and only five games lost

Five games lost in four matches

The results allow us to measure their dominance:

6/1 6/0, 6/0 6/1, 6/0 6/0 then 6/4 6/0.

Is 48 games won, only 5 conceded throughout their entire competition.

The title also confirms the hierarchy established before the tournament. In the list submitted for these French Championships, Lylwenn Laforge was ranked 131st in France and Elise Le Roux 142nd. which made them the two highest-ranked players in the U14 girls' draw and explained their status as number 1 seeds.

A pair already accustomed to playing together at the senior level.

This victory didn't come out of nowhere. Despite their young age, Laforge and Le Roux have already accumulated tournaments together, including against adults.

In 2026, they notably won together a P500 in May and participated in higher-level competitions, including the P1500 of Agen and Isneauville .

This experience on the senior circuit also helps to better understand the mastery displayed in Cabriès.

Their progress in the French rankings is significant. Elise Le Roux was still 188th French woman in May 2026 ; the list of French Championships now presents it 142e .

From the French national team to the national title

The two players also know each other perfectly in the international context.

Last May, the French Tennis Federation had selected Elise Le Roux and Lylwenn Laforge are among the four U14 players on the French team. alongside Mélie Ribert and Loïs Meyer, for the European Youth Championships held from June 29 to July 4 in Portugal.

During this European Championship, Le Roux and Laforge notably started together in the starting lineup. Against the Netherlands Panhuizen / Bakker They had secured France's first point thanks to a victory 7 / 6 6 / 1 .

A few weeks later, there they were, reunited on the top step of the national podium.

In Cabriès, Lylwenn Laforge and Elise Le Roux not only won the French U14 Championships: they did so by fully embracing their status as favorites. , with four wins, eight sets won out of eight and only five games dropped.

A dominance that confirms their place among the young French players to watch.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.