First held in Deauville, Normandy, in 1965, the Annie-Soisbault Cup then moved on to Le Touquet and Mimizan, before merging with the Princesse-Sophia Cup to become the Soisbault Reina Cup in 1991.
Since 1995, it has been organised every two years in August by the Tennis Club de Granville and the Comité Départemental de Tennis de la Manche, alternating with Lérida (Spain). It is a European women’s team championship for players under the age of 18.
The trophy is named after Annie Soisbault, a leading figure in the development of women’s tennis. Annie Soisbault was French tennis champion seven times in the cadet and junior categories, and took part in the French Open from 1953 to 1956.
A springboard
towards the top levelOver the decades, the Soisbault Cup has established itself as a strategic stage on the federal career path, a showcase for future top-level players and a key moment for confrontation between the best training centres.
Many of the participants have gone on to join the French centres, the ITF junior circuits and then the professional circuit.
Many of the great champions who have played on Granvillia’s clay courts have finished in the world’s top 100, including Russians Anastasia Myskina (1998), Elena Dementieva (1998), Elena Rybakina (2017), Ekaterina Makarova (2005) and Veronika Kudermetova (2012). They have all gone on to finish in the world’s top 10.
The French are also well represented, with champions who have come through Granville including Amélie Mauresmo (1996 and 1997), Caroline Garcia (2010), Nathalie Dechy (1996 and 1997), Tatiana Golovin (2002), Aravane Rezaï (2004 and 2005), Virginie Razzano (2000), Émilie Loit (1997), Pauline Parmentier (2004) and more recently Loïs Boisson (2021), the semi-finalist at Roland Garros in 2025.
