The Mitsubishi Lancer International Junior Tennis Championship (MLIJTC) is an international junior tennis tournament in the Philippines.
The Mitsubishi Lancer International Junior Tennis Championship (MLIJTC), a tournament sponsored by Mitsubishi Motors Philippines, held its first edition in 1990. It has been part of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior circuit starting as a Grade 3 competition.
By 1996, the MLIJTC is already Grade 2 tournament. It was reportedly the third largest tournament in Asia after the Suntory Open in Japan (Grade 1) and the Hong Kong Interntional Juniors (Grade 2) at around that time.
In 2002, the MLIJTC was elevated to Grade 1. It remained so until its last iteration.
The tournament held its 25th edition in 2014. The Philippine Tennis Association announced in 2015, that Mitsubishi has informed them that it is dissolving the tournament over unaddressed issues over the state of the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
The Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila is the main venue of the MLIJTC. In 1996, the tournament was held at the Manila Polo Club in Makati instead when the Rizal venue was being renovated.
The tournament itself was inducted to the PSA Hall of Fame of the 2015 Annual Awards of the Philippine Sportswriters Association.
Dominated by foreign tennis players, the boys' single tournament has never been won by a Filipino. Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, Leander Paes, and Mark Philippoussis have played in the MLIJTC. In 2009, Francis Alcantara teamed up with Swedish player Daniel Berta to win the boys' doubles.
There are three Filipina winners in the girls' tournament: Francesca La'O (1991 and 1994), Jennifer Saret (1993), and Maricris Fernandez (1995 and 1997).