CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of January 16
January 16-29
Australian Open – Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam event
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC)
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON)
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
January 16-22
Orlando Challenger – Orlando, Florida, USA
ITF Women’s Futures event – $25,000
Isabelle Boulais (Mississauga, ON)
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON)
January 16-22
Petit-Bourg Futures – Petit-Bourg Guadeloupe
ITF Women’s Futures event – $15,000
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
January 16-22
Sunrise Futures – Sunrise, Florida, USA
ITF Men’s Futures event – $15,000
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of January 16, 2017:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 47
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) : 174
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 294
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 35
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 3
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 132
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 135
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 167
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 234
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON): 242
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 15
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 18
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON) : 67
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON) : 143
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC) : 154
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 29
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 104
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 2
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC): 4
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 6
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC) : 52
Maude Jacques (Sherbrookie, QC) : 73
Kirsten Sharp (Vancouver, BC) : 81
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC) : 67
Jean-François Sylvestre (Quebec City, QC) : 142
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON) : 148
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 24
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 26
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 28
About Tennis Canada
Founded in 1890, Tennis Canada is a non-profit, national sport association with a mission to lead the growth of tennis in Canada and a vision to become a world-leading tennis nation. We value teamwork, passion, integrity, innovation and excellence. Tennis Canada owns and operates the premier Rogers Cup presented by National Bank WTA and ATP World Tour events, eight professional ITF- sanctioned events and financially supports 15 other professional tournaments in Canada. Tennis Canada operates national junior training centres/programs in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Tennis Canada is a proud member of the International Tennis Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the International Wheelchair Tennis Association, and serves to administer, sponsor and select the teams for Davis Cup, Fed Cup, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and all wheelchair, junior and senior national teams. Tennis Canada invests its surplus into tennis development. For more information on Tennis Canada, please visit our website at www.tenniscanada.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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