Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of April 24
 
April 24-30
TEB PNP Paribas Istanbul Cup – Istanbul, Turkey
WTA International Series event
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC)
http://www.wtatennis.com/completed-matches/tournamentId/1190/title/teb-bnp-paribas-istanbul-cup
 
April 24-30
Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Bareclona, Spain
ATP World Tour – 500 Event
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/current/barcelona/425/results

April 24-30
Kunming Challenger – Anning, China
ATP Challenger Tour event – $150,000
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/current/anning/6572/live-scores

April 24-30
Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Tallahassee, Florida, USA
ATP Challenger Tour event – $75,000
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/current/tallahassee/692/live-scores

April 24-30
Internazionali Di Tennis D’Abbruzo  –  Francavilla al Mare, Italy
ATP Challenger Tour event
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/current/francavilla/7707/live-scores

 
April 24-30
Sharm El Sheikh Futures – Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
ITF Men’s Futures event
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
http://itfprocircuit.tennis-live-scores.com/scoreboard.aspx?tid=M-FU-EGY-15A-2017

April 24-30
Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic – Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC)
Aleksandra Wozniak
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tourkey=W-WITF-USA-13A-2017

April 24-30
Tournoi ITF Junior de Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Grade 1 ITF junior event
Carson Branstine (Toronto, ON)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100038676

April 27-29
U16 Junior Davis & Fed Cup / U14 World Junior Tennis North America Qualifying event – Campeche, Mexico
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/team-competitions/itf-world-junior-tennis.aspx
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/team-competitions/jdc-jfc-by-bnp-paribas.aspx

Here are the top Canadians in each category as of April 24, 2017:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                               
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 59 
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) : 185
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 188
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON) : 282  
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 20 
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC): 262
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 6
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 112
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 127
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 176
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 178
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON): 258

Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 23 
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 30 
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON) : 64
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON) : 167
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC) : 186
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls 
Carson Branstine (Toronto, ON): 10
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 18 
Layne Sleeth (Marham, ON) : 89
Leylah Annie Fernandez (Montreal, QC) : 209
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys 
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 2
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 6
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC): 10
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC) : 50 
Maude Jacques (Sherbrookie, QC) : 68
Kirsten Sharp (Vancouver, BC) : 78
 
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC) : 83
Jean-François Sylvestre (Quebec City, QC) : 142
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON) : 149
 
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON) : 22
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC) : 27
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 28                                                                                                

Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 12
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 31
 
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Boys
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC) : 16
Tomas Bourassa (Delta, BC) : 23

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