Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of October 23
 
October 23-29
Swiss Indoors – Basel, Switzerland
ATP World Tour 500 event
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
http://www.swissindoorsbasel.ch/en-us/

October 23-29
Estre Open – Vienna, Austria
ATP World Tour 500 event
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
https://www.erstebank-open.com/

October 22-29
BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Singapore, Singapore
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
http://www.wtafinals.com/

October 23-29
Saguenay National Bank Challenger – Saguenay, Quebec
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Isabelle Boulais (Toronto, ON)
Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC)
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
http://itfprocircuit.tennis-live-scores.com/scoreboard.aspx?tid=W-WITF-CAN-07A-2017

October 23-29
Internationaux Féminins d la Vienne – Poitiers, France
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC)
http://itfprocircuit.tennis-live-scores.com/scoreboard.aspx?tid=W-WITF-FRA-21A-2017

October 23-29
W.L Amos SR. Tennis Classic – Macon, Georgia, USA
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event
Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC)
http://itfprocircuit.tennis-live-scores.com/scoreboard.aspx?tid=W-WITF-USA-38A-2017

October 23-29
Hung Thinh Vietnam Tennis Open – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
ATP Challenger Tour event
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/ho-chi-minh-city/7333/overview

October 23-39
Open Brest Arena – Brest, France
ATP Challenger Tour event
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/brest/7341/overview

October 23-29
Hammamet Futures – Hammamet, Tunisia
ITF Men’s Futures event
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
http://itfprocircuit.tennis-live-scores.com/scoreboard.aspx?tid=M-FU-TUN-32A-2017

October 23-28
Uruguay Bowl – Montevideo, Uruguay
Grade 2 ITF junior event
Taha Baadi (Montreal, QC)
Chih Chi Huang (Port Moody, BC)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100039776

October 26-29
Birmingham National Wheelchair Tennis Championships – Calgary, Alberta
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON)
Rob Shaw (North Bay, ON)
Mika ishikawa (Vancouver, BC)
Tara Llanes (North Vancouver, BC)
Puisand Lai (Toronto)
Philippe Bedard (Bromont, QC)
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC)
http://www.tenniscanada.com/tournaments/birmingham-nationals/
 
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of October 23, 2017:

WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 81 
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 122
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 177
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON): 229 
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 18 
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 113
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 12
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 49
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 105
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 129
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 155
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON): 208

Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 38 
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 63
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 111
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 212
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 424

ITF Junior Rankings – Girls  
Carson Branstine (Toronto, ON): 7
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 49 
Layne Sleeth (Marham, ON): 53
Tiffany Lagarde (Montreal, QC): 167
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys 
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC): 149
Taha Baadi (Montreal, QC): 300
Gleb Blekher (Canada): 397
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC): 63 
Maude Jacques (Lac Beauport, QC): 65
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 83
 
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON): 121
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 212
Barry Henderson (Canada): 340
 
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 16
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 18
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 30

Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 12
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 21
 
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Boys
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 13
Tomas Bourassa (Delta, BC): 16

About Tennis Canada

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