Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of May 6
May 5-12
Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid, Spain
ATP Masters 1000 & WTA Premier Mandatory event
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
https://www.madrid-open.com/en/
May 6-12
Open du Pays d’Aix – Aix en Provence, France
ATP Challenger Tour event – €137,560
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/aix-en-provence/7009/overview
May 6-12
Busan Open Challenger – Busan, South Korea
ATP Challenger Tour event – $162,480
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/busan/1741/overview
May 6-12
FineMark Women’s Pro Tennis Championship – Bonita Springs, Florida, USA
ITF World Tennis Tour Women’s event – $100,000
Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC)
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100044818
May 6-12
Fukuoka International Women’s Tennis – Fukuoka, Japan
ITF World Tennis Tour Women’s event – $60,000
Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100045374
May 6-12
Obidos Ladies Open – Obidos, Portugal
ITF World Tennis Tour Women’s event – $25,000
Carson Branstine (Orange, CA)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100045665
May 6-12
Cancun Tennis Cup – Cancun, Mexico
ITF World Tennis Tour Women’s & Men’s event – $15,000
Alexandra Vagramov (Port Moody, BC)
Michael Younan (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100045716
May 6-12
Kingsmill Resort Women’s Tournament – Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
ITF World Tennis Tour Women’s event – $15,000
Petra Januskova (Ottawa, ON)
Louise Kwong (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100045103
May 6-12
Magic Tours – Tabarka, Tunisia
ITF World Tennis Tour Women’s event – $15,000
Anjana Suresh (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100045432
May 6-12
Pensacola Championship – Pensacola, Florida, USA
ITF World Tennis Tour Men’s event – $25,000
Jonathan Sorbo (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100044986
May 7-12
Media sen Sibiu – Medias, Romania
Grade 2 ITF junior event
Joshua Lapadat (Canada)
Dan Pergel (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100044707
May 6-11
Copa Badia – Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Grade 4 ITF junior event
Reece Carter (Canada)
Gabriel Diallo (Canada)
Erica Di Battista (Canada)
Bianca Jolie Fernandez (Canada)
Sarah-Maude Fortin (Canada)
Christopher Heck (Canada)
Erik Kovacs (Canada)
Mia Kupres (Canada)
Antoine Marleau (Canada)
Dharani Niroshan (Canada)
Corina Spasojevic (Canada)
Marko Stakusic (Canada)
Maxime St-Hilaire (Canada)
Ilya Tirapolsky (Canada)
Danielle Tuhten (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100044751
May 6-11
ITF U18 Junior Tournament – Windhoek, Namibia
Grade 5 ITF junior event
Ghouse Ali Faisal (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100044844
May 5-10
Israel Open – Tel Aviv, Israel
ITF 2 Series Wheelchair Tennis event
Mitch McIntyre (Vancouver, BC)
Rob Shaw (North Bay, ON)
https://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100044172
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of May 6, 2019:
WTA Rankings
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 23
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 78
Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC): 193
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON): 243
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 245
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 369
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 15
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 129
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON): 184
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 16
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 20
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 30
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON): 117
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 125
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 138
Doubles
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 141
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 161
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 185
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Leylah Annie Fernandez – age: 16 (Laval, QC): 7
Mélodie Collard – age: 15 (Gatineau, QC): 78
Alexandra Vagramov – age: 17 (Port Moody, BC): 122
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Liam Draxl – age: 17 (Newmarket, ON): 10
Taha Baadi – age: 17 (Montreal, QC): 41
Joshua Lapadat – age: 17 (ON, Canada): 179
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Kirsten Sharp (Vancouver, BC): 136
Gillian Cruz (Grimsby, ON): 168
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 110
Philippe Bédard (Bromont, QC): 158
Jonathan Tremblay (Canada): 173
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 13
Mitch McIntyre (Regina, SK): 34
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 40
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 24
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