Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of February 20
 
February 17-26
Delray Beach Open – Delray Beach, Florida, USA
ATP World Tour 250 event
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON)
http://yellowtennisball.com/live-scores/
 
February 20-26
Open 13 – Marseille, France
ATP World Tour 250 event
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
http://www.open13.fr/resultats.html
 
February 19-25
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai, United Emirates
WTA Premier 5 event
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) 
http://www.dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com/en/scores-and-results/wta-tournament-results
 
February 20-26
Morelos Challenger – Morelos, Mexico
ATP Challenger Tour event – $50,000
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
http://www.tennis24.com/challenger-men-singles/morelos/results/
 
February 20-26
Bergamo Challenger – Bergamo, Italy
ATP Challenger Tour event – €64,000
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
http://www.tennis24.com/challenger-men-singles/bergamo/results/
 
February 20-26
Rancho Santa Fe Challenger – Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA
ITF Women’s Challenger event – $25,000
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC)
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON) 
http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100039217
 
February 20-26
Indian Harbour Beach Futures – Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, USA
ITF Men’s Futures event – $15,000
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100039277
 

Here are the top Canadians in each category as of February 20, 2017:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 45
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) : 170
Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC) : 269 
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 289 
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 30
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC): 279
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 4
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 116
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 124
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 174
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON): 239
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 255
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 21
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 25
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON) : 73
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON) : 176
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC) : 193
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 20
Layne Sleeth (Marham, ON) : 122
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 142
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 3
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC): 6
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 7
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC) : 55
Maude Jacques (Sherbrookie, QC) : 73
Kirsten Sharp (Vancouver, BC) : 81
 
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC) : 65
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) : 32
 
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 7
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 23
 
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Boys
Tomas Bourassa (Delta, BC) : 18
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC) : 21
 
 
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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