Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of February 13
  
February 13-19
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam, Netherlands
ATP World Tour 500 event
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
https://www.abnamrowtt.nl/en
 
February 13-18
Qatar Total Open – Doha, Qatar
WTA Premier Event
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) 
http://www.qatartennis.org/tournaments/index/91
 
February 13-19
Memphis Open – Memphis, Tennessee, USA
ATP World Tour 250 Event
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
http://memphisopen.com/
 
February 11-19
Tempe Challenger – Tempe, Arizona, USA
ATP Challenger Tour event – $75,000
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
https://azsportsent.com/thetempechallengeranatpchallengertourevent/
 
February 11-19
Challenger La Manche – Cherbourg, France
ATP Challenger Tour event – €43,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
http://www.challengerdecherbourg.fr/
 
February 13-19
Surprise Tennis Classic – Surprise, Arizona, USA
ITF Women’s Challenger event – $25,000
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC)
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) 
http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100039216
 
February 13-19
Orlando Futures – Orlando, 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=1100039275
 
 
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of February 13, 2017:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 44
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) : 171
Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC) : 269 
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 293 
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 31
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC): 282
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 4
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 118
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 125
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 173
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON): 242
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 256
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 21
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 25
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON) : 74
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON) : 144
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC) : 160
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 20
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 137
Layne Sleeth (Marham, ON) : 141
 
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
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