Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of February 6
 
February 6-11
Fed Cup by BNP Paribas – Metepec, Mexico
Americas Zone Group I event
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC)
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
 
February 6-12
Sofia Open – Sofia, Bulgaria
ATP World Tour 250 event
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
 
February 6-12
Open Sud de France – Montpellier, France
ATP World Tour 250 event
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
 
February 6-12
KPSF Open – San Francisco, California, USA
ATP Challenger Tour event – $100,000
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
 
February 6-12
Hammamet Futures – Hammamet, Tunisia
ITF Men’s Futures event – $15,000
Chih Chi Huang (Port Moody, BC)
Nicaise Muamba (Gatineau, QC)
Luka Vukovic (Burnaby, BC)
  
 
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of February 6, 2017:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 45
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) : 170
Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC) : 271 
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 293 
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 33
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC): 282
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 4
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 125
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 131
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 166
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON): 239
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 251
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 19
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 24
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON) : 72
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON) : 144
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC) : 159
 
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) : 66
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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