Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of January 30
 
February 3-5
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas – Ottawa, ON
World Group first round tie – Canada vs Great Britain
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
 
January 30- February 5
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2017 – St. Petersburg, Russia
WTA Premier event
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
 
January 30- February 5
Caterpillar Burnie International – Burnie, Australia
ITF Women’s Challenger event – $60,000
Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC)
 
January 30- February 5
Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne – Quimper, France
ATP Challenger Tour event – €43,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
 
January 30- February 5
Dow Tennis Classic – Midland, Michigan, USA
ITF Women’s Challenger event – $100,000
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON)
 
January 30- February 5
Palm Coast Futures – Palm Coast, Florida, USA
ITF Men’s Futures event – $15,000
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
 
January 31- February 5
ITF Junior Tunisia 1 – Tunis, Tunisia
ITF junior’s event – Grade 2
Taha Baadi (Montreal, QC)
Chih Chi Huang (Port Moody, BC)
Nicaise Muamba (Gatineau, QC)
Luka Vukovic (Burnaby, BC)
 
 
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of January 30, 2017:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 43
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) : 167 
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 294 
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 34
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 4
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 128
 Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 133
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 165
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 234
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON): 242
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 19
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 24
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON) : 66
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON) : 147
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC) : 162
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 20
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 137
Layne Sleeth (Marham, ON) : 148
 
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
 
 
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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