Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of July 16

July 16-22
Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open – Newport, Rhode Island, USA
ATP World Tour 250 event
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
https://www.halloffameopen.com/

July 16-22
Plava Laguna Croatian Open – Umag, Croatia
ATP World Tour 250 event
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
http://www.croatiaopen.hr/hr/naslovnica/

July 14-22
Ladies Championships Gstaad by Ixion Services – Gstaad, Switzerland
WTA International event
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC)
https://www.ladieschampionshipgstaad.ch/fr/

July 14-22
Gatineau National Bank Challenger – Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit ($25,000) and ATP Challenger Tour event ($75,000)
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Ariana Arseneault (Canada)
Isabelle Boulais (Toronto, ON)
Justin Boulais (Toronto, ON)
Carson Branstine (Orange, CA)
Jada Bui (Canada)
Alexis Galarneau (Canada)
Pavel Krainik (Toronto, ON)
Catherine Leduc (Canada)
Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC)
Jack Mingjie Lin (Markham, ON)
Nicaise Muamba (Gatineau, QC)   
Samuel Monette (Montreal, QC)
Filip Peliwo (Canada)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON)
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC)
Layne Sleeth (Markham, ON)
Alexandra Vagramov (Port Moody, BC)
http://gatineau.challengerbanquenationale.com/

July 16-22
Formosa Cup – Taipei, Chinese Taipei
ITF Men’s Pro Circuit event – $25,000
Chih Chi Huang (Port Moody, BC)  
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100043370

July 16-22
Ladies Future Vienna – Vienna, Austria
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event – $15,000
Petra Janushkova (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100043337

July 16-21
Hochiminh City G5 – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Grade 5 ITF Junior Event
Andy Zhu (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100042287

July 16-21
01 Properties Tula Junior Trophy – Tula, Russia
Grade 5 ITF Junior Event
Ilya Tirapolsky (Canada)
Kristina Tirapolsky (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100042598

July 19-22
Vancouver International Wheelchair Tennis Tournament – Vancouver, BC
ITF Futures Series Wheelchair tennis event
Philippe Bédard (Bromont, QC)
Mitch McIntyre (Regina, SK)
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC)
https://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041861

July 17-22
British Open – Nottingham, UK
ITF Super Series Wheelchair tennis event
Robert Shaw (North Bay, ON)
https://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041860



Here are the top Canadians in each category as of July 16, 2018:
WTA Rankings
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON): 135
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 146
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 185 
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 197

Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 9 
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 130

 ATP Rankings
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 25
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 30
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 98
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 122
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 144
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 205

Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 117
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 127
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 146
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 356
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 427

ITF Junior Rankings – Girls 
Leylah Annie Fernandez – age: 15 (Laval, QC): 14
Alexandra Vagramov – age: 16 (Port Moody, BC): 110
Layne Sleeth – age: 16 (Markham, ON) : 133
Tiffany Lagarde – age 18 (Montreal, QC) : 164

ITF Junior Rankings – Boys 
Taha Baadi – age : 16 (Montreal, QC) : 149
Chih Chi Huang – age: 17 (Port Moody, BC): 161
Gleb Blekher – age: 17 (Canada): 193

 Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC) : 87
Maude Jacques (Lac Beauport, QC): 88
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 95

 Wheelchair Men’s Division
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC) : 151
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON): 165
Jonathan Tremblay (Saint-Félix de Valois, QC): 386

 Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 11
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 33
Mitch McIntyre (Regina, SK): 60

Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 14
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 18
Judy Lee (Canada) : 29

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, 9 professional ITF sanctioned events and financially supports 13 other professional tournaments in Canada. Tennis Canada operates junior national training centres/programs in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. 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 Web site at: www.tenniscanada.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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