Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of August 8^th      

August 5^th to August 21
Rio Summer Olympic Games – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 Eugenie Bouchard (Montréal, QC)
 Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
 Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
 Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)

August 8^th to August 14^th                                                                               

Gatineau National Bank Challenger – Gatineau, Québec
ATP Men’s Challenger & ITF Women’s Challenger –$75,000 USD
Françoise Abanda (Montréal, QC)
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montréal, QC)
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC)
Isabelle Boulais (Mississauga, ON)
Petra Januskova (Ottawa, ON)
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC)
Erin Routliffe (Caledon, ON)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
Alejandro Tabilo (Etobicoke, ON)
Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
 
August 8^th to August 14
Abierto Mexicano Los Cabos – Los Cabos, Mexico
ATP World Tour 250 event – $128,000 USD
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
 
August 8^th  to August 14
Strabag Challenger Open – Trnava, Slovakia
ATP Men’s Challenger event – €42,500
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
 
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of August 8^th, 2016:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montréal, QC): 40
Francoise Abanda (Montréal, QC) : 228
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 47
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON): 139
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 6
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 105
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 9
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 17
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 9
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 58
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond, BC) : 2
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 5
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC): 91
Kirsten Sharp (Vancouver, BC): 96
 
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC): 40
Eric Gilbert (Montréal, QC): 134
 
Wheelchair Quad Division
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 21
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 30
 
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, 10 professional ITF- sanctioned events and financially supports 12 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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