CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of August 1st
July 30 to August 7
Granby National Bank Challenger – Granby, Québec
ATP Men’s Challenger & ITF Women’s Challenger –$50,000 USD
Françoise Abanda (Montréal, QC)
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montréal, QC)
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC)
Alexis Galarneau (Laval, QC)
Marie-Alexandre Leduc (Saguenay, QC)
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)
Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
August 1 to August 7
BB&T Atlanta Open – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
ATP World Tour 250 event – $618,030
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
August 1 to August 6
U14 World Junior Tennis Finals – Prostejov, Czech Republic
Team Canada girls:
Ariana Arseneault
Jada Bui
Sarah-Maude Fortin
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of August 1st, 2016:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montréal, QC): 39
Francoise Abanda (Montréal, QC) : 230
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 44
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON): 140
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 7
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 100
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 9
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 17
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 5
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): 90
Kirsten Sharp (Vancouver, BC): 95
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC): 41
Eric Gilbert (Montréal, QC): 135
Wheelchair Quad Division
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 21
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 31
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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Media Contacts (Toronto) :
Sarah Grossman, National Manager, Communications and Media Relations, Professional Tennis
416-650-7922, or sgrossman@tenniscanada.com
Nicole Watts, Manager, Communications
416-665-9777 ext. 4092, or nwatts@tenniscanada.com
Media Contacts (Montréal):
Valerie Tetreault, Regional Manager, Communications and Media Relations
514-273-1515 ext. 6259, vtetreault@tenniscanada.com
Justine Poirier, Coordinator, Communications and Media Relations
514-273-1515 ext. 6291, jpoirier@tenniscanada.com