Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of July 11^th    
 
July 11 to July 18
Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Newport, Rhode Island, USA
ATP World Tour 250 event –$91,630
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
 
July 9 to July 17
German Open – Hamburg, Germany   
ATP World Tour 500 event – €316,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
 
July 9 to July 17
Winnipeg National Bank Challenger– Winnipeg, Manitoba
ATP Men’s Challenger & ITF Women’s Challenger –$75,000 USD
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montréal, QC)
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC)
Isabelle Boulais (Mississauga, ON)
Petra Januskova (Ottawa, ON)
Marie-Alexandre Ledic (Saguenay, QC)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC)
Erin Routliffe (Caledon, ON)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
 
July 14 to July 17
Vancouver International – Vancouver, BC
ITF 3 Series Wheelchair tennis event–$12,000 USD
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON)
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC)
Rob Shaw (North Bay, ON)
 
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of July 11^th, 2016:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montréal, QC): 40
Francoise Abanda (Montréal, QC) : 272
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 44
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON): 142
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 7
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 99
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 11
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 29
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 8
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 57
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond, BC) : 2
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 5
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC): 90
Yuka Chokyu (Vancouver, BC): 103
 
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC): 43
Joel Dembe (Toronto, ON): 116
 
Wheelchair Quad Division
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 22
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 33
 

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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