Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of May 2

Mutua Madrid Open
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and WTA Premier Mandatory event
Madrid, Spain
Daniel Nestor
Vasek Pospisil
Milos Raonic
 
$50,000 Karshi Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour event, Karshi, Uzbekistan
Steven Diez
 
€85,000 Open du Pays D’Aix
ATP Challenger Tour event, Aix en Provence, France  
Adil Shamasdin
 
$75,000 Indian Harbour Beach Challenger
ITF Women’s Challenger event, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, USA
Francoise Abanda
 
$10,000 Szeged Futures
ITF Men’s Futures event, Szeged, Hungary
Frank Dancevic
 
$10,000 Tampa Bay Futures
ITF Men’s Futures event, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
Philip Bester
Victor Krustev
Peter Polansky
 
$10,000 Lleida Futures
ITF Men’s Futures event, Lleida, Spain 
Felix Auger-Aliassime

$10,000 Antalya Challenger
ITF Women’s Challenger event, Antalya, Turkey
Katherine Sebov

Metropolia ITF Open
Grade 4 ITF junior event, Delray Beach, Florida, USA
Nicaise Muamba
 
Young Senior World Team Championships – Umag, Croatia
  
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of May 2, 2016:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 46 
Francoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 265
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 47
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON): 119 
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 10
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 47
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON) : 14
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 23
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 8
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 19
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 11
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC): 20
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Yuka Chokyu (Vancouver, BC): 57
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 84
 
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC): 40
Joel Dembe (Toronto, ON): 74
 
Wheelchair Quad Division
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 19
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 25
 
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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