Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of March 28

March 21-April 3^rd
Miami Open – Miami, Florida, USA  
ATP Masters 1000 and WTA Mandatory event
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON)
 
March 27-April 3^rd  
Israel Open – Naples, Ra’ananna, Israel
ITF Men’s Challenger event – $125,000
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
 
March 28-April 3^rd
Madrid Futures – Madrid, Spain
ITF Men’s Futures event- $10,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
 
March 28-April 3^rd
Kofu Challenger- Kofu, Japan
ITF Women’s Challenger event – $25,000
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC)
 
March 28-April 3^rd
International Spring Championships – Carson, California, USA
ITF Junior tournament – Grade 1
Joshua Peck (Calgary, AB)
Vanessa Wong (Toronto, ON)
 
March 25-30
U16 Indoor Rogers Junior Nationals – Montreal, QC
 
March 26-April 1st 
U12 Indoor Rogers Junior Nationals – Calgary, AB
 
 
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of March 28, 2016:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                             
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 45
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON) : 323
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 46
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON) : 128
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) : 12
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 45
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON) : 14
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 19
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 5
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 8
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 12
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON) : 31
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Yuka Chokyu (Vancouver, BC) : 53
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC) : 79
 
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC) : 31
Joel Dembe (Toronto, ON) : 54
 
Wheelchair Quad Division
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON) : 19
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC) : 25
 
 
 
About Tennis Canada

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