Tennis Canada- A look at the key events for the week of February 29
 
March 4-6
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas – Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe
World Group First round – Canada vs France
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC)
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
 
February 28- March 6
BMW Malaysian Open – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
WTA International event
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC)
 
February 29- March 6
Gatineau Futures presented by the Turpin Group, National Bank Financial – Gatineau, Quebec
ITF Men’s Futures event – $25,000
 
February 29- March 6
Open Tarragona – Tarragona, Spain
ITF Men’s Futures event – $10,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
 
February 29- March 6
Hammamet Open – Hammamet, Tunisia
ITF Women’s Futures event – $10,000
Petra Januskova (Ottawa, ON)
 
 
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of February 29, 2016:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 52
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON) : 326
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 43
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON) : 125
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) : 13
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 44
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON) : 12
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 16   
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 5
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 11
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 12
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON) : 27
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Yuka Chokyu (Vancouver, BC) : 44
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC) : 77
 
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC) : 30
Joel Dembe (Toronto, ON) : 54
 
Wheelchair Quad Division
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON) : 21
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC) : 24
 
 
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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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 (Montreal) :
Valerie Tetreault, Regional Manager, Communications and Media Relations
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