CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of February 22
February 22-28
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ATP World Tour 500 event
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
February 21-27
Qatar Total Open – Doha, Qatar
WTA Premier 5 event
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC)
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
February 22-28
Rancho Santa Fe Challenger – Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA
ITF Women’s Challenger event – $25,000
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC)
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON)
Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
February 22-28
Plantation Futures – Plantation, Florida, USA
ITF Men’s Futures event – $10,000
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
February 22-28
Cartagena Futures – Cartagena, Spain
ITF Men’s Futures event – $10,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of February 22, 2016:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 61
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) : 326
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 47
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON) : 130
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) : 13
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 45
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON) : 11
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 16
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 4
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 11
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 11
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON) : 28
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Yuka Chokyu (Vancouver, BC) : 44
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC) : 77
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC) : 31
Joel Dembe (Toronto, ON) : 54
Wheelchair Quad Division
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON) : 21
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC) : 24
About Tennis Canada
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