Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of February 15
 
February 15-21
Open 13 – Marseille, France
ATP World Tour 250 event
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
 
February 15-21
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
WTA Premier event
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
 
February 15-21
Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
WTA International event
Heidi El Tabakh (Toronto, ON)
 
February 15-21
Surprise Tennis Classic – Surprise, Arizona, USA
ITF Women’s Challenger event – $25,000
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC)
Isabelle Boulais (Mississauga, ON)
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON)
Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
 
February 15-21
Morelos Open – Morelos, Mexico
ATP Challenger event – $50,000
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
 
February 15-21
Trimbach Futures – Trimbach, Switzerland
ITF Men’s Futures event – $25,000
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON)
 
February 15-21
F-4 Murcia – Murcia, Spain
ITF Men’s Futures event – $10,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
 
February 15-21
USTA Men’s Plantation Community Tennis Open – Plantation, Florida, USA
ITF Men’s Futures event – $10,000
Alejandro Tabilo (Toronto, ON)
 
February 15-21
Copa FTCh 2016 – Santiago, Chile
ITF junior event – Grade 2
Nicaise Muamba (Gatineau, QC)
Brindtha Ramasamy (ON)
 
February 18-22
Miguel Zuniga Memorial Open – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wheelchair tennis event – ITF Futures Series
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC)
 
 
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of February 15, 2016:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 61
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) : 331
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 48
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON) : 131
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) : 13
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 42
 
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) : 45
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

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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