CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada A look at the key events for the week of February 8
February 8-14
ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam, Netherlands
ATP World Tour 500 event
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
February 8-14
Memphis Open – Memphis, Tennessee, USA
ATP World Tour 250 event
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
February 8-14
Oberentfelden Futures – Oberentfelden, Switzerland
ITF Men’s Futures event – $25,000
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON)
February 8-14
Paguera Futures – Paguera, Spain
ITF Men’s Futures event – $10,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
February 8-13
Condor de Plata – La Paz, Bolivia
ITF junior event – Grade 2
Anca Craciun (ON)
Alexis Galarneau (Laval, QC)
Victor Krustev (Toronto, ON)
Nicaise Muamba (Gatineau, QC)
Joshua Peck (Calgary, AB)
Brindtha Ramasamy (ON)
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of February 8, 2016:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 58
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) : 332
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 49
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON) : 133
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) : 11
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 41
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON) : 11
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 19
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 3
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 11
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 10
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC) : 24
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Yuka Chokyu (Vancouver, BC) : 45
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC) : 76
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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Sarah Grossman, National Manager, Communications and Media Relations, Professional Tennis
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Nicole Watts, Manager, Communications
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Media Contacts (Montreal) :
Valerie Tetreault, Regional Manager, Communications and Media Relations
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