Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of January 18

January 18-31
Australian Open – Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam event
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC)
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON)
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
 
January 18-24
Manila Challenger – Manila, Philippines
ATP Challenger Tour event – $75,000
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
 
January 18-24
Wesley Chapel Challenger – Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA
ITF Women’s Challenger event – $25,000
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
 
January 18-24
Sunrise Futures – Sunrise, Florida, USA
ITF Men’s Futures event – $10,000
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
Alejandro Tabilo (Etobicoke, ON)
 
January 15-22
Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International – Traralgon, Australia
ITF junior’s event – Grade 1
Bianca Vaness Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
Jack Mingjie Lin (Markham, ON)
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC)
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON)
 
January 21-24
EZMED Arizona Open – Tucson, Arizona, USA
Wheelchair tennis event – ITF Series 3
Philip Bédard (Montreal, QC)
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC)
 
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of January 18, 2016:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 37
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 336
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 46
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON) : 139
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) : 14
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 39
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON) : 19
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 20   
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 4
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 8
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 8
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC) : 22
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Yuka Chokyu (Vancouver, BC) : 43
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) : 25
 
 
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, eight professional ITF- sanctioned events and financially supports 15 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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