Tennis Canada – CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
A look at the key events for the week of January 23
 
January 16-29
Australian Open – Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam event
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON)
 
January 21-29
Junior Australian Open – Melbourne, Australia
Junior Grand Slam event – Grade A
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
 
January 23-29
Maui Challenger – Maui, Hawaii, USA
ATP Challenger Tour event – $75,000
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
 
January 23-29
Rennes Challenger – Rennes, France
ATP Challenger Tour event – €85,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
 
January 23-29
Saint Martin Futures – Saint Martin, Guadeloupe
ITF Women’s Futures event – $15,000
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
 
January 23-29
Weston Futures – Weston, Florida, USA
ITF Men’s Futures event – $15,000
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
Jack Mingjie Lin (Markham, ON)
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
 
January 23-29
ITF Junior Tunisia 1 – Hammamet, Tunisia
ITF junior’s event – Grade 2
Taha Baadi (Montréal, QC)
Chih Chi Huang (Port Moody, BC)
Nicaise Muamba (Gatineau, QC)
Luka Vukovic (Burnaby, BC)
 
 
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of January 23, 2017:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC) : 47
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) : 174 
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) : 294 
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) : 35
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 3
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 132
 
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 135
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 167
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 234
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON): 242
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 15
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 18
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON) : 67
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON) : 143
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC) : 154
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 32
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 120
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 2
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC): 4
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 6
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC) : 52
Maude Jacques (Sherbrookie, QC) : 73
Kirsten Sharp (Vancouver, BC) : 80
 
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC) : 66
Jean-François Sylvestre (Quebec City, QC) : 141
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON) : 147
 
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON) : 24
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 26
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC) : 31
 
 
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