CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK A look at the key events for the week of June 25
Tennis Canada – June 25-28
Wimbledon Qualifying – London, Great Britain
Grand Slam event
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
http://www.wimbledon.com/index.html
June 22-30
Nature Valley International – Eastbourne, Great Britain
ATP World Tour 250 event
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
https://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/nature-valley-international/
June 25-July 01
Aspira Tennis Cup Trofeo – Milan, Italy
ATP Challenger Tour event – €43,000
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/milan/3463/overview
June 25-July 01
Kelowna Futures – Kelowna, British Columbia
ITF Men’s Futures event – $25,000
Taha Baadi (Montreal, QC)
Justin Boulais (Canada)
Alexander Day (Vancouver, BC)
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
Alexis Galarneau (Canada)
Raheel Manji (Canada)
Samuel Monette (Montreal, QC)
Harrison Scott (Canada)
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC)
Calvin Thalheimer (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100042976
June 25-July 01
Men’s Futures of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ITF Men’s Futures event – $15,000
Pavel Krainik (Toronto, ON)
Kelsey Stevenson (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100042657
June 25-July 01
Hammamet Open – Hammamet, Tunisia
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event- $15,000
Nicole Bunea (Canada)
Petra Januskova (Canada)
Raphaelle Lacasse (Montreal, QC)
https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100043220
June 25-29
TIHTA Aruba – Aruba
Grade 4 ITF junior event
Alexandre Leblanc (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041166
June 26-July 01
China Junior – Jinan, China
Grade 4 ITF junior event
Andy Zhu (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100042215
June 26-July 01
Copa Horizontes de la Amistad – Havana, Cuba
Grade 5 ITF junior event
Kristen Borland (Canada)
Sofia Kostirko (Canada)
Petra Miszczak (Canada)
Nansi Toskova (Canada)
Annabelle Xu (Canada)
Michael Younan (Canada)
https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100038657
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of June 25, 2018:
WTA Rankings
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON): 131
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 151
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 184
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 191
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 10
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 132
ATP Rankings
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 26
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 31
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 93
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 110
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 151
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 184
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 102
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 125
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 149
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 357
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 432
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Leylah Annie Fernandez – age: 15 (Laval, QC): 13
Carson Branstine – age: 17 (Orange, CA): 110
Alexandra Vagramov – age: 17 (Port Moody, BC): 115
Layne Sleeth – age: 16 (Markham, ON): 134
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Chih Chi Huang – age: 17 (Port Moody, BC): 155
Taha Baadi – age: 16 (Montreal, QC): 177
Gleb Blekher – age: 17 (Canada): 191
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC): 76
Maude Jacques (Lac-Beauport, QC): 79
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 92
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC) : 149
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON): 161
Jonathan Tremblay (Canada): 391
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 10
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 34
Mitch McIntyre (Regina, SK): 62
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 14
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 18