CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK A look at the key events for the week of October 24
Tennis Canada – CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
A look at the key events for the week of October 24
October 24 to October 30
Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel, Switzerland
ATP World Tour 500 event
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON)
October 24 to October 30
Erste Bank Open – Vienna, Austria
ATP World Tour 250 event
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
October 22 to October 30
Abierto Tampico– Tampico, Mexico
ITF Women’s Challenger event – $50,000
Françoise Abanda (Montréal, QC)
October 22 to October 30
WHB Hungarian Open – Budapest, Hungary
ATP Challenger Tour event – €64,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
October 27 to 30
Birmingham Nationals – Vancouver, BC
Wheelchair tennis event – $15,000
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON)
Rob Shaw (North Bay, ON)
Sarah Hunter (Surrey, BC)
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC)
Philippe Bédard (Montréal, QC)
Jean-François Sylvestre (Québec, QC)
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of October 24, 2016:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montréal, QC) : 47
Francoise Abanda (Montréal, QC) : 169
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 39
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON): 288
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 4
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 112
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 148
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 162
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 239
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON) : 257
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC) : 293
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 16
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 17
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 68
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 137
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC): 147
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 7
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 91
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC) : 3
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 9
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC): 11
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC) : 57
Maude Jacques (Sherbrooke, QC) : 82
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC): 70
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON): 142
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay, ON): 24
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 27
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