Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of April 25^th

April 25 – May 1^st
BMW Open –Munich, Germany
ATP World Tour 250 event
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
 
April 25 – May 1^st
Estoril Open –Estoril, Portugal
ATP World Tour 250 event
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
 
April 25 – May 1st
Prague Open –Prague, Czech Republic
WTA International Series event
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
 
April 25 – May 1st
Tallahassee Challenger – Tallahassee, Florida, USA
ATP Challenger Tour event – $50,000
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
 
April 25 – May 1st
Charlottesville Challenger – Charlottesville, Virginia, USA 
ITF Women’s Challenger event- $50,000
Francoise Abanda (Montreal, QC)
Heidi El Tabakh (Toronto, ON)
 
April 25 – May 1st
Wiesbaden Challenger – Wiesbaden, Germany
ITF Women’s Challenger event- $25,000
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON)
 
April 25 – May 1st
Szeged Futures – Szeged, Hungary
ITF Men’s Futures event- $10,000
Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON)
 
April 25 – May 1st
Vero Beach Futures – Vero Beach, Florida, USA
ITF Men’s Futures event- $10,000
Victor Krustev (Toronto, ON)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
 
April 28-30
U16 Junior Davis Cup & Fed Cup + U14 World Junior Tennis – Boca Raton, Florida, USA
North/Central American and Caribbean Final qualifying event
 
April 28 – May 1st
Dunlop Kobe Open – Kobe, Japan
ITF Wheelchair Tennis event – 3 Series
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC)
 
April 28 – May 1st
Quito Open– Quito, Ecuador
ITF Wheelchair Tennis event – Futures Series
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC)
 
 
Here are the top two Canadians in each category as of April 25, 2016:
 
WTA Rankings                                                                                              
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 45
Francoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 265
 
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 48
Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON): 123
 
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 11
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 45
 
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON) : 14
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) : 23
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 8
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Blainville, QC) : 19
 
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 11
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC)): 20
 
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Yuka Chokyu (Vancouver, BC): 56
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 84
 
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Philippe Bédard (Montreal, QC): 40
Joel Dembe (Toronto, ON): 74
 
Wheelchair Quad Division
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 19
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, 10 professional ITF- sanctioned events and financially supports 12 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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