TENNIS CANADA 2017
MEDIA GUIDE
TENNIS CANADA MEDIA CONTACTS
Valérie Tétreault
Regional Manager,
Communications and Media Relations [email protected] 514.273.1515 ext. 6259
MONTRÉAL TORONTO Nicole Watts
Manager,
Communications and Media Relations [email protected]
416.665.9777 ext. 4092
Victoria Jaklin
Coordinator,
Communications and Media Relations [email protected]
514.273.1515 ext. 6291
Caroline Anderson
Coordinator,
Communications and Media Relations [email protected] 416.665.9777 ext. 4545
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
• ABOUT TENNIS CANADA 5 a. Board of Directors 7 b. Senior Management 8 c. Past Presidents/Chairs 13 d. Provincial Tennis Associations 15
• PROFESSIONAL TENNIS 17 a. Canadian Statistics & Records 18 i. Grand Slams 18 ii. ATP/WTA Events 20 iii. World Rankings 22 b. Top 10 Year-End Men’s Rankings 24
c. Top 10 Year-End Women’s Rankings 39 d. Olympics & Pan Am Games 53
e. Canadian Professional Events 57 i. ITF Pro Circuit Men’s Futures 57 ii. ATP Challengers 70 ii. ITF Pro Circuit Women’s Challengers 75 iv. National Bank Cup 80 v. Rogers Cup presented by National Bank 81
• DAVIS CUP 89 a. Canadian Team Results 90 b. Canadian Team Records & Statistics 110
French version available soon Version française disponible sous peu
*information provided as of Dec. 31, 2016
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
• FED CUP 121 a. Canadian Team Results 122 b. Canadian Team Records & Statistics 137
• JUNIOR TENNIS 143 a. National Training Centres 144 b. Rogers Junior National Tennis Championships 151 c. Top 10 Year-End Rankings 171 d. International Junior Team Competitions 198 e. Junior Grand Slam & ITF Grade A Events 247 f. Canadian ITF junior Events 250
• WHEELCHAIR TENNIS 255 a. World Team Cup 256 b. Paralympics & Parapan Am Games 257 c. Birmingham National Wheelchair Tennis Championships 258
• SENIORS TENNIS 262 a. National Events 263 i. Steve Stevens Senior National Tennis Championships 263 ii. Eastern & Western Indoor Championships 289 b. ITF Senior & Super Senior World Championships 328
• EXCELLENCE AWARDS 330
• CANADIAN TENNIS HALL OF FAME 341
*information provided as of Dec. 31, 2016
ABOUT
TENNIS
CANADA
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, the WTA International-level National Bank Cup in Quebec City, 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.
Tennis Canada’s Development Team oversees a wide range of initiatives with five strategic directions:
1. Community Tennis
2. High Performance Development 3. Technical Development
4. Competitive Development 5. Resource Development
Tennis Canada presents teams for international play in Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Junior Davis Cup, Junior Fed Cup, World Team Cup, the Olym- pics and Paralympics. The national body also co-ordinates a myriad of programming and promotional initiatives aimed at stimulating partic- ipation and excellence in the sport. Tennis Canada is also responsible for the Tennis Canada Excellence Awards, the Distinguished Service Awards and the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame.
In fulfilling its mandate, Tennis Canada aspires to be a leader in sport development and an exemplar of the highest social and personal values of sport.
MISSION
To lead the growth of tennis in Canada.
VISION
To become a world-leading tennis nation.
VALUES
We value Teamwork, Passion, Integrity, Innovation and Excellence.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DERRICK ROWE Chair of the Board
JOHN LEBOUTILLIER Past Chair
ANDRÉE MARTIN
Director NADIR MOHAMED
Director PENNY BALLEM
Chair, Finance and Audit Committee
MARC BIBEAU Director JENNIFER BISHOP
Director
SAM SEBASTIAN Chair,
Events and Infrastructure Committee
HECTOR MACKAY-DUNN
Director STEPHEN MANDEL
Director JACK GRAHAM
Director Emeritus MIKE TEVLIN
Director HART POLLACK
Chair,
Tennis Development Committee & Vice-Chair MICHAEL S. DOWNEY
President & Chief Executive Officer
TENNIS CANADA SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Eugène Lapierre
Senior VP, Quebec Professional Tennis and Tournament Director, Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Montreal
Tournament Director of Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Montreal since 2001, Eugène Lapierre is responsible for professional tennis in Quebec. Recently, he was named one of the 25 most influential Quebecers in the world of sport by the Journal de Montréal.
Mr. Lapierre has been involved with tennis since his youth. As a player, he dominated the province of Quebec in the U16 category (1972) and U21 category (1974) in addition to ranking No. 4 in the open division. He has also acted as a coach and club professional. For the last 20 years, he has played a role in all of the major tennis events in Quebec. From 1983 to 1993, Mr. Lapierre was the Technical Director for Tennis Quebec.
In 1987, he launched a mini-tennis project that allowed kids to play tennis in schools by providing all necessary equipment (mini racquets and balls). He then took over the reins of national and international tournaments in Quebec until 1988. After being named Co-Tournament Director of the Canadian Open Tennis Championships in 1991, he became the lone man in charge in 2001, taking over from Richard Legendre.
Since joining the Tennis Canada team, Mr. Lapierre has overseen numerous initiatives that have contributed to the growth and popularity of tennis in Quebec as well as the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank. In 2001, he was responsible for the addition of 2000 seats and 13 corporate suites inside Uniprix Stadium, he also had 4 brand new indoor courts built and spearheaded the construction of the new National Bank Court in 2004 (4,500 seating capacity). The new secondary court made the Montreal event the only tournament outside the Grand Slams to sell tickets for a second show court. Since being named tournament director of the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank, tournament attendance has grown from 155,000 to over 200,000 spectators.
He was recently honored by Tourism Montreal, who presented him with the “Grand Ulysse” prize, an award that recognizes a Montreal personality who has greatly contributed to the growing influence of the city on an international scale.
A native of Granby, Mr. Lapierre lives in Montreal with his daughter Éléonore.
Hatem Mcdadi
Senior Vice-President, Tennis Development
Hatem McDadi has been senior vice-president, tennis development since 2012. He joined Tennis Canada as director of player development in 1999 and moved to become the vice-president, tennis development in 2004. Mr. McDadi came from the private sector where he was the co-founder of a top Canadian tennis academy and director / part owner of Club Management Group (CMG) Tennis Inc., a tennis club man- agement company based in Brampton, Ontario that ran two indoor clubs and a number of outdoor summer community clubs. Mr. McDadi is responsible for all facets of sport development including high performance, coaching, community, facilities, wheelchair, officiating and com- petitive structure. A key liaison with the provincial tennis associations, Mr. McDadi has been part of a team that helped in the development of Tennis Canada’s strategic plan that has seen historic growth in high performance results, community and club participation.
A certified Level IV coach, Mr. McDadi was a member of the Canadian coaching team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics when the team of Daniel Nestor and Sebastien Lareau captured the gold medal. He also served as Nestor’s and Rene Simpson’s personal coach over the years. Mr. Mc- Dadi was Canada’s Fed Cup coach from 1992-98. He was awarded the Coaching Excellence Award by Tennis Canada in 1997.
On the court, Mr. McDadi reached a career high No. 226 on the ATP singles ranking and No. 188 in doubles. As a junior, he captured the U18 Boys Outdoor National Singles Championship in 1982. He claimed the U18 Boys National Indoor Doubles Championship with Peter Straub in 1981 and again in 1982 with partner Chris Pridham. Mr. McDadi was ranked among the Top 10 players in Canada from 1983-88.
Mr. McDadi, and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Streetsville Ontario with their three children, India, Bodi and Kye.
Rob Swann
Vice-President, Chief Commercial Officer
Rob Swann rejoined Tennis Canada as VP, Chief Commercial Officer in 2013. He is responsible for corporate partnerships and stadium sales revenue generation for the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank tournaments in Toronto and Montreal as well as grassroots tennis and national events. He holds an Honours BA in Recreation and Business from the University of Waterloo.
Mr. Swann started his Tennis Canada career as a volunteer at the 1996 Rogers Cup and over the course of 15 years moved up to Regional Vice-President of Corporate Sales. In 2011, he joined the Toronto Blue Jays as Director of Corporate Partnership and Business Development where he secured multiple new corporate partners and significantly increased the investment of current partners in both dollars and activation.
Upon his return, Mr. Swann led the corporate partnership and stadium sales team to record breaking revenue for the 2014 tournaments.
Mr. Swann lives in Toronto with his wife Tanya and their young sons Carter and Brady.
Gavin Ziv
Vice-President, Professional and National Events
Long-time tennis maven Gavin Ziv was recently named vice-president of professional and national events, in May of 2014. He joined Tennis Canada as the coordinator of national events in tennis development in 1998 and later became the operations manager for Rogers Cup presented by National Bank. In 2007, he was named the director of national events alongside his manager role at Rogers Cup. Prior to his role with tennis, Mr. Ziv completed a specialized honours degree in Kinesiology and Health Sciences from York University. Prior to starting his position with Tennis Canada, Mr. Ziv volunteered with Rogers Cup starting in 1987 and has been involved with every tournament in Toronto since then.
Mr. Ziv is responsible for all facets of the national and international competitive structure in Canada including officiating. He oversees over 70 tournaments including the junior, senior and wheelchair nationals and ITF events, the pro circuit events for men and women and Davis Cup and Fed Cup ties. Mr. Ziv helped to develop the functional and operational program for the Aviva Centre, Toronto’s $40 million stadium that opened in July of 2004, which hosts many of the international tournaments in Canada. More recently, he directed several Davis Cup and Fed Cup ties culminating in the men’s side reaching the Davis Cup semifinal for the first time in 2013 and the Fed Cup team reaching the prestigious World Group on the women’s side for the first time in 2014.
Mr. Ziv is responsible for the overall management of Rogers Cup in Toronto, which is widely considered to be one of the most welcoming and well-organized on the ATP and WTA circuits, a tournament that brings in close to $30 million annually. A key liaison with the WTA and ATP Tours, he has been instrumental in developing the world class player services and TV program. For 2011, when the Toronto and Montreal tournaments began being played during the same week, Mr. Ziv helped develop the model that shows the matches virtually combined on TV.
Mr. Ziv, and his wife, Jaimie, have two children, Emily and Sophie and live in Thornhill.
Helene St-Amand
Chief Financial Officer
Helene St-Amand joined Tennis Canada as Chief Financial Officer in July 2014. Prior to coming on board at Tennis Canada she spent seven years at Bishop’s University, five of which she acted as Vice-Principal of Finance and Administration. Ms. St-Amand holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters of Accounting from the University of Waterloo. She is a chartered accountant and a member of CPA Canada.
Ms. St-Amand began her career as an auditor and has worked in various sectors including publicly traded companies, private sector companies and not-for-profit organizations. She has also shared her passion of accounting by educating others as an accounting professor in the Business Faculty at Bishop’s University.
She donates her time back to local organizations in the community including her participation as a member of the Board of Directors for the Sherbrooke 2013 Summer Canada Games from 2010-2014.
Originally from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Ms. St-Amand now resides in Toronto. She has two children who currently attend university in Quebec.
Muriel Solomon
Chief Marketing Officer
Muriel Solomon joined Tennis Canada as chief marketing officer in August 2016, where she is responsible for leading the marketing and communications strategies for the organization. Most recently, Ms. Solomon worked at King Street Food Company as acting COO and head of Marcom where she helped raise capital, scale the operation, and launched Buca Yorkville and the first North American outposts of Jamie Oliver’s Jamie’s Italian.
After building a deep marketing foundation at a Tier 1 packaged goods company, Ms. Solomon held senior leadership roles at Canada’s top media companies (Alliance Atlantis, CanWest, Shaw) where she led the launch of some of the country’s top TV brands and shows. Recognized as one of Canada’s top marketers by Strategy Magazine, she spearheaded award-winning branding, marketing, and publicity campaigns which repeatedly resulted in record-breaking audiences across Specialty TV. With a talent for creating and reengineering brands and businesses to drive bottom line growth, Ms. Solomon built the country’s most popular and profitable roster of specialty channels, including Food Network, History, Showcase, and HGTV. In her last role at Shaw, overseeing a team of 70 across 19 specialty channels, her scope of responsibility also included the leadership of Shaw’s unique in-house advertising agency.
Praised for her commitment to building and nurturing talent, Ms. Solomon was recognized with a Leadership Excellence Award for Mentorship from Canadian Women in Communications. She was also selected for the prestigious Judy Project, an exclusive Executive Leadership program from Rotman School of Management and as a MaRS embedded executive.
Born and raised in Paris, France, Ms. Solomon moved to Canada after graduating from business school. She balances family activities, not- for-profit work for The Stop (an organization that fights hunger in Toronto), being on the Board of Tourism Toronto, multiple hobbies and athletic activities. She lives in Toronto with her husband and two children.
Tulla Bateman
Chief of Staff & Vice-President, Fund Development
A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Tulla Bateman has spent the past 20 years as a professional fundraiser in the fields of arts, public education and sport.
Ms. Bateman is currently the director, fund development for Tennis Canada, having joined the organization in April 2010. Prior to this position she was director of development with The Learning Partnership from 2005 to 2010 and campaign manager for Canada’s National Ballet School’s
$50 million campaign to build a new school in downtown Toronto from 1995 to 2005.
Ms. Bateman has been involved in numerous community organizations and events including The Doug Philpott Inner-City Children’s Fund as a Board member; Chair of the Toronto Humane Society’s inaugural For the Love of Animals Gala; Sponsorship committee member for Royal St.
George’s Society Red Rose Ball; and member of the organizing committee for Empire Club’s 100th Anniversary Gala.
She is currently the president of the Valley Tennis Club. She absolutely loves tennis but wishes she had a better backhand.
Ms. Bateman lives in Toronto with her young son Braydon and big dog Baron.
Rich Lant
Vice-President, Operations, Aviva Centre
Rich Lant joined Tennis Canada in 2002 and is currently Director of Aviva Centre, the world-class facility home to Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto. Mr. Lant holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Commercial Studies from the University of Western Ontario.
Mr. Lant played an integral role on the construction management team for the Aviva Centre which opened its doors in 2004. This included the initial planning phases, final build decisions and all of the construction phases from ground breaking to the opening ceremonies at the 2004 Rogers Cup in July. He is responsible for all building and tournament operations along with the ancillary events at the Aviva Centre.
Prior to his time at Tennis Canada, Mr. Lant spent 11 years at Chairman Mills, four of which he was Vice-President of Special Events. He was also Vice-President at Fiesta Tents for two years. Tennis Canada was a valued client of his at both of these companies. He began his career in hospital sales with Johnson & Johnson at which time he was also retained as a consultant by Tennis Canada for tournament operations. Overall, he has been involved with every Rogers Cup tournament in Toronto for the past 30 years in various roles.
Mr. Lant lives in Pickering with his wife of over 30 years Dawn and their three sons Justin, James and Shawn.
TENNIS CANADA PAST PRESIDENTS/
CHAIRS OF THE BOARD
1890 - 1892 1893 - 1900 1900 - 1903 1904 - 1916 1917 1918 - 1921 1922 - 1933 1934 - 1935 1936 1937 - 1945 1946 - 1948 1949 - 1953 1954 - 1957 1958 - 1959 1960 - 1961 1962 - 1963 1964 - 1966 1967
1968 - 1969 1970 - 1971 1971 - 1973 1973 - 1974 1975 - 1979 1979 - 1980 1980 - 1985 1985 - 1987 1987 - 1991 1991 - 1995 1995 - 1998 1998 - 2001 2001 - 2004 2004 - 2007 2007 - 2010 2010 - 2013 2013 - 2016 2016 - present
C.S. Hyman H.G. MacKenzie Dr. Goldwin Smith A.C. McMaster No election W.A. Boys, Q.C.
Gamet H. Meldrum Philip D. Lyons F.D. Nicholson R.N. Watt C.W. Leslie
Col. J.M. McAvity, D.S.O.
H.G. Marpole Paul Haynes John Basset M. Laird Watt J.R. Macken W.H. Reid
Pierre L. Dessaules, Q.C.
Coe D. Suydam John Bonus Jim Skelton Lawrie Strong Don McDougall Klaus Bindhardt Francois Godbout Robert H. Wright, Q.C.
Jim Fleck
Jacqueline Boutet Brian Smith Harold Milavsky Jack Graham Tony Eames Roger Martin John LeBoutillier Derrick Rowe
TENNIS CANADA PAST PRESIDENTS
& CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
1989 - 2004 2005 - 2013
2014 - 2016 2017 - Present
Bob Moffatt Michael S. Downey
Kelly D. Murumets Michael S. Downey
PROVINCIAL TENNIS ASSOCIATIONS
Tennis BC
President: Rick Hastings
Executive Director: Mark Roberts
#204-210 West Broadway Vancouver, BC V5Y 3W0 604.737.3088
[email protected] tennisbc.org
Tennis Manitoba
President: Mohamed Ismath Executive Director: Mark Arndt 419-145 Pacific Avenue Winnipeg, MB
204.925.5660
[email protected] tennismanitoba.com
Tennis Alberta
President: Elizabeth Huculak Executive Director: Jill Richard 11759 Groat Road
Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6 780.644.0440
[email protected] alberta.tenniscanada.com
Tennis Ontario
President: Scott Fraser Executive Director: Jim Boyce 1 Shoreham Drive, Suite 200 Toronto, ON M3N 3A7 416.514.1101
[email protected] tennisontario.com
Tennis Saskatchewan
President: Jordan Piller Executive Director: Rory Park 2205 Victoria Avenue
Regina, SK S4P 0S4 306.780.9410
[email protected] tennissask.com
Tennis Quebec
President: Rejean Genois
Executive Director: Jean Francois Manibal 285 Rue Gary Carter
Montreal, QC H2R 2W1 514.270.6060
[email protected] tennis.qc.ca
PROVINCIAL TENNIS ASSOCIATIONS
Tennis New Brunswick
President: Dana Brown
Executive Director: Mark Thibault PO Box 604
Fredericton, NB E3B 5A6 506.444.0885
newbrunswick.tenniscanada.com
Newfoundland
President: Nancy Taylor
Executive Director: Janine Campbell 114 Newton Road, PO Box 728 Station C St. John’s, NL A1B 3A7
709.722.3840 [email protected]
newfoundland.tenniscanada.com
Tennis Nova Scotia
President: Craig Bethune
Executive Director: Roger Keating 5516 Spring Garden Road, 4th Floor Halifax, NS B3J 1G6
902.425.5450
[email protected] novascotia.tenniscanada.com
Tennis Northwest Territories
President: Justin Lalonde Executive Director: Nikola Jovic
#1708, 5018-49th Street Yellowknife, NT
867.444.8770 [email protected] tennisnwt.com
Tennis PEI
President: Daniel Arseneault Executive Director: TBD 40 Enman Crescent
Charlottetown, PEI C1E 1E6 902.314.4985
[email protected] pei.tenniscanada.com
PROFESSIONAL
TENNIS
GRAND SLAM RECORDS &
STATISTICS (OPEN ERA)
Grand Slam Champions
Daniel Nestor
MEN’S DOUBLES
2002 Australian Open with Mark Knowles (BAH) 2004 US Open with Mark Knowles (BAH) 2007 French Open with Mark Knowles (BAH) 2008 Wimbledon with Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 2009 Wimbledon with Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 2010 French Open with Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 2011 French Open with Max Mirnyi (BLR) 2012 French Open with Max Mirnyi (BLR)
MIXED DOUBLES
2007 Australian Open with Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 2011 Australian Open with Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 2013 Wimbledon with Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 2014 Australian Open with Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
Sebastien Lareau
MEN’S DOUBLES 1999 US Open with Alex O’Brien (USA)
Vasek Pospisil
MEN’S DOUBLES 2014 Wimbledon with Jack Sock (USA)
Best Singles Result per Grand Slam
Best Grand Slam Results, Active Players (Singles)
Eugenie Bouchard
– Final (2014 Wimbledon)Milos Raonic
– Final (2016 Wimbledon)Vasek Pospisil
– Quarter-finals (2015 Wimbledon)Aleksandra Wozniak
– Fourth Round (2009 French Open)Frank Dancevic
– Second Round (2007 Australian Open; 2007, 2008, 2014 Wimbledon; 2013 US Open)Peter Polansky
– Second Round (2010 US Open)Heidi El Tabakh
– First Round (2010, 2012 French Open)Francoise Abanda
– First Round (2014 US Open) ** by making the 2014 US Open at 17 years, 214 days, Abanda became the youngest Canadian to appear in a Slam main draw since Helen Kelesi made the fourth round of Roland Garros in 1987 aged 17 years, 203 days.
Australian Open
WOMEN – Semifinals (Eugenie Bouchard, 2014) MEN – Semifinals (Milos Raonic, 2016)
Wimbledon
WOMEN – Final (Eugenie Bouchard, 2014) MEN – Final (Milos Raonic, 2016)
Roland Garros
WOMEN – Semifinals (Eugenie Bouchard, 2014) MEN – Quarter-finals (Milos Raonic, 2014)
US Open
WOMEN – Semifinals (Carling Bassett, 1984) MEN – Fourth Round (Milos Raonic, 2014, 2013, 2012; Martin Laurendeau, 1988)
ATP WORLD TOUR
& WTA RECORDS
Milos Raonic
2011 San Jose 2012 Chennai 2012 San Jose 2013 San Jose 2013 Bangkok 2014 Washington 2015 St. Petersburg 2016 Brisbane
Milos Raonic
– Final (Canada 2013, Paris 2014, Indian Wells 2016)Vasek Pospisil
– Semifinals (Canada 2013)First player born in the 1990s to win an ATP World Tour title (2011 San Jose) First player born in the 1990s the reach Top 10 on ATP World Tour (August 12, 2013)
2014 Washington
– Milos Raonic d. Vasek Pospisil 6-1, 6-4 (August 3, 2014)Milos Raonic
2011 Memphis 2012 Memphis 2012 Tokyo 2013 Montreal 2013 Tokyo 2014 Tokyo 2014 Paris Indoors 2015 Brisbane 2016 Indian Wells
2016 Queen’s Club/London 2016 Wimbledon
Vasek Pospisil
2014 Washington
Greg Rusedski
1993 Newport 1995 Seoul
Frank Dancevic
2007 Indianapolis 2009 Eastbourne
Greg Rusedski
1993 Beijing
ATP World Tour singles titles
Best Masters 1000 results
RAONIC’S ATP RECORDS
First All-Canadian ATP World Tour Final ATP World Tour
singles finals
Carling Bassett-Seguso
1983 Hershey 1987 Strasbourg
Helen Kelesi
1985 Monticello 1988 Rome 1988 Cincinnati 1989 Barcelona 1989 Nashville 1990 Geneva 1991 Geneva
Helen Kelesi
1986 Tokyo 1988 Taranto
Carling Bassett-Seguso
1983 Palm Springs 1983 Amelia Island 1983 Honolulu 1984 Tampa
ATP Doubles Team of the Year
1993 – Grant Connell / Patrick Galbraith (USA) 2002 – Daniel Nestor / Mark Knowles (BAH) 2004 – Daniel Nestor / Mark Knowles (BAH) 2008 – Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
WTA Newcomer of the Year
1983 – Carling Bassett-Seguso 2013 – Eugenie Bouchard
ATP Newcomer of the Year
2011 – Milos Raonic
WTA Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award
1992 – Jill Hetherington
WTA Most Improved Player
2014 - Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie Bouchard
2014 Nuremberg
Eugenie Bouchard
2013 Osaka 2014 Wimbledon 2014 Wuhan 2016 Hobart 2016 Kuala Lumpur
Aleksandra Wozniak
2008 Stanford
Rebecca Marino
2011 Memphis
Patricia Hy-Boulais
1986 Taipei
Patricia Hy-Boulais
1995 Bournemouth
Jill Hetherington
1988 Wellington
Sonya Jeyaseelan
1998 Copa Colsanitas
WTA singles titles
WTA singles finals
Award Winners
HIGHEST-RANKED CANADIANS IN HISTORY
Milos Raonic enters 2017 as the highest-ranked Canadian singles player in history with a career-high ranking of world No. 3, earned on November 21, 2016. Eugenie Bouchard is just behind Raonic thanks to her career-high ranking of world No. 5, which she first reached on October 20, 2014.
MEN (SINGLES)
Raonic became the highest-ranked male singles player in Canadian history on February 21, 2011 when he surpassed Rusedski by reaching world No. 37.
Raonic became the first Canadian to hit Top 10 on the ATP World Tour world rankings on August 12, 2013 at No. 10.
Pospisil became the second highest-ranked male singles player in Canadian history on August 12, 2013 when he surpassed Rusedski by reaching world No. 40.
August 12, 2013 also marked the first time Canada had two players in the Top 50 at the same time (Pospisil at No. 40 and Raonic at No. 10).
No. 3 – Milos Raonic (November 21, 2016) No. 25 – Vasek Pospisil (January 27, 2014)
No. 41 – Greg Rusedski (June 20, 1994) *Rusedski began representing Great Britain as of May 22, 1995 No. 46 – Andrew Sznajder (September 25, 1989)
No. 48 – Glenn Michibata (April 7, 1986) No. 56 – Greg Halder (May 20, 1985) No. 58 – Daniel Nestor (August 23, 1999) No. 65 – Frank Dancevic (September 10, 2007) No. 67 – Grant Connell (June 17, 1991) No. 75 – Chris Pridham (March 14, 1988) No. 76 – Sebastien Lareau (April 17, 1995)
No. 80 – Jesse Levine (February 4, 2013) *Reached a high of No. 69 on October 1, 2012 while representing the United States of America No. 84 – Martin Wostenholme (November 11, 1985)
No. 89 – Rejean Genois (July 31, 1978) No. 90 – Martin Laurendeau (October 10, 1988) 1
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WOMEN (SINGLES)
Bouchard became the highest-ranked female singles player in Canadian history on July 7, 2014 when she surpassed Bassett-Seguso by reach- ing world No. 7.
Bassett-Seguso was the first Canadian, male or female, to hit Top 10 in the world rankings.
Bouchard is the first Canadian, male or female, to hit Top 5 in the world rankings.
No. 5 – Eugenie Bouchard (October 20, 2014) No. 8 – Carling Bassett-Seguso (March 4, 1985) No. 13 – Helen Kelesi (November 20, 1989) No. 21 – Aleksandra Wozniak (June 22, 2009) No. 28 – Patricia Hy-Boulais (March 8, 1993) No. 38 – Rebecca Marino (July 11, 2011) No. 47 – Maureen Drake (September 13, 1999) No. 48 – Sonya Jeyaseelan (December 4, 2000) No. 48 – Marjorie Blackwood (August 1981) No. 64 – Jana Nejedly (October 2, 2000) No. 64 – Jill Hetherington (February 29, 1988) No. 70 – Rene Simpson (April 10, 1989) No. 77 – Sharon Fichman (May 19, 2014) No. 87 – Stephanie Dubois (January 30, 2012) 1
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10 11 12
TOP 10 YEAR-END MEN’S RANKINGS
2015
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Milos Raonic Vasek Pospisil Frank Dancevic Philip Bester Steven Diez Filip Peliwo Brayden Schnur Peter Polansky Felix Auger-Aliassime Martin Beran
HOMETOWN
Thornhill, Ont.
Vancouver Niagara Falls, Ont.
North Vancouver Toronto
Vancouver Pickering, Ont.
Thornhill, Ont.
Montreal Oakville, Ont.
No. 14 No. 39 No. 209 No. 303 No. 385 No. 390 No. 669 No. 712 No. 742 No. 920
WORLD RANKING
2016
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Milos Raonic Vasek Pospisil Peter Polansky Steven Diez Denis Shapovalov Frank Dancevic Philip Bester Filip Peliwo Brayden Schnur Felix Auger-Aliassime
HOMETOWN
Thornhill, Ont.
Vancouver Thornhill, Ont.
Toronto
Richmond Hill, Ont.
Niagara Falls, Ont.
North Vancouver Vancouver Pickering, Ont.
Montreal
No. 3 No. 132 No. 134 No. 166 No. 240 No. 241 No. 308 No. 502 No. 548 No. 602
WORLD RANKING
2014
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Milos Raonic Vasek Pospisil Frank Dancevic Peter Polansky Steven Diez Filip Peliwo Philip Bester Brayden Schnur Pavel Krainik Erik Chvojka
HOMETOWN
Thornhill, Ont.
Vancouver Niagara Falls, Ont.
Thornhill, Ont.
Toronto Vancouver North Vancouver Pickering, Ont.
Aurora, Ont.
Montreal
No. 8 No. 53 No. 149 No. 184 No. 382 No. 399 No. 583 No. 611 No. 899 No. 1096
WORLD RANKING
2013
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Milos Raonic Vasek Pospisil Frank Dancevic Peter Polansky Jesse Levine*
Steven Diez Filip Peliwo Philip Bester Erik Chvojka Brayden Schnur
HOMETOWN
Thornhill, Ont.
Vancouver Niagara Falls, Ont.
Thornhill, Ont.
Ottawa Toronto Vancouver North Vancouver Montreal Pickering, Ont.
No. 11 No. 32 No. 122 No. 141 No. 149 No. 233 No. 266 No. 400 No. 506 No. 557
WORLD RANKING
*Jesse Levine began representing Canada on the international circuit at the start of the 2013
2010
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Milos Raonic Peter Polansky Frank Dancevic Philip Bester Vasek Pospisil Erik Chvojka
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Steven Diez
Chris Klingemann Pavel Krainik
HOMETOWN
Thornhill, Ont Thornhill, Ont Niagara Falls, Ont.
North Vancouver Vancouver Montreal Sainte Foy, Que.
Toronto Calgary Aurora, Ont.
No. 156 No. 207 No. 269 No. 278 No. 339 No. 411 No. 433 No. 466 No. 605 No. 1411
WORLD RANKING
2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Frank Dancevic Peter Polansky Frederic Niemeyer Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Erik Chvojka
Milan Pokrajac Chris Klingemann Philip Bester Milos Raonic Adil Shamasdin
HOMETOWN
Niagara Falls, Ont.
Thornhill, Ont.
Deauville, Que.
Sainte Foy, Que.
Montreal
Mississauga, Ont.
Calgary
North Vancouver Thornhill, Ont.
Pickering, Ont.
No. 130 No. 214 No. 334 No. 340 No. 385 No. 534 No. 639 No. 809 No. 915 No. 946
WORLD RANKING
2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Frank Dancevic Peter Polansky Vasek Pospisil Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Milos Raonic
Frederic Niemeyer Philip Bester Steven Diez Chris Klingemann Adil Shamasdin
HOMETOWN
Niagara Falls, Ont.
Thornhill, Ont.
Vancouver Sainte Foy, Que.
Thornhill, Ont.
Deauville, Que.
North Vancouver Toronto
Calgary Pickering, Ont.
No. 143 No. 185 No. 339 No. 357 No. 373 No. 415 No. 510 No. 571 No. 636 No. 902
WORLD RANKING
2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Frank Dancevic Frederic Niemeyer Peter Polansky Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Milan Pokrajac Erik Chvojka Philip Bester Jean-Francois Berard Rob Steckley Kamil Pajkowski
HOMETOWN
Niagara Falls, Ont.
Deauville, Que.
Thornhill, Ont.
Sainte Foy, Que.
Mississauga, Ont.
Montreal North Vancouver Quebec
Thornhill, Ont.
Burnaby, BC
No. 72 No. 172 No. 343 No. 402 No. 574 No. 665 No. 677 No. 1000 No. 1090 No. 1127
WORLD RANKING
2011
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Milos Raonic Vasek Pospisil Frank Dancevic Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Erik Chvojka
Peter Polansky Steven Diez Philip Bester Milan Pokrajac Filip Peliwo
HOMETOWN
Thornhill, Ont.
Vancouver Niagara Falls, Ont.
Sainte Foy, Que.
Montreal Thornhill, Ont.
Toronto
North Vancouver Mississauga, Ont.
Vancouver
No. 31 No. 119 No. 151 No. 249 No. 268 No. 285 No. 363 No. 391 No. 839 No. 864
WORLD RANKING
2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Milos Raonic Vasek Pospisil Frank Dancevic Peter Polansky Steven Diez Erik Chvojka Filip Peliwo
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Philip Bester
Milan Pokrajac
HOMETOWN
Thornhill, Ont.
Vancouver Niagara Falls, Ont.
Thornhill, Ont.
Toronto.
Montreal Vancouver Sainte Foy, Que.
North Vancouver Mississauga, Ont.
No. 13 No. 125 No. 165 No. 180 No. 234 No. 240 No. 530 No. 543 No. 566 No. 581
WORLD
RANKING
2004
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Frank Dancevic Frederic Niemeyer Simon Larose Michal Ciszek Andrew Piotrowski Sanjin Sadovich Dejan Cvetkovic Rob Steckley Philip Gubenco Matt Klinger
HOMETOWN
Niagara Falls, Ont.
Deauville, Que.
Cap-de-la-Madeleiene, Que.
La Salle, Que.
Oakville, Ont.
Vancouver
New Westminster, BC Toronto
Longueuil, Que.
Toronto
No. 171 No. 295 No. 349 No. 554 No. 671 No. 697 No. 734 No. 746 No. 801 No. 933
WORLD RANKING
2002
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Frederic Niemeyer Simon Larose Frank Dancevic Daniel Nestor Matt Klinger Andrew Nisker Michal Ciszek Sebastien Lareau Philip Gubenco Stephan Timu
HOMETOWN
Deauville, Que.
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Que.
Niagara Falls, Ont.
Toronto Toronto London, Ont.
LaSalle, Que.
Mont-Royal, Que.
Longueuil, Que.
Laval, Que.
No. 262 No. 357 No. 434 No. 659 No. 712 No. 758 No. 776 No. 807 No. 810 No. 1116
WORLD RANKING
2003
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Frederic Niemeyer Frank Dancevic Simon Larose Daniel Nestor Philip Gubenco Matt Klinger Dejan Cvetkovic Sanjin Sadovich Rob Steckley Michal Ciszek
HOMETOWN
Deauville, Que.
Niagara Falls, Ont.
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Que.
Toronto Longueuil, Que.
Toronto
New Westminster, BC Vancouver
Toronto LaSalle, Que.
No. 170 No. 201 No. 232 No. 500 No. 550 No. 614 No. 720 No. 744 No. 1275 No. 1344
WORLD RANKING
2001
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Daniel Nestor Sebastien Lareau Frederic Niemeyer Simon Larose Philip Gubenco Jocelyn Robichaud Bobby Kokavec Mark Parsons Dominic Boulet Matt Klinger
HOMETOWN
Toronto
Mont-Royal, Que.
Deauville, Que.
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Que.
Longueuil, Que.
Joliette, Que.
Montreal St. John’s Neufchatel, Que.
Toronto
No. 219 No. 229 No. 239 No. 467 No. 578 No. 678 No. 703 No. 922 No. 935 No. 1017
WORLD RANKING
2005
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Frederic Niemeyer Frank Dancevic Rob Steckley
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Philip Gubenco Dejan Cvetkovic Philip Bester Erik Chvojka Michal Ciszek Sanjin Sadovich
HOMETOWN
Deauville, Que.
Niagara Falls, Ont.
Thornhill, Ont.
Sainte Foy, Que.
Longueuil, Que.
New Westminster, BC North Vancouver Montreal LaSalle, Que.
North Vancouver
No. 176 No. 188 No. 620 No. 679 No. 685 No. 764 No. 775 No. 788 No. 1032 No. 1129
WORLD RANKING
2006
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Frank Dancevic Frederic Niemeyer Rob Steckley
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Philip Gubenco Philip Bester Peter Polansky Rahim Esmail Adil Shamasdin Jean-Francois Berard
HOMETOWN
Niagara Falls, Ont.
Deauville, Que.
Thornhill, Ont.
Sainte Foy, Que.
Longueuil, Que.
North Vancouver Thornhill, Ont.
Coquitlam, BC Pickering, Ont.
Quebec City
No. 88 No. 329 No. 486 No. 659 No. 675 No. 704 No. 821 No. 952 No. 970 No. 990
WORLD
RANKING
1998
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Sebastien Lareau Daniel Nestor Bobby Kokavec Frederic Niemeyer Emin Agaev Jocelyn Robichaud Simon Larose Mark Parsons Bobby Mahal David Critchley
HOMETOWN
Boucherville, Que.
Toronto Tecumseh, Ont.
Deauville, Que.
Toronto Joliette, Que.
Cap-de-la Madeleine, Que.
St. John’s Brampton, Ont.
Dundas, Ont.
1996
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Sebastien Lareau Daniel Nestor Albert Chang Sébastien LeBlanc Bobby Kokavec Jocelyn Robichaud Frederic Niemeyer Chris Santoso Ryan Clark Bobby Mahal
HOMETOWN
Boucherville, Que.
Toronto Calgary St-Bruno, Que.
Tecumseh, Ont.
Joliette, Que.
Deauville, Que.
Vancouver Vancouver Brampton, Ont.
1997
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Daniel Nestor Sebastien Lareau Bobby Kokavec Jocelyn Robichaud Frederic Niemeyer Sébastien LeBlanc Albert Chang Emin Agaev Simon Larose Ryan Clark
HOMETOWN
Toronto
Boucherville, Que.
Tecumseh, Ont.
Joliette, Que.
Deauville, Que.
St-Bruno, Que.
Calgary Toronto
Cap-de-la Madeleine, Que.
Vancouver
1995
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Sebastien Lareau Albert Chang Daniel Nestor Andrew Sznajder Sébastien LeBlanc Bobby Kokavec Robert Janecek Grant Connell Danny Brakus Jerry Turek
HOMETOWN
Boucherville, Que.
Calgary Toronto Toronto St-Bruno, Que.
Tecumseh, Ont.
Richmond Hill, Ont.
Vancouver
Stoney Creek, Ont.
Coquitlam, BC
1999
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Daniel Nestor Sebastien Lareau Frederic Niemeyer Simon Larose Bobby Kokavec David Abelson Jocelyn Robichaud Mark Parsons Robert Steckley David Critchley
HOMETOWN
Toronto
Boucherville, Que.
Deauville, Que.
Cap-de-la Madeleine, Que.
Tecumseh, Ont.
Mont-Royal, Que.
Joliette, Que.
St. John’s Thornhill, Ont.
Dundas, Ont.
2000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Sebastien Lareau Daniel Nestor Simon Larose Frederic Niemeyer Philip Gubenco Dominic Boulet Dave Abelson Andrew Nisker Peter Richman David Critchley
HOMETOWN
Boucherville, Que.
Toronto
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Que.
Deauville, Que.
Longueuil, Que.
Neufchatel, Que.
Mont-Royal, Que.
London, Ont.
North York, Ont.
Dundas, Ont.
No. 124 No. 220 No. 330 No. 354 No. 778 No. 825 No. 931 No. 931 No. 931 No. 1051
WORLD
RANKING
1992
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Andrew Sznajder Chris Pridham Greg Rusedski Grant Connell Sebastien Lareau Martin Laurendeau Daniel Nestor
Martin Wostenholme Yann Lefebvre Albert Chang
HOMETOWN
Toronto Oakville, Ont.
Pointe-Claire, Que.
Vancouver Boucherville, Que.
Montreal Toronto Oakville, Ont.
Drummondville, Que.
Calgary
1990
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Grant Connell Andrew Sznajder Chris Pridham Martin Wostenholme Martin Laurendeau Bryan Gyetko Glenn Michibata Stephane Bonneau Yann Lefebvre Greg Rusedski
HOMETOWN
Vancouver Toronto Oakville, Ont.
Oakville, Ont.
Montreal Welland, Ont.
Toronto Laval, Que.
Drummondville, Que.
Pointe-Claire, Que.
1991
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Grant Connell Chris Pridham Andrew Sznajder Martin Laurendeau Martin Wostenholme Daniel Nestor
Glenn Michibata Albert Chang Bryan Gyetko Sebastien Lareau
HOMETOWN
Vancouver Oakville, Ont.
Toronto Montreal Oakville, Ont.
Toronto Etobicoke, Ont.
Calgary Welland, Ont.
Boucherville, Que.
1989
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Andrew Sznajder Grant Connell Chris Pridham Martin Laurendeau Martin Wostenholme Glenn Michibata Doug Burke Mark Greenan Hatem McDadi Jean-Francois Mathieu
HOMETOWN
Toronto Vancouver Oakville Montreal Oakville, Ont.
Toronto Toronto
Cambridge, Ont.
Mississauga, Ont.
Verdun, Que.
1993
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Greg Rusedski Chris Pridham Sebastien Lareau Daniel Nestor Albert Chang Andrew Sznajder Martin Laurendeau Sebastien LeBlanc Bryan Gyetko Robert Janecek
HOMETOWN
Pointe-Claire, Que.
Oakville, Ont.
Boucherville, Que.
Toronto Calgary Toronto Montreal St-Bruno, Que.
Welland, Ont.
Richmond Hill, Ont.
1994
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME
Sebastien Lareau Greg Rusedski*
Albert Chang Daniel Nestor Robert Janecek Grant Connell Patrice Boies Andrew Sznajder Yann Lefebvre Bryan Gyetko
HOMETOWN
Boucherville, Que.
Pointe-Claire, Que.
Calgary Toronto
Richmond Hill, Ont.
Vancouver St-Laurent, Que.
Toronto
Drummondville, Que.
Welland, Ont.
*Greg Rusedski switched his representation to Great Britain on May 22, 1995.
