Tennis

On Tuesday, Tennis Canada announced that Leylah Annie Fernandez, who celebrated her 16th birthday in September, is the recipient of the 2018 Rene Simpson-Collins Excellence Award, which recognizes a junior girl who embodies the same values and qualities as the award’s namesake. The annual honour...

The draw for the 2019 edition of the US Open is complete with seven Canadians set to take part in the first round, with the potential for one more to join them. Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC) and Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON) will again...

Over 12 years ago, in the fall of 2007, Tennis Canada opened the doors to its National Tennis Centre (NTC). Since then, the structure put together by the Vice-President of High Performance, Louis Borfiga, has certainly proved successful and will welcome again this year...

The Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II play-off is 2-0 in favour of Canada after the first day of play at Maaspoort Sport & Events. Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) and Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) notched important victories on the opening day action...

Today, the Calgary National Bank Challenger announced that Canadian professional tennis player Vasek Pospisil will be joining its second annual tennis tournament hosted at the OSTEN & VICTOR Alberta Tennis Centre this February.Pospisil, who has been ranked as high as No. 25 in the...

The semi-finalists of the 2019 Tevlin Challenger have been decided with the tournament’s top three seeds still in the hunt for the title. Part of the ITF Women’s Circuit, the Tevlin Challenger offers $60,000 in total prize money and is being played on the...

Tennis Canada announced on Thursday that Denis Shapovalov was named Male Player of the Year, Singles Player of the Year and Doubles Player of the Year. The other Excellence Award recipients for 2019 include Félix Auger-Aliassime who was named Most Improved Player and Liam...

Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON), Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC), Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC) and Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON) will represent Canada in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II first round tie against the Netherlands on February 9 and 10. The tie will...

Tennis Canada announced Thursday the list of players who will participate in the Gatineau National Bank Challenger. The tournament features a mixed draw, with the men competing in the $54,160 ATP Challenger event and the women competing in the $25,000 ITF World Tennis Tour...

With the teams tied after day one, Canada had to prevail in two of three matches to oust Slovakia and secure a spot in the Davis Cup Finals slated for this November in Madrid. After falling in doubles, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov delivered...

The official draw for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-off between Canada and the Czech Republic was held on Friday to determine the match-ups for this weekend’s action. Canada and the Czech Republic will face off on an indoor red clay...