Top 10 Most Memorable Canadian Tennis Moments of 2024

10.

Tennis Canada continues its efforts, with the monetary help of Nationwide Financial institution and Rogers, to supply extra sufficient tennis courts throughout the nation.

The 12 months-Spherical Group Tennis Courts Program introduced by Rogers will quickly attain 37% of its goal of constructing 160 new indoor courts throughout 30 amenities by 2029. Moreover, the Nationwide Financial institution Play Your Courtroom program, launched in 2023, has additionally began revitalizing courts across the nation (13 courts in complete to date) with the objective being to enhance 100 out of doors public courts by 2030.

9.

Tennis Canada prioritizes psychological well being and wellness by unveiling pioneering Psychological Well being Technique.

Partnering with the College of Ottawa, Personal the Podium, the Canadian Centre for Psychological Well being and Sport (CCMHS), and Recreation Plan to design, implement and consider a complete long-term technique to enhance the psychological well being and wellness of Tennis Canada athletes, coaches, mother and father, and employees, this program was launched in 2024 and can proceed to evolve within the years forward. 

8.

Canadians take pleasure in resounding success on dwelling soil, with champions in singles and doubles at seven home Challengers.

Kayla Cross claimed three titles, successful the singles occasion on the Saskatoon Challenger and doubles on the Edmonton and Calgary Nationwide Financial institution Challengers. She additionally made the singles remaining on the Tevlin Challenger and Granby Nationwide Financial institution Championships. Marino received the singles title in Calgary, whereas the doubles pairing of Mia Kupres and Ariana Arsenault received titles in Saskatoon and on the Granby Nationwide Financial institution Championships. Liam Draxl (singles and doubles) and Cleeve Harper (doubles) received titles in Edmonton, and Draxl additionally loved singles success at Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. 

7.

New milestones reached for Shapovalov, Diallo, Marino, Stakusic, and Bérubé Perron.

Milestones embrace:

Denis Shapovalov claims second-career ATP singles title on the 250-level Belgrade Open  

Félix Auger-Aliassime reaches a Masters 1000 remaining on the Madrid Open 

Gabriel Diallo and Marina Stakusic qualify for first-ever Grand Slam predominant attracts on the US Open and Wimbledon respectively, additionally reaching career-high rankings  

Diallo contests his first-career ATP remaining on the 250-level Almaty Open in Kazakhstan 

Stakusic wins her first-career title on the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico 

Rebecca Marino takes dwelling her biggest-career title on the WTA 125 occasion in Midland, USA and the singles title in Calgary 

Frédérique Bérubé Perron turns into the primary Canadian junior wheelchair tennis participant to qualify for a Grand Slam occasion, reaching the semi-finals of the US Open 

6.

The ITF World Tennis Report: Canada confirms its place among the many world-leading tennis nations with an increase in participation.

Some highlights embrace:

Canada is now second globally for the share of its inhabitants enjoying tennis at 12.8%. The nation noticed this proportion develop by 7.1% for the reason that final report, which was printed in 2021.  

The overall variety of folks enjoying tennis in Canada has risen to just about 5 million, up from 3.9 million in 2021—a rise of over 1 million individuals. Canada is now ranked sixth globally. 

Gender fairness in participation has surged in Canada, with 46% of tennis gamers now being girls and women, up from 29.2% in 2021.  

The variety of Canadian aggressive junior athletes with world-rankings has additionally grown, with an extra 16 boys and 12 women since 2022.  

5.

The Nationwide Financial institution Open introduced by Rogers enjoys one other super yr.

A few of this yr’s highlights beneath:

    A record-breaking attendance of 150,729 for a WTA occasion in Toronto   

The Montreal match recorded its second-best attendance ever (226,839 followers), even with session cancellations resulting from inclement climate. 

An all-Canadian doubles semi-final (Gabriela Dabrowski & Erin Routliffe vs. Leylah Annie & Bianca Jolie Fernandez) in Toronto 

Tennis Canada confirms the 2025 NBO schedule because the match prepares to be redefined, increasing to a 12-day, 96-player predominant draw, resembling a Grand Slam format.  

4.

Staff Canada reaches Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Finals.

With victories over Argentina, Finland, and Nice Britain, the Canadian Davis Cup staff completed first of their group on the Davis Cup Group Stage in Manchester, UK in September, securing a spot within the Remaining 8 in Malaga in November. In the meantime, the Canadian Billie Jean King Cup staff earned computerized entry to their Finals having received the competitors final yr. Each groups reached the quarter-finals in Malaga.

3.

Tennis Canada continues to prioritize gender fairness, holding the dialog alive round equal pay and equal alternative in sport.

This yr, a number of progressive tasks have been applied as a part of the Recreation. Set. Fairness. dedication in partnership with Nationwide Financial institution. Twenty-one applications obtained funding by way of the GSE Group Tennis Grants, bringing the whole quantity invested in neighborhood initiatives by way of this system to just about $200,000. 

Additionally in partnership with Nationwide Financial institution, the UNMATCHED: Gender Fairness in Sports activities Convention hosted 575 attendees, together with over 50 “Subsequent Gen” neighborhood leaders for gratis, who loved the chance to listen to from keynote speaker, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams. Gender fairness was additionally front-and-centre throughout the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Toronto and Montreal, with the umpires’ chairs on centre court docket in each cities painted purple, the color of fairness. Shortly after the NBO, Tennis Canada ran a mass advertising marketing campaign supposed to lift consciousness of its GSE program, which accrued over 70 million impressions. 

Lastly, the Billie Jean King Cup Champions Tour noticed the well-known trophy journey throughout all ten provinces, celebrating the previous, current and way forward for the game, with GSE actions supplied in any respect stops to supply skilled improvement alternatives for girls leaders and encourage the subsequent era of girls athletes.    

2.

Gabriela Dabrowski and accomplice Erin Routliffe declare the primary WTA Finals title in Canadian historical past.

Dabrowski wrote one other chapter within the historical past of Canadian tennis in 2024, changing into the nation’s first participant to be topped champion on the WTA Finals. She and Routliffe defeated Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend in straight units (7-5, 6-3) within the remaining to say the title.

1.

Félix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriela Dabrowski safe first Olympic tennis medal for Canada in 24 years, successful Bronze on the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games in blended doubles.

Auger-Aliassime additionally completed fourth in singles, and Rob Shaw reached the quarter-finals in quad singles wheelchair tennis on the 2024 Paralympics.