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2014

ANNUAL REPORT 1 Table of Contents:

• 2014 key moments 3

• ABOUT 13 a. Message from Chair and President 14 b. Board of Directors 15 c. Senior Management 16 d. Awards 17

• TENNIS Development 20 a. Community & Kids Tennis 21 b. & National Training Centres 24 d. Professional Tennis & High Performance 29 e. Seniors Tennis 32

f. Wheelchair Tennis 34 2 g. Coaching, TPA & Officiating 36

• Rogers Cup & canadian events 39 a. Rogers Cup -- 40 b. Rogers Cup -- 43 c. Other Canadian Events 45

• TEnnis matters 51

• Facilities 58

• PARTneRS 60 a. Corporate Partners 61 b. Tennis Partners 63

• Finance 65 2014 Key moments

3 2014 key moments in canadian tennis

January 3 reaches the Aircel Chennai Open semifinals, his fourth career ATP World Tour semifinal appearance... advances into his first career ATP Challenger final at the $75K event in Noumea, New Caledonia and subsequently enters the Top 200 for the first time at world No. 196.

January 4 wins her first WTA title, taking home the ASB Classic doubles crown in alongside American partner .

January 5 captures his 82nd career ATP World Tour doubles title, winning the International with Poland’s to make it 21 straight years in which he has clinched at least one ATP trophy.

January 11 Nestor reunites with former partner Nenad Zimonjic of to win his second straight title of 2014, taking home the crown.

January 13 The 2014 begins with three Canadians seeded in the singles events for the first time ever – at No.

11 and Pospisil at No. 28 in the men’s draws, and at No. 30 in the women’s tournament. 4

January 15 Pospisil battles through injury to oust Aussie on Arena and reach the third round of a Slam for the first time in his career.

January 19 Francoise Abanda wins her first career professional singles title, taking home the $25K Port St. Lucie Challenger title with a victory over fellow Canadian in the final.

January 20 Bouchard defeats former world No. 1 to advance into the Australian Open semifinals, one year after falling in the qualifying tournament in . She becomes only the second Canadian in history to reach a Slam semifinal, after Carling Bassett at the 1984 US Open.

January 22 Bouchard’s semifinal match versus eventual champion is seen by 4.4 million Canadians on TSN, making it the most-watched Australian Open match ever on Canadian television.

January 24 Kelly D. Murumets is announced as the new president and CEO of Tennis Canada.

January 26 Nestor and French partner clinch the Australian Open mixed doubles title... Bianca Vanessa Andreescu captures the Les Petit As title in , one of the most prestigious U14 tournaments in the world.

January 27 Thanks to her incredible run at the Australian Open, Bouchard rises into the Top 20 for the first time at world No. 19. FEB 9

February 2 Missing its two highest-ranked players in Raonic and Pospisil, Canada falls 4-1 to in the World Group first round in . Canada’s sole victory came courtesy of on the first day of the tie.

February 9 Canada defeats Serbia 3-1 in the Fed Cup World Group II first round at the Claude-Robillard Complex in Montreal to earn a spot in April’s World Group I play-offs. On the first day of the tie, earns a hard-fought opening victory before Bouchard dominates in her two matches over Jovana Jaksic and to lead Canada to victory. Following the sweep, 5 Fichman and fall in the dead doubles rubber.

February 15 Fourteen-year-old Benjamin Sigouin captures his first career ITF junior title, winning the Queretaro Junior Cup, a Grade 4-level event in Mexico.

March 12 Raonic nets his third career win over to reach the quarter-finals at the BNP Paribas Open, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells... Bouchard and Wozniak have a successful Indian Wells as well on the women’s side. Both players reach the fourth round, with Bouchard picking up a win over world No. 10 en route, and Wozniak rounding into form with upset victories over world No. 16 and No. 22 .

March 23 Gloria Liang wins the Mitsubishi-Lancer International Junior Championships, an ITF Grade 1 event in Manila, Philippines. It is the 17-year-old’s biggest career under-18 title.

March 27 Raonic plays in his second straight Masters 1000 quarter-final, pushing world No. 1 to three sets at the Sony Open in .

March 31 Thanks to his successful month, Raonic climbs back into the Top 10 on the ATP , tying his career-high of world No. 10.

April 4 Bouchard advances into her second semifinal of the season at the Premier event in Charleston after defeating two former No. 1 players in succession, and Jelena Jankovic. APR 5

April 5 Charlotte Robillard-Millette and are crowned champions at the U18 Rogers Indoor Junior National Tennis Championships.

April 20 The Canadian Fed Cup team defeats Slovakia 3-1 at PEPS on the Laval University campus in City to advance into the elite eight-team World Group for the first time in history. Wozniak and Bouchard again lead Canada to three straight triumphs, with Wozniak opening the tie with a stirring three-set comeback victory over Top 50 player Jana Cepelova and Canada’s No. 1 player Bouchard securing her two matches. 6

April 21 Raonic moves to a new career-high of world No. 9 after his quarter-final finish at the Monte-Carlo Masters in , his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final appearance on clay.

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May 11 Nestor wins his 84th career ATP World Tour title, moving him into sole position of third all-time behind Mike and . He and partner Zimonjic defeat the 6-4, 6-2 to win the Mutua Open, a Masters 1000 event in ... Fichman clinches the biggest title of her career, winning the $100K ITF Pro Circuit Challenger in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France. The 23-year-old subsequently rises to a new career-high of world No. 79... El Tabakh captures the $25K Raleigh Challenger in North Carolina.

May 17 Raonic plays in his second career Masters 1000 semifinal and pushes eventual champion to the brink in Rome. Taking the opening set and pushing the second set to a tiebreaker, Raonic nearly ousts the world No. 2 before Djokovic climbs back. 7

May 18 Nestor captures his second consecutive Masters 1000 crown, as he and Zimonjic defeat Feliciano Lopez and for the Rome title. It is Nestor’s 85th ATP trophy and fourth of 2014.

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May 20 is named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Rookie Men’s Player of the Year. The former NTC member finishes up his freshman year at the University of North Carolina.

May 24 Bouchard captures her first career WTA title, defeating Czech Karolina Pliskova for the Nuremberg Cup in . She subsequently rises to a new career-high of world No. 16.

May 26 In her freshman season at Alabama, captures the NCAA Division I national doubles championship with teammate 8 Maya Jansen.

June 1 Competing in the fifth fourth-round Slam match of his career, Raonic defeats at the to make his maiden major quarter-final. He ultimately loses to Novak Djokovic.

June 5 Bouchard participates in her second consecutive Slam semifinal, falling to eventual champion in three sets at the French Open.

July 2 Canada Day arrives a day late at the All England Club, as Bouchard and Raonic post quarter-final victories (over and , respectively) to advance into their first Wimbledon semifinals. For Bouchard, it is her third straight Slam semifinal and she is the only woman to have made all three Slam semifinals of the year so far. For Raonic, the win gives him his first-ever berth in a Slam semifinal, taking it one step further from his Roland Garros result a month earlier.

July 3 The history-making continues for Bouchard as she defeats world No. 3 in the Wimbledon semifinals to become the first Canadian to ever make a singles Slam final in the Open Era.

July 4 Raonic falls in his first Slam semifinal, dropping a straight-sets loss to .

July 5 Pospisil becomes a champion as he and partner defeat world No. 1s Bob and , in five sets in the Wimbledon final. Competing in their first tournament as a pair, Pospisil and Sock ousted four seeded teams en route to the trophy... Bouchard falls to Kvitova in the Wimbledon final. AUG 3

July 7 Raonic becomes the highest-ranked Canadian singles player in history by rising to world No. 6 on the ATP World Tour rankings... Bouchard becomes No. 2 on the list by climbing to No. 7 in the WTA standings.

July 27 Pospisil and Sock remain undefeated as a duo, winning their second title together at the ATP World Tour 250 event in Atlanta to bring their winning streak to 10 matches.

9 August 2 Pospisil defeats world No. 14 to advance into his first career ATP World Tour final at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. Raonic also wins in Washington to make his first final of the year.

August 3 Raonic comes out on top in the first-ever all-Canadian ATP final, defeating Pospisil 6-3, 6-3 in Washington. The triumph gives Raonic his first 500-level title and sixth career ATP trophy.

August 10 The 2014 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank wraps up with two first-time champions – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Toronto and Agnieszka Radwanska in Montreal. Tsonga defeated four Top 10 players, including Federer in the final, en route to the biggest title of his career while Radwanska bested a resurgent Venus Williams in the championship match... The University of captures the 2014 National College & University Championships title at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal.

August 14 Robillard-Millette wins her second straight U18 national title while Harrison Scott wins his first at the Outdoor Rogers Junior National Championships held at the Racquet Club.

August 17 Pospisil and Sock’s win streak comes to an end against the Bryan brothers in the Masters 1000 Cincinnati final. They set a record for a debut team by going 14-0 to start their partnership. SEP 14

August 21 Raonic clinches the Emirates Airline US Open Series Men’s Bonus Challenge title thanks to his title in Washington, semifinal performance at Cincinnati, and quarter-final finish in Toronto.

August 22 At the age of 17, Abanda qualifies for her first-ever Slam main draw at the US Open. She didn’t lose a set through her three qualifying matches and in fact dropped just six games in total.

10 September 14 A victory by Raonic over in the fourth rubber secures Canada’s 3-2 win against Colombia in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs, held at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax. Pospisil and Raonic both won their opening day singles matches while Colombia took the doubles rubber in front of what was the second-highest Davis Cup crowd on Canadian soil with 15,516 fans attending the tie through the weekend. The win gives Canada a place in the World Group for a fourth straight year.

September 28 Bouchard competes in the final, her third of the season and first at the Premier 5 level. Defeating No. 8 en route, she is bested by Kvitova again in what was a Wimbledon final re-match.

October 2 Bouchard officially qualifies for the WTA Finals, reserved for the Top 8 players of the year. She is the first Canadian to make the season-ending championships since in 1989, back when 16 players earned spots in the tournament.

October 4 Pospisil teams up with Frenchman to advance into the Open final in Beijing, his fourth ATP World Tour doubles final of the season. They ultimately fall in the final to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.

October 5 Raonic competes in his second ATP final of the year at Tokyo but falls to rival in three sets, making it three years running he has finished as runner-up at the . OCT 18

October 6 Bouchard rises to a new career-high ranking of world No. 6, tying her with Raonic as the highest-ranked Canadian singles player in history.

October 18 Canada’s over-80 women’s team continues to assert its dominance in the Cup competition at the ITF Super Seniors World Team Championships, as Rosemarie Asch, Muffie Grieve, Joyce Cutts, and Joan Bradich team up to defeat France 2-1 in the final and claim their fourth straight world title.

October 19 Philippe Bedard (men’s), Gary Luker (quad), and Helene Simard (women’s) are crowned the singles champions of the Birmingham 11 National Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Brossard, Quebec.

October 20 Bouchard hits another career-high ranking of world No. 5 to make her the sole titleholder of Canada’s highest-ranked singles player ever.

OCT 19 October 26 Pospisil captures the crown with Nenad Zimonjic for his third ATP doubles title of the season... Four Canadians win gold medals at the ITF Super Seniors World Individual Championships. Inge Weber captures the women’s over-75 singles title, Muffie Grieve takes the over-80 women’s and mixed doubles crowns, and Jim Cameron and Keith Porter clinch their second straight men’s over-60 doubles title.

October 31 Raonic defeats Roger Federer for the first time in his career in the quarter-finals of the Masters and subsequently qualifies for the eight-man field of the ATP World Tour Finals. He is the first Canadian to make the ATP’s season-ending tournament in singles.

November 2 Raonic competes in his second career Masters 1000 final, losing to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.... Dabrowski captures the $50K Tevlin Challenger title crown in Toronto for her first professional singles title.

November 9 Schnur continues his stellar play at the NCAA level, winning the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate men’s singles title played at Flushing Meadows.

November 18 Bouchard is named the WTA Most Improved Player of the Year.

December 13 A Canadian is crowned girls’ champion of the U16 for the fourth straight year as Bianca Vanessa Andreescu captures the prestigious title in .

December 26 Raonic receives his second consecutive Award as Male Athlete of the Year.

December 28 Bouchard is named as the recipient of the Award as the Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year for the second straight year.

December 30 Bouchard is announced as the QMI Agency Athlete of the Year.

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OCT 31 about tennis canada

13 message from chair & president

As has been the case over the past several years, tennis continued to flourish in Canada in 2014 and surpassed the high expectations set in 2013 on nearly every level. Though under new leadership and operating with a fresh perspective, the mission and vision of Tennis Canada remains the same – lead the growth of tennis in Canada and become a world-leading tennis nation. The progress towards these goals was tremendous over the past year and it is with sincere pleasure and immense excitement that we share that progress with you through the pages of this report.

The future looks bright. The 2014 national research study on the health of the of tennis in Canada produced remarkable results. The study showed that, in the past 12 months, more than 6.5 million Canadians played tennis at least once. This is a 32% increase over 2012 when the last participation numbers were tracked. Popularity of the sport is also on the rise with 51% of Canadians saying they are either somewhat or very interested in tennis, up from 38% in 2012. Of the 6.5 million participants, 5.3 million play at least four times per year while nearly 1.7 million are considered frequent players who hit the courts at least twice per month during the summer.

Also showing double-digit growth is participation and interest amongst youth. More than 600,000 children between the ages of 6-11 picked up a racquet in the last year. More than half of those children played at least four times in that 12-month span; this is an increase of more than 80% for that age group. The study also shows that the majority of the new fan interest in the sport overall is coming from a younger demographic. 14

This growth can be attributed to so many things. The effort from provincial and territorial associations down through the club system to implement new programming and keep people engaged in the sport is phenomenal. We would not be able to achieve our goals without their support. Our fundraising team has raised monies that go specifically into ensuring kids have the opportunity to try the sport for the first time. New facilities have opened, particularly on the East Coast, bolstering participation numbers for that region. The pool of coaches is growing with instructor courses across the country, making sure people are learning from certified professionals. And the list goes on.

However, it is success that often breeds success, and the performances on the international stage from the likes of Eugenie Bouchard, Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil, Daniel Nestor and more as inspiration for all Canadians who want to follow them, cheer for them, and be like them. The specifics of their history-making accomplishments are outlined in more detail in the report, but each of them achieved both personal bests and firsts for their country this past year, catapulting them even further into stardom and into the hearts of fans across the globe. We could not be more proud of them.

Equally as successful in 2014 were many of the junior players in our world-class training centres and programs. Their pursuits and the hard work and dedication of coaches, officials, community tennis advocates, corporate partners, seniors players, wheelchair tennis players, event organizers and more are all highlighted in what you will read here.

It is because of a shared passion and love for the sport of tennis that all of our staff, partners, players, stakeholders and fans are seeing such enormous returns on their investment – whether it be time, money, energy or any number of other things – and we are excited to see even more growth as we move forward into 2015.

John LeBoutillier Kelly D. Murumets Chair, Tennis Canada Board of Directors President and Chief Executive Officer Board of directors

John Leboutillier kelly murumets Chair of the Board President & Chief Executive Officer

15 marc bibeau ron ghitter Hector MacKay-Dunn roger martin Chair,T ennis Matters Campaign, Director Chair,T ennis Matters Campaign, Past Chair Quebec

Andrée Martin Nadir Mohamed Deborah Orange hart pollack Director Director Vice-Chair Chair, Finance and Audit Committee

Derrick Rowe Mike tevlin Martin Wostenholme jack graham Director Chair,T ennis Matters Campaign, Chair,T ennis Development Director Emeritus Ontario Committee senior management

Kelly D. Murumets Helene St-Amand President and Chief Executive Officer Vice-President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

Eugène Lapierre Senior Vice-President, Quebec Professional Tennis Mark Healy and Tournament Director, Chief Marketing Officer Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Montreal

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Hatem Mcdadi Tulla Bateman Director, Fund Development Senior Vice-President, Tennis Development

Rob Swann Rich Lant Director, Rexall Centre Vice-President, Chief Commercial Officer

Gavin Ziv Vice-President, Professional and National Events 2014 TENNIS CANADA EXCELLENCE AWARDS

High Performance (Able Body)

Male Player of the Year: Milos Raonic Singles Player of the Year: Milos Raonic Doubles Player of the Year: Vasek Pospisil 17 Most Improved: Milos Raonic

Female Player of the Year: Eugenie Bouchard Singles Player of Year: Eugenie Bouchard Doubles Player of the Year: Gabriela Dabrowski Most Improved: Eugenie Bouchard

Juniors Outstanding Junior Male: Outstanding Junior Female: Francoise Abanda High Performance (Wheelchair)

Wheelchair Tennis Athlete of the Year: Gary Luker Most Improved Wheelchair Tennis Athlete: Mika Ishikawa

Seniors

Individual Inge Weber: World Singles Champion, Women’s 75 Age Category Jim Cameron: World Doubles Champion, Men’s 60 Age Category Keith Porter: World Doubles Champion, Men’s 60 Age Category Muffie Grieve: World Doubles Champion, Women’s and Mixed 80 Age Categories

Team Rosemarie Asch, Joan Bradich, Joyce Cutts, Muffie Grieve Women: Doris Hart Cup Champions – 80 Age Category 18 Inge Weber, Evelyn Hustwit, Penny Goldrich, Heather Kontaxopoulos Women: Queen’s Cup Bronze Medallists – 75 Age Category

Event of the Year Men’s Eastern Canadian Senior Indoor National Award Championships (ages 35-55), Donalda Club

Coaching

Eddie Brisbois Bill Cowan Frederic Niemeyer Andrew Pontozopol Tyler Prescott Ralph Platz IMG Andres Marco Ivan Rauzon Simon Laurendeau Guillaume Marx Cheda Kopcalic Jocelyn Robichaud Sebastian Scutaru Doug Carter Ben Armstrong Michael Loomer

TPA AWARDS

Coaching Excellence: Bill Cowan (ON) Club Professional Excellence: Ken Crosina (ON) Year-Round Facility Excellence: Donalda Club (ON) Seasonal Facility Excellence: Tennis Club (AB) Course Facilitator Excellence: Brian Myers (ON) Gary Caron TPA Scholarship: Carson Bell (AB) Paul & Joyce Chapnick Under 10 Development Coaching Scholarship: Kyrylo Tabunshchyk (ON)

OFFiciating

George Rustscheff Excellence Award: Dave Ouellet On-Court Official of the Year Award: Isabelle Arbour Erica Gilbert Off-Court Official of the Year Award: Zito Baccarani 19 Rookie Official of the Year Award: Shawn Morris

Building Tennis Communities (BTC)

BTC Rookie of the Year: Annapolis Valley, NS (Joseph Memet) BTC Community of the Year: Riviere-du-Loup, QC (Yvon Gosselin) BTC Community Partner of the Year Award: Fernie, BC (Charlotte Willis) BTC Tennis Friendly Community of the Year: Casselman, QC (Jimmy Lavoie) TENNIS development

20 Community & kids tennis

With Tennis Canada’s mission being to lead the growth of tennis across the country, the community, grassroots and recreational competitive levels of the sport remain of the utmost importance in achieving our goals. Continued focus was put on creating, implementing and improving programs in place that affect everyone from kids under eight years of age who are just starting out all the way through to university and college programs which encourage players to keep playing the sport they love.

The Little Aces major market strategy continues to thrive with eight communities across the country growing the sport of tennis through grassroots Kids Tennis programs. An increased emphasis was put on starting Kids Tennis Leagues. These leagues provide low cost, affordable programs for kids with a focus on play. A Kids Tennis Leagues implementation guide for instructors, tennis professionals and community leaders was developed with the purpose to provide league organizers all the necessary information to run a successful program. Kids Tennis Leagues are an integral part of growing the game as well as ensuring the love of tennis is instilled at a young age. Little Aces Programs attracted more than 1,200 Kids Tennis League participants, touched over 9,000 kids in schools and helped drive participants in to local clubs, parks and recreation programs.

Additionally, the Building Tennis Communities (BTC) program continued to flourish as 10 new communities joined in 2014, including Calgary, Clearwater, Kentville, Casselman, Amherstburg, Cymbria, Parc Extension, Laval, L’ile-Perrot and Nouvelle.

21 A new “Learn to Play” curriculum was also created to build a solid foundation for future success and to promote enjoyment for kids playing tennis. It is based on the progressive tennis format and has easy-to-follow lesson plans and activities for the early fundamental stage of development. This resource is for instructors, programmers and play leaders to deliver effective lessons. The resource also includes comprehensive videos. 22 Further to the above enhancements, Tennis Canada was able to support several underserved areas through partner and sponsor contributions to the community tennis department. In 2014 Tennis Canada partnered with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada for a pilot project in Ontario and introduced the sport of tennis to nine clubs and 280 kids under the age of 12 who all participated in leagues. This program will be expanding in 2015. 23

Tennis Canada also partnered with community projects and organizations such as the Sunshine Project, Jane/Finch Community Tennis Association and the Doug Philpott Inner City Children’s Fund. These organizations help break down the biggest barriers that prevent many children from enjoying the sport of tennis including court availability, cost and equipment.

As kids grow and continue with the sport through elementary and high school, it is imperative that a pathway be in place for them to play tennis that is not necessarily part of the high performance stream. University tennis in Canada continues to grow immensely and this growth is evident in the competitive nature shown at our sixth annual national college and university championships which took place in Montreal in conjunction with Rogers Cup presented by National Bank. The University of Alberta won their first title, having competed in the event for six consecutive years. There are now 22 Canadian universities that compete annually for the national title.

For the second consecutive year, the U18 U.S. College Showcase event was held in conjunction with the U18 Canadian National Junior Champion- ships to showcase young Canadian talent in front of U.S. college coaches. This event has grown since 2013 with more than 30 coaches attending the showcase. There are currently 124 Canadians playing in U.S. colleges in 2014 making U.S. or Canadian university tennis a viable option for all young Canadian players. Junior tennis & national training centres

It was a successful 2014 season for Tennis Canada’s junior program, with the nation’s top young talent posting several strong results on the interna- tional circuit.

In her fifth season in the National Training Centre (NTC), Francoise Abanda took a huge leap forward on the professional circuit, rising from a 2013 year-end ranking of world No. 563 to a high of No. 175 in 2014. Just before turning 17, Abanda won her first pro-level singles crown at the $25,000 Port St. Lucie Challenger in Florida in January. She also was a finalist at the $25K tournament in in July. Most impressively, only a few months after making the Junior French Open semifinals, she lost just six games in three qualifying matches to make the US Open main draw – becoming the youngest Canadian since 1987 to play a Slam main draw.

At just 14 years of age, Bianca Vanessa Andreescu captured arguably the most important U14 and U16 titles in the same year. Earlier in 2014, she won the prestigious U14 Les Petit As in France to become the third Canadian to ever win the title. Then in December, she helped continue Canada’s dominance at the U16 Orange Bowl. Following in the footsteps of Erin Routliffe, Gloria Liang, and Charlotte Robillard-Millette before her, Andreescu be- came the fourth consecutive Canadian girl to capture the esteemed trophy in Florida. She also won three ITF junior titles throughout the calendar year. 24 On the ITF circuit, Liang won the biggest U18 title of her junior career by clinching the Mitsubishi-Lancer International Junior Championships, a Grade 1 event in Manila, Philippines. Several other players clinched their first ITF junior titles outside of Canadian borders, including Benjamin Sigouin winning the Queretaro Junior Cup, a Grade 4 event in Mexico. Denis Shapovalov clinched the Copa Cariari, a Grade 4 event in Costa Rica, while Robillard-Mil- 25 lette (the 2014 U18 indoor and outdoor national champion) won a Grade 4 tournament in Hungary. Other notable results include Alejandro Tabilo making the semifinals of a Grade 1 event in Germany, Isabelle Boulais winning a Grade 4 event in El Salvador, and Harrison Scott capturing another Grade 4 tourney in Great Britain.

In the U14 age category, Canada impressed immensely on the international circuit. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams made it through the zonal qualifying tournament to make the ITF World Junior Tennis event in . The major highlight was the boys’ U14 team, featuring Nicaise Muamba, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jerry Huang, and captain Andre Labelle, finishing second in the world. The girls’ squad, with Andreescu, Maria Tanasescu, Brindtha Ramasamy, and captain Bruno Agostinelli Jr. ended in seventh position.

The full-time National Training Centre in Montreal is now in its eighth season and is working to develop the next generation of Canadian tennis stars. For the 2014-2015 season, the program will feature eight returning players and three new additions in 14-year-olds Auger-Aliassime and Muamba and 15-year-old Joshua Peck. With his selection, Albertan Peck also is the first player from outside the three largest provinces of Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia to join the program.

All three of Tennis Canada’s national junior training programs in Toronto, Montreal, and took steps forward as well in 2014. Notably, the Vancouver edition significantly expanded its activity in 2014 and has thusly seen an increase in the depth and quality of its players. Thanks to the three courts it now uses, the program accommodated 20 kids aged 7-15 from both British Columbia and Alberta, helping to provide these young athletes with a more competitive training environment. full-Time Montreal National Training CENTRE Participants

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2014-2015 Players:

Francoise Abanda Jack Mingjie Lin Felix Auger-Aliassime Nicaise Muamba Alexis Galarneau Charlotte Robillard-Millette Rosie Johanson Josh Peck Marie-Alexandre Leduc Benjamin Sigouin Gloria Liang Victor Krustev

2014-2015 Coaches:

Sylvain Bruneau Ralph Platz Roberto Brogin Jocelyn Robichaud

Simon Larose Kieran Foy – Fitness Andre Parent – Fitness Guillaume Marx National Junior Training Program Participants – Toronto

2014-2015 Players:

Bianca Andreescu* Alex Lu Sofiya Babych Brindtha Ramasamy* Jada Bui Natasha Sengrapath Anca Craciun* Stefan Simeunovic Ashton Cross Layne Sleeth Daniel Fainblum Marco Stakovic Ana Grubor Ilya Tirapolsky Christopher Heck Daria Tomashevskaya

Spencer Keung Alvin Tudorica Nick Lagaev

*Athletes in transition to full-time NTC program in Montreal

2014-2015 Coaches: 27 Andre Labelle Bruno Agostinelli Jr. Dean Coburn Clement Golliet – Fitness

National Junior Training Program Participants – MONTREAL

2014-2015 Players:

Elizabeth Desmarais Laura Vasilescu Erica Di Batista Jaden Weekes Tiffany Lagarde* Kyle Weekes Alex-Antoine Marquis Annabelle Xu

*Athletes in transition to full-time NTC program in Montreal

2014-2015 Coaches:

Andre Labelle Severine Tamborero Frederic Niemeyer Andre Parent – Fitness

national Junior Training Program Participants – Vancouver

2014-2015 Players:

Leena Benneto Henry Ren Jack Davis Lachlan Robertson Lawrence Ivanov Jessie Gong Jerry Huang Jovan Sihota Alexa Neilsen Ronik Sihota Ella Neilsen Daniele Tuthen Kiran Phatepeker Alexandra Vagramov Olexandra Gorchanyuk Luka Vukovic Elizabeth Prilepin 28

2014-2015 Coaches:

Oded Jacob Anthony Findlay – Fitness Ruben Alcantara Stephane St. Laurent – Fitness Kamil Pajkowski Sergi Nazarov – Fitness Professional Tennis & High Performance

It was another history-making year for Canadian tennis on the professional circuit in 2014 with the continued rise and record-breaking from our top stars.

Eugenie Bouchard truly won the hearts of Canadians and tennis fans worldwide in 2014, moving from No. 32 in the world to a high of No. 5, becoming Canada’s highest-ranked singles player in history. Bouchard’s incredible rise from up-and-coming star to bonafide Top 10 player began early in 2014, when she became the first Canadian since 1984 to make a Grand Slam singles semifinal at the Australian Open. Leading into the second Slam of the year, Bouchard hit another milestone by winning her maiden WTA title at Nuremburg. She turned her triumph in Germany into a 10-match win streak by backing up her performance Down Under with another semifinal finish at the French Open. A couple of weeks later, she made even more history by becoming the first Canadian to reach a Slam singles final at Wimbledon. These results helped her qualify for the year-end WTA Finals, becoming the first Canadian female to do so in more than two decades. She was named Canadian Press female athlete of the year for a second consecutive time.

29 Also building on a stellar 2013 season, Milos Raonic continued to surpass his previous achievements by putting together an impressive, all-around year. He was the portrait of consistency at Masters 1000 events, making the quarter-finals or better – including one final and two semifinals – at seven of the nine top-tier tournaments. After making the semifinals at Rome, where he pushed Novak Djokovic to three sets, Raonic became the first Canadian 30 male to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final in the Open Era at Roland Garros. He progressed even further at Wimbledon by making the semifinals. In the first all-Canadian ATP World Tour final at Washington, Raonic defeated Vasek Pospisil to claim his sixth title and biggest one of his career to date. He also reached the Tokyo final for a third straight year. His most impressive result arguably came at the , where he picked up his first win over a member of the by taking out Roger Federer in the quarter-finals en route to his second career Masters 1000 final. The result also earned him a position in the eight-man field at the ATP World Tour Finals – a first for a Canadian male in singles. Reaching a high of No. 6, Raonic was also awarded a second consecutive Canadian Press male athlete of the year award.

In addition to making his first ATP final at Washington and reaching a singles career high of No. 25, Pospisil engineered a phenomenal season on the doubles circuit in 2014, starting with his performance at Wimbledon with first-time partner Jack Sock of the . The two young stars excited the tennis world with their run to the Wimbledon championship, beating world No. 1s Bob and Mike Bryan in a five-set final to claim the prestigious trophy. They didn’t end there, winning Atlanta and making the Masters 1000 final at Cincinnati before suffering their first defeat. The duo went 14-0 to start their partnership, an ATP World Tour record for a debut team. Pospisil also succeeded with other partners later in the year, clinching his third career title at Basel with Nenad Zimonjic and making the Beijing final with Julien Benneteau. Starting 2014 with a doubles ranking of No. 89, Pospisil shot up to a high of No. 12 by November.

The successes were not limited to these players alone. Among some of the other key accomplishments in 2014 were Gabriela Dabrowski winning her first WTA doubles title and singles Challenger title; Daniel Nestor winning four ATP World Tour titles, making it at least one championship won for the 21st consecutive year; Sharon Fichman capturing her first WTA doubles title; and Brayden Schnur, and Erin Routliffe making waves in NCAA tennis.

For a full list of player results and highlights from 2014, click here. T he international team competitions of Davis Cup and Fed Cup remain the pinnacle of the national high performance program with both teams solidi- fying their place amongst the best in the world. 31 Bouchard led a team comprised of Aleksandra Wozniak, Fichman and Dabrowski to a historic Fed Cup result, going 4-0 through two ties against Serbia and Slovakia to help her country earn a spot in the eight-team Fed Cup World Group for the first time under the current format. On the men’s side, after falling to Japan in the World Group first round without Raonic and Pospisil due to injury, the Davis Cup team, also featuring Nestor and Frank Dancevic, bounced back in the play-offs defeating Colombia 3-2 in Halifax and sewing up their spot in the upper echelon of the competition for a fourth straight year. In 2015, both teams will compete in the highest level of the competition simultaneously for the first time.

In addition to these phenomenal high performance professional results, the development of junior high performance players remains a top priority with many incredible results in 2014. The full report on junior tennis and the National Training Centre programs can be found here.

With so much success currently being experienced at all levels of the sport, there is a continued importance placed on identifying and recruiting new, talented athletes to the pipeline. In 2014, National Bank became the official sponsor of the talent recruitment and development program nationally. Over the next three years, their support will help give thousands of children a chance to dream about being Canada’s next big tennis star. Making a move back to its original design concept, the program continued its expansion in terms of the number of players recruited nationwide. More than 1000 children ranging in age from 5-8 years old were recruited to outdoor summer clubs in Quebec or Skills Day events in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick. In all, 14 indoor facilities in five different provinces were involved as well as 26 outdoor clubs in Quebec. This number will be expanded in 2015 to identify even more potential talent across the country.

Lastly, sport science continues to expand its role in the national team program. Dartfish USA continued to provide world-class video analysis services for players participating in the U12 national camp program as well as for the Davis Cup team. A professional stroke library was created for use by all national team coaches and we now have high quality video footage of the world’s top international and Canadian players. The use of Tennis Canada’s private Dartfish TV channel was successfully expanded to the coach education program. Moving forward, more resources will be put into the area of sport science with the goal being to implement and integrate sport science and sport medicine programs from the professional player programs down through the club structure. SENIORS TENNIS

Another successful calendar year is in the books for Canadian seniors tennis both on the national and international levels, with players from across the country proving to be some of the best in the world.

The athletes competing in Turkey at the super seniors world championships, for ages 60 and older, performed exceptionally well as has come to be expected. In the team competition, Canada captured two medals, including the continued dominance of the women’s over-80 team. Muffie Grieve, Rosemarie Asch, Joyce Cutts, and Joan Bradich came together to win the Doris Hart Cup for an unprecedented fourth year in a row, meaning Canada is still the only country to win the event since it was inaugurated in 2011. The women’s over-75 team, featuring Inge Weber, Evelyn Huswit, Heather Kontaxopoulos and Penny Goldrick, also clinched a bronze medal in the Queens Cup competition, finishing third out of nine teams.

At the individual event, four Canadians picked up gold medals. Weber completed her outstanding world championships by winning the singles title in the over-75 draw for the second time in three years. Grieve was unbeatable in doubles, winning both the over-80 women’s (with South African Jackie Zylstra) and mixed doubles (with American Max Byrne) events to add to her impressive medal collection. Rounding out the first-place finishers are Jim Cameron and Keith Porter, who won their second consecutive men’s over-60 doubles crown. Other notable results included Lorne Main and Gordon Verge reaching the final of the men’s over-80 doubles competition.

32 The seniors world team championships for the 35-55 age groups took place in Florida, with Canada’s best result a seventh-place finish out of 19 teams by the women’s over-50 Maria Esther Bueno Cup team comprised of Alison Taylor, Mary Manley, Erin Boynton and Cathy Litton. The finest result on the men’s side was the 10th-place finish out of 23 teams by the men’s over-35 Italia Cup squad of Brian Ahlberg, Philippe Pourreaux, Cameron Cross 33 and Jeremy Myles. The highlight of the world individual championships was the women’s over-45 singles semifinal finish of Andreanne Martin, who overcame a slight injury to reach the final four of a very tough draw.

Many Canadian seniors players continue to hold lofty ITF rankings. They are led by Taras Beyko, who maintained his world No. 1 position in the men’s over-45 singles age group. Grieve is currently the No. 1 player in over-80 mixed doubles and No. 2 in women’s doubles, while Ahlberg holds down the No. 5 spot in the men’s over-35 singles rankings. Overall, Canada now has more than 30 players inside the Top 25 on the ITF singles and doubles ranking lists.

Inside Canadian borders, seniors tournaments across the country continued to flourish with most events seeing their draw sizes increase from the previous year. The quality of competition was outstanding with many former Davis Cup, Fed Cup, WTA and ATP players participating in the numerous national indoor, national outdoor, ITF, and provincial events.

The seniors season culminated with the Steve Stevens Senior National Championships in Toronto from August 17-23. Held at Donalda Club, Granite Club and Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, over 400 players from across Canada took part in the first-class competition which was well received by the athletes as they played for their national ranking and international team positions. WHEELCHAIR TENNIS

With the development projects that have been initiated over the last several years by Tennis Canada, the provincial tennis and wheelchair associations and community organizations are showing promising results and an increasing number of participants, leading to the continued growth of wheelchair tennis in Canada in 2014.

New grassroots programs were launched in Ontario, Alberta, New Brunswick and British Columbia, and combined with already-existing programs, a total of 50 new players were exposed to introductory wheelchair tennis throughout the year. A new partnership was also forged with the Holland Bloor- view Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, which has seen wheelchair tennis become a regular component in the children’s physical education.

The second year of targeting the Greater Toronto Area showed encouraging results. The children in Mississauga, Ont.’s Kids Tennis wheelchair league have progressed very well and one of the participants was invited to participate in the ITF Americas Junior Development camp last summer. Building on the success of the kids program, a new adult grassroots program was started in the fall. In addition, the weekly programs at L’Amoreaux Tennis Centre and University of Toronto Scarborough continue to offer regular playing opportunities to recreational players.

National coach Kai Schrameyer continued his work in educating more wheelchair tennis instructors to grow the pool of talented coaches available to work with Canada’s rising numbers of wheelchair tennis athletes. Through workshops in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa, 40 coaches were exposed to the basics of teaching wheelchair tennis. Furthermore, in 2015 wheelchair tennis will be integrated into the Quebec Tennis Instructor Curriculum, 34 exposing every new Quebec coach to the sport. On the high performance front, 2014 was a successful year for Canada’s national team athletes. The quad players excelled both on an individual level as well as a team, narrowly missing a podium finish by coming in fourth at the BNP Paribas in . The men’s squad was one away from securing their place in World Group 2 for next year, but was unable to convert and thus will have to play qualifying again next year. 35

A total of five quad athletes sat inside the Top 40 in 2014, highlighted by the rise of Gary Luker (Ancaster, Ont.), who crowned a successful year by defending his title at the International Canadian Championships in Montreal and climbing to world No. 15. On the men’s side, four Canadian players currently show in the Top 100, with Philippe Bedard (Montreal) and Joel Dembe (Toronto) set on representing Canada at the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games.

In addition, the athletes in Tennis Canada’s development program continued to impress as they improved throughout the season. In the quad division, rising star Rob Shaw (North Bay, Ont.) shot up from having no world ranking in the fall of 2013 to a high of No. 26. Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver) raised her ranking to No. 20 and scored a big doubles win at the ITF Series 1 Daegu Open in Korea with American Top 10 player Nick Taylor. In the men’s category, Jean Francois Sylvestre (Quebec City) currently holds a career-high ranking of No. 87, up from his 2013 year-end of No. 288.

The Birmingham National Wheelchair Tennis Championships also was another success in its third straight year taking place in Brossard, Quebec. The tournament saw the return of a women’s division for the first time since 2012 and Helene Simard, participating in her first competitive event in seven years, took the title. In the men’s draw, Bedard won his second consecutive national crown while 2014 Tennis Canada wheelchair tennis athlete of the year Luker won his second career national title and first since 2011. coaching, tpa & officiating

With the knowledge that strong coaching is vital to the development of tennis players across the country, growing Canada’s top-notch coaching base and offering the nation’s coaches the opportunity to improve their skills remained a main priority in 2014.

Two separate streams exist in coaching certification following completion of the initial Instructor and Club Professional 1 course, with individuals able to select the club pro path, competition stream, or both. Throughout the calendar year, over 500 people attended certification courses in the Instructor and Club Pro stream (Instructor, Club Pro 1 and 2), while over 60 coaches attended certification courses in the competitive stream (Coach 2 and 3).

All certified instructors, club professionals, and coaches must partake in a minimum amount of ongoing professional development to maintain their active certified status. A wide variety of these opportunities were provided in 2014 with 19 conferences/seminars/workshops held across Canada and over 750 coaches participating.

Two more coaches graduated from the mentor program in 2014, which is designed to provide identified certified coaches with the skills, knowledge, and experience to ultimately develop players capable of ranking in the Top 50 internationally. In the past year, 10 coaches were in the program from five provinces.

36 It was a banner year for the Tennis Professionals Association (TPA) as the member-based association devoted to growing the profession of tennis coaching in Canada celebrated its 10th anniversary. Growing every year since its inception in 2004, its membership base increased to over 2,900 members in 2014 – continuing its pattern of significant growth from its starting point of 800 members 10 years ago. 37

With a focus on providing its members with more benefits and services, new partnerships were formed with Yonex, Prince, ReBounces, and Brokers Trust to offer additional exclusive discounts through TPA membership. The TPA website also revamped and enhanced its video library resource section.

World-renowned coach attended the TPA Conference in Toronto, which celebrated its biggest audience yet with over 250 coaches from across Canada in attendance. He took part in a full day of activities, leading sessions about on-court training and off-court topics, including qualities of a coach, preparing for competition, planning, and dealing with parents. He also talked a lot about his time coaching and Roger Federer, with the coaches and guests also having a chance to interact with Annacone and ask him questions.

In total, more than 50 per cent of year-round facilities in Canada now only employ fully-certified TPA members. Additionally, over 95 per cent of coaches working at year-round facilities are certified and over 80 per cent of these individuals are actively TPA-certified.

The total number of Canadian officials certified by the joint ATP/ITF/WTA certification program in 2014 was 27, including eight International (Bronze, Silver, and Gold Badge) officials and 19 White Badge officials. On home soil, there are 300 members of Tennis Canada’s Officiating Program. A total of 20 clinics were held across Canada in 2014 to add new officials to the ranks and improve the skills of officials already in the program with a total of 375 people attending these training sessions.

The officials in Tennis Canada’s program participated in many important events throughout 2014, including Canada’s two World Group II Fed Cup ties, the Quebec City WTA tournament, three ATP Challengers, women’s ITF Pro Circuit Challengers, men’s ITF Pro Circuit Futures, ITF and national-level seniors, juniors, and wheelchair events, and Junior Davis Cup and Fed Cup regional competitions.

Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Montreal and Toronto remains the highest level of event most Canadian officials participate in each year. The selection process continues to be a rigorous one to ensure the highest quality of officiating for the tournament and involves the provincial coordinators, manager of officiating, tournament referee, and chief umpires. In total, 75 per cent of officials employed at Rogers Cup and Coupe Rogers were from Canada. Twenty trainees judged to have considerable potential also were invited to participate in the tournament in order to gain valuable experience 38 and were evaluated post-event. rogers cup & canadian events

39 rogers cup presented by national bank - toronto

The 2014 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto kicked off with an appearance from the No. 1 player in the world and finished with the crown- ing of a first-time champion making it one of the most exciting and successful tournaments in recent history.

Getting the ball rolling with a big splash, world No. 1 and most recent Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic made the first big player appearance of the week by attending the official draw held in the Lieutenant Governor’s suite at Queen’s Park. The event drew media and VIPs from across the city and en- sured all eyes were on Rogers Cup heading into the opening weekend.

Continuing to focus on ensuring Rogers Cup has a downtown presence, Rogers and Tennis Canada partnered on a unique activation the week before the tournament in the form of a tennis lottery ball. Fans were encouraged to draw a foam tennis ball from the large machine to win a prize. Prizes ranged from small (i.e. tennis stress ball) to large (prime tickets, Rogers services and mobile devices). The ball moved to three different downtown locations ensuring it hit a unique segment of the population each day. This included Yonge-Dundas Square, the base of the CN Tower and the Financial District. 40 Pizzaville Free Community Weekend was where the on-site action started, and with a new partner on board, the activation for the weekend was better than ever. In addition to the Kids Tennis programming, fun activities, a festival-like atmosphere and qualifying matches, the weekend also saw the return of the Ball Hockey Challenge. The legendary Roger Federer took to the ball hockey court with NHL stars such as Phil Kessel and Jason Spezza to show 41 off his skills in front of an enthusiastic crowd, some of whom were hockey lovers attending a tennis event for the first time.

Building on the success of the Premium Series Club from 2013, full-week ticket subscribers were treated to exclusive experiences including a Q&A with Roger Federer, a meet and greet with and other unique player opportunities. For all ticketholders, further emphasis was put on improving the on-site experience with site upgrades, including a new practice courts viewing patio and an enhanced retail village, and the introduction of a theme: The Art of Tennis.

Several different events and installations were created especially for the theme, which brought together the artistry and beauty of tennis to add something new and unique to the tournament. An art battle took place between several ATP players with their finished artwork then made available for purchase in the silent auction. Renowned artist David Arrigo was on-site all week in the Tennis Canada booth painting a 16-foot mural celebrating Canada’s Davis Cup and Fed Cup success. Life-size wire sculptures of Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Federer, Andy Murray, and Milos Raonic were placed through the site all week, with options to purchase tabletop versions, and a limited edition souvenir magazine cover and poster were designed as well.

On the court, it was fan favourite and crowd pleaser Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who walked away with his first Masters 1000 title, snapping a streak of 10 straight years that the trophy was lifted by one of Federer, Murray, Nadal or Djokovic. A giant killer in the draw, Tsonga had to eliminate three of those players en route to the championship – Djokovic in the third round, Murray in the quarter-finals and Federer in the final, which he captured in straight sets 7-5, 7-6(3).

For the second straight year, the doubles crown was won by world No. 2 pairing and . The duo defeated No. 3 seeds and hometown favourite Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in the semis to set up a clash with the unseeded team of and whom they defeated 6-4, 6-3 in the final. It was a successful tournament on the Canadian player front as well. In addition to Nestor reaching the doubles semifinals, Raonic reached the quar- ter-finals, defeated in the first round to set up a second-round meeting against Federer, and NCAA standout and former national training centre member Brayden Schnur qualified for his first ATP World Tour event getting his first Top 100 victory in the process. 42 The Rogers Cup Hall of Fame inducted another legend on the Tuesday night of the event when former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg was added to the list of accomplished names. Edberg was a two-time Rogers Cup singles finalist and a doubles champion. A second inductee was honoured on the Saturday evening when former Rogers Cup master of ceremonies Don Goodwin was acknowledged for his 30 years of service to the tournament. rogers cup presented by national bank - MONTREAL

With 181,996 fans entering the gates over 10 days to watch the best female tennis players in the world, the 2014 edition of Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Montreal was another successful tournament. The event marked the return of Eugenie Bouchard to her hometown of Montreal just weeks after becoming the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam singles final at Wimbledon, while the presence of both also drew much attention. The legendary sisters – Venus making her first-ever appearance in Montreal and Serena her second – ended up playing each other in the semifinals in what was the 25th meeting of their careers.

In the end, No. 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland triumphed 6-4, 6-2 over Venus Williams in the final. Radwanska, who had previously reached two Rogers Cup semifinals, ended Venus’ exceptional run. At 34 years old, the American was trying to become the oldest player ever to win the title. The doubles title was clinched by Sara Errani and of who continued their domination of the WTA doubles circuit by becoming the first Italians to ever win Rogers Cup. The top seeds defeated of and of in the final. 43 The tournament kicked off with Hygrade Family Weekend, which saw more than 40,000 people come through the doors to watch qualifying matches and see stars like Bouchard, Maria Sharapova, and Petra Kvitova practice on Centre Court. A ball hockey game also was played between members of Canada’s gold medal-winning women’s hockey team and WTA players. 44

Tennis Canada, Tennis Quebec, and Tennis Montreal joined forces with Olympic Park once again for the third edition of Mini Rogers Cup. Canadian Francoise Abanda and 2011 US Open champion were on hand at the Kids Tennis courts built on the Olympic Park Esplanade to hit a few balls with the kids in attendance at the press conference. More than 160 kids between the ages of five and 12 participated and the winners were presented with their medals on Centre Court during Rogers Cup.

Four-time Slam champion Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario was inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame in a special Centre Court ceremony. The Spaniard, who won the 1992 and 1994 Rogers Cup titles, was warmly received by Montreal fans who adopted her as one of their own during her playing days.

Tennis Canada also reinforced its community ties during the tournament, donating 15 cents per ticket sold to help families less fortunate in the Ville- ray-Parc Extension district. A donation of $27,000 was made to the “Table d’action en sécurité alimentaire.”

Adding to the atmosphere through the week was the original Australian Genie Army, who travelled to Montreal to cheer on their favourite player. The now famous group gave multiple interviews, signed autographs, played tennis with the kids, and made their presence known in the stadium during Bouchard’s match. Tournament spokesperson Denys Arcand, internationally-renowned film director and 2004 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language film, also was a fixture on-site during the week.

Fans of Bouchard, Sharapova, , and Aleksandra Wozniak were also able to purchase ultimate fan packages as part of the Choose Your Team marketing campaign. The package guaranteed fans a place at their favourite player’s first match of the tournament and also provided a gift bag and a significant rebate on tickets purchased for the player’s remaining matches. The lucky fans also were able to take a group photo with their favourite player. other canadian events

2014 CANADIAN EVENTS AND RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK CIRCUIT

EVENT SINGLES DOUBLES

$50K Saguenay (Women) (FRA) (BEL) / (GBR) $40K Rimouski (Men) Samuel Groth (AUS) (GBR) / (GBR) $25K Gatineau (Women) Stephanie Foretz (FRA) (JPN) / Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) $50K Granby (Men) (JPN) (NZL) / (NZL) $25K Granby (Women) Miharu Imanishi (JPN) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) / (JPN) $250K National Bank Cup (WTA) Mirjana Lucic-Baron (CRO) Mirjana Lucic-Baron (CRO)/ Lucie Hradecka (CZE)

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CHALLENGER EVENTS

EVENT SINGLES DOUBLES

$10K Victoria (Women) Sonja Molnar (CAN) Ayan Broomfield (CAN) / Maria Patrascu (CAN) $10K Vancouver (Women) (USA) Yuka Higuchi (JPN) / Hirono Watanabe (JPN) $100K Vancouver (Men) (CYP) (USA) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) $100K Vancouver (Women) Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) (USA) / Maria Sanchez (USA) $25K (Women) Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) Rosie Johanson (CAN) / Charlotte Petrick (CAN) $50K Tevlin Toronto (Women) Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) Maria Sanchez (USA) / (USA)

FUTURES EVENTS

EVENT SINGLES DOUBLES $15K Gatineau Daniel Smethurst (GBR) Edward Corrie (GBR) / Daniel Smethurst (GBR) $15K Sherbrooke (BUL) Edward Corrie (GBR) / Daniel Smethurst (GBR) $15K Richmond (USA) (RSA) / Matt Seeberger (USA) $15K Benjamin Mitchell (AUS) Carl Eguez (CAN) / Anderson Reed (USA) $ 15K (AUS) Hans Hach (MEX) / Brayden Schnur (CAN)

$15K Vancouver Alexander Sarkissian (USA) Daniel Chu (CAN) / Kyle McMorrow (USA) 46 $15K Calgary (USA) Brayden Schnur (CAN) / Jack Murray (USA) $15K Winnipeg (GBR) Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) / (IND) $15K Donalda Toronto (USA) (USA) / (USA) $15K Tevlin Toronto Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) Michael Bois (FRA) / Isade Juneau (CAN) $15K Mayfair Toronto Farris Fathi Gosea (GBR) Matt Seeberger (USA) / Rudolf Siwy (CZE)

BIRMINGHAM NATIONAL WHEELCHAIR TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

EVENT SINGLES DOUBLES Men Philippe Bedard (QC) Philippe Bedard (QC) / Joel Dembe (ON) Quad Gary Luker (ON) Not Played Women Helene Simard (QC) Helene Simard (QC) / Tara Llanes (BC)

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

TEAM University of Alberta

CIRCUIT CANADA EVENTS

EVENT CHAMPION $10,500 White Oaks Copacabana Holiday Open Men – Hugo Di Feo (CAN) – The Club @ White Oaks Women – Sonja Molnar (CAN) $9,000 Canadian Indoor Open Championships Men – Egor Koleganov (RUS) – Cedar Springs Health Racquet and Sports Club Women – Sonja Molnar (CAN)

ROGERS JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Indoor - Junior Boys age singLES CHAMPION SINGLES FINAList doubLES CHAMPIONS 12 Alvin Nicholas Tudorica (ON) Christopher Heck (ON) Joshua Lapadat (ON) / Christopher Heck (ON) 14 Felix Auger-Aliassime (QC) Razvan Baiant (QC) Felix Auger-Aliassime (QC) / Razvan Baiant (QC) 16 Benjamin Sigouin (BC) Jack Mingjie Lin (ON) Jack Davis (BC) / Kiran Hem Phaterpekar (BC) 18 Alejandro Tabilo (ON) David Volfson (ON) Christopher Fletcher (ON) / David Volfson (ON) 47

Indoor - Junior Girls age singLES CHAMPION SINGLES FINAList doubLES CHAMPIONS 12 Sofiya Babych (ON) Natasha Sengphrachanh (ON) Sofiya Babych (ON) / Natasha Sengphrachanh (ON) 14 Tiffany Lagarde (QC) Isabelle Boulais (ON) Brindtha Ramasamy (ON) / Anca Craciun (ON) 16 Brindtha Ramasamy (ON) Anca Craciun (ON) Katarina Kopcalic (ON) / Isabelle Boulais (ON) 18 Charlotte Robillard-Millette (QC) Ayan Broomfield (ON) Rosie Johanson (BC) / Vanessa Wong (ON)

Outdoor - Junior Boys age singLES CHAMPION SINGLES FINAList doubLES CHAMPIONS 12 Ilya Tiraspolsky (ON) Christopher Heck (ON) Ilya Tiraspolsky (ON) / Ashton Cross (ON) 14 Razvan Baiant (QC) Niels Van Noord (QC) Liam Draxl (ON) / Mark Pieczynski (ON) 16 Jack Mingjie Lin (ON) Alexis Galarneau (QC) Victor Krustev (ON) / Joshua Peck (AB)

18 Harrison Scott (AB) David Volfson (ON) Dylan Bednarczyk (ON) / David Volfson (ON)

Outdoor - Junior Girls age singLES CHAMPION SINGLES FINAList doubLES CHAMPIONS 12 Natasha Sengphrachanh (ON) Melodie Collard (QC) Natasha Sengphrachanh (ON) / Daria Tomashevskaya (ON) 14 Sofiya Babych (ON) Jessie Gong (BC) Elizabeth Desmarais (QC) / Mia Edger- Lacoursiere (QC) 16 Katarina Kopcalic (ON) Brindtha Ramasamy (ON) Isabelle Boulais (ON) / Ines Milosevic (ON) 18 Charlotte Robillard-Millette (QC) Vanessa Wong (ON) Charlotte Petrick (ON) / (ON)

CANADIAN ITF JUNIOR EVENTS

EVENT SINGLES DOUBLES Ace U18 ITF Gr. 5 Boys – Denis Shapovalov (CAN) Boys – Jack Mingjie Lin (CAN) / Benjamin Sigouin (CAN) Burlington, ON Girls – Teona Velehorschi (CAN) Girls – Ayan Broomfield (CAN) / Maria Patrascu (CAN) U18 ITF, Gr. 5 Boys – Jack Mingjie Lin (CAN) Boys – Victor Krustev (CAN) / Josh Peck (CAN) Edmonton, AB Girls – Jena Cheng (CAN) Girls – Stacey Fung (CAN) / Stephanie Hazell (USA) U18 ITF, Gr. 4 Boys – Jack Mingjie Lin (CAN) Boys – Jack Mingjie Lin (CAN) / Benjamin Sigouin (CAN) Vancouver, BC Girls –Rosie Johanson (CAN) Girls – Katarina Kopcalic (CAN) / Vanessa Wong (CAN) U18 ITF Junior Boys – Akira Santillan (AUS) Boys – (FRA) / Akira Santillan (AUS) Championships, Gr. 1 Repentigny, QC Girls – Elena Gabrielle Ruse (ROU) Girls – Tami Grende (INA) / Elena Gabriella Ruse (ROU) U18 ITF, Gr. 2 Boys – Petros Chrysochos (SYP) Boys – Yunseong Chung (KOR) / Seong Chan Hong (KOR) Montreal, QC Girls- (AUS) Girls – (BLR) / Elena Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 48 U18 ITF, Gr. 5 Boys – Matthew Gamble (USA) Boys – Christian Lakoseljac (CAN) / Clarke Wilson (CAN) Burlington, ON Girls – Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (CAN) Girls – Katarina Kopcalic (CAN) / Ines Milosevic (CAN) U18 ITF, Gr. 5 Boys – Kyryll Kryvchun (CAN) Boys – Timothy Sah (USA) / Sangeet Sridhar (USA) Victoria, BC Girls – Maria Tanasescu (CAN) Girls – Alexandra Belaya (USA) / Emma Decoste (USA) U18 ITF, Gr. 5 Boys – Kyryll Kryvchun (CAN) Boys – Max Korkh (CAN) / Kyryll Kryvchun (CAN) Vancouver, BC Girls – Alexandra Belaya (USA) Girls – Anne-Sophie Courteau (CAN) / Allisandra Valk (CAN)

SENIOR INDOOR CHAMPIONS

EASTERN MEN SINGLES DOUBLES 35 Carlo Zambri David Cox / Greg Novak 40 Jason Christie Alex Blattler / Ben Woo 45 Alex Blattler Martin Lemay / Mike O’Neill 50 Gary Meanchos Paul Beck / Gary Meanchos

55 Abbas Khiltash Abbas Khiltash / Len Simard 60 Sergey Borodulin Sydney Azancot / Dennis Ing 65 Allard Cote Lucien Desmarais / Michel Lanteigne 70 Shaheer Mikhail Jules Allard / Jean Larose 75 Gaston Blais Gaston Blais / Crichton Wilson 80 Brahm Faber No Event

EASTERN WOMEN SINGLES DOUBLES 35 Sophie Ronan Flora Karsai / Sophie Ronan 40 Jennifer Bishop No Event 45 No Event Erin Boynton / Sue Bye 50 Sandy Mackie No Event 55 Erin Boynton Madeleine Berube / Michelle Karis 60 Christa Cameron Christa Cameron / Anke Magnus

65 Mary Ann Gaskin Coby Dommasch / Anne Rungi 70 Lilli Dontigny Lilli Dontigny / Sue Gilbertson 75 Monic Houde No Event 80 No Event No Event

WESTERN MEN SINGLES DOUBLES 30 Tristan Gilbertson Marvin Hinds / Shaun Khambral 49 35 No Event No Event 40 Joachim Nierfeld Stephen Kimoff / Joachim Nierfeld 45 No Event No Event 50 Stephen Kimoff Imran Syed / Rob Wolfert 55 Stan Mystek Stany Mystek / Marc Pepin 60 No Event Osama Elshafey / Joe Forrayi 65 Joe Forrayi No Event 70 Eric Bojesen Eric Bojesen / Horst Dammholz 75 Horst Dammholz No Event 80 Gordon Verge No Event

WESTERN WOMEN SINGLES DOUBLES 35 Shawna Lalande-Weber Jennifer Cherneski / Shawna Lalande-Weber

40 No Event No Event 45 Rosie Schaich Carol Lau / Anne Lydon 50 Mary Manley Mary Manley / Karen Clarke 55 Cora Wills Marcia Jackson / Amy Poon 60 Micheline Berry Micheline Berry / Amy Poon 65 Jean Martin Mary Ann Gaskin / Patricia McLachlan 70 No Event No Event 75 No Event No Event

STEVE STEVENS SENIOR OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS

MEN SINGLES DOUBLES 35 Brian Ahlberg Chris Ritchie / Coulter Wright 40 Matthew Akman Gerry Ronan / Coulter Wright

45 Karl Hale Paul Beck / Gary Meanchos 50 Gary Meanchos Stephen Kimoff / Oliver Kraut 55 Terence Robinson Fraser Macdonald / Len Simard 60 Keith Porter James Cameron / Steve Yesowick 65 Tim Griffin Hani Ayoub / Ken Dahl 70 John Tibbits Eric Bojesen / Shaheer Mikhail 50 75 Gaston Blais Horst Dammholz / Guido Weber 80 Lorne Main Robin Arnold / Philip Taylor 85 Paul Lee John Klaiber / Gerald Regan

WOMEN SINGLES DOUBLES 35 Maureen Drake / Shiera Stuart 40 Jennifer Bishop Jennifer Bishop / Tina Blaskovic 45 Andreanne Martin Caroline Frenette / Andreanne Martin 50 Alison Taylor Dale Kozicz / Kathy Mueller 55 Erin Boynton Erin Boynton / Diana Dimmer 60 Louise Moulin Janice Holloway / Susan Stone 65 Mary Ann Gaskin Mary Ann Gaskin / Patricia Mclachlan 70 Louise Langston Lili Dontigny / Susan Gilbertson

75 Inge Weber Muffie Grieve / Evelyn Hustwit 80 Muffie Grieve No Event tennis matters

51 tennis matters

It was another successful year for Tennis Matters in 2014, raising close to $3 million dollars to help support and grow tennis in Canada. Tennis Matters, the fundraising division of Tennis Canada, focuses its efforts in three key areas of the organization: growing Kids Tennis, supporting high performance development, and new indoor facilities across the country.

Let’s Make Tennis Matter for Kids campaign

The Let’s Make Tennis Matter for Kids campaign, which provides opportunities for children from across Canada to get active and learn important values through tennis, marked its fifth year in 2014. The campaign saw its number of donors increase by a whopping 50 per cent from 2013, with close to 1,500 donors from across the country helping raise over $337,000. Thank you to the 13 ambassadors who matched every gift made:

• Milos Raonic & the Raonic Family • Sébastien LeBlanc • Hart & Nancy Pollack • Anonymous • Gary & Jo Barnes • London Community Foundation • Garrett Prins, Cor Capital • Avie Bennett • Nancy & John McFadyen • Cheryl & Jim Sheard • Donald F. Hunter Foundation • Tom & Cara Nicolopoulos • Graeme & Ellen Watt

Kids Tennis programs are delivered in schools, parks, and clubs. New partnerships were formed with the Boys & Girls Clubs in Toronto and Montreal as well as Girl Guides Canada to deliver programs to underserved communities. The Kids Tennis program has also evolved to include sport wheelchairs for kids, which has been a 52 huge success, providing kids not only with an opportunity to play the sport but also a feeling of inclusiveness, sense of purpose and happiness for the entire family. high performance

The 2014 season was an exciting one for Canadian tennis, as the success of the Canadian Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams as well as stars Milos Raonic, Eugenie Bouchard and Vasek Pospisil certainly helped raise Canadians’ interest in helping develop the next generation of champions. There is a talented group of kids training at the full-time National Training Centre in Montreal, who are achieving success at junior tournaments all over the world. Support from incredibly generous donors is helping our high performance program achieve these great results.

In particular, special thanks go to Marc and Tracy Bibeau for their support of high performance tennis; Peter Jensen and Laura McCain for their gift to help develop the University Championships in ; and Milos Raonic for giving back and providing player coaching scholarships to support the 53 development of top achieving U12 players in Canada. EVENTS

Raonic Race for Kids This year marked the third annual Raonic Race for Kids fundraising event in support of Let’s Make Tennis Matter for Kids and the Milos Raonic Foundation. Once again teams and their celebrity honorary team captains competed in a series of fun, timed challenges to win the Raonic Cup. The event was a success as teams and celebrities had fun while raising $131,000 for these important causes. Thank you to all fund-racers and hats off to the top three fundraisers and fundraising teams:

Top fundraisers: Top fundraising teams: • Michael Biro • Mayfair Mavericks • Beverly Kataoka • Blackmore • Monte Weis • OTA Future Stars

Congratulations to the team who won the Raonic Cup: You Got Served!

Thank you to the Raonic Race for Kids sponsors:

Draft Party Sponsor: Challenge Sponsors: • Pizzaville • McRae Imaging • National Bank • Media Partner: • 54

And finally, thank you to the celebrities who kindly gave their time and energy to the event:

• Milos Raonic • Frank Dancevic • • Carson Arthur • Rob Faulds • Kelly Murumets • Adriano Belli • Anthony Gale • Martin Reader • Michael Boguski • Karl Hale • Cabral Richards • Billy Bridges • Curt Harnett • Sami Jo Small • Brad Bowden • Marnie McBean • • • Danielle Michaud •

Rogers Cup and other events Tennis Matters hosted several successful fundraising events this year, including a Women’s Executive Event in Montreal and the ATP Dream Doubles Chal- lenge in Toronto during Rogers Cup presented by National Bank. The tournaments also featured record-setting silent auctions.

Fundraising events were also held at Toronto Lawn, Granite Club, and Rexall Centre with the Grand Slam Pro-Am. Their great efforts to help grow the game are much appreciated. A special acknowledgement is also owed to Daniel Nestor for donating proceeds from his fundraising event to help Kids Tennis. lifetime legends

Tennis Canada is grateful to those donors whose passion and commitment for tennis has resulted in total contributions exceeding $100,000. Their gener- osity is felt by tennis players, coaches and fans across the country. In 2014, Lifetime Legends welcomed some new members to the circle, including John LeBoutillier, Hans & Ingeborg Maciej, Alex Osten, and Buddy Victor.

Lifetime Legends L orne & Wendy Abony The Fleck Family Foundation McRae Imaging Inc. Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong Ron & Myrna Ghitter Roger Martin James & Nicole Bagnell Linda Glover & Ian De Verteuil The Ontario Trillium Foundation The Birmingham Family Peter Goldberg Alex Osten David & Stacey Cynamon Granite Club The Rix Family Foundation Dan & Jill Devlin Adrian Lachance Mike & Nicole Tevlin Donalda Tennis Club John LeBoutillier The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club Tony & Robyn Eames Family Foundation Hans & Ingeborg Maciej Buddy Victor Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited Hector MacKay-Dunn & Family

Donor listing

Tennis Canada gratefully acknowledges all the donors who generously contributed between Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

Legends $100,000+ Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong Ron & Myrna Ghitter Nicole & Mike Tevlin The Birmingham Family Hans & Ingeborg Maciej Buddy Victor 55 Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited Alex Osten

Grand Slammers $25,000-$99,999 Marc & Tracy Bibeau The Fleck Family Foundation J. F. Mitchell The Brown Family Linda Glover & Ian De Verteuil Andrzej Kepinski Tony & Moira Cohen Graeme & Elizabeth Hibberd Robert Miller Dan & Jill Devlin Hector MacKay-Dunn & Family Milos Raonic & the Raonic Family The Tony & Robyn Eames Foundation Peter Jensen & Laura McCain Spacemakers Construction Services Edron Holdings Ltd McRae Imaging Inc. Swiftsure Foundation

Ambassadors $10,000 - $24,999 John Amundrud Sébastien Leblanc Quantum Nutrition Inc Gary & Jo Barnes John LeBoutillier Murray & Roda Rubin Avie Bennett Roger Martin Scotiabank Copez Properties Ltd Scott & Margrit McCreath Cheryl & James Sheard Michael Cowpland The Hugh & Carys Quennec Family Michael Smith The Donald F. Hunter Foundation Nancy & John McFadyen Tennis Alberta Michael & Jane Evans Gustav Morhart The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club Fondation Martin-Matte Donald & Lois Morrison David Vaughan Forezli Family Trust Tom & Cara Nicolopoulos Graeme & Ellen Watt Gerry Goldberg Hart & Nancy Pollack 1 Anonymous Donor Terry Hooge Garett Prins, COR Capital Champions $1,000 - $9,999 AETIOS Productions Inc Jack Graham NSBI Charlotte Alabaster David & Miray Granovsky Gillian Owen & Mark Cassidy AON Parizeau Gordon & Carol Gregory Audrey & George Peppin James & Nicole Bagnell Anthony Griffiths & Penny Higgins Peters Oley Rouse Barristers & Solicitors Banque Nationale Halifax Port Authority Richard Pilosof Barry & Stephanie Zekelman Foundation Patrick Harrison Danny Pivnick Bentall Kennedy John A. Heine PC John & Beth Pollard Robert Caracciolo & Mary Lozynsky Henry White Kinnear Foundation David Potter Paul & Joyce Chapnick Sonia Heroux & Adam Pekarsky Hyun-Hee Pyun The Charnetski/Pearce Family Richard Huddleston & Cheryl Cooney Raymond James Canada Foundation The Christopher Foundation Israel Tennis Centers Foundation RBC Wealth Management CI Investments Calvin Jay Rogers Sportsnet CIBC The Joseph Frieberg Family Charitable Foundation Alfredo & Moira Romano David Clark & Barbara Ramsay La Caille Group Inc Laurence Rose Margie & Richard Clark La Capitale Assurances et Services Financiers Saju Holdings Ltd Clearwater Fine Foods Inc David A. Labarre Hélène Boyer CREIT Lakewood Indoor Tennis Sherman Foundation Remco Daal Eugene Lapierre Marilyn Short & Jeff Weiss Grant Dennler Paul Lee Sibold Family David Dick Malcolm Leitch Rebecca & Alan Simpson Carol Durno & Family Joe & Parker Lowes Jane & Burton Simpson Empire Company Limited Mark MacConnell Tata Consultancy Services Enterprise Rent A Car Canada Company Randy Magnussen Helen Tennyson The Farley Group Tam & Jon Matthews Richard Thomson

Fidelity Investments Rob McBroom & Family Heather & Mark Waldman 56 Financière SunLife Sam McDadi Don & Betty Watt Brian & Patricia Flood Donnie Meehan Gary Whitelaw Michael Fortier Metro Label Mark & Yael Wilder Sunrise Rotary Club Inc Karen & Ian Miller Williams François Godbout Mark & Carol Monaghan WTA Tour Frank & Anna Goddard Kay Nasser 1 Anonymous Donor Peter Goldberg Lawrence Neilson Bruce & Susan Gossen Rob Nicholls Finalists $500 - $999 Michael Adams Mitch, Leslie, Joshua & Jordan Frazer Cathlin McNally Gordon & Kathy Allman Paul Fredricks Midhurst Tennis Club Joel & Lynne Altman Statoil Pamela Newall The Barbalias Family Sue & John Giesy Northwest & Ethical Investments LP Allan Barish Landon Grubb Kerry Peacock Jean Bazin Peter Harrison Pearl Lindholm Thomas Bitove The Hermant Family Foundation Richard Phillips BMO Investments Tim & Kathy Hicks PWC Jonas Bordo Robert Hinckley - Bullhorn Anton Rabie Peter Bowie Hoffman Dorchik Barristers & Solicitors Victoria Robinson Ray Brule Eva & Gordy Hoffman & Family Erica Ross Canadian International Financial Rizwan Khalfan Mark & Susan Sager Sharon Ceslak Aimee & David Kilbourn Karen Soupcoff Paul Chan Jon Kursikowski David Stevenson Henry & Jean Ciok Philippe Leblanc Maggie Studer Statoil Canada Ltd Leon Frazer & Associates Michel Tremblay Richard Crofts Grania Litwin Bill Tynaluk Richard Crowell & Hung Chow Gordon & Michele MacPherson Vancity Michael Danyluk Lynne & Stuart Maple Rob & Marty Welsh Dynamic Steel Corp Ian & June Martin Brian Whitestone Diane Ericson Eldron & Ann Maston Phil Wooster Esteemed Events McKenzie-Mohr & Associates Coulter Wright Brian & Ursula Fischer Richard McLaren 3 Anonymous Donors

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Semifinalists – $250 - $499 Carson Arthur Gord Hendren Quispamsis Community Tennis Club John Bellamy In memory of Ben Wilder Chris Ritchie Yousry Bissada Michael Kalles Christopher Robinson Sheryl Black Richard Lant Terrence Robinson Sarah Bryant Richard Larouche Albert Roy Jen Cherneski Michel & Debbie Lecavalier Tim Sanderson Anne & Jamie Davis Robert Lee Sentry Select Capital Corp Nick Dempsey Doris V. Lehody Tillie Shuster Daniel Desjardins Ursula & Barrie Leslie Randy Smith Michael Douglas Lisa Martin St Andrews Community Tennis Association Todd Dyer Michael Mellon Valerie Stavro Robert Edel Gary Morrison Vandana Varshney Mark Ernst Raymond Murakami Victoria Club Michael Fortier Heather Neilson Sarah White Dany Gaudreault Craig & Jacquline Orenstein Ernest Yip Peter Giacomelli & Chanda Carr Giovanni Paoletti 2 Anonymous Donors John Hatch The Pearce Family facilities

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Canadians identify lack of year-round, indoor facilities as a top barrier to entry into the sport of tennis. This is why Tennis Canada continues to put a strong focus on facility advocacy across the country.

In the past two years, three successful facilities have opened their doors with assistance from Tennis Canada. One in Fredericton, one in Dartmouth and one in Truro, making it three brand new tennis facilities on the East Coast, a region that was in dire need of indoor tennis courts. An increase in interest in the sport can already be tracked in the Maritimes as our annual study shows that fan engagement with tennis has tripled in the past two years.

Four key markets have been identified as being a priority moving forward; Halifax, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver. Progress is being made in all four markets with the help of local advocates, partners and provincial tennis associations.

Calgary remains the first market on target for a new facility. After reaching a land agreement with the City of Calgary in 2013, all remaining funds were raised for the construction of a regional tennis development centre which will house eight indoor hard courts. Under the leadership of Tennis Canada Board member Ron Ghitter and Tennis Alberta president Glen Scott, the project is scheduled to break ground in the spring of 2015.

Canada’s two premier tennis facilities, Rexall Centre and Uniprix Stadium, continue to be the hub of professional tennis and high performance devel- opment programs for the country. This includes the hosting of Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto and Montreal, the housing of the full- time National Training Centre in Montreal and several unique ancillary events that bring in additional revenue. At Uniprix Stadium in 2014, they played host to the Grands Ballet, the Robotic Festival and a fundraiser for the Montreal Heart Institute. At Rexall Centre, the partnership with continues to be strong as they hold their exams and convocation in the Centre of Excellence. 59 partners

60 corporate partners

It was a banner year for corporate partnerships in 2014 as the department broke a record for revenue generated with the renewal of 17 partners and the signing of 11 new ones.

Of those many renewals, the most prominent was the re-signing of tournament presenting sponsor National Bank through to 2016. National Bank has been a tremendous supporter of tennis in Canada and their continued commitment will be felt across all levels of the sport. As a start, they invested in the production of two new commercial spots, one in English and one in French, which focused on their involvement with tennis featuring Tennis Canada president and CEO Kelly Murumets and Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Montreal tournament director Eugene Lapierre.

Title partner Rogers also increased their investment in the tournaments, partnering with Tennis Canada to run a downtown activation in Toronto that en- gaged with thousands of fans in the week leading up to Rogers Cup. Rogers and Tennis Canada also worked with Cisco to build a new mobile fan environ- ment for both cities called Rogers Cup Mobile which gave fans access to all tournament info, behind the scenes news and exclusive offers.

Mazda and Pacific Rubiales Energy were two new platinum partners who joined the fold in 2014, both activating on-site to contribute to the fan experience. In Toronto, new Free Community Weekend partner Pizzaville set a high standard for partnership involvement by running a city-wide campaign leading up to the tournament including radio ads, branding on their flyers and pizza boxes and a Rogers Cup gift with purchase.

61 T he corporate partnerships department put a strong emphasis on improved year-round communication with partners in 2014. In addition to the annual sponsor summit held in both cities, the team ensured regular updates about tennis in general and the tournament specifically went out to all partners monthly and plans are in place to provide key partners with more unique tennis experiences in 2015. 62 tennis partners

Tennis BC Tennis Alberta Tennis President: Roger Skillings President: Glen Scott President:T im Makahoniuk CEO: Mark Roberts Executive Director: Jill Richard Executive Director: Rory Park #204-210 West Broadway 11759 Groat Road 2205 Victoria Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Y 3W0 Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6 Regina, SK S4P 0S4 604.737.3088 780.644.0440 306.780.9410 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] tennisbc.org alberta.tenniscanada.com tennissask.com 63

Tennis Tennis Ontario Tennis Quebec President: Bruce Waschuk President: Scott Fraser President: Rejean Genois Executive Director: Mark Arndt Executive Director: Jim Boyce Executive Director: Jean Francois Manibal 419-145 Pacific Avenue 1 Shoreham Drive, Suite 200 285 Rue Gary Carter Winnipeg, MB Toronto, ON M3N 3A7 Montreal, QC H2R 2W1 204.925.5660 416.514.1101 514.270.6060 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] tennismanitoba.com tennisontario.com tennis.qc.ca Tennis New Brunswick Tennis Nova Scotia Tennis PEI President: Dana Brown President: Craig Bethune President: Lorne Acorn Executive Director: Mark Thibault Executive Director: Roger Keating Executive Director: Brian Hall PO Box 604 5516 Spring Garden Road, 4th Floor 40 Enman Crescent Fredericton, NB E3B 5A6 Halifax, NS B3J 1G6 Charlottetown, PEI C1E 1E6 506.444.0885 902.425.5450 902.314.4985 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] newbrunswick.tenniscanada.com novascotia.tenniscanada.com pei.tenniscanada.com

Newfoundland Tennis Northwest Territories

President: Nancy Taylor President: Jon Brennan 64 Executive Director: Alan Mackin Executive Director: Julie Coad 114 Newton Road, PO Box 728 Station C #1708, 5018-49th Street St. John’s, NL A1B 3A7 Yellowknife, NT 709.722.3840 867.444.8770 [email protected] [email protected] newfoundland.tenniscanada.com tennisnwt.com finance

$ 65 total $ revenue

1% Tennis Development

3% Davis Cup

87% Canadian 4% Rexall Centre Open Events

66 2% Sport Canada

4% Tennis Matters total $ expenses

24% Tennis Development

3% Other Events

53% Canadian 4% Davis Cup Open Events

7% Support Services 67

2% Communications/ Meetings 4% Rexall Centre

3% Net Amortization 2% Tennis Matters tennis $ development revenue

7% Sport Canada

6% Other Tennis Development including tournaments

6% Donations 81% Canadian Open Surplus

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4% Wheelchair Tennis

7% Community Development 37% High Performance and National Training Centre 7% Coaching Development

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28% Resource Development

16% National Events tennis $ development program spending (in thousands)

*PleaseT note: he 2010 figure on this chart is based on a 9-month fiscal period running from April - December as 2010 was the first year 70 that Tennis Canada moved its fiscal year to be in line with the calendar year and the tennis season. canadian open $ surplus

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