2017 TENNIS CANADA MEDIA GUIDE TENNIS CANADA MEDIA CONTACTS MONTRÉAL Valérie Tétreault TORONTO Nicole Watts Regional Manager, Manager, Communications and Media Relations Communications and Media Relations [email protected] [email protected] 514.273.1515 ext. 6259 416.665.9777 ext. 4092 Victoria Jaklin Caroline Anderson Coordinator, Coordinator, Communications and Media Relations Communications and Media Relations [email protected] [email protected] 514.273.1515 ext. 6291 416.665.9777 ext. 4545 2 French version available soon TABLE OF Version française disponible sous peu *information provided CONTENTS as of Dec. 31, 2016 • ABOUT TENNIS CANADA 5 a. Board of Directors 7 b. Senior Management 8 c. Past Presidents/Chairs 13 d. Provincial Tennis Associations 15 • PROFESSIONAL TENNIS 17 a. Canadian Statistics & Records 18 i. Grand Slams 18 ii. ATP/WTA Events 20 iii. World Rankings 22 b. Top 10 Year-End Men’s Rankings 24 c. Top 10 Year-End Women’s Rankings 39 d. Olympics & Pan Am Games 53 e. Canadian Professional Events 57 i. ITF Pro Circuit Men’s Futures 57 ii. ATP Challengers 70 ii. ITF Pro Circuit Women’s Challengers 75 iv. National Bank Cup 80 v. Rogers Cup presented by National Bank 81 • DAVIS CUP 89 a. Canadian Team Results 90 b. Canadian Team Records & Statistics 110 TABLE OF *information provided CONTENTS as of Dec. 31, 2016 • FED CUP 121 a. Canadian Team Results 122 b. Canadian Team Records & Statistics 137 • JUNIOR TENNIS 143 a. National Training Centres 144 b. Rogers Junior National Tennis Championships 151 c. Top 10 Year-End Rankings 171 d. International Junior Team Competitions 198 e. Junior Grand Slam & ITF Grade A Events 247 f. Canadian ITF junior Events 250 • WHEELCHAIR TENNIS 255 a. World Team Cup 256 b. Paralympics & Parapan Am Games 257 c. Birmingham National Wheelchair Tennis Championships 258 • SENIORS TENNIS 262 a. National Events 263 i. Steve Stevens Senior National Tennis Championships 263 ii. Eastern & Western Indoor Championships 289 b. ITF Senior & Super Senior World Championships 328 • EXCELLENCE AWARDS 330 • CANADIAN TENNIS HALL OF FAME 341 ABOUT TENNIS CANADA ABOUT TENNIS CANADA Founded in 1890, Tennis Canada is a non-profit, national sport association with a mission to lead the growth of tennis in Canada and a vision to become a world-leading tennis nation. We value teamwork, passion, integrity, innovation and excellence. Tennis Canada owns and operates the premier Rogers Cup presented by National Bank WTA and ATP World Tour events, the WTA International-level National Bank Cup in Quebec City, 10 professional ITF sanctioned events, and financially supports 12 other professional tournaments in Canada. Tennis Canada operates national junior training centres/programs in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Tennis Canada is a proud member of the International Tennis Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the International Wheelchair Tennis Association, and serves to administer, sponsor and select the teams for Davis Cup, Fed Cup, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and all wheelchair, junior and senior national teams. Tennis Canada invests its surplus into tennis development. For more information on Tennis Canada please visit our website at: www.tenniscanada.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Tennis Canada’s Development Team oversees a wide range of initiatives with five strategic directions: 1. Community Tennis 2. High Performance Development 3. Technical Development 4. Competitive Development 5. Resource Development Tennis Canada presents teams for international play in Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Junior Davis Cup, Junior Fed Cup, World Team Cup, the Olym- pics and Paralympics. The national body also co-ordinates a myriad of programming and promotional initiatives aimed at stimulating partic- ipation and excellence in the sport. Tennis Canada is also responsible for the Tennis Canada Excellence Awards, the Distinguished Service Awards and the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame. In fulfilling its mandate, Tennis Canada aspires to be a leader in sport development and an exemplar of the highest social and personal values of sport. MISSION VISION VALUES To lead the growth of tennis in Canada. To become a world-leading tennis nation. We value Teamwork, Passion, Integrity, Innovation and Excellence. 6 BOARD OF DIRECTORS DERRICK ROWE MICHAEL S. DOWNEY Chair of the Board President & Chief Executive Officer JOHN LEBOUTILLIER PENNY BALLEM SAM SEBASTIAN HART POLLACK Past Chair Chair, Chair, Chair, Finance and Audit Committee Events and Infrastructure Committee Tennis Development Committee & Vice-Chair ANDRÉE MARTIN NADIR MOHAMED JACK GRAHAM MIKE TEVLIN Director Director Director Emeritus Director JENNIFER BISHOP MARC BIBEAU HECTOR MACKAY-DUNN STEPHEN MANDEL Director Director Director Director 7 TENNIS CANADA SENIOR MANAGEMENT Eugène Lapierre Senior VP, Quebec Professional Tennis and Tournament Director, Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Montreal Tournament Director of Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Montreal since 2001, Eugène Lapierre is responsible for professional tennis in Quebec. Recently, he was named one of the 25 most influential Quebecers in the world of sport by the Journal de Montréal. Mr. Lapierre has been involved with tennis since his youth. As a player, he dominated the province of Quebec in the U16 category (1972) and U21 category (1974) in addition to ranking No. 4 in the open division. He has also acted as a coach and club professional. For the last 20 years, he has played a role in all of the major tennis events in Quebec. From 1983 to 1993, Mr. Lapierre was the Technical Director for Tennis Quebec. In 1987, he launched a mini-tennis project that allowed kids to play tennis in schools by providing all necessary equipment (mini racquets and balls). He then took over the reins of national and international tournaments in Quebec until 1988. After being named Co-Tournament Director of the Canadian Open Tennis Championships in 1991, he became the lone man in charge in 2001, taking over from Richard Legendre. Since joining the Tennis Canada team, Mr. Lapierre has overseen numerous initiatives that have contributed to the growth and popularity of tennis in Quebec as well as the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank. In 2001, he was responsible for the addition of 2000 seats and 13 corporate suites inside Uniprix Stadium, he also had 4 brand new indoor courts built and spearheaded the construction of the new National Bank Court in 2004 (4,500 seating capacity). The new secondary court made the Montreal event the only tournament outside the Grand Slams to sell tickets for a second show court. Since being named tournament director of the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank, tournament attendance has grown from 155,000 to over 200,000 spectators. He was recently honored by Tourism Montreal, who presented him with the “Grand Ulysse” prize, an award that recognizes a Montreal personality who has greatly contributed to the growing influence of the city on an international scale. A native of Granby, Mr. Lapierre lives in Montreal with his daughter Éléonore. 8 Hatem Mcdadi Senior Vice-President, Tennis Development Hatem McDadi has been senior vice-president, tennis development since 2012. He joined Tennis Canada as director of player development in 1999 and moved to become the vice-president, tennis development in 2004. Mr. McDadi came from the private sector where he was the co-founder of a top Canadian tennis academy and director / part owner of Club Management Group (CMG) Tennis Inc., a tennis club man- agement company based in Brampton, Ontario that ran two indoor clubs and a number of outdoor summer community clubs. Mr. McDadi is responsible for all facets of sport development including high performance, coaching, community, facilities, wheelchair, officiating and com- petitive structure. A key liaison with the provincial tennis associations, Mr. McDadi has been part of a team that helped in the development of Tennis Canada’s strategic plan that has seen historic growth in high performance results, community and club participation. A certified Level IV coach, Mr. McDadi was a member of the Canadian coaching team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics when the team of Daniel Nestor and Sebastien Lareau captured the gold medal. He also served as Nestor’s and Rene Simpson’s personal coach over the years. Mr. Mc- Dadi was Canada’s Fed Cup coach from 1992-98. He was awarded the Coaching Excellence Award by Tennis Canada in 1997. On the court, Mr. McDadi reached a career high No. 226 on the ATP singles ranking and No. 188 in doubles. As a junior, he captured the U18 Boys Outdoor National Singles Championship in 1982. He claimed the U18 Boys National Indoor Doubles Championship with Peter Straub in 1981 and again in 1982 with partner Chris Pridham. Mr. McDadi was ranked among the Top 10 players in Canada from 1983-88. Mr. McDadi, and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Streetsville Ontario with their three children, India, Bodi and Kye. Rob Swann Vice-President, Chief Commercial Officer Rob Swann rejoined Tennis Canada as VP, Chief Commercial Officer in 2013. He is responsible for corporate partnerships and stadium sales revenue generation for the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank tournaments in Toronto and Montreal as well as grassroots tennis and national events. He holds an Honours BA in Recreation and Business from the University of Waterloo. Mr. Swann started his Tennis Canada career as a volunteer at the 1996 Rogers Cup and over the course of 15 years moved up to Regional Vice-President of Corporate Sales. In 2011, he joined the Toronto Blue Jays as Director of Corporate Partnership and Business Development where he secured multiple new corporate partners and significantly increased the investment of current partners in both dollars and activation. Upon his return, Mr. Swann led the corporate partnership and stadium sales team to record breaking revenue for the 2014 tournaments.