Photo Credit: Club de tennis de Hull
Three ITF Masters Tour events have taken place on Canadian soil over the past month, with the host nation’s players taking full advantage of their home court. Let’s catch up with the Canadian tennis players competing on the ITF Masters Tour in the monthly update by Abrysvo.
MT400 London
The Canadian contingent dominated the field at the London Hunt Club Championships, taking 15 of the 17 singles events on the clay in London, Ont.
Five Canadian men took home multiple titles. Adam Baranowski (Singles 45+, Doubles 35+), Grant Cartland (55+ Singles, Doubles), Christian Laurin (60+ Singles, 55+ Doubles), Brian Millar (70+ Singles, Doubles), and Peter Gonda (75+ Singles, Doubles) all took home a singles and doubled hardware in London.
Laurin also took home the 60+ singles title at the MT1000 Mont-Tremblant last month.
Two Canadian women also won multiple titles with Liane Marr (45+ Singles, 40+ Doubles) and Christa Cameron (70+ Singles, 60+ Doubles) scoring multiple wins.
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Here is a full list of winners (Canadian unless otherwise noted):
Men’s Singles | Women’s Singles | Men’s Doubles | Women’s Doubles | |
30+ | Derek Van den Berg (NED) | Kasia Poplawska | No Event | No Event |
35+ | Alexander Ratz | No Event | Jibran Mohammadi/ Adam Baranowski | No Event |
40+ | Stanislav Nevolovich | No Event | No Event | Liane Marr/ Jennifer Bishop |
45+ | Adam Baranowski | Liane Marr | Simon Filiatrault/ Shehryar Salamat (PAK) | No Event |
50+ | Jason Christie | Lucie Lean | No Event | No Event |
55+ | Grant Cartland | Lisa Knight | Grant Cartland/ Christian Laurin | Monika Armstrong/ Helen Mcardle |
60+ | Christian Laurin | Suzette Jordan | Slawomir Chmurski/ Marko Vuckovic | Christa Cameron/ Michelle Hall |
65+ | Mike Rose (USA) | No Event | Scott Cathcart/ Marc Pepin | No Event |
70+ | Brian Millar | Christa Cameron | Brian Millar/ Barry Goman | No Event |
75+ | Peter Gonda | No Event | Peter Gonda/ John Payne | No Event |
80+ | John Tibbits | No Event | No Event | No Event |
MT200 Gatineau
The hard courts at the Club de Tennis de Hull in Gatineau, Que. played host to an MT200 event from July 10-14. Canadians once again dominated the table, winning all but one singles event over the course of the week.
On the men’s side, Cameron Montgomery took home the title in both the singles and doubles of the 50+ age group, alongside partner Javier Ruano Valdez. Giovanni Savone also took home a pair of titles in the 60+ age group, winning the singles championship and the doubles with partner Bernard Auger.
American Sofia Denoncourt took home a pair of titles in different groups in Gatineau, winning the 60+ singles event while also winning the 40+ doubles draw with Canadian partner Marie-pier Nassif.
Here is a full list of winners (Canadian unless otherwise noted):
Here is a full list of winners (Canadian unless otherwise noted):
Men’s Singles | Women’s Singles | Men’s Doubles | Women’s Doubles | |
30+ | Taylor Ferrier | No Event | No Event | No Event |
35+ | No Event | No Event | No Event | No Event |
40+ | Adrian Frei | Katya Kartashova | Andrew Rowe/ Scott Ventureyra | Sonia Denoncourt (USA)/ Marie-pier Nassif |
45+ | No Event | No Event | No Event | No Event |
50+ | Cameron Montgomery | Li Yu | Cameron Montgomery/ Javier Ruano Valdez | Laetitia Habimana/ Claudine Rouleau |
55+ | No Event | No Event | No Event | No Event |
60+ | Giovanni Savone | Sonia Denoncourt (USA) | Bernard Auger/ Giovanni Savone | No Event |
65+ | No Event | No Event | No Event | No Event |
70+ | Gary Hawkes | No Event | No Event | No Event |
75+ | No Event | No Event | No Event | No Event |
80+ | No Event | No Event | No Event | No Event |
MT700 Mississauga
Mississauga held a clay-court tournament from Aug. 1-5 at the Credit Valley Tennis Club.
Stanislav Nevolovich won the 40+ men’s singles event, adding to his hardware this month after winning the same event in London. Taylor Ferrier also took home a second ITF Masters Tour win this month, taking home the 35+ men’s singles event after winning the 30+ event in Gatineau. Adam Baranowski took home his second 45+ singles title of the month, emerging victorious after winning in London.
Several players took home multiple titles in Mississauga, including Lianne Marr (45+ Singles, 40+ Doubles), Brian Millar (75+ Singles and Doubles), Annie Hill (75+ Singles, 70+ Doubles), and Jeanie MacEachern (65+ Singles and Doubles).
Ukraine’s Olga Tsymbal also won two events at the tournament, the 40+ Doubles and 50+ Singles. She was not the only international player to win a title, as Latvian Elina Mase won the 40+ singles event.
Full list of winners (Canadian unless otherwise noted):
Men’s Singles | Women’s Singles | Men’s Doubles | Women’s Doubles | |
30+ | Carlo Bardini | Carmen Lai | Andrew Chappell/ Marek Merwart (POL) | No Event |
35+ | Taylor Ferrier | No Event | No Event | No Event |
40+ | Stanislav Nevolovich | Elina Mase (LAT) | Lukasz Kurowski/ Pedram Rahbaran | Liane Marr/Olga Tsymbal (UKR) |
45+ | Adam Baranowski | Elina Mase | No Event | No Event |
50+ | Benjamin Woo | Olga Tsymbal | Christophe Fleury/Joao Felipe Heck | Janet Hofstra/Michelle Rogers |
55+ | No Event | Janet Hofstra | D Gordon Quinton/ William Hambach (USA) | No Event |
60+ | Gary Meanchos | Cindy O’Doherty | Denis Dumas/ Christian Laurin | Sheila Cunningham/Kelly Stobbe |
65+ | Robert Foy | Jeanie MacEachern | Marc Pepin/ Gilbert A White | Marcia Jackson/ Jeanie MacEachern |
70+ | Brian Millar | Michelle Hall | Barry Gorman/Brian Millar | Annie Hill/Jeanette McGlone |
75+ | Chris Burr | Annie Hill | Peter Gonda/John Payne | No Event |
80+ | John Tibbits | No Event | No Event | No Event |
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