Open Court tennis

Schuurs and Muhammad are done. So are Stefani and Babos.
Every year it's more or less the same.
Here's my piece on that from two years ago.

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Canada will be the No. 2 seed at the United Cup, to take place Jan. 2 - 11, 2026.
Félix Auger-Aliassime will be joined by Victoria Mboko, with just five top-10 men and four top-10 women signed up.

Details here:

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It ran its course. Not unusual.

On the WTA side, not many changes (hardly any) in the top 60, but plenty below.
And the official "year-end" rankings, officlal Monday.
On Sunday!

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The updated ATP Tour rankings, effective Monday, reflect the dropping of last year's ATP Finals points.
And so, some changes that might not last.
Also - a ton of new career highs.

It's all here - on Sunday!

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The Austin WTA 125 final featuring Canadian Marina Stakusic vs. Renata Zarazua is starting now.
The stream is free on the WTA website.

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The ATP and WTP seasons are all but done.
But there's still a ton of action on the #CanucksThisWeek beat this week with Félix Auger-Aliassime in Turin, The Canadian women at BJK Cup, and many more.
This week's results and next's week roster HERE: ⬇️

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As the Nitto ATP Finals finals begin, Part II of the "Saturday drama", which revolves around Novak Djokovic's conundrum in Athens, the wobbly leadup to Turin, and the ethical conflicts the ATP allows – all of which came to bear on Saturday.

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The 2025 season should have ended on a high note, with a compelling finale at the WTA Finals.
Instead, it ended with the champion showing up the hand that feeds her.

A lot drama on this tennis Saturday.

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The top eight women in Riyadh stay put as they compete in the final event of the season.
But with three WTA tournaments, plus ITFs, last week there was a TON of movement in the rankings.
Here's the new list, effective today:

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Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime was one win away from qualifying for Turin in Paris. But he's skipping this week's event in Metz, and will leave his ATP Finals fate up to Lorenzo Musetti.

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It's Sunday. But we've got the updated ATP Tour rankings, official ... Monday!
There's a new No. 1 – for now.
Félix Auger-Aliassime ties his career high, and lots of other moves.
Check it out (and click on an ad!)

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Here's this week's roster on the #CanucksThisWeek beat.
Note that Félix Auger-Aliassime will not play in Metz, and is going to roll the dice in terms of what's still a very possible qualification in Turin.

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Defending champs Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe beat Andreeva-Shnaider for the first time this season, in their WTA Finals opener.

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Victoria Mboko ended her 2025 season the way she began it, with a title.
But from No. 333 in January, she leaves Hong Kong a top-20 player.
What a year.

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Knowing Air Canada it's probably ... not functioning. 😂

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Someone ALWAYS has to be "that guy"

Action already in full swing on the #CanucksThisWeek beat this week, with all five Canucks at the ATP/WTA level playing Tuesday, a big women's ITF in Toronto and a smaller men's ITF in Trois-Rivières.
So ... much CanCon.
The full roster is here.

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On the ATP TOur side - two new returns to the top 10 – Casper Ruud and Félix Auger-Aliassime , as the injured Jack Draper and Holger Rune drop.

And new highs for the Basel champ and finalist.
It's Monday's updated rankings – on Sunday!!!

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Monday's updated WTA rankings are here! On Sunday!
And this is the week where they cut all of last year's Tour Finals points, so Zheng and Krejcikova are feeling the pain at the moment.
And Victoria Mboko is back as Canadian No. 1.
It's all here:

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The field is still full this late-season week on the #CanucksThisWeek beat.
FAA, Shapo and Diallo all in action in Paris; a lot at stake for FAA.
Canadian content at the Tevlin Challenger in Toronto, and a men's 15K in Trois-Rivières, and a lot more.
Roster here:

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The three champions Sunday on the ATP Tour are all in the race to make the Tour Finals next month.
So they helped their cause, and some of the young'uns made some moves.
Today's updated rankings are here:

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A lot of events this week: two WTA, three WTA 125s, and a number of high-level ITFs.
So a lot of moves, and a lot of career highs, and some great Canadian news.
Monday's updated WTA rankings are here!!
(On Sunday. Barely. it's been a busy day)

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Anecdotally (we'll dig if no one else does), it's highly likely that never in Canadian tennis history have two Canucks won high-level singles titles on the same day.
And there was more.

THIS week? The tennis gods are screaming REVENGE.
We wrap it here:

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Before Félix Auger-Aliassime hoisted the hardware in Brussels Sunday, Leylah Fernandez did the same at the other end of the world, earning her second title of 2025 in Osaka.
Big Canuckian day, eh?

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Spoke to Félix Auger-Aliassime after his win in Brussels - his 8th career title.
He sounded tired; it was a physical and tense week of tennis – but also pleased, and happy to give himself a shot at making the ATP Finals.

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Here is Tereza Valentova, Leylah Fernandez's opponent in the Osaka final just under way, during the US Open qualifying.

Last week, the three top Canadian men were all at different ATP events.
This week, they're all in Basel.
And a big female contingent in Sagunay
The #CanucksThisWeek roster is PACKED this coming week.
Check out where everyone's playing right here:

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She's rallied since then, and is 8-2 in her last two events coming into Tampico.

No. 4 seed and defending champ (and Canadian) Marina Stakusic gets a rematch v No. 5 seed Hanne Vanderwinkel at the WTA 125 in Tampico, Mexico tonight.
They played in the 1st round of USOpen qualies, and Stakusic wasn't in a good place.