Distinguished Service Awards
The Tennis Canada Distinguished Service Awards are presented to members of the tennis family who have made a positive impact on the game and have had a minimum of five years involvement at the national, provincial or community level.
The nomination process for the 2023 Distinguished Service Awards is now open. Please click here for information on how to submit a nomination.
2022 Winners
- Jeffrey Spiers, AB
- Russ Sluchinski, AB
- Hollyburn Country Club, BC
- Roger Skillings, BC
- Anita Pushpanathan, NL
- Mary Anne MacDonald, NS
- Dennis Bevington, NWT
- Jeannie Scott, NWT
- Phil Stoops, ON
- Harry Roettele, ON
- Arleigh Fysh, ON
- Jamie Grieve, ON
- Ron Moore, ON
- Cynthia Irvine, ON
- Vicky Robinson, ON
- Ari Novick, ON
- Ron Turenne, ON
- Bob Gollaher, PEI
- Rejean Genois, QC
- Coleman Bonny, QC
- Derrick Rowe, NFLD
- J. Wayne Richmond, USA
2021 Winners
- Danny Da Costa, AB
- Patrick Thomas, AB
- Phil Dacre, BC
- Gerald Bishop, NL
- Shelley Flemming, NS
- Marijke Nel, NS
- Richard Daitch, NWT
- Tamara Jovic, NWT
- Shirley Zhang, NWT
- All Canadian Sports Management, ON
- Bernard Assouad, ON
- Leigh Bradwell, ON
- Jack Fairs, ON
- Tom Kern, ON
- Debbie Kirkwood, ON
- Connie Pillo, ON
- Louis Vachon, QC
- Etienne Gergeron, QC
- Maggie Jacobs, QC
- Eric Lauzon, QC
- John LeBoutillier, QC
- Abigail Zheng Liu, QC
- Paul Feraro, SK
- Blair Schlosser, SK
2019 Winners
- Jennifer Bellaire, ON
- Scott Fraser, ON
- Cynamon Family, ON
- Hibberd Family, ON
- Scott Moore, ON
- Granovsky Family, ON
- Rudi Platter Lindt & Sprungli (Canada), ON
- John Crabb, AB
- Nikola Jovic, NWT,
- Jean Delisle, QC
- Alain Faucher, QC
- Jean-Guy Bouffard, QC
- Jean-Paul Blais, QC
Complete list of previous winners
Tennis Canada Excellence Awards
The Tennis Canada Excellence Awards are presented each year and serve as an annual recognition of the country’s tennis talent. The awards acknowledge the efforts and accomplishments of high-performance athletes, seniors, officials, coaches, the Tennis Professionals Association (TPA) and Building Tennis Communities (BTCs) who best represented Canada on the tennis scene.
The awards for the previous year are presented to the recipients who are able to attend during a ceremony on Centre Court at National Bank Open presented by Rogers.
2022 Winners – High Performance
- Player of the Year, Female – Leylah Annie Fernandez
- Singles Player of the Year, Female – Leylah Annie Fernandez
- Doubles Player of the Year, Female – Gabriela Dabrowski
- Most Improved Player, Female – Rebecca Marino
- Junior Player of the Year, Female – Victoria Mboko
- Player of the Year, Male – Félix Auger-Aliassime
- Singles Player of the Year, Male – Félix Auger-Aliassime
- Doubles Player of the Year, Male – Denis Shapovalov
- Most Improved Player, Male – Gabriel Diallo
- Junior Player of the Year, Male – Jaden Weekes
2022 Winners – Wheelchair
- Wheelchair Tennis Player of the Year – Robert Shaw
- Most Improved Wheelchair Tennis Player of the Year – Mitch McIntyre
2019 Winners – Coaching Excellence
- Carson Bell
- Tony Iliesu
- Graeme Kassautzki
- Evan Enquist
- Tessa Shapovalova
- Etienne Bergeron
- Adrian Court
- Sam Aliassime
- Marie-Eve Pelletier
- Mathieu Toupin
- Miron Mann
- Rosie Schaich
- Alistair Millar
- Brian Ma
2019 Winners – Officiating Awards
- George Rustscheff Excellece Award – Cyril Bertelone
- On-Court Official of the Year – Alain Ménard
- Erica Gilbert Off-Court Official of the Year – Page Mackay
- Rookie Official of the Year – KJ Read
2022 winners – masters excellence
- Women’s Masters Individual Excellence Award – Erin Boynton
- Men’s Masters Individual Excellence Award – Keith Porter
- Grow The Game Award – Jacques Brunelle
- Special Recognition Awards – Harry Greenan, John Tibbits
Women’s Masters Team Excellence Award
- Micheline Berry
- Frances Critchley
- Anke Magnus
- Janice Holloway
Men’s Masters Team Excellence Award
- Allard Côté
- Tim Griffin
- Keith Porter
- Terry Redvers
Event of the Year – Credit Valley Centennial Cup
2018 Winners – Coaches
- Carson Bell for his work with Mia Kupres, who won the Girls U14 indoor and outdoor titles
- Yves Boulais for helping Justin Boulais win the Boys U18 outdoor title
- Joel Cruz for his work with Rob Shaw and Gary Luker, who won the Quad’s Open Doubles title
- Adriano Fuorivia for his efforts with Joshua Lapadat, who won the Boys U16 Indoor title
- Wayne Ho-Sang for helping Natasha Sengphrachanh win the Girls U18 indoor title
- Tyler Prescott for his work with Jada Bui who won the Girls U16 indoor and U18 outdoor titles. Additionally, Tyler also assisted Scarlett Nicholson – who won the Girls U12 indoor title
- And Sergey Alymov for his efforts with Anastasia Kavounov who won the Girls U12 outdoor title
2018 Winners – TPA
- Tyler Prescott from Ontario – TPA Coaching Excellence Award
- Claude Chartrand from Quebec – TPA Club Professional Excellence Award
- Ryan Schroffel on behalf of Royal Glenora Club in Alberta – TPA Year-Round Facility Excellence Award
- Pierre Lamarche from Ontario – TPA Service to the Game Award
- Hasan Askari from British Columbia – TPA Course Facilitator Excellence Award
- Sarah Kadi from British Columbia – Recipient of the 2018 Rene Simpson-Collins Excellence in Female Coaching $2000 Scholarship
- Zack Ohlin from British Columbia – Recipient of the 2018 Gary Caron $2000 Scholarship