Tennis Canada announces a total of 50 tournaments to be held from January to July, after unveiling the first part of its National Event Calendar today. The events will take place across eight provinces and will include 10 professional events, among them the much-anticipated return of the Odlum Brown VanOpen. The Eastern and Western Canadian Indoor Masters Championships will also be returning in 2026.
On the professional circuit, the first event that took place was the Davis Cup Qualifiers 1st Round, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, as Canada defeated Brazil to reach the second round of the event in September, also to be staged in Canada. March will then see four professional International Tennis Federation (ITF) $15,000 tournaments held in Quebec: women’s events in Trois-Rivieres and Victoriaville, and men’s events in Sherbrooke and Montreal. The W15 Victoriaville will mark the first time the city has hosted a professional-level tournament.
This summer, the ITF M25 tournament in Laval, Quebec, will kick things off the week of July 5, followed by the Granby National Bank Championships (ITF W75 and ATP Challenger 75), the Winnipeg National Bank Challenger (ATP Challenger 75), and the W35 Saskatoon. July will end with the Odlum Brown VanOpen (WTA 125 and ATP Challenger 125) – the second largest tournament in the country after the prestigious National Bank Open presented by Rogers (NBO), to be hosted in August.
Returning in 2026, Canadians are competing for a wild card into the NBO as part of the Road to the NBO, an innovative competition introduced in 2025 to increase engagement and participation in tournaments held in Canada. This year’s competition began immediately after the 2025 NBO, with seven tournaments played across the men’s and women’s divisions, and will continue until the conclusion of the Winnipeg National Bank Challenger and the W35 Saskatoon. Points earned at the Odlum Brown VanOpen will count toward the 2027 rankings. Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON) currently leads the women’s wild card standings with 40 points, while Duncan Chan (Markham, ON) sits atop the men’s leaderboard with 47 points.
Click here for more information on the Road to the NBO, including the points system and standings.
EXCITING NEWS FOR JUNIORS AND MASTERS TENNIS
For the second consecutive year, IGA Stadium in Montreal will stage the North/Central America & Caribbean Final Qualifying for the ITF World Junior Tennis (boys and girls), Davis Cup Juniors, and Billie Jean King Cup Juniors by Gainbridge. This event will feature some of the world’s top juniors in the 14 & Under and 16 & Under categories, who will aim to qualify for the final stage of the competition. A total of 20 junior events will take place in Canada ahead of August, including the Fischer Indoor Junior Nationals, which will be held in March in four different provinces.
In masters tennis, the Eastern and Western Canadian Indoor Masters Championships return to the calendar after a three-year hiatus. The Eastern competition is spread across Montreal and Nuns’ Island, Quebec, as well as Niagara Falls, Ontario, while Edmonton, Alberta will host all categories of the Western competition. Other events scheduled during this seven-month span include nine additional masters tournaments, five ITF Future Series as part of the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour, four beach tennis events, and the annual Canadian University Championships, now moved to May instead of August.
Click here to view the first part of the National Event Calendar. The remainder of the calendar, covering the months of August through December, will be announced in due course.
Photo: Sarah-Jade Champagne
