June was a quieter month on the World Tennis (formerly ITF) Masters Tour in Canada with just a single event on the calendar, but it was a big one. The world descended on Mont-Tremblant, QC, at the beginning of the month for the Mont-Tremblant Cup, with the champions coming from 10 different countries across four continents.
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As an MT1000 event, the highest-tiered World Tennis Masters Tour tournament held in Canada, Mont-Tremblant drew a bigger, stronger international field than many of the other Masters events on the Canadian calendar. As a result, the titles were more divided among the nations participating.
The hosts still acquitted themselves well, picking up 17 titles outright and two doubles titles shared. Americans had nine wins with one shared, while Japanese players managed seven. Other nations with winners in Mont-Tremblant included France, Colombia, Chile, Italy, Peru, Great Britain, and Slovenia.
Canada’s best division was 40+, where the hosts won all three draws contested in that age group. Four Canadians won multiple titles at the event. Christina Popescu (women’s 45+) and Andreanne Martin (women’s 55+) won both the singles and doubles titles in their respective age groups, while Gaelle Simian (women’s 45+ doubles 55+ singles) and Patricia Babock (women’s 65+ doubles and 70+ singles) won across multiple divisions.
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Here is the full list of winners from the Mont-Tremblant Masters events. All players are Canadian unless indicated otherwise:
| Men’s Singles | Women’s Singles | Men’s Doubles | Women’s Doubles |
30+ | Stefan Hartmann (USA) | No event | Keiryo Kuninaka (JPN)/ | No event |
35+ | Jefferson Nino (COL) | Tsukasa Yamaguchi (JPN) | No event | Stanislava Harvanova/ |
40+ | Simon-Pierre Caron | Sarah Jun | Philippe Pourreaux/ | No event |
45+ | Paulo Baumer (USA) | Christina Popescu | No event | Christina Popescu/ |
50+ | Naoki Arimoto (JPN) | Gaelle Simian | Naoki Arimoto (JPN)/ | No event |
55+ | Giovanni Medori (ITA) | Andreanne Martin | Carlos Lopez (USA)/ | Andreanne Martin/ |
60+ | Martin Lemay | Motoko Sumi (JPN) | Denis Dumas/ | Francine Bishinsky/ |
65+ | Pascal Feydel (FRA) | Lyne Guerer | Juan Marcelo Lopez (CHI)/ | Patricia Babcock/ |
70+ | Daniel Waldman (USA) | Patricia Babcock | Brian Millar/ | Therese Archambault/ |
75+ | Dirk Dugan (USA) | Toni Novack (USA) | Peter Gonda/ | No event |
80+ | Michael Beautyman (USA) | No event | Michael Beautyman (USA)/ | No event |
85+ | James Baker (SLO) | No event | No event | No event |
Mixed Doubles:
- 35+: Tsukasa Yamaguchi (JPN)/Hiroki Kageyama (JPN)
- 45+: Anna Collins (GBR)/Ryan Pang (USA)
- 55+: Helen McArdie/Jim Alexander
- 60+: Dominique Feydel (FRA)/Pascal Feydel (FRA)
- 65+: Maria Rossina Rios Suarez (PER)/Marc Pepin
A particular match of note from Mont-Tremblant came in the second round of the men’s 60+ singles, where Dariusz Kozak took on Slawomir Chmurski for the first time in almost 50 years. The two clashed for the first time back in 1977 as children in Poland in Kozak’s first official tournament.
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Having not played since their youth in their native country, the pair found themselves across the net in Mont-Tremblant nearly five decades later. In the intervening years, both men had moved from Poland to Canada and were representing the Great White North at the event.
Chmurski won that original clash back in 1977 6-1, 6-1, but Kozak tagged him back by the same scoreline 49 years later in Quebec on his way to the semifinals.
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There is an MT100 event, the Canada Day Cup, taking place this week in Winnipeg.
Abroad in June, a couple of Canadians delivered impressive results at an MT400 event in Wheeling, West Virginia. Barry Goman was crowned champion in the 70+ men’s singles, while John Tibbits finished as the runner-up in the 80+ men’s singles.
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Feature Photo : Ian MacLeod
