Masters Tennis returned to Canada in February, with the first ITF event of the year taking place in Calgary. It was a great start to the season for the host nation, with Canadians claiming almost every trophy up for grabs.
Here is the monthly Masters Tennis update.
MT200 Calgary
The Yonex ITF Masters Championship in Memory of Hans Maciej kicked off the ITF swing through Canada in 2026, with the Osten and Victor Alberta Tennis Centre playing host to the MT200 event.
Players from the host nation stepped up in a big way. Canadians won 18 of the 19 draws at the event.
Two players won the singles and doubles titles in their respective age groups. Johane Mui came out on top in both women’s 60+ draws, while David Mackenzie did the same in the men’s 70+.
A trio of Canadians won titles across multiple divisions in Calgary. Denise Fernandez walked away with two women’s doubles titles, winning the 30+ with Erin Silverman and the 40+ with Eva Koksalova. The Canadian tandem of Geoffrey Kirbyson and Jeffrey Spiers won two titles together, claiming both the 40+ and 50+ men’s doubles.
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All but one draw was won by a Canadian. The lone outlier was the 30+ men’s singles, where American Benjamin David Barad beat top-seeded Canadian Ian Slater in the final.
Here is the full list of winners from the Calgary Masters events. All players are Canadian unless indicated otherwise:
| Men’s Singles | Women’s Singles | Men’s Doubles | Women’s Doubles |
30+ | Benjamin David Barad (USA) | Elena Vorvis | Grant Findlay-Shirras/ | Denise Fernandez/ |
40+ | Patrick Flint | Elena Audy | Geoffrey Kirbyson/ | Denise Fernandez/ |
50+ | Kevin MacNeil | Jennifer Cherneski | Geoffrey Kirbyson/ | Jaroslava Dolemo/ |
60+ | Bruce Graham | Johane Mui | Allan Fowler/ | Tessa Ainge/ |
70+ | David Mackenzie | Janet Penning | David Mackenzie/ | No event |
Calgary was the first of 10 ITF Masters tournaments that will take place in Canada through July. The remainder of the 2026 domestic events calendar will be announced at a later date.
The next ITF Masters event in Canada will take place in Edmonton at the end of March.
Results Abroad
Canadians made their presence felt on the other side of the Pacific Ocean in early February, picking up several trophies at the MT200 event in Hong Kong.
Eunice Yi Kuen Ng and Gerrard Jialin Tang each reached two finals, winning one. Ng won the 50+ women’s doubles title while finishing as the runner-up in the 55+ women’s singles. Tang secured the 40+ mixed doubles crown and was the runner-up in the 40+ men’s doubles.
Chan Pun Frankie Wong reached the 55+ mixed doubles final in Hong Kong, but was beaten.
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John Ito was also a winner in East Asia last month. He won the 65+ men’s singles at an MT100 event in Tokyo, Japan.
