And just like that, the grass court season is over and the next big event on the calendar is our very own National Bank Open.
There are still almost two weeks until play begins in Montreal and Toronto, but July 26 is firmly within sight. And as the days tick down, the player field becomes clearer with the Road to the NBO nearing its conclusion.
Here’s what you need to know.
In Case You Missed It: Quiet Ending to Wimbledon
Week two of Wimbledon was low on Canadian content. Just two Canucks were playing at The Championships, with the rest of their compatriots having been eliminated in the first week, and the two women left suffered similar fates.
Gabriela Dabrowski was the last pro standing, reaching the quarter-finals of the women’s doubles with Erin Routliffe. The Canadian-Kiwi duo were unable to get back to the final for the second year in a row. They bowed out in the last eight to eighth seeds and eventual champions Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens.
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Nadia Lagaev also saw her doubles campaign come to an end at the hands of the eventual champions. Canada’s top junior and her Brazilian partner Nauhany Vitoria Leme de Silva took the opening set but eventually lost in a match tiebreak to eighth seeds Kristina Penickova and Vendula Valdmannova in the first round of the girls doubles.
What to Watch: Shapo Back on Hard Courts
It’s a quieter week for the Canadians on the ATP and WTA Tours as players transition back to the hard courts, albeit some of them via clay.
Denis Shapovalov is the lone Canadian in singles action this week, seeded third at the ATP 250 event in Los Cabos, Mexico. He has a first-round bye and will face an American, either Colton Smith or Govind Nanda, in round two.
He is projected to meet fifth seed Daniel Altmaier in the quarter-finals and is in the bottom half of the draw with No. 2 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Andrey Rublev is the top seed.
Cleeve Harper will be competing in his second ATP Tour event of the season is Bastad, Sweden on clay. He is in the doubles draw at the ATP 250 event, playing alongside American Ryan Seggerman. They play Brazilians Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo in the first round, with top seeds Guido Andreozzi and Sander Arends potentially waiting in round two.
Under the Radar: Draxl Ends Drought to Punch Ticket to Toronto
Liam Draxl’s title at the ATP Challenger event in Winnipeg last week was huge for the 23-year-old in more ways than one.
The Canadian defeated Alexander Blockx in three sets to win his second Challenger Tour title, his first since winning in Calgary back in November 2023. It was Draxl’s tour-leading sixth Challenger singles final in 2025 but he had yet to lift a trophy.
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As well, the victory clinched top spot in the Road to the NBO for the Newmarket, ON-native, earning him a main draw wildcard into the upcoming National Bank Open in Toronto. He will be making his ATP Tour main draw debut at the Masters 1000 event.
CLICK HERE for a full recap of the Winnipeg ATP Challenger event.
The women’s Road to the NBO will be decided this week at the Granby National Bank Championships, an ITF W75 event. Leader Kayla Cross holds a 65-point edge over fourth-place Ariana Arseneault heading into the final event of the competition. Rebecca Marino and Stacey Fung, who are second and third in the race, are not competing in Granby.
Cross would clinch by reaching the final, regardless of all other results.
Granby is a joint ITF W75-ATP Challenger event, with Draxl leading the Canadian contingent on the men’s side. In total, there are 13 Canadians, five men and eight women, with direct entry into the singles main draws.
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Cleeve Harper also reached an ATP Challenger final last week at the event in Iasi, Romania, but was beaten in the doubles final.
Kamloops, BC, hosted an ITF wheelchair tennis event last week where Thomas Venos had a pair of close calls but could not get his hands on the trophy, losing in both the singles and doubles finals. He will have another shot this week as it’s Vancouver’s turn to host the ITF wheelchair circuit.
You can follow the Canadians in action every week here.
Feature Photo: Martin Sidorjak
