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The ATP and WTA seasons are done. The ATP Challenger season ended last week, while there are still events at the WTA 125 level the next two weeks.

And plenty of smaller events at the ITF level.

As well, a couple of big American junior events the next two weeks, beginning with the long-running Eddie Herr event at the IMG Academy in Bradenton.

We’re a long way from the days when there would be Canadians all over this tournament. This year, there’s just one each in the boys’ and girls’ singles draws, with others trying to get in via the qualifying.

But on the plus side, Liam Draxl took a wild card into a $15K in Mexico – his hopes to squeeze into the Australian Open qualifying still alive. And he won it.

Canucks This Week – Week ending Dec. 1, 2024 (final results)

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27th Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge 2024
Dubai, UAE (ITF $100K)

Singles

Carol Zhao
1st rd: def Lina Glushko (ISR) 76 (1) 61
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Mei Yamaguchi (JPN) 61 62

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W50 Tampa, Fla.
Tampa, Fla. (ITF $40K)

Singles

[4] Kayla Cross
1st rd: def [WC] Lexington Reed (USA) 75 06 61
2nd rd: def [Q] Kate Fakih (USA) 62 63
QF: lost to [5] Whitney Osuigwe (USA) 63 76 (2)

[8] Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to [WC] Wakana Sonobe (JPN) 61 61

[Q] Dasha Plekhanova
1st rd: lost to [Q] Makenna Jones (USA) 62 64

Doubles

[1] Kayla Cross / Alicia Herrero Linana (ESP)
1st rd: def Victoria Hu / Gabriella Price (USA) 61 76 (2)
QF: lost to Mayu Crossley (JPN) / Thaisa Grana Pedretti (BRA) 62 63

[2] Cadence Brace / Haley Giavara (USA)
1st rd: def. Mirabelle Tahiri / Genesis Whitelock (USA) 62 63
QF: lost to Ayaa Akli / Abigail Rencheli (USA) WALKOVER

Singles qualifying

[3] Dasha Plekhanova
1st rd: def [WC] Katya Townsend (USA) 62 62
Final rd: def. [9] Lilian Poling (USA) 63 61

[14] Jada Bui
1st rd: lost to [WC] Christina McHale (USA) 63 76 (7)

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Raiffeisen Women’s Val Gardena/Südtirol
Ortisei, Italy (ITF $25K)

Singles

[5] Stacey Fung
1st rd: def Arianna Zucchini (ITA) 62 63
2nd rd: lost to Weronika Falkowska (POL) 46 63 30 retd

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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey (ITF M$15K)

Men’s singles

Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to [1] Evgenii Tiurnev (RUS) 64 60

Singles qualifying

Ghouse Ali Faisal
1st rd: lost to [WC] Wiktor Sasko (POL) 62 67 (4) [10-5]

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Egypt 23 Sharm ElSheikh Men’s Future
Sharm ElSheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)

Singles

Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def [WC] Ilgiz Kamchibekov (KGZ) 61 62
2nd rd: def. Jakub Kroslak (CZE) 75 36 76 (4)
QF: lost to Alexandr Binda (ITA) 63 61

Doubles

[1] Kelsey Stevenson / Ilia Simakin (RUS)
1st rd: def. Akram El Sallaly / Karim Ibrahim (EGY) 76 (5) 64
QF: lost to Erik Arutiunian / Daniil Ostapenkov (BLR) 75 62

Filip Peliwo (POL) / Benjamin Hannestad (DEN)
1st rd: lost to Alexandr Binda (ITA) / Evgeny Philippov (RUS) 46 76 (6) [10-5]

Singles qualifying

Razvan Baiant
1st rd: lost to [15] Dimitris Sakellaridis (GRE) 63 16 [10-4]

Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: def Liam Hickey (IAR) 64 63
2nd rd: def [8] Valentin Kopeikin (RUS) 64 62
Final rd: lost to Mattias Southcombe (GBR) 63 61

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Soltepec Tennis Tour
Huamantla, Mexico (ITF $15K)

Singles

[1/WC] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def [Q] Juan Jose Bianchi (VEN) 64 64
2nd rd: def Juan Sebastian Osorio (COL) 64 62
QF: def Kosuke Ogura (JPN) 64 63
SF: def. [4] Keegan Smith (USA) 67 (5) 62 64
F: def Aleksandr Braynin (UKR) 64 61

Alvin Nicholas Tudorica
1st rd: def [Q] Alexander Petrov (BUL) 75 75
2nd rd: def. [Q] Nicolas Buitrago (COL) 64 76 (3)
QF: lost to [6] Elmar Ejupovic (GER) 62 75

Doubles

[1] Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Lucas Horve (USA)
1st rd: def. Alafia Ayeni (USA) / Juan Jose Bianchi (VEN) 64 64
QF: lost to Adrien Burdet (SUI) / Elmar Ejupovic (GER) 63 63

Alvin Nicholas Tudorica / Kosuke Ogura (JPN)
1st rd: lost to Adrian Burdet (SUI) / Elmar Ejupovic (GER) 60 64

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Campeonato Internacional de Tênis Feminino
Joinville, Brazil (ITF W$15K)

Singles

Sarah Barry
1st rd: lost to [Q] Heydi Doldan (PAR) 63 75

Doubles

Sarah Barry / Priyanka Rodricks (IND)
1st rd: lost to Bianca Bernardes / Yasmin Bohnenberger de Aguirres (BRA) 61 63

Singles qualifying

Sarah Barry
1st rd: def Ariana Aylen Caballero (ARG) 63 60
Final rd: def. [2] Priyanka Rodricks (IND) 60 75

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IMG Academy International Tennis Championships
Bradenton, Fla. (ITF J300)

Boys’ singles

Nicolas Arseneault
1st rd: lost to [12] Maxwell Exsted (USA) 26 76 (2) 64

[Q] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: lost to Ludvig Hede (SWE) 62 64

Girls’ singles

Emma Dong
1st rd: def [6] Elizara Yaneva (BUL) WALKOVER
2nd rd: def Isabella Svahn (SWE) 61 61
3rd rd: def. [Q] Zaire Clarke (USA) 75 36 61
QF: lost to [2] Jana Kovackova (CZE) 62 64

[Q] Addison Yang Comiskey
1st rd: def [WC] Lani Chang (USA) 46 63 64
2nd rd: lost to [8] Reina Goto (JPN) 63 63

[Q] Havana Kadi
1st rd: lost to [10] Laima Vladson (LTU) 64 75

Boys’ doubles

Mikael Arseneault / Nicolas Arseneault
1st rd: lost to [1] Oliver Bonding (GBR) / Jagger Leach (USA) 64 62

Girls’ doubles

Addison Yang Comiskey / Havana Kadi
1st rd: def. Ireland O’Brien / Brooke Wallman (USA) 62 76 (4)
2nd rd: lost to [7] Luna Maria Cinalli (ARG) / Charo Esquiva Banuls (ESP) 60 61

Boys’ singles qualifying

[15] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: def Lucca Acioly (BRA) 76 (4) 46 [10-5]
2nd rd: def Oliver Sanders (CZE) 61 75

Alec Barin
1st rd: def [8] Jiang Fumin (CHN) 64 64
2nd rd: lost to Nathan Blokhin (USA) 64 61

Volodymyr Gurenko
1st rd: lost to [A] Joaquin Blanco (USA) 63 62

David Asenov
1st rd: lost to [13] Jack Satterfield (USA) 60 61

Loic Petrecca
1st rd: lost to Nischal Spurling (USA) 63 46 [10-8]

Girls’ singles qualifying

[15] Addison Yang Comiskey
1st rd: def [ALT] Laura Ullrich (SUI) 61 61
2nd rd: def Tia Messerli (USA) 62 63
Final rd: def. [6] Ishika Ashar (USA) 62 06 [10-2]

Havana Kadi
1st rd: def [8] Maria Aytoyan (USA) 64 64
2nd rd: vs. Aanya Choubey (USA) 63 63
Finalrd: def. [10] Aleksandra Kyselova (UKR) 76 (4) 26 [10-7]

Dylan Gelber
1st rd: def [WC] Hayley Noel Roberts (USA) 61 76 (11)
2nd rd: vs. [12] Zaire Clarke (USA) 61 61

Cookie Jarvis-Tredgett
1st rd: def Catherin Cardona-Carballosa (USA) 67 (4) 62 [10-7]
2nd rd: lost to [10] Aleksandra Kyselova (UKR) 62 63

Andrea Cabio
1st rd: lost to [6] Ishika Ashar (USA) 64 64

Abigail Gordon
1st rd: lost to Anastasia Pleskun (USA) 61 62

Kerrigan Spiers
1st rd: lost to Jordyn Hazelitt (USA) 75 61