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The heart of the grass court season has the Wimbledon qualifying taking place, along with two ATP and two WTA grass-court events.
Even though it’s the week before a major, many of the Canadians are still taking part in those final warmups.
The rest of the tennis world is not on grass. But they continue their quests on clay and hard courts.
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Wimbledon Qualifying
Roehampton, London, UK (Grand Slam)
Women’s qualifying singles
Carson Branstine
1st rd: def. [1] Lois Boisson (FRA) 62 67 (1) 64
2nd rd: def. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 76 (3) 46 61
Final rd: def Raluka Serban (CYP) 46 76 (6) 62
[6] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def Nao Hibino (JPN) 26 76 (70 62
2nd rd: def Valentina Ryser (SUI) 63 63
Final rd: lost to [30] Priscilla Hon (AUS) 46 76 (4) 61
Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: def Laura Pigossi (BRA) 62 61
2nd rd: lost to Carson Branstine (CAN) 76 (3) 46 61
[9] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: lost to Gabriela Knutson (CZE) 36 63 61
Kayla Cross
1st rd: lost to Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) 46 76 (4) 64
Men’s qualifying singles
Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Murphy Cassone (USA) 64 26 64
2nd rd: lost to [WC] Oliver Tarvet (GBR) 63 62
Liam Draxl
1st rd: lost to [26] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 36 63 63
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Mallorca Championships
Mallorca, Spain (ATP 500)
Singles
[2] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 75 63
QF: def Hamad Medjedovic (CRO) 36 61 64
SF: lost to [4] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 64 64
[6] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def Jaume Munar (ESP) 75 63
2nd rd: def. Laslo Djere (SRB) 63 36 63
QF: lost to [4] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 64 64
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Bad Homburg Open
Bad Homburg, Germany (WTA 500)
Singles
Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def Tatjana Maria (GER) 60 76 (1)
2nd rd: lost to [2] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 76 (8) 76 (6)
Doubles
[1] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: lost to Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) 67 (7) 75 [10-8]
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Lima Challenger
Lima, Peru (ATP Challenger 50)
Singles
Alvin Nicholas Tudorica
1st rd: lost to [Q] Pedro Rodrigues (BRA) 46 64 63
Doubles
Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Sekou Bangoura (USA)
1st rd: def [WC] Vicente Monge / Luis Jose Nakamine (PER) 60 63
QF: vs. [PR] Mateo Barreiros Reyes (BRA) / Juan Sebastian Gomez (COL) 75 63
SF: vs. [4] Luis Britto (BRA) / Ignacio Carou (ECU) 64 57 [12-10]
F: lost to [2] Boris Arias / Federico Zeballos (BOL) 62 16 [12-10]
[3] Kelsey Stevenson / Prushya Isaro (THA)
1st rd: def Hernan Casanova (ARG) / Franco Roncadelli (ECU) 64 62
QF: def Lucas Gerch / John Sperle (GER) 64 64
SF: lost to [2] Boris Arias / Federico Zeballos (BOL) 62 63
Alvin Nicholas Tudorica / Peter Bertran (DOM)
1st rd: lost to [WC] Christopher Li (PER) / Miguel Tobon (COL) 64 64
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Engie Open du Périgord
Périgueux, France (ITF $30K)
Singles qualifying
Françoise Abanda
1st rd: def Emily Sartz-Lunde (DEN) 46 64 [10-6]
2nd rd: def [13] Ines Leon (ESP) 75 61
Final rd: lost to Marie Mattel (FRA) 16 61 [10-6]
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40 Open Kiroleta Bakio Udala Saria
Bakio, Spain (ITF $30K)
Doubles
Emiliano Jorquera / Mikel Martinez (ESP)
1st rd: lost to Sergio Callejon Hernando / Joan Torres Espinosa (ESP) 63 63
Singles qualifying
[4] Emiliano Jorquera
1st rd: def Ids Waterbolk (NED) 64 61
Final rd: lost to [13] Charles Pilet (FRA) 46 64 [10-2]
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Tiriac Foundation Trophy
Targu Mures, Romania (ITF $25K)
Singles
[Q] Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: lost to [4] Gabi Adrian Boitan (ROU) 63 64
Doubles
Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan / Ivan Anhelov (UKR)
1st rd: def. Andrei Corneliu Gadoiu / Mihai Razvan Marinescu (ROU) 63 76 (3)
QF: lost to [1] Corentin Denolly (FRA) / Bogdan Pavel (ROU) 62 62
Singles qualifying
Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: def [6] Valentin Vanta (ROU) 64 65 retd
Final rd: def [13] Dominic Ducariu (GER) 76 (5) 16 [10-4]
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2o Torneio Internacional Cidade de Elvas
Elvas, Portugal (ITF $25K)
Singles qualifying
Mattias Uwe Kask
1st rd: def [12] Miguel Pereira Lopes (POR) 62 63
Final rd: lost to [6] Hugo Car (FRA) 63 64
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $25K)
Singles qualifying
Jason Huang
1st rd: def [WC] Ikenna Prosper Okonkwo (NGR) 61 76 (7)
2nd rd: lost to Daniil Kakhniuk (USA) 61 64
Luca Stopforth
1st rd: lost to Nathan Cox (USA) 61 61
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Hong Kong ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour 2025
Hong Kong, China (ITF $15K)
Singles
Naomi Xu
1st rd: def Laalitya Kailuri (IND) 63 63
2nd rd: lost to [3] Rinko Matsuda (JPN) 46 62 64
[Q] Annabelle Xu
1st rd: def [Q] Olga Danilova (CYP) 63 63
2nd rd: def. [7] Maria Kalyakina (RUS) 46 64 75
QF: lost to [3] Rinko Matsuda (JPN) 64 62
Doubles
Naomi Xu / Annabelle Xu
1st rd: lost to [1] Rinko Matsuda / Kisa Yoshioka (JPN) 67 (4) 62 [10-8]
Singles qualifying
[2] Annabelle Xu
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: defJane Ling Chun Wong (HKR) 61 63
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Doubles
Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje / Antoine Berger (FRA)
1st rd: lost to [3] Daniel Blazka (CZE) / Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos Santos (BRA) 61 67 (2) [10-6]
Singles qualifying
[10] Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje
1st rd: def Ian Luca Lee (ARG) 62 60
Final rd: lost to [3] Romain Gales (FRA) 63 64
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USTA Pro Series
Lakewood, Calif. (ITF $15K)
Singles
[Q] Isabella Marton
1st rd: lost to [7] Tori Kinard (USA) 63 57 75
[Q] Alexandra Vagramov
1st rd: def [4] Ema Burgic (BIH) 64 61
2nd rd: lost to Natsuho Arakawa (JPN) 36 64 61
Singles qualifying
[8] Isabella Marton
1st rd: def Kalli Minor (USA) 62 retd
Final rd: def Amy Lee (USA) 76 (5) 46 [10-7]
[3] Alexandra Vagramov
1st rd: def Mingyue Deng (USA) 63 62
Final rd: def. [16] Zoe Clydesdale-Eberle (USA) 61 60
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Sapporo 2 Daito Kentaku Open
Sapporo, Japan (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
[4] Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: lost to Ran Wakana (JPN) 62 61
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Morocco Tennis Tour
Casablanca, Morocco (ITF $15K)
Singles
[7] Taha Baadi
1st rd: lost to [Q] Lucio Ratti (ARG) 62 61
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M15 Kursumlujska Banja
Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
Nicolas Ion
1st rd: lost to Constantinos Djakouris (CYP) 63 64
No Marina Stakusic in the Wimbledon qualies?