August 18, 2025

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Canucks This Week – Week ending Aug. 3, 2025 (final results)

It’s THE week for tennis in Canada with the ATP and WTA 1000s taking place in Toronto and Montreal, respectively.

That meant a lot of the players who might have been out on the circuit got spots in qualifying, while the lower-ranked players are still out there grinding.

It’s also the last tournament of Genie Bouchard’s career, as she says goodbye in her hometown.

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Omnium Banque Nationale
Montreal, Quebec (WTA 1000)

Singles

[WC] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 75 63
2nd rd: def. [23] Sofia Kenin (USA) 62 63
3rd rd: vs. Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 16 63 60
4th rd: def. [1] Coco Gauff (USA) 61 64
QF: def Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) 64 62
SF: def. [9] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 16 75 76 (4)
F: vs. [20] Clara Tauson (DEN) or Naomi Osaka (JPN)

[WC] Genie Bouchard
1st rd: def Emiliana Arango (COL) 64 26 62
2nd rd: lost to [17] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 62 36 64

[WC] Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: def Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 63 64
2nd rd: lost to [4] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) WALKOVER

[WC] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def [Q] Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) 76 (2) 61
2nd rd: lost to [8] Emma Navarro (USA) 61 62

Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: lost to Maya Joint (AUS) 64 61

[WC] Carson Branstine
1st rd: lost to Maria Sakkari (GRE) 62 36 75

[WC] Kayla Cross
1st rd: lost to [Q] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 46 63 62

[Q] Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: lost to Naomi Osaka (JPN) 64 62

[WC] Marina Stakusic
1st rd: lost to Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 26 62 62

Doubles

[2] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: lost to Caroline Dolehide / Sofia Kenin (USA) 76 (5) 36 [10-7]

[WC] Kayla Cross / Victoria Mboko 
1st rd: lost to Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) 63 76 (0)

[WC] Bianca Fernandez / Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: lost to [1] Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 64 62

Singles qualifying

Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: def Destanee Aiava (AUS) 63 76 (5)

Carol Zhao
1st rd; lost to [6] Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) 60 36 64

[WC] Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to [8] Léolia Jeanjean (FRA) 61 63

[WC] Dasha Plekhanova
1st rd: lost to [4] Antonia Ruzic (CRO) 61 62

[WC] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: lost to [10] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 61 64

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National Bank Open
Toronto, Ontario (ATP 1000)

Singles

[27] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. [WC] Matteo Gigante (ITA) 63 76 (5)
3rd rd: lost to [2] Taylor Fritz (USA) 64 62

[21] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Fabian Marozan (HUN) 64 64

[WC] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 76 (2) 63
2nd rd: lost to [13] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 64 57 64

[WC] Nicolas Arseneault
1st rd: def. Laslo Djere (SRB) [Q] Valentin Royer (FRA) 63 76 (4) 
2nd rd: lost to [18] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 76 (7) 63

[22] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Learner Tien (USA) 76 (4) 75

[WC] Liam Draxl
1st rd: lost to Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 26 64 64

[Q] Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to Jaume Munar (ESP) 63 60

[WC] Vasek Pospisil
1st rd: lost to  [Q] Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 62 36 63

Doubles

Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov

[WC] Liam Draxl / Cleeve Harper
1st rd: def. [7] Christian Harrison / Evan King (USA) 75 75
2nd rd: lost to Guido Andreozzi (ARG) / Sander Arends (NED) 75 76 (3)

[WC] Nicolas Arseneault / Justin Boulais
1st rd: lost to Guido Andreozzi (ARG) / Sander Arends (NED) 60 63

[WC] Gabriel Diallo / Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: vs. Alex Michelsen / Frances Tiafoe (USA) 76 (6) 62

Singles qualifying

[30/WC] Dan Martin
1st rd: def. [16] Taro Daniel (JPN) 67 (6) 76 (4) 75

[28/WC] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1t rd: lost to [1] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 63 61

[29/WC] Alvin Thomas Tudorica
1st rd: lost to [5] Valentin Royer (FRA) 62 63

[31/WC] Justin Boulais
1st rd; lost to James Duckworth (AUS) 63 61

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Lexington Open
Lexington, KY (Challenger 75)

Doubles

Kelsey Stevenson / Bernard Tomic (AUS)
1st rd: lost to Pranav Kumar (USA) / Kody Pearson (AUS) 62 62

Singles qualifying

[ALT] Jaden Weekes
1st rd: lost to [8] Stefan Dostanic (USA) 62 75

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Svijany Open
Liberec, Czechia (Challenger 75)

Doubles

Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Luis Britto (BRA)
1st rd: def Tim Ruehl / Patrick Zahraj (GER) 46 61 [10-5]
QF: lost to [2] Szymon Kielan / Filip Pieczonka (POL) 64 62

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M25 Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Ill. (ITF $30K)

Singles

Taha Baadi (MAR)
1st rd: lost to [1] Tyler Zink (USA) 61 75

[Q] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: def [LL] William Manning (USA) 61 75
2nd rd: lost to Evan Bynoe (USA) 76 (1) 62

Doubles

Mikael Arseneault / Adam Farag Cao
1st rd: lost to [4] Bruno Kuzahara / Nathan Ponwith (USA) 63 63

Singles qualifying

[1] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Eli Dieveney (USA) 67 (4) 61 [10-4]
Final rd: def. [15] Pablo Paternostro (USA) 60 63

[7] Adam Farag Cao
1st rd:  Bye
2nd rd: def Nikola Parichkov (USA) 76 (6) 46 [12-10]
Final rd: lost to [14] Jonah Braswell (USA) 64 62

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M25 Pitesti
Pitesti, Romania (ITF $30K)

Singles qualifying

Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: lost to [1] Calin Teodor Stirbu (ROU) 64 60

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Open de Brazzaville
Brazzaville, Congo (ITF $30K)

Singles 

[WC] Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje
1st rd: def [Q] Ravishankar Sathiyaraj (IND) 63 61
2nd rd: lost to [1] Florent Bax (FRA) 46 63 62

Doubles

Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje / Aditya Balsekar (IND)
1st rd: lost to Vatsal Manikantan / Julappagari Anurag Reddy (IND) 36 63 [16-14]

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

Singles 

[3] Ana Grubor
1st rd: def Dang Yiming (CHN) 76 (3) 62
2nd rd: def Claudia Sofia Martinez Solis (MEX) 61 62
QF: def. [6] Maria Camila Torres Murcia (COL) 61 62
SF: lost to [1/WC] Maria Sholokhova (RUS) 61 63

[Q] Raphaelle Leroux
1st rd: def [WC] Paulina Montiel (MEX) 36 64 62
2nd rd: def. Saumya Vig (IND) 76 (6) 64
QF: lost to [1/WC] Maria Sholokhova (RUS) 61 60

Doubles

Raphaelle Leroux / Lauren Seye (BEL)
1st rd: lost to Kianah Motosono (USA) / Maria Camila Torres Murcia (COL) 75 61

Singles qualifying

Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd: def [WC] Africa Guzman Garcia (MEX) 61 60
Final rd: def [6] Gala Arangio (ARG) 75 46 [10-8]

Mariya Dobreva
1st rd: lost to [8] Camille Allegre (USA) WALKOVER

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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)

Singles

[Q] Anna Tabunshchyk
1st rd: lost to [Q] Louna Zoppas (FRA) 64 20 retd

Singles qualifying

[12] Anna Tabunshchyk
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def [WC] Vittoria Solano (ITA) 64 63
FInal rd: def Elza Tomase (LAT) 64 75

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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Zelimir Rudan
1st rd: lost to Guglielmo Verdese (ITA) 64 36 [10-7]

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M15 Xativa
Xativa, Spain (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Ghouse Ali Faisal
1st rd: lost to Pablo Aunion (ESP) 64 64

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2025 China Men’s 20 Wuning
Wuning, China (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

[16] Jay Lin Gibson
1st rd: def Xia Zhuheng (CHN) 64 61
2nd rd: lost to Meng Fanming (CHN) 63 62

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2025 China Women’s 19 Luan
Luan, China (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Amy Lu
1st rd: lost to [9] Ekaterina Kuznetsova (RUS) 64 64

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