Crew Canada’s historic 2023 Billie Jean King Cup victory is ready to be celebrated in fashion through the Nationwide Financial institution Open offered by Rogers (NBO) in Toronto and Montreal this August. On-court ceremonies will likely be held in each cities, whereas followers may have the chance see the trophy up shut at devoted on-site activations.
In Toronto, Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC), Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON), Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC), Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC), Marina Stakusic (Toronto, ON) and captain Heidi El Tabakh (Toronto, ON) will obtain their Billie Jean King Cup championship rings, designed and crafted by Baron, in entrance of a packed Sobeys Stadium crowd earlier than the primary match of the evening session on Tuesday, August 6 as a part of Opening Evening offered by Sobeys. The ceremony will encapsulate completely the NBO WTA marketing campaign which states It’s not one of the best of girls’s tennis. It’s one of the best of tennis. Interval. and is ready to encourage girls and ladies throughout the nation.
Becoming a member of Canada’s world champions on-court will likely be a bunch of previous and current Canadian Billie Jean King Cup gamers, who have been offered with personalised world champions pins earlier this 12 months. The assist employees who accompanied the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup crew on their journey to the title will likely be in attendance. They, together with Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) and Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON), who have been a part of Crew Canada for final April’s Qualifier tie in Vancouver, may even obtain a championship ring.
Followers are inspired to put on crimson throughout Tuesday’s August 6’s evening session to indicate their Canadian pleasure. The on-court ceremony is ready to start at 6:40 p.m. Jap so attendees ought to plan to be of their seats by 6:30 p.m.. That evening, Toronto’s most recognizable landmark, the CN Tower, may even be lit crimson to acknowledge the celebration.
“As was the case final 12 months once we celebrated Canada’s maiden Davis Cup title on the Nationwide Financial institution Open offered by Rogers, we couldn’t be prouder to honour our first-ever Billie Jean King Cup champions at Sobeys Stadium this 12 months,” stated Karl Hale, Match Director, NBO Toronto. “This unimaginable victory deserves to be acknowledged in probably the most particular method potential, and what higher platform than the opening evening of Canada’s greatest and most prestigious match. We can not wait to have fun the achievements of Leylah, Gaby, Rebecca, Eugenie, Marina and Heidi.”
From Sunday, August 4 to Monday, August 5, the trophy will likely be on show in Sobeys Stadium’s VIP Lounge offered by Audi, which is accessible for all followers throughout 407 ETR Household Weekend. It can then be on the UNMATCHED: Gender Fairness in Sports activities Convention, headlined by keynote speaker Venus Williams, on Wednesday, August 7.
Following its keep in Toronto, the trophy will head to the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal the place, on Saturday, August 10, it will likely be on the Tennis Canada Fan Zone on-site at IGA Stadium. Then, on Sunday, August 11, the same ceremony will likely be hosted on-court that includes a bunch of previous Billie Jean King Cup gamers from Quebec, together with Aleksandra Wozniak, Françoise Abanda, Marie-Ève Pelletier, Hélène Pelletier and former captain Sylvain Bruneau.
“Though the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal is internet hosting the ATP occasion this 12 months, we’re very excited to supply our followers the possibility to have fun this historic win,” stated Valerie Tetreault, Match Director, NBO Montreal. “The Billie Jean King Cup title may need been gained on-court by our stellar crew, however there was an entire nation cheering on that crew and subsequently, we wish to guarantee that as many tennis followers as potential have an opportunity to see the trophy. We’re additionally trying ahead to a night of reunion on Sunday evening as we are going to welcome on-court all former BJK Cup gamers and captain from Quebec, to acknowledge that they helped pave the best way to this unimaginable achievement.”
MORE THAN 100,000 CANADIANS TO HAVE SEEN THE BILLIE JEAN KING CUP TROPHY BY CHAMPIONS TOUR’S CONLCUSION
After launching the Champions Tour in April, the Billie Jean King Cup trophy has travelled over 15,000 kilometres and visited all ten Canadian provinces. Hosted at tennis golf equipment, sponsor websites, municipal places of work and public areas throughout the nation, the Tour’s function of advancing gender fairness in tennis has been achieved by providing participating and significant actions at most of the stops. That has included panel discussions with previous, current and future Crew Canada athletes, and Women. Set. Match. occasions, designed particularly for younger ladies, delivered in partnership with Canada’s Provincial and Territorial Tennis Associations (PTTAs).
On the conclusion of the Nationwide Financial institution Open occasions, over 100,000 Canadians may have had the chance to see the trophy over the course of the Tour.
“We’re delighted to have taken the long-lasting Billie Jean King Cup trophy from coast-to-coast-to-coast in Canada,” stated Gavin Ziv, Chief Govt Officer, Tennis Canada. “Aligning so carefully with our Sport. Set. Fairness. dedication in partnership with Nationwide Financial institution, the Champions Tour will little doubt have impressed the following technology of girls and ladies to choose up a racquet and sparked an curiosity in tennis for numerous extra. It has been our pleasure to supply the chance to have fun our gamers and permit our followers to share within the celebration of the historic 2023 Billie Jean King Cup victory.”
The total particulars of the Billie Jean King Cup Champions Tour stops can be found on the Tennis Canada web site.
