Because the calendar flips over to December, the 2024 season is rapidly approaching its conclusion. Whereas occasions stay on the ITF Masters calendar, the season in Canada got here to an in depth in November with one ultimate ITF occasion in Victoria, BC.
With the season winding down, it’s time to take a look again not simply on the final month, however on the 2024 yr of Masters Tennis. Right here is the month-to-month Masters tennis replace by Abrysvo.
ITF Victoria
The ultimate ITF Masters cease in Canada got here in early November on the west coast as British Columbia’s capital performed host to the Wilson Victoria Masters ITF occasion.
As soon as once more, the hosts dominated, claiming 14 of 15 trophies obtainable in Victoria.
5 gamers doubled up with singles and doubles titles. Ian Slater (30+), Mohamed Azmy (50+), and Johane Mui (50+) every gained each titles of their divisions. Cristina Mir Baucells and Gillian Shea every gained a singles and doubles title however throughout a number of age teams. Baucells gained the 30+ doubles and the 40+ singles, whereas Shea gained the 60+ doubles and the 70+ singles.
Solely Artwork Hobbs of Singapore managed to interrupt up the Canadian sweep as he gained the 60+ males’s singles title. Eva Miller of Germany additionally shared the 30+ ladies’s doubles title with Baucells.
Right here is the total listing of winners (all Canadian until in any other case famous):
Total, Canada performed host to 10 ITF occasions in 2024. The hosts gained 221 of a doable 261 titles at their house occasions, with one of the best event coming in Ottawa the place Canadians gained all 20 titles. They gained at the very least 90 per cent of the titles at seven of the ten occasions and by no means lower than half at any ITF Masters occasion held in Canada.
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On the finish of August, over 600 rivals arrived in Toronto for the 2024 Steve Stevens Masters Tennis Championships, Canada’s nationwide championships for Masters tennis.
There have been over 1200 matches performed throughout 43 attracts, with rivals ranging in age from 30 years previous to over 85.
CLICK HERE to see the outcomes from the Steve Stevens Nationwide Championships.
ITF Tour
Canadians noticed success everywhere in the world in 2024, choosing up over 20 titles on the ITF Masters tour.
Most lately over the past month, Carol Lau gained an all-Canadian ultimate on the MT400 occasion in Hong Kong within the ladies’s 55+ singles, beating countrywoman Eunice Yi Kuen Ng in straight units within the ultimate.
Charlotte DeHeinrich additionally took house an MT400 title in Malaga, Spain. Aamer Javed was a doubles winner on the MT100 occasion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, claiming the 35+ doubles title with Muhammad Imran Shaukat of Pakistan.
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Moreover, Crew Canada picked up a pair of medals on the ITF Masters World Crew Championships in Turkey in March.
The boys’s 75+ crew dominated, with Tim Griffin, Chris Burr, and Joe Forrayi profitable all 5 of their ties and 13 of 15 matches to say gold for Canada. The boys’s 70+ crew additionally acquired to the title match however walked away with the silver medal.
Burr and Griffin then teamed as much as win gold on the particular person championships within the 75+ doubles. Griffin took silver within the singles.
CLICK HERE to learn extra concerning the ITF Masters World Crew Championships outcomes.
For extra detailed info on Canadian Masters tennis ends in 2024, take a look at the month-to-month updates by Abrysvo (Brackets point out home tournaments coated that month):
April (Calgary ITF Masters Championship)
Could (VLTBC Masters Indoor Tennis Championships)
June (BC Masters)
July (Mont-Tremblant Cup, Ottawa ITF Masters)
August (London Hunt Membership Championships, Gatineau Masters, Credit score Valley Cup)
September (Steven Stevens Masters Tennis Championships)
October
November (Atlantic Masters)