With the primary Masters 1000 occasion of the yr about to start, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov have each motive to be assured once they land in Indian Wells. Each Canadian males have current titles below their belts and put up a very good end result final week.
Now they may look to maintain their stage excessive in Tennis Paradise.
Right here’s what you’ll want to know.
In Case You Missed It: Sturdy showings by Canadian males
Few gamers have been as stable on the ATP Tour during the last month as Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov.
Auger-Aliassime is the ATP Tour chief in match wins with 16, finals with three, and titles with two. He took over because the match wins and finals chief final week when he reached the title match in Dubai.
It was a troublesome street for the Canadian No. 1 as he wanted three units in every of his matches to get to the ultimate. He outlasted Alexander Bublik, Nuno Borges, Marin Cilic, and Quentin Halys however in the end ran out of fuel within the closing towards Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Shapovalov picked up the place he left off in Dallas and tacked on three extra wins in Acapulco to stretch his profitable streak to eight matches, his greatest run on the ATP Tour. Nonetheless, he was stumped within the semifinals by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
On account of his semifinal run, the Canadian jumped again into the High 30 of the ATP rankings for the primary time since September 2023.
Gabriel Diallo additionally competed in Acapulco however misplaced within the first spherical to Tommy Paul.
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What to Watch: Giant Canadian Contingent in Indian Wells.
The primary mixed 1000 occasion on the calendar will get underway this week in Indian Wells, California; the BNP Paribas Open. It’s the first ATP Masters 1000 occasion of the yr and third WTA 1000.
Three Canadians acquired direct entry to the singles primary draw: Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov on the lads’s aspect and Leylah Annie Fernandez on the ladies’s. All three Canadians shall be seeded and could have a first-round bye. The primary draw shall be made in a while Monday.
Gabriel Diallo is the fourth seed in qualifying on the lads’s aspect. He opens towards Hady Habib of Lebanon and would meet both American Ethan Quinn or twentieth seeded Aussie Tristan Schoolkate for a spot in the principle draw.
Alexis Galarneau joins his fellow Quebecois in qualies. He faces eleventh seed Arthur Cazaux within the first spherical and would play both fifteenth seed Pablo Careno Busta or Zachary Svajda within the second spherical.
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Each Rebecca Marino and Marina Stakusic had been competing within the girls’s qualifying in Indian Wells however misplaced their first-round matches in straight units.
Gabriela Dabrowski may also be competing within the doubles.
Underneath the Radar: Three Extra Titles for Canada
Whereas Canada didn’t add any titles on the principle circuit this week, three extra had been claimed on the ATP Challenger and ITF excursions.
Cleeve Harper introduced residence the doubles title on the ATP Challenger occasion in Lugano, Switzerland, alongside Brit David Stevenson. They beat the highest seeds Jakub Paul and David Pel 10-8 within the match tiebreak to say the title. It’s Harper’s second Challenger doubles title of the season.
Kayla Cross picked up her first ITF singles title of the yr in Arcadia, California, claiming the W35 title. She additionally knocked off the highest seed within the closing, beating American Iva Jovic in straight units.
Alvin Nicholas Tudorica received his first skilled doubles title final week in Huamantla, Mexico, with American Ryan Fishback. The second-seeded pair beat third seeds Juan Sebastian Osorio and Elijah Strode 10-6 within the match tiebreak to say the trophy. Tudorica additionally reached the singles closing however misplaced in straight units to his doubles associate Fishback.
One non-victorious results of observe final week got here in Macon, France, the place Victoria Mboko lastly misplaced her first singles match of 2025. She was overwhelmed within the first spherical by fifth seed Raluca Georgiana Serban of Cyprus in straight units, snapping the 18-year-old’s 20-match profitable streak (22 together with qualifying).
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Regardless of the loss, that streak continues to be the longest by a Canadian lady because the ITF started protecting such data in 1994.
The primary home skilled occasions of 2025 on Canadian soil are going down this week in Quebec. Trois-Rivieres hosts a W15 occasion whereas the lads are competing at a M15 in Sherbrooke.
You may comply with the Canadians in motion each week right here.
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