Odlum Brown VanOpen

This week Tennis Canada announced the 2020 player awards. Despite the challenging year, Odlum Brown VanOpen alumni were able to come up with some fantastic performances. Congratulations to our alumni! Leylah Annie Fernandez Female Player of the Year Most Improved Player ... Milos Raonic Male Player of the Year Gabriela Dabrowski Doubles Players of the Year Vasek Pospisil Most Improved Player Odlum Brown Community

The ATP Tour has revealed the nominees for the 2020 ATP Awards, including 4 Odlum Brown VanOpen alumni. In the Comeback Player of the Year, the ATP players have nominated these alumni: Vasek Pospisil ... Milos Raonic Kevin Anderson We’re proud to know that our alumni, John Millman , has been nominated for the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. The ATP will announce the winners later this month. In the meantime, visit the ATP website to vote for your favourite singles and doubles players until December 11. Odlum Brown Community

WW! Odlum Brown alumnus Ilya Ivashka has captured his second ATP Challenger Tour title in less than a month! Congratulations on the title today at the Sparkasse Challenger 80 ! Since October 19, Ilya has won an impressive 13 matches on the ATP Challenger Tour.

This week marks a new chapter in Canadian tennis - it’s time for us to rebuild a world-leading #TennisNation . As an organization, Tennis Canada is set to lose $17 million in 2020. This has a direct impact on all things tennis in our country: junior development, up-and-coming athletes, seniors, grassroots programs, tournaments, coaches - and everything in between. . The good news is we can all do our small part in helping rebuild our tennis nation. Visit Tennis Canada to... make a donation, and have it personally matched dollar for dollar by Canadian tennis stars Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and Felix AUGER Aliassime , as well as Co-CEO of Spin Master Global, Anton Rabie, up to $50,000 each, meaning your donation is effectively quadrupled. : Tennis Canada

Third time’s the charm for John Millman ! Odlum Brown VanOpen alumnus John Millman won his maiden ATP Tour title this weekend at the Astana Open . This marks his third career ATP Tour final. The ATP 250 title in Nur-Sultan makes John the first Aussie to win an ATP Tour event in 2020, and will see his ranking rise back into the Top 40 #38. Congrats John!

Odlum Brown VanOpen alumni had big wins at ATP Tour 250 events this past weekend! Michael Venus and John Peers captured their third title together this year at the European Open without dropping a set. Meanwhile at the Bett1HULKS , Ben McLachlan and Raven Klaasen title without dropping a set as well.

What better way to end this year’s ROLAND-GARROS than with a women’s doubles final featuring three Odlum Brown VanOpen alumnae?! For the die hard fans, tune in at 2:30 AM PST tonight to catch Alexa Guarachi , Desirae Krawczyk and Timea Babos live. For the rest of you, don’t forget to set your PVR tonight!

Congratulations to Brenda Penton, who is the new president of CLICK - Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids. In 2017, when Carlota Lee took over as the Tournament Chair of the Odlum Brown VanOpen she brought CLICK on board as one of our Community Partners alongside Tennis BC. We have had the pleasure of working closely with Brenda and we are sure many of you have seen her onsite at the tournament over the last couple of years selling Odlum Brown VanOpen raffle tickets! Wit...hout events over the last 8 months, CLICK struggles to keep donations flowing in. Please take a moment to watch the video below and learn how CLICK transforms lives https://www.youtube.com/watch

18-year-old Odlum Brown VanOpen alumna Leylah Annie Fernandez is through to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career! Did you know that Leylah has now won 8 consecutive matches in Paris, including her singles title in the junior event at ROLAND-GARROS last year.

Happy Birthday to Davis Cup Captain Frank Dancevic today! Did you know Over the course of his career, Frank reached the quarterfinals or better three times at the Odlum Brown VanOpen!

18-year-old Odlum Brown VanOpen alumna Leylah Annie Fernandez is through to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career! Did you know that Leylah has now won 8 consecutive matches in Paris, including her singles title in the junior event at ROLAND-GARROS last year.

ROLAND-GARROS 2020 qualifying begins tomorrow! Good luck to our Odlum Brown VanOpen alumni competing in Paris this week!

Our Odlum Brown VanOpen alumnae will be playing for major WTA titles this weekend! Naomi Osaka will be playing for the US Open Tennis Championships title today. Tomorrow, Genie Bouchard and Patricia Maria Tig will go head to head for the title WTA International title in Istanbul .

Happy Birthday to Davis Cup Captain Frank Dancevic today! Did you know Over the course of his career, Frank reached the quarterfinals or better three times at the Odlum Brown VanOpen!

Former Odlum Brown VanOpen champion Vasek Pospisil is through to the third round of the US Open Tennis Championships for the first time in his career. Vasek upset fellow #vanopentennis alumni and No. 25 seed Milos Raonic today in 4 sets. The Canadians are now tied 2-2 in their head-to-head series on the ATP Tour. Odlum Brown Community

The ATP Challenger Tour is back! In the first week back on tour, Odlum Brown VanOpen alumnus Yannick Hanfmann captured his 6th career ATP Challenger singles title in Todi , while Andrey Golubev won his 3rd doubles title of the year!

Hit like if you’re as excited as we are to follow our Odlum Brown VanOpen alumni on tour again! Congratulations to alumna Jennifer Brady for capturing the singles title and to alumna Luisa Stefani for capturing the doubles title today at the Top Seed Open in Kentucky ! Odlum Brown Community

It’s been a little while since we could follow our alumni live on tour! In the first WTA event of the summer our alumni came out strong. Odlum Brown VanOpen alumna Fiona Ferro captured the singles title at the 31st Palermo Ladies Open today over alumna Anett Kontaveit . In the doubles final, alumna Aranxta Rus took home the title!

Hit like to join us in celebrating all the British Columbians who have competed at the Odlum Brown #vanopen! Over the years, 22 female athletes and 30 male athletes from BC have played on their home court at #vanopentennis. Happy BC Day Long weekend everyone! Stay safe! Odlum Brown Community

Did you know that in addition to being a top tennis player, Odlum Brown #vanopen alumna Carol Zhao is also a very, very talented singer and musician? Her debut single I Wish It Would Never Stop Raining is out now on Spotify! Listen to it in the link below https://open.spotify.com/track/6qAaky1qaiPmbB2l8PrMnW

Over the years, the Odlum Brown VanOpen has welcomed some impressive athletes. From up and coming #nextgen players, to veterans making their comeback, #vanopentennis has seen some unforgettable tennis over the last 17 years. Relive the Odlum Brown VanOpen with these photos and let us know who has been your favourite player to watch below. Odlum Brown Community Hollyburn Country Club

Happy Canada Day!