Dabrowski, Shapovalov, Marino, Diallo, Mboko, Weekes, Shaw and McIntyre additionally honoured
Montreal, December 15, 2022 — Tennis Canada in the present day introduced that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Annie Fernandez are the recipients of the 2022 Tennis Canada Excellence awards for Gamers of the 12 months and Singles Gamers of the 12 months within the males’s and girls’s classes respectively.
The opposite Excellence Awards went to Gabriela Dabrowski and Denis Shapovalov within the class of Doubles Gamers of the 12 months, Rebecca Marino and Gabriel Diallo because the Most Improved Gamers of the 12 months, and Victoria Mboko and Jaden Weekes, who took house the honours for Junior Gamers of the 12 months. In wheelchair tennis, Rob Shaw claimed the Wheelchair Tennis Participant of the 12 months award, whereas Mitch McIntyre was named the Wheelchair Tennis Most Improved Participant of the 12 months.
“We wish to supply our congratulations to all of this 12 months’s recipients of the Tennis Canada Excellence Awards,” stated Michael Downey, President and CEO of Tennis Canada. “2022 noticed our athletes and group attain new heights each on and off the court docket. After all, having led Crew Canada to its first- ever Davis Cup title and with 4 ATP singles titles to his identify, Félix is a well-deserving recipient within the males’s class. On the ladies’s aspect, Leylah has continued to showcase her expertise and show that she is likely one of the prime skills on the WTA Tour. It’s particularly pleasing to see Rebecca Marino named the Most Improved Participant following a storybook season for her.
“Gaby has continued to determine herself as one of many world’s finest doubles gamers, whereas Denis has carried out exceptionally in doubles too,” added Downey. Particular mentions should additionally go to kids Victoria Mboko, Gabriel Diallo, and Jaden Weekes who’re deserving winners of their respective classes and shining examples as to why the way forward for tennis in Canada is so vibrant. And naturally, our wheelchair tennis athletes Rob Shaw and Mitch McIntyre have represented Canada tremendously, each having profession years on the wheelchair tennis circuit.”
For the second straight 12 months, Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime clinched the title of Male Participant of the 12 months and Male Singles Participant of the 12 months. After securing seven titles this season, the 22-year-old completed with a career-high rating of world No. 6. His outstanding 2022 marketing campaign started in Sydney, Australia, the place he helped Crew Canada declare the ATP Cup. In February, he earned his maiden singles title on the ABN AMRO World Tennis Event and added to his whole later within the season, profitable three consecutive occasions in Florence, Antwerp, and Basel. Auger-Aliassime capped off his season with a surprising efficiency in Malaga, Spain, profitable all 4 of his matches to steer Crew Canada offered by Sobeys to its first-ever Davis Cup by Rakuten crown. He additionally competed on the year-end ATP Finals in November and was a part of Crew World – champions on the Laver Cup in September.
On the ladies’s aspect, Laval’s Fernandez took house her third Feminine Participant of the 12 months and Feminine Singles participant of the 12 months awards. The 20-year-old loved a powerful 2022 season, defending her title on the Abierto GNP Seguros and reaching the quarter-finals at Roland-Garros with spectacular wins over world No. 12 Belinda Bencic and No. 23-ranked Amanda Anisimova. She was additionally an integral a part of the Canadian Billie Jean King Cup squad that swept Latvia in April, in addition to the workforce that performed within the Finals in Glasgow, United Kingdom. In 2022, Fernandez had a mixed 5-1 document in Billie Jean King Cup motion, dropping her solely match to eventual champion Belinda Bencic. She is going to end the season as world No. 39.
Doubles, Juniors, and Most Improved Gamers of the 12 months Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski had one other profitable 12 months on the doubles circuit. Paired up with Mexican associate Giuliana Olmos for a lot of the season, Dabrowski, the world No. 7, clinched the WTA 1000 title on the Mutua Madrid Open and the WTA 500-level trophy in Tokyo, Japan. She additionally gained an occasion with Luisa Stefani of Brazil in Chennai, India. Dabrowski competed alongside Olmos on the year-end WTA Finals and performed with teammate Fernandez in the course of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in November. Dabrowski has now gained the Feminine Doubles Participant of the 12 months award for the tenth time in her profession.
In the meantime, Shapovalov, the 23-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ontario, gained his fourth Excellence Award as the perfect male doubles participant in Canada. He started his season with a pair of stellar wins alongside Auger- Aliassime on the ATP Cup in Sydney. In February, Shapovalov paired up with Rohan Bopanna of India to succeed in the Finals in Doha, Qatar, and completed off his season on the doubles court docket with Vasek Pospisil, defeating Germany’s Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz within the Davis Cup quarter-finals.
Having fun with breakout seasons in 2022 have been Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC) and Gabriel Diallo (Montreal, QC). Marino, the 32-year-old Vancouverite, re-entered the Prime 100 for the primary time in 10 years following an amazing marketing campaign. This season, she recorded 49 wins and clinched the most important title of her profession on the $60,000 ITF occasion in Arcadia, California in March. Her year-end rating shall be a well-earned, No. 64 on this planet. As for Diallo, he turned heads together with his spectacular championship run on the Nationwide Financial institution Championships in Granby, Quebec in August. The 21-year-old rose from world No. 988 to No. 228 in below 12 months. He was additionally a part of the Davis Cup-winning squad, taking part in in his first match on the occasion in the course of the knock-out stage in September.
In juniors, Mboko (Toronto, ON) and Weekes (Lasalle, QC) had improbable seasons. Mboko gained 4 junior titles (one singles, three doubles), and even added a primary skilled title to her identify, profitable the Saskatoon Challenger in July. The 16-year-old star will finish the 12 months as No. 6 within the woman’s rankings. Her compatriot Weekes additionally gained 4 titles (one singles, three doubles) and can end the 12 months as No. 48 within the boy’s rankings.
Wheelchair tennis awards
Moreover, Shaw, the present world No. 7 within the quad division, acquired the Wheelchair Tennis Participant of the 12 months award. The Ontario native had one other nice 12 months, qualifying for the US Open, profitable 10 titles (six singles, 4 doubles), and competing within the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters and the ITF Wheelchair Doubles Masters. The Wheelchair Tennis Most Improved Participant of the 12 months award went to British Columbia’s McIntyre, who reached a career-high rating of No. 13 within the quad division. He gained three titles (one singles, two doubles) and jumped up 20 spots within the quad rankings over the previous 12 months.
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