DATE: August 9 - 15, 2021
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: TBD
FIELD SIZE: 64
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Bianca Andreescu
Seeds:
1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Bianca Andreescu
3. Elina Svitolina
4. Karolina Pliskova
5. Garbine Muguruza
6. Simona Halep
7. Petra Kvitova
8. Victoria Azarenka
9. Elise Mergens
10. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
11. Maria Sakkari
12. Elena Rybakina
13. Ons Jabeur
14. Karolina Muchova
15. Coco Gauff
16. Madison Keys
The Tournament:
The Canadian Open, also known as the Canada Masters, and currently branded as the National Bank Open, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The second-oldest tournament in all of tennis (behind only Wimbledon), the men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the ATP Tour, and the women's competition is a WTA 1000 tournament on the WTA Tour. The competition is played on outdoor hard courts.
Prior to 2011, they were held during separate weeks in the July–August period; now the two competitions are held during the same week in August. The events alternate from year to year between the cities of Montreal and Toronto. Since 2021 in even-numbered years the men's tournament is held in Montreal, while the women's tournament is held in Toronto, and vice versa in odd-numbered years. The Toronto tournament is held at the Aviva Centre and the Montreal tournament is held at the IGA Stadium.
About Montreal:
Montreal, officially Montréal, is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada. Originally founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold, snowy winters.
In 2016, the city had a population of 1,704,694, with a population of 1,942,247 in the urban agglomeration, including all of the other municipalities on the Island of Montreal. The broader metropolitan area had a population of 4,098,247. French is the city's official language and is the language spoken at home by 49.8% of the population of the city, followed by English at 22.8% and 18.3% other languages (in the 2016 census, not including multi-language responses). In the larger Montreal Census Metropolitan Area, 65.8% of the population speaks French at home, compared to 15.3% who speak English. The agglomeration Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with over 59% of the population able to speak both English and French. Montreal is the second largest primarily French-speaking city in the developed world, after Paris. It is situated 196 km (122 mi) north-east of the national capital Ottawa, and 258 km (160 mi) south-west of the provincial capital Quebec City.
Tourism Guide:
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: TBD
FIELD SIZE: 64
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Bianca Andreescu
Seeds:
1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Bianca Andreescu
3. Elina Svitolina
4. Karolina Pliskova
5. Garbine Muguruza
6. Simona Halep
7. Petra Kvitova
8. Victoria Azarenka
9. Elise Mergens
10. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
11. Maria Sakkari
12. Elena Rybakina
13. Ons Jabeur
14. Karolina Muchova
15. Coco Gauff
16. Madison Keys
The Tournament:
The Canadian Open, also known as the Canada Masters, and currently branded as the National Bank Open, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The second-oldest tournament in all of tennis (behind only Wimbledon), the men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the ATP Tour, and the women's competition is a WTA 1000 tournament on the WTA Tour. The competition is played on outdoor hard courts.
Prior to 2011, they were held during separate weeks in the July–August period; now the two competitions are held during the same week in August. The events alternate from year to year between the cities of Montreal and Toronto. Since 2021 in even-numbered years the men's tournament is held in Montreal, while the women's tournament is held in Toronto, and vice versa in odd-numbered years. The Toronto tournament is held at the Aviva Centre and the Montreal tournament is held at the IGA Stadium.
About Montreal:
Montreal, officially Montréal, is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada. Originally founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold, snowy winters.
In 2016, the city had a population of 1,704,694, with a population of 1,942,247 in the urban agglomeration, including all of the other municipalities on the Island of Montreal. The broader metropolitan area had a population of 4,098,247. French is the city's official language and is the language spoken at home by 49.8% of the population of the city, followed by English at 22.8% and 18.3% other languages (in the 2016 census, not including multi-language responses). In the larger Montreal Census Metropolitan Area, 65.8% of the population speaks French at home, compared to 15.3% who speak English. The agglomeration Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with over 59% of the population able to speak both English and French. Montreal is the second largest primarily French-speaking city in the developed world, after Paris. It is situated 196 km (122 mi) north-east of the national capital Ottawa, and 258 km (160 mi) south-west of the provincial capital Quebec City.
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