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Canada Masters
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| Rogers Cup | ||
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| Location | Montréal & Toronto Canada |
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| Venue | Stade Uniprix & Rexall Centre | |
| Surface | Hard / Outdoors | |
| Official website | ||
| ATP Tour | ||
| Category | Masters Series | |
| Draw | 56S / 32Q / 24D | |
| Prize Money | US$2,450,000 | |
| Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | ||
| Tier | Tier I | |
| Draw | 56M / 48Q / 28D | |
| Prize Money | US$1,340,000 | |
The Canada Masters, currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is an ATP Masters Series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. The women's competition is a Tier 1 event on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. The two competitions are currently held in separate weeks in the July-August period. The events alternate from year-to-year between the cities of Montréal and Toronto. In odd-numbered years, the men's tournament is held in Montréal, while the women's tournament is held in Toronto, and vice-versa in even-numbered years. The competition is played on hard courts. The defending champions are Novak Đoković and Justine Henin.
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The event has a long history. The men's tournament began in 1881, and the women's competition was first held in 1892. Of the major tennis tournaments in the world today, only Wimbledon and the US Open have been around as long.
| Years | Men's event title | Women's event title |
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| 1881 - 1967 | Canadian Championships | Canadian Championships |
| 1968 - 1996 | Canadian Open | Canadian Open |
| 1997 - 2000 | du Maurier Open | du Maurier Open |
| 2001 - 2004 | Tennis Masters Canada | Rogers AT&T Cup |
| 2005 - present | Rogers Cup | Rogers Cup |
Currently, the Toronto tournament is held at the Rexall Centre and "presented" by American Express; the Montréal tournament is held at the Stade Uniprix and "presented" by National Bank of Canada.
Lendl Loving Canada - Ivan Lendl had some of the best success ever in Canada, reaching the final nine times and walking away with titles in 1980, '81, '83, '87, '88 and '89.
Starting in 2009, the Rogers Cup will become a "1000-level" series event, replacing the Masters Series title. As a "1000-level" event, the Rogers Cup will attract a mandatory player field and is backed by new rules and sanctions. The women's tournament will also go under major changes, that will improve player turnout, by adding player fines and suspensions just to name a few. Player turnout has been an ongoing problem for both the Rogers Cup and the WTA. In 2011, the Rogers Cup will go under another major transformation, that will make both the men's and women's tournaments run in the same week.
- Official website - men's tournament
- Official website - women's tournament
- Stade Uniprix in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Rexall Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- - Rogers Cup News, Level 1000 Tournaments
| ATP Masters Series Tournaments | |
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| Indian Wells | Miami | Monte Carlo | Rome | Hamburg | Montreal/Toronto | Cincinnati | Madrid | Paris |
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| Doha · Indian Wells · Miami · Charleston · Berlin • Rome · Montréal / Toronto · Tokyo · Moscow San Diego 2004-2007 · Zürich 1993-2007 |
| Preceded by Washington, D.C. |
US Open Series July-September |
Succeeded by Cincinnati |