Canadian Open (tennis)
The Canadian Open (also known as the Canada Masters), currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. The competition is played on hard courts.
The two competitions are currently held during the same week in August. Before 2011, they were held during separate weeks in the July–August period. The events alternate from year-to-year between the cities of Montreal 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. Prior to 1968 this was known as the Canadian National Championships.
The current singles champions are Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova.
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