Vancouver, BC – This year marked the 88th edition of the Leith Wheeler Stanley Park Open. From July 5-21, the LWSPO welcomed players from three provinces, BC, Alberta and Manitoba and 8 countries to compete in 68 events of all ages categories and levels. Check out “2019 LWSPO By the Numbers” below to get an […]
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Here we are! The final weekend of the 88th Leith Wheeler Stanley Park Open. The last junior events concluded yesterday, which included the National Junior Open finals and Rogers Rookie Tour No. 2. Congratulations to all the junior participants, finalists and champions! Yesterday was also packed with great matches throughout the NTRP and Open quarterfinals. […]
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The Women’s and Men’s Singles, Doubles and Mixed Open events are now in full swing! Also taking place this week are the NTRP Group 2 events and the U12-U16 National Junior Open. July 16th Leith Wheeler Match of the Day: Women’s 3.5 Doubles Dragana Kosoric/Erin Yang defeated Vivien Wu/Michelle Zhang 7-5(4) 5-7 6-4 In yesterday’s Women’s […]
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Vancouver, BC – During July 10 – July 12th, 2019, Tennis Canada held a three-day camp for 60 of BC’s 10-12 year old competitors. The camp was an opportunity to inspire, motivate and bring together young competitors. The young athletes took part in several physical development, and tennis activities, games and competitions. Almost all BC […]
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Vancouver, BC – Last weekend was full of fun events at the 2019 Leith Wheeler Stanley Park Open. On Saturday, July 13th, the 3rd annual Celebrity-Pro Challenge took place. Pros included Rik de Voest, Henry Choi, Katarina Boiko, Renata Shiratti, Philip Bester and more. Celebrity personalities included Ben Kuzma, Dave Tomlinson, Krissy Van and James […]
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The Park did not see any action yesterday as the rain continued throughout the day. The Davis Trading ITF and 3.5 Star singles matches were played indoors at UBC Tennis Centre, and a handful of NTRP matches were played at Vancouver International Tennis Academy. Thank you to both clubs for accommodating the LWSPO matches! The […]
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As of 2:15 PM today, all matches at the Park are cancelled due to rain. The Davis Trading ITF matches and U16 3.5 Star matches are being played at UBC Tennis Centre today and this evening. The U12 and U14 Selection Series have been canceled for the day and will resume tomorrow. NTRP: MS 3.5 […]
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The first half of yesterday saw the junior Selection Series, 3.5 Star and Davis Trading ITF matches in action on all 17 courts. Unfortunately, the evening’s NTRP matches were interrupted by showers halfway through the evening resulting in unfinished matches. In the Stanley Park Brewing Feature Match of the Day, No. 1 seeds Eugene Joy […]
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The sun finally joined us at the Park yesterday! The day began with the Davis Trading Junior ITF J3 girls singles main draw action on courts 1-6, followed by the boys ITF doubles first round. On the upper courts, the first round of the boys and girls U12 and U14 Selection Series #6 took place. […]
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The first weekend at the Leith Wheeler Stanley Park Open was a wet one! Thank you to all the players for their patience, and to our tournament referees and volunteers for their hard work. Yesterday, the Davis Trading U18 ITF Qualifying event completed the final round of Qualifying indoors at the UBC Tennis Centre. The […]
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Weather Updates July 6th Leith Wheeler Match of the Day: Men’s 4.5 Singles Igor Gens defeated Brandon Wood [5] – 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-5 TSN 1040 joined us live at the Leith Wheeler Stanley Park Open yesterday. Tennis BC CEO, Mark Roberts, had a chance to sit down with Tom Mayenknecht from TSN 1040 to chat […]
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Weather Updates July 5th Leith Wheeler Match of the Day: Men’s 4.0 Doubles Nathan Jennings/Alastair Maccallum defeated Jeremy Poirier/Drew St. Laurent 7-6(5) 7-5 Yesterday started with some challenging weather that rained out the Rogers Rookie Tour and Future Stars matches during the day, however, the rain held up and we were able to successfully complete […]
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