Canadian University Championships get underway Friday in Montreal

Photo: Mathieu Belanger

The 2024 Canadian University Championships are set to begin on Friday as four schools compete in both the men’s and women’s divisions to be crowned champions.

The event will be held at IGA Stadium in Montreal alongside the National Bank Open from Aug. 9 to 11.

Men’s division championship finalists: Université Laval, University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, Dalhousie University.

Women’s division championship finalists: Université Laval, University of Toronto, University of Alberta, Dalhousie University.

The full roster for each school can be seen below.

The tournament will follow a team format with an elimination draw. Teams will play three doubles matches (worth a total of one point) followed by six singles matches (six points). A fixture is won by the first team to reach four points.

The women’s bracket has Laval’s Rouge et Or taking on Toronto’s Varsity Blues, and Alberta’s Pandas taking on the Dalhousie Tigers. Matches will begin on Friday.

The men’s draw will kick off on Saturday with the University of British Columbia taking on the University of Toronto and Laval taking on Dalhousie.

The winners of each matchup will face off to be crowned University Champions on Sunday, Aug. 11. A third-place playoff will also take place on Sunday.

Last year, the University of Alberta’s women’s team and Université de Montréal’s men’s team were crowned champions. The Alberta women’s team will have the opportunity to defend their title and claim the Canadian University Championships for a fifth straight time.

This will be the first time the University Championships will be hosted under both the Tennis Canada and U SPORTS banners as the two organizations have collaborated to make tennis the first Pilot Sport in program history.

As a Pilot Sport, tennis will be part of the Partnership Sports category of U SPORTS’ new sport model program. Under the Partnership Sports umbrella, events are primarily funded by the appropriate National Sports Organization and operated in partnership with U SPORTS.

2024 Canadian University Championships Men’s Teams

Université Laval: Daniel Aminlari, Samuel Atlan, Charles-Antoine Boily, Jeremy Bosse, Oussama Bouayad, Mohamed Hedi Braham, Mathieu Brisson, Antoine Deschamps, Othman Ennaciri, Dimitri Ingrassia, Samuel Leclerc-St-Pierre, Alexandre Lescoulie, William Levasseur, Julien Pomerleau, Felix Roy-Arseneault

University of Toronto: Michael Chu, Arden D’Aniello, Nikola Janev, Nathan Li, Alexander Luchak, Tyler Lunaria, Raghav Sundararaman, Zackary Willson, Kevin Wong, William Xi, Rassam Yazdi, Charles Zheng

University of British Columbia: Paul Cho, Isaac Dee, Cameron Jim, Marvin Kao, Spencer Keung, Daniel Kim, Jared Maclean, Graeme McIntosh, Kiran Phaterpakar, Joseph Spear, Etienne Talasi, David Zoric

Dalhousie University: Payton Nicol (Captain), Kyle Griffith, William Hardman, Eric Liu, Hielke Moore, Julian Oxner, Deni Salja, William Wroz

2024 Canadian University Championships Women’s Teams

Université Laval: Emilie Corbett (capitaine), Britany Daigle, Marie-Laurence Denis, Erica Di Battista, Camille Godin, Mathilde Langevin, Franca Maiterth, Lydia Morin, Melodie Morin, Orla O’Toole Anabelle Pion, Maya Thabet

University of Toronto: Jana Al-Khatib, Anastasiya Dyadchenko, Linda Lee, Kristina Matthews, Carmen Nahat, Janet Pham, Maria Popova, Noelle Vanesse Wilbert, Mia Wong, Felina Yang

University of Alberta: Marena Diaz Nakagawa, Jiya Ghuman, Emily Granson, Constanza Handall Perez, Alexandra Jewitt, Katie Juchymenko, Klara Merrick, Emma Rutherford, Sonia Skobkareva, Sandra Taskovic

Dalhousie University: Anna Nicolela (Captain), Isobel Anderson, Paris Axam, Mackenzie Balan, Alevia Doyle, Jenny Klenner, Caitlin Lean, Teresa Martin, Natalie Hoa Broomfield, Nitha Raghu, Rachel Meyerowitz, Victoria Frauzel

Written By

Jonathan Chan