The first ATP Canadian Open was played in 1881 at Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, Canada. Since its start ATP Canadian open has had different names due to sponsors like Canadian Championships (1892-1967), Canadian Open (1968-1996), Du Maurier Open (1997-2000), Canada Masters (2001-2004), Rogers Cup (2005-2019) and National Bank Open (2021- present).
No Canadian-born male has won the Canadian Open in history.
Ivan Lendl has won the Canadian Open 6 times (record).
Charles Smith from British Canada has a record of winning the Canadian Open for consecutive 4 years. (1886-1889).
American Twin brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan are the most successful pair in the history of the Canadian Open. The pair have won the doubles championship 5 times together.
ATP Canadian open is the oldest men’s tennis tournament in the world, only Wimbledon has been longer than it. Before 2011, ATP and WTA were held on 2 different weeks in the same venue but after that, both events were held on the same week but on different venues- Toronto and Montreal.
Both Events switch their venues from year to year. Since 2021 rules have changed, now in even number years ATP is held in Montreal and WTA in Toronto and vice versa in odd number years.
2022 ATP National Bank Presented by Rogers is starting on 8 August while qualifying rounds will start on 5th August and the Final will play on 14 August 2022.
ATP National Bank Open is categorized on ATP 1000 masters level tournament. The event consists of 63 Single’s main draw and 32 Double’s main draw. In 2022, the Event will be held on the outdoor hard court surface of IGA Stadium in Montreal, Quebec Canada.
National Bank Open 2022 Champions
In 2022, Pablo Carreño Busta defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men’s singles tennis title at the 2022 Canadian Open. Whereas in doubles championship, Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski defeated Dan Evans and John Peers in the final, 6–2, 4–6, [10–6] to win the men’s doubles tennis title at the 2022 Canadian Open
In 2021 singles championship, Russian star Daniil Medvedev defeat Reilly Opelk of USA in the final. Medvedev won the title with straight sets 6-4, 6-3. Medvedev is the only 2nd Russian player after Marat Safin in 2000 to win this event in a long history of the National Bank Open. In doubles Championship, American star Rajeev Ram and British star Joe Salisbury won the doubles championship. The winning pair defeat Croatian pair Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic in the final by 6-3, 4-6, 10-3.
National Bank Open 2022 Players List (Top Seeds)
Daniil Medvedev (Rus) – 2021 champion
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Casper Ruud (NOR)
Andrey Rublev (RUS)
Felix Auger Aliassime (CAN)
Jannik Sinner (ITA)
Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
Cameron Norrie (GBR)
Taylor Fritz (USA)
Matteo Berrettini (ITA )
Diego Schwartzman (ARG)
Reilly Opelka (USA)- 2021 runner up
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
National Bank Open 2022 Wild Card Entries
Borna Coric (CRO)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI)
National Bank Open 2022 Prize Money & Champions
In 2022, total prize commitment is $5,926,545 while in 2021 total prize money was $2,850,975.The men’s singles winner received $370,290 while the runner-up received $211,000.The men’s doubles winners were awarded $68,440 while the runners-up got $47,910.
ATP National Bank Presented by Rogers Past Champions and Prize Money
