Much like the ATP and WTA tennis calendar, the Wheelchair tennis season is wrapping up its 2024 campaign with few tournaments remaining on the schedule.
Canada’s top-ranked competitor, Rob Shaw, concluded his campaign in Arnhem, Netherlands at the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters. Meanwhile, Montreal is set to host one final Canadian event at the end of this month.
While Rob Shaw did well to earn a spot at the end-of-year championships, he was dealing with an injury and simply overmatched by the very best players in the world in Arnhem last week.
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Shaw finished 0-3 in round-robin play and did not advance past the group stage.
Despite this early exit, 2024 was a standout season for Shaw. The 34-year-old B.C. native claimed seven ITF titles, including two in singles and five in doubles. His biggest victory of the year came in Geneva at the Swiss Open, where he captured the first ITF Series 1 title of his career. Shaw also represented Canada at the Paralympic Games in Paris, reaching the quarter-finals in singles.
There is one final event on the Canadian wheelchair tennis calendar in 2024, the Bourassa Savaria International Open in Montreal.
The hard-court tournament will feature men’s and women’s singles, doubles, boys singles, and a quad division.
Action will take place from November 28 to December 1 at IGA Stadium.
With the Wheelchair tennis season officially winding down, Rob Shaw again finished as the top-ranked Canadian and is just one spot off his career-high, finishing as world No. 7 in the quad division.
B.C.’s Thomas Venos enjoyed a terrific 2024 campaign and is up to a career-high ranking of 50th in singles and is ranked 43rd in doubles.
18-year-old Frédérique Bérubé-Perron also enjoyed a breakout season and heads into season’s end ranked 66th in singles.
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