MONTREAL, July 29, 2024 (Tennis Canada Press Release)
Today, Tennis Canada announced the top seeds for the 2024 National Bank Open presented by Rogers (NBO) in Toronto and Montreal. On the WTA Tour, Iga Swiatek of Poland headlines the player field in Toronto as the No. 1 seed, holding the top spot in the WTA rankings since the beginning of the calendar year.
On the men’s side, World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy will enter Montreal as the highest seeded player. He climbed to the top of the ATP rankings earlier this year after reaching the final of Roland-Garros. The seedings ahead of the 2024 National Bank Open follow the ATP and WTA’s official rankings as of today, July 29, 2024.
In Toronto, Swiatek enters the field at the NBO as the top-ranked player for the third straight year, with her eyes set on her first Canadian title. The four-time French Open champion will be in tough competition, with second-seeded Coco Gauff of the United States returning to the tournament as a US Open champion and seeking to better her 2023 singles result of reaching the quarter-finals last year in Montreal. Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, Italian superstar Jasmine Paolini, and reigning NBO champion Jessica Pegula (USA) are also among the top seeds in Toronto this August.
“This is a very strong player list — in fact, the strongest one we’ve ever had in an Olympic year,” said Karl Hale, Tournament Director of the National Bank Open in Toronto. “With the complete list of the WTA Tour’s top 16 players joining us at Sobeys Stadium this year, headlined by Swiatek, Gauff, and Sabalenka, the tournament could go in any direction. The support surrounding tennis this year has been overwhelmingly positive, and fans are in for a real treat with the talent touching down in Canada this August.”
In Montreal, Sinner, who became the first Italian player to reach the top of the rankings, will be defending his 2023 NBO title on the IGA Stadium courts as the top seed. He is enjoying the best season of his career, with four titles already to his name, including his first Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open. It won’t be an easy road to the title for Sinner, with the possibility of facing Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (No. 3 seed), four-time Grand Slam champion, and Novak Djokovic (No. 2 seed), 24-time Grand Slam champion and five-time NBO winner, who will be making his return to Montreal for the first time since 2015. Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev, two former NBO champions, round out the Top 5 seeds.
“This year’s main draw will be a great combination of youth and experience. With a line-up of seeded players that is more talented than ever, the tournament we’re about to witness promises to be extremely exciting and highly competitive,” said Valérie Tétreault, Tournament Director of the National Bank Open in Montreal. “Fans will have the chance to witness matches that are already shaping up to be intense and full of emotion. I’m looking forward to the official draw ceremony – scheduled to take place on August 3 – to discover the first-round matchups and to see the stories of this year’s tournament begin to unfold!”
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