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. . & EVENTS
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2013 Tennis Year in Review
2013 was an exciting year for Tennis in BC.
From hosting the Davis Cup and Senior National to changes in Tennis BC
organization, our Juniors' achievements, the new star (Vasek Pospisil),
and even the new Ranking system.
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Canada's magical Davis Cup run
Canada upset Spain on February 3 at the Thunderbird Sports Centre at UBC,
Vancouver, and
then
went on to
beat Italy on April 7 to reach the Davis Cup World Group semi-finals for the first time in the tournament's history. Canada's magical Davis Cup
run ended with semifinal loss to Serbia.
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Our Juniors' achievements Seventeen-year-old Alexis Prokopuik became
the youngest
top
female player in BC.
The 15-year-old Rosie Johanson won
U16 Indoor National
in March and went on to win the U18 National Outdoor National Singles and Doubles titles
in August.
Benjamin Sigouin
won
U14 Indoor National
in April and 15-year-olds Kyryll Kryvchun and Stacey Fung
claim the singles titles at ITF Grade 5 tournament
in October. Kyryll
also won the U16 Outdoor National in August. Wow!
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A New Star is Born! Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil took
the Vancouver Open and reached semis at the Rogers Cup in the
summer. Vasek had a breakthrough
season on the ATP Tour during which he climbed nearly 100 spots in the rankings
after closing out 2012 at world No. 125 and ending this year at his
career-high ranking of No. 32.
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Big Changes in Tennis BC Organization Sue Griffin joined Tennis BC as the new Executive Director, May
6. Sue served as the President and CEO of the BC Sports Hall of Fame since 2006.
Stephen Kimoff
resigned as a Director from the board and stayed on as Past President.
The board appointed Sarah Dunbar to fill his vacancy. Sarah is past president of the South Island Tennis Association.
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Senior Outdoor Nationals Jack Pedlar was introduced into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame
by Tennis Canada during
Steve Stevens Senior National Championships on Thursday August 22 at the Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club. Jack was honored for his lifelong dedication to the sport of tennis in BC.
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Junior Ranking System once again is changing After five years, Tennis Canada, again, is changing the National Rankings system that will be effective as of January 1, 2014. The existing head-to-head system which was introduced in 2009 and the way the system was calculating the rankings caused concern among parents and players. They
had hard time understandig the new ranking system. Tennis BC added to the confusion by introducing its own interpretation of the system. The points just didn't add up in many cases and system discouraged participation in competition.
Read our 2009 article.
The new Rankings will be determined based on the number of rounds reached. This system will be used on a 52-week rollover period and will include the player's best results. |
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