Canadian Open
The Canadian Open, currently sponsored as Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. The competition is played on outdoor hard courts. The events alternate from year to year between the cities of Montréal and Toronto. Since 1980 in odd-numbered years the men's tournament is held in Montréal, while the women's tournament is held in Toronto, and vice versa in even-numbered years. Before 2011, they were held during separate weeks in the July–August period, now the two competitions are held during the same week in August. The Toronto tournament is held at the Aviva Centre and the Montréal tournament is held at the IGA Stadium.
The men's tournament began in 1881, and was held at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, while the women's competition was first held in 1892. Of the major tennis tournaments in the world today, only Wimbledon (1877) and the US Open (1881) have been around longer. Prior to 1968 the tournament was known as the Canadian National Championships. Between 1970 and 1989 it was a major event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour as part of the Grand Prix Super Series. The tournament was sponsored for a number of years by tobacco brands. In the 1970s, Rothmans International was the chief sponsor, followed by Player's Limited in the 1980s, and then du Maurier from 1997 to 2000. Federal legislation, however, then came into effect that banned tobacco advertising. Rogers Communications, a Canadian communications and media company, took over as the new presenting sponsor. The event was played on clay until 1979 when it switched permanently to hard courts. Both the men's and women's tournaments were played as a single combined tournament at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto until 1981, when the men's tournament was played at the Jarry Park Stadium in Montréal for the first time. Similarly 1982 was the first year in which the women's tournament was played in Montréal.
Past finals
Men's singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Cliff Richey (USA) | Earl Butch Buchholz (USA) | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1968 | Ramanathan Krishnan (IND) | Torben Ulrich (DEN) | 6–3, 6–0, 7–5 |
| 1967 | Manuel Santana (ESP) | Roy Emerson (AUS) | 6–1, 10–8, 6–4 |
| 1966 | Allen Fox (USA) | Allan Stone (AUS) | 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1965 | Ronald Holmberg (USA) | Lester Sack (USA) | 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1964 | Roy Emerson (AUS) | Fred Stolle (AUS) | 2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1963 | Whitney Reed (USA) (2) | Kyle Carpenter (AUS) | 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1962 | Juan Manuel Couder (ESP) | Sean Frost (USA) | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1961 | Whitney Reed (USA) | Mike Sangster (GBR) | 3–6, 6–0, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1960 | Ladislav Legenstein (AUT) | Warren Woodcock (AUS) | 6–2, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1959 | Reynaldo Garrido (CUB) | Orlando H. Garrido (CUB) | 6–4, 1–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1958 | Robert Bédard (CAN) (3) | Whitney Reed (USA) | 6–0, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1957 | Robert Bédard (CAN) (2) | Ramanathan Krishnan (IND) | 6–1, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1956 | Noel Brown (USA) | Donald Fontana (CAN) | 6–0, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1955 | Robert Bédard (CAN) | Henri Rochon (CAN) | 8–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1954 | Bernard Bartzen (USA) | Kosei Kamo (JPN) | 6–4, 6–0, 6–3 |
| 1953 | Mervyn Rose (AUS) | Rex Hartwig (AUS) | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1952 | Richard Savitt (USA) | Kurt Nielsen (DEN) | 6–1, 6–0, 6–1 |
| 1951 | Tony Vincent (USA) | Seymour Greenberg (USA) | 7–9, 7–5, 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1950 | Brendan Macken (CAN) | Henri Rochon (CAN) | 6–0, 6–0, 6–3 |
| 1949 | Henri Rochon (CAN) | Lorne Main (CAN) | 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 1948 | William Tully (USA) | Henri Rochon (CAN) | 6–4, 7–5, 6–0 |
| 1947 | James Evert (USA) | Emery Neale (USA) | 2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1946 | P. Morley Lewis (USA) (2) | Donald McDiarmid (CAN) | 2–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1945 | No competition (due to World War II) | ||
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| 1940 | Donald McDiarmid (CAN) | Lewis Duff (CAN) | 6–1, 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1939 | P. Morley Lewis (USA) | Robert Madden (USA) | 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1938 | Frank Parker (USA) (2) | Wilmer Allison (USA) | 6–2, 6–2, 9–7 |
| 1937 | Walter Senior (USA) | Robert Murray (CAN) | 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1936 | Jack Tidball (USA) | John Murio (USA) | 8–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1935 | Eugene Smith (USA) | Richard Bennett (USA) | 8–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1934 | Marcel Rainville (CAN) | Harold Surface (USA) | 6–4, 7–5, 6–0 |
| 1933 | John Murio (USA) | Walter Martin (CAN) | 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1932 | Frank Parker (USA) | George Lott (USA) | 2–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1931 | Jack A. Wright (CAN) (3) | Gilbert Nunns (CAN) | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1930 | George Lyttleton-Rogers (IRL) | Gilbert Nunns (CAN) | 6–4, 8–6, 6–8, 9–7 |
| 1929 | Jack A. Wright (CAN) (2) | Frank Shields (USA) | 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5 |
| 1928 | Wilmer Allison (USA) | John Van Ryn (USA) | 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1927 | Jack A. Wright (CAN) | Leon De Turenne (USA) | 7–5, 8–6, 6–3 |
| 1926 | Leon De Turenne (USA) | Wallace Scott (USA) | 6–4, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1925 | Willard F. Crocker (CAN) | Wallace Scott (USA) | 4–6, 9–7, 18–16, 6–2 |
| 1924 | George Lott (USA) | Cyril Andrewes (CAN) | 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 |
| 1923 | William Leroy Rennie (CAN) | W.H. Richards (USA) | 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1922 | Frank Anderson (USA) | Robert Patrick Hay Baird (CAN) | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1921 | Wallace J. Bates (USA) | Edmund Levy (USA) | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1920 | Paul D. Bennett (CAN) | William Leroy Rennie (CAN) | 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1919 | Seiichiro Kashio (JPN) | Walter K. Wesbrook (USA) | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 11–9 |
| 1918 | No competition (due to World War I) | ||
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| 1914 | Thomas Y. Sherwell (CAN) (2) | Robert Patrick Hay Baird (CAN) | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1913 | Robert Patrick Hay Baird (CAN) | Ralph Burns (CAN) | 6–2, 6–0, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1912 | Bernhard P. Schwengers (CAN) (2) | Joseph C. Tyler (USA) | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 7-5 |
| 1911 | Bernhard P. Schwengers (CAN) | Robert Patrick Hay Baird (CAN) | 13-11, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1910 | James F. Foulkes (CAN) (3) | Robert Patrick Hay Baird (CAN) | 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 4-6, 6–2 |
| 1909 | James F. Foulkes (CAN) (2) | N/A | N/A |
| 1908 | Thomas Y. Sherwell (CAN) | James F. Foulkes (CAN) | 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1907 | James F. Foulkes (CAN) | Ralph Burns (CAN) | 6–3, 6–8, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1906 | Irving Wright (USA) | Edwin P. Fischer (USA) | 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1905 | Not held | ||
| 1904 | Beals Wright (USA) (3) | Louis Harry Waidner (USA) | 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1903 | Beals Wright (USA) (2) | Edgar Leonard (USA) | 8–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1902 | Beals Wright (USA) | Irving Wright (USA) | 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 1901 | William Larned (USA) (2) | Beals Wright (USA) | 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1900 | Malcolm D. Whitman (USA) (2) | William Larned (USA) | 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 1–6, 7–5 |
| 1899 | Malcolm D. Whitman (USA) | Leo Ware (USA) | 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1898 | Leo Ware (USA) (2) | Malcolm D. Whitman (USA) | 6–8, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1897 | Leo Ware (USA) | Edwin P. Fischer (USA) | 8–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1896 | Robert Wrenn (USA) | Edwin P. Fischer (USA) | 6–1, 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1895 | William Larned (USA) | Arthur E. Foote (USA) | 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1894 | Robert W. Pardo Matthews (CAN) | Harry E. Avery (USA) | 3–6, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1893 | Harry E. Avery (USA) | Henry Gordon Mackenzie (CAN) | 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1892 | Fred Hovey (USA) | Henry G. Bixby (USA) | 6–2, 6–0, 1–6, 6–1 |
| 1891 | Fred S. Mansfield (USA) | Edward E. Tanner (USA) | 6–1, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1890 | Edward E. Tanner (USA) | Oliver R. Macklem (CAN) | 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1889 | Charles Smith Hyman (CAN) (5) | Andrew E. Plummer (CAN) | 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1888 | Charles Smith Hyman (CAN) (4) | R.O.S. Wood (CAN) | 7–5, 8–6, 6–4 |
| 1887 | Charles Smith Hyman (CAN) (3) | Lawrence H. Baldwin (CAN) | 6–0, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1886 | Charles Smith Hyman (CAN) (2) | Isidore F. Hellmuth (CAN) | 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1885 | Joseph S. Clark (USA) | sidore F. Hellmuth (CAN) | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1884 | Charles Smith Hyman (CAN) | Alexander C. Galt (CAN) | 8–6, 6–8, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1883 | Charles H. Farnum (USA) | Charles Smith Hyman (CAN) | 6–3, 6–3, 0–6, 6–0 |
| 1882 | Harry D. Gamble (CAN) | Isidore F. Hellmuth (CAN) | 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1881 | Isidore F. Hellmuth (CAN) | W.H. Young (CAN) | 6–2, 6–2 |