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The Rogers Cup is an annual hard-court tennis tournament, which rotates between two major Canadian cities, Montreal and Toronto. In odd-numbered years the event is held in Montreal for men, while the women’s tournament is held in Toronto and in case of even-numbered years it is vice-versa. The men’s competition is Masters 1000 event on the ATP Tour and the women’s competition is Premier 5 event and is held in July-August period.

The event has a long and illustrious history with the men’s tournament dating back to 1881, when it was held at Toronto Lawn Tennis Club. This is the oldest ongoing tennis tournament after Wimbledon and US Open, which is acknowledged by the tennis world to be one of the best-run tennis tournaments of the Tour. The event is a mandatory one on the ATP Tour, which will take place at the Rexall Centre, York University. At present, the tournament is held in different weeks for men and women, but from 2011 the Rogers Cup will be held in the same week for both men as well as women.

Tournament facts –

Venue – Stade Uniprix and Rexall Centre
Surface – Hard / Outdoors
Official Ball – Penn
Men’s Singles – 56 players
Men’s Doubles – 24 pairs
Women’s Singles – 56 players
Women’s Doubles – 28 pairs
Tournament Director – Karl Hale
Courts – The center court has a capacity of around 10,500
Attendance records - Uniprix Stadium, Montreal saw 200, 077 spectators in 2009.
Rexall Centre, Toronto saw 155, 290 spectators in 2006.
Winner of most Men’s Singles titles – Ivan Lendl – 6 titles
Winner of most Women’s Singles titles – Chris Evert and Martina Hingis – 4 titles
Next Tournament – August 8, 2011.
Past Winners – Andy Murray