For a minute there, it looked like 2025 would go down as a pretty forgettable year for Canadian tennis.

Sure, there were several nice victories in lower-tier events: Felix Auger-Aliassime won a couple of ATP 250 tournaments back in January, Denis Shapovalov grabbed his first ATP 500 title in Dallas and added a 250-pointer in Mexico, Gabriel Diallo captured his first ATP trophy by winning a 250 in the Netherlands, and Leylah Fernandez won a WTA 500 in Washington, D.C. in mid-July for the biggest of her four career titles.

But, heading into the twin Canadian Open tournaments in Montreal and Toronto at the end of last month, no Canadian singles player had reached even the semifinals of a WTA or ATP 1000 — the most prestigious and lucrative tier of full-field events apart from the Grand Slam

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