Canadian Open

The Canadian Open is an ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 tennis tournament held in Montreal and Toronto on hard courts, played in August. Men and women compete at the same venue in the same fortnight, which is unusual outside the majors and makes it one of the few events where you can watch both tours in a single day. The main singles draw holds 96 players.

The Canadian Open is played in two cities at once and swaps them every year: when the men are in Montreal the women are in Toronto, and the following season the two trade places. It is the only tournament on the calendar where the venue depends on which tour you are following.

It opens the North American hard-court stretch that runs into the US Open, and it arrives directly after the grass season. The change from grass to hard courts in the space of a fortnight is one of the sharpest adjustments in the sport, and the first two rounds regularly show it.

Conditions are warm rather than brutal, and the courts are medium-fast, so the tournament tends to reward players who are already physically ready for the American summer rather than those still finding their timing.

The Canadian Open was first played in 1881, which puts it behind only Wimbledon and the US Open in age. In 2025 both the men's and women's events grew to twelve days and draws of ninety-six, so what used to be the quickest stop of the summer now runs close to the length of a major.

Entry lists, the order of play and ticketing are on the official Canadian Open site.

Our dates count the main draw only. Qualifying runs the week before and most calendars fold it in, which is why a start date printed elsewhere can be a week earlier than the one at the top of this page.

The Canadian Open main draw holds 96 players in single elimination, 7 rounds to the title and 95 matches in all, with the top 32 seeds held out of the first round so their route is one match shorter. Seeds, byes and the Q beside a name: the draws guide covers them.

The Canadian Open draw with every score is on its own page and updates while the tournament is being played.

Ben Shelton won the men's title in 2026, beating Brandon Nakashima in the final by 6-3, 7-6. World number 4 on the list current when this page was built.

Iga Swiatek won the women's title in 2026, beating Elena Rybakina in the final by 6-2, 6-3. World number 9 on the list current when this page was built.

7 of the 8 quarter-finalists in the men's draw were seeded, which is close to what the seedings predicted. Ben Shelton took the Canadian Open title from the number 5 seeding, and the final went 2 sets.

8 of the 8 quarter-finalists in the women's draw were seeded, which is close to what the seedings predicted. Iga Swiatek took the Canadian Open title from the number 7 seeding, and the final went 2 sets.

Rights to the Canadian Open are sold country by country, so the answer depends entirely on where you are sitting. There is no free-to-air option for this event in the major markets, which is normal below Grand Slam level.

The Canadian Open is played in Montreal and Toronto, and matches follow the local schedule, so check the order of play against your own time zone before committing an evening to it.

The men and women play in different cities in the same week, so there are two separate orders of play and two separate broadcast arrangements. Which city you are watching depends on the year, because Montreal and Toronto swap tours annually. Both venues run day and night sessions in the eastern time zone, which puts the night session in the European small hours.

The viewing guide sets out what each service carries across a season and where the gaps fall.