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[quote=CANADAGUY,256848]Unfortunately the Canadian tennis scene is not very exciting.
We have had some promising talent over the years but none have really gone on to great heights on the pro circuit as singles players.

Greg Rusedski is probably our most 'famous' or well-known on the men's side. He was born in Canada in 1973, but deserted us in 1995 when he moved to England and took up British citizenship. Most of his 18 ATP titles were won after he became a British citizen. He actually beat Pete Sampras one time in an indoor French tournament in 1998.

On the women's side we had two players who achieved some degree of prominence.

Carling Bassett-Seguso had a short career in the mid-80's winning two pro titles and ranked as high as no. 8 in the WTA world rankings for a period of time.

Helen Kelesi, was another. She achieved a WTA ranking of World No. 13 in 1989, and was in the top-25 between 1986 and 1991.

We also have a world-famous men's doubles specialist, Daniel Nestor.
He has achieved great success in this department winning 50 titles, mostly with his partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas. Their most recent win was just last week in Shanghai.

I have an interesting tie-in to Daniel Nestor. I used to live in Toronto (Daniel's home-town in Canada) and played at a tennis club that Daniel also belonged to. At the time I didn't know who he was but I did notice that his name kept appearing at the top of most singles tournaments that took place at the club.

These were special tournaments with players competing from all across our province. So I knew that whoever he was, he must was a very good player! Of course shortly after that, he launched his professional career and the rest is history. He is now a multi-millionaire![/quote]

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