Group Canada’s historic 2023 Billie Jean King Cup victory is ready to be celebrated in type through the Nationwide Financial institution Open offered by Rogers (NBO) in Toronto and Montreal this August. On-court ceremonies might be held in each cities, whereas followers may have the chance see the trophy up shut at devoted on-site activations.
In Toronto, Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC), Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON), Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC), Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC), Marina Stakusic (Toronto, ON) and captain Heidi El Tabakh (Toronto, ON) will obtain their Billie Jean King Cup championship rings, designed and crafted by Baron, in entrance of a packed Sobeys Stadium crowd earlier than the primary match of the night time session on Tuesday, August 6 as a part of Opening Evening offered by Sobeys. The ceremony will encapsulate completely the NBO WTA marketing campaign which states It’s not one of the best of ladies’s tennis. It’s one of the best of tennis. Interval. and is ready to encourage girls and women throughout the nation.
Becoming a member of Canada’s world champions on-court might be a bunch of previous and current Canadian Billie Jean King Cup gamers, who had been offered with customized world champions pins earlier this yr. The help workers who accompanied the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup staff on their journey to the title might be in attendance. They, together with Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) and Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON), who had been a part of Group Canada for final April’s Qualifier tie in Vancouver, can even obtain a championship ring.
Followers are inspired to put on crimson throughout Tuesday’s August 6’s night time session to indicate their Canadian delight. The on-court ceremony is ready to start at 6:40 p.m. Jap so attendees ought to plan to be of their seats by 6:30 p.m.. That night time, Toronto’s most recognizable landmark, the CN Tower, can even be lit crimson to acknowledge the celebration.
“As was the case final yr after we celebrated Canada’s maiden Davis Cup title on the Nationwide Financial institution Open offered by Rogers, we couldn’t be prouder to honour our first-ever Billie Jean King Cup champions at Sobeys Stadium this yr,” stated Karl Hale, Match Director, NBO Toronto. “This unimaginable victory deserves to be acknowledged in essentially the most particular manner attainable, and what higher platform than the opening night time of Canada’s greatest and most prestigious match. We can not wait to have fun the achievements of Leylah, Gaby, Rebecca, Eugenie, Marina and Heidi.”
From Sunday, August 4 to Monday, August 5, the trophy might be on show in Sobeys Stadium’s VIP Lounge offered by Audi, which is accessible for all followers throughout 407 ETR Household Weekend. It is going to then be on the UNMATCHED: Gender Fairness in Sports activities Convention, headlined by keynote speaker Venus Williams, on Wednesday, August 7.
Following its keep in Toronto, the trophy will head to the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal the place, on Saturday, August 10, it will likely be on the Tennis Canada Fan Zone on-site at IGA Stadium. Then, on Sunday, August 11, the same ceremony might be hosted on-court that includes a bunch of previous Billie Jean King Cup gamers from Quebec, together with Aleksandra Wozniak, Françoise Abanda, Marie-Ève Pelletier, Hélène Pelletier and former captain Sylvain Bruneau.
“Though the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal is internet hosting the ATP occasion this yr, we’re very excited to supply our followers the possibility to have fun this historic win,” stated Valerie Tetreault, Match Director, NBO Montreal. “The Billie Jean King Cup title may need been received on-court by our stellar staff, however there was a complete nation cheering on that staff and due to this fact, we need to make it possible for as many tennis followers as attainable have an opportunity to see the trophy. We’re additionally trying ahead to a night of reunion on Sunday night time as we’ll welcome on-court all former BJK Cup gamers and captain from Quebec, to acknowledge that they helped pave the best way to this unimaginable achievement.”
MORE THAN 100,000 CANADIANS TO HAVE SEEN THE BILLIE JEAN KING CUP TROPHY BY CHAMPIONS TOUR’S CONLCUSION
After launching the Champions Tour in April, the Billie Jean King Cup trophy has travelled over 15,000 kilometres and visited all ten Canadian provinces. Hosted at tennis golf equipment, sponsor websites, municipal workplaces and public areas throughout the nation, the Tour’s function of advancing gender fairness in tennis has been achieved by providing partaking and significant actions at most of the stops. That has included panel discussions with previous, current and future Group Canada athletes, and Women. Set. Match. occasions, designed particularly for younger women, delivered in partnership with Canada’s Provincial and Territorial Tennis Associations (PTTAs).
On the conclusion of the Nationwide Financial institution Open occasions, over 100,000 Canadians may have had the chance to see the trophy over the course of the Tour.
“We’re delighted to have taken the enduring Billie Jean King Cup trophy from coast-to-coast-to-coast in Canada,” stated Gavin Ziv, Chief Govt Officer, Tennis Canada. “Aligning so carefully with our Recreation. Set. Fairness. dedication in partnership with Nationwide Financial institution, the Champions Tour will little question have impressed the following era of ladies and women to choose up a racquet and sparked an curiosity in tennis for numerous extra. It has been our pleasure to offer the chance to have fun our gamers and permit our followers to share within the celebration of the historic 2023 Billie Jean King Cup victory.”
The total particulars of the Billie Jean King Cup Champions Tour stops can be found on the Tennis Canada web site.
