Saville Tennis Centre Hosts 111th Alberta Open -

Feature photo: Men’s Open Doubles team, Ethan Oboniye and Joshua Oboniye, battle in the semi-finals.

Players, coaches, and spectators flocked to the Saville Tennis Centre August 1st to 5th to participate in this year’s Alberta Open (350) tournament. Nearly 200 players came from across the province to compete.

The matches were intense, and the atmosphere was electric all weekend long.

Women’s Open Singles champion, Jacqueline Lam, blasts a forehand on finals day. Jacqueline battled and upset first seed, Felicia Pham, to earn herself the title.

Men’s Open Singles winner, Liam Spiers, makes a volley on finals day. Liam would be crowned champion after a fierce battle, defeating Alex Vukovic 6-4, 7-6 in the final.

THE FINALISTS

The full tournament results can be found here. Congratulations to all who competed. Our list of champions and runner-ups is below.

Men’s Singles Open: Liam Spiers (champion), Alex Vukovic (runner-up)
Women’s Singles Open: Jacqueline Lam (champion). Felicia Phan (runner-up)
Men’s Doubles Open: Kai Baerg and James Holt (champions), Liam Spiers and Jeff Spiers (runner-ups)
Women’s Doubles Open: Fallon Nguyen and Gwendolyn Nguyen (champions), Marena Nakagawa and Katherine Juchymenko (runner-ups)
Mixed Doubles Open: Jeff Spiers and Kerrigan Spiers (champions), Ayush Gupta and Jacqueline Lam (runner-ups)
Men’s Singles 5.0: Jonathan Pearson (champion), Arjun Singh (runner up)
Women’s Singles 5.0: Samantha Sutherland (champion), Lindsay Harrison (runner-up)
Men’s Doubles 5.0: Ken Caine and Marcus Miller (champions), Tan Xuan and Guan Zhang (runner-ups)
Women’s Doubles 5.0: Mayumi Hagiwara and You Li (champions), Kristina Sanjevic and Ela Trkulja (runner-ups)
Mixed Doubles 5.0: Bijan Mannani and Gillian Shea (champions), Jonathan Pearson and Erin Silberman (runner-ups)
Men’s Singles 4.0: Ethan Wollmann (champion), Keith Mhlanga’S (runner-up)
Women’s Singles 4.0: Karen Mackay (champion), Alana Skocdopole (runner-up)
Men’s Doubles 4.0: Ryan Aguillon and Bradley Townsend (champions), Sonny Nguyen and Matthew Ottewell (runner-ups)
Women’s Doubles 4.0: Karen Mackay and Jessica Park (champions), Susanne Tucker and Anna Turcza (runner-ups)
Men’s Singles 3.0: Okpapi Omoaka (champion), Sam Djerroud (runner-up)

For more photos of our finalists, check out our Instagram page.

THANK YOU

Tennis Alberta would like to thank its many sponsors, volunteers, and contributors for making the tournament possible.

Saville Tennis Centre for hosting and facilitating the event, providing staff and support the entire weekend
Yonex Canada (and representative Hao Pan) for generously contributing grip wraps for all entrants, and premium, made-in-Japan strings for all finalists
BrookerLink for their continued sponsorship of Tennis Alberta and for contributing goods to the player packages
Save On Foods (Dan Townsend) for providing Gatorade and fruit leathers to all players
The Sweet Spot for donating tennis bags to the raffle
Kevin’s Rocks and Rackets for donating the raffle grand prize, a Head Extreme racquet
El Mero Mero Food Truck for making an appearance and providing top-notch tacos on Saturday
Dave Ross for his photography work on finals day