OFICIAL NAME:

Rogers Cup presented by National Bank

VENUE:

Uniprix Stadium
285 Faillon St. Ouest
Montreal, Quebec

DATES:

August 8 –16, 2009

SANCTION:

ATP

ORGANIZER:

Tennis Canada

MAIN DRAW:

Singles - 56 players + 8 byes
Doubles - 24 teams

QUALIFYING DRAW:

Singles - 32 players
Doubles - No qualifying

TOTAL PLAYER COMPENSATION:

Rogers Cup 2008

SURFACE

Hard - DecoTurf

OFFICIAL BALL:

Penn

TROPHY:

Optical Crystal by Mark Raynes Roberts

TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS:

Eugène Lapierre, Tournament Director
Rogers Cup presented by National Bank

ATP Supervisors
Tony Cho, Referee

TENNIS CANADA

Michael S. Downey, President and C.E.O.
Eugène Lapierre, Tournament Director
Rogers Cup presented by National Bank

MEDIA RELATIONS:

Louis-Antoine Paquin, Regional Director, Communications
and Media Relations

ATP TOUR MEDIA RELATIONS:

Director of Communications

SPOKESPERSON:

2008: Sébastïen Benoït
2007: Sophie Prégent
2006: Jean-Nicolas Verreault
2005: Virginie Coosa
2004: James Hyndman
2003: Sylvie Léonard
2002: Marc Labrèche
2001: Chantal Fontaine
2000: Michel Courtemanche
1999: Marc Messier
1998: Claude Meunier

BROADCASTERS:

RDS
SRC
CBC
The Sports Network
ESPN
ESPN2

STADIUM CAPACITY:

11,437 permanent seats (Centre Court)
4,325 permanent seats (National Bank Court)

WORLD RECORD ATTENDANCE:

Uniprix Stadium 174,706 (Montreal 2006)
Uniprix Stadium 182,252 (Montreal 2007)

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS:

Rafael Nadal (Toronto 2008)
Novak Djokovic (Montreal 2007)