OFICIAL NAME:

Rogers Cup presented by National Bank

VENUE:

Uniprix Stadium
285 Faillon St. Ouest
Montreal, Quebec

DATES:

August 13 –22, 2010

SANCTION:

A Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Premier Event
A U.S. Open Series Event

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 2010
U.S. $2,000,000
Singles: U.S. $350,000 for singles champion
Doubles: U.S. $100,000 for doubles champions

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

WTA 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-Philippe Dorais, Director, Communications
and Public Relations

SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR MEDIA RELATIONS:

Director of Communications

SPOKESPERSON:

2009: Ariane Moffatt
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:

11,492 permanent seats (Centre Court)
4,269 permanent seats (National Bank Court)

WORLD RECORD ATTENDANCE:

Uniprix Stadium 200,077 (Montreal 2009)
Rexall Centre 155,260 (Toronto 2008)

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS:

Elena Dementieva (Toronto 2009)
Dinara Safina (Montreal 2008)