What is Canadian Open (tennis)?
{{Infobox tennis tournament | name =Rogers Cup | event name = Canadian Open | tour = [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP World Tour]], [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA Tour]] | sponsor = Rogers Cup presented by National Bank | started = 1881 | location = [[Montreal]] and [[Toronto]], Canada | category = Masters 1000 (men's)<br>Premier 5 (women's) | surface = Hard / Outdoor | prize money =$3,218,700<br>$2,000,000 | men's singles = {{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]] | women's singles ={{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] | men's doubles = {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Peya]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]] | women's doubles ={{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]] / {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebtnik]] }} The '''Canadian Open''' is a [[tennis]] [[tournament]] that takes place on outdoor [[Hard court|hard courts]]. It is held in [[Montreal]] and [[Toronto]], usually at the start of August. Before 2011, it was held in two different weeks during July and August. The tournament adjusts for the men and women's side each year. It shifts between Montreal and Toronto. In odd-numbered years, the men's side of the draw is held in Montreal and the women's are held in Toronto, and in even years they switch cities. ==History== [[File:Rexall Centre York University Toronto.JPG|right|125px|thumb|Rexall Centre, the site of the Toronto held tournament.]] The men's tournament started in 1881. It was first held at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club. The women's side of the tournament started in 1892. There are only two leading tournaments that started before the Canadian Open, [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] and the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]. Before 1968, the tournament was known as the Canadian National Championships. Since the start of the [[Open era (tennis)|open era]], the tournament has had many [[Sponsor|sponsors.]] In the 1970s, it was held under the [[Rothmans International]] tobacco brand, [[John Player & Sons|Player's Limited]] was the main sponsor in the 1980s, and the sponsor changed again in 1997 to the cigare