The 2025 North American hard-court swing heads to Toronto next for the ATP Canadian Open and, although several of the world’s top stars have pulled out of the event, there will still be several interesting storylines.
The Canadian Open – the sixth ATP Masters 1000 event of the 2025 ATP Tour calendar – will be staged for the 135th time and most of the all-time greats, including Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, have won the tournament in the past.
Back to the 2025 edition…
How many players will be in the draw of the 2025 Canadian Open?
The ATP 1000 Masters tournament is a 96-player single draw event. Five players have received wildcards, two have used their protected ranking to enter, seven will gain entry via qualifying with the rest coming via their position in the ATP Rankings.
Who are the big-name players who will feature at the hard-court event?
The better question would be “Who won’t feature at the hard-court event in 2025” as the event has been hit by a string of high-profile withdrawals.
World No 1 Jannik Sinner won’t feature in Toronto as he opted for an extended break after his Wimbledon title run. He will be joined on the sidelines by world No 2 Carlos Alcaraz, four-time Canadian Open champion Djokovic as well as world No 5 Jack Draper.
That leaves world No 3 Alexander Zverev as the highest-ranked player in the field so he will be the top seed with Taylor Fritz, Lorenzo Musetti, Ben Shelton, Holger Rune, Andrey Rublev, Frances Tiafoe, Casper Ruud, Alex de Minaur and Daniil Medvedev completing the top 10.
Alexei Popyrin will also return to defend his title and he will be seeded 16th. Zverev and Medvedev are the only other former champions in the 2025 field.
What are the tournament dates and when is the draw?
The Canadian Open will be a 12-day tournament at the Sobeys Stadium in Toronto with the first-round matches starting on Sunday, July 27 while the final will be staged on Thursday, August 7.
The draw is set for Friday, July 25 at 12:00pm local time (16:00 GMT).
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How many points are on offer at the tournament?
ATP Masters 1000 title winners receive 1000 ranking points while those who exit in the first round of 96-player draws go home with 10 points, but of course players also have to defend points they earned at the tournament the previous year.
Full points structure:
Champion: 1000 points
Runner-up: 650 points
Semi-finalists: 400 points
Quarter-finalists:200 points
Fourth round: 100 points
Third round: 50 points
Second round: 30 points
First round: 10 points
What about the prize money?
The total financial commitment for the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers (as it is officially known) is US$9,193,540 with the bulk of that coming from the sponsors.
Popyrin won $1,049,460 in 2024 when he won his maiden and, to date, only ATP Masters 1000 trophy with runner-up Andrey Rublev walking away with a cheque of $573,090.
The 2025 champion will receive a cheque of $1,124,360.
Full prize-money breakdown:
Champion: $1,124,360
Runner-up: $597,890
Semi-finalists: $332,160
Quarter-finalists: $189,075
Fourth round: $103,225
Third round: $60,400
Second round: $35,260
First round: $23,760
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