IGA Stadium (French: Stade IGA) (formerly Stade Du Maurier and Stade Uniprix) is the main
tennis court
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at the
Canadian Open tournament in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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. Built in 1996, the centre court stadium currently holds 11,815 spectators.
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Renovation (Part 1 - French Only)
Retrieved on 14 August 2011 It was formerly known as Stade Du Maurier, after the
cigarette brand. From 2004 to 2018, it was named Stade
Uniprix
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, after a major pharmacy chain in Quebec. On Monday, April 16, 2018, Tennis Canada announced that it would change the name to Stade
IGA Iga may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Ambush at Iga Pass, a 1958 Japanese film
* Iga no Kagemaru, Japanese manga series
* Iga, a set of characters from the Japanese novel '' The Kouga Ninja Scrolls''
Biology
* ''Iga'' (beetle), a gen ...
, after a major supermarket in Quebec.
The twelve
courts
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at this venue use the
DecoTurf
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cushioned
acrylic
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* Acrylate polymer, a group of polymers (plastics) noted for transparency and elasticity
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surface, the same surface as the
U.S. Open Grand Slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to:
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event. The Canadian Open is part of the
US Open Series
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of events leading into the Grand Slam event. Uniquely, the Canadian Open is held in two cities, Montreal and Toronto, with the men and women alternating venues each year. IGA Stadium hosts the
WTA in even-numbered years and hosts the
ATP in odd-numbered years.
Its core seating area is a remnant of the former
Major League Baseball
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stadium on the site,
Jarry Park Stadium
Jarry Park Stadium (french: Stade Parc Jarry ) is a tennis stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was formerly a baseball stadium, home to the Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals), from 1969 through 1976. The Expos were Major League Baseb ...
, the original home of the
Montreal Expos
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.
See also
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Jarry Park
Jarry Park (french: Parc Jarry) is an urban park in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jarry Park has total area of 36 hectares. It is considered by the City of Montreal as one of its large park ...
*
List of tennis stadiums by capacity
The following is a list of notable tennis stadiums by capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators they can regularly accommodate.
Notes:
* Stadiums ordered by their capacity (if equal, by the first stadium to reach the capacity)
* Some o ...
References
External links
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Stade IGA site
Tennis venues in Quebec
Sports venues in Montreal
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
Outdoor arenas