Rogers Cup

The Canadian Open or Rogers Cup is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada since 1881 and only Wimbledon and the US Open have been around longer. The men’s competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of tennis professionals (ATP) tour. The women’s competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tour. The competition is played on hard courts and the events alternate from year to year between the cities of Montreal and Toronto. Since 1980 in odd-numbered years the men’s tournament is held in Montreal, while the women’s tournament is held in Toronto, and vice versa in even-numbered years. The Toronto tournament is held at the Aviva Centre on the grounds of York University and since 2015 Sword have been proud supplier of access control, crowd management, alcohol control and asset protection security personnel to Tennis Canada.