The Seventh Triple-A Asian Tennis Championship
- Introduction
Triple-A Asian Tennis Championship has evolved into the biggest tennis event in Greater Montreal’s Asian community: Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and many others to compete and make friends.
Date: June 21, 2019 — June 23, 2019
Address: Club CDL, 8305 Cote de Liesse, Saint-Laurent, QC H4T 1G5
Registration Deadline: June 14th, 2019
Registration Fee: 45$ one entry / 60$ two entries
Registration form:
For more information, please contact: 5145061508
The categories have been set up are the followings:
- Junior boys under 12 and 18 singles
- Junior girls under 12 and 18 singles
- Junior under 18 doubles (could be mixed)
- Adult men’s singles ( 50+, 35+, 18+)
- Adult women’s singles (18+)
- Adult doubles (18+ ; could be mixed) .
Each player can enter up to two categories.
All the candidates who are either Asian, (possesses 1/4 Asian descent which means one of their grandparents are from Asian countries) or are the relatives of the Asian candidate (Ex: in a marital relationship, step parents, or step offsprings) are qualified for the Triple-A tennis contest.
Some 2016 championship winners (left to right) photo 1 center: Jesse Morgan, junior winner, photo 2 center, Ki-Chan Yune and Sang Jin Bae, doubles’ winners
2. Facts about Triple-A Tennis Championship
Triple-A Tennis Championship is organized by Triple-A International Center of Culture and Sports. The first Triple-A Championship was held in 2012. A total of 43 players competed in the event. In 2013, doubles were added to the tournament, brought a participation rate jump of 42%. Women’s Single category was first set up in 2015.
In 2012, Chinese world-class tennis player Li Na invited all the winners of the first championship to visit the Roger’s Cup. She held an exclusive interview with Triple-A Championship winners. The event was reported in CBC English news.
Triple-A Tennis Championship has been and will be reported by newspapers and media in Chinese and Asian community.
3. Our goals and perspective
The goal of Triple-A Tennis Championship is to create a platform to attract asian tennis players in large. Through active sports participation people toughen their bodies and minds. An example is Mr. Hugh Kwok, the U18 Canadian champion who is the long standing winner in the event. Our goal is to attract and retain more players and fans from North America. For 2019 event, we are expecting more out-of-town players – as far as New York City – to compete in this event.
The Triple-A Championship has become a tennis festival in Montreal’s Asian community. Players from same families, husband and wife, parents and children, brothers and sisters have competed on the same grounds. Triple-A Championship provides an excellent opportunity for tennis fans to gather together and socialize with each other.
4. About Triple-A:
Incorporated by former professional tennis players as a non-profit organization in 2009, Triple-A International Center of Culture and Sports is rapidly becoming the most loved sports school in Montreal’s Chinese community. The Center is dedicated to promote grade-A mind, grade-A intellect and grade-A body – a concept that Triple-A denotes. This is the very value strictly adhered to throughout all of the courses, especially those of tennis.
Triple-A currently provides following services:
(1) Tennis and sports instruction courses: Triple-A’s flagship sport is tennis. In addition, Triple-A has added badminton, basketball and volleyball to its portfolio. The teaching theory is to develop Triple-A people: grade A ethics, grade A minds and Grade A bodies. In 2016 Triple-A further initiated an intensive junior program aiming to bring young kids to the path towards professional tennis.
(2) Triple-A Sports Club: initially to provide a place for parents while kids are taking classes, the Club has quickly evolved into a member based family sports club with multi sports, dance and yoga. The club organizes basketball, badminton and volleyball matches, attracting hundreds of people wishing to play sports. The sports club organizes annual badminton and volleyball tournament joining hands with other organizations in the community.
(3) Triple-A International Exchange Center organizes language camps and intensive tennis study for Chinese students and junior players. On culture side, Triple-A organizes trips to visit Ivy League universities and provides entrance consultation to student athletes.
Left: Triple-A badminton tournament; Right: students going on Ivy League tour in front of UPenn landmark