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border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Emma Raducanu, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>The number of players to withdraw or retire at the 2026 Canadian Open has reached 25 across both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s singles draws.<\/p>\n<p>The ATP and WTA events in Canada alternate between the Sobeys Stadium in Toronto and the IGA Stadium in Montreal each year. For the 2026 edition, the men are in Montreal, while the women are in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 16 stars \u2014 eight men and eight women \u2014 pulled out of the combined ATP\/WTA 1000 tournament in Canada before main draw play began on Sunday 2 August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic \u2014 the three biggest names in men\u2019s tennis \u2014 are among the absentees on the men\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Karolina Muchova, Victoria Mboko, Jasmine Paolini and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/emma-raducanu\">Emma Raducanu<\/a> are some of the high-profile women who withdrew before the event.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Canadian Open withdrawal list<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jannik Sinner<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Valentin Royer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff<\/li>\n<li><strong>Novak Djokovic<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Marton Fucsovics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alexander Bublik<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Rinky Hijikata<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Jenson Brooksby<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethan Quinn <\/strong>\u2013 replaced by Daniel Merida<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tomas Machac<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by James Duckworth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sebastian Korda<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Luca Van Assche<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WTA Canadian Open withdrawal list<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Karolina Muchova<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Taylor Townsend<\/li>\n<li><strong>Victoria Mboko<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Karolina Pliskova<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jasmine Paolini<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Tamara Korpatsch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hailey Baptiste<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Anna Bondar<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Raducanu<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Eva Lys<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dayana Yastremska<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Renata Zarazua<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laura Siegemund<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Wang Xiyu<\/li>\n<li><strong>Petra Marcinko<\/strong> \u2013 replaced by Alycia Parks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-ominous-verdict-exclusive-interview-rick-macci\"><strong>Exclusive: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s rivals get ominous verdict that should worry them<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/kim-clijsters-verdict-on-novak-djokovics-ideas-to-change-tennis\"><strong>Kim Clijsters delivers her verdict on Novak Djokovic\u2019s ideas to change tennis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the tournament got underway, seven players \u2014 five women and two men \u2014 have retired during matches. This group includes Canadian ATP stars Denis Shapovalov and Gabriel Diallo, as well as 2017 French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko.<\/p>\n<p>A further two players \u2014 Jaume Munar and Lanlana Tararudee \u2014 pulled out before their second round matches following opening round wins.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Canadian Open mid-match retirements and walkovers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Denis Shapovalov<\/strong> ret. at 6-4, 4-6, 0-3 vs. Zachary Svajda<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gabriel Diallo<\/strong> ret. at 4-6, 3-2 vs. Luciano Darderi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jaume Munar<\/strong> withdrew before 2R match vs. Alexander Blockx<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WTA Canadian Open mid-match retirements and walkovers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Polina Kudermetova<\/strong> ret. 0-6, 3-6 vs. Alina Korneeva<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elisabetta Cocciaretto<\/strong> ret. at 2-6, 2-3 vs. Talia Gibson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eva Lys<\/strong> ret. at 6-2, 6-7(3), 0-2 vs. Panna Udvardy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jelena Ostapenko<\/strong> ret. at 0-6, 0-4 vs. Zhang Shuai<\/li>\n<li><strong>Katerina Siniakova<\/strong> ret. at 7-6(1), 0-6, 2-5 vs. Kamilla Rakhimova<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lanlana Tararudee<\/strong> withdrew before 2R match vs. Amanda Anisimova<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/wta-rankings-race-to-indian-wells-alex-eala-aryna-sabalenka-mirra-andreeva\">WTA Rankings Race To Indian Wells: Alex Eala soars as Aryna Sabalenka overtakes Mirra Andreeva<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Open withdrawal list: All 25 stars to pull out as 7 players retire after Alcaraz, Sinner blows Ewan West 05 Aug 2026 5:20 PM Emma Raducanu, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner The number of players to withdraw or retire at the 2026 Canadian Open has reached 25 across both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s singles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2079042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2079042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2079042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2079042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2079042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}