Great emotions are predicted for the upcoming days in Canada, which will become the tennis mecca with the dispute of the ATP Masters 1000 Toronto 2025 and the WTA 1000 Montreal 2025. The numerous and notable absences in the men's tournament have deeply altered the seeding layouts, while there are also significant changes among the women that will condition the matchups.
Before each major tournament, it is necessary to analyze in-depth the seeding order as it is crucial for the draw, where potential match-ups are defined. From August 7th to 27th, Canada will host the ATP Masters 1000 Toronto 2025 and the WTA 1000 Montreal 2025, with the draw for both singles brackets taking place this Friday, July 25th, around 12:00 local time, which is 18:00 in Spain. It is important to remember that there will be draws of 96 players in 128 spaces, so there will be byes in the first round for the seeds, and it will be necessary to win six matches, in their case, to become champion, and seven if they do not start as seeded.
- Potential match-ups that could occur between seeds round by round
Third round
- Seeds 1-8 will face seeds 25-32
- Seeds 9-16 will face seeds 17-24
Round of 16
- Seeds 1-4 will face seeds 13-16
- Seeds 5-8 will face seeds 9-12
Quarterfinals
- Seeds 1-4 will face seeds 5-8
- Seeding order in the ATP Masters 1000 Toronto 2025
- Alexander Zverev
- Taylor Fritz
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Ben Shelton
- Holger Rune
- Andrey Rublev
- Frances Tiafoe
- Casper Ruud
- Álex de Miñaur
- Daniil Medvedev
- Tommy Paul
- Karen Khachanov
- Jakub Mensik
- Flavio Cobolli
- Francisco Cerúndolo
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Arthur Fils
- Tomas Machac
- Ugo Humbert
- Alexei Popyrin
- Jiri Lehecka
- Alejandro Davidovich
- Félix Auger-Aliassime
- Denis Shapovalov
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Alexander Bublik
- Tallon Griekspoor
- Brandon Nakashima
- Alex Michelsen
- Gabriel Diallo
- Lorenzo Sonego
- Alexandre Muller
The absence of the world's best players creates a field of opportunities for players in need of a great result. Taylor Fritz could have a great chance, but like Zverev, he cannot afford to lose focus as in the third round, he could face dangerous players like Bublik. The Kazakh is the opponent to avoid in the third round where Diallo or Tsitsipas could trouble the favorites. Looking towards the round of 16, if Dimitrov has recovered well from his injury and Mensik, they are opponents who will cause much concern.
Moving on to the quarterfinals, Shelton and Musetti join Fritz and Zverev in the desire to avoid Tiafoe as a potential foe, whose performance rises rapidly in these tournaments. Perhaps Ruud is the most desirable player, although there are doubts about what Rublev and Rune can do. It will be interesting to see what De Miñaur and Medvedev are capable of, destined to face a seed from 5 to 8 in the round of 16 if they aim to advance.
- Seeding order in the WTA 1000 Montreal 2025
- Cori Gauff
- Iga Swiatek
- Jessica Pegula
- Mirra Andreeva
- Amanda Anisimova
- Madison Keys
- Jasmine Paolini
- Emma Navarro
- Elena Rybakina
- Elina Svitolina
- Karolina Muchova
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Diana Shnaider
- Daria Kasatkina
- Clara Tauson
- Belinda Bencic
- Beatriz Haddad-Maia
- Elise Mertens
- Linda Noskova
- Magdalena Frech
- Jelena Ostapenko
- Sofia Kenin
- Marta Kostyuk
- Magda Linette
- Ashlyn Krueger
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- McCartney Kessler
- Olga Danilovic
- Dayana Yastremska
- Rebecca Sramkova
- Peyton Stearns
While Gauff and Swiatek arrive confidently and are potential candidates to meet in the final, they are fully aware that they will have to face maximum demands in all rounds. Already in the third round, they could face dangerous players like Stearns, Pavlyuchenkova, Kessler, or Yastresmka, while in a hypothetical eighth-final clash, they know that on a day of inspiration, Kasatkina, Samsonova, Shnaider, and Alexandrova could surprise anyone.
There will be great interest in seeing if Pegula and Andreeva can capitalize on their third and fourth seeding positions to go far, considering that high-voltage matchups may occur in the quarterfinals, with Keys, Anisimova, Paolini, and Navarro as potential opponents for the top four favorites in that round.
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Este es el orden de cabezas de serie en los torneos de Toronto y Montreal del 2025

