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The 16th edition of the Granby National Bank Challenger promises to be a highly entertaining one. The players list was unveiled on Wednesday for this year’s tournament in Granby which will be held from July 9-17. The list is one of the strongest in tournament history. Not only will the event be mixed for the first time, but the men’s draw includes three Top 100 players : Dudi Sela of Israel, Nicolas Mahut of France and German Matthias Bachinger.

Furthermore, the Granby Challenger will host six players who are in the main draw at Wimbledon including Canadian Stéphanie Dubois. Dubois has enjoyed considerable success on the ITF Circuit and will be seeking her ninth career title on home soil.

There will also be two well-known faces in this year’s draw, a pair of Frenchmen in Arnaud Clément and Nicolas Mahut. Now 33 years of age, Clément reached no. 10 in the world in 2001 after advancing to the final at the Australian Open. Meanwhile, Mahut was among the Top 40 players in the world in 2008 and most tennis fans know him best for the historic match he played at Wimbledon last year against John Isner. The match, the longest ever, lasted over 11 hours with Isner finally coming out on top.

Besides Dubois, many Canadians will also be in action at Tennis Saint-Luc including the likes of Erik Chvojka, Peter Polansky, Vasek Pospisil, Élisabeth Abanda, Eugenie Bouchard, Heidi El Tabakh, Sharon Fichman, Kimberly-Ann Surin and Carol Zhao who will showcase their talent to the local fans in Granby.

**Michael Russell and Frank Dancevic have been forced to withdraw from the tournament because of injuries. Denys Molchanov has also withdraw from the event.**

2011 Player Bios