Canada Stadium
The Canada Stadium is a tennis stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat HaSharon, Israel. It is the country's main tennis venue, and is used mainly by the Israeli Davis Cup team|Davis Cup] and Israel [Billie Jean King Cup team|Fed Cup] teams.
History
Canada Stadium, seating 4,500 spectators, opened in 1977 on land in Ramat Hasharon that had been an old strawberry patch, which was given to the Israel Tennis Centers by the government. It was part of an ITC project that included the opening of 13 other tennis centres in the country. After the opening, floodlights were added to the court, so that play could continue into the night.The stadium is the "main court" of the tennis centre at Ramat Hasharon, which is the biggest in the country. A large number of up-and-coming Israeli tennis professionals regularly train at the centre, as well as some top-quality players.
In Ramat Hasharon, Israel's first tennis stadium was built with money raised by Canadians Joe Frieberg, Ralph Albert, Harold Green and others, and named Canada Stadium in their honour. Canada Stadium was inaugurated as part of the first Israel Tennis Center in 1979.