Annie (Fraser) Thomson
Annie Thomson won seven provincial open championships in ladies’ singles; six in ladies’ doubles; and six in mixed doubles events. Annie won western Canadian titles in singles and doubles events, and was a semi-finalist in the Canadian Senior Ladies Doubles. Between 1966 and 1968, Annie won provincial veterans titles in singles play three times, doubles [...]
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Arthur “Art” Sihvon
Arthur Sihvon began playing tennis in 1932, and by 1938 had entered and won men’s singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles. In the early 1950′s, Art combined his love of playing tennis with helping to teach junior and senior players. Sihvon was president and secretary of the Civil Service Tennis Association and the Canadian Lawn [...]
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Walter Martin
Walter Martin was Canadian Inter-Collegiate champion in singles and doubles in 1925, 1926 and 1927. Walter was ranked in the top 10 in Canadian tennis between 1927 and 1933, and was the number one ranked Canadian player in 1933 and 1935. Martin was also a member of the Canadian Davis Cup team four times from [...]
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John Leicester
At age 17, John Leicester captured the Saskatchewan Junior Tennis Singles title. Leicester won the Saskatchewan championship seven times in singles, nine times in doubles, and six times in mixed doubles, and has been Western Canadian and Canadian Doubles Champion. In 1980, Leicester was a Canadian semi-finalist in singles and a finalist in doubles in [...]
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Don Hodges
Don Hodges began his tennis career during his high school years. From 1941 through 1968, he was the holder of many city (seven times), and provincial (four times) singles championships. He was a member of the Western Canadian Davis Cup try-out team in 1947, and won the Western Canadian Men’s’ Singles Championship in 1948. On [...]
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William “Bill” Ebbels
William Ebbels won the Saskatchewan Men’s Singles Tennis Championship a record eight times between 1948 and 1967 and was runner-up on seven other occasions. He was also a seven-time winner of the doubles championship and runner-up in that category four times. In 1967, he won the veterans singles championship and the men’s open, making him [...]
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