Donald McCormick (born 12 April 1945) is a former Canadian No. 1 professional
tennis
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player.
McCormick was active on the tour during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1966 he won the Vancouver Island championships, and was runner-up in both the 1967 Pacific Western Indoors and in the 1968 Pacific Western Indoors at Eugene, Oregon.
In 1969, McCormick was runner-up in tennis at the
Canada Games to
Robert Bédard, winning the Silver Medal. In 1972 he made the mixed doubles third round of the
Wimbledon Championships
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with
Patricia Cody.
McCormick won the Dorval Open in Quebec in 1974. That same year he also won the Canadian Grand Prix tournament series, winning the championship match over
Tony Bardsley
Anthony "Tony" Bardsley (born February 9, 1945, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec) is a former top-ranking Canadian tennis player from Vancouver. He competed on the nascent professional tennis tours (Grand Prix tour and World Championship Tennis ...
. McCormick was ranked Canadian No. 1 for 1974.
He played
Davis Cup
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for Canada from 1973 to 1975 and had a win over the Mexican No. 1
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
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Given name
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McCormick was a schoolteacher by profession, and grew up in
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...
.
See also
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List of Canada Davis Cup team representatives
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1945 births
Living people
Canadian male tennis players
Racket sportspeople from British Columbia
Sportspeople from Vancouver