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François Godbout
Hon. François Godbout (born April 10, 1938) is a Canadian lawyer, judge, sports administrator and former tennis player. A native of Waterloo, Quebec, Godbout made his debut for the Canada Davis Cup team in 1959 and came up against Rod Laver in his first rubber, losing in four sets. Godbout won the Quebec Indoor championship in 1960, including a win against Henri Rochon. He had a win over Arthur Ashe in his run to the third round of the 1961 U.S. National Championships, which was his best grand slam performance. At the U.S. Clay Courts championships in 1962, he won against Dennis Ralston in the first round, but lost the second round match to Chuck McKinley, the eventual champion. In March 1964, Godbout defeated Lester Sack in the semifinal of the Nice International Winter Championships, but the result of the projected final against Nicholas Kalogeropoulos was not reported. After finishing his career he moved into tennis administration, serving stints as President of the Queb ...
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Waterloo, Quebec
Waterloo (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population 4,920) is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is included in La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative area of Estrie. Completely encircled by the township of Shefford, Quebec, Shefford, this residential city is located within the Eastern Townships, about ninety kilometres east of Montreal. History The town was first settled in 1793 by Ezekiel Lewis, an English United Empire Loyalist, Loyalist supporter who was originally from Marlborough, New Hampshire. He named his location Lewis Falls and after 9 years, Captain Lewis sold his lot and moved a short distance away. The land was purchased by William Lamoure, a merchant from St-Armand who then sold it to Lazare Letourneau who in turn sold it to Hezekiah Robinson in 1822. Robinson immediately renamed Lewis Falls to Waterloo after the battle of Waterloo, famous battle in which Napoleon I of France, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. The name Waterloo was ...
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Nice International Winter Championships
The Nice International Winter Championships or Championnats Internationaux d'Hiver de Nice was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1922 as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Winter Cup also known as the Parc Imperial Winter Tournament or Nice Winter Tournament. It was organised by the Nice Lawn Tennis Club, Nice, France and played on clay courts until 1974 as part of the ILTF Independent Circuit. History The tournament was founded in 1922 as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Winter Cup. The tournament was usually played in February, though occasionally staged the first week of March. Following World War II the tournament was branded as the Nice International Winter Championships and informally called the Parc Imperial Winter Tournament. The tournament was part of French Riviera circuit until 1942 a sub tennis circuit of the ILTF European Circuit itself part of the ILTF World Circuit when it became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit (tournaments not part of the ILTF Grand Prix Cir ...
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Tennis Players At The 1967 Pan American Games
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ...
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Tennis Players At The 1959 Pan American Games
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have changed li ...
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Racket Sportspeople From Quebec
Racket may refer to: * Racket (crime), a systematised element of organized crime ** Protection racket, a scheme whereby a group provides protection to businesses or other groups through violence outside the sanction of the law * Racket (sports equipment), a piece of equipment used to play tennis, badminton, squash, racquetball and other racket sports ** Rackets (sport), a particular sports discipline related to squash played indoors in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, United States, and Canada. * Racket (programming language), a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language based on the Scheme dialect of Lisp * Racket, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Gilmer and Ritchie counties * ''The Racket'' (1951 film), a black & white film noir starring Robert Mitchum * ''Racket'' (film), a 1997 film with Michele Placido, Tanya Roberts and Franco Interlenghi * ''Racket'' (album), a 2007 album by Whitehouse * Racket (Minnesota), an alternative news site in Minneso ...
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Canadian Male Tennis Players
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1938 Births
Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von Brauchitsch. Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath is dismi ...
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List Of Canada Davis Cup Team Representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Canada Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Canada has taken part in the competition since 1913. Davis Cup players :''*Active players in bold, statistics as of November 25, 2024'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Canada Davis Cup Lists of Davis Cup tennis players Davis Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...
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Tennis Canada
Tennis Canada is the national governing body of tennis within Canada. It works together with the provincial associations to organize tournaments and rules. They also oversee the Canada Davis Cup team and the Canada Fed Cup team. Tennis Canada was formed in 1890 and is a full member of the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 nat ... (ITF). Tennis Canada operates under the auspices of Sport Canada, and is a member of the Canadian Olympic Association. Tennis Canada’s event management team is directly responsible for all national and international competitions in Canada, including junior, senior and wheelchair championships. History The Canadian Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) was formed on July 1, 1890, in Toronto, Ontario. Delegates were pres ...
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Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος Καλογερόπουλος; born 18 February 1945), also known as Nicky Kalo, is a retired Greek tennis player who won a bronze medal at the 1971 Mediterranean Games. In doubles, he finished runner-up at the 1968 Italian Open. He was ranked as best Greek player in 1962–74 and was a member of the Greek Davis Cup team in 1963–81.Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
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Chuck McKinley
Charles Robert McKinley Jr. (January 5, 1941 – August 11, 1986) was an American former world no. 1 men's amateur tennis champion of the 1960s. He is remembered as an undersized, hard-working dynamo, whose relentless effort and competitive spirit led American tennis to the top of the sport during a period heavily dominated by Australians. McKinley won the 1963 Men's Singles Championship at Wimbledon. At the end of 1963, McKinley was ranked world No. 1 amateur by Ned Potter and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 13 experts. He paired with Dennis Ralston to win the 1963 Davis Cup, the only interruption in eight unbroken years of Australian dominance. He also paired with Ralston to win the U.S. Men's Doubles championships in 1961, 1963, and 1964. Biography McKinley was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of a local pipe fitter, and grew up in a 'rough neighborhood' on the north side of town. As a boy, McKinley used to drop by the local YMCA where he was taught table tennis by volunte ...
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