Paul Willey

Paul Arden Willey was a Canadian tennis player.[2]

Paul Willey
Full namePaul Arden Willey
Country (sports) Canada
DiedJune 5, 2005 (aged 74)
Arizona, United States
Singles
Career record45-57[1]
Career titles5
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (1956, 1959)
US Open2R (1953)

Willey, the Canadian junior champion in 1949, attended Vancouver's Kitsilano Secondary School.[3]

In 1954 he won the Ontario Championships in singles, and was runner-up at the same event in 1956 to Bob Bédard and in 1957 to Don Fontana, in the latter tournament playing with a sore elbow.[4][5] In 1956, he defeated Nicola Pietrangeli on red clay at Florence, and in 1957 he defeated Mal Anderson on grass at Southampton.[6] He won several tournaments in British Columbia in the late 1950s.

He played for the Canada Davis Cup team from 1953 to 1958 and had a singles win against American Barry MacKay in 1956.[7] Between 1959 and 1963 he served as Canada's national coach, before relocating to Arizona with wife Colleen.[8]

See also

References
  1. Paul Willey. https://www.tennisarchives.com/player/?pl=5381
  2. "Paul Willey's Move". The Vancouver Sun. June 10, 1969.
  3. "Offers Galore for Netter Willey". The Vancouver Sun. June 18, 1951.
  4. Paul Willey. https://www.tennisarchives.com/player/?pl=5381
  5. Ottawa Citizen, 12 August, 1957.
  6. Paul Willey. https://www.tennisarchives.com/player/?pl=5381
  7. "US Defeats Canada 4-1 In Davis Cup Tennis Tie". Red Deer Advocate. August 1, 1956.
  8. "Paul Willey returns to find top player". Red Deer Advocate. March 1, 1977.
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