Dale
Power
Male
Canada
1949-10-02
Toronto, Canada
Dale Power was ranked No. 1 in Canada in 1979 and in the Top 10 for a total of 13 times between 1968 and 1983. He was ranked No. 2 in Canada in 1975 and 1977, No. 3 in 1976 and 1978, No. 4 in 1983 and No.5 in 1972 and 1974. He was also the Canadian under 18 junior champion in 1967 and the winner of the Canadian Nationals in 1979. In doubles play, he won the Canadian Nationals in 1973 with David Brown and in 1979 with Jim Boyce.
Power played in the No. 1 singles position for the Oklahoma City University tennis team where he was inducted in the school?s Sports Hall of Fame.
At the international doubles level, with Greg Halder of Toronto, the team upset top seeds Fred McNair and Sherwood Stewart of the United States in the first round of the 1977 French Open. He competed again in doubles with Halder at the French Open in 1978, but did not make it past the first round as they lost in straight sets to Arthur Ashe and Fred McNair of the United States.
In Davis Cup action, Power still holds the international record for the most number of games played in a set in Davis Cup history. It was during a singles match in 1976 in an Americas Zone preliminary round and he was in a tight match against Columbian player Alvaro Betancur. Power came up short in the second set as he lost with a game score of 22-24. The overall five-set match score was a staggering 6-4, 22-24, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in favour of the Canadian.
During his time as a member of the Davis Cup team, Power found himself up against powerful US players four times and three times against good Mexican players. Twice he faced Australia, losing to top players, Ken Rosewall, Roy Emerson and Rod Laver and then once to Great Britain as he lost to Roger Taylor and Mike Sangster. However he had great wins over Peter Fleming and a young Yannick Noah.
Power was the coach of two former Canadian No. 1 players, Andrew Sznajder for a year-and-a-half and Martin Wostenholme. He worked with Stephane Bonneau, Hatem McDadi and Mitch Perkins when he was a Tennis Canada travelling coach for three years.
He played his first Canadian Nationals at the age of 18 and then for the last time at the age of 43. Surprisingly he was not only an accomplished tennis player, but was also an excellent hockey player as he was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens and went to their training camp before deciding to put all his concentration and effort into his tennis career.
Power is currently the head tennis professional at the Thornhill Country Club in Toronto.
1967 - 1984
0
175
80
Round 1
Mike Fedderly 1 *
Dale Power
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Martin Dyotte 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Hatem McDadi 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
5-7
7-6
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Larry Barnett
7-5
5-7
7-6
Round 2
Guillermo Rivas 1 *
Dale Power
6-7
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Eddie Barretto
6-7
7-6
6-4
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Guillermo Rivas
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Joey Rive
6-2
7-6
Semifinals
Martin Wostenholme 1 *
Dale Power
2-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Jose Lopez Maeso 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Andrew Sznajder
7-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Stephane Bonneau 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-1
Preliminary Round
Chris Pridham 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Jean Francois Ringuette
6-0
6-7
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Jean Francois Mathieu
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Alan Barg 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Martin Dyotte 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
7-6
Round 1
Stephane Bonneau 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
7-6
Semifinals
Dale Power 1 *
Hatem McDadi
6-2
6-1
Final
Derek Segal 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Scott Stubbs
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Bud Schultz
3-6
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Rick Fagel 1 *
Dale Power
5-7
6-0
7-6
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
MIke Puc
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Mark Freedman 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Tom Mercer 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Mark Groetsch 1 *
Dale Power
Round 1
Guillermo Rivas 1 *
Dale Power
6-7
6-4
7-6
Round 1
Terry Moor 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Dan Granot 1 *
Dale Power
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Inam Ul-Haq
6-1
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Steve Meister 1 *
Dale Power
7-6
6-1
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Inam Ul-Haq
6-1
6-4
Round 2
David Carter 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Martin (Marty) Davis 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Eric Wilborts 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Dean Vuleta
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Bob Green 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-1
Round 1
René Moos 1 *
Dale Power
7-5
7-6
Round 1
Glenn Michibata 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Jeff Etterbeek 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-2
Round 1
John Davis 1 *
Dale Power
5-7
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Hal Jolley
6-4
1-6
6-3
Round 2
Brett Greenwood 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Brett Dickinson
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Egan Adams
3-6
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Dale Power 1 *
Mitchell Perkins
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Francois Synnaeghal
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Bruce Foxworth 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Chip Hooper 1 *
Dale Power
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Fernando Maynetto
3-6
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Paul Groth
6-2
1-6
6-2
Round 3
Dale Power 1 *
Rand R. Evett
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Jonathan Canter 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Hans Carlson 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Dave Thies
7-6
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Franco Merlone
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Dale Power 1 *
Paul Groth
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Srinivasan Vasudevan
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
Dale Power 1 *
Jeff Simpson
6-4
6-2
Final
Eric H. Fromm 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Tim Siegel
6-7
4-4
ret.
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
D. Theis
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Ali Madani 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
George Jarck
6-1
6-2
Round 2
David Lewis 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
5-7
6-1
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Juan Farrow
7-6
2-6
7-5
Round 2
Daniel Leal 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Mike Davidson
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Jai Di Louie 1 *
Dale Power
7-6
6-2
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Cary Leeds
6-2
ret.
Round 2
Juan Farrow 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Tony Withers
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Rick Fagel 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Leif Shiras 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Maurice Hunter 1 *
Dale Power
7-6
7-6
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Richard Finger
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Joe Ragland
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Joel Hoffman 1 *
Dale Power
2-6
7-6
7-6
Round 1
Derek Tarr 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Ricardo Acuna
6-3
3-6
6-3
Round 2
Sean Brawley 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Ricardo Acuna 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Gary Lemon 1 *
Dale Power
4-6
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Bill Cowan
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Eric Korita 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Welry (Harry) Fritz
5-2
ret.
Unknown
Dale Power 1 *
Alan Barg
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Eric Sherbeck 1 *
Dale Power
2-6
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Wally Masur 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Welry (Harry) Fritz 1 *
Dale Power
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Martin Gagnon
7-6
6-3
Round 2
Welry (Harry) Fritz 1 *
Dale Power
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Eugene Lapierre
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Martin Laurendeau 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Dave Kiefer
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Alan Waldman
7-6
7-6
Round 3
Cristofer (Chris) Delaney 1 *
Dale Power
3-6
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Rodney Young
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Matthew (Matt) McDonald
6-7
7-5
7-5
Round 3
Dale Power 1 *
Eric Korita
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Christophe Bernelle
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Dale Power 1 *
Armand Molino
6-1
6-4
Final
Cristofer (Chris) Delaney 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Dave Kiefer
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Brian Hall
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Dale Power 1 *
Mehl Ampon
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Christophe Bernelle
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Jeff Simpson 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Jonathan (Jon) Levine
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Hector Perez
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Mike Davidson
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
Cristofer (Chris) Delaney 1 *
Dale Power
4-6
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Bud Cox 1 *
Dale Power
6-7
7-6
6-0
Round 1
Steve Rogul 1 *
Dale Power
7-6
6-1
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Brian Hall
1-6
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Allen Farfour
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Ricky Meek
6-3
6-7
6-3
Semifinals
John Picken 1 *
Dale Power
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Frank Froehling III
6-7
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Gene Mayer 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Ted Williams 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Joe Garcia 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
1-6
6-2
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Malcolm Elley
7-6
6-2
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Bruce Kleege
6-3
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Emilio Montano 1 *
Dale Power
5-1
ret.
Round 1
Don McCormick 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
2-6
7-6
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Lars Elvstrom
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Brad Coleman
?-?
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Steve Rogul
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Emilio Montano 1 *
Dale Power
7-6
6-3
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Guy Fritz
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Joe Garcia 1 *
Dale Power
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Peter Hampton
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Bruce Kleege 1 *
Dale Power
6-7
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Peter Hampton
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Jorge Andrew 1 *
Dale Power
6-0
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Jaime Fillol Sr. 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-3
Round 1
David Carter 1 *
Dale Power
7-6
6-1
Round 1
Dale Power 1 *
Earl Prince
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Emilio Montano 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
5-7
6-3
Round 1
Dick Stockton 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Ross Case 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Hans Kary 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
John Mills
7-5
6-2
Round 3
Jonathan R. Smith 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Ricardo Cano 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-0
Round 3
Dale Power 1 *
Rory J. Chappell
6-2
6-1
Round 4
Dale Power 1 *
Stephen Warboys
7-5
6-7
6-3
Quarterfinals
Greg Halder 1 *
Dale Power
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Gene Mayer 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Robert H. (Bob) Stock
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Ove Bengtson 1 *
Dale Power
4-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Jan Kodes 1 *
Dale Power
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Cliff Richey 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Hans Jurgen Pohmann 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-4
Round 1
John K. Andrews 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Richard Lawrence (Dick) Bohrnstedt 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Jun Kamiwazumi 1 *
Dale Power
7-5
6-0
Round 2
Dale Power 1 *
Dick Berger
6-8
6-4
6-2
Round 3
Dale Power 1 *
Joe Bouquin
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Joaquim Rasgado
6-4
2-6
6-4
Semifinals
Armistead C. Neely 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Alvaro Fillol 1 *
Dale Power
6-7
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Dale Power 1 *
Leonard David Brose
8-6
0-6
6-2
Final
Peter Burwash 1 *
Dale Power
7-5
7-5
Round 3
Harry E. Fauquier 1 *
Dale Power
8-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Harry Freedhoff
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Dale Power 1 *
David Brown
6-2
6-4
Final
Brian Flood 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Ed Grubb 1 *
Dale Power
3-6
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Rauno Suominen 1 *
Dale Power
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Dale Power 1 *
Vic Rollins
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Robert E. (Bob) Puddicombe 1 *
Dale Power
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Tony Roche 1 *
Dale Power
6-4
6-2