Robert Branks
Powell
Male
Canada
1881-04-02
Victoria, BC, Canada
1917-04-28
Vimy, France
Member of the first Canadian Davis Cup team in 1913 and again in 1914.
Only Canadian male to reach the singles quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
Won All England Plate at Wimbledon in 1909.
R.B. (Bobby) Powell was a playing captain on the first Canadian Davis Cup team in 1913. He led the team to two victories that year over South Africa in the first round (4-1) and Belgium (5-0) in the second round. They eventually lost to the US 3-0 in the final round to Challenge and the US went on to win the Challenge Round. This is t he farthest that Canada has ever progressed in Davis Cup competition. Powell was also a member of the team in 1914, which lost to Australasia the eventual winners.
Powell was born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. He was the founder of the North Pacific International Lawn Tennis Association (NPILTA) in 1904. He organized a meeting among prestigious West Coast tennis clubs as he wanted to culminate a constitution that would be adopted by all clubs in that region.
Powell was an elite Canadian player, who competed nationally and internationally. He won several singles titles including the Western Canadian and Pacific Northwest in Tacoma in 1901, the British Columbia in 1903 and the Oregon State in 1904.
In 2000 he was inducted into the USTA Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame.
1896 - 1914
12
193
136
1910 - Scottish Championships (Amateur)
1910 - Carlisle (Amateur)
1909 - Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) (Open)
1909 - Sussex Championships (Amateur)
1909 - Carlisle (Amateur)
1909 - Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament (Open)
1908 - Scottish Championships (Amateur)
1904 - British Columbia Championship (Open)
1904 - Oregon State Championships (Open)
1903 - British Columbia Championship (Open)
1901 - Pacific Northwest (Open)
1901 - British Columbia Championship (Open)
Poule
Tony Wilding 1 *
Robert Powell
6-1
6-2
6-2
Poule
Norman Brookes 1 *
Robert Powell
6-0
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Henry Marvelle (Harry) Read
6-3
6-3
6-2
Poule
Robert Powell 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
w.o.
Poule
Robert Powell 1 *
Reginald Frederick Le Sueur
6-3
6-4
4-6
3-6
7-5
Poule
Robert Powell 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
J.B. Ward
7-5
9-7
3-6
6-1
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-2
6-4
6-2
Round 4
Hope M. Crisp 1 *
Robert Powell
6-4
7-5
6-3
Round 1
F.B. Robinson 1 *
Robert Powell
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
P. Marsden
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
A.E. Blanc
6-4
6-8
6-0
Final
A. Félix Poulin 1 *
Robert Powell
6-1
6-4
8-6
Poule
Maurice McLoughlin 1 *
Robert Powell
10-8
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Frank Shutes 1 *
Robert Powell
w.o.
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Leonard Bonnington
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Ernest George Parton
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 4
Robert Powell 1 *
Frederick Noel Warden
6-1
6-1
8-6
Quarterfinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Robert Powell
6-3
6-2
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Sydney J. Watts
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Alfred Leonard Bentley
7-5
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Tony Wilding 1 *
Robert Powell
7-5
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Alain Gerbault
6-1
6-3
Final
Frank Riseley 1 *
Robert Powell
6-0
9-7
4-6
ret.
Round 1
Francis Riou Leighton-Crawford 1 *
Robert Powell
w.o.
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Henry Wilson-Fox
6-2
6-1
5-7
6-1
Round 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Robert Powell
6-4
4-6
4-6
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Réginald Arthur Villiers Forbes
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Arthur S. Sweetser
6-0
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Alfred C. Hunter
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
6-0
6-0
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
Robert Wallet
6-4
4-6
3-6
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Charles Tuckey 1 *
Robert Powell
1-6
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
C.E. Fox
w.o.
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Brame Hillyard
7-5
6-1
6-4
Round 4
Robert Powell 1 *
George Alan Thomas
6-4
9-7
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Beals Wright 1 *
Robert Powell
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Albert Canet
3-6
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Étienne Micard
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Maurice Germot 1 *
Robert Powell
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
J.K. Mackay
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Reginald Speke Barnes
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Robert Powell
10-8
8-6
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
H.A. Popham
6-4
6-2
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Arthur Wallis Myers
6-0
1-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Hugh Davies 1 *
Robert Powell
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Reg. Webster
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
J.S. Milne
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Charles James Glenny
9-7
6-3
9-7
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
A. Georges Watson
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Albert Carlton Bostwick sr
w.o.
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Walter Charles Howard Tripp
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Stanley Doust
4-6
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Charles Dixon
6-2
6-3
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Robert Powell
6-3
6-1
2-6
6-3
Round 1
W. Brückner 1 *
Robert Powell
w.o.
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Edward Joseph Sampson
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Bertram Cecil Hopson
7-5
6-4
Round 4
Robert Powell 1 *
Hugh Davies
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Alfred Beamish
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Robert Powell
3-6
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Donald Fossick Alderson
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
J.G. Locke
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Cecil John Tindell-Green
w.o.
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
C.A. James
6-2
6-2
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
George Crosfield Glenny
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Robert Powell
6-1
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
J. Landry
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Arthur Wallis Myers
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ferdinand Boelling (Bölling) 1 *
Robert Powell
6-3
3-6
6-2
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
W.E. Cooke
1-6
6-0
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Francis Boxwell
6-3
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Robert Powell
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Roderick McNair 1 *
Robert Powell
8-6
6-4
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
John Charles Bucknill
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Arthur Wallis Myers
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Charles Tuckey
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Henry Johnston Carson
6-3
6-4
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
William Alfred Ingram
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
W. Fraser
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
John Nicholas Morison Sykes
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Robert Powell
6-4
10-8
Round 1
Frank Herbert Jarvis 1 *
Robert Powell
w.o.
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
William Kenneth Eustace Jameson
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
J.Ramsey Cox
6-2
6-1
Round 4
Robert Powell 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Robert Powell
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Charles François Simond
6-4
6-1
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
David Marc Andrew Graham Hawes
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Charles Stuart Gordon-Smith
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Luther Bidlake
w.o.
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
Harry Alabaster Parker
3-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
George Caridia 1 *
Robert Powell
7-5
2-6
3-6
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Robert Cecil Willcock
6-1
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Xenophon Casdagli (Kasdaglis)
w.o.
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Samuel Ernest (Ernest) Charlton
6-4
6-3
4-6
6-2
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
M. Pemberton
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
C.W.H. Scott
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
C.A. James
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
B.D. Gibson
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
John Rendall
12-10
6-3
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
Alexander Morrice MacKay
6-4
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Comte Élie Dors de Lastours
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Charles Tuckey
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 4
Robert Powell 1 *
George Ball Greene
6-3
8-6
ret.
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Willie Lemaire
6-4
8-6
6-4
Semifinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Robert Powell
10-8
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Roger P. Anceau
w.o.
Round 2
Maurice Germot 1 *
Robert Powell
w.o.
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep
6-4
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
2-6
6-0
6-4
6-1
Round 3
George Caridia 1 *
Robert Powell
6-4
3-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Robert Powell
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
William Charles Youll
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Charles Pritchett
4-6
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Herbert Peter Macpherson Hardy
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Kenneth Sanderson
6-2
6-3
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
Douglas Kitching
7-5
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
C.W. Horne
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Henry Mayes
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Henry Lionel Brutton
7-5
6-3
Final
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Robert Powell
4-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
W.C. Emmett
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Otto Paul Lindpaintner
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Rudolf Bertrand
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Robert Powell
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Eugen Schloss
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
4-6
6-2
9-7
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Oscar Kreuzer
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Robert Powell
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-2
7-5
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
E.B. Milner
6-4
6-1
Round 4
Robert Powell 1 *
Henry Lionel Brutton
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Arthur Wallis Myers
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Robert Powell
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
H.G. Tabernacle
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Arthur Lowe
6-1
6-4
1-6
6-2
Round 3
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Robert Powell
5-7
6-4
4-6
8-6
6-1
Final
Max Decugis 1 *
Robert Powell
6-2
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Robert Powell
4-6
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Robert Harry Hotham
8-6
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Robert Powell
6-4
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Tony Wilding 1 *
Robert Powell
9-7
6-0
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Captain Claude Russell-Brown
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Robert Powell
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
J.K. Mackay
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Stanley Doust
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Robert Powell
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
G.B. Vernon
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Robert Powell
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Dunstan Rhodes
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
F.C. Goodall
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Alfred Leonard Bentley
2-6
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Robert Powell
6-4
6-8
6-4
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
William John Bernard Blew
6-4
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Alfred Leonard Bentley 1 *
Robert Powell
12-10
7-5
6-2
Round 1
S. Glen Walker 1 *
Robert Powell
w.o.
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Mr. B.
w.o.
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Kenneth James Eastmond Ingram
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Algernon Kingscote 1 *
Robert Powell
3-6
6-3
6-2
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Robert Powell
6-0
6-2
ret.
Challenge Round
Captain P. Wight 1 *
Robert Powell
w.o.
Challenge Round
George H. Busch 1 *
Robert Powell
w.o.
Challenge Round
Robert Powell 1 *
Walter Ashley Bethel
6-3
3-6
7-5
6-1
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
Robert Gilbert Breeze
2-6
5-7
7-5
6-0
6-1
Challenge Round
Robert Powell 1 *
Lewis Ransom Freeman
w.o.
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
Robert Henry Pooley
6-4
6-1
6-4
Challenge Round
Robert Powell 1 *
Albert Toller Goward
7-5
6-0
6-3
Challenge Round
Albert Toller Goward 1 *
Robert Powell
6-0
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
P.A. Scott
3-6
6-1
6-1
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
Albert Toller Goward
6-1
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
Robert Powell 1 *
John Fortescue Foulkes
w.o.
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Robert Gilbert Breeze
3-6
6-1
7-5
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
Samuel Percy Hardy
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
W.S. Fraser
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Sidney Herbert Powell
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Bernard Schwengers
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Samuel Lyon Russell
6-1
8-6
Final
Robert Powell 1 *
Albert Toller Goward
2-6
6-4
8-6
2-6
6-0
Challenge Round
John Fortescue Foulkes 1 *
Robert Powell
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Dr. J.D. Hunter
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Samuel Lyon Russell
4-6
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Robert Powell 1 *
Lt. Oxlade
6-0
8-6
Quarterfinals
Lancelot Inglesby Pelly 1 *
Robert Powell
2-6
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Thomas Adrian Fransioli
6-4
6-3
Final
John Fortescue Foulkes 1 *
Robert Powell
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 2
George Arthur Hurd 1 *
Robert Powell
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Round 2
E.A. Jacob 1 *
Robert Powell
6-3
1-6
6-2