History Stories

First President:  Arthur Huenergard Arthur Jacob Conrad Huenergard, born in Waterloo June 16, 1893 was a charter member and first president of the Waterloo Tennis Club. The only child of Conrad and Wilhemina, Arthur attended the University of Toronto where he studied Commerce. He was a member [...]

Lasting Legacy……Ralph Tailby, President 1964-68 The first ten years of the Waterloo Tennis Club were uncertain ones but after 1927 it became more secure and progress was steady. It came of age with a growth spurt in the 60s, more specifically the years 1964 to 1968 when significant developments [...]

Marten Johnston 1945-2009 Gentleman of tennis Player Marten Johnston was a proficient athlete in various other sports and not only in tennis. As a young man in Ireland he also played cricket, rugby and field hockey. When he left the UK for Canada in the mid-1960s on a career [...]

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The Waterloo Tennis Club as a member-directed club has managed to survive one hundred years due to co-operating and working with other institutions. Right from the founding years the WTC has been tied to the City of Waterloo. Click below view all the Waterloo Tennis Club's Partners! WTC Club's [...]

The Western Ontario Open Tennis Championship or simply The Western, originated around 1914 but there is very little in the way of records before 1934. It was considered a high level tournament, attracting fine players from across Canada and from U.S. states such as Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan, Indiana, [...]

The Challenger Comes to Waterloo. It was in June 2007 that the idea came up to move the BC Decker Challenger tournament to Waterloo for 2008. Click below view the story of the Challenger! View Article