Western Ontario Open Championships 1973
Description
- Waterloo Tennis Club, Owner
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This is an action shot of Rudy Hernado serving the tennis ball in the 1973 Western Ontario Open Tennis Championship at the Waterloo Tennis Club. Hernado won the Men's Singles Championship in 1973.
The Western Ontario Open Tennis Championship (The Western) originated in 1914 and was considered a high level tournament attracting players from all over Canada and the United States. In 1939 Waterloo won the bid to hold the tournament. The tournament was held at the Waterloo Tennis Club again in 1954, then from 1963-1988, with the exception of 1971 and 1977.
Information Sources Used:
"The Western Ontario Open Tennis Championship" Waterloo Tennis Club: The Western Championships, July 2014. - Notes
- For the complete Waterloo Tennis Club: The Western Championships collection (including newspaper clippings and additional photos), please visit the Ellis Little Local History Room, Waterloo Public Library.
- Date of Original
- August 3-5, 1973
- Dimensions
-
Width: 12.5 cm
Height: 17 cm
- Image Dimensions
-
Image Width: 11.5cm
Image Height: 16.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Hernado, Rudy
- Corporate Name(s)
- Waterloo Tennis Club ; Western Ontario Lawn Tennis Association
- Local identifier
- Stack Room Aisle 18
- Collection
- Waterloo Tennis Club: The Western Championships
- Geographic Coverage
-
-
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4668 Longitude: -80.51639
-
- Donor
- Waterloo Tennis Club
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Stack Room Aisle 18
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2
