# Dale Power

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**Dale Power** (October 2, 1949 – May 16, 2024) was a Canadian tennis player.

## Life and career

Born in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario, Power held the best singles [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) record by winning percentage (6–2) of any Canadian player. Power also has the distinction of having played in the longest set in Davis Cup history, a second set that was won by Colombian [Álvaro Betancourt](/source/%C3%81lvaro_Betancourt) 24–22 in a match won by Power in five sets in a 1976 tie.

Power was the top-ranked player in Canada for 10 of 12 years,[citation needed] winning the Canadian Closed Championship for singles seven times.[citation needed] He failed however to win a single top-tier (grand prix) professional tour match, going 0–11.[1] His highest singles ranking was World No. 210, achieved in June, 1976.

In August 2006 Power was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame.[2]

Power was also a skilled hockey player, and was drafted by the [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens) in 1969,[3] before deciding to concentrate exclusively on his tennis career. Leaving hockey a year later for four years, he returned for the 1974–75 season to play for the Fort Wayne Komets leading the team in scoring with 29 goals and a total of 78 points. Only after a knee injury did he decide to return full-time to tennis.

Power was later a tennis professional at the [Granite Club](/source/Granite_Club) in Toronto.[citation needed] He had one daughter, Sarah. Power died from bladder and blood cancer on May 16, 2024, at the age of 74.[4]

## References

1. [ATP profile](http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Po/D/Dale-Power.aspx)

1. ["Tennis Canada News"](http://www.tenniscanada.com/tennis_canada/Pub/DisplayNewsStory.aspx?enc=n4Dmg0PCo0vnMz9L96V7klBtvWy1Aik3+Qm+Fb9uguk=). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110716210548/http://www.tenniscanada.com/tennis_canada/Pub/DisplayNewsStory.aspx?enc=n4Dmg0PCo0vnMz9L96V7klBtvWy1Aik3+Qm+Fb9uguk=) 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-04-05.

1. ["Dale Power"](http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1969/69075.html). *HockeyDraftCentral.com*

1. ["Tennis Canada Mourns The Passing Of Former Canadian No. 1 Dale Power"](https://www.tenniscanada.com/news/tennis-canada-mourns-the-passing-of-former-canadian-no-1-dale-power/). Tennis Canada. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

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