Harry Fauquier

Major Accomplishments

Top 10 player in Canada between 1961 and 1970.
Davis Cup team member seven times (1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971).
Davis Cup team captain in 1972 and 1973.
Captured doubles title at the Canadian Open in 1968.
Competed at the French Open in 1966 and 1969
Competed at Wimbledon in 1966
Competed at the US Open in 1960-1964, 1968 and 1969

Biography

Harry Fauquier competed in the 1969 French Open and lost to the famous Arthur Ashe in the first round of the main draw in straight sets. He competed in singles and doubles at the Canadian Open twice in 1969 and 1971 and advanced to the third round in 1969 after defeating American Ron Holmberg in a fifth set super-tiebreaker.

In doubles play, Fauquier reached the semifinals at the 1969 Canadian Open with Australian partner John Sharpe after defeating fellow Canadians Robert Bedard and Lawrie Strong in the quarter-finals. Fauquier and Sharpe lost in the semis to American Ron Holmberg and Australian John Newcombe 6-2, 3-6, 3-6.

In 1971, Fauquier competed at the Canadian Open with fellow Canadian Keith Carpenter as they reached the second round.

Fauquier and Carpenter now operate a tennis court construction company called Tennex Systems, Inc.